2:16. Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
2:17. But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
2:18. For we are the children of saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
2:19. Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
2:20. Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:
2:21. And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
2:22. At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident the hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
2:23. And with these and other, such like words she upbraided him.
Tobias Chapter 3
The prayer of Tobias, and of Sara, in their several afflictions, are heard by God, and the angel Raphael is sent to relieve them.