Genesis 39
1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
さてヨセフは連れられてエジプトに下ったが、パロの役人で侍衛長であったエジプトびとポテパルは、彼をそこに連れ下ったイシマエルびとらの手から買い取った。
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
主がヨセフと共におられたので、彼は幸運な者となり、その主人エジプトびとの家におった。
3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
その主人は主が彼とともにおられることと、主が彼の手のすることをすべて栄えさせられるのを見た。
4 Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
そこで、ヨセフは彼の前に恵みを得、そのそば近く仕えた。彼はヨセフに家をつかさどらせ、持ち物をみな彼の手にゆだねた。
5 From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
彼がヨセフに家とすべての持ち物をつかさどらせた時から、主はヨセフのゆえにそのエジプトびとの家を恵まれたので、主の恵みは彼の家と畑とにあるすべての持ち物に及んだ。
6 So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
そこで彼は持ち物をみなヨセフの手にゆだねて、自分が食べる物のほかは、何をも顧みなかった。さてヨセフは姿がよく、顔が美しかった。
7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
これらの事の後、主人の妻はヨセフに目をつけて言った、「わたしと寝なさい」。
8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
ヨセフは拒んで、主人の妻に言った、「御主人はわたしがいるので家の中の何をも顧みず、その持ち物をみなわたしの手にゆだねられました。
9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
この家にはわたしよりも大いなる者はありません。また御主人はあなたを除いては、何をもわたしに禁じられませんでした。あなたが御主人の妻であるからです。どうしてわたしはこの大きな悪をおこなって、神に罪を犯すことができましょう」。
10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
彼女は毎日ヨセフに言い寄ったけれども、ヨセフは聞きいれず、彼女と寝なかった。また共にいなかった。
11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
ある日ヨセフが務をするために家にはいった時、家の者がひとりもそこにいなかったので、
12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
彼女はヨセフの着物を捕えて、「わたしと寝なさい」と言った。ヨセフは着物を彼女の手に残して外にのがれ出た。
13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
彼女はヨセフが着物を自分の手に残して外にのがれたのを見て、
14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
その家の者どもを呼び、彼らに告げて言った、「主人がわたしたちの所に連れてきたヘブルびとは、わたしたちに戯れます。彼はわたしと寝ようとして、わたしの所にはいったので、わたしは大声で叫びました。
15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
彼はわたしが声をあげて叫ぶのを聞くと、着物をわたしの所に残して外にのがれ出ました」。
16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
彼女はその着物をかたわらに置いて、主人の帰って来るのを待った。
17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
そして彼女は次のように主人に告げた、「あなたがわたしたちに連れてこられたヘブルのしもべはわたしに戯れようとして、わたしの所にはいってきました。
18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
わたしが声をあげて叫んだので、彼は着物をわたしの所に残して外にのがれました」。
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
主人はその妻が「あなたのしもべは、わたしにこんな事をした」と告げる言葉を聞いて、激しく怒った。
20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
そしてヨセフの主人は彼を捕えて、王の囚人をつなぐ獄屋に投げ入れた。こうしてヨセフは獄屋の中におったが、
21 the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
主はヨセフと共におられて彼にいつくしみを垂れ、獄屋番の恵みをうけさせられた。
22 And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
獄屋番は獄屋におるすべての囚人をヨセフの手にゆだねたので、彼はそこでするすべての事をおこなった。
23 The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
獄屋番は彼の手にゆだねた事はいっさい顧みなかった。主がヨセフと共におられたからである。主は彼のなす事を栄えさせられた。
