9 That same night, having returned from the burial and being unclean, I lay down to sleep outside the courtyard wall, and my face was not covered. (Tobit sleeps in the open air).
10 And I did not notice that there were sparrows on the wall. When my eyes were open, the sparrows sent forth warmth into my eyes, and they became a thorn in my eyes. And I went to doctors, but they didn’t help me. Ahiachar provided me with food until he went to Elymaida. (Apparently, sparrow excrement got into the eyes).
11 And then my wife Anna spun wool in the women's departments (My wife Anna was a spinner).
12 And she sent it to rich people, who gave her payment and once gave her a kid in addition. (Payment in goat).
13 When they brought him to me, he began to bleat; and I asked [my wife], where does this kid come from? isn't it stolen? give it to whoever it belongs to! for it is unlawful to eat stolen goods. (Tobit thought that the kid was stolen).
14 She answered: This was given to me over and above my wages. But I didn’t believe her and insisted that she give it to whoever it belonged to, and I got angry with her. And she answered me: where are your alms and righteous deeds? that's how they all showed up on you! (Quarrel between spouses).
Chapter 3
1 Being saddened, I wept and prayed with sorrow, saying: (Tobit is in sorrow).
2 You are righteous, O Lord, and all Your works and all Your ways are mercy and truth, and You judge with true and just judgment forever! (From a religious point of view, everything depends on God).
3 Remember me and look upon me: do not punish me for my sins and the errors of my fathers, with which they sinned before You! (Appeal to God for help).
4 For they did not listen to Your commandments, and You gave us over to spoil and captivity and death, and to be a proverbial reproach before all the nations among whom we are scattered. (Allegedly, those who did not listen and did not follow God’s instructions are to blame for everything; that is why God punished his “chosen people”).
5 And truly your judgments are many and righteous, to do to me according to my sins and the sins of my fathers, because they did not keep your commandments and did not do what is right before you. (Allegedly, those who did not listen and did not follow God’s instructions are to blame for everything; that is why God punished his “chosen people”).