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 of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
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。
And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
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 above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven 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。
Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully 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 it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
6 他對他們說：「請聽我作的夢：
And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
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。」
I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”
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。
His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
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。」
Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing 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﹖」
And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?”
11 他兄弟們都忌恨他；他父親卻將這事存在心裏。
Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
12 若瑟的哥哥們去了舍根，放他們父親的羊。
And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
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: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,
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。
“I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
15 有一個人見他在田間遊蕩，那人就問他說：「你尋找什麼﹖」
And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
16 他答說：「我尋找我的哥哥；請告訴我：他們在那裏放羊﹖」
So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the 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。
And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he 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。
And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
19 他們彼此說：「看，那作夢的人來了!
And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
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, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
21 勒烏本聽了，就設法由他們手中救他，遂說：「我們不要害他! 」
But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and 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 take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless.” But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to 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；
And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
24 那井是空的，裏面沒有水。
and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
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 sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into 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﹖
Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal 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。
It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
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。
And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into 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，
And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
30 回到兄弟們那裏喊說：「孩子不見了! 我可往那裏去呢﹖」
And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
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 his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
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﹖」
sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son 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! 」
And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”
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。
And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.
Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping, (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。
the Midianites in Egypt sold Joseph to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, instructor of the soldiers.
