10:1. Now his father Tobit
had
counted every day
and
when the journey’s
expected
timeline had passed
and
they did not arrive
10:2. Tobit then asked:
Have
they been arrested?
or
is Gabael dead
and
there is no one
that
will give him money?
10:3. Thus he was very worried.
10:4. Then his wife said to him:
My
son has died.
Because
he hadn’t returned
she
began to cry for him, saying:
10:5. Now I don’t care for anything
my
dear son
since
I have let you go
the
light of my eyes.
10:6 Tobit replied and said:
Hold
your peace
do
not worry
for
he is safe.
10:7. But then she said:
Hold
your peace
and
don’t deceive me.
My
son is dead.
Then
she went out every day
onto
the path they traveled
and
fasted during the day
and
cried during the nights
as
she mourned her son Tobias
throughout
the 14 days of the wedding
that
Raguel promised he would stay.
Then
Tobias said to Raguel:
Let
me take leave
as
my father and my mother
don’t
have to keep looking for me.
10:8. But his father in law said to him:
Wait
just a little bit
and
I will summon your father
and
they will tell him
how
all is well with you.
10:9. But Tobias told him:
No,
let me go to my father.
10:10. Then Raguel got up
and
gave him Sara his wife
and
half of his possessions
servants,
herds and money.
10:11. And he blessed them
then
he sent them away saying:
May
the God of heaven
give
you a prosperous journey
my
children.
10:12. Then he told his daughter:
Honor
your father
and
your mother in-law
which
are now your parents
so
I may hear good things.
Then
he kissed her.
Edna
then said to Tobias:
May
the Lord of heaven
restore
you my dear brother
and
grant that I may see your children
of
my daughter Sara
before
this body dies
so
I may rejoice before the Lord.
Look,
I will give my daughter
to
you with a special trust
to
keep her away from wickedness.
