Genesis 37
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned — in the land of Canaan.
雅各伯定居在他父親作客的客納罕地方。
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.
以下是雅各伯的小史。若瑟十七歲時，與哥哥們一同放羊。他尚年幼，常與自己的父親的妻子彼耳哈和齊耳帕的兒子們在一起。他不斷將他們作的惡事報告給父親。
3 And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
以色列愛若瑟超過其他的兒子，因為是他年老生的，並給他做了一件彩色長衫。
4 And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
他的哥哥們見父親愛他勝過其餘的兒子，就忌恨他，不能與他和氣交談。
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
若瑟作了一夢，講給哥哥們聽，因此他們越發惱恨他。
6 And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:
他對他們說：「請聽我作的夢：
7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.
我夢見我們同在田間捆麥子，忽然我的麥捆站起來，你們的麥捆圍住我的麥捆下拜。」
8 And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.
他哥哥們對他說：「難道你要作我們的君王﹖或者統治我們﹖」他們為了這夢和這番話，越發惱恨他。
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.
他又作了一夢，也告訴他哥哥們說：「我又作了一夢：夢見太陽和月亮並一顆星辰向我下拜。」
10 And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
當他給父親和哥哥們講說這夢時，他父親就責斥他說：「你作的是什麼夢﹖難道我和你母親以及你的兄弟，都要來向你叩首至地﹖」
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
他兄弟們都忌恨他；他父親卻將這事存在心裏。
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
若瑟的哥哥們去了舍根，放他們父親的羊。
13 And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
以色列對若瑟說：「你哥哥們不是在舍根放羊麼﹖來，我打發你去看看他們。」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.
以色列對他說：「你去看看你哥哥們是否平安，羊群怎樣；然後回來告訴我。」以色列便打發他由赫貝龍山谷前去；他到了舍根。
15 And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
有一個人見他在田間遊蕩，那人就問他說：「你尋找什麼﹖」
16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
他答說：「我尋找我的哥哥；請告訴我：他們在那裏放羊﹖」
17 And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.
那人答說：「他們已離開了這裏；我聽見他們說：我們到多堂去。」於是若瑟便去追尋他的哥哥，在多堂找到了。
18 And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
他們老遠就看見了他；在他尚未近以前，就已決定要謀殺他。
19 And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
他們彼此說：「看，那作夢的人來了!
20 And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
我們殺掉他，將他拋在一口井裏，說是猛獸吃了。看他的夢還有什麼用﹖」
21 And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
勒烏本聽了，就設法由他們手中救他，遂說：「我們不要害他! 」
22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him — in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.
勒烏本又對他們說：「你們不要流血；只將他丟在這曠野的井裏，不可下手害他。」他的意思是想由他們手中救出他來，還給父親。
23 And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;
若瑟一來到他哥哥們那裏，他們就脫去了他穿的那件彩色長衣，抓住他，把他丟在井裏；
24 and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty — there was no water in it.
那井是空的，裏面沒有水。
25 And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum — going to carry [it] down to Egypt.
他們坐下吃飯時，舉目看見一隊由基肋阿得來的依市瑪耳人；他們的駱駝滿載樹膠、香液和香料，要下到埃及去。
26 And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
猶大遂對兄弟們說：「殺害我們的弟弟，隱瞞他的血，究竟有什麼益處﹖
27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].
不如將他賣給依市瑪耳人，免得對他下毒手，因為他究竟是我們的兄弟，是我們的骨肉。」兄弟們聽從了他的意見。
28 And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
米淂楊的商人經過那裏時，他們便從井中拉出若瑟來，以二十塊銀錢賣給了依市瑪耳人；他們便將若瑟帶到埃及去了。
29 And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
勒烏本回到井邊，不見若瑟在井內，遂撕裂了自己的衣服，
30 and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
回到兄弟們那裏喊說：「孩子不見了! 我可往那裏去呢﹖」
31 And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
他們於是拿了若瑟的長衣，殺了一隻公山羊，將長衣浸在血裏；
32 and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.
然後派人將那件彩色的長衣送給他們的父親說：「這是我們尋得的，請你仔細看看，是不是你兒子的長衣﹖」
33 And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!
雅各伯仔細一看，就喊說：「是我兒子的長衣；猛獸將他吃了。若瑟被撕裂了，被撕裂了! 」
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
雅各伯遂撕裂了自己的衣服，腰間圍上麻衣，為自己的兒子悲哀了多日。
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
雖然他的兒女都來安慰他，他卻不肯接受他們的安慰，說：「我只有悲哀地下到陰間，往我兒那裏去! 」他的父親竟這樣哀悼他。 (Sheol h7585)
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.
米德楊人後在在埃及將若瑟賣給了法郎的內臣，衛隊長普提法爾。
