CAP. V.
1 Thanne answerde Tobie to his fader,
and seide, Alle thingus, what euere thou
hast comaundid to me, fader, I shal do;
hou forsothe this monei I shal enserche,
2
I knowe not; he me knowith not, and I
hym vnknowe; what tocne shal I &yogh;iue to
hym? but neither the weie, bi the whiche
me goth thider, any time I knew.
3 Thanne
his fader answerde to hym, and seide,
Forsothe his writ anent me I haue, the
whiche whanne thou to hym shewist,
anoon he shal &yogh;elde the monee.
4 But go
now, and enserche to thee sum feithful
man, that go with thee, saued his meede,
whil &yogh;it I liue, that thou resceyue it.
5 Thanne Tobie gon out, fond a &yogh;ung man
stondende, ful fair, gird, and as redi to
gon;
6 and vnknowende that an aungil
of God he was, grette hym, and seide,
Whennus han wee thee, goode &yogh;unge
man?
7 And he answerde, Of the sonus
of Irael. And Tobie seide to hym, Hast
thou knowen the weie, that ledeth in to
the regioun of Medis?
8 To whom he
answerde, I haue knowen, and alle the
-- --
weies of it oftesithes I haue go, and haue
dwellid anent Gabel, &yogh;oure brother, that
dwelleth in Ragis, cite of Medis, that is
sett in the hil of Exbatenys.
9 To whom
Tobie seith, Suffre me, I beseche, to the
time these thingus I telle to my fader.
10 Thanne Tobie, gon in, shewide alle these
thingus to his fader; vpe the whiche the
fader, wundrid, pre&yogh;ede, that he shulde
comen in to hym;
11 and so gon in, salutide
hym, and seide, Io&yogh;e to thee euermor
be!
12 And Tobie seith, What io&yogh;e to
me shal be, that in derknesses sitte, and
the li&yogh;t of heuene see not?
13 To whom
seith the &yogh;unge man, In strong inwit be
thou; ful nee&yogh; it is that of God thou be
curid.
14 And so seide Tobie to hym, Whether
shalt thou mown ful lede my sone
to Gabel in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and
whan thou comest a&yogh;een, I shal &yogh;elde thee
thi meede?
15 And the aungil seide to hym,
I shal leden, and a&yogh;een lede hym to thee
hol.
16 To whom answerde Tobie, I pre&yogh;e
thee, shew to me, of what hous, and of
what linage thou art?
17 To whom Rafael,
the aungil, seide, The kinrede thou askist
of the hirid man, or that hirid man, that
with thi sone go?
18 But lest parauenture
I make thee stirid, I am Azarie, the sone
of grete Ananye.
19 And Tobie answerde,
Of gret kinrede thou art; but I aske, be
thou not wroth, for I wolde knowe thi
kinrede.
20 Forsothe the aungil seide to
hym, I sound shal lede, and sound shal
a&yogh;een bringe to thee thi sone.
21 Forsothe
Tobie answerende seide, Wel go &yogh;ee,
and the Lord be in &yogh;oure weie, and his
aungil folewe with &yogh;ou.
22 Thanne alle
thingus maad redi, that weren to be born
in the weie, Tobie dide farewel to his
fader and to his moder; and thei wente
bothe togidere.
23 And whan thei weren
-- --
go forth, his moder began to wepen, and
sein, The staf of oure elde thou hast
taken awei, and hast sent ouer fro vs;
neuere hadde be that monee,
24 for the
whiche thou sentist hym;
25 forsothe oure
porenesse suffiside to vs, that richessis
wee shulden counte that, that oure sone
wee se&yogh;en.
26 And Tobie seide to hir, Wile
thou not wepen; saf shal comen oure sone,
and saf shal a&yogh;een turne to vs, and thin
e&yogh;en shul seen hym.
27 I leeue forsothe, that
the goode aungil of God folewe hym,
and wel shal disposen alle thingus, that
ben don aboute hym, so that with io&yogh;e
he be turned a&yogh;een to vs.
28 At this vois
ceside his modir to wepen, and was
stille.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
