DB1 | Tobias' prayer. Tob.8.4-9 | KNSB Contents | notes| 8 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 4 | When the door was shut and the two were alone, Tobias got up from the bed and said, "Sister, get up, and let us pray that the Lord may have mercy upon us." | Tobias' prayer. Tob.8.4-9 | ὡς δὲ συνεκλείσθησαν ἀμφότεροι, ἀνέστη Τωβιας ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνάστηθι, ἀδελφή, καὶ προσευξώμεθα, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλεήσῃ ὁ κύριος. |
| 5 | And Tobias began to pray, "Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, | καὶ ἤρξατο Τωβιας λέγειν Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ εὐλογητὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ ἅγιον καὶ ἔνδοξον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· εὐλογησάτωσάν σε οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ κτίσεις σου. | |
| 5 | And Tobias began to pray, "Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, | καὶ ἀνέστη, καὶ ἤρξαντο προσεύχεσθαι καὶ δεηθῆναι ὅπως γένηται αὐτοῖς σωτηρία, καὶ ἤρξατο λέγειν Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ εὐλογητὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας τῆς γενεᾶς· εὐλογησάτωσάν σε οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις σου εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας. | |
| 6 | You made Adam and gave him Eve his wife as a helper and support. From them the race of mankind has sprung. You said, `It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper for him like himself.' | σὺ ἐποίησας Αδαμ καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτῷ βοηθὸν Ευαν στήριγμα τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ· ἐκ τούτων ἐγενήθη τὸ ἀνθρώπων σπέρμα. σὺ εἶπας Οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον, ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν ὅμοιον αὐτῷ. | |
| 7 | And now, O Lord, I am not taking this sister of mine because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that I may find mercy and may grow old together with her." | καὶ νῦν, κύριε, οὐ διὰ πορνείαν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω τὴν ἀδελφήν μου ταύτην, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἀληθείας· ἐπίταξον ἐλεῆσαί με καὶ ταύτῃ συγκαταγηρᾶσαι. | |
| 8 | And she said with him, "Amen." | καὶ εἶπεν μετ' αὐτοῦ Αμην. | |
| 9 | Then they both went to sleep for the night. But Raguel arose and went and dug a grave, | Anxious parents. Tob.8.9-15 | καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἀμφότεροι τὴν νύκτα. |