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。
And Joseph has not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calls, “Put out every man from me”; and no man has stood with him when Joseph makes 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。
and he gives forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh hears.
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。
And Joseph says to his brothers, “I [am] Joseph, is my father yet alive?” And his brothers have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at 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。
And Joseph says to his brothers, “Please come near to me,” and they come near; and he says, “I [am] your brother Joseph, whom 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 grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that you sold me here, for God has sent me before you to preserve life.
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。
Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land, and yet five years [remain in] which there is neither plowing nor harvest;
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。
and God sends me before you, to place a remnant of you in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;
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。
and now, you have not sent me here, but God, and He sets me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, 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。
Hurry, and go up to my father, then you have said to him, Thus said your son Joseph: God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, do not stay,
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，
and you have dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son’s sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have,
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 I have nourished you there—for yet [are] five years of famine—lest you become poor, you and your household, and all that you have.
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。
And behold, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking to 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。」
and you have declared to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that you have seen, and you have hurried, and have brought down my father here.”
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。
And he falls on the neck of his brother Benjamin, and weeps, and Benjamin has wept on his neck;
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。
and he kisses all his brothers, and weeps over them; and afterward his brothers have spoken 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。
And the sound has been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Joseph have come”; and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,
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，
and Pharaoh says to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, This you do: load your beasts, and go, enter 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。
and take your father, and your households, and come to me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and you eat 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；
Indeed, you have been commanded: this you do, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, wagons for your infants, and for your wives, and you have brought your father, and come;
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。」
and your eye has no pity on your vessels, for the good 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；
And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph gives wagons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he gives to them provision for the way;
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；
to all of them has he given—to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he has given three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of garments;
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 to his father he has sent thus: ten donkeys carrying of the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread, even food for his father for the way.
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! 」
And he sends his brothers away, and they go; and he says to them, “Do not be angry in 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，
And they go up out of Egypt, and come to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob,
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。
and they declare to him, saying, “Joseph [is] yet alive,” and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceases, for he has not given credence to 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。
And they speak to him all the words of Joseph, which he has spoken to them, and he sees the wagons which Joseph has sent to carry him away, and the spirit of their father Jacob lives;
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。」
and Israel says, “Enough! My son Joseph [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.”
