第七章
Chapter 7
7:1 当他们进入厄克巴塔纳时，多俾亚对天使说：「阿匝黎雅兄，请领我一直到我们的同胞辣古耳那里去！」天使便领他到了辣古耳的家；他们看见他正坐在庭院门口，便先向他请安。他对他们说：「兄弟，欢迎！欢迎！祝你们安好！」随后领他们进了自己的家。2 辣古耳对妻子厄得纳说：「这个少年人多么相似我的兄弟托彼特呀！」3 厄得纳于是问他们说：「兄弟，你们是那里的？」他们回答说：「我们是被掳到尼尼微的纳斐塔里的后裔。」4 她又问说：「你们认识我们的兄弟托彼特吗？」他们回答说：「我们认识。」5 她又问说：「他好吗？」他们回答说：「他好，还活着。」多俾亚说：「他是我的父亲。」6 辣古耳便跳起来，口亲他，哭着对他说：「孩子，正直良善的父亲的儿子，愿你获得祝福！」但当他听说托彼特已双目失明，便很难过说：「啊！一个正直好施的人，成了一个瞎子，多么可怜啊！」于是他抱着他亲人多俾亚的脖子，哭起来了。7 他的妻子厄得纳和他们的女儿撒辣也都哭了。8 随后，杀了羊群里的一只公羊，亲热地款待他们。9 沐浴洁身以后，当入席用饭时，多俾亚对辣法耳说：「阿匝黎雅兄，请你向辣古耳请求，把我的妹妹撒辣许配给我！」
7:1 And when they were come to Ecbatane, they came to the house of Raguel, and Sara met them: and after they had saluted one another, she brought them into the house. 2 Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin! 3 And Raguel asked them, From where are you, brethren To whom they said, We are of the sons of Nephthalim, which are captives in Nineveh. 4 Then he said to them, Do you know Tobit our kinsman And they said, We know him. Then said he, Is he in good health 5 And they said, He is both alive, and in good health: and Tobias said, He is my father. 6 Then Raguel leaped up, and kissed him, and wept, 7 And blessed him, and said unto him, You are the son of an honest and good man. But when he had heard that Tobit was blind, he was sorrowful, and wept. 8 And likewise Edna his wife and Sara his daughter wept. Moreover they entertained them cheerfully; and after that they had killed a ram of the flock, they set store of meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which you did talk in the way, and let this business be dispatched.
7:10 辣古耳听了这话，便对少年人说：「今晚你吃喝快乐罢！亲家，因为除你以外，没有别人有权利娶我的女儿撒辣；同样，除你以外，我也没有权利把她嫁给别人，因为你是我的至亲。但是，孩子，我必须把真情告诉你：11 我已把她嫁过我们同胞中七个人，但是，他们都在当夜正接近她时死去了。但是，孩子，现今你吃喝罢！上主必要在你们中行事。」12 多俾亚说：「若你不决定我的事，我在这里也不吃，也不喝。」
7:9 So he communicated the matter with Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry: 10 For it is meet that you should marry my daughter: nevertheless I will declare unto you the truth. 11 I have given my daughter in marriage to seven men, who died that night they came in unto her: nevertheless for the present be merry. But Tobias said, I will eat nothing here, till we agree and swear one to another.
比德。辣古耳在被求娶他的女儿时，起初极为惧怕，因为他知道那七个人所遭遇的事。但当天使教导他：心地不洁之人不能拥有她，而敬畏神的多俾亚却可以时，辣古耳便同意将她许配给他。（多 7:10-16）外邦人听了信心的道，并受了使徒们的劝诫，使基督的教会能借着他们的后裔遍布天下；他们若没有可靠的解释，就不能领受新信仰的道路与律法，因为他们知道古时他们有许多教师——这里用七这个数字来指代——他们只知道今生的喜乐，却对永恒之事说不出什么确切的话。正因如此，永死之灭亡就抓住了那些对永生毫无盼望的人。但当那借着教师之口在各处响起的「真理」在内心教导时，外邦人终于明白：愚人必说愚话，那些不认识真神的人必致灭亡。[尊者比德，《多俾亚传寓意解》，《拉丁教父集》91.930B]*
BEDE. When asked for his daughter, Raguel was at first terrified, knowing what had happened to those seven men. But when the angel taught that while impure men could not have her, the Godfearing Tobias could, Raguel consented to give her to him. (Tob. 7:10-16) The Gentiles, hearing the word of faith and having been admonished by the apostles so that they might fill Christ’s Church throughout the world with their offspring, could not accept the ways and the law of the new faith without secure explanation, knowing that in olden days they had many teachers-being understood here, as it were, by the number seven-who all had known the joys of this life only, but would say nothing certain about eternal things. And because of this, the ruin of eternal death seized those who were without hope of immortal life. But when that Truth which was sounding abroad through the mouths of its teachers taught inwardly, the Gentiles finally understood that fools must say foolish things and that those who had not known the true God must perish. [Bede the Venerable, Allegorica interpretatio in Tobiam PL 91.930B]*
安波罗修。托彼特在他的一生中也清楚地描绘了真正的德行：他离开宴席去埋葬死人，（多 2:4）并以自己贫困的饭桌邀请有需要者同席。辣古耳则是一个更为明亮的榜样。因为他出于对德行的尊重，在被请求将女儿许配时，并未因怕人以为他借沉默占求婚者便宜而对他女儿的不幸默不作声。因此，当托彼特的儿子多俾亚请求将他的女儿许配给他时，他回答说，按着律法，她应当作为近亲许配给他，但他已将她许配给六个男人，他们全都死了。（多 7:11）这位义人于是更为他人而不为自己担忧，他宁愿他的女儿不出嫁，也不愿他人因与她结合而冒风险。[米兰的安波罗修，《论圣职人员的职责》3.16，《尼西亚及后尼西亚教父集》第二辑第 10 卷] 12 辣古耳对他说：「好！我决定按照《梅瑟书》上所规定的，把她嫁与你；她嫁与你也是上天命定的，所以你娶你的妹妹罢！从今以后，你是他的哥哥，她是你的妹妹。从今天起，她永远归于你。孩子！盼望天上的大主今夜赐与你们幸福，在你们身上施行仁慈与平安！」13 接着，辣古耳叫了自己的女儿撒辣来；她来到他跟前，他便握着她的手，递给多俾亚说：「按照《梅瑟书》上的法律与规定，你娶她为妻罢！她已归你所有，你领她平安到你父亲那里去，天上的大主必使你们平安顺遂！」14 于是又叫撒辣的母亲拿出书卷来，写了婚书，并写下他们怎么按照梅瑟法律的规定，把她嫁给他为妻，并盖了印。此后，他们便开始吃喝。15 辣古耳唤自己的妻子厄得纳说：「妹妹，请你准备另一间房子，领她进去罢！」16 她便照所吩咐的，到房里去准备蓆榻，然后领她进去。这时她竟为她的女儿痛哭起来，随后擦干眼泪，向她说：17「女儿，你放心！愿天上的大主使你变忧为喜。女儿，你放心罢！」她遂出去了。
AMBROSE. Tobit also clearly portrayed in his life true virtue, when he left the feast and buried the dead, (Tob. 2:4) and invited the needy to the meals at his own poor table. And Raguel is a still brighter example. For he, in his regard for virtue, when asked to give his daughter in marriage, was not silent regarding his daughter’s faults, for fear of seeming to get the better of the suitor by silence. So when Tobit the son of Tobias asked that his daughter might be given him, he answered that, according to the law, she ought to be given him as near of kin, but that he had already given her to six men, and all of them were dead. (Tob. 7:11) This just man, then, feared more for others than for himself, and wished rather that his daughter should remain unmarried than that others should run risks in consequence of their union with her. [Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.16 NPNF s.2 v.10] 12 Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the manner, for you are her cousin, and she is yours, and the merciful God give you good success in all things. 13 Then he called his daughter Sara, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father. And he blessed them; 14 And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it. 15 Then they began to eat. 16 After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in here. 17 Which when she had done as he had bidden her, she brought her there: and she wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said unto her, 18 Be of good comfort, my daughter; the Lord of heaven and earth give you joy for this your sorrow: be of good comfort, my daughter.