創世記 37
1 雅各伯定居在他父親作客的客納罕地方。
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
2 以下是雅各伯的小史。若瑟十七歲時，與哥哥們一同放羊。他尚年幼，常與自己的父親的妻子彼耳哈和齊耳帕的兒子們在一起。他不斷將他們作的惡事報告給父親。
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3 以色列愛若瑟超過其他的兒子，因為是他年老生的，並給他做了一件彩色長衫。
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
4 他的哥哥們見父親愛他勝過其餘的兒子，就忌恨他，不能與他和氣交談。
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 若瑟作了一夢，講給哥哥們聽，因此他們越發惱恨他。
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
6 他對他們說：「請聽我作的夢：
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7 我夢見我們同在田間捆麥子，忽然我的麥捆站起來，你們的麥捆圍住我的麥捆下拜。」
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
8 他哥哥們對他說：「難道你要作我們的君王﹖或者統治我們﹖」他們為了這夢和這番話，越發惱恨他。
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
9 他又作了一夢，也告訴他哥哥們說：「我又作了一夢：夢見太陽和月亮並一顆星辰向我下拜。」
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10 當他給父親和哥哥們講說這夢時，他父親就責斥他說：「你作的是什麼夢﹖難道我和你母親以及你的兄弟，都要來向你叩首至地﹖」
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 他兄弟們都忌恨他；他父親卻將這事存在心裏。
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
12 若瑟的哥哥們去了舍根，放他們父親的羊。
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
13 以色列對若瑟說：「你哥哥們不是在舍根放羊麼﹖來，我打發你去看看他們。」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
14 以色列對他說：「你去看看你哥哥們是否平安，羊群怎樣；然後回來告訴我。」以色列便打發他由赫貝龍山谷前去；他到了舍根。
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
15 有一個人見他在田間遊蕩，那人就問他說：「你尋找什麼﹖」
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
16 他答說：「我尋找我的哥哥；請告訴我：他們在那裏放羊﹖」
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
17 那人答說：「他們已離開了這裏；我聽見他們說：我們到多堂去。」於是若瑟便去追尋他的哥哥，在多堂找到了。
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18 他們老遠就看見了他；在他尚未近以前，就已決定要謀殺他。
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
19 他們彼此說：「看，那作夢的人來了!
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
20 我們殺掉他，將他拋在一口井裏，說是猛獸吃了。看他的夢還有什麼用﹖」
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
21 勒烏本聽了，就設法由他們手中救他，遂說：「我們不要害他! 」
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
22 勒烏本又對他們說：「你們不要流血；只將他丟在這曠野的井裏，不可下手害他。」他的意思是想由他們手中救出他來，還給父親。
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
23 若瑟一來到他哥哥們那裏，他們就脫去了他穿的那件彩色長衣，抓住他，把他丟在井裏；
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
24 那井是空的，裏面沒有水。
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
25 他們坐下吃飯時，舉目看見一隊由基肋阿得來的依市瑪耳人；他們的駱駝滿載樹膠、香液和香料，要下到埃及去。
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
26 猶大遂對兄弟們說：「殺害我們的弟弟，隱瞞他的血，究竟有什麼益處﹖
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27 不如將他賣給依市瑪耳人，免得對他下毒手，因為他究竟是我們的兄弟，是我們的骨肉。」兄弟們聽從了他的意見。
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
28 米淂楊的商人經過那裏時，他們便從井中拉出若瑟來，以二十塊銀錢賣給了依市瑪耳人；他們便將若瑟帶到埃及去了。
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 勒烏本回到井邊，不見若瑟在井內，遂撕裂了自己的衣服，
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
30 回到兄弟們那裏喊說：「孩子不見了! 我可往那裏去呢﹖」
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
31 他們於是拿了若瑟的長衣，殺了一隻公山羊，將長衣浸在血裏；
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
32 然後派人將那件彩色的長衣送給他們的父親說：「這是我們尋得的，請你仔細看看，是不是你兒子的長衣﹖」
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
33 雅各伯仔細一看，就喊說：「是我兒子的長衣；猛獸將他吃了。若瑟被撕裂了，被撕裂了! 」
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
34 雅各伯遂撕裂了自己的衣服，腰間圍上麻衣，為自己的兒子悲哀了多日。
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 米德楊人後在在埃及將若瑟賣給了法郎的內臣，衛隊長普提法爾。
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
