Old Tobias dieth at the age of an hundred and two years, 5. exhorteth his son and nephews to piety, foreshewing that Ninive shall be destroyed, and Jerusalem reedified. 14. younger Tobias returneth with his family to Raguel, and dieth happily as he had lived.Old Tobias dieth at the age of an hundred and two yeares, 5. exhorteth his sonne and nephewes to pietie, forshewing that Niniue shal be destroyed, and Ierusalem reedified. 14. yonger Tobias returneth with his familie to Raguel, and dieth happely as he had liued.✦
And the words of Tobias were ended. And after that Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw the children of his nephews.AND the wordes of Tobias were ended. And after that Tobias was restored to his sight, he liued two and fourtie yeares, and saw the children of his nephewes.✦Et consummati sunt sermones Tobiæ. Et postquam illuminatus est Tobias, vixit annis quadraginta duobus, et vidit filios nepotum suorum.
2Therefore an hundred and two years being accomplished, he was buried honourably in Ninive.Therfore an hundred and two yeares being accomplished, he was buried honorably in Niniue.✦Completis itaque annis centum duobus, sepultus est honorifice in Ninive.
3For being six and fifty years old he lost the sight of his eyes, and being threescore he received it again.For being six and fiftie yeares old he lost the sight of his eies, and being threescore he receiued it agayne.✦Quinquaginta namque et sex annorum lumen oculorum amisit, sexagenarius vero recepit.
4And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he went forward in peace.And the rest of his life was in ioy, and with great increase of the feare of God he went forward in peace.Reliquum vero vitæ suæ in gaudio fuit, et cum bono profectu timoris Dei perrexit in pace.
5And at the hour of his death he called unto him Tobias his son, and his seven young sons, his nephews, and said to them:And at the houre of his death he called vnto him Tobias his sonne, and his seuen yong sonnes, his nephewes, and sayd to them:✦In hora autem mortis suæ vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum, et septem juvenes filios ejus nepotes suos, dixitque eis :
6The destruction of Ninive is near: for the word of our Lord faileth not: and our brethren, which are dispersed from the land of Israel, shall return to it.The destruction of Niniue is neere: for the word of our Lord fayleth not: and our brethren, which are dispersed from the land of Israel, shal returne to it.✦Prope erit interitus Ninive : non enim excidit verbum Domini : et fratres nostri, qui dispersi sunt a terra Israël, revertentur ad eam.
7And all the desert land thereof shall be replebitur: restocked, refilled; filled full, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be reædificabitur: rebuilt, built up again: and thither shall all return that fear God;And al the desert land therof shal be replenished, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shal agayne be reedefied: and thither shal al returne that feare God;✦Omnis autem deserta terra ejus replebitur, et domus Dei, quæ in ea incensa est, iterum reædificabitur : ibique revertentur omnes timentes Deum,
8and the Gentiles shall forsake their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall inhabit in it,and the Gentiles shal forsake their idols, and shal come into Ierusalem, and shal inhabite in it,et relinquent gentes idola sua, et venient in Jerusalem, et inhabitabunt in ea :
9and all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the king of Israel.and al the kings of the earth shal reioyce in it, adoring the king of Israel.✦et gaudebunt in ea omnes reges terræ, adorantes regem Israël.
10Hear ye therefore my children your father: serve our Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:Heare ye therfore my children your father: serue our Lord in truth, and seeke to doe the thinges that please him:✦Audite ergo, filii mei, patrem vestrum : servite Domino in veritate, et inquirite ut faciatis quæ placita sunt illi :
11and command your children that they do justices and alms deeds, that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all time in truth, and in all their power.and command your children that they doe iustices and almes deedes, that they be mindeful of God, and blesse him at al time in truth, and in al their power.✦et filiis vestris mandate ut faciant justitias et eleemosynas, ut sint memores Dei, et benedicant eum in omni tempore in veritate, et in tota virtute sua.
12Now therefore children hear me, and do not tarry here: but what day soever you shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre, from thenceforth direct your steps to depart hence:Now therfore children heare me, and doe not tarie here: but what day soeuer you shal burie your mother by me in one sepulchre, from thenceforth directe your steppes to depart hence:Nunc ergo filii, audite me, et nolite manere hic : sed quacumque die sepelieritis matrem vestram circa me in uno sepulchro, ex eo dirigite gressus vestros ut exeatis hinc :
13for I see that the iniquity thereof will give it an end.for I see that the iniquitie therof wil giue it an end.video enim quia iniquitas ejus finem dabit ei.
14And it came to pass after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive with his wife, and children, and children's children, and returned to his father and mother in law.And it came to passe after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Niniue with his wife, and children, and childrens children, and returned to his father and mother in law.✦Factum est autem post obitum matris suæ, Tobias abscessit ex Ninive cum uxore sua, et filiis, et filiorum filiis, et reversus est ad soceros suos :
15And he found them in health in good old age: and he took care of them, and he closed their eyes: and all the inheritance of Raguel's house he received: and he saw the fifth generation, his children's children.And he found them in health in good old age: and he tooke care of them, and he closed their eies: and al the inheritance of Raguels house he receiued: & he saw the fifth generation, his childrens children.invenitque eos incolumes in senectute bona : et curam eorum gessit, et ipse clausit oculos eorum : et omnem hæreditatem domus Raguelis ipse percepit : viditque quintam generationem, filios filiorum suorum.
16And ninety nine years being accomplished in the fear of our Lord, with joy they buried him.And nintie nine yeares being accomplished in the feare of our Lord, with ioy they buried him.✦Et completis annis nonaginta novem in timore Domini, cum gaudio sepelierunt eum.
17And all his kindred, and all his generation continued in good life, and in holy conversatione: talk, discourse; manner of life, conduct, so that they were acceptable both to God, and to men, and to all the inhabitants in the land.And al his kinred, and al his generation continewed in good life, and in holie conuersation, so that they were acceptable both to God, and to men, and to al the inhabitantes in in the land.Omnis autem cognatio ejus et omnis generatio ejus in bona vita et in sancta conversatione permansit, ita ut accepti essent tam Deo quam hominibus, et cunctis habitantibus in terra.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.