1 Mojžišova 42
1 Vida pak Jákob, že by potrava byla v Egyptě, řekl synům svým: Co hledíte jeden na druhého?
When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
2 I mluvil jim: Aj, slyšel jsem, že mají potravu v Egyptě; jděte tam, a kupte nám odtud, abychom živi byli a nezemřeli.
He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
3 Tedy šlo deset bratrů Jozefových, aby nakoupili obilí v Egyptě.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Ale Beniamina, bratra Jozefova, neposlal Jákob s bratřími jeho, nebo řekl: Aby se mu tam něco zlého nepřihodilo.
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
5 I šli synové Izraelovi spolu s jinými, aby kupovali; nebo byl hlad v zemi Kananejské.
So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
6 Jozef pak byl nejvyšší správce v zemi té; on prodával obilí všemu lidu země. Tedy přišli bratří Jozefovi, a skláněli se před ním tváří až k zemi.
At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
7 A uzřev Jozef bratří své, poznal je; a ukázal se k nim jako cizí, a tvrdě mluvil k nim, řka jim: Odkud jste přišli? I odpověděli: Z země Kananejské, abychom nakoupili potrav.
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
8 Poznal, pravím, Jozef bratří své, ale oni nepoznali ho.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Tedy zpomenul Jozef na sny, kteréž měl o nich, a řekl jim: Špehéři jste, a přišli jste, abyste shlédli nepevná místa země.
And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
10 Kteřížto odpověděli jemu: Nikoli, pane můj, ale služebníci tvoji přišli, aby nakoupili pokrmů.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Všickni my synové jednoho muže jsme, upřímí jsme; nikdyť jsou nebyli služebníci tvoji špehéři.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Jimž zase řekl: Není tak, ale přišli jste, abyste shlédli nepevná místa země.
He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
13 Odpověděli oni: Dvanácte nás bratří služebníků tvých bylo, synů muže jednoho v zemi Kananejské; a aj, nejmladší s otcem naším nyní jest doma, a jednoho není.
But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
14 I řekl jim Jozef: Toť jest, což jsem mluvil vám, když jsem řekl: Špehéři jste.
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Touto věcí zkušeni budete: Živť jest Farao, že nevyjdete odsud, až přijde sem bratr váš mladší.
But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
16 Vyšlete z sebe jednoho, ať vezma, přivede bratra vašeho; vy pak u vězení zůstaňte, a zkušena budou vaše slova, pravdu-li jste mluvili. Pakli nic, živť jest Farao, že jste špehéři.
Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
17 Tedy dal je všecky spolu do vězení za tři dni.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Třetího pak dne řekl jim Jozef: Toto učiňte, abyste živi byli; neboť já se bojím Boha.
On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
19 Jste-li šlechetní muži, jeden bratr váš ať jest ukován v žaláři, v němž jste byli; vy pak jděte, a odneste obilí k zapuzení hladu domů vašich.
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
20 Bratra pak svého mladšího přivedete ke mně; a pravdomluvná prokázána budou vaše slova, a nezemřete. Tedy učinili tak.
But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
21 I mluvil jeden k druhému: Jistě provinili jsme proti bratru svému. Nebo viděli jsme ssoužení duše jeho, když nás pokorně prosil, a nevyslyšeli jsme ho; protož přišlo na nás ssoužení toto.
They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
22 Odpověděl pak jim Ruben, řka: Zdaliž jsem tehdy vám nepravil těmito slovy: Nehřešte proti pacholeti. Ale neposlechli jste; pročež také krve jeho, hle, vyhledává se.
Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
23 A nevěděli oni, že by rozuměl Jozef; nebo skrze tlumače mluvil jim.
While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
24 A odvrátiv se od nich, plakal. Potom navrátiv se k nim, mluvil s nimi, a vzav Simeona z nich, svázal ho před očima jejich.
[Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
25 Přikázal pak Jozef, aby naplněni byli pytlové jejich obilím, a navráceny peníze jejich jednomu každému do pytle jeho, a aby dána jim byla potrava na cestu. I stalo se tak.
Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
26 A vloživše obilí svá na osly své, odešli odtud.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 A rozvázav jeden z nich pytel svůj, aby dal obrok oslu svému v hospodě, uzřel peníze své, kteréž byly na vrchu v pytli jeho.
At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
28 I řekl bratřím svým: Navráceny jsou mi peníze mé, a aj, jsou v pytli mém. Tedy užasli se, a předěšeni jsouce, mluvili jeden k druhému: Což nám to učinil Bůh?
He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Navrátivše se pak k Jákobovi otci svému do země Kananejské, vypravovali jemu všecko, co se jim přihodilo, pravíce:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 Muž ten, pán země, mluvil k nám tvrdě, a dal nás do vězení, jako špehéře země.
“The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
31 A řekli jsme jemu: Upřímí jsme, nikdy jsme nebyli špehéři.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Dvanácte bylo nás bratří, synů otce našeho, z nichž jednoho není, a mladší nyní jest s otcem naším v zemi Kananejské.
Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
33 I řekl nám muž ten, pán země té: Po tomto poznám, že upřímí jste: Bratra vašeho jednoho zanechte u mne, a obilí k zapuzení hladu od domů vašich vezmouce, odejděte.
The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
34 A přiveďte bratra svého mladšího ke mně, abych poznal, že nejste špehéři, ale upřímí; tehdy bratra vašeho vrátím vám, a budete moci v zemi této obchod vésti.
But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
35 I stalo se, že, když vyprazdňovali pytle své, a aj, jeden každý měl uzlík peněz svých v pytli svém. Vidouce pak oni i otec jejich uzlíky peněz svých, báli se.
As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
36 I řekl jim Jákob otec jejich: Mne jste zbavili synů: Jozefa není, Simeona nemám, a Beniamina vezmete. Na mneť jsou se tyto všecky věci svalily.
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
37 Tedy řekl Ruben otci svému těmito slovy: Dva syny mé zabí, jestliže ho nepřivedu zase k tobě; poruč ho v ruce mé, a já zase přivedu ho k tobě.
Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
38 I řekl: Nesstoupíť syn můj s vámi. Nebo bratr jeho umřel, a on sám pozůstal; a přihodilo-li by se mu co zlého na té cestě, kterouž půjdete, uvedli byste šediny mé s bolestí do hrobu. (Sheol h7585)
But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
