1 When they had finished eating and drinking, the girl's parents wanted to retire. They brought the young man out of the dining room and led him into the bedroom.
2 At this point Tobiah, mindful of Raphael's instructions, took the fish's liver and heart from the bag which he had with him, and placed them on the embers for the incense.
3 The demon, repelled by the odor of the fish, fled into Upper Egypt; Raphael pursued him there and bound him hand and foot. Then Raphael returned immediately.
4 When the girl's parents left the bedroom and closed the door behind them, Tobiah arose from bed and said to his wife, "My love, get up. Let us pray and beg our Lord to have mercy on us and to grant us deliverance."
5 She got up, and they started to pray and beg that deliverance might be theirs. He began with these words: "Blessed are you, O God of our fathers; praised be your name forever and ever. Let the heavens and all your creation praise you forever.
6 You made Adam and you gave him his wife Eve to be his help and support; and from these two the human race descended. You said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone; let us make him a partner like himself.'
7 Now, Lord, you know that I take this wife of mine not because of lust, but for a noble purpose. Call down your mercy on me and on her, and allow us to live together to a happy old age."
8 They said together, "Amen, amen,"
9 and went to bed for the night. But Raguel got up and summoned his servants. With him they went out to dig a grave,
10 for he said, "I must do this, because if Tobiah should die, we would be subjected to ridicule and insult."
11 When they had finished digging the grave, Raguel went back into the house and called his wife,
12 saying, "Send one of the maids in to see whether Tobiah is alive or dead, so that if necessary we may bury him without anyone's knowing about it."
13 She sent the maid, who lit a lamp, opened the bedroom door, went in, and found them sound asleep together.
14 The maid went out and told the girl's parents that Tobiah was alive, and that there was nothing wrong.
15 Then Raguel praised the God of heaven in these words: "Blessed are you, O God, with every holy and pure blessing! Let all your chosen ones praise you; let them bless you forever!
16 Blessed are you, who have made me glad; what I feared did not happen. Rather you have dealt with us according to your great mercy.
17 Blessed are you, for you were merciful toward two only children. Grant them, Master, mercy and deliverance, and bring their lives to fulfillment with happiness and mercy."
18 Then he told his servants to fill in the grave before dawn.
19 He asked his wife to bake many loaves of bread; he himself went out to the herd and picked out two steers and four rams which he ordered to be slaughtered. So the servants began to prepare the feast.
20 He summoned Tobiah and made an oath in his presence, saying: "For fourteen days you shall not stir from here, but shall remain here eating and drinking with me; and you shall bring joy to my daughter's sorrowing spirit.
21 Take, to begin with, half of whatever I own when you go back in good health to your father; the other half will be yours when I and my wife die. Be of good cheer, my son! I am your father, and Edna is your mother; and we belong to you and to your beloved now and forever. So be happy, son!"
Versículos relacionados com Tobit, 8:
In chapter 8 of the book of Tobias, Tobias and Sara marry and offer a prayer to God. The following verses are related to the themes of this chapter:
Genesis 2:24: "Therefore you will leave the man to his father and his mother, and will join his wife, and they will both be a flesh." This verse talks about marriage union, which is what happens between Tobias and Sarah in Tobias 8.
Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the woman who loves, every day of your vain life, which God has given you under the sun, every day of your vanity; for this is your portion in this life, and in Your work, which you did under the sun. " This verse talks about enjoying life with his wife, which is what Tobias and Sara do when they get married.
Proverbs 5:18-19: "Your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the woman of your youth. As a loving cervo, and graceful Gazella, your breasts sat down all the time; and for your love you are attracted to perpetually. " This verse talks about the joy and satisfaction that can be found in marriage.
Ecclesiastical 26:1-4: "Happy is the husband of a good wife, because the number of his days will be double. A virtuous wife rejoices her husband, and he will fulfill the days of his life in peace. A good woman is a good woman Much of his inheritance, given in grace to those who fear the Lord. Rich or poor, the heart of her husband is happy, and at all times his face is happy. " This verse talks about the importance of finding a virtuous wife and how she can bring happiness and peace to her husband.
Ephesians 5:25-28: "You, husbands, love your women, as Christ also loved the Church, and He surrendered to Himself to sanctify it, having purified it by washing water by the Word , to present to himself glorious church, without macula, no wrinkle, no similar, but holy and blameless. Thus the husbands should love their own women, as their own bodies. To yourself." This verse talks about the love that a husband must have for his wife, just as Christ loved the church.
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