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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 8 (with some omissions). The next day dawns, and - as you can imagine - there is much rejoicing! A wedding feast was usuallky one week long, but Raguel has decided that this wedding will be celebrated for fourteen days. |
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| Et miserunt ancillam et accenderunt lucernam et aperuerunt ostium, et intravit et invenit illos iacentes et pariter dormientes. |
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| Et reversa puella nuntiavit eis illum vivere et nihil mali esse. |
reversa...nuntiavit : participle plus verb (she came back... and announced...) vivere...esse: infinitives in indirect statement introduced by nuntiavit (illum and nihil are accusative subjects) |
| Et benedixerunt Deum caeli et dixerunt: |
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| "Benedictus es, quoniam misertus es duorum unicorum. |
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| Fac illis, Domine, misericordiam et sanitatem et consumma vitam illorum cum misericordia et laetitia." |
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| Tunc praecepit servis suis, ut replerent fossam priusquam lucesceret. |
replerent: subjunctive with ut lucesceret: subjunctive with expression of time (priusquam) |
| Et praecepit uxori suae, ut faceret panes multos; |
faceret: subjunctive with ut |
| et abiens ipse ad gregem adduxit vaccas duas et quattuor arietes et iussit consummari eos, et coeperunt praeparare. |
abiens...adduxit : participle plus verb (he went away... and brought...) consummari: complementary infinitive with iussit (expression of command; eos is accusative subject) praeparare: complementary infinitive with coeperunt |
| Et vocavit Thobiam et iuravit illi et dixit ei: |
Thobiam: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| "Diebus quattuordecim hinc non recedes, sed hic manebis, manducans et bibens mecum, |
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| et laetificabis animam filiae meae multis afflictam doloribus. |
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| Et ex eo, quod possideo, accipe partem dimidiam et vade sanus ad patrem tuum. |
quod: relative pronoun, agreeing with eo in gender and number |
| Et alia dimidia pars, cum mortui fuerimus ego et uxor mea, vestra erit. |
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| Forti animo esto, fili! Ego pater tuus sum et Edna mater tua amodo et in perpetuum. Forti animo esto, fili!"  |
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