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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 3 (with some omissions). Now you will see how the Book of Tobit actually consists of two distinct stories that are very artfully entwined with each other. This chapter starts out with Thobi praying to God in his despair... and at the same time, there is a woman, in the far-away city of Ecbatana, the capital of Media, who also finds herself in a desperate situation, after a demon has strangled her seven bridegrooms, one after another. |
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| Et, contristatus animo et suspirans, ploravi et coepi orare cum gemitibus: |
orare: complementary infinitive with coepi |
| "Iustus es, Domine, et omnia opera tua iusta sunt. |
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| Et nunc, Domine, memor esto mei et respice in me; |
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| et nunc, secundum quod tibi placet, fac mecum et praecipe recipi spiritum meum, ut dimittar a facie terrae et fiam terra, |
quod: relative pronoun without stated antecedent, secundum (hoc) quod recipi: complementary infinitive with praecipe, expressing a command (spiritum meum is the accusative subject of the infinitive) dimittar...fiam: subjunctives with ut |
| quia expedit mihi mori magis quam vivere, quoniam improperia falsa audivi, et tristitia multa est in me." |
mori...vivere: complementary infinitives with expedit |
| Eadem die contigit Sarae, filiae Raguel, qui erat Ecbatanis Mediae, ut et ipsa audiret improperia ab una ex ancillis patris sui, |
Raguel: Hebrew name (genitive) qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with Raguel in gender and number audiret: subjunctive with ut (contigit...ut) et ipsa : adverbial use of et (she too...) |
| quoniam tradita erat viris septem, et Asmodeus, daemonium nequissimum, occidebat eos, antequam cum illa fierent, sicut est solitum mulieribus. |
fierent: subjunctive in a statement of time (antequam) |
| Et dixit illi ancilla: "Tu es, quae suffocas viros tuos. |
quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with tu in gender and number |
| Ecce, iam tradita es viris septem, et nemine eorum fruita es. |
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| Quid nos flagellas causa virorum tuorum, quia mortui sunt? |
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| Vade cum illis, nec ex te videamus filium aut filiam in perpetuum." |
videamus: hortatory subjunctive (expressing a wish: may we not see...) |
| In illa die contristata est animo puella et lacrimata est |
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| et ascendens in superiorem locum patris sui voluit laqueo se suspendere.  |
ascendens...voluit : participle plus verb (she went up... and intended to...) suspendere: complementary infinitive with voluit |
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