1 In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,
2 And said with himself, I have wished for death; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias that I may signify to him of the money before I die?
3 And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, bury me; and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not.
4 Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.
5 My son, be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness.
6 For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.
7 Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
8 If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:
9 For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.
10 Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.
11 For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.
12 Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father’s tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.
13 Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine.
14 Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
15 Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey.
16 Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and according to thine abundance give alms: and let not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms.
17 Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked.
18 Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.
19 Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.
20 And now I signify this to they that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media.
21 And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
1 igitur cum Tobias putaret orationem suam exaudiri ut mori potuisset
vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum
2 dixitque ei
audi fili mi verba oris mei
et ea in corde tuo quasi fundamentum construe
3 cum acceperit Deus animam meam corpus meum sepeli
et honorem habebis matri tuae omnibus diebus vitae eius
4 memor enim esse debes
quae et quanta pericula passa sit propter te in utero suo
5 cum autem et ipsa conpleverit tempus vitae suae
sepelies eam circa me
6 omnibus autem diebus vitae tuae Deum in mente habe
et cave ne aliquando peccato consentias
et praetermittas praecepta Dei nostri
7 ex substantia tua fac elemosynam
et noli avertere faciem tuam ab ullo paupere
ita enim fiet ut nec a te avertatur facies Domini
8 quomodo potueris ita esto misericors
9 si multum tibi fuerit abundanter tribue
si exiguum fuerit
etiam exiguum libenter inpertire stude
10 praemium enim tibi bonum thesaurizas in die necessitatis
11 quoniam elemosyna ab omni peccato et a morte liberat
et non patietur animam ire in tenebras
12 fiducia magna erit coram summo Deo elemosyna
omnibus qui faciunt eam
13 adtende tibi fili mi ab omni fornicatione
et praeter uxorem tuam numquam patiaris crimen scire
14 superbiam numquam in tuo sensu aut in tuo verbo dominari permittas
in ipsa enim initium sumpsit omnis perditio
15 quicumque aliquid tibi operatus fuerit
statim mercedem ei restitue
et merces mercennarii apud te omnino non maneat
16 quod ab alio odis fieri tibi
vide ne alteri tu aliquando facias
17 panem tuum cum esurientibus et egenis comede
et de vestimentis tuis nudos tege
18 panem tuum et vinum super sepulturam iusti constitue
et noli ex eo manducare et bibere cum peccatoribus
19 consilium semper a sapiente perquire
20 omni tempore benedic Deum
et pete ab eo ut vias tuas dirigat
et omnia consilia tua in ipso permaneant
21 indico etiam tibi fili mi dedisse me decem talenta argenti
dum infantulus esses
Gabelo in Rages civitate Medorum
et chirografum eius apud me habeo
22 et ideo perquire quomodo ad eum pervenias
et recipias ab eo supra memoratum pondus argenti
et restituas ei chirografum suum
23 noli timere fili mi pauperem quidem vitam gerimus
sed multa bona habemus si timuerimus Deum
et recesserimus ab omni peccato et fecerimus bene