اَلتَّكْوِينُ 42

١ 1 فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ قَمْحٌ فِي مِصْرَ، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِبَنِيهِ: «لِمَاذَا تَنْظُرُونَ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ؟»

Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons: 'Why do ye look one upon another?'

٢ 2 وَقَالَ «إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ قَمْحٌ فِي مِصْرَ. ٱنْزِلُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَٱشْتَرُوا لَنَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ لِنَحْيَا وَلَا نَمُوتَ».

And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'

٣ 3 فَنَزَلَ عَشْرَةٌ مِنْ إِخْوَةِ يُوسُفَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحًا مِنْ مِصْرَ.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

٤ 4 وَأَمَّا بَنْيَامِينُ أَخُو يُوسُفَ فَلَمْ يُرْسِلْهُ يَعْقُوبُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ تُصِيبُهُ أَذِيَّةٌ».

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'

٥ 5 فَأَتَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَشْتَرُوا بَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَتَوْا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ كَانَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.

٦ 6 وَكَانَ يُوسُفُ هُوَ ٱلْمُسَلَّطَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَهُوَ ٱلْبَائِعَ لِكُلِّ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. فَأَتَى إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ بِوُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.

٧ 7 وَلَمَّا نَظَرَ يُوسُفُ إِخْوَتَهُ عَرَفَهُمْ، فَتَنَكَّرَ لَهُمْ وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُمْ بِجَفَاءٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا: «مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَامًا».

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said unto them: 'Whence come ye?' And they said: 'From the land of Canaan to buy food.'

٨ 8 وَعَرَفَ يُوسُفُ إِخْوَتَهُ، وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ.

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.

٩ 9 فَتَذَكَّرَ يُوسُفُ ٱلْأَحْلَامَ ٱلَّتِي حَلُمَ عَنْهُمْ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «جَوَاسِيسُ أَنْتُمْ! لِتَرَوْا عَوْرَةَ ٱلْأَرْضِ جِئْتُمْ»

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'

١٠ 10 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَا يَا سَيِّدِي، بَلْ عَبِيدُكَ جَاءُوا لِيَشْتَرُوا طَعَامًا.

And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

١١ 11 نَحْنُ جَمِيعُنَا بَنُو رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ. نَحْنُ أُمَنَاءُ، لَيْسَ عَبِيدُكَ جَوَاسِيسَ».

We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كَلَّا! بَلْ لِتَرَوْا عَوْرَةَ ٱلْأَرْضِ جِئْتُمْ».

And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'

١٣ 13 فَقَالُوا: «عَبِيدُكَ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَخًا. نَحْنُ بَنُو رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. وَهُوَذَا ٱلصَّغِيرُ عِنْدَ أَبِينَا ٱلْيَوْمَ، وَٱلْوَاحِدُ مَفْقُودٌ».

And they said: 'We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.'

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «ذَلِكَ مَا كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِهِ قَائِلًا: جَوَاسِيسُ أَنْتُمْ!

And Joseph said unto them: 'That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are spies.

١٥ 15 بِهَذَا تُمْتَحَنُونَ. وَحَيَاةِ فِرْعَوْنَ لَا تَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ هُنَا إِلَا بِمَجِيءِ أَخِيكُمُ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى هُنَا.

Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

١٦ 16 أَرْسِلُوا مِنْكُمْ وَاحِدًا لِيَجِيءَ بِأَخِيكُمْ، وَأَنْتُمْ تُحْبَسُونَ، فَيُمْتَحَنَ كَلَامُكُمْ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ صِدْقٌ. وَإِلَا فَوَحَيَاةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّكُمْ لَجَوَاسِيسُ!».

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh liveth, surely ye are spies.'

١٧ 17 فَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَى حَبْسٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

And he put them all together into ward three days.

١٨ 18 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ: «ٱفْعَلُوا هَذَا وَٱحْيَوْا. أَنَا خَائِفُ ٱللهِ.

And Joseph said unto them the third day. 'This do, and live; for I fear God:

١٩ 19 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ أُمَنَاءَ فَلْيُحْبَسْ أَخٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْكُمْ فِي بَيْتِ حَبْسِكُمْ، وَٱنْطَلِقُوا أَنْتُمْ وَخُذُوا قَمْحًا لِمَجَاعَةِ بُيُوتِكُمْ.

if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;

٢٠ 20 وَأَحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمُ ٱلصَّغِيرَ إِلَيَّ، فَيَتَحَقَّقَ كَلَامُكُمْ وَلَا تَمُوتُوا». فَفَعَلُوا هَكَذَا.

and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die.' And they did so.

٢١ 21 وَقَالُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «حَقًّا إِنَّنَا مُذْنِبُونَ إِلَى أَخِينَا ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْنَا ضِيقَةَ نَفْسِهِ لَمَّا ٱسْتَرْحَمَنَا وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ. لِذَلِكَ جَاءَتْ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ ٱلضِّيقَةُ».

And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'

٢٢ 22 فَأَجَابَهُمْ رَأُوبَيْنُ قَائِلًا: «أَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْكُمْ قَائِلًا: لَا تَأْثَمُوا بِٱلْوَلَدِ، وَأَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا؟ فَهُوَذَا دَمُهُ يُطْلَبُ».

And Reuben answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.'

٢٣ 23 وَهُمْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ يُوسُفَ فَاهِمٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱلتُّرْجُمَانَ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.

٢٤ 24 فَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ وَبَكَى، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُمْ شِمْعُونَ وَقَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ عُيُونِهِمْ.

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

٢٥ 25 ثُمَّ أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ أَنْ تُمْلَأَ أَوْعِيَتُهُمْ قَمْحًا، وَتُرَدَّ فِضَّةُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى عِدْلِهِ، وَأَنْ يُعْطَوْا زَادًا لِلطَّرِيقِ. فَفُعِلَ لَهُمْ هَكَذَا.

Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus was it done unto them.

٢٦ 26 فَحَمَلُوا قَمْحَهُمْ عَلَى حَمِيرِهِمْ وَمَضَوْا مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.

٢٧ 27 فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ أَحَدُهُمْ عِدْلَهُ لِيُعْطِيَ عَلِيقًا لِحِمَارِهِ فِي ٱلْمَنْزِلِ، رَأَى فِضَّتَهُ وَإِذَا هِيَ فِي فَمِ عِدْلِهِ.

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

٢٨ 28 فَقَالَ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «رُدَّتْ فِضَّتِي وَهَا هِيَ فِي عِدْلِي». فَطَارَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱرْتَعَدُوا بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَهُ ٱللهُ بِنَا؟».

And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?'

٢٩ 29 فَجَاءُوا إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ أَبِيهِمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكُلِّ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ:

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:

٣٠ 30 «تَكَلَّمَ مَعَنَا ٱلرَّجُلُ سَيِّدُ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِجَفَاءٍ، وَحَسِبَنَا جَوَاسِيسَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

٣١ 31 فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: نَحْنُ أُمَنَاءُ، لَسْنَا جَوَاسِيسَ.

And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.

٣٢ 32 نَحْنُ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَخًا بَنُو أَبِينَا. ٱلْوَاحِدُ مَفْقُودٌ وَٱلصَّغِيرُ ٱلْيَوْمَ عِنْدَ أَبِينَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

٣٣ 33 فَقَالَ لَنَا ٱلرَّجُلُ سَيِّدُ ٱلْأَرْضِ: بِهَذَا أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ أُمَنَاءُ. دَعُوا أَخًا وَاحِدًا مِنْكُمْ عِنْدِي، وَخُذُوا لِمَجَاعَةِ بُيُوتِكُمْ وَٱنْطَلِقُوا.

And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

٣٤ 34 وَأَحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمُ ٱلصَّغِيرَ إِلَيَّ فَأَعْرِفَ أَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ جَوَاسِيسَ، بَلْ أَنَّكُمْ أُمَنَاءُ، فَأُعْطِيَكُمْ أَخَاكُمْ وَتَتَّجِرُونَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ».

And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.'

٣٥ 35 وَإِذْ كَانُوا يُفَرِّغُونَ عِدَالَهُمْ إِذَا صُرَّةُ فِضَّةِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فِي عِدْلِهِ. فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا صُرَرَ فِضَّتِهِمْ هُمْ وَأَبُوهُمْ خَافُوا.

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

٣٦ 36 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَعْدَمْتُمُونِي ٱلْأَوْلَادَ. يُوسُفُ مَفْقُودٌ، وَشِمْعُونُ مَفْقُودٌ، وَبَنْيَامِينُ تَأْخُذُونَهُ. صَارَ كُلُّ هَذَا عَلَيَّ».

And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.'

٣٧ 37 وَكَلَّمَ رَأُوبَيْنُ أَبَاهُ قَائِلًا: «ٱقْتُلِ ٱبْنَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ. سَلِّمْهُ بِيَدِي وَأَنَا أَرُدُّهُ إِلَيْكَ».

And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying: 'Thou shalt slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.'

٣٨ 38 فَقَالَ: «لَا يَنْزِلُ ٱبْنِي مَعَكُمْ، لِأَنَّ أَخَاهُ قَدْ مَاتَ، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ بَاقٍ. فَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ أَذِيَّةٌ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي تَذْهَبُونَ فِيهَا تُنْزِلُونَ شَيْبَتِي بِحُزْنٍ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ». (Sheol h7585)

And he said: 'My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Sheol h7585)