1 Then they left and began their return journey. When they were near Kaserin, just before Nineveh,
2 Raphael said: "You know how we left your father.
3 Let us hurry on ahead of your wife to prepare the house while the rest of the party are still on the way."
4 So they both went on ahead and Raphael said to Tobiah, "Have the gall in your hand!" And the dog ran along behind them.
5 Meanwhile, Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come.
6 When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, "Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!"
7 Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: "I am certain that his eyes will be opened.
8 Smear the fish gall on them. This medicine will make the cataracts shrink and peel off from his eyes; then your father will again be able to see the light of day."
9 Then Anna ran up to her son, threw her arms around him, and said to him, "Now that I have seen you again, son, I am ready to die!" And she sobbed aloud.
10 Tobit got up and stumbled out through the courtyard gate. Tobiah went up to him
11 with the fish gall in his hand, and holding him firmly, blew into his eyes. "Courage, father," he said.
12 Next he smeared the medicine on his eyes,
13 and it made them smart. Then, beginning at the corners of Tobit's eyes, Tobiah used both hands to peel off the cataracts. When Tobit saw his son, he threw his arms around him
14 and wept. He exclaimed, "I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!" Then he said: "Blessed be God, and praised be his great name, and blessed be all his holy angels. May his holy name be praised throughout all the ages,
15 Because it was he who scourged me, and it is he who has had mercy on me. Behold, I now see my son Tobiah!" Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice. Tobiah told his father that his journey had been a success; that he had brought back the money; and that he had married Raguel's daughter Sarah, who would arrive shortly, for she was approaching the gate of Nineveh. '
16 Rejoicing and praising God, Tobit went out to the gate of Nineveh to meet his daughter-in-law. When the people of Nineveh saw him walking along briskly, with no one leading him by the hand, they were amazed.
17 Before them all Tobit proclaimed how God had mercifully restored sight to his eyes. When Tobit reached Sarah, the wife of his son Tobiah, he greeted her: "Welcome, my daughter! Blessed be your God for bringing you to us, daughter! Blessed are your father and your mother. Blessed is my son Tobiah, and blessed are you, daughter! Welcome to your home with blessing and joy. Come in, daughter!" That day there was joy for all the Jews who lived in Nineveh.
18 Ahiqar and his nephew Nadab also came to rejoice with Tobit. They celebrated Tobiah's wedding feast for seven happy days, and he received many gifts.
Versículos relacionados com Tobit, 11:
Tobias 11 tells the story of Tobias and Sara marrying and the cure of Tobias's father's blindness through the use of the fish's gall he had captured. Some topics that can be addressed in this chapter include marriage, divine healing and the importance of maintaining faith in God. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Genesis 2:24: "For this reason, man will leave father and mother and join his wife, and they will become one flesh." This verse talks about marriage and the union between man and woman.
James 5:15: "And the prayer with faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven." This verse talks about divine healing through prayer and faith in God.
Matthew 19:6: "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has united, no one separates him." This verse talks about the importance of marriage union and the commitment between the couple.
John 14:1: "Your heart is not turned down; you believe in God, you also believe in me." This verse talks about maintaining faith in God, even in the face of difficulties and uncertainties.
James 1:6: "But ask her, with faith, without doubting; for he who doubts is similar to the wave of the sea, which is taken and agitated by the wind." This verse talks about the importance of having faith in God and not doubting His ability to perform miracles and healings.
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