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The text below comes from the second half of Tobit, Chapter 7 (with some omissions). Back in Chapter 5, you saw how Raphael (Azarias) told Thobi, "Forti animo esto!" You are going to meet the same phrase again in this section, when Sara is asked to go to bed with her bridegroom... after seven men have already died that way. The people in the Book of Tobit face many desperate situations, and you could probably say that "Forti animo esto!" is the main motto for the whole story! |
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| Et, postquam laverunt et se purificaverunt et discubuerunt ad cenandum, dixit Thobias ad Raphael: |
Thobias: Hebrew name (nominative) Raphael: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| "Azaria frater, dic Raguel, ut det mihi Saram, sororem meam." |
Azaria: Hebrew name (agrees with frater) Raguel: Hebrew name (dative) det: subjunctive with ut |
| Et audivit Raguel hunc sermonem et dixit puero: |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| "Manduca et bibe et suaviter tibi sit hac nocte. |
sit: jussive subjunctive |
| Non est enim homo, quem oporteat accipere Saram, filiam meam, nisi tu, frater. |
non est: "there is not; there does not exist" quem: relative
pronoun, agreeing with homo in gender and number |
| Similiter et mihi non licet eam dare alii viro nisi tibi, quia tu proximus mihi es. |
et mihi: adverbial use of et dare: complementary infinitive with licet |
| Verum autem tibi dicam, fili: tradidi illam viris septem, fratribus nostris, et omnes mortui sunt nocte, cum intrabant ad eam. |
autem: postpositive |
| Et nunc, fili, manduca et bibe, et Dominus faciet in vobis." |
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| Et accersivit Raguel Saram, filiam suam, et accessit ad illum. |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| Et, apprehensa manu illius, tradidit eam illi et dixit: |
apprehensa manu: ablative absolute |
| "Habe et duc ad patrem tuum sanus. |
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| Et Deus caeli det vobis bonum iter et pacem." |
det: jussive subjunctive |
| Et vocavit Raguel Ednam, uxorem suam, et dixit illi: |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| "Soror, praepara cubiculum aliud et introduc eam illuc." |
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| Et abiens stravit, sicut illi dixit, |
abiens stravit: participle plus verb (she went and made the bed) |
| et introduxit eam illuc et lacrimata est causa illius et extersit lacrimas et dixit illi: |
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| "Forti animo esto, filia. Dominus caeli det tibi gaudium pro taedio tuo.  |
det: jussive subjunctive |
| Forti animo esto!" Et exiit. |
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