1 was king; my wife Anna and my son Tobias were allowed to come back to me.
That year at the Harvest Festival, which is also called the Festival of Weeks, a wonderful dinner was prepared for me, and I sat down to eat.
2But so much food was put on the table that I said to Tobias, “Son, many other Israelites were brought to Nineveh as captives. Go out and find someone who is poor and very loyal to God. Bring him here to share this meal with us. We will wait until you get back.”
3Tobias went out to look for some Israelites who were poor. But he returned alone and said, “Father!”
“What's the matter?” I asked.
“An Israelite has been murdered!” Tobias answered. “He was strangled, then his body was thrown down and left lying in the street.”
4We had not started eating, and so I jumped up from the table and went to the street where the body was. I brought it back to my own home and left it in one of the rooms, because I could not bury it until after dark.
5 my wife finished a piece of cloth and sent it to the owners. They gave her the regular payment, and they also gave her a young goat, so we could have a feast.
13When she came back, the goat was going, “baa, baa.” So I yelled at her and said, “Where did you get that goat? You must have stolen it! Take it back to its owner. We shouldn't eat something that is stolen—it just wouldn't be right.”
14She replied, “That goat was given to me as a gift along with the usual payment for my work!”
But I didn't believe her, and my face was red with anger as I told her to return the goat to its owners.
She answered, “Tobit, why have you changed so much? You used to be so kind, and, as everyone knows, you always did the right thing!”
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