Tobit 9:6 - Good News Translation (US Version) Very early the next morning, they set out for the wedding feast. When Raphael and Gabael came to Raguel's house, they found Tobias at dinner. Tobias immediately got up and greeted Gabael. With tears in his eyes Gabael returned the greeting and added, “You are just like your honest and generous father. May the Lord in heaven bless you and your wife, your mother-in-law, and your father. Praise God! He has let me live to see my cousin Tobias, who looks so much like his father.” Tuilleadh leaganachaCommon English Bible They got up early in the morning together and went to the wedding feast. They came to Raguel’s place and found Tobias reclining at a table. Tobias jumped up and greeted him, and Gabael wept and blessed him, saying, “Good and generous man, son of a good and generous man who is just and charitable! May the Lord grant a heavenly blessing to you and your wife, and to your wife’s father and mother. May God be praised, for I have now seen in Tobias the image of Tobit my cousin!” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Raphael borrowed four of the servants of Raguel, and two camels, and he traveled to Rages, the city of the Medes. And upon finding Gabael, he gave him his handwritten note, and he received from him all the money. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Raphael took four of Raguel's servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Then they rose up early in the morning together, and came to the wedding feast. Tobias blessed his wife. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and early the next morning, the two men got up and went to the wedding celebration at Raguel's home in Ecbatana. Tobias was eating when they arrived, but he jumped up and greeted Gabael. Gabael started weeping and said, “You are honest and good, just like your father Tobit. And he was such a generous man! Now I pray that God will bless you from heaven, and also that he will bless your wife and her parents. I praise God, Tobias, because you are just like your father.” Good News Bible (Anglicised) Very early the next morning, they set out for the wedding feast. When Raphael and Gabael came to Raguel's house, they found Tobias at dinner. Tobias immediately got up and greeted Gabael. With tears in his eyes Gabael returned the greeting and added, “You are just like your honest and generous father. May the Lord in heaven bless you and your wife, your mother-in-law, and your father. Praise God! He has let me live to see my cousin Tobias, who looks so much like his father.” |