Tobit

After finishing their meal and drinks, they decided to go to bed, so they escorted Tobiah to the bedroom where Sarah was.

Tobiah remembered Raphael’s words. He took the liver and the heart of the fish, which he had in a basket, and placed them on the hot coals of incense.

The smell of the fish caused the devil to flee to the upper regions of Egypt, where Raphael chained him up.

When Sarah’s parents left the room and closed the door, Tobiah got up from the bed and said to Sarah: “Get up, my sister, and let us ask the Lord to have mercy on us and save us.”

She got up and they began to pray, asking that they be given life. Tobiah began like this:“May you be blessed, O Lord God of our fathers, and may your holy and glorious name be blessed forever. May the heavens and all creatures bless you.

You created Adam and you gave him Eve, his wife, as a helper and companion, so that from these two the human race might be born.You said: ‘It is not good that man should be alone, let us give him a companion who is like himself.’

Now, Lord, I take my sister to myself in sincerity and love, not merely seeking pleasure. Have mercy on us and grant us a long life together.”

Together they said: “Amen. Amen”

And returned to bed for the night.Raguel got up early, called his servants, and told them to dig a grave.

For he said to himself: “What if this man should also die and we become an object of scorn and reproach?”

Then Raguel entered the house and said to his wife Edna:

“Send one of the maidservants to see if Tobiah is alive. If he has died, we will bury him without anyone knowing.”

The maidservant opened the door and saw them asleep.

She then went to tell them that Tobiah was alive.

Raguel blessed the Lord, saying: “May you be blessed, O Lord, with all pure and holy blessings. May the saints and all your creatures bless you. May all the angels and the elect bless you forever.

May you be blessed for having filled me with joy. What I feared has not happened, but you have treated us with great kindness,

and have shown mercy on these two who are only children. Have mercy on them, Lord, and give them your grace and protection so that they may be blessed with good health and great joy all their lives. May they always live in your grace.”

Then he sent his servants to fill the grave before dawn. Raguel arranged a wedding feast for Tobiah and Sarah, which was to last fourteen days.

He told his wife to bake a batch of bread. He went to the stable, brought out two oxen and four sheep, and ordered that they be slaughtered and prepared.

Then he called Tobiah and said to him:“You will stay here for fourteen days, eating and drinking in my house, and you will bring joy to my daughter, who has suffered so much.” Raguel swore an oath and told Tobiah that he should not set out before the fourteen days of the wedding festivities were over. And he said: “You will return home safely to your father.

You will take half of my possessions; the other half will be yours when Edna and I die. Have confidence, my son, I am now your father, and Edna is your mother. From now on, we will be close to you and your wife. Have confidence!”