Tobit 13
Tobit chapter 13 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 And while sche bihelde fro the same place the comyng of hym, sche siy a fer, and knew anoon hir sone comynge; and sche ran, and telde to hir hosebonde, and seide, Lo! thi sone cometh.
2 And Raphael seide to Tobie, And whanne thou hast entrid in to thin hows, anoon worschipe thi Lord God, and do thou thankyngis to hym, and neiye to thi fadir, and kisse hym.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="3"><sup>3</sup> And anoon anoynte on hise iyen of this galle of the fisch, which galle thou berist with thee; for whi wite thou, that anoon hise iyen schulen be openyd, and thi fadir schal se the liyt of heuene, and he schal be ioiful in thi siyt.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="4"><sup>4</sup> Thanne the dogge ran bifore, that was togidere in the weie, and made ioie with the faunyng of his tail, as a messanger comynge.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="5"><sup>5</sup> And his blynde fadir roos vp, and bigan to renne, hirtynge in the feet, and whanne he hadde youe hond to a child, he ran ayens his sone.
6 And he resseyuede and kisside hym, with his wijf, and bothe bigunnen to wepe for ioie.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="7"><sup>7</sup> And whanne thei hadden worschipid God, and hadden do thankyngis, thei saten togidere.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="8"><sup>8</sup> Thanne Tobie took of the galle of the fisch, and anoyntide the iyen of his fadir.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="9"><sup>9</sup> And he abood as half an our almest, and the web, as the litil skyn of an ey, bigan to go out of hise iyen.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> Which web Tobie took, and drow fro hise iyen, and anoon he resseyuede siyt.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> And thei glorifieden God, that is, he, and his wijf, and alle that knewen hym.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> And Tobie seide, Lord God of Israel, Y blesse thee, for thou hast chastisid me, and thou hast saued me; and lo! Y se Tobie, my sone.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> Also Sare, the wijf of his sone, entride aftir seuene daies, and alle the meynees, and the beestis hoole, and camels, and miche monei of the wijf, but also the money which he hadde resseyued of Gabelus.
14 And he telde to his fadir and modir alle the benefices of God, whiche he hadde do aboute hym bi the man, that hadde led hym.
15 And Achior and Nabath, the sistir sones of Tobie, camen ioiful to Tobie, and thankiden hym of alle the goodis, whiche God hadde schewid aboute hym.
16 And bi seuene daies thei eeten, and ioyden with greet ioye.
18 Thanne Tobie clepide to hym his sone, and seide to hym, What moun we yyue to this hooli man, that cam with thee?