Genesis 50
1 Joseph went and hugged his father, weeping over him and kissing him.
quod cernens Ioseph ruit super faciem patris flens et deosculans eum
2 Then Joseph instructed the physicians who worked for him to embalm his father's body. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
praecepitque servis suis medicis ut aromatibus condirent patrem
3 This took a full 40 days, the normal time for the process, and the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
quibus iussa explentibus transierunt quadraginta dies iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum flevitque eum Aegyptus septuaginta diebus
4 Once the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to Pharaoh's officials, “If you'd be so kind, please speak to Pharaoh on my behalf, and explain to him that
et expleto planctus tempore locutus est Ioseph ad familiam Pharaonis si inveni gratiam in conspectu vestro loquimini in auribus Pharaonis
5 my father made me swear an oath, telling me, ‘You must bury me in the tomb I've prepared for myself in Canaan. Please allow me to go and bury my father and then I'll return.’”
eo quod pater meus adiuraverit me dicens en morior in sepulchro meo quod fodi mihi in terra Chanaan sepelies me ascendam igitur et sepeliam patrem meum ac revertar
6 Pharaoh replied, “Go and bury your father as he made you swear to do.”
dixitque ei Pharao ascende et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adiuratus es
7 Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh's officials went with him—all Pharaoh's senior advisors and all the leaders of Egypt—
quo ascendente ierunt cum eo omnes senes domus Pharaonis cunctique maiores natu terrae Aegypti
8 as well as Joseph's family, his brothers, and his father's family. They only left the small children and their flocks and herds back in Goshen.
domus Ioseph cum fratribus suis absque parvulis et gregibus atque armentis quae dereliquerant in terra Gessen
9 They were accompanied by chariots and horsemen—a really large procession.
habuit quoque in comitatu currus et equites et facta est turba non modica
10 When they got to the threshing floor of Atad, on the other side of the Jordan, they wept loudly in sorrow. Joseph held a seven-day ceremony of mourning for his father there.
veneruntque ad aream Atad quae sita est trans Iordanem ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies
11 The Canaanites who lived there watched the ceremony of mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. They said, “This is a very sad time of mourning for the Egyptians,” so they renamed the place Abel-mizraim, which is on the other side of the Jordan.
quod cum vidissent habitatores terrae Chanaan dixerunt planctus magnus est iste Aegyptiis et idcirco appellaverunt nomen loci illius Planctus Aegypti
12 Jacob's sons did what he had instructed them to do.
fecerunt ergo filii Iacob sicut praeceperat eis
13 They carried his body to Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
et portantes eum in terram Chanaan sepelierunt in spelunca duplici quam emerat Abraham cum agro in possessionem sepulchri ab Ephron Hettheo contra faciem Mambre
14 After they had buried their father, Joseph and his brothers returned to Egypt along with all those who had gone with them.
reversusque est Ioseph in Aegyptum cum fratribus suis et omni comitatu sepulto patre
15 However, now that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers became worried, saying, “Maybe Joseph is holding a grudge against us, and he'll pay us back for all the bad things we did to him.”
quo mortuo timentes fratres eius et mutuo conloquentes ne forte memor sit iniuriae quam passus est et reddat nobis malum omne quod fecimus
16 So they sent a message to Joseph to tell him, “Before your father died, he gave this order,
mandaverunt ei pater tuus praecepit nobis antequam moreretur
17 ‘This is what you are to tell Joseph: Forgive your brothers their sins, the bad things they did to you, treating you in such a nasty way.’ Now please forgive us our sins, we who are servants of the God of your father.” When Joseph received their message, he cried.
ut haec tibi verbis illius diceremus obsecro ut obliviscaris sceleris fratrum tuorum et peccati atque malitiae quam exercuerunt in te nos quoque oramus ut servis Dei patris tui dimittas iniquitatem hanc quibus auditis flevit Ioseph
18 Then his brothers themselves came and fell down before Joseph and said, “We are your slaves!”
veneruntque ad eum fratres sui et proni in terram dixerunt servi tui sumus
19 “You don't need to be afraid!” he told them. “I don't stand in the place of God, do I?
quibus ille respondit nolite timere num Dei possumus rennuere voluntatem
20 While you planned bad things for me, God planned it for good so that in the end many lives could be saved.
vos cogitastis de me malum et Deus vertit illud in bonum ut exaltaret me sicut inpraesentiarum cernitis et salvos faceret multos populos
21 So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.
nolite metuere ego pascam vos et parvulos vestros consolatusque est eos et blande ac leniter est locutus
22 Joseph remained in Egypt, together with his father's whole family. He lived to be 110,
et habitavit in Aegypto cum omni domo patris sui vixitque centum decem annis
23 and saw three generations of his son Ephraim, and the sons of Makir, Manasseh's son, were placed in his lap when they were born.
et vidit Ephraim filios usque ad tertiam generationem filii quoque Machir filii Manasse nati sunt in genibus Ioseph
24 “I'm going to die soon,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will be with you, and he will lead you out of this country to the land that he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
quibus transactis locutus est fratribus suis post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos et ascendere faciet de terra ista ad terram quam iuravit Abraham Isaac et Iacob
25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, saying, “When God comes to be with you, you must take my bones with you when you leave.”
cumque adiurasset eos atque dixisset Deus visitabit vos asportate vobiscum ossa mea de loco isto
26 Joseph died when he was 110. After his body was embalmed, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
mortuus est expletis centum decem vitae suae annis et conditus aromatibus repositus est in loculo in Aegypto
