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1. Ainsi finirent les paroles de Tobie. Après qu'il eut recouvré la vue, Tobie vécut encore quarante-deux ans, et il vit les enfants de ses petits-enfants.

1. Tobit died peacefully at the age of a hundred and twelve, and received an honorable burial in Nineveh.

2. Il vécut en tout cent deux ans, et il fut inhumé honorablement à Ninive.

2. He was sixty-two years old when he lost his eyesight, and after he recovered it he lived in prosperity, giving alms and continually blessing God and praising the divine Majesty.

3. Car il avait cinquante-six ans lorsqu'il perdit la vue, et il la recouvra à soixante.

3. Just before he died, he called his son Tobiah and Tobiah's seven sons, and gave him this command: "Son, take your children

4. Tout le reste de sa vie se passa dans la joie, et plus il faisait de progrès dans la crainte de Dieu, plus il goûtait de paix.

4. and flee into Media, for I believe God's word which was spoken by Nahum against Nineveh. It shall all happen, and shall overtake Assyria and Nineveh; indeed, whatever was said by Israel's prophets, whom God commissioned, shall occur. Not one of all the oracles shall remain unfulfilled, but everything shall take place in the time appointed for it. So it will be safer in Media than in Assyria or Babylon. For I know and believe that whatever God has spoken will be accomplished. It shall happen, and not a single word of the prophecies shall prove false. "As for our kinsmen who dwell in Israel, they shall all be scattered and led away into exile from the Good Land. The entire country of Israel shall become desolate; even Samaria and Jerusalem shall become desolate! God's temple there shall be burnt to the ground and shall be desolate for a while.

5. A l'heure de sa mort, il appela auprès de lui Tobie, son fils, et les sept jeunes fils de ce dernier, ses petits-fils, et il leur dit :

5. But God will again have mercy on them and bring them back to the land of Israel. They shall rebuild the temple, but it will not be like the first one, until the era when the appointed times shall be completed. Afterward all of them shall return from their exile, and they shall rebuild Jerusalem with splendor. In her the temple of God shall also be rebuilt; yes, it will be rebuilt for all generations to come, just as the prophets of Israel said of her.

6. " La ruine de Ninive est proche, car la parole de Dieu doit avoir son accomplissement; et nos frères qui y sont dispersés loin du pays d'Israël y retourneront.

6. All the nations of the world shall be converted and shall offer God true worship; all shall abandon their idols which have deceitfully led them into error,

7. Tout le pays d'Israël, après avoir été désert, sera repeuplé, et la maison de Dieu, après avoir été brûlée, sera rebâtie, et tous ceux qui craignent Dieu y reviendront.

7. and shall bless the God of the ages in righteousness. Because all the Israelites who are to be saved in those days will truly be mindful of God, they shall be gathered together and go to Jerusalem; in security shall they dwell forever in the land of Abraham, which will be given over to them. Those who sincerely love God shall rejoice, but those who become guilty of sin shall completely disappear from the land.

8. Les nations abandonneront leurs idoles; elles viendront à Jérusalem et y habiteront;

8. "Now, as for you, my son, depart from Nineveh; do not remain here.

9. et tous les rois de la terre s'y réjouiront en adorant le Roi d'Israël.

9. "Now, children, I give you this command: serve God faithfully and do what is right before him; you must tell your children to do what is upright and to give alms, to be mindful of God and at all times to bless his name sincerely and with all their strength.

10. " Ecoutez donc, mes enfants, votre père, servez le Seigneur dans la vérité, et efforcez-vous de faire ce qui lui est agréable. 11 Recommandez à vos enfants de pratiquer la justice et de faire des aumônes, de se souvenir de Dieu et de le bénir en tout temps dans la vérité et de toute leur force.

10. The day you bury your mother next to me, do not even stay overnight within the confines of the city. For I see that people here shamelessly commit all sorts of wickedness and treachery. Think, my son, of all that Nadab did to Ahiqar, the very one who brought him up: Ahiqar went down alive into the earth! Yet God made Nadab's disgraceful crime rebound against him. Ahiqar came out again into the light, but Nadab went into the everlasting darkness, for he had tried to kill Ahiqar. Because Ahiqar had given alms to me, he escaped from the deadly trap Nadab had set for him. But Nadab himself fell into the deadly trap, and it destroyed him.

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11. So, my children, note well what almsgiving does, and also what wickedness does--it kills! But now my spirit is about to leave me."

12. " Ecoutez-moi donc maintenant, mes enfants, et ne demeurez point dans cette ville; mais le jour même où vous aurez inhumé votre mère auprès de moi dans un même sépulcre, mettez-vous en route pour sortir d'ici;

12. They placed him on his bed and he died; and he received an honorable burial. When Tobiah's mother died, he buried her next to his father. He then departed with his wife and children for Media, where he settled in Ecbatana with his father-in-law Raguel.

13. car je vois que l'iniquité de Ninive amènera sa ruine. "

13. He took respectful care of his aging father-in-law and mother-in-law; and he buried them at Ecbatana in Media. Then he inherited Raguel's estate as well as that of his father Tobit.

14. Après la mort de sa mère, le jeune Tobie sortit de Ninive avec sa femme, ses enfants et les enfants de ses enfants, et il retourna chez ses beaux-parents.

14. He died at the venerable age of a hundred and seventeen.

15. Il les trouva bien portants dans une heureuse vieillesse; il eut soin d'eux et il leur ferma les yeux; il recueillit tout l'héritage de la maison de Raguel, et il vit les enfants de ses enfants jusqu'à la cinquième génération.

15. But before he died, he heard of the destruction of Nineveh and saw its effects. He witnessed the exile of the city's inhabitants when Cyaxares, king of Media, led them captive into Media. Tobiah praised God for all that he had done against the citizens of Nineveh and Assyria. Before dying he rejoiced over Nineveh's destruction, and he blessed the Lord God forever and ever. Amen.

16. Après qu'il eut vécu quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans dans la crainte du Seigneur, ses enfants l'inhumèrent avec joie.

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17. Tous ceux de sa parenté et tous ses descendants persévérèrent dans une bonne vie et une sainte conduite, en sorte qu'ils furent aimés de Dieu et des hommes, et de tous ceux qui habitaient le pays.

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