Tobit 5

¹ for whi almes delyuereth fro al synne and fro deeth, and schal not suffre the soule to go in to derknessis. ² Almes schal be grete trist bifor the hiyeste God to alle men doynge it. ³ Sone, take heede to thi silf, and fle fro al fornicacioun, and, outakun thi wijf, suffre thou neuere to know synne. 4 Suffre thou neuere pride to haue lordschip in thi wit, nether in thi word; for al los, ether dampnacioun, took biginnyng in that pride. ⁵ Who euere worchith ony thing to thee, yelde thou anoon his mede, and outirli the hire of thin hirid man dwelle not at thee. 6 That that thou hatist to be doon to thee of another man, se thou, lest ony tyme thou do to another man. 7 Ete thi breed with hungri men and nedi, and with thi clothis hile thou nakid men. 8 Ordeyne thi breed and thi wiyn on the sepulture of a iust man, and nyle thou ete and drynke therof with synneris. 9 Euere seke thou perfitli a counsel of a wijs man. 10 Al tyme blesse thou God, and axe thou of hym, that he dresse thi weies, and alle thi counsels dwelle in hym. 11 Also, my sone, Y schewe to thee, that the while thou were yit a litil child, Y yaf ten talentis of siluer to Gabelus, in Rages, a citee of Medeis; and Y haue his obligacioun anentis me; 12 and therfor perfitli enquere thou, hou thou schalt come to hym, and resseyue of hym the forseid weiyte of siluer, and restore to hym his obligacioun. 13 My sone, nyle thou drede; forsothe we leden a pore lijf, but we schulen haue many goodis, if we dreden God, and goen awei fro al synne, and doen wel. 15 Thanne Tobie answeride to his fadir, and seide, Fadir, Y schal do alle thingis, which euer thou comaundidist to me; 16 but Y noot, hou Y schal gete this money; he knowith not me, and Y knowe not him; what tokyn schal Y yyue to hym? but nether Y knew ony tyme the weie, bi which me goith thidur. 17 Thanne his fadir answerid to hym, and seide, Sotheli Y haue this obligacioun at me, which the while thou schewist to him, he schal restore anoon the monei. 18 But go now, and enquere to thee sum feithful man, that schal go with thee for his hire saf, the while Y lyue yit, that thou resseyue that monei. ¹⁹ Thanne Tobie yede out, and foond a yong oon stondynge, schynynge, and gird, and as redi to go; 20 and he wiste not, that it was the angel of God. And he grette the yong oon, and seide, Of whennus han we thee, goode yonge man? 21 And he answeride, Of the sones of Israel. And Tobie seide to hym, Knowist thou the weie, that ledith in to the cuntrei of Medeis? 22 To whom he answeride, Y knowe, and Y haue go ofte alle the weies therof, and Y haue dwellid at Gabelus, youre brother, that dwellith in Rages, a citee of Medeis, which is set in the hil of Echbathanis.