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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 9 (with some omissions). Raguel has decided for some serious celebrations to honor the wedding of his daughter, which means Thobias now has to figure out some way to carry out his original mission - which, remember, was to go to Gabael and recover the money that his father deposited there many years ago. You can see that even though Tobias does not know that Azarias is really an angel, he trusts the man absolutely, allowing him to go alone to recover the money that had been deposited with Gabael. |
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| Tunc accersivit Thobias Raphael et dixit illi: |
Thobias: Hebrew name (nominative) Raphael: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| "Azaria frater, adsume tecum hinc servos quattuor et camelos duos |
Azaria: Hebrew name (agrees with frater) |
| et perveni in Rages et vade ad Gabael et da illi chirographum |
Rages: Hebrew name (accusative) Gabael: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| et recipe pecuniam et adduc illum tecum ad nuptias. |
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| Scis enim quoniam numerat dies pater et, si tardavero diem unum, contristabo eum valde. |
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| Sed vides quomodo Raguel iuraverit, cuius iuramentum spernere non possum." |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) iuraverit: subjunctive in indirect question cuius: relative pronoun, agreeing with Raguel in gender and number |
| Et abiit Raphael et quattuor pueri et duo cameli in Rages Mediae, et manserunt penes Gabael, |
Raphael: Hebrew name (nominative) Rages: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| et dedit illi Raphael chirographum eius |
Raphael: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| et indicavit illi de Thobia, filio Thobis, quoniam accepit uxorem filiam Raguel |
Thobia: Hebrew name (agrees with filio) Thobis: Hebrew name (genitive) Raguel: Hebrew name (genitive) |
| et quia rogat illum ad nuptias.  |
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