Genesis 50
1 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
若瑟伏在他父親的臉上，痛哭親吻，
2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
然後吩咐照料自己的醫生，用香料包殮他父親；醫生便用香料包殮了以色列。
3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
為他共費了四十天，因為用香料包殮屍體原需要這些天數。埃及人為他舉哀七十天。
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
舉哀期一過，若瑟就向法郎的朝廷說：「我如在你們眼中得寵，請你們代我轉告法郎說：
5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
我父親曾叫我起誓，對我說：看，我快要死了! 我在客納罕地，曾為自己鑿了一個墳墓，你應把我葬在那裏。現在請讓我上去埋葬我父親，然後回來。」
6 Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
法郎回覆說：「你就照你父親令你起的誓，上去埋葬他罷! 」
7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
於是若瑟上去埋葬他父親，與他一同去的，有法郎的一切臣僕，朝廷的顯要，和埃及國所有的紳士；
8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
還有若瑟全家和他的兄弟們，並他父親的家屬，只留下家中幼小，羊群和家畜在哥笙地。
9 Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
與他同去的，尚有車輛和騎兵：實在是一大隊行列。
10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
當他們到了約但河對岸的阿塔得打禾場，就在那裏舉行了極備哀榮的隆重喪禮；若瑟又為自己的父親舉哀了七天。
11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
住在當地的客納罕人見了阿塔得打禾場上的喪禮，就說：「這為埃及人實是一場極備哀榮的喪禮。」因而給那在約但對岸的地方，起名叫阿貝耳米茲辣殷。
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
雅各伯的兒子們完全照他們的父親所吩咐的給他辦了：
13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
將他運到客納罕地，葬在面對瑪默勒的瑪革培拉田裏的山洞內；這塊田是亞巴郎由赫特人厄斐龍買了來作為私有墳地。
14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
若瑟葬了父親以後，遂和他兄弟們，以及所有與他上來埋葬他父親的人們，返回了埃及。
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
若瑟的兄弟們見父親已死，就說：「或者若瑟仍懷恨我們，要報復我們對他所行的一切惡事。」
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
因此便派人去見若瑟說：「你父親未死以前曾囑咐說：
17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
你們要這樣對若瑟說：請你務必饒恕你兄弟們的過失和罪惡，因為他們實在虐待了你。現在，求你饒恕你父親的天主的僕人們的過失罷! 」若瑟聽他們對他說出這樣的話，就哭了起來。
18 His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
後來他的兄弟們還親自來，俯伏在他面前說：「看，我們都是你的奴隸! 」
19 But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
若瑟對他們說：「不要害怕! 我豈能替代天主﹖
20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
你們原有意對我作的惡事，天主卻有意使之變成好事，造成了今日的結果：挽救了許多人民的性命。
21 Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
所以，你們不必害怕，有我維持你們和你們的孩子。」他這樣撫慰他們，使他們安心。
22 Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
若瑟和他父親的家屬，以後就住在埃及。若瑟活到了一百一十歲，
23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
見到了厄弗辣因的第三代子孫；默納協的兒子瑪基爾的兒子們，也都生在若瑟的膝下。
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
若瑟對自己的兄弟們說：「我快要死了；但天主要看顧你們，領你們由這地回到他誓許給亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯的地方去。」
25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
若瑟又叫以色列的兒子們起誓說「當天主看顧你們時，你們應將我的骨骸由這裏帶回去。」
26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
若瑟死了，享壽一百一十歲。人遂用香料包殮了他，放在棺墎內，安厝在埃及。
