Genesis 37
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
| وَسَكَنَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَ أَبُوهُ، | ١ |
2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
| وَهَذَا سِجِلٌّ بِسِيرَةِ يَعْقُوبَ. إِذْ كَانَ يُوسُفُ غُلَاماً فِي السَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، رَاحَ يَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ أَبْنَاءِ بِلْهَةَ وَزِلْفَةَ زَوْجَتَيْ أَبِيهِ، فَأَبْلَغَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ بِنَمِيمَتِهِمِ الرَّدِيئَةِ. | ٢ |
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
| وَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ يُحِبُّ يُوسُفَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُ قَمِيصاً مُلَوَّناً. | ٣ |
4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى إِخْوَتُهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُمْ يُحِبُّهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ كَرِهُوهُ وَأَسَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ بِكَلامِهِمْ. | ٤ |
5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
| وَحَلُمَ يُوسُفُ حُلْماً قَصَّهُ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، فَازْدَادُوا لَهُ بُغْضاً. | ٥ |
6 He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
| قَالَ لَهُمْ: «اسْمَعُوا هَذَا الْحُلْمَ الَّذِي حَلَمْتُهُ. | ٦ |
7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
| رَأَيْتُ وَكَأَنَّنَا نَحْزِمُ حُزَماً فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَإِذَا بِحُزْمَتِي وَقَفَتْ ثُمَّ انْتَصَبَتْ، فَأَحَاطَتْ بِها حُزَمُكُمْ وَانْحَنَتْ لَهَا». | ٧ |
8 His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ إِخْوَتُهُ: «أَلَعَلَّكَ تَمْلِكُ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ تَحْكُمُنَا؟» وَزَادَ بُغْضُهُمْ لَهُ بِسَبَبِ أَحْلامِهِ وَكَلامِهِ. | ٨ |
9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
| ثُمَّ حَلُمَ حُلْماً آخَرَ سَرَدَهُ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، قَالَ: «حَلَمْتُ حُلْماً آخَرَ، وَإذَا الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَباً سَاجِدَةٌ لِي». | ٩ |
10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”
| وَقَصَّهُ عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ، فَأَنَّبَهُ أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّ حُلْمٍ هَذَا الَّذِي حَلَمْتَهُ؟ أَتَظُنُّ حَقّاً أَنَّنِي وَأُمَّكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ سَنَأْتِي وَنَنْحَنِي لَكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ؟» | ١٠ |
11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
| فَحَسَدَهُ إِخْوَتُهُ. أَمَّا أَبُوهُ فَأَسَرَّ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي قَلْبِهِ. | ١١ |
12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
| وَانْطَلَقَ إِخْوَتُهُ لِيَرْعَوْا غَنَمَ أَبِيهِمْ عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ، | ١٢ |
13 Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
| فَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: أَلا يَرْعَى إِخْوَتُكَ الْغَنَمَ عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ؟ تَعَالَ لأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ. | ١٣ |
14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
| اذْهَبْ وَاطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ وَعَلَى الْمَوَاشِي، ثُمَّ عُدْ وَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، فَمَضَى مِنْ وَادِي حَبْرُونَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ. | ١٤ |
15 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
| وَالْتَقَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَوَجَدَهُ تَائِهاً فِي الْحُقُولِ، فَسَأَلَهُ: «عَمَّنْ تَبْحَثُ؟» | ١٥ |
16 He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَبْحَثُ عَنْ إِخْوَتِي. أَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي أَيْنَ يَرْعَوْنَ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ؟» | ١٦ |
17 The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
| فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: «لَقَدِ انْتَقَلُوا مِنْ هُنَا، وَسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى دُوثَانَ». فَانْطَلَقَ يُوسُفُ فِي إِثْرِ إِخْوَتِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي دُوثَانَ. | ١٧ |
18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
| وَمَا إِنْ رَأَوْهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْتَرِبَ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى تَآمَرُوا عَلَيْهِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ. | ١٨ |
19 They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
| وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «هَا هُوَ صَاحِبُ الأَحْلامِ مُقْبِلٌ. | ١٩ |
20 Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
| هَيَّا نَقْتُلُهُ وَنُلْقِ بِهِ فِي إِحْدَى الآبَارِ، وَنَدَّعِي أَنَّ وَحْشاً ضَارِياً افْتَرَسَهُ، لِنَرَى مَاذَا تُجْدِيهِ أَحْلامُهُ». | ٢٠ |
21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
| وَإِذْ سَمِعَ رَأُوبَيْنُ حَدِيثَهُمْ، أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَهُ فَقَالَ: «لا نَقْتُلُهُ، | ٢١ |
22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
| وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً، بَلِ اطْرَحُوهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِئْرِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلا تَمُدُّوا إِلَيْهِ يَداً بِأَذىً». وَقَدْ أَشَارَ رَأُوبَيْنُ بِهَذَا لأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَيَرُدَّهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;
| وَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، نَزَعُوا عَنْهُ قَمِيصَهُ الْمُلَوَّنَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَرْتَدِيهِ، | ٢٣ |
24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
| وَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَلْقَوْا بِهِ فِي الْبِئْرِ. وَكَانَتِ الْبِئْرُ فَارِغَةً مِنَ الْمَاءِ. | ٢٤ |
25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
| وَحِينَ جَلَسُوا لِيَأْكُلُوا شَاهَدُوا عَنْ بُعْدٍ قَافِلَةً مِنَ الإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّينَ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ جِلْعَادَ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَجِمَالُهُمْ مُثَقَّلَةٌ بِالتَّوَابِلِ وَالْبَلَسَانِ وَالْمُرِّ. | ٢٥ |
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
| فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لإِخْوَتِهِ: «مَا جَدْوَى قَتْلِ أَخِينَا وَإِخْفَاءِ دَمِهِ؟ | ٢٦ |
27 Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
| تَعَالَوْا نَبِيعُهُ إِلَى الإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّينَ وَنُبْرِئُ أَيْدِينَا مِنْ دَمِهِ لأَنَّهُ أَخُونَا وَمِنْ لَحْمِنَا». فَوَافَقَ إِخْوَتُهُ عَلَى رَأْيِهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
| وَعِنْدَمَا دَنَا مِنْهُمُ التُّجَّارُ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ، سَحَبُوا يُوسُفَ مِنَ الْبِئْرِ وَبَاعُوهُ لَهُمْ بِعِشْرِينَ قِطْعَةً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، فَحَمَلُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ. | ٢٨ |
29 Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
| ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ رَأُوبَيْنُ إِلَى الْبِئْرِ لِيُنْقِذَ يُوسُفَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ، فَمَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ، | ٢٩ |
30 He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
| وَرَجَعَ إِلَى إِخْوَتِهِ يَقُولُ: «الْوَلَدُ لَيْسَ مَوْجُوداً، وَأَنَا الآنَ إِلَى أَيْنَ أَتَوَجَّهُ؟» | ٣٠ |
31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
| فَأَخَذُوا قَمِيصَ يُوسُفَ الْمُلَوَّنَ، وَذَبَحُوا تَيْساً مِنَ الْمِعْزَى وَغَمَسُوا الْقَمِيصَ فِي الدَّمِ، | ٣١ |
32 They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”
| وَأَرْسَلُوهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا هَذَا الْقَمِيصَ، فَتَحَقَّقْ مِنْهُ، أَهُوَ قَمِيصُ ابْنِكَ أَمْ لا؟» | ٣٢ |
33 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
| فَتَعَرَّفَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «هَذَا قَمِيصُ ابْنِي. وَحْشٌ ضَارٍ افْتَرَسَهُ وَمَزَّقَهُ أَشْلاءَ». | ٣٣ |
34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
| فَشَقَّ يَعْقُوبُ ثِيَابَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمُسُوحَ عَلَى حَقْوَيْهِ، وَنَاحَ عَلَى ابْنِهِ أَيَّاماً عَدِيدَةً. | ٣٤ |
35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol (Sheol h7585) to my son, mourning." His father wept for him.
| وَعِنْدَمَا قَامَ جَمِيعُ أَبْنَائِهِ لِيُعَزُّوهُ أَبَى أَنْ يَتَعَزَّى وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَمْضِي إِلَى ابْنِي نَائِحاً إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ». وَبَكَى عَلَيْهِ أَبُوهُ. (Sheol h7585) | ٣٥ |
36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
| وَبَاعَ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ يُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ لِفُوطِيفَارَ كَبِيرِ خَدَمِ فِرْعَوْنَ، رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ. | ٣٦ |
