Genesis 37
1 And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—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, a son of seventeen years, has been enjoying himself with his brothers among the flock (and he [is] a youth), with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brings in an account of their evil to their father.
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 has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and has made for him a long coat;
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 brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.
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 dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.
若瑟作了一夢，講給哥哥們聽，因此他們越發惱恨他。
6 And he says to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
他對他們說：「請聽我作的夢：
7 that, behold, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and behold, my bundle has arisen, and has also stood up, and behold, your bundles are all around, and they bow themselves to my bundle.”
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 brothers say to him, “Do you certainly reign over us? Do you certainly rule over us?” And they add still more to hate him, 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 dreams yet another dream, and recounts it to his brothers, and says, “Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves 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 recounts to his father, and to his brothers; and his father pushes against him, and says to him, “What [is] this dream which you have dreamed? Do we certainly come, I, and your mother, and your brothers—to bow ourselves to you, 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 brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
他兄弟們都忌恨他；他父親卻將這事存在心裏。
12 And his brothers go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
若瑟的哥哥們去了舍根，放他們父親的羊。
13 and Israel says to Joseph, “Are your brothers not feeding in Shechem? Come, and I send you to them”; and he says to him, “Here I [am]”;
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 says to him, “Now go see the peace of your brothers, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word”; and he sends him from the Valley of Hebron, and he comes to 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 finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”
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 says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”
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 says, “They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,” and Joseph goes after his brothers, and finds them in 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 they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire 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 say to one another, “Behold, this man of the dreams comes;
他們彼此說：「看，那作夢的人來了!
20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast has devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.”
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 hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the 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 says to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and do not put forth a hand on him,” in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back to his father.
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 comes to pass, when Joseph has come to his brothers, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] on him,
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 take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
那井是空的，裏面沒有水。
25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] 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 says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed 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 we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother—our flesh”; and his brothers listen.
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 Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they bring Joseph into 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 returns to the pit, and behold, Joseph is not in the pit, and he tears 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 he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”
回到兄弟們那裏喊說：「孩子不見了! 我可往那裏去呢﹖」
31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat 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 send the long coat, and they bring [it] to their father, and say, “We have found this; please discern whether it [is] your son’s coat 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 discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
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 tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner 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 rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and says, “For I go down to my son mourning, to Sheol,” and his father weeps 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 have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
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。
