Genesis 43
1 Now the famine was still severe in the land.
Lakota v deželi pa je bila huda.
2 So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Pripetilo se je, ko so pojedli žito, ki so ga prinesli iz Egipta, da jim je njihov oče rekel: »Ponovno pojdite, kupite nam malo hrane.«
3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
Juda mu je spregovoril, rekoč: »Človek nam je slovesno izpričal, rekoč: ›Ne boste videli mojega obraza, razen če bo z vami vaš brat.‹
4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
Če hočeš z nami poslati našega brata, bomo šli dol in ti kupili hrano,
5 But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
toda če ga nočeš poslati, ne bomo šli dol, kajti človek nam je rekel: ›Ne boste videli mojega obraza, razen če bo z vami vaš brat.‹«
6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
Izrael je rekel: »Zakaj postopate z menoj tako slabo, da ste možu povedali, da imate še brata?«
7 They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
Rekli so: »Mož nas je strogo povprašal o našem stanju in o našem sorodstvu, rekoč: › Ali vaš oče še živi? Imate še enega brata?‹ In povedali smo mu glede na pomen teh besed. Mar bi lahko zagotovo vedeli, da bo rekel: ›Svojega brata pripeljite dol?‹«
8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
Juda pa je svojemu očetu Izraelu rekel: »Pošlji dečka z menoj in bomo vstali ter šli, da bomo lahko živeli in ne umrli, tako mi, kakor ti in tudi naši malčki.
9 I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Jaz bom poroštvo zanj. Iz moje roke ga boš zahteval. Če ti ga ne privedem in postavim predte, potem naj krivdo nosim na veke,
10 If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
kajti razen, če se ne bi obotavljali, bi se zagotovo sedaj drugič vrnili.«
11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Njihov oče Izrael jim je rekel: »Če mora biti to sedaj tako, storite tole. Vzemite od najboljših sadov dežele v svoje posode in odnesite dol človeku darilo, malo balzama, malo meda, dišave, miro, oreščke in mandlje.
12 Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
V svoje roke vzemite dvojen denar. Denar, ki je bil priveden nazaj v ustjih vaših vreč, ga ponovno odnesite v svoji roki; morda je bila to pomota.
13 Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
Vzemite tudi svojega brata in vstanite, ponovno pojdite k človeku.
14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
Bog Vsemogočni pa naj vam da usmiljenje pred človekom, da lahko odpošlje proč vašega drugega brata in Benjamina. Če bom oropan svojih otrok, sem oropan.«
15 So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
Možje so vzeli to darilo in v svojo roko vzeli dvojen denar in Benjamina. Vstali so in odšli dol k Egiptu in obstali pred Jožefom.
16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
Ko je Jožef z njimi zagledal Benjamina je gospodarju svoje hiše rekel: »Privedi te može domov in zakolji in pripravi, kajti ti možje bodo opoldan kosili z menoj.«
17 The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
Človek je storil kakor je Jožef zaukazal in človek je može privedel v Jožefovo hišo.
18 But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
Možje pa so bili prestrašeni, ker so bili privedeni v Jožefovo hišo. Rekli so: »Zaradi denarja, ki je bil prvič vrnjen v naše vreče, smo bili privedeni noter; da lahko zoper nas iščejo priložnost in padejo na nas in vzamejo za sužnje nas in naše osle.«
19 So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
Približali so se oskrbniku Jožefove hiše ter se z njim posvetovali pri hišnih vratih
20 “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
in rekli: »Oh gospod, prvič smo zares prišli dol, da kupimo hrano
21 But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
in pripetilo se je, ko smo prišli v gostišče, da smo odprli svoje vreče in glej, denar vsakega človeka je bil v ustju njegove vreče, naš denar v polni teži in mi smo ga ponovno prinesli v svoji roki.
22 We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
In še en denar smo prinesli dol v svojih rokah, da kupimo hrano. Ne moremo povedati, kdo je naš denar položil v naše vreče.«
23 “It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Rekel je: »Mir vam bodi, ne bojte se. Vaš Bog in Bog vašega očeta vam je v vaše vreče dal zaklad. Jaz sem imel vaš denar.« In k njim je privedel Simeona.
24 And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
Človek je može privedel v Jožefovo hišo in jim dal vode in umili so si svoja stopala in njihovim oslom je dal krmo.
25 Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
In pripravili so darilo za Jožefa, ki je prišel opoldan, kajti slišali so, da bodo tam jedli kruh.
26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
Ko je Jožef prišel domov, so mu prinesli darilo, ki je bilo v njihovi roki, v hišo in se mu priklonili k zemlji.
27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
Vprašal jih je o njihovi blaginji in rekel: » Ali je vaš oče zdrav, starec, o katerem ste govorili? Ali še živi?«
28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
Odgovorili so: »Tvoj služabnik, naš oče, je dobrega zdravja, on je še vedno živ.« In sklonili so svoje glave in se globoko priklonili.
29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Povzdignil je svoje oči in zagledal svojega brata Benjamina, sina svoje matere ter rekel: » Ali je to vaš mlajši brat, o katerem ste mi govorili?« Rekel je: »Bog ti bodi milostljiv, moj sin.«
30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Jožef se je podvizal, kajti njegova notranjost je hrepenela za njegovim bratom in iskal je kje bi se zjokal in vstopil v svojo sobo in se tam zjokal.
31 Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
Umil si je obraz, odšel ven in se zadrževal ter rekel: »Pripravite kruh.«
32 They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
Pripravili so posebej zanj in posebej zanje in posebej za Egipčane, ki so jedli z njim, ker Egipčani ne smejo jesti kruha s Hebrejci, kajti to je Egipčanom ogabnost.
33 They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Sedeli so pred njim, prvorojenec glede na njegovo pravico prvorojenstva in najmlajši glede na svojo mladost in možje so se čudili drug drugemu.
34 When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
Vzel je in jim poslal jedi izpred sebe, toda Benjaminovih jedi je bilo petkrat več kakor od kateregakoli izmed njih. In pili so in bili veseli z njim.
