Genesis 37
1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
雅各住在迦南地，就是他父親寄居的地。
2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
雅各的記略如下。 約瑟十七歲與他哥哥們一同牧羊。他是個童子，與他父親的妾辟拉、悉帕的兒子們常在一處。約瑟將他哥哥們的惡行報給他們的父親。
3 Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
以色列原來愛約瑟過於愛他的眾子，因為約瑟是他年老生的；他給約瑟做了一件彩衣。
4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
約瑟的哥哥們見父親愛約瑟過於愛他們，就恨約瑟，不與他說和睦的話。
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
約瑟做了一夢，告訴他哥哥們，他們就越發恨他。
6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
約瑟對他們說：「請聽我所做的夢：
7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
我們在田裏捆禾稼，我的捆起來站着，你們的捆來圍着我的捆下拜。」
8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
他的哥哥們回答說：「難道你真要作我們的王嗎？難道你真要管轄我們嗎？」他們就因為他的夢和他的話越發恨他。
9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
後來他又做了一夢，也告訴他的哥哥們說：「看哪，我又做了一夢，夢見太陽、月亮，與十一個星向我下拜。」
10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
約瑟將這夢告訴他父親和他哥哥們，他父親就責備他說：「你做的這是甚麼夢！難道我和你母親、你弟兄果然要來俯伏在地，向你下拜嗎？」
11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
他哥哥們都嫉妒他，他父親卻把這話存在心裏。
12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
約瑟的哥哥們往示劍去放他們父親的羊。
13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
以色列對約瑟說：「你哥哥們不是在示劍放羊嗎？你來，我要打發你往他們那裏去。」約瑟說：「我在這裏。」
14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
以色列說：「你去看看你哥哥們平安不平安，群羊平安不平安，就回來報信給我」；於是打發他出希伯崙谷，他就往示劍去了。
15 And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
有人遇見他在田野走迷了路，就問他說：「你找甚麼？」
16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
他說：「我找我的哥哥們，求你告訴我，他們在何處放羊。」
17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
那人說：「他們已經走了，我聽見他們說要往多坍去。」約瑟就去追趕他哥哥們，遇見他們在多坍。
18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
他們遠遠地看見他，趁他還沒有走到跟前，大家就同謀要害死他，
19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
彼此說：「你看！那做夢的來了。
20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
來吧！我們將他殺了，丟在一個坑裏，就說有惡獸把他吃了。我們且看他的夢將來怎麼樣。」
21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
呂便聽見了，要救他脫離他們的手，說：「我們不可害他的性命」；
22 Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
又說：「不可流他的血，可以把他丟在這野地的坑裏，不可下手害他。」呂便的意思是要救他脫離他們的手，把他歸還他的父親。
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
約瑟到了他哥哥們那裏，他們就剝了他的外衣，就是他穿的那件彩衣，
24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
把他丟在坑裏；那坑是空的，裏頭沒有水。
25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
他們坐下吃飯，舉目觀看，見有一夥米甸 的以實瑪利人從基列來，用駱駝馱着香料、乳香、沒藥，要帶下埃及去。
26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
猶大對眾弟兄說：「我們殺我們的兄弟，藏了他的血有甚麼益處呢？
27 Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
我們不如將他賣給以實瑪利人，不可下手害他；因為他是我們的兄弟，我們的骨肉。」眾弟兄就聽從了他。
28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
有些米甸的商人從那裏經過，哥哥們就把約瑟從坑裏拉上來，講定二十舍客勒銀子，把約瑟賣給以實瑪利人。他們就把約瑟帶到埃及去了。
29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
呂便回到坑邊，見約瑟不在坑裏，就撕裂衣服，
30 He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
回到兄弟們那裏，說：「童子沒有了。我往哪裏去才好呢？」
31 Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
他們宰了一隻公山羊，把約瑟的那件彩衣染了血，
32 And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
打發人送到他們的父親那裏，說：「我們撿了這個；請認一認是你兒子的外衣不是？」
33 And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
他認得，就說：「這是我兒子的外衣。有惡獸把他吃了，約瑟被撕碎了！撕碎了！」
34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
雅各便撕裂衣服，腰間圍上麻布，為他兒子悲哀了多日。
35 And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol h7585)
他的兒女都起來安慰他，他卻不肯受安慰，說：「我必悲哀着下陰間，到我兒子那裏。」約瑟的父親就為他哀哭。 (Sheol h7585)
36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
米甸人帶約瑟到埃及，把他賣給法老的內臣－護衛長波提乏。
