T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .ij. Chapter.
Tobias biddeth such of hys frendes as feare God
to a bancket or feast. He is reproued of hys frendes.
He feareth God more then the kynge. He bec&obar;meth
blynde by the permission and suffraunce of God. His
kynsfolkes mocke hym.
A After these thynges vpon a solempne
daye of the Lord, Tobias
made a good feast in hys
house, and said vnto his sonne:
Go thy waye and brynge hyther
some of oure trybe, suche as feare God,
that they maye make mery with vs. And
when he was gone, he came agayn, and tolde
hys father, that one of the chyldren of Israel
laye slayne vpon the strete. And immediatly
he leapt from his table, left the feast, came fastinge
to the dead coarse, toke hym and bare
hym preuely in too hys house, that when the
Sunne was doune, he myghte safely burye
hym. And when he had hyd the coarse, he eate
hys meate with mournyng and feare, rem&ebar;bryng
the woordes, that the Lorde sayeth by
the prophet Amos: youre hys feastes shalbe
turned to sorowe and heuynes.
B But when the Sunne was doune, he w&ebar;t
his waye ∧ buryed him. Then all his neyghbours
reproued hym, saying: It is not longe,
sens it was commaunded to slaie the because
of thys matter, and haste scarce escaped the
daunger of death, and buryest thou the dead
agayne? Neuerthelesse Tobias fearynge
God more then the kinge, toke the bodyes of
the slayne, hyd them in hys house, and buried
them at midnight.
C It happened vpon a daye, that he had buried
the dead, and was weery, came home, ∧
layed hym doune by the walle ∧ slepte. And
whyle he was a slepe, there fell doune vpon
hys eyes warme donge out of the swalowes
nest, so that he was blynde. This t&ebar;ptacion
did God suffre to happ&ebar; vnto hym, that they
which came after, might haue an example of
hys pacience, lyke as of holy Iob. For in so
muche as he euer feared God fr&obar; his youth
vp, and kepte hys comma&ubar;dementes, he was
not heuy agaynste God, that the plage of
blyndnes chaunsed vnto hym, but remayned
stedfast in the feare of God, ∧ thanked God
all the dayes of hys lyfe.
D For lyke as blessed Iob was had in derysion
of kynges, euen so was he laughed to
scorne of hys elders and kinsfolkes, whiche
sayd vnto hym: where is thy hoope, for the
whych thou hast done almes and buryed the
dead? But Tobias rebuked them, and spake:
Saye not so, for we are the chyldren of holy
men, and loke for the lyfe, whiche God shall
geue vnto them, that neuer turne their beleue
from him. Anna his wyfe went dayly to the
weeuynge worke, and loke what lyuinge she
coulde get with the labour of her handes, she
brought it. And it happened that she toke a
kyd and brought it home.
And when her housbande herde it crye, he
sayde: looke that it be not stolen, restore it agayne
to the awners: for it is not lawful for
vs, to eate or to touche any thynge of theft.
Then was hys wyfe angrye, ∧ sayde: Nowe
is thy hope become vayne openly, and thy
almes dedes are manyfest. Wyth these and
suche lyke woordes dyd she caste hym in the
tethe.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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