تكوين 44

١ 1 وَأَمَرَ يُوسُفُ مَدَبِّرَ بَيْتِهِ قَائِلاً: «امْلأْ أَكْيَاسَ الرِّجَالِ بِالطَّعَامِ بِقَدْرِ وُسْعِهَا، وَرُدَّ فِضَّةَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى فَمِ كِيسِهِ.

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

٢ 2 وَضَعْ فِي فَمِ كِيسِ الصَّغِيرِ كَأْسِيَ الْفِضِّيَّةَ وَثَمَنَ قَمْحِهِ». فَنَفَّذَ أَمْرَ يُوسُفَ.

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

٣ 3 وَمَا إِنْ أَشْرَقَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى انْطَلَقَ الرِّجَالُ، هُمْ وَحَمِيرُهُمْ.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

٤ 4 وَمَا كَادُوا يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَلِيلاً حَتَّى قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِمُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِهِ: «اسْعَ خَلْفَ الرِّجَالِ، وَمَا إِنْ تُدْرِكُهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُولَ لَهُمْ: لِمَاذَا تُكَافِئُونَ الْخَيْرَ بِالشَّرِّ؟

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَأْسُ الَّتِي يَشْرَبُ فِيهَا سَيِّدِي وَيَتَفَاءَلُ بِالْغَيْبِ؟ لَشَدَّ مَا أَسَأْتُمْ فِي مَا صَنَعْتُمْ».

Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

٦ 6 فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَهُمْ خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ:

He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

٧ 7 «لِمَاذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ سَيِّدِي بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ؟ حَاشَا لِعَبِيدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الأَمْرَ.

They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

٨ 8 هُوَذَا الْفِضَّةُ الَّتِي عَثَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا فِي أَفْوَاهِ أَكْيَاسِنَا رَدَدْنَاهَا لَكَ مَعَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَكَيْفَ نَسْرِقُ فِضَّةً أَوْ ذَهَباً مِنْ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ؟

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?

٩ 9 مَنْ تَجِدْ مَعَهُ الْكَأْسَ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ يَمُتْ، وَنَكُنْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً عَبِيداً لِسَيِّدِي».

With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ: «فَلْيَكُنْ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ. فَالَّذِي أَجِدُهَا مَعَهُ يُصْبِحُ عَبْداً لِي، وَالْبَاقُونَ يَكُونُونَ أَبْرِيَاءَ».

He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”

١١ 11 فَبَادَرَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى كِيسِهِ وَحَطَّهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَفَتَحَهُ،

Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

١٢ 12 فَفَتَّشَ مُبْتَدِئاً مِنْ كِيسِ الْكَبِيرِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى كِيسِ الصَّغِيرِ، فَعَثَرَ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ فِي كِيسِ بِنْيَامِينَ.

He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

١٣ 13 فَمَزَّقُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَحَمَلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ كِيسَهُ عَلَى حِمَارِهِ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

١٤ 14 وَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَإخْوَتُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ إِذْ كَانَ مَا بَرِحَ هُنَاكَ، فَارْتَمَوا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «أَيُّ جِنَايَةٍ اقْتَرَفْتُمْ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِثْلِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ كَأْسَهُ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْغَيْبِ؟»

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «مَاذَا نَقُولُ لِسَيِّدِي، وَبِمَاذَا نُخَاطِبُهُ، وَكَيْفَ نُبْرِئُ أَنْفُسَنَا؟ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَضَحَ إِثْمَ عَبِيدِكَ. فَنَحْنُ وَمَنْ عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ عَبِيدٌ لِسَيِّدِي».

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ: «حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا؛ إِنَّمَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ هُوَ يَكُونُ لِي عَبْداً، أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَامْضُوا إِلَى أَبِيكُمْ بِأَمَانٍ».

He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

١٨ 18 فَتَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي، دَعْ عَبْدَكَ يَنْطِقُ بِكَلِمَةٍ فِي مَسْمَعِ سَيِّدِي، وَلا يَحْتَدِمْ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، لأَنَّ سُلْطَتَكَ مُمَاثِلَةٌ لِسُلْطَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

١٩ 19 لَقَدْ سَأَلَ سَيِّدِي عَبِيدَهُ: أَلَكُمْ أَبٌ أَوْ أَخٌ؟

My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

٢٠ 20 فَأَجَبْنَا سَيِّدِي: لَنَا أَبٌ شَيْخٌ، وَابْنُ شَيْخُوخَةٍ صَغِيرٌ مَاتَ أَخُوهُ الشَّقِيقُ وَبَقِيَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ، وَأَبُوهُ يُحِبُّهُ.

We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’

٢١ 21 فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: أَحْضِرُوهُ إِلَيَّ لأَرَاهُ بِعَيْنَيَّ.

You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

٢٢ 22 فَقُلْنَا لِسَيِّدِي: لَا يَقْدِرُ الْغُلامُ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ أَبَاهُ لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ أَبُوهُ إِذَا فَارَقَهُ.

We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

٢٣ 23 فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: مَا لَمْ تُحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمْ إِلَيَّ لَا تَرَوْنَ وَجْهِي بَعْدُ.

You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

٢٤ 24 فَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي، أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِحَدِيثِ سَيِّدِي.

When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ أَبُونَا: ارْجِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا بَعْضَ الطَّعَامِ.

Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’

٢٦ 26 فَأَجَبْنَا: لَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ مَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ أَخَانَا مَعَنَا، لأَنَّنَا لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُقَابِلَ الرَّجُلَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُونَا الصَّغِيرُ مَعَنَا.

We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَبُونَا: أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ زَوْجَتِي قَدْ أَنْجَبَتْ لِيَ ابْنَيْنِ،

Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

٢٨ 28 فَقَدْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا وَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَدِ افْتُرِسَ افْتِرَاساً. وَلَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَى الآنَ.

One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.

٢٩ 29 فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ هَذَا مِنِّي، وَلَحِقَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ، تُنْزِلُونَنِي إِلَى الْقَبْرِ بِشَيْبَةٍ شَقِيَّةٍ. (Sheol h7585)

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ (Sheol h7585)

٣٠ 30 فَإِذَا عُدْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي الَّذِي تَعَلَّقَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِنَفْسِ الْغُلامِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْغُلامُ مَعَنَا،

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

٣١ 31 وَرَأَى أَنَّ الْغُلامَ مَفْقُودٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ، وَيُوَارِي عَبِيدُكَ شَيْبَةَ عَبْدِكَ أَبِيهِمْ بِشَقَاءٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ. (Sheol h7585)

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the grey hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

٣٢ 32 لأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ ضَمِنَ الْغُلامَ لأَبِي، وَقُلْتُ: إِنْ لَمْ أُرْجِعْهُ إِلَيْكَ أَكُنْ مُذْنِباً إِلَيْكَ مَدَى الْحَيَاةِ.

For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

٣٣ 33 فَأَرْجُو مِنْ سَيِّدِي أَنْ يَتَّخِذَنِي عَبْداً لَهُ بَدَلاً مِنْ الْغُلامِ، وَدَعِ الْغُلامَ يَمْضِي مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ،

Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

٣٤ 34 إِذْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَبِي وَالْغُلامُ لَيْسَ مَعِي وَأَشْهَدَ مَا يَحِلُّ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ؟».

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”