Tobit · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Tobit 8 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Є҆гда́ же ѡ҆конча́ша ве́черю, введо́ша тѡві́ю къ не́й.
1 When they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in to her.
2 Ѻ҆́нъ же и҆ды́й помѧнꙋ̀ словеса̀ рафаи́лѡва, и҆ взѧ̀ жера́токъ ѳѷмїа́мный, и҆ возложѝ се́рдце ры́бїе и҆ пе́чень, и҆ покꙋрѝ:
2 But as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them, and made smoke with them.
3 є҆гда́ же ѡ҆бонѧ̀ де́мѡнъ воню̀, ѿбѣжѐ въ вы̑шнѧѧ є҆гѵ́пта, и҆ свѧза̀ є҆го̀ а҆́гг҃лъ.
3 When the demon smelled that smell, it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.
4 Є҆гда́ же заключє́на бы́ста ѻ҆́ба, воста̀ тѡві́а ѿ ло́жа и҆ речѐ: воста́ни, сестро̀, и҆ помо́лимсѧ, да поми́лꙋетъ ны̀ гдⷭ҇ь.
4 But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, “Sister, arise, and let’s pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.”
5 И҆ нача̀ тѡві́а глаго́лати: блгⷭ҇ве́нъ є҆сѝ, бж҃е ѻ҆тє́цъ на́шихъ, и҆ блгⷭ҇ве́но и҆́мѧ твоѐ ст҃о́е и҆ сла́вное во вѣ́ки, да блгⷭ҇вѧ́тъ тѧ̀ нб҃са̀ и҆ всѧ̑ созда̑нїѧ твоѧ̑:
5 And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.
6 ты̀ сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ а҆да́ма и҆ да́лъ є҆сѝ є҆мꙋ̀ помо́щницꙋ є҆́ѵꙋ ᲂу҆твержде́нїе женꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀: ѿ тѣ́хъ роди́сѧ человѣ́ческое сѣ́мѧ: ты̀ ре́клъ є҆сѝ: не добро̀ бы́ти человѣ́кꙋ є҆ди́номꙋ, сотвори́мъ є҆мꙋ̀ помо́щницꙋ подо́бнꙋю є҆мꙋ̀:
6 You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him.
7 и҆ нн҃ѣ, гдⷭ҇и, не блꙋдодѣѧ́нїѧ ра́ди а҆́зъ пое́млю сестрꙋ̀ мою̀ сїю̀, но по и҆́стинѣ: повелѝ поми́лованꙋ мѝ бы́ти и҆ съ не́ю состарѣ́тисѧ.
7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.”
8 И҆ речѐ съ ни́мъ: а҆ми́нь.
8 She said with him, “Amen.” And they both slept that night.
9 И҆ спа́ста ѻ҆́ба но́щїю, И҆ воста́въ рагꙋи́лъ по́йде и҆ и҆скопа̀ гро́бъ, глаго́лѧ:
9 Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave,
10 є҆да̀ и҆ то́й ᲂу҆́мре;
10 saying, “Lest he also should die.”
11 И҆ прїи́де рагꙋи́лъ въ до́мъ сво́й
11 And Raguel came into his house,
12 и҆ речѐ є҆́днѣ женѣ̀ свое́й: послѝ є҆ди́нꙋ ѿ рабы́нь, и҆ да ви́дитъ, а҆́ще жи́въ є҆́сть: а҆́ще же нѝ, да погребе́мъ є҆го̀, и҆ да никто́же ᲂу҆вѣ́сть.
12 and said to Edna his wife, “Send one of the maidservants, and let them see if he is alive. If not, we will bury him, and no man will know it.”
13 И҆ вни́де рабы́нѧ ѿве́рзши две́рь, и҆ ѡ҆брѣ́те ѻ҆бои́хъ спѧ́щихъ,
13 So the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and found them both sleeping,
14 и҆ и҆зше́дши возвѣстѝ и҆̀мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ жи́въ є҆́сть.
14 and came out, and told them that he was alive.
15 И҆ благословѝ рагꙋи́лъ бг҃а, глаго́лѧ: блгⷭ҇ве́нъ є҆сѝ ты̀, бж҃е, во всѧ́цѣмъ бл҃гослове́нїи чи́стѣмъ и҆ ст҃ѣ́мъ: и҆ да блгⷭ҇вѧ́тъ тѧ̀ ст҃і́и твоѝ и҆ всѧ̑ созда̑нїѧ твоѧ̑, и҆ всѝ а҆́гг҃ли твоѝ и҆ и҆збра́нни твоѝ: да блгⷭ҇вѧ́тъ тѧ̀ во вѣ́ки:
15 Then Raguel blessed God, saying, “Blessed are you, O God, with all pure and holy blessing! Let your saints bless you, and all your creatures! Let all your angels and your elect bless you forever!
16 блгⷭ҇ве́нъ є҆сѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ возвесели́лъ мѧ̀ є҆сѝ, и҆ не бы́сть мѝ, ꙗ҆́коже непщева́хъ, но по мно́зѣй млⷭ҇ти твое́й сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ съ на́ми:
16 Blessed are you, because you have made me glad; and it has not happened to me as I suspected; but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy.
17 блгⷭ҇ве́нъ є҆сѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ поми́ловалъ є҆сѝ двои́хъ є҆диноро́дныхъ: сотворѝ и҆́ма, влⷣко, млⷭ҇ть, совершѝ живо́тъ и҆́хъ во здра́вїи съ весе́лїемъ и҆ млⷭ҇тїю.
17 Blessed are you, because you have had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents. Show them mercy, O Lord. Fulfill their life in health with gladness and mercy.
18 Повелѣ́ же рабѡ́мъ засы́пати гро́бъ,
18 He commanded his servants to fill the grave.
19 и҆ сотворѝ и҆̀мъ бра́къ дні́й четырена́десѧть,
19 He kept the wedding feast for them fourteen days.
20 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ рагꙋи́лъ, пре́жде да́же соверши́тисѧ днє́мъ бра́ка, съ клѧ́твою, да не и҆зы́детъ, а҆́ще не и҆спо́лнѧтсѧ четырена́десѧть дні́е бра́ка:
20 Before the days of the wedding feast were finished, Raguel sware to him, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the wedding feast were fulfilled;
21 и҆ тогда̀ взе́мъ по́лъ и҆мѣ́нїй свои́хъ да по́йдетъ со здра́вїемъ ко ѻ҆тцꙋ̀: прѡ́чаѧ же, є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆мрꙋ̀ и҆ жена̀ моѧ̀.
21 and that then he should take half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and the rest, said he, when my wife and I die.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And now, O Lord, Thou knowest that I take not this my sister for lust, but uprightly: therefore have pity on us, O Lord." Chapter 19 — Wicked Men Judge Others by Themselves
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)