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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 12 (with some omissions). Remember that there is still one more thread of the plot to tie up: Raphael's identity. Thobi and Thobias still think of him as "Brother Azarias" and they realize that he deserves a big reward for all that he has done for their family. |
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| Et, postquam consummatae sunt nuptiae, vocavit Thobi filium suum Thobiam et dixit illi: |
Thobi: Hebrew name (nominative) Thobiam: Hebrew name (agrees with filium) |
| "Homini illi, qui tecum ivit, reddamus honorem.” |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with homini in gender and number reddamus: hortatory subjunctive |
| Et dixit illi: "Pater, quantam illi dabo mercedem? |
quantam...mercedem: split phrase |
| Non laedor, si dedero illi ex his, quae mecum contulit, dimidiam partem. |
quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with his in gender and number |
| Duxit me sanum et uxorem meam curavit et pecuniam mecum attulit et te curavit. |
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| Quantam illi dabo mercedem adhuc?" |
quantam...mercedem: split
phrase |
| Et dixit illi Thobi: "Iustum est illum, fili, dimidium omnium horum, quae tecum attulit, accipere." |
Thobi: Hebrew name (nominative) quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with horum in gender and number accipere: infinitive as noun (agreeing with iustum) |
| Et vocavit illum et dixit: "Accipe dimidium omnium horum, quae tecum attulisti, in mercedem tuam et vade sanus." |
quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with horum in gender and number |
| Tunc Raphael vocavit ambos abscondite et dixit illis: |
Raphael: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| "Deum benedicite et illi confitemini coram omnibus viventibus, quae fecit nobiscum bona, ut benedicatis et decantetis nomini eius. |
quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with bona in gender and number benedicatis...decantetis: subjunctives with ut |
| Bonum facite, et malum non inveniet vos. |
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| Bona est oratio cum ieiunio, et eleemosyna cum iustitia. |
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| Melius est modicum cum iustitia quam plurimum cum iniquitate. |
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| Bonum est facere eleemosynam magis quam thesauros auri condere. |
facere...condere: infinitives as nouns (agreeing with bonum) |
| Eleemosyna a morte liberat et ipsa purgat omne peccatum. |
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| Qui faciunt eleemosynam, saturabuntur vita; |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with unexpressed subject of saturabantur |
| qui faciunt peccatum et iniquitatem, hostes sunt animae suae.  |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with unexpressed subject of sunt (with predicate hostes) |
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