§4.1Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐμνήσθη Τωβεὶτ περὶ τοῦ ἀργυρίου οὗ παρέθετο Ταβαὴλ ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδίας.
On that day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with Tabahel in Rages of Media.
§4.2καὶ εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ Ἐγὼ ᾐτησάμην θάνατον, τί οὐ καλῶ Τωβίαν τὸν υἱόν μου ἴνα αὐτῷ ὑποδείξω πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με §4.3καὶ καλέσας αὐτὸν εἶπεν Παιδίον, (3)ἐὰν ἀποθάνω θάψον με, καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν μητέρα σου· τίμα αὐτὴν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου, καὶ ποίει τὸ ἀρεστὸν αὐτῇ καὶ μὴ λυπήσῃς αὐτήν.
And he said in himself, "I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, so that I may show him before I die?" And he called him and said, "My child, if I die, bury me, and do not neglect your mother; honor her all the days of your life, and do what is pleasing to her, and do not grieve her.
§4.4μνήσθητι, παιδίον, ὅτι πολλοὺς κινδύνους ἑόρακεν ἐπὶ σοὶ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ· (¹⁵)ὅταν ἀποθάνῃ, θάψον αὐτὴν παρʼ ἐμοὶ ἐν ἑνὶ τάφῳ.
Remember, child, that she saw many dangers for you in her womb; when she dies, bury her beside me in one grave.
§4.5πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. παιδίον, Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν μνημόνευε· μὴ θελήσῃς παραβῆναι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ.
Remember the Lord our God all your days, child, and do not desire to transgress His commandments.
δικαιοσύνην ποίει πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου, καὶ μὴ πορευθῇς ταῖς ὁδοῖς τῆς ἀδικίας.
Practice righteousness all the days of your life, and do not walk in the ways of unrighteousness.
§4.6διότι ποιοῦντός σου τὴν ἀλήθειαν εὐοδίαι ἔσονται ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σου καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὴν δικαιοσύνην.
For if you practice truth, prosperity will be in your works and in all who practice righteousness.
§4.7ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων σοι ποίει ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ μὴ φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν σε ἐλεημοσύνην· καὶ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ παντὸς πτωχοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ θεοῦ.
Give alms from your possessions, and let not your eye be grudging when you give alms; do not turn your face away from any poor man, and the face of God will not be turned away from you.
§4.8ὡς σοὶ ὑπάρχει κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος, ποίησον ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐλεημοσύνην· ἐὰν ὀλίγον σοι ὑπάρχῃ, κατὰ τὸ ὀλίγον μὴ φοβοῦ ποιεῖν ἐλεημοσύνην.
According to the abundance of your possessions, give alms from them; if you have little, do not be afraid to give alms according to that little.
§4.9θέμα γὰρ ἀγαθὸν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ εἰς ἡμέραν ἀνάγκης.
For you will store up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity.
§4.10διότι ἐλεημοσύνη ἐκ θανάτου ῥύεται, καὶ οὐκ ἐάσει ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὸ σκότος.
For alms-giving delivers from death, and will not permit one to go into darkness.
§4.11δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἐλεημοσύνη πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτὴν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ὑψίστου.
For alms-giving is a good gift for all who practice it in the presence of the Most High.
§4.12πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, παιδίον, ἀπὸ πάσης πορνείας, καὶ γυναῖκα πρῶτον λάβε ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος τῶν πατέρων σου· μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα ἀλλοτρίαν ἣ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ πατρός σου, διότι υἱοὶ προφητῶν ἐσμεν.
Guard yourself, child, from all fornication, and first take a wife from the offspring of your fathers; do not take a foreign woman who is not of your father's tribe, because we are sons of prophets.
Νῶε, Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσαάκ, Ἰακώβ, οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος, μνήσθητι, παιδίον, ὅτι αὐτοὶ πάντες ἔλαβον γυναῖκας ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ εὐλογήθησαν ἐν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν κληρονομήσει γῆν.
Remember, child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers from of old, all took wives from their kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their offspring shall inherit the land.
§4.13καὶ νῦν, παιδίον, ἀγάπα τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, (14)καὶ μὴ ὑπερηφανεύου τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων τοῦ λαοῦ σου, λαβεῖν σεαυτῷ ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκα.
And now, child, love your kindred, and let not your heart be proud against your kindred and the sons and daughters of your people, refusing to take a wife for yourself from among them.
διότι ἐν τῇ ὑπερηφανίᾳ ἀπωλία καὶ ἀκαταστασία πολλή, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀχρεότητι ἐλάττωσις καὶ ἔνδεια μεγάλη· ἡ γὰρ ἀχρεότης μήτηρ ἐστὶν τοῦ λιμοῦ.
For in pride is ruin and great disorder, and in worthlessness is decrease and great want; for worthlessness is the mother of famine.
§4.14μισθὸς παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ὃς ἐὰν ἐργάσηται παρὰ σοὶ μὴ αὐλισθήτω, ἀλλὰ ἀπόδος αὐτῷ παραυτίκα· ἐὰν δουλεύσῃς τῷ θεῷ, ἀποδοθήσεταί σοι.
Let not the wages of any man who works for you remain overnight with you, but pay him immediately; if you serve God, you will be rewarded.
πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, παιδίον, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, καὶ ἴσθι πεπαιδευμένος ἐν πάσῃ ἀναστροφῇ σου.
Guard yourself, child, in all your works, and be well-disciplined in all your conduct.
§4.15καὶ ὁ μισεῖς μηδενὶ ποιήσῃς.
And what you hate, do to no one.
οἶνον εἰς μέθην μὴ πίῃς. καὶ μὴ πορευθήτω μετὰ σοῦ μέθη ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου.
Do not drink wine to excess, and let not drunkenness travel with you on your way.
§4.16ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου σου δίδου πεινῶντι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱματίων σου τοῖς γυμνοῖς· πᾶυ ὃ ἐὰν περισσεύσῃ σοι ποίει ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ μὴ φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν σε ἐλεημοσύνην.
Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to the naked; of all that you have in abundance, give alms, and let not your eye be grudging when you give alms.
§4.17ἔκχεον τοὺς ἄρτους σου ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τῶν δικαίων, καὶ μὴ δῷς τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς.
Pour out your bread on the tomb of the righteous, and do not give to sinners.
§4.18συμβουλίαν παρὰ παντὸς φρονίμου ζήτησον, καὶ μὴ καταφρονήσῃς ἐπὶ πάσης συμβουλίας χρησίμης.
Seek counsel from every wise man, and do not despise any useful counsel.
§4.19καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ εὐλόγει Κύριον τὸν θεόν, καὶ παρʼ αὐτοῦ αἴτησον ὅπως αἱ ὁδοί σου εὐθεῖαι γένωνται καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ τρίβοι καὶ βουλαὶ εὐοδωθῶσιν.
And at all times bless the Lord God, and ask of Him that your ways may be made straight, and that all your paths and counsels may prosper.
διότι πᾶν ἔθνος οὐκ ἔχει βουλήν, ἀλλὰ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος δίδωσιν πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ ὃ ἐὰν θέλῃ ταπεινοῖ, καθὼς βούλονται.
For no nation has counsel, but the Lord Himself gives all good things, and humbles whom He will, just as they wish.
καὶ νῦν, παιδίον, μνημόνευε τῶν ἐντολῶν μου, καὶ μὴ ἐξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ τῆς καρδίας σου.
And now, child, remember my commandments, and let them not be erased from your heart.
§4.20καὶ νῦν ἐπιδεικνύω σοι τὰ δέκα τάλαντα τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἃ παρεθέμην Γαβαήλῳ τῷ τοῦ Γαβρεία ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδείας.
And now I inform you of the ten talents of silver which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias in Rages of Media.
§4.21καὶ μὴ φοβοῦ, παιδίον, ὅτι ἐπτωχεύσαμεν· ὑπάρχει σοι πολλά, ἐὰν φοβηθῇς τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἀποστῇς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καὶ ποιήσῃς τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
And do not fear, child, that we have become poor; you have much wealth if you fear God and depart from all sin and do what is pleasing in His sight."