Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Κατώκησε δε ο Ιακώβ εν τη γη, εν ή παρώκησεν ο πατήρ αυτού, εν τη γη Χαναάν.
2 This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Αύτη είναι γενεαλογία του Ιακώβ. Ο Ιωσήφ, νέος ων ετών δεκαεπτά, εποίμαινε τα πρόβατα μετά των αδελφών αυτού, των υιών της Βαλλάς και των υιών της Ζελφάς, των γυναικών του πατρός αυτού· και ανέφερεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τον πατέρα αυτών την κακήν αυτών φήμην.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
Ο δε Ισραήλ ηγάπα τον Ιωσήφ υπέρ πάντας τους υιούς αυτού, διότι ήτο υιός του γήρατος αυτού· και έκαμεν εις αυτόν χιτώνα ποικιλόχρωμον.
4 When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Βλέποντες δε οι αδελφοί αυτού, ότι αυτόν ηγάπα ο πατήρ αυτών υπέρ πάντας τους αδελφούς αυτού, εμίσησαν αυτόν και δεν ηδύναντο να ομιλώσι προς αυτόν ειρηνικώς.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Ενυπνιασθείς δε ο Ιωσήφ ενύπνιον, διηγήθη αυτό εις τους αδελφούς αυτού· και εμίσησαν αυτόν έτι μάλλον.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Και είπε προς αυτούς, Ακούσατε, παρακαλώ, το ενύπνιον τούτο το οποίον ενυπνιάσθην.
7 “We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
Ιδού, ημείς εδένομεν δεμάτια εν μέσω της πεδιάδος· και ιδού, εσηκώθη το ιδικόν μου δεμάτιον και εστάθη όρθιον· και ιδού, τα ιδικά σας δεμάτια περιστραφέντα προσεκύνησαν το ιδικόν μου δεμάτιον.
8 “Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
Είπον δε προς αυτόν οι αδελφοί αυτού, Βασιλεύς θέλεις γείνει εφ' ημάς; ή κύριος θέλεις γείνει εις ημάς; Και εμίσησαν αυτόν έτι μάλλον διά τα ενύπνια αυτού και διά τους λόγους αυτού.
9 Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
Ενυπνιάσθη δε και άλλο ενύπνιον, και διηγήθη αυτό προς τους αδελφούς αυτού· και είπεν, Ιδού, ενυπνιάσθην άλλο ενύπνιον· και ιδού, ο ήλιος και η σελήνη και ένδεκα αστέρες με προσεκύνουν.
10 He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Και διηγήθη αυτό προς τον πατέρα αυτού και προς τους αδελφούς αυτού και επέπληξεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού και είπε προς αυτόν, Τι είναι το ενύπνιον τούτο, το οποίον ενυπνιάσθης; άραγε θέλομεν ελθεί, εγώ και η μήτηρ σου και οι αδελφοί σου, διά να σε προσκυνήσωμεν έως εδάφους;
11 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Και εφθόνησαν αυτόν οι αδελφοί αυτού· ο δε πατήρ αυτού εφύλαττε τον λόγον.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Και υπήγαν οι αδελφοί αυτού να βοσκήσωσι τα πρόβατα του πατρός αυτών εις Συχέμ.
13 Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
Και είπεν ο Ισραήλ προς τον Ιωσήφ, Δεν βόσκουσιν οι αδελφοί σου εν Συχέμ; ελθέ να σε στείλω προς αυτούς. Ο δε είπε προς αυτόν, Ιδού, εγώ.
14 So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
Και είπε προς αυτόν, Ύπαγε λοιπόν να ίδης, αν ήναι καλά οι αδελφοί σου και καλά τα πρόβατα, και φέρε μοι είδησιν. Και απέστειλεν αυτόν από της κοιλάδος της Χεβρών· και ήλθεν εις Συχέμ.
15 and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Και εύρηκεν αυτόν άνθρωπός τις, ενώ περιεπλανάτο εν τη πεδιάδι· και ηρώτησεν αυτόν ο άνθρωπος, λέγων, Τι ζητείς;
16 “I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
Ο δε είπε, Τους αδελφούς μου ζητώ· ειπέ μοι, παρακαλώ, που βόσκουσι.
17 “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
Και είπεν ο άνθρωπος, Ανεχώρησαν από εδώ· διότι ήκουσα αυτούς λέγοντας, Ας υπάγωμεν εις Δωθάν. Και υπήγεν ο Ιωσήφ κατόπιν των αδελφών αυτού, και εύρηκεν αυτούς εν Δωθάν.
18 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Οι δε ιδόντες αυτόν μακρόθεν, πριν πλησιάση εις αυτούς, συνεβουλεύθησαν κατ' αυτού να φονεύσωσιν αυτόν.
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
Και είπεν ο εις προς τον άλλον, Ιδού, έρχεται εκείνος ο κύριος των ενυπνίων·
20 “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
έλθετε λοιπόν τώρα και ας φονεύσωμεν αυτόν και ας ρίψωμεν αυτόν εις ένα εκ των λάκκων· και θέλομεν ειπεί, Θηρίον κακόν κατέφαγεν αυτόν· και θέλομεν ιδεί τι θέλουσι γείνει τα ενύπνια αυτού.
21 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Και ακούσας ο Ρουβήν ηλευθέρωσεν αυτόν εκ των χειρών αυτών, λέγων, Ας μη βλάψωμεν αυτόν εις την ζωήν.
22 “Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ρουβήν, Μη χύσητε αίμα· ρίψατε αυτόν εις τούτον τον λάκκον, τον εν τη ερήμω, και χείρα μη βάλητε επ' αυτόν· διά να ελευθερώση αυτόν εκ των χειρών αυτών, και να αποδώση αυτόν εις τον πατέρα αυτού.
23 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Ότε λοιπόν ήλθεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, εξέδυσαν τον Ιωσήφ τον χιτώνα αυτού, τον χιτώνα τον ποικιλόχρωμον, τον επ' αυτόν·
24 grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
και λαβόντες αυτόν, έρριψαν εις τον λάκκον· ο δε λάκκος ήτο κενός· δεν είχεν ύδωρ.
25 They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
Έπειτα εκάθησαν να φάγωσιν άρτον, και αναβλέψαντες είδον· και ιδού, συνοδία Ισμαηλιτών ήρχετο από Γαλαάδ μετά των καμήλων αυτών φορτωμένων αρώματα και βάλσαμον και μύρον, και επορεύοντο να φέρωσιν αυτά κάτω εις την Αίγυπτον.
26 “What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
Και είπεν ο Ιούδας προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, Τις η ωφέλεια, εάν φονεύσωμεν τον αδελφόν ημών και κρύψωμεν το αίμα αυτού;
27 Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
έλθετε και ας πωλήσωμεν αυτόν εις τους Ισμαηλίτας· και ας μη βάλωμεν τας χείρας ημών επ' αυτόν· διότι αδελφός ημών, σαρξ ημών είναι. Και υπήκουσαν οι αδελφοί αυτού.
28 So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
Και ενώ διέβαινον οι Μαδιανίται έμποροι, ανέσυραν και ανεβίβασαν τον Ιωσήφ εκ του λάκκου και επώλησαν τον Ιωσήφ διά είκοσι αργύρια εις τους Ισμαηλίτας· οι δε έφεραν τον Ιωσήφ εις Αίγυπτον.
29 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Επέστρεψε δε ο Ρουβήν εις τον λάκκον, και ιδού, ο Ιωσήφ δεν ήτο εν τω λάκκω· και διέσχισε τα ιμάτια αυτού.
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
Και επέστρεψε προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, και είπε, Το παιδίον δεν υπάρχει και εγώ, εγώ που να υπάγω;
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Τότε έλαβον τον χιτώνα του Ιωσήφ και έσφαξαν ερίφιον εκ των αιγών, και έβαψαν τον χιτώνα εν τω αίματι·
32 Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
και απέστειλαν τον χιτώνα τον ποικιλόχρωμον, και έφεραν αυτόν προς τον πατέρα αυτών και είπον, Ευρήκαμεν τούτον· γνώρισον τώρα, αν ήναι ο χιτών του υιού σου ή ουχί.
33 His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
Ο δε εγνώρισεν αυτόν και είπε, Ο χιτών του υιού μου είναι· θηρίον κακόν κατέφαγεν αυτόν· όλος κατεσπαράχθη ο Ιωσήφ.
34 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
Και διέσχισεν ο Ιακώβ τα ιμάτια αυτού και έβαλε σάκκον εις την οσφύν αυτού και επένθησε τον υιόν αυτού ημέρας πολλάς.
35 All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
Και εσηκώθησαν πάντες οι υιοί αυτού και πάσαι αι θυγατέρες αυτού, διά να παρηγορήσωσιν αυτόν· αλλά δεν ήθελε να παρηγορηθή, λέγων, Ότι πενθών θέλω καταβή προς τον υιόν μου εις τον τάφον. Και έκλαυσεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού. (Sheol h7585)
36 In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
Οι δε Μαδιανίται επώλησαν αυτόν εν τη Αιγύπτω εις τον Πετεφρήν, αυλικόν του Φαραώ, άρχοντα των σωματοφυλάκων.
