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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 8 (with some omissions). You will see some very nice storytelling in this section, where the narrative is told from two different points of view: first, you will find out what happens when Thobias and Sara go into the bedroom that night... and then you will also see what Raguel is up in the meantime, based on his assumption that Thobias is a doomed man! |
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| Et, cum consummaverunt manducare et bibere, voluerunt dormire, |
manducare...bibere: complementary infinitives with consummaverunt dormire: complementary infinitive with voluerunt |
| et deduxerunt iuvenem et induxerunt eum in cubiculum. |
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| Et rememoratus est Thobias sermonum Raphael |
Thobias: Hebrew name (nominative) Raphael: Hebrew name (genitive) |
| et sustulit de saccello, quem habebat, cor et iecur piscis et imposuit super cinerem incensi. |
quem: relative pronoun, agreeing with saccello in gender and number |
| Et odor piscis prohibuit et refugit daemonium in superiores partes Aegypti. |
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| Et abiens Raphael colligavit eum ibi et reversus est continuo. |
abiens...colligavit : participle plus verb (he went away... and bound...) Raphael: Hebrew name (agrees with abiens) |
| Et exsurrexit Thobias de lecto et dixit ei: "Surge, soror! |
Thobias: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| Oremus et deprecemur Dominum nostrum, ut faciat super nos misericordiam et sanitatem." |
oremus...deprecemur: hortatory ubjunctives faciat: subjunctive with ut |
| Et surrexit, et coeperunt orare et deprecari Dominum, ut daretur illis sanitas. |
orare...deprecari: complementary infinitives with coeperunt daretur: subjunctive with ut |
| Et dormierunt per noctem. |
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| Et surgens Raguel accersivit servos secum, et abierunt et foderunt foveam. |
surgens...accersivit : participle plus verb (he got up... and summoned...) Raguel: Hebrew name (agrees with surgens) |
| Dixit enim: "Ne forte moriatur, et omnibus simus derisio et opprobrium." |
enim: postpositive moriatur...simus: subjunctives with ne |
| Et, ut consummaverunt fossuram, reversus est Raguel domum et vocavit uxorem suam et dixit: |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| "Mitte unam ex ancillis, et intrans videat an vivat; |
intrans...videat : participle
plus verb (let her go in... and see...) |
| et, si mortuus est, ut sepeliamus illum, nemine sciente."  |
sepeliamus: subjunctive with ut nemine sciente : ablative absolute |
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