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1 Then Tobias called to him his son, and said
to him: What can we give to this holy man, that is come with thee?
2 Tobias answering, said to his father: Father,
what wages shall we give him? or what can be worthy
of his benefits?
3 He conducted me and brought me safe again,
he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to
have my wife, and he chased from her the evil spirit, he gave joy to her
parents, myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish, thee also he
hath made to see the light of heaven, and we are filled with all good things
through him. What can we give him sufficient for these things?
4 But I beseech thee, my father, to desire
him, that he would vouchsafe to accept one half of all things that have been
brought.
5 So the father and the son, calling him,
took him aside: and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of
half of all things that they had brought.
6 Then he said to them secretly: Bless ye the
God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he
hath shewn his mercy to you.
7 For it is good to hide the secret of a
king: but honourable to reveal and confess the
works of God.
8 Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than
to lay up treasures of gold:
9 For alms delivereth
from death, and the same is that which purgeth away
sins, and maketh to find mercy and life
everlasting.
10 But they that commit sin and iniquity, are
enemies to their own soul.
11 I discover then the truth unto you, and I
will not hide the secret from you.
12 When thou didst pray with tears, and didst
bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy
house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.
13 And because thou wast
acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee.
14 And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee,
and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil.
15 For I am the angel Raphael, one of the
seven, who stand before the Lord.
16 And when they had heard these things, they
were troubled, and being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their
face.
17 And the angel said to them: Peace be to
you, fear not.
18 For when I was with you, I was there by the
will of God: bless ye him, and sing praises to him.
19 I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with
you: but I use an invisible meat and drink, which cannot be seen by men.
20 It is time therefore that I return to him
that sent me: but bless ye God, and publish all his wonderful works.
21 And when he had said these things, he was
taken from their sight, and they could see him no more.
22 Then they lying prostrate for three hours
upon their face, blessed God: and rising up, they told all his wonderful
works.
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1- حينئذ دعا طوبيا ابنه اليه و
قال له ماذا ترى نعطي هذا الرجل القديس الذي ذهب معك.
2- فاجاب طوبيا و قال لابيه يا ابت اي اجرة
نعطيه و اي شيء يكون مؤازيا لاحسانه.
3- اخذني و رجع بي سالما و المال هو استوفاه
من عند غابيلوس و به حصلت على زوجتي و هو كف عنها الشيطان و فرح ابويها و خلصني
من افتراس الحوت و اياك ايضا هو جعلك تبصر نور السماء و به غمرنا بكل خير فماذا
عسى ان نعطيه مما يكون مؤازيا لهذه.
4- لكني اسالك يا ابت ان نساله هل يرضى ان
ياخذ النصف من كل ما جئنا به.
5- فدعاه الوالد و ولده و اخذاه ناحية و جعلا
يسالانه ان يتنازل و يقبل النصف من جميع ما جاءا به.
6- حينئذ خاطبهما سرا و قال باركا اله السماء
و اعترفا له امام جميع الاحياء لما اتاكما من مراحمه.
7- اما سر الملك فخير ان يكتم و اما اعمال
الله فاذاعتها و الاعتراف بها كرامة.
8- صالحة الصلاة مع الصوم و الصدقة خير من
ادخار كنوز الذهب.
9- لان الصدقة تنجي من الموت و تمحو الخطايا و
تؤهل الانسان لنوال الرحمة و الحياة الابدية.
10- و اما الذين يعملون المعصية
و الاثم فهم اعداء لانفسهم.
11- اما انا فاعلن لكما الحق و ما اكتم عنكما
امرا مستورا.
12- انك حين كنت تصلي بدموع و تدفن الموتى و
تترك طعامك و تخبا الموتى في بيتك نهارا و تدفنهم ليلا كنت انا ارفع صلاتك الى
الرب.
13- و اذ كنت مقبولا امام الله كان لا بد ان
تمتحن بتجربة.
14- و الان فان الرب قد ارسلني لاشفيك و اخلص
سارة كنتك من الشيطان.
15- فاني انا رافائيل الملاك احد السبعة
الواقفين امام الرب.
16- فلما سمعا مقالته هذه ارتاعا و سقطا على
اوجههما على الارض مرتعدين.
17- فقال لهما الملاك سلام لكم لا تخافوا.
18- لاني لما كنت معكم انما كنت
بمشيئة الله فباركوه و سبحوه.
19- و كان يظهر لكم اني اكل و اشرب معكم و
انما انا اتخذ طعاما غير منظور و شرابا لا يبصره بشر.
20- و الان قد حان ان ارجع الى
من ارسلني و انتم فباركوا الله و حدثوا بجميع عجائبه.
21- و بعد ان قال هذا ارتفع عن ابصارهم فلم
يعودوا يعاينونه بعد ذلك.
22- حينئذ لبثوا ثلاث ساعات منطرحين على
وجوههم يباركون الله ثم نهضوا و حدثوا بجميع عجائبه
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