< Genesis 45 >

1 Joseph couldn't control his emotions any longer while all his attendants were there, so he shouted out, “Everybody leave me!” So there was nobody else there when Joseph revealed who he was to his brothers.
Não podia já José se conter diante de todos os que estavam ao seu lado, e clamou: Fazei sair de minha presença a todos. E não ficou ninguém com ele, ao dar-se a conhecer José a seus irmãos.
2 But he cried so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him, and they told Pharaoh's household about it.
Então se deu a chorar por voz em grito; e ouviram os egípcios, e ouviu também a casa de Faraó.
3 “I'm Joseph!” he announced to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” They couldn't answer him as they were so surprised to see him face to face.
E disse José a seus irmãos: Eu sou José: vive ainda meu pai? E seus irmãos não puderam lhe responder, porque estavam perturbados diante dele.
4 “Please come closer to me,” he told his brothers. They came over to him. “I'm your brother Joseph who you sold into slavery in Egypt.
Então disse José a seus irmãos: Achegai-vos agora a mim. E eles se achegaram. E ele disse: Eu sou José vosso irmão o que vendestes para o Egito.
5 But don't be worried or get angry with yourselves that you sold me to be a slave here, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to save lives.
Agora, pois, não vos entristeçais, nem vos pese de haver me vendido aqui; que para preservação de vida me enviou Deus diante de vós:
6 The country has suffered from famine for two years already, but there will be five more years with no plowing or reaping.
Que já houve dois anos de fome em meio da terra, e ainda restam cinco anos em que nem haverá arada nem colheita.
7 God sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives in this miraculous way.
E Deus me enviou adiante de vós, para que vós restásseis na terra, e para vos dar vida por meio de grande salvamento.
8 So it wasn't you who sent me here, but God. He was the one who made me Pharaoh's chief advisor in charge of all his affairs, and ruler of the whole country of Egypt.
Assim, pois, não me enviastes vós aqui, mas sim Deus, que me pôs por pai de Faraó, e por senhor de toda sua casa, e por governador de toda a terra do Egito.
9 Now hurry! Go back to my father and tell him, ‘This message comes from your son Joseph: God has made me the ruler of the whole of Egypt. Come to me now; don't wait.
Apressai-vos, ide a meu pai e dizei-lhe: Assim diz teu filho José: Deus me pôs por senhor de todo Egito; vem a mim, não te detenhas:
10 You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.
E habitarás na terra de Gósen, e estarás perto de mim, tu e teus filhos, e os filhos de teus filhos, teus gados e tuas vacas, e tudo o que tens.
11 I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”
E ali te alimentarei, pois ainda restam cinco anos de fome, para que não pereças de pobreza tu e tua casa, e tudo o que tens:
12 Then Joseph told his brothers, “You can all see for yourselves—including my brother Benjamin—that it's really me talking to you!
E eis que, vossos olhos veem, e os olhos de meu irmão Benjamim, que meu boca vos fala.
13 Tell my father how much I'm respected in Egypt. Tell him everything that you've seen. Hurry! Bring my father here quickly!”
Fareis pois saber a meu pai toda minha glória no Egito, e tudo o que vistes: e apressai-vos, e trazei a meu pai aqui.
14 He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.
E lançou-se sobre o pescoço de Benjamim seu irmão, e chorou; e também Benjamim chorou sobre seu pescoço.
15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers were able to start talking with him.
E beijou a todos os seus irmãos, e chorou sobre eles: e depois seus irmãos falaram com ele.
16 Word soon reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had arrived. Pharaoh and his officials were glad to hear the news.
E ouviu-se a notícia na casa de Faraó, dizendo: Os irmãos de José vieram. E pareceu bem aos olhos de Faraó e de seus servos.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you are to do: Load your donkeys with grain and go back to the country of Canaan.
E disse Faraó a José: Dize a teus irmãos: Fazei isto: carregai vossos animais, e ide, voltai à terra de Canaã;
18 Then bring your father and your families and return here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you shall eat the best food the country has to offer.’
E tomai a vosso pai e vossas famílias, e vinde a mim, que eu vos darei o bom da terra do Egito e comereis a gordura da terra.
19 Tell them to do this as well, ‘Take some wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives. Bring them and your father here.
E tu manda: Fazei isto: tomai para vós da terra do Egito carros para vossos filhos e vossas mulheres; e tomai a vosso pai, e vinde.
20 Don't worry about bringing your possessions because the best of all Egypt is yours.’”
E não se vos dê nada de vossos pertences, porque o bem da terra do Egito será vosso.
21 So that's what the sons of Israel did. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered. He also gave them supplies for their journey.
E fizeram-no assim os filhos de Israel: e deu-lhes José carros conforme a ordem de Faraó, e deu alimentos para o caminho.
22 He gave each of them new clothes. But to Benjamin he gave five sets of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.
A cada um de todos eles deu mudas de roupas, e a Benjamim deu trezentas peças de prata, e cinco mudas de roupas.
23 Joseph also sent to his father the following: ten donkeys carrying the best things from Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and supplies needed for his father's journey.
E a seu pai enviou isto: dez asnos carregados do melhor do Egito, e dez asnas carregadas de trigo, e pão e comida, para seu pai no caminho.
24 Then he saw his brothers off, and as they left he told them, “Don't argue on the way!”
E despediu a seus irmãos, e foram-se. E ele lhes disse: Não brigais pelo caminho.
25 So they left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in the country of Canaan.
E subiram do Egito, e chegaram à terra de Canaã a Jacó seu pai.
26 “Joseph's still alive!” they told him. “It's true, and he's the ruler of the whole country of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he just couldn't believe it!
E deram-lhe as novas, dizendo: José vive ainda; e ele é senhor toda a terra do Egito. E seu coração se desmaiou; pois não cria neles.
27 But when they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, Jacob came back to his senses.
E eles lhe contaram todas as palavras de José, que ele lhes havia falado; e vendo ele os carros que José enviava para levá-lo, o espírito de Jacó seu pai reviveu.
28 Israel said, “All right, I believe you! My son Joseph is still alive! I'm going to go and see him before I die.”
Então disse Israel: Basta; José meu filho vive ainda: irei, e lhe verei antes que eu morra.

< Genesis 45 >