Tobit 14:2-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And after he had lived a hundred and two years, he was buried honourably in Ninive.

³ For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again.

⁴ And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace.

⁵ And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them:

⁶ The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it.

⁷ And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.

⁸ And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.

⁹ And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.

¹⁰ Hearken therefore, my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:

¹¹ And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.