Tobit 6

¹ Thanne Tobie entride, and telde alle these thingis to his fader; on which thingis the fader wondride, and preiede, that he wolde entre to him. ² Therfor he entride, and grette Tobie, and seide, Ioie be euere to thee! ³ And Tobie seide, What maner ioie schal be to me, that sitte in derknessis, and se not the liyt of heuene? 4 To whom the yong oon seide, Be thou of strong wit; it is in the nexte that thou be heelid of God. 5 Therfor Tobie seide to hym, Whether thou maist lede my sone to Gabelus in to Rages, the citee of Medeis, and whanne thou comest ayen, Y schal restore thi mede to thee? 6 And the aungel seide to hym, Y schal lede, and bringe ayen him hool to thee. 7 To whom Tobie answeride, Y preie thee, schewe to me, of what hows, ether of what lynage thou art? 8 To whom Raphael, the aungel, seide, Axist thou the kyn of the hirid man, ethir the hirid man hym silf, that schal go with thi sone? 9 But lest perauenture Y make thee douteful, Y am Azarie, the sone of grete Ananye. 10 And Tobie answeride, Thou art of greet kyn; but Y axe, that thou be not wrooth, that Y wolde knowe thi kyn. 11 Forsothe the aungel seide to hym, Y schal lede thi sone hool, and Y schal bring ayen to thee thi sone hool. ¹² Sotheli Tobie answeride, and seide, Wel go ye, and the Lord be in youre weie, and his aungel go with you. 13 Thanne whanne alle thingis weren redi, that schulden be borun in the weie, Tobie made farewel to his fadir and his modir; and bothe yeden togidere. 14 And whanne thei weren goon forth, his modir bigan to wepe, and to seie, Thou hast take the staf of oure eelde, and hast sent awey fro vs; 15 Y wolde thilke monei were neuere, for which thou sentist him; 16 oure pouert sufficide to vs, that we schulden arette this richessis, that we sien oure sone. 17 And Tobie seide to hir, Nyle thou wepe; oure sone schal come saaf, and he schal turne ayen saaf to vs, and thin iyen schulen se hym. ¹⁸ For Y bileue, that the good aungel of God goith with him, and he schal dispose wel alle thingis, that ben doon aboute hym, so that he turne ayen with ioie to vs.