5:1. Tobias replied and said:
Father,
I will do everything
you
have instructed me.
5:2. But how can I receive this money
since
I don’t know him.
5:3. Then Tobit wrote instructions
that
told him:
Find
a man to travel with you
while
I am still alive
and
I will pay the money
so
you can pay him
to
go with you.
5:4. Then he left to find this man.
He
found Raphael the angel.
5:5. But he didn’t recognize him
and
he told him:
Can
you travel with me to Rages?
Do
you know where this is?
5:6. The angel answered him:
I
will go with you
and
I know the way well
for
I have stayed there
with
our brother Gabael.
5:7.
Then Tobias said to him:
Wait
for me
until
I tell my father.
5:8. Then the angel told him:
Hurry
up and do it.
So
he went to his father and said:
Behold,
I have found someone
who
will go with me.
Tobin
responded:
Bring
him to me
so
I can know which tribe
he
comes from
and
whether he is trustworthy
enough
to go with you
5:9. So he called him
and
the angel came inside
and
they greeted each other.
5:10. Then Tobit asked him:
Brother,
can you tell me which tribe
and
which family you are from?
5:11. The angel replied to him:
Are
you wanting a certain tribe or family
or
an hired man travel with your son?
Then
Tobit replied to him:
Brother
I would recognize
your
family and name.
5:12. Then the angel said:
I
am Azarias
the
son of Ananias the great
and
one of your brothers.
5:13. Then Tobit said to him:
You
are welcome, brother.
Please
don’t be angry with me
because
I asked about
your
tribe and your family.
You
are surely my brother
from
an honest and good stock
as
I know Ananias and Jonathas
sons
of that great Samaias
because
we went together to
so
we could worship
and
make offerings
and
give tenths of the fruits.
They
weren’t attracted to the error
of
our brothers.
But
you my brother
have
a good foundation.
5:14. But how much
shall
I pay you?
What
about a drachm a day
along
with other necessities
like
I do with my own son?
5:15. Surely if you return safely
I
will add something more
to
your payment.
5:16. Thus they were all pleased.
Then
he said to Tobias:
Prepare
yourself for the journey.
May
God go with you.
And
when his son prepared
everything
for the journey
his
father told him:
Go
with this man
and
may God
Who
dwells in the sanctuary
bless
you on your journey
and
may the angel of God
keep
you company.
So
they both began their trip
together
with the young man’s dog.
5:17. But his mother Anna wept
and
said to Tobit:
Why
have you sent our son away?
Is
he not the staff of our hand
who
goes out and represents us?
5:18.
Don’t be greedy
to
add money to money
instead
let it be used
to
raise and feed our children.
5:19. For what the Almighty
has
given us to live on
will
suffice for us.
5:20. Then Tobit said to her:
Do
no worry dear lady
he
will return safely
and
you will lay your eyes on him again.
5:21. For the good angel
will
keep him company
and
his journey will be successful
and
he will return safely.
5:22. So she stopped weeping.
