Битие 50
1 Тогава Иосиф падна на лицето на баща си, плака върху него и го целува.
Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him.
2 И Иосиф заповяда на служащите нему лекари да балсамират баща му; и лекарите балсамираха Израиля,
Joseph commanded his servants who were morticians to (embalm his father’s body/put spices on his father’s body) to (preserve it/keep it from decaying), and then wrap it with strips of cloth.
3 като работиха над него напълно четиридесет дена; защото толкова е пълното време за балсамиране; и египтяните го оплакваха седемдесет дена.
So the morticians did that. It took 40 days to embalm Jacob’s body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. And the people of Egypt mourned for 70 days because of Jacob’s death.
4 И като преминаха дните на жалейката за него, Иосиф говори на Фараоновия дом, казвайки: Ако съм придобил вашето благоволение, говорете, моля ви се, в ушите на Фараона и речете:
When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king’s officials, “If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king:
5 Баща ми ме закле, като каза: Виж, аз умирам; в гроба, който се приготвих в Ханаанската земя, там да ме погребеш. Сега, прочее нека отида, моля, да погреба баща; си и ще се върна.
‘When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father’s body. Then I will return.’”
6 А рече Фараон: Иди, погреби баща си, според както те е заклел.
After they gave the king the message, he replied, “Tell Joseph, ‘Go up and bury your father’s body, as you (swore/solemnly promised) that you would do.’”
7 И така, Иосиф отиде да погребе баща си; и с него отидоха всичките служители на Фараона, старейшините на дома му, и всичките старейшини на Египетската земя,
So Joseph went [up to Canaan] to bury his father’s body. All of the king’s officials, all the king’s advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
8 също и целият дом на Иосифа, братята му, и бащиният му дом; само челядите си, стадата си и добитъка си оставиха в Гесенската земя.
His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and his father’s family went with him.
9 Отидоха с него и колесници и конници, тъй че стана много голямо шествие.
Men riding in chariots [MTY] and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.
10 И когато пристигнаха до Атадовото гумно, което е оттатък Иордан, там ридаха твърде много и силно; и Иосиф направи за баща си седемдневна жалейка.
They went to the east side of the Jordan [River] and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people (threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff.) There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.
11 А ханаанците, тамошните жители, като видяха жалейката при Атадовото гумно, рекоха: египтяните имат голяма жалейка; затова мястото, което е оттатък Иордан, се наименува Авел-мисраим.
When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, “This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!” So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians].’
12 Тогава синовете на Израиля му сториха, според както им беше заповядал;
Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
13 защото синовете му го пренесоха в Ханаанската земя и го погребаха в пещерата на нивата Махпелах, срещу Мамврий, която пещера Авраам купи заедно с нивата за собствено гробище от хетееца Ефрон.
They [crossed the Jordan River and] carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre [town]. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place.
14 И Иосиф, като погреба баща си, върна се в Египет, той и братята му и всички, които бяха отишли с него да погребат баща му.
After he had buried his father, Joseph and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.
15 А като видяха Иосифовите братя, че умря баща им, думаха си: Може Иосиф да ни намрази и да ни възвърне жестоко всичкото зло, що сме му сторили.
After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, “Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?”
16 Затова пратиха на Иосифа да му кажат: Преди да умре баща ти ни заповяда с думите:
So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this:
17 Така да кажете на Иосифа: Прости, моля ти се, престъплението на братята си и греха им за злото, което ти сториха. И тъй, прости молим ти се, престъплението на слугите на бащиния ти Бог. А Иосиф се разплака, когато му говориха.
‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive your [older] brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.”’ So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.” But Joseph just cried when he received their message.
18 После отидоха и братята му та паднаха пред него и рекоха: Ето, ние сме ти слуги.
Then his [older] brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.”
19 А Иосиф им каза: Не бойте се; нима съм аз вместо Бога?
But Joseph replied to them, “Do not be afraid! [God is the one who punishes people]; (am I God?/I am not God!) [RHQ]
20 Вие наистина намислихте зло против мене; но Бог го намисли за добро, за да действува така, щото да спаси живото на много люде, както и стана днес.
As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive!
21 Прочее, не бойте се; аз ще храня вас и челядите ви. И утеши ги и говори им любезно.
So I say [again], do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better.
22 Така Иосиф остана да живее в Египет, той и бащиният му дом. И Иосиф живя сто и десет години;
Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
23 и Иосиф видя Ефремови чада от третия род; също и децата на Манасиевия син Махира се родиха на Иосифовите колене.
He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. The children of Joseph’s grandson Machir, who was Manasseh’s son, were born before Joseph died, and were adopted by Joseph to be his own children [IDM].
24 След това, Иосиф рече на братята си: Аз умирам; а Бог непременно ще ви посети, и ще ви заведе от тая земя в земята, за която се е клел на Авраама, Исака и Якова.
One day Joseph said to his [older] brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly (help/take care of) you. And [some day] he will lead your [descendants] up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25 И Иосиф закле потомците на Израиля, като рече: Понеже Бог непременно ще ви посети, то вие да изнесете костите ми от тука.
Then Joseph said, “When God enables you to do that, you must take my body back to Canaan.” He made his older brothers solemnly promise to do that.
26 И тъй, Иосиф умря, на възраст сто и десет години; и балсамираха го и положиха го в ковчег в Египет.
So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there.
