The Parents Wait and Tobias Prepares to Return

1 Now day by day Tobit kept counting how many days he would spend in going and how many in return in. And when the days were expired, and his son was not come, 2 he said, Is he perhaps detained there? or is Gabael perhaps dead, and there is no man to give him the money? 3 And he began to grieve. 4 And Anna his wife says, My child has perished, and is no longer among the living; and she began to weep and bewail her son, and said, 5 Woe is me, my child, that I let you go, the light of my eyes.⁠a 6 And Tobit kept saying to her, Hold your peace, do not be troubled, sister, he is in good health; doubtless some distracting business has befallen them there; and the man who went with him is trusty and one of our kindred; do not grieve for him, sister, soon he will be here. 7 And she said to him, Hold your peace at me and do not deceive me; my child has perished. And hastening forth early she spent every day watching the road, by which her son had gone, and would listen to no one; and when the sun went down she would enter in, and mourn and weep the whole night, and have no sleep. And when the fourteen days of the wedding feast were expired which Raguel had sworn to celebrate for his daughter, Tobias entered in to him and said, Send me away, for I know that my father and my mother do not believe that they will see me again; and now I pray you, father, that you send me away that I may go to my father; already I have told you how I left him. 8 And Raguel said to Tobias, Abide, lad, abide with me, while I send messengers to Tobit your father, and they shall tell him concerning you. 9 And he said to him, No, I pray you that you send me away to my father. 10 And Raguel arose, and handed over to Tobias Sarah his wife, and half of all his goods, men-servants and maid-servants, oxen and sheep, asses and camels, clothing and money and chattels; 11 and he sent them away in peace, and he embraced him and said to him, Farewell, child, depart in peace; may the Lord of heaven prosper you, and Sarah your wife, and may I see children of you before I die. 12 And he said to Sarah his daughter, Go to your father-in-law, because henceforth they are your parents as they who fathered you; farewell, daughter. May I hear a good report of you so long as I live. And he embraced them and let them go. And Edna says to Tobias, ' Child and brother beloved, may the Lord restore you, and may I see children of you while I live - and of Sarah my daughter before I die. Before the Lord I commit my daughter to you in trust; do not vex her all the days of your life. Child, farewell; henceforth I am your mother and Sarah your sister. May we all be prospered in the same all the days in our life. And she kissed them both and sent them away in peace. 13 And Tobias departed from Raguel in peace and rejoicing and blessing the Lord of heaven and earth, the King of all, because he had prospered his journey. And Raguel said to him, May you be prospered to honour them all the days of their life.