多俾亚传第12章：辣法耳显现——工价、敬拜与见证
托彼特和多俾亚试图酬谢他们的旅伴，促使辣法耳在表明自己的天使身份并升天之前，就感恩、施舍和祈祷作最后的劝勉。
多俾亚传
第12章
- 1.拉法耳的工钱 托必特便叫了他的儿子托比亚说，我的儿子，你要为跟你一同去的那人付工钱，而且还要多给他一些。Raph′ael’s Wages Tobit then called his son Tobi′as and said to him, “My son, see to the wages of the man who went with you; and he must also be given more.”
- 2.他回答说：“父亲，我带回来的一半也不会对我造成损害。He replied, “Father, it would do me no harm to give him half of what I have brought back.
- 3.因为他安全地带领我回到你身边，他治愈了我的妻子，他为我获得了钱财，而且他也治愈了你。For he has led me back to you safely, he cured my wife, he obtained the money for me, and he also healed you.”
- 4.老人说：“他活该。”The old man said, “He deserves it.”
- 5.于是他叫了天使，对他说：“你和他带回来的所有东西，拿一半。”So he called the angel and said to him, “Take half of all that you two have brought back.”
- 6.拉法尔的劝诫 天使把他们两个人叫到一边，私下对他们说：“要称颂神，感谢他；在一切活人面前夸赞他，感谢他为你们所做的一切事。这是好的，称颂神，尊高他的名，配得宣扬神的作为，不要迟延感谢他。Raph′ael’s Exhortation Then the angel called the two of them privately and said to them: “Praise God and give thanks to him; exalt him and give thanks to him in the presence of all the living for what he has done for you. It is good to praise God and to exalt his name, worthily declaring the works of God. Do not be slow to give him thanks.
- 7.守王的密事是好的，显明神的作为是光荣的。你行善，恶就不能临到你。It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God. Do good, and evil will not overtake you.
- 8.祷告在禁食、施舍和公义的陪伴下是好的。带着公义的少许比带着不法的多更好。施舍比积攒黄金更好。Prayer is good when accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to treasure up gold.
- 9.施舍可以使人脱离死亡，并洗去一切罪过。行仁义事和施行公义的人，将获得充满生命；For almsgiving delivers from death, and it will purge away every sin. Those who perform deeds of charity and of righteousness will have fulness of life;
- 10.然而，违背神的命令的人就是他们自己生命的敌人。but those who commit sin are the enemies of their own lives.
- 11.拉法尔揭示他的身份 我不会向你隐瞒任何事情，我曾说过，保守王的秘密是好的，但显明神的作为是光荣的Raph′ael Discloses His Identity “I will not conceal anything from you. I have said, ‘It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God.’
- 12.于是，当你和你的媳妇撒拉祷告的时候，我把你们的祷告提醒圣者；当你埋葬死人的时候，我也同样与你同在。And so, when you and your daughter-in-law Sarah prayed, I brought a reminder of your prayer before the Holy One; and when you buried the dead, I was likewise present with you.
- 13.当你毫不犹豫地起身离开晚餐去安置死者时，你的好行为没有隐藏于我，我与你同在。When you did not hesitate to rise and leave your dinner in order to go and lay out the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me, but I was with you.
- 14.现在上帝差我来治愈你和你的媳妇撒拉。So now God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.
- 15.我是拉斐尔，我是七位圣天使之一，负责呈献圣徒的祷告，并进入至圣者的荣耀面前。I am Raph′ael, one of the seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints and enter into the presence of the glory of the Holy One.”
- 16.他们都非常害怕，俯伏在地，因为他们害怕得不得了。They were both alarmed; and they fell upon their faces, for they were afraid.
- 17.但他对他们说：“不要怕，你们是安全的。要永远称赞神。But he said to them, “Do not be afraid; you will be safe. But praise God for ever.
- 18.因为我不是出于自己的意思来到你们这里的，乃是出于神的旨意。所以要永远称颂他。For I did not come as a favor on my part, but by the will of our God. Therefore praise him for ever.
- 19.这些日子里，我只是显现给你们，并没有吃喝，但你们所看见的是一场异象。All these days I merely appeared to you and did not eat or drink, but you were seeing a vision.
- 20.现在要感谢神，因为我要升到那差我来的人那里，将所发生的一切都写在书上。And now give thanks to God, for I am ascending to him who sent me. Write in a book everything that has happened.”
- 21.他们就站起来，但再也没有看见他。Then they stood up; but they saw him no more.
- 22.于是，他们承认了神的大而奇妙的作为，并且承认耶和华的使者向他们显现。So they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and acknowledged that the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.
这段经文的意思
多俾亚传第12章以一个平凡事务开场——旅途的工价——随后转入全书核心的神学讲论之一。多俾亚献出所寻回财物的一半（第2–3节），使这一场景不被理解为对服务的酬付，而是对已领受恩典的承认：平安归来、撒辣得痊愈、钱财失而复得，以及托彼特眼睛复明。因此，本章使工价成为通往敬拜的门户。
辣法耳的劝勉（第6–10节）把全书的伦理教导浓缩为一份简短清单：公开赞美天主，保守君王的秘密却宣扬天主的作为，把祈祷与禁食、施舍结合起来，并宁可少而秉持正义，也不愿靠作恶多得财富。第9节直截了当地陈述原则——“施舍能救人脱离死亡，并会涤除一切罪孽”——第10节则给出反面：犯罪的人“是自己生命的仇敌”。这不是一句随意的箴言，而是一项结构性主张：怜悯与正义是对天主所作之事的正当回应。
显现场景（第11–22节）重新解释了整个旅程。辣法耳表明自己是站在圣者面前、把人的祈祷向上呈递的七位圣天使之一（第15节）。这家人先前的行为——撒辣在厄克巴塔纳的祈祷、托彼特埋葬死者、多俾亚离开饭桌去陈放尸体——并非无人看见；它们正是辣法耳在天主面前呈献的祈祷。本章因此以把人在地上的行为与天使在天上的代求联结起来作结，并最后吩咐把一切写下来，作为永久的见证。
背景
关于多俾亚传第12章的所提供材料，包括本章经文和一则简短整理说明，指出本章是从原 P0/P1 优先清单之外补入的。本次请求未提供完整章文、相邻章节、交叉引用和原文条目，因此背景部分仅限于本章本身所呈现的内容。
在本章内，三个命名部分构成行文脉络：辣法耳的工价（第1–5节）、辣法耳的劝勉（第6–10节）和辣法耳显明身份（第11–22节）。本章结束了前几章开始的叙事弧线——托彼特的失明、撒辣的苦难、前往玛待的旅程以及钱财的寻回——并揭示一位天使自始至终陪伴这家人，而他们隐藏的怜悯之举正是被带到天主面前的祈祷。
常见问题
多俾亚为什么把一切的一半作为工价献上？
多俾亚逐项列出辣法耳所成就的事——平安归来、撒辣得医治、钱财失而复得，以及托彼特视力的恢复（第2–3节）——并得出结论：这份礼物并非应付的费用，而是对已经领受之恩典的合宜回应。本章以工价场景作为辣法耳临别劝勉的契机。
辣法耳关于祈祷、禁食和施舍教导了什么？
在第8–9节，辣法耳把这些实践联结在一起：祈祷“若伴随着禁食、施舍和正义”便是好的；少而有正义，胜过多而行不义；施舍“救人脱离死亡”，并“会涤除一切罪孽”。这一教导把怜悯和正义呈现为并非可有可无的附加项，而是人类对天主拯救作为的正当回应。
辣法耳是谁？他的显明有何意义？
辣法耳表明自己是“呈献圣徒祈祷、并进入圣者荣耀面前的七位圣天使之一”（第15节）。这一显明重新界定了整个故事：撒辣的祈祷、托彼特埋葬死者、多俾亚离开饭桌，都并非无人注意——它们正是辣法耳带到天主面前的祈祷（第12–14节）。本章最后吩咐把一切写下来（第20节），使这家人的经历成为永久的书面见证。