Genesis 43
1 In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
Али глад беше врло велика у оној земљи.
2 And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again and buy us a little food.
Па кад поједоше жито које беху донели из Мисира, рече им отац: Идите опет, и купите нам мало хране.
3 Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.
А Јуда му проговори и рече: Тврдо нам се зарекао онај човек говорећи: Нећете видети лице моје, ако не буде с вама брат ваш.
4 If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee.
Ако ћеш пустити с нама брата нашег, ићи ћемо и купићемо ти хране.
5 But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother.
Ако ли нећеш пустити, нећемо ићи, јер нам је рекао онај човек: Нећете видети лице моје, ако не буде с вама брат ваш.
6 Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery in that you told him you had also another brother.
А Израиљ рече: Што ми то зло учинисте и казасте човеку да имате још једног брата?
7 But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?
А они рекоше: Човек је потанко распитивао за нас и за род наш говорећи: Је ли вам јоште жив отац? Имате ли још браће? А ми му одговорисмо како нас питаше. Јесмо ли могли како знати да ће казати: Доведите брата свог?
8 And Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.
И рече Јуда Израиљу оцу свом: Пусти дете са мном, па ћемо се подигнути и отићи, да останемо живи и не помремо и ми и ти и наша деца.
9 I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.
Ја ти се јамчим за њ, из моје га руке ишти; ако ти га не доведем натраг и преда те не ставим, да сам ти крив до века.
10 If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.
Да нисмо толико оклевали, до сада бисмо се два пута вратили.
11 Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.
Онда рече Израиљ отац њихов: Кад је тако, учините ово: узмите шта најлепше има у овој земљи у своје вреће, и понесите човеку оном дар: мало тамјана и мало меда, мирисавог корења и смирне, урме и бадема.
12 And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake.
А новаца понесите двојином, и узмите новце што беху озго у врећама вашим и однесите натраг, може бити да је погрешка.
13 And take also your brother, and go to the man.
И узмите брата свог, па устаните и идите опет к оном човеку.
14 And may my almighty God make him favourable to you; and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children.
А Бог Свемогући да вам да да нађете милост у оног човека, да вам пусти брата вашег другог и Венијамина; ако ли останем без деце, нек останем без деце.
15 So the men took the presents, and double money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Тада узевши даре и новаца двојином, узевши и Венијамина, подигоше се и отидоше у Мисир, и изађоше пред Јосифа.
16 And when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because they shall eat with me at noon.
А Јосиф кад виде с њима Венијамина, рече човеку који управљаше кућом његовом: Одведи ове људе у кућу, па накољи меса и зготови, јер ће у подне са мном јести ови људи.
17 He did as he was commanded, and brought the men into the house.
И учини човек како Јосиф рече, и уведе људе у кућу Јосифову.
18 And they being much afraid, said there one to another: Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we are brought in: that he may bring upon us a false accusation, and by violence make slaves of us and our asses.
А они се бојаху кад их човек вођаше у кућу Јосифову, и рекоше: За новце који пре беху метнути у вреће наше води нас, докле смисли како ће нас окривити, да нас зароби и узме наше магарце.
19 Wherefore going up to the steward of the house, at the door,
Па приступивши к човеку који управљаше кућом Јосифовом, проговорише му на вратима кућним,
20 They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food:
И рекоше: Чуј, господару; дошли смо били и пре, и куписмо хране;
21 And when we had bought, and come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.
Па кад дођосмо у једну гостионицу и отворисмо вреће, а то новци сваког нас беху озго у врећи његовој, новци наши на меру; и ево смо их донели натраг;
22 And we have brought other money besides, to buy what we want: we cannot tell who put it in our bags.
А друге смо новце донели да купимо хране; не знамо ко нам метну новце наше у вреће.
23 But he answered: Peace be with you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father hath given you treasure in your sacks. For the money, which you gave me, I have for good. And he brought Simeon out to them.
А он им рече: Будите мирни, не бојте се; Бог ваш и Бог оца вашег метнуо је благо у вреће ваше; новци су ваши били у мене. И изведе им Симеуна.
24 And having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.
И уведе их човек у кућу Јосифову, и донесе им воде те опраше ноге, и магарцима њиховим положи.
25 But they made ready the presents, against Joseph came at noon: for they had heard that they should eat bread there.
И приправише дар чекајући докле дође Јосиф у подне, јер чуше да ће они онде јести.
26 Then Joseph came into his house, and they offered him the presents holding them in their hands, and they bowed down with their face to the ground.
И кад Јосиф дође кући, изнесоше му дар који имаху код себе, и поклонише му се до земље.
27 But he, courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?
А он их запита како су, и рече: Како је отац ваш стари, за кога ми говористе? Је ли јоште жив?
28 And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet living. And bowing themselves they made obeisance to him.
А они рекоше: Добро је слуга твој, отац наш; још је жив. И поклонише му се.
29 And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin his brother, by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.
А он погледавши виде Венијамина брата свог, сина матере своје, и рече: Је ли вам то најмлађи брат ваш за ког ми говористе? И рече: Бог да ти буде милостив, синко!
30 And he made haste because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and going into his chamber he wept.
А Јосифу гораше срце од љубави према брату свом, те брже потражи где ће плакати, и ушавши у једну собу плака онде.
31 And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table.
После умив се изађе, и устежући се рече: Дајте јело.
32 And when it was set on, for Joseph apart, and for his brethren apart, for the Egyptians also that ate with him, apart, (for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews, and they think such a feast profane):
И донесоше њему најпосле и Мисирцима који обедоваху у њега, јер не могаху Мисирци јести с Јеврејима, јер је то нечисто Мисирцима.
33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much:
А сеђаху пред њим старији по старештву свом а млађи по младости својој. И згледаху се од чуда.
34 Taking the messes which they received of him: and the greater mess came to Benjamin, so that it exceeded by five parts. And they drank, and were merry with him.
И узимајући јела испред себе слаше њима, и Венијамину допаде пет пута више него другима. И пише и напише се с њим.
