Tobit 11

¹And whanne `thei turneden ayen, thei camen to Carram, which is in the myddil of the weie ayens Nynyue, `in the eleuenthe dai.

²And the aungel seide, Tobie brother, thou woost, hou thou leftist thi fadir.

³Therfor if it plesith thee, go we bifore; and the meineis, with thi wijf togidere and with the beestis, sue oure weie with soft goynge.

⁴And whanne this pleside, that thei schulden go, Raphael seide to Tobie, Take with thee of the galle of the fisch, for it schal be nedeful. Therfor Tobie took of that galle, and thei yeden forth.

⁵Forsothe Anne sat bisidis the weie ech dai in the cop of the hil, fro whennus sche myyte biholde fro afer.

⁶And while sche bihelde fro the same place the comyng of hym, sche siy a fer, and knew anoon hir sone comynge; and sche ran, and telde to hir hosebonde, and seide, Lo! thi sone cometh.

⁷And Raphael seide to Tobie, And whanne thou hast entrid in to thin hows, anoon worschipe `thi Lord God, and do thou thankyngis to hym, and neiye to thi fadir, and kisse hym.

⁸And anoon anoynte on hise iyen of this galle of the fisch, which galle thou berist with thee; for `whi wite thou, that anoon hise iyen schulen be openyd, and `thi fadir schal se the liyt of heuene, and he schal be ioiful in thi siyt.

⁹Thanne the dogge `ran bifore, `that was togidere in the weie, and made ioie with the faunyng of his tail, as a messanger comynge.

¹⁰And his blynde fadir roos vp, and bigan to renne, hirtynge `in the feet, and whanne he hadde youe hond to a child, he ran ayens his sone.

¹¹And he resseyuede and kisside hym, `with his wijf, and bothe bigunnen to wepe for ioie.

¹²And whanne thei hadden worschipid God, and hadden do thankyngis, thei saten togidere.

¹³Thanne Tobie took of the galle of the fisch, and anoyntide the iyen of his fadir.

¹⁴And he abood as half an our almest, and the web, as the litil skyn of an ey, bigan to go out of hise iyen.

¹⁵Which web Tobie took, and drow fro hise iyen, and anoon he resseyuede siyt.

¹⁶And thei glorifieden God, that is, he, and his wijf, and alle that knewen hym.

¹⁷And Tobie seide, Lord God of Israel, Y blesse thee, for thou hast chastisid me, and thou hast saued me; and lo! Y se Tobie, my sone.

¹⁸Also Sare, the wijf of his sone, entride aftir seuene daies, and alle the meynees, and the beestis hoole, and camels, and miche monei of the wijf, but also the money which `he hadde resseyued of Gabelus.

¹⁹And he telde to his fadir and modir alle the benefices of God, whiche he hadde do aboute hym bi the man, that hadde led hym.

²⁰And Achior and Nabath, the `sistir sones of Tobie, camen ioiful to Tobie, and thankiden hym of alle the `goodis, whiche God hadde schewid aboute hym.

²¹And bi seuene daies thei eeten, and ioyden with greet ioye.

Tobit 11

¹After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto Nineve.

²Then Raphael said to Tobias, Thou knowest, brother, how thou didst leave thy father:

³Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house.

⁴And take in thine hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.

⁵Now Anna sat looking about toward the way for her son.

⁶And when she espied him coming, she said to his father, Behold, thy son cometh, and the man that went with him.

⁷Then said Raphael, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes.

⁸Therefore anoint thou his eyes with the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall see thee.

⁹Then Anna ran forth, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said unto him, Seeing I have seen thee, my son, from henceforth I am content to die. And they wept both.

¹⁰Tobit also went forth toward the door, and stumbled: but his son ran unto him,

¹¹And took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers’ eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.

¹²And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them;

¹³And the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck.

¹⁴And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever; and blessed are all thine holy angels:

¹⁵For thou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for, behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.

¹⁶Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineve, rejoicing and praising God: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight.

¹⁷But Tobias gave thanks before them, because God had mercy on him. And when he came near to Sara his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, Thou art welcome, daughter: God be blessed, which hath brought thee unto us, and blessed be thy father and thy mother. And there was joy among all his brethren which were at Nineve.

¹⁸And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother’s son, came:

¹⁹And Tobias’ wedding was kept seven days with great joy.