6:1. They went on their way
and
arrived in the evening
at
the river
and
they lodged there.
6:2. Then the young man
went
to the river to wash
and
a fish leaped out of the river
and
nearly devoured him.
6:3. Then the angel said to him:
Grab
the fish.
So
the young man grabbed the fish
and
pulled it to shore.
6:4. Then the angel said:
Open
up the fish
and
remove the heart
and
the liver and gall
and
store them safely.
6:5. So the young man did this
just
as the angel instructed him.
Then
after they roasted the fish
they
did eat it
then
they both continued their traveling
until
they came near Ecbatane.
6:6. Then the young man asked the angel:
Brother
Azarias what use is the heart
and
the liver and gall of the fish?
6:7. So he told him:
Touching
the heart
and
the liver
may
disturb some wicked spirit.
So
we must roast it
before
it is offered
to
prevent any disturbance.
6:8. As for the gall
it
can be used as an ointment
for
someone that is blind
to
help him heal.
6:9. Then they approached Rages.
6:10. And the angel said to the young man:
Brother
let’s lodge with Raguel
who
is your cousin.
He
also has an only daughter
who
is named Sara.
I
will look into whether
she
can be given to you as a wife.
6:11. Because for you
she
would be appropriate
given
that she is also from your tribe.
6:12. And this maiden is fair and wise.
So
therefore listen to me:
I
will speak to her father
and
when we return from Rages
we
can celebrate the marriage.
Because
I know that Raguel
cannot
marry her to someone else
according
to the law of Moses.
If
so he will be dangerous
because
the right inheritance
does
apply to you
more
than anyone else.
6:13. The young man answered the angel:
I
have heard, brother Azarias
that
this maiden has been given away
to
seven men so far
who
all died in the marriage chamber.
6:14. At this point I am
the
only son of my father
and
I worry should I go with her
I
will die as those others before me
because
a wicked spirit must love her.
They
don’t hurt anybody
except
those who went with her.
So
therefore I worry that I may die
and
will bring my father and mother with me
because
they will be too saddened
as
they have no other son
who
will bury them.
6:15. Then the angel said to him:
Don’t
you remember the instructions
that
your father gave to you
that
you should marry a wife
who
is from your own tribe?
So
therefore hear me out
O
my brother
for
she shall be given to you to marry
and
don’t worry about the wicked spirit
for
tonight she will be given to you to marry.
6:16. And when you go to the wedding bedroom
you
will take the essences of perfume
together
with the gall
and
it will create a smoke.
6:17. This will chase away the wicked
who
will never return
but
when you come together with her
rise
up both of you
and
pray to merciful God
who
will have compassion for you
and
save you.
Don’t
worry
for
she has been selected for you
from
the very beginning
and
you will keep her
and
she will go with you.
She
will also bear three children.
Now
when Tobias heard these things
he
came to love her
and
his heart became
affectionately
joined to her.
