Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Part 63

Tob 13:8 Let all men speak, and let all praise him for his righteousness.

Tob 13:9 O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge thee for thy children's works, and will have mercy again on the sons of the righteous.

Tob 13:10 Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are captives, and love in thee for ever those that are miserable.

Tob 13:11 Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord G.o.d with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.

Tob 13:12 Cursed are all they which hate thee, and blessed shall all be which love thee for ever.

Tob 13:13 Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.

Tob 13:14 O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad for ever.

Tob 13:15 Let my soul bless G.o.d the great King.

Tob 13:16 For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.

Tob 13:17 And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of Ophir.

Tob 13:18 And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be G.o.d, which hath extolled it for ever.

Tob 14:1 So Tobit made an end of praising G.o.d.

Tob 14:2 And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord G.o.d, and praised him.

Tob 14:3 And when he was very aged he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.

Tob 14:4 Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of G.o.d in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;

Tob 14:5 And that again G.o.d will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of G.o.d shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.

Tob 14:6 And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord G.o.d truly, and shall bury their idols.

Tob 14:7 So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess G.o.d, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord G.o.d in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.

Tob 14:8 And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pa.s.s.

Tob 14:9 But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.

Tob 14:10 And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Mana.s.ses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.

Tob 14:11 Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.

Tob 14:12 And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in law,

Tob 14:13 Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and mother in law honourably, and he inherited their substance, and his father Tobit's.

Tob 14:14 And he died at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundred and seven and twenty years old.

Tob 14:15 But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineve, which was taken by Nabuchodonosor and a.s.suerus: and before his death he rejoiced over Nineve.

The Book of Judith

Jdt 1:1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, who reigned in Nineve, the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, which reigned over the Medes in Ecbatane,

Jdt 1:2 And built in Ecbatane walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:

Jdt 1:3 And set the towers thereof upon the gates of it an hundred cubits high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits:

Jdt 1:4 And he made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his footmen:

Jdt 1:5 Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.

Jdt 1:6 And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill country, and all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris and Hydaspes, and the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Chelod, a.s.sembled themselves to the battle.

Jdt 1:7 Then Nabuchodonosor king of the a.s.syrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Liba.n.u.s, and Antiliba.n.u.s, and to all that dwelt upon the sea coast,

Jdt 1:8 And to those among the nations that were of Carmel, and Galaad, and the higher Galilee, and the great plain of Esdrelom,

Jdt 1:9 And to all that were in Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond Jordan unto Jerusalem, and Betane, and Chelus, and Kades, and the river of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramesse, and all the land of Gesem,

Jdt 1:10 Until ye come beyond Tanis and Memphis, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt, until ye come to the borders of Ethiopia.

Jdt 1:11 But all the inhabitants of the land made light of the commandment of Nabuchodonosor king of the a.s.syrians, neither went they with him to the battle; for they were not afraid of him: yea, he was before them as one man, and they sent away his amba.s.sadors from them without effect, and with disgrace.

Jdt 1:12 Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry with all this country, and sware by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, till ye come to the borders of the two seas.

Jdt 1:13 Then he marched in battle array with his power against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year, and he prevailed in his battle: for he overthrew all the power of Arphaxad, and all his hors.e.m.e.n, and all his chariots,

Jdt 1:14 And became lord of his cities, and came unto Ecbatane, and took the towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty thereof into shame.

Jdt 1:15 He took also Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and smote him through with his darts, and destroyed him utterly that day.

Jdt 1:16 So he returned afterward to Nineve, both he and all his company of sundry nations being a very great mult.i.tude of men of war, and there he took his ease, and banqueted, both he and his army, an hundred and twenty days.

Jdt 2:1 And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the a.s.syrians that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.

Jdt 2:2 So he called unto him all his officers, and all his n.o.bles, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.

Jdt 2:3 Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that did not obey the commandment of his mouth.

Jdt 2:4 And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the a.s.syrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next unto him, and said unto him.

Jdt 2:5 Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their own strength, of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand.