創世記 45
1 約瑟在左右站着的人面前情不自禁，吩咐一聲說：「人都要離開我出去！」約瑟和弟兄們相認的時候並沒有一人站在他面前。
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood before him, so he cried out, "Send everyone away from me." So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2 他就放聲大哭；埃及人和法老家中的人都聽見了。
And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the house of Pharaoh heard about it.
3 約瑟對他弟兄們說：「我是約瑟。我的父親還在嗎？」他弟兄不能回答，因為在他面前都驚惶。
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers couldn't answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.
4 約瑟又對他弟兄們說：「請你們近前來。」他們就近前來。他說：「我是你們的兄弟約瑟，就是你們所賣到埃及的。
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." So they moved closer. And he said, "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5 現在，不要因為把我賣到這裏自憂自恨。這是上帝差我在你們以先來，為要保全生命。
Now do not be upset or angry with yourselves that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6 現在這地的饑荒已經二年了，還有五年不能耕種，不能收成。
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
7 上帝差我在你們以先來，為要給你們存留餘種在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你們的生命。
God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 這樣看來，差我到這裏來的不是你們，乃是上帝。他又使我如法老的父，作他全家的主，並埃及全地的宰相。
So now, it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9 你們要趕緊上到我父親那裏，對他說：『你兒子約瑟這樣說：上帝使我作全埃及的主，請你下到我這裏來，不要耽延。
Now hurry and go up 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. Do not delay.
10 你和你的兒子孫子，連牛群羊群，並一切所有的，都可以住在歌珊地，與我相近。
You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and everything that you have.
11 我要在那裏奉養你；因為還有五年的饑荒，免得你和你的眷屬，並一切所有的，都敗落了。』
There I will provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, otherwise you and your household and all that you have would become destitute.
12 況且你們的眼和我兄弟便雅憫的眼都看見是我親口對你們說話。
Look, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.
13 你們也要將我在埃及一切的榮耀和你們所看見的事都告訴我父親，又要趕緊地將我父親搬到我這裏來。」
So you must tell my father about all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. But you must hurry and bring my father down here."
14 於是約瑟伏在他兄弟便雅憫的頸項上哭，便雅憫也在他的頸項上哭。
Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.
15 他又與眾弟兄親嘴，抱着他們哭，隨後他弟兄們就和他說話。
And he kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and after that his brothers talked with him.
16 這風聲傳到法老的宮裏，說：「約瑟的弟兄們來了。」法老和他的臣僕都很喜歡。
Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.
17 法老對約瑟說：「你吩咐你的弟兄們說：『你們要這樣行：把馱子抬在牲口上，起身往迦南地去。
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and go. Enter the land of Canaan.
18 將你們的父親和你們的眷屬都搬到我這裏來，我要把埃及地的美物賜給你們，你們也要吃這地肥美的出產。
Take your father and your families and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the richness of the land.'
19 現在我吩咐你們要這樣行：從埃及地帶着車輛去，把你們的孩子和妻子，並你們的父親都搬來。
Now you are commanded, 'Do this: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father and come.
20 你們眼中不要愛惜你們的家具，因為埃及全地的美物都是你們的。』」
Also, do not worry about your possessions, for the best of all of the land of Egypt is yours."
21 以色列的兒子們就如此行。約瑟照着法老的吩咐給他們車輛和路上用的食物，
So the sons of Israel did that. And Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.
22 又給他們各人一套衣服，惟獨給便雅憫三百銀子，五套衣服；
He gave to all of them, to each one, a change of clothing. But to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
23 送給他父親公驢十匹，馱着埃及的美物，母驢十匹，馱着糧食與餅和菜，為他父親路上用。
To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and food and provision for his father on the journey.
24 於是約瑟打發他弟兄們回去，又對他們說：「你們不要在路上相爭。」
So he sent his brothers off, and as they departed he said to them, "Do not be fearful on the journey."
25 他們從埃及上去，來到迦南地、他們的父親雅各那裏，
So they went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.
26 告訴他說：「約瑟還在，並且作埃及全地的宰相。」雅各心裏冰涼，因為不信他們。
And they told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But he was unmoved, because he did not believe them.
27 他們便將約瑟對他們說的一切話都告訴了他。他們父親雅各又看見約瑟打發來接他的車輛，心就甦醒了。
But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
28 以色列說：「罷了！罷了！我的兒子約瑟還在，趁我未死以先，我要去見他一面。」
Then Israel said, "I'm convinced. My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."
