en_RV1895 - Tob 2 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Now when I was come home again, and my wife [1]Anna was restored unto me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of [2]Pentecost, which is [3]the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, and I sat down to eat.

² And I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt find of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and, lo, I tarry for thee.

³ And he came, and said, Father, one of our race is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.

⁴ And before I had tasted aught, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun was set.

⁵ And I returned, and washed myself, and ate my bread in heaviness,

⁶ And remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, [4]Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, And all your mirth into lamentation.

⁷ And I wept: and when the sun was set, I went and made a grave, [5]and buried him.

⁸ And my neighbours mocked me, and said, He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter: and yet [6]he fled away: and, lo, [7]he burieth the dead again.

⁹ And the same night I returned from burying him, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, [8]being polluted; and my face was uncovered:

¹⁰ And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall; and, mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and white films came in mine eyes; and I went to the physicians, and they helped me not: but [9]Achiacharus did nourish me, [10]until I went into [11]Elymais.

¹¹ And my wife [12]Anna did spin in the women's chambers,

¹² And did send the work back to the owners. And they on their part paid her wages, and gave her also besides a kid.

¹³ But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it stolen? render it to the owners; [13]for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.

¹⁴ But she said, It hath been given me for a gift more than the wages. And I did not believe her, and I bade her render it to the owners; and I was abashed at her. But [14]she answered and said unto me, Where are [15]thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, [16]thou and all thy works are known.