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The text below comes from the second half of Tobit, Chapter 2 (with some omissions). In this section, you will read about how Thobi goes blind, and what consequences this has for his family. Although the Biblical storytelling style is very simple and unadorned, you will find many lovely details here - as when Thobi hears the sound of a bleating goat - that bring the story to life. |
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| Et lavi ea nocte, postquam illum sepelivi, et introivi in atrium meum |
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| et obdormivi circa parietem atrii, et facies mea nuda erat propter aestum. |
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| Et ignorabam quoniam passeres in pariete super me erant, |
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| quorum stercora insederunt in oculos meos, calida, et induxerunt albugines. |
quorum: relative pronoun, agreeing with passeres in gender and number |
| Et ibam ad medicos, ut curarer, |
curarer: subjunctive with ut |
| et, quanto inunxerunt me medicamentis, tanto magis oculi mei excaecabantur maculis, donec perexcaecatus sum. |
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| Et eram inutilis meis oculis annis quattuor, et omnes fratres mei dolebant pro me. |
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| In illo tempore Anna, uxor mea, mercede deserviebat operibus mulierum, lanam faciens. |
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| Et remittebat dominis eorum, et dabant ei mercedem. |
remittebat: i.e., she sent back the work she finished |
| Et detexuit texturam et reddidit illam dominis, et dederunt ei mercedem totam, |
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| et dederunt ei pro textura haedum de capris. |
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| Et cum introisset ad me haedus, coepit clamare. |
introisset: subjunctive with ut |
| Et vocavi eam et dixi: "Unde est hic haedus? |
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| Ne forte furtivus sit, redde illum dominis suis. |
sit: subjunctive with ne |
| Nobis enim non licet manducare quidquam furtivum." |
enim: postpositive |
| Et illa mihi dixit: "Munere mihi datus est supra mercedem." |
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| Et ego non credebam ei, sed dicebam, ut restitueret illum dominis, et erubescebam coram illa huius rei causa. |
restitueret: subjunctive with et |
| Et respondens dixit mihi: "Et ubi sunt eleemosynae tuae? Ubi sunt iustitiae tuae? Ecce, omnia tibi nota sunt."  |
respondens dixit : participle plus verb (she answered and said...)
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