1   When they had finished eating and drinking and were ready for bed, they escorted the young man to the bridal chamber. 2   Tobias recalled what Raphael had told him; he took the fish's liver and heart out of the bag in which he kept them, and put them on the smoking incense. 3   The smell from the fish held the demon off, and he took flight into Upper Egypt; and Raphael instantly followed him there and bound him hand and foot.

4   When they were left alone and the door was shut, Tobias rose from the bed and said to Sarah, ‘Get up, my love; let us pray and beseech our Lord to show us mercy and keep us safe.’ 5   She got up and they began to pray that they might be kept safe. Tobias said: ‘We praise thee, O God of our fathers, we praise thy name for ever and ever. Let the heavens and all thy creation praise thee for ever. 6   Thou madest Adam, and Eve his wife to be his helper and support; and those two were the parents of the human race. This was thy word: “It is not good for the man to be alone; let us make him a helper like him.” 7   I now take this my beloved to wife, not out of lust but in true marriage. Grant that she and I may find mercy and grow old together.’ 8    9   They both said ‘Amen’, and slept through the night.

The adventures of Tobias

Raguel got up and summoned his servants, and they went out and dug a grave. 10   For he said, ‘He may have been killed, and then we shall have to face scorn and disgrace.’ 11   When they had finished digging the grave, Raguel went into the house and called his wife: 12   ‘Send one of the maidservants’, he said, ‘to go in and see if he is alive. If he is dead, let us bury him so that no one may know.’ 13   They lit a lamp, opened the door, and sent a maidservant in; and she found them sound asleep together. 14   She came out and told them: ‘He is alive and has come to no harm.’

15   Then they praised the God of heaven: ‘We praise thee, O God, we praise thee with all our heart. Let men praise thee throughout all ages. 16   Praise to thee for the joy thou hast given me; the thing I feared has not happened, but thou hast shown us thy great mercy. 17   Praise to thee for the mercy thou hast shown to these two, these only children. Lord, show them mercy, keep them safe, and grant them a long life of happiness and affection.’ 18   Then he ordered his servants to fill in the grave before dawn came.

19   He told his wife to bake a great batch of bread; he went to the herd and brought two oxen and four rams and told his servants to get them ready; so they set about the preparations. 20   He then called Tobias and said: ‘You shall not stir from here for two weeks. Stay with us; let us eat and drink together and cheer my daughter's heart after all her suffering. 21   Here and now take half of all I have, and go home to your father safe and sound; and the other half will come to you both when my wife and I die. Be reassured, my son, I am your father and Edna is your mother; we are as close to you as to your wife, now and always. You have nothing to fear, my son.’

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