1Here Tobit ended his words of praise. 2He was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight, and after eight years he regained it. He gave alms, and he continued to fear the Lord God and to praise him. 3When he had grown very old he called his son and grandsons, and said to him, “My son, take your sons; behold, I have grown old and am about to depart this life. 4Go to Media, my son, for I fully believe what Jonah the prophet said about Nin'eveh, that it will be overthrown. But in Media there will be peace for a time. Our brethren will be scattered over the earth from the good land, and Jerusalem will be desolate. The house of God in it will be burned down and will be in ruins for a time. 5But God will again have mercy on them, and bring them back into their land; and they will rebuild the house of God,14.5 Gk house though it will not be like the former one until the times of the age are completed. After this they will return from the places of their captivity, and will rebuild Jerusalem in splendour. And the house of God will be rebuilt there with a glorious building for all generations for ever, just as the prophets said of it. 6Then all the Gentiles will turn to fear the Lord God in truth, and will bury their idols. 7All the Gentiles will praise the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people. And all who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our brethren.

8“So now, my son, leave Nin'eveh, because what the prophet Jonah said will surely happen. 9But keep the law and the commandments, and be merciful and just, so that it may be well with you. 10Bury me properly, and your mother with me. And do not live in Nin'eveh any longer. See, my son, what Nadab14.10 Other authorities read Aman did to Ahikar who had reared him, how he brought him from light into darkness, and with what he repaid him. But Ahikar was saved, and the other received repayment as he himself went down into the darkness. Ahikar14.10 Other authorities read Manasses gave alms and escaped the deathtrap which Nadab14.10 Gk he had set for him; but Nadab14.10 Other authorities read Aman fell into the trap and perished. 11So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers.” As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobi'as14.11 Gk he gave him a magnificent funeral. 12And when Anna died he buried her with his father.

Then Tobi'as returned with his wife and his sons to Ecbat'ana, to Rag'uel his father-in-law. 13He grew old with honour, and he gave his father-in-law and mother-in-law magnificent funerals. He inherited their property and that of his father Tobit. 14He died in Ecbat'ana of Media at the age of a hundred and twenty-seven years. 15But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nin'eveh, which Nebuchadnez'zar and Ahasu-e'rus had captured. Before his death he rejoiced over Nin'eveh.