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1 καὶ ὅτε τὸ φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν ἠθέλησαν κοιμηθῆναι καὶ τὸν νεανίσκον καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ταμίειον
2 καὶ ἐμνήσθη Τωβιας τῶν λόγων Ραφαηλ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸ ἧπαρ τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἐκ τοῦ βαλλαντίου οὗ εἶχεν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν τέφραν τοῦ θυμιάματος
3 καὶ ἡ ὀσμὴ τοῦ ἰχθύος ἐκώλυσεν καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἄνω εἰς τὰ μέρη Αἰγύπτου καὶ βαδίσας Ραφαηλ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ καὶ παραχρῆμα
4 καὶ καὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ ταμιείου καὶ ἠγέρθη Τωβιας ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἀδελφή καὶ δεηθῶμεν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ὅπως ποιήσῃ ἐφ' ἡμᾶς ἔλεος καὶ σωτηρίαν
5 καὶ καὶ ἤρξαντο 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 σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν Αδαμ καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτῷ βοηθὸν στήριγμα Ευαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἐγενήθη τὸ σπέρμα τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ σὺ εἶπας ὅτι οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν ὅμοιον αὐτῷ
7 καὶ νῦν οὐχὶ διὰ πορνείαν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω τὴν ἀδελφήν μου ταύτην ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἀληθείας ἐλεῆσαί με καὶ αὐτὴν καὶ κοινῶς
8 καὶ εἶπαν μεθ' ἑαυτῶν αμην αμην
9 καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν τὴν νύκτα
10 καὶ Ραγουηλ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς οἰκέτας μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ᾤχοντο καὶ ὤρυξαν τάφον εἶπεν γάρ μήποτε καὶ γενώμεθα κατάγελως καὶ ὀνειδισμός
11 καὶ ὅτε ὀρύσσοντες τὸν τάφον ἦλθεν Ραγουηλ εἰς τὸν οἶκον καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ
12 καὶ εἶπεν μίαν τῶν παιδισκῶν καὶ ἰδέτω εἰ ζῇ καὶ εἰ τέθνηκεν ὅπως ἂν θάψωμεν αὐτόν ὅπως μηδεὶς γνῷ
13 καὶ τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ ἧψαν τὸν λύχνον καὶ τὴν θύραν καὶ καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑπνοῦντας κοινῶς
14 καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ζῇ καὶ οὐδὲν κακόν ἐστιν
15 καὶ εὐλόγησαν τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπαν εὐλογητὸς εἶ θεέ ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ καθαρᾷ εὐλογείτωσάν σε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας
16 καὶ εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὅτι εὔφρανάς με καὶ οὐκ ἐγένετο καθὼς ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεός σου ἐποίησας μεθ' ἡμῶν
17 καὶ εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὅτι ἠλέησας δύο μονογενεῖς ποίησον αὐτοῖς δέσποτα ἔλεος καὶ σωτηρίαν καὶ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτῶν μετ' εὐφροσύνης καὶ ἐλέου
18 τότε εἶπεν τοῖς οἰκέταις αὐτοῦ χῶσαι τὸν τάφον πρὸ τοῦ ὄρθρον γενέσθαι
19 καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ εἶπεν ποιῆσαι ἄρτους πολλούς καὶ εἰς τὸ βουκόλιον βαδίσας ἤγαγεν βόας δύο καὶ κριοὺς τέσσαρας καὶ εἶπεν αὐτούς καὶ ἤρξαντο
20 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Τωβιαν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ δέκα τεσσάρων ἡμερῶν οὐ μὴ κινηθῇς ἐντεῦθεν ἀλλ' αὐτοῦ μενεῖς ἔσθων καὶ πίνων παρ' ἐμοὶ καὶ εὐφρανεῖς τὴν ψυχὴν τῆς θυγατρός μου τὴν
21 καὶ ὅσα μοι λάμβανε αὐτόθεν τὸ ἥμισυ καὶ ὑγιαίνων πρὸς τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὸ ἄλλο ἥμισυ ὅταν ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ὑμέτερόν ἐστιν θάρσει παιδίον ἐγώ σου ὁ πατὴρ καὶ Εδνα ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ παρὰ σοῦ ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα θάρσει παιδίον