And after they had supped, they brought in the young man to her.
And Tobias remembering the angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals.
Raphael
Ραφαηλ
raphaēl
ashes
τέφραν
tephran
emotions
ἧπαρ
hēpar
smoke
ἐκάπνισεν
ekapnisen
Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.
Tōbeias
Τωβιας
tōbias
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them,
Euan
Ευαν
euan
support
στήριγμα
stērigma
say
And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.
grow old with
συγκαταγηρᾶσαι
synkatagērasai
Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.
And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.
Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.
And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.
For he said: Lest perhaps it may have happened to him, in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands, that went in unto her.
And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and said to her:
Send one of thy maids, and let her see if he be dead, that I may bury him before it be day.
So she sent one of her maidservants, who went into the chamber, and found them safe and sound, sleeping both together.
Reuel
Ραγουηλ
ragouēl
And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord,
And said: We bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because it hath not happened as we suspected.
health
ὑγιείᾳ
hygieia
For thou hast shewn thy mercy to us, and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us.
And thou hast taken pity upon two only children. Make them, O Lord, bless thee more fully: and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise, and of their health, that all nations may know, that thou alone art God in all the earth.
And immediately Raguel commanded his servants, to fill up the pit they had made, before it was day.
say
Reuel
Ραγουηλ
ragouēl
having sworn
ἐνόρκως
enorkōs
And he spoke to his wife to make ready a feast, and prepare all kind of provisions that are necessary for such as go a journey.
health
ὑγιείας
hygieias
He caused also two fat kine, and four wethers to be killed, and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighbours, and all his friends,
And Raguel adjured Tobias, to abide with him two weeks.
And of all things which Raguel possessed, he gave one half to Tobias, and made a writing, that the half that remained should after their decease come also to Tobias.
