Tobias, 14
1. Tal foi o cântico de Tobit.
1. Here Tobit ended his words of praise.
2. Tobit morreu em paz, na idade de cento e doze anos. Foi sepultado com muita honra em Nínive.
2. He was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight, and after eight years he regained it. He gave alms, and he continued to fear the Lord God and to praise him.
3. Tinha sessenta e dois anos quando ficou cego.
3. When he had grown very old he called his son and grandsons, and said to him, "My son, take your sons; behold, I have grown old and am about to depart this life.
4. Todo o restante de sua vida se passou na alegria. E a paz de que gozou foi em proporção aos seus progressos no temor a Deus.
4. Go to Media, my son, for I fully believe what Jonah the prophet said about Nineveh, that it will be overthrown. But in Media there will be peace for a time. Our brethren will be scattered over the earth from the good land, and Jerusalem will be desolate. The house of God in it will be burned down and will be in ruins for a time.
5. Quando veio a hora de sua morte, chamou à sua presença o seu filho Tobias, com os sete filhos deste e disse-lhes:
5. But God will again have mercy on them, and bring them back into their land; and they will rebuild the house of God, though it will not be like the former one until the times of the age are completed. After this they will return from the places of their captivity, and will rebuild Jerusalem in splendor. And the house of God will be rebuilt there with a glorious building for all generations for ever, just as the prophets said of it.
6. “Está próxima a ruína de Nínive, porque a palavra de Deus não falha; os nossos irmãos, que foram dispersos para longe da pátria de Israel, voltarão para ela.
6. Then all the Gentiles will turn to fear the Lord God in truth, and will bury their idols.
7. Todo o seu país deserto será repovoado e a casa de Deus, que ali foi queimada, será reconstruída. Todos os homens que temem a Deus voltarão para ela
7. All the Gentiles will praise the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people. And all who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our brethren.
8. e as nações pagãs abandonarão os seus ídolos e virão habitar em Jerusalém.
8. "So now, my son, leave Nineveh, because what the prophet Jonah said will surely happen.
9. Todos os reis da terra se alegrarão de apresentar suas homenagens ao rei de Israel.
9. But keep the law and the commandments, and be merciful and just, so that it may be well with you.
10. Ouvi, pois, o vosso pai, meus filhos. Servi fielmente o Senhor e procurai fazer o que lhe é agradável.
10. Bury me properly, and your mother with me. And do not live in Nineveh any longer. See, my son, what Nadab did to Ahikar who had reared him, how he brought him from light into darkness, and with what he repaid him. But Ahikar was saved, and the other received repayment as he himself went down into the darkness. Ahikar gave alms and escaped the deathtrap which Nadab had set for him; but Nadab fell into the trap and perished.
11. Recomendai aos vossos filhos que pratiquem a justiça, sejam caridosos e esmoleres, que se lembrem de Deus e o bendigam em todo o tempo, fielmente e com todas as suas forças.
11. So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers." As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobias gave him a magnificent funeral.
12. E agora, meus filhos, ouvi-me: não fiqueis aqui; mas, no dia em que tiverdes enterrado vossa mãe junto de mim no mesmo túmulo, ponde-vos logo a caminho para deixar estes lugares;
12. And when Anna died he buried her with his father. Then Tobias returned with his wife and his sons to Ecbatana, to Raguel his father-in-law.
13. porque eu vejo que a iniquidade desta cidade será a causa de sua queda.”*
13. He grew old with honor, and he gave his father-in-law and mother-in-law magnificent funerals. He inherited their property and that of his father Tobit.
14. Depois da morte de sua mãe, Tobias partiu de Nínive com sua mulher, seus filhos e seus netos e voltou para a casa de seus sogros.
14. He died in Ecbatana of Media at the age of a hundred and twenty-seven years.
15. Encontrou-os em perfeita saúde, numa ditosa velhice. Teve para com eles todas as atenções e fechou-lhes os olhos. Tomou posse de toda a herança da casa de Raguel e viu os filhos de seus filhos até a quinta geração.
15. But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineveh, which Nebuchadnezzar and Ahasuerus had captured. Before his death he rejoiced over Nineveh.
16. Morreu com alegria, tendo vivido noventa e nove anos no temor ao Senhor e seus filhos o sepultaram.
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17. Toda a sua parentela e toda a sua descendência perseveraram numa vida íntegra e santo procedimento, de modo que foram amados tanto por Deus como pelos homens e por todos os seus compatriotas.
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