創世記 45
1 若瑟在眾侍從前不能再抑制自己，就喊說：「叫眾人離開我出去! 」這樣，若瑟使兄弟認出自己來時，沒有別人在場。
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
2 他便放聲大哭，埃及人都聽到了，法郎朝廷也聽到了。
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
3 若瑟對兄弟們說：「我就是若瑟，我父親還在嗎﹖」他的兄弟們不能回答，因為在他面前都嚇呆了。
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
4 若瑟又對兄弟們說：「請你們近前來。」他們就上前去。若瑟說：「我就是你們賣到埃及的弟弟若瑟。
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
5 現在你們不要因為將我賣到這裏便自憂自責；這原是天主派遣我在你們以先來，為保全你們的性命。
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
6 地方上的饑荒纔過了第二年，還有五年，不能耕種，不能收割。
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7 天主派遣我在你們以先來，是為給你們在地上留下後裔，給你們保全多人的性命。
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 所以叫我到這裏來的並不是你們，而是天主；是他立我作法郎之父，作他全家的主人，作全埃及地的總理。
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9 你們急速上到我父親那裏，對他說：你的兒子若瑟這樣說：天主立我作了全埃及的主人，請你下到我這裏來，不要遲延。
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
10 你和你的兒孫，以及你的羊群牲畜，並你一切所有，都可住在哥笙地，離我不遠，
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
11 我好在那裏奉養你，免得你和你的眷屬，並你一切所有陷於貧乏，因為尚有五年饑荒。
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
12 看你們和我的弟弟本雅明都親眼見到，是我親口在對你們說話。
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
13 你們要將我在埃及的一切光榮，和你們親見的一切，都告訴我父親，儘速將我父親下到這裏來。」
Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14 說畢，便撲在他弟弟本雅明的頸上哭起來了，本雅明也伏在他頸上哭泣。
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15 然後與眾兄弟親吻，抱著他們痛哭。這以後，他的兄弟們纔敢與他交談。
Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
16 法郎朝廷聽說若瑟兄弟來了的消息，法郎和他的臣僕都很高興。
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
17 法郎便對若瑟說：「你對你的兄弟們說：你們應這樣做：備好牲口，立即往客納罕地去，
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
18 接你們的父親和家眷到我這裏來，我願賜給你們埃及地最好的出產，使你們享受本地的肥物。
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
19 你再吩咐他們說：你們應這樣做：從埃及帶些車輛去接你們的子女和妻子，並把你們的父親接來；
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
20 不要顧惜你們的物品，因為全埃及地最好的出品都歸你們享用。」
But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21 以色列的兒子們就這樣做了。若瑟依照法郎的吩咐，給了他們一些車輛和路上用的食糧；
So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
22 又給了每人一套新衣，至於本雅明，卻給了他三百銀錢和五套新衣；
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
23 同樣，給他父親送去十匹公驢，滿載埃及最好的出品，十匹母驢，滿載糧食麵餅，和為父親路上用的食品。
And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
24 隨後打發他的兄弟們走了；當他們離別時，對他們說：「路上不要爭吵! 」
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
25 若瑟的兄弟們由埃及上到客納罕，他們父親雅各伯那裏，
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26 告訴他說：「若瑟還活著，而且做了全埃及國的總理。」雅各伯聽了心中淡然，並不相信。
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
27 及至他們將若瑟對他們所說的話，全講給他聽，他又看了若瑟打發來接他的車輛，他們的父親雅各伯的心神才甦醒過來。
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
28 以色列於是說：「只要我兒若瑟還在，我就心滿意足了；在我未死以前，我該去見他一面。」
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
