Tobit Chapter 2 Back Next{2:1} Now when I arrived home again, and my wife
Anna was restored to me with my son Tobias, at the
feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, a good dinner was prepared for me, which I sat down to eat.
{2:2} And when I saw the abundance of meat, I said to my son, "Go and bring whatsoever poor man you find among our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord, and, see, I will wait for you."
{2:3} But he returned and said, "Father, one of our nation was strangled and cast out in the
marketplace."
{2:4} Then, before I had tasted any of the meat, I went out, and took him up into a room until sundown.
{2:5} Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in sadness,
{2:6} remembering the prophecy of
Amos, as he said, "Your feasts shall be turned into mourning and all your mirth into lamentation."
{2:7} Therefore I wept, and after sundown I went and made a
grave and buried him.
{2:8} But my neighbors mocked me and said, "This man is still not afraid to be put to
death for this matter; and, see, though he fled away before, he now buries the dead again."
{2:9} That same night, I returned from the
burial and slept by the wall of my courtyard, because I was polluted. And my face was uncovered,
{2:10} and I didn't know that there were sparrows in the wall. And, since my eyes were open, the sparrows emitted warm
dung into my eyes, and a whiteness fell into my eyes. And I went to the physicians, but they didn't help me. Moreover, Achiacharus had to nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
{2:11} And my wife Anna took in women's work.
{2:12} And when she had sent these home again to the owners, they paid her her wages and gave her in addition a young
goat.
{2:13} And when it was in my house, and began to call out, I said to her, "Where did this young goat come from? Is it not stolen? Return it to the owners, for it is not lawful to eat anything which is stolen."
{2:14} But she replied to me, "It was given as a
gift, over and above my wages." However, I did not believe her, but directed her to return it to the owners, and I was ashamed at her. But she replied to me, "Where are your
alms and your righteous deeds? See now, you and all your works are known."
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