g, he came
to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,

2:11. And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon
his eyes, and he was made blind.

2:12. Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that
an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy
Job.

2:13. For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept
his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of
blindness had befallen him,

2:14. But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God
all the days of his life.

2:15. For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and
kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:

Kings... So Job's three friends are here called, because they were
princes in their respective territories.

2:16. Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the
dead?

2:17. But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:

2:18. For we are the children of saints, and look for that life which
God will give to those that never change their faith from him.

2:19. Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home
what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.

2:20. Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and
brought it home:

2:21. And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest
perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful
for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.

2:22. At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident the
hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.

2:23. And with these and other, such like words she upbraided him.

Tobias Chapter 3

The prayer of Tobias, and of Sara, in their several afflictions, are
heard by God, and the angel Raphael is sent to relieve them.

3:1. Then Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears,

3:2. Saying, Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and
all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment:

3:3. And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins,
neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents.

3:4. For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered
to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a
reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.

3:5. And now, O Lord, great are thy judgments, because we have not done
according to thy precep