تكوين 43

١ 1 وَتَفَاقَمَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ فِي الأَرْضِ.

And the derth waxed sore in the lande.

٢ 2 وَلَمَّا اسْتَهْلَكُوا الْقَمْحَ الَّذِي أَحْضَرُوهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ، قَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا قَلِيلاً مِنَ الطَّعَامِ».

And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them: goo agayne and by vs a litle food.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «لَقَدْ حَذَّرَنَا الرَّجُلُ أَشَدَّ تَحْذِيرٍ وَقَالَ: لَنْ تَرَوْا وَجْهِي مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُوكُمْ مَعَكُمْ.

Than sayde Iuda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you.

٤ 4 فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرْسِلُ أَخَانَا مَعَنَا، نَمْضِي وَنَشْتَرِي لَكَ طَعَاماً

Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food.

٥ 5 وَإلَّا فَلَنْ نَذْهَبَ لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَالَ لَنَا: لَا تَرَوْا وَجْهِي مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُوكُمْ مَعَكُمْ».

But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo: for the man sayde vnto vs: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you.

٦ 6 فَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا أَسَأْتُمْ إِلَيَّ فَأَخْبَرْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ أَنَّ لَكُمْ أَخاً أَيْضاً؟»

And Israell sayde: wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother?

٧ 7 فَأَجَابُوا: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ دَقَّقَ فِي اسْتِجْوَابِنَا عَنْ أَنْفُسِنَا وَعَنْ عَشِيرَتِنَا سَائِلاً: هَلْ أَبُوكُمْ حَيٌّ بَعْدُ؟ هَلْ لَكُمْ أَخٌ؟ فَأَجَبْنَاهُ حَسَبَ أَسْئِلَتِهِ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْرِفَ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُولُ: أَحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمْ إِلَى هُنَا؟»

And they sayde: The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge: is youre father yet alyue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes. How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs?

٨ 8 وَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لإِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيهِ: «أَرْسِلِ الْغُلامَ مَعِي فَنَقُومَ وَنَذْهَبَ فَنَحْيَا وَلا نَمُوتَ نَحْنُ وَأَنْتَ وَأَوْلادُنَا جَمِيعاً.

Than sayde Iuda vnto Israell his father: Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye: both we thou and also oure childern.

٩ 9 وَأَنَا ضَامِنٌ لَهُ. مِنْ يَدِي تَطْلُبُهُ. فَإِنْ لَمْ أَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَأُوقِفْهُ أَمَامَكَ، أَكُنْ مُذْنِباً إِلَيْكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ.

I wilbe suertie for him and of my handes requyre him. Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer.

١٠ 10 فَلَوْ لَمْ نَتَوَانَ فِي السَّفَرِ لَكُنَّا قَدْ رَجَعْنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ».

For except we had made this tarieg: by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «إِنْ كَانَ لابُدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا. وَخُذُوا مَعَكُمْ هَدِيَّةً لِلرَّجُلِ: وَامْلَأُوا أَوْعِيَتَكُمْ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ الأَرْضُ وَقَلِيلاً مِنَ الْبَلَسَانِ وَالْعَسَلِ وِالتَّوَابِلِ الْمُرِّ وَالْفُسْتُقِ وَاللَّوْزِ.

Than their father Israel sayde vnto the Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes.

١٢ 12 وَخُذُوا مَعَكُمْ فِضَّةً أُخْرَى، وَالْفِضَّةَ الْمَرْدُودَةَ فِي أَفْوَاهِ أَكْيَاسِكُمْ وَأَعِيدُوهَا. فَلَعَلَّ فِي الأَمْرِ سَهْواً.

And take as moch money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouersyghte.

١٣ 13 وَاسْتَصْحِبُوا مَعَكُمْ أَيْضاً أَخَاكُمْ وَقُومُوا ارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّجُلِ.

Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man.

١٤ 14 وَلْيُنْعِمْ عَلَيْكُمُ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ بِالرَّحْمَةِ لَدَى الرَّجُلِ، فَيُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَخَاكُمُ الآخَرَ وَبَنْيَامِينَ أَيْضاً. وَأَنَا إِنْ ثَكِلْتُهُمَا، أَكُونُ قَدْ ثَكِلْتُهُمَا».

And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also Be Iamin and I wilbe as a ma robbed of his childern.

١٥ 15 فَأَخَذَ الرِّجَالُ تِلْكَ الْهَدِيَّةَ، وَضِعْفَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَسَافَرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ يُوسُفَ.

Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Iamin. And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Ioseph.

١٦ 16 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ يُوسُفُ بِنْيَامِينَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ لِمُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِهِ: «أَدْخِلِ الرِّجَالَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَاذْبَحْ ذَبِيحَةً وَهَيِّئْهَا، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالَ سَيَتَنَاوَلُونَ مَعِي الطَّعَامَ فِي سَاعَةِ الْغَذَاءِ».

When Ioseph sawe Ben Iamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house: brynge these men home and sley and make redie: for they shall dyne with me at none.

١٧ 17 فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ كَمَا أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ، وَأَدْخَلَ الرِّجَالَ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ.

And the man dyd as Ioseph bad and brought them in to Iosephs house.

١٨ 18 وَلَمَّا أُدْخِلُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ اعْتَرَاهُمُ الْخَوْفُ وَقَالُوا: «لَقَدْ جِيءَ بِنَا إِلَى هُنَا لِيَهْجُمَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَقَعَ بِنَا وَيَسْتَعْبِدَنَا وَيَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَى حَمِيرِنَا، بِسَبَبِ الْفِضَّةِ الأُولَى الْمَرْدُودَةِ فِي أَكْيَاسِنَا».

When they were brought to Iosephs house they were afrayde ad sayde: be cause of the money yt came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs and to laye some thinge to oure charge: to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also.

١٩ 19 فَتَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى مُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَقَالُوا لَهُ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ الْبَابِ:

Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Iosephs house and comened with him at the doore

٢٠ 20 «اسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي، لَقَدْ قَدِمْنَا إِلَى هُنَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَاماً،

and sayde: Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنَّنَا حِينَ نَزَلْنَا فِي الْخَانِ وَفَتَحْنَا أَكْيَاسَنَا عَثَرَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا عَلَى فِضَّتِهِ بِكَامِلِ وَزْنِهَا فِي فَمِ كِيسِهِ، فَأَحْضَرْنَاهَا مَعَنَا لِنَرُدَّهَا.

and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes: beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte: But we haue broght it agene with us

٢٢ 22 وَجِئْنَا مَعَنَا بِفِضَّةٍ أُخْرَى لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَاماً. وَلَسْنَا نَدْرِي مَنْ وَضَعَ فِضَّتَنَا فِي أَكْيَاسِنَا».

and other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ: «سَلامٌ لَكُمْ، لَا تَخَافُوا، فَإِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَإِلَهَ أَبِيكُمْ قَدْ وَهَبَكُمْ كَنْزاً فِي أَكْيَاسِكُمْ، أَمَّا فِضَّتُكُمْ فَقَدْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَيَّ». ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ شِمْعُونَ.

And he sayde: be of good chere feare not: Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them

٢٤ 24 وَأَدْخَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْقَوْمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَقَدَّمَ لَهُمْ مَاءً لِيَغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ، وَعَلِيقاً لِحَمِيرِهِمْ.

ad led the into Iosephs house and gaue the water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender:

٢٥ 25 وَأَعَدُّوا الْهَدِيَّةَ فِي انْتِظَارِ مَجِيءِ يُوسُفَ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ، لأَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَيَتَنَاوَلُونَ الطَّعَامَ هُنَاكَ.

And they made redie their present agaynst Ioseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there.

٢٦ 26 فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ أَحْضَرُوا إِلَيْهِ الْهَدِيَّةَ الَّتِي حَمَلُوهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ، وَانْحَنَوْا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

When Ioseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes ad fell flat on the grounde befor him.

٢٧ 27 فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «هَلْ أَبُوكُمُ الشَّيْخُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُمْ عَنْهُ بِخَيْرٍ؟ أَمَازَالَ حَيًّا؟»

And he welcomed the curteously sainge: is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health? and is he yet alyue?

٢٨ 28 فَأَجَابُوا: «عَبْدُكَ أَبُونَا بِخَيْرٍ، وَهُوَ مَازَالَ حَيًّا». وَانْحَنَوْا وَسَجَدُوا.

they answered: thy servaunte oure father is in good health ad is yet alyue. And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde.

٢٩ 29 وَتَلَفَّتَ فَرَأَى أَخَاهُ الشَّقِيقَ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَالَ: «أَهَذَا أَخُوكُمُ الأَصْغَرُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُمُونِي عَنْهُ؟» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لِيُنْعِمِ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنِي».

And he lyfte vp his eyes and behelde his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and sayde: is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me? And sayde: God be mercyfull vnto ye my sonne.

٣٠ 30 وَانْدَفَعَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى مُخْدَعِهِ وَبَكَى هُنَاكَ لأَنَّ عَوَاطِفَهُ حَنَّتْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ.

And Ioseph made hast (for his hert dyd melt apon his brother) and soughte for to wepe and entred in to his chambre for to wepe there.

٣١ 31 ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَخَرَجَ مُمْسِكاً نَفْسَهُ عَنْ الْبُكَاءِ، وَقَالَ: «قَدِّمُوا الطَّعَامَ».

And he wasshed his face and came out and refrayned himselfe and bad sett bread on the table

٣٢ 32 فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ وَحْدَهُ، وَلَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ، وَلِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ الآكِلِينَ مَعَهُ وَحْدَهُمْ، إِذْ أَنَّهُ مَحْظُورٌ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مَعَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَهُمْ.

And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians.

٣٣ 33 فَجَلَسُوا فِي مَحْضَرِهِ، كُلٌّ وَفْقاً لِعُمْرِهِ، مِنَ الْبِكْرِ حَتَّى الصَّغِيرِ. فَنَظَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ مُتَعَجِّبِين.

And they satt before him: the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth. And the men marveled amonge them selves.

٣٤ 34 وَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِمْ حِصَصاً مِنْ مَائِدَتِهِ، فَكَانَتْ حِصَّةُ بِنْيَامِينَ خَمْسَةَ أَضْعَافِ حِصَصِ إِخْوَتِهِ. وَاحْتَفُوا وَشَرِبُوا مَعَهُ.

And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him: but Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs. And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him.