創世記 42
1 雅各見埃及有糧，就對兒子們說：「你們為甚麼彼此觀望呢？
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
2 我聽見埃及有糧，你們可以下去，從那裏為我們糴些來，使我們可以存活，不至於死。」
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
3 於是，約瑟的十個哥哥都下埃及糴糧去了。
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 但約瑟的兄弟便雅憫，雅各沒有打發他和哥哥們同去，因為雅各說：「恐怕他遭害。」
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
5 來糴糧的人中有以色列的兒子們，因為迦南地也有饑荒。
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
6 當時治理埃及地的是約瑟；糶糧給那地眾民的就是他。約瑟的哥哥們來了，臉伏於地，向他下拜。
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
7 約瑟看見他哥哥們，就認得他們，卻裝作生人，向他們說些嚴厲話，問他們說：「你們從哪裏來？」他們說：「我們從迦南地來糴糧。」
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
8 約瑟認得他哥哥們，他們卻不認得他。
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 約瑟想起從前所做的那兩個夢，就對他們說：「你們是奸細，來窺探這地的虛實。」
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
10 他們對他說：「我主啊，不是的。僕人們是糴糧來的。
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
11 我們都是一個人的兒子，是誠實人；僕人們並不是奸細。」
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
12 約瑟說：「不然，你們必是窺探這地的虛實來的。」
“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
13 他們說：「僕人們本是弟兄十二人，是迦南地一個人的兒子，頂小的現今在我們的父親那裏，有一個沒有了。」
But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
14 約瑟說：「我才說你們是奸細，這話實在不錯。
Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
15 我指着法老的性命起誓，若是你們的小兄弟不到這裏來，你們就不得出這地方，從此就可以把你們證驗出來了。
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 須要打發你們中間一個人去，把你們的兄弟帶來。至於你們，都要囚在這裏，好證驗你們的話真不真，若不真，我指着法老的性命起誓，你們一定是奸細。」
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
17 於是約瑟把他們都下在監裏三天。
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
18 到第三天，約瑟對他們說：「我是敬畏上帝的；你們照我的話行就可以存活。
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
19 你們如果是誠實人，可以留你們中間的一個人囚在監裏，但你們可以帶着糧食回去，救你們家裏的饑荒。
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
20 把你們的小兄弟帶到我這裏來，如此，你們的話便有證據，你們也不至於死。」他們就照樣而行。
Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
21 他們彼此說：「我們在兄弟身上實在有罪。他哀求我們的時候，我們見他心裏的愁苦，卻不肯聽，所以這場苦難臨到我們身上。」
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
22 呂便說：「我豈不是對你們說過，不可傷害那孩子嗎？只是你們不肯聽，所以流他血的罪向我們追討。」
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
23 他們不知道約瑟聽得出來，因為在他們中間用通事傳話。
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
24 約瑟轉身退去，哭了一場，又回來對他們說話，就從他們中間挑出西緬來，在他們眼前把他捆綁。
And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
25 約瑟吩咐人把糧食裝滿他們的器具，把各人的銀子歸還在各人的口袋裏，又給他們路上用的食物，人就照他的話辦了。
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
26 他們就把糧食馱在驢上，離開那裏去了。
and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
27 到了住宿的地方，他們中間有一個人打開口袋，要拿料餵驢，才看見自己的銀子仍在口袋裏，
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
28 就對弟兄們說：「我的銀子歸還了，看哪，仍在我口袋裏！」他們就提心吊膽，戰戰兢兢地彼此說：「這是上帝向我們做甚麼呢？」
“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 他們來到迦南地、他們的父親雅各那裏，將所遭遇的事都告訴他，說：
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
30 「那地的主對我們說嚴厲的話，把我們當作窺探那地的奸細。
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
31 我們對他說：『我們是誠實人，並不是奸細。
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
32 我們本是弟兄十二人，都是一個父親的兒子，有一個沒有了，頂小的如今同我們的父親在迦南地。』
We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 那地的主對我們說：『若要我知道你們是誠實人，可以留下你們中間的一個人在我這裏，你們可以帶着糧食回去，救你們家裏的饑荒。
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
34 把你們的小兄弟帶到我這裏來，我便知道你們不是奸細，乃是誠實人。這樣，我就把你們的弟兄交給你們，你們也可以在這地做買賣。』」
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
35 後來他們倒口袋，不料，各人的銀包都在口袋裏；他們和父親看見銀包就都害怕。
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
36 他們的父親雅各對他們說：「你們使我喪失我的兒子：約瑟沒有了，西緬也沒有了，你們又要將便雅憫帶去；這些事都歸到我身上了。」
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
37 呂便對他父親說：「我若不帶他回來交給你，你可以殺我的兩個兒子。只管把他交在我手裏，我必帶他回來交給你。」
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
