Tobit · Catholic Public Domain Version
Tobit 1 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Tobit was from the tribe and city of Naphtali (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Asher, after the way, which leads to the west, that has on its left the city of Sephet).
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1 The book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali;
2 Although he had been taken captive in the days of Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, even in such a situation as captivity, he did not desert the way of truth.
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2 who in the days of Enemessar king of the Assyrians was carried away captive out of Thisbe, which is on the right hand of Kedesh Naphtali in Galilee above Asher.
3 So then, every day, all that he was able to obtain, he bestowed on his fellow captive brothers, who were from his kindred.
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3 I, Tobit walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I did many alms deeds to my kindred and my nation, who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh.
4 And, when he was among the youngest of any in the tribe of Naphtali, he showed not so much as any childish behavior in his work.
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4 When I was in my own country, in the land of Israel, while I was yet young, all the tribe of Naphtali my father fell away from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, and the temple of the habitation of the Most High was hallowed and built therein for all ages.
5 And then, when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam, king of Israel, had made, he alone fled from the company of them all.
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5 All the tribes which fell away together sacrificed to the heifer Baal, and so did the house of Naphtali my father.
6 Yet he continued on to Jerusalem, to the temple of the Lord, and there he adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his first-fruits and his tithes.
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6 I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it has been ordained to all Israel by an everlasting decree, having the first fruits and the tenths of my increase, and that which was first shorn; and I gave them at the altar to the priests the sons of Aaron.
7 So then, in the third year, he administered all his tithes to new converts and to new arrivals.
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7 I gave a tenth part of all my increase to the sons of Levi, who ministered at Jerusalem. A second tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it each year at Jerusalem.
8 These and similar such things, even as a boy, he observed according to the law of God.
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8 A third tenth I gave to them to whom it was appropriate, as Deborah my father’s mother had commanded me, because I was left an orphan by my father.
9 Truly, when he had become a man, he received as wife Anna of his own tribe, and he conceived a son by her, to whom he assigned his own name.
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9 When I became a man, I took as wife Anna of the seed of our own family. With her, I became the father of Tobias.
10 From his infancy, he taught him to fear God and to abstain from all sin.
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10 When I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my kindred and my relatives ate of the bread of the Gentiles;
11 Therefore, when, during the captivity, he had arrived with his wife and son at the city of Nineveh, with all his tribe,
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11 but I kept myself from eating,
12 (even though they all ate from the foods of the Gentiles,) he guarded his soul and never was contaminated with their foods.
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12 because I remembered God with all my soul.
13 And because he was mindful of the Lord with his whole heart, God gave him favor in the sight of Shalmaneser the king.
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13 So the Most High gave me grace and favor in the sight of Enemessar, and I was his purchasing agent.
14 And he gave him the power to go wherever he would want, having the freedom to do whatever he wished.
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14 And I went into Media, and left ten talents of silver in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias, at Rages of Media.
15 Therefore, he continued on to all who were in captivity, and he gave them helpful advice.
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15 And when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his place. In his time, the highways were troubled, and I could no longer go into Media.
16 But when he had arrived at Rages, a city of the Medes, he had ten talents of silver, from that which he had been given in honor by the king.
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16 In the days of Enemessar, I did many alms deeds to my kindred: I gave my bread to the hungry,
17 And when, in the midst of the great tumult of his kindred, he saw the destitution of Gabael, who was from his tribe, he loaned him, under a written agreement, the aforementioned weight of silver.
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17 and my garments to the naked. If I saw any of my race dead, and thrown out on the wall of Ninevah, I buried him.
18 In truth, after a long time, Shalmaneser the king died, while Sennacherib his son reigned in his place, and he held a hatred for the sons of Israel.
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18 If Sennacherib the king killed any, when he came fleeing from Judea, I buried them privately; for in his wrath he killed many; and the bodies were sought for by the king, and were not found.
19 Every day, Tobit traveled through all his own people, and he consoled them, and he distributed to each one as much as he could from his resources.
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19 But one of the Ninevites went and showed to the king concerning me, how I buried them, and hid myself; and when I knew that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear.
20 He nourished the hungry, and he supplied clothes to the naked, and he showed concern for the burial of the dead and of the slain.
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20 And all my goods were forcibly taken away, and there was nothing left to me, save my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
21 And then, when king Sennacherib had returned from Judea, fleeing the scourge which God had caused all around him because of his blasphemy, and, being angry, he was slaughtering many from the sons of Israel, Tobit buried their bodies.
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21 No more than fifty five days passed before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararat. And Sarchedonus his son reigned in his place; and he appointed Achiacharus my brother Anael’s son over all the accounts of his kingdom, and over all his affairs.
22 And when it was reported to the king, he ordered him to be slain, and he took away all his belongings.
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22 Achiacharus requested me, and I came to Nineveh. Now Achiacharus was cupbearer, keeper of the signet, steward, and overseer of the accounts. Sarchedonus appointed him next to himself, but he was my brother’s son.
23 In truth, Tobit, fleeing with nothing but his son and his wife, was able to remain hidden because many loved him.
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23 Not in this translation
25 and Tobit was able to return to his house, and all his resources were restored to him.
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25 Not in this translation