Tobit 13

Latin original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Septuagint, Ge'ez Bible, Apocrypha)

13:1

Aperiens autem Tobias senior os suum, benedixit Dominum, et dixit : Magnus es, Domine, in æternum, et in omnia sæcula regnum tuum :

And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom!

託彼特便說：

13:2

quoniam tu flagellas, et salvas ; deducis ad inferos, et reducis : et non est qui effugiat manum tuam.

For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one that will escape his hand.

「永生的天主是當受讚美的，祂的國度直到永遠；因為祂鞭打人，也施憐憫；祂使人下到陰府極深之處，又從大滅亡中把人領上來。沒有甚麼能逃脫祂的手。

13:3

Confitemini Domino, filii Israël, et in conspectu gentium laudate eum :

Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all you children of Israel! For he has scattered us among them.

以色列子民啊，你們要在萬民面前向祂稱謝，因為祂把你們分散在他們中間。

13:4

quoniam ideo dispersit vos inter gentes quæ ignorant eum, ut vos enarretis mirabilia ejus, et faciatis scire eos quia non est alius deus omnipotens præter eum.

Declare his greatness, there. Extol him before all the living; because he is our Lord, and God is our Father forever.

祂在那裏向你們顯示了祂的偉大。你們要在一切活人面前尊崇祂，因為祂是我們的主，是我們的天主，是我們的父親，直到萬世萬代。

13:5

Ipse castigavit nos propter iniquitates nostras, et ipse salvabit nos propter misericordiam suam.

He will scourge us for our iniquities, and will again show mercy, and will gather us out of all the nations among whom you are all scattered.

祂必因你們的罪過鞭打你們，卻又要憐憫你們眾人，從你們所被分散到的萬民中把你們聚集回來。

13:6

Aspicite ergo quæ fecit nobiscum, et cum timore et tremore confitemini illi : regemque sæculorum exaltate in operibus vestris.

If you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul, to do truth before him, then will he turn to you, and won’t hide his face from you. See what he will do with you. Give him thanks with your whole mouth. Bless the Lord of righteousness. Exalt the everlasting King. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him. Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you?

幾時你們全心全意歸向祂，在祂面前行真誠的事，那時祂必轉向你們，不再向你們掩面。你們要看祂向你們所行的，要滿口向祂稱謝，讚美正義的主，尊崇那萬世之君。我在被擄之地向祂稱謝，向罪人之國顯示祂的能力和偉大。罪人哪，你們要回頭，在祂面前行正義的事。誰知道祂是否願意悅納你們，向你們施行仁慈呢？

13:7

Ego autem in terra captivitatis meæ confitebor illi : quoniam ostendit majestatem suam in gentem peccatricem.

I exalt my God. My soul exalts the King of heaven, and rejoices in his greatness.

如今你們要看祂向你們所行的事，要滿口向祂稱謝，讚美正義的主，尊崇那萬世之君。

13:8

Convertimini itaque peccatores, et facite justitiam coram Deo, credentes quod faciat vobiscum misericordiam suam.

Let all men speak, and let them give him thanks in Jerusalem.

我在被擄之地向祂稱謝，向罪人之國顯示祂的能力和偉大。罪人哪，你們要回頭，在祂面前行正義的事。誰知道祂是否願意悅納你們，向你們施行仁慈呢？

13:9

Ego autem et anima mea in eo lætabimur.

O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge you for the works of your sons, and will again have mercy on the sons of the righteous.

我要尊崇我的天主，我的靈魂要尊崇上天的君王，要因祂的偉大而歡躍。