Genesis 44

1 And he commands him who [is] over his house, saying, “Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

١ وَأَمَرَ يُوسُفُ مَدَبِّرَ بَيْتِهِ قَائِلاً: «امْلأْ أَكْيَاسَ الرِّجَالِ بِالطَّعَامِ بِقَدْرِ وُسْعِهَا، وَرُدَّ فِضَّةَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى فَمِ كِيسِهِ.

2 and my cup, the silver cup, you put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his grain-money”; and he does according to the word of Joseph which he has spoken.

٢ وَضَعْ فِي فَمِ كِيسِ الصَّغِيرِ كَأْسِيَ الْفِضِّيَّةَ وَثَمَنَ قَمْحِهِ». فَنَفَّذَ أَمْرَ يُوسُفَ.

3 The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their donkeys—

٣ وَمَا إِنْ أَشْرَقَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى انْطَلَقَ الرِّجَالُ، هُمْ وَحَمِيرُهُمْ.

4 they have gone out of the city—they have not gone far off—and Joseph has said to him who [is] over his house, “Rise, pursue after the men; and you have overtaken them, and you have said to them: Why have you repaid evil for good?

٤ وَمَا كَادُوا يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَلِيلاً حَتَّى قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِمُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِهِ: «اسْعَ خَلْفَ الرِّجَالِ، وَمَا إِنْ تُدْرِكُهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُولَ لَهُمْ: لِمَاذَا تُكَافِئُونَ الْخَيْرَ بِالشَّرِّ؟

5 Is this not that with which my lord drinks? And he observes diligently with it; you have done evil [in] that which you have done.”

٥ أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَأْسُ الَّتِي يَشْرَبُ فِيهَا سَيِّدِي وَيَتَفَاءَلُ بِالْغَيْبِ؟ لَشَدَّ مَا أَسَأْتُمْ فِي مَا صَنَعْتُمْ».

6 And he overtakes them, and speaks to them these words,

٦ فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَهُمْ خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ:

7 and they say to him, “Why does my lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word;

٧ «لِمَاذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ سَيِّدِي بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ؟ حَاشَا لِعَبِيدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الأَمْرَ.

8 behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back to you from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of your lord silver or gold?

٨ هُوَذَا الْفِضَّةُ الَّتِي عَثَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا فِي أَفْوَاهِ أَكْيَاسِنَا رَدَدْنَاهَا لَكَ مَعَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَكَيْفَ نَسْرِقُ فِضَّةً أَوْ ذَهَباً مِنْ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ؟

9 With whomsoever of your servants it is found, he has died, and we also are to my lord for servants.”

٩ مَنْ تَجِدْ مَعَهُ الْكَأْسَ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ يَمُتْ، وَنَكُنْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً عَبِيداً لِسَيِّدِي».

10 And he says, “Now also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becomes my servant, and you are acquitted”;

١٠ فَقَالَ: «فَلْيَكُنْ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ. فَالَّذِي أَجِدُهَا مَعَهُ يُصْبِحُ عَبْداً لِي، وَالْبَاقُونَ يَكُونُونَ أَبْرِيَاءَ».

11 and they hurry and take down each his bag to the earth, and each opens his bag;

١١ فَبَادَرَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى كِيسِهِ وَحَطَّهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَفَتَحَهُ،

12 and he searches—at the eldest he has begun, and at the youngest he has completed—and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

١٢ فَفَتَّشَ مُبْتَدِئاً مِنْ كِيسِ الْكَبِيرِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى كِيسِ الصَّغِيرِ، فَعَثَرَ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ فِي كِيسِ بِنْيَامِينَ.

13 and they tear their garments, and each loads his donkey, and they return to the city.

١٣ فَمَزَّقُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَحَمَلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ كِيسَهُ عَلَى حِمَارِهِ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

14 And Judah and his brothers come to the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall to the earth before him;

١٤ وَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَإخْوَتُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ إِذْ كَانَ مَا بَرِحَ هُنَاكَ، فَارْتَمَوا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

15 and Joseph says to them, “What [is] this deed that you have done? Have you not known that a man like me diligently observes?”

١٥ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «أَيُّ جِنَايَةٍ اقْتَرَفْتُمْ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِثْلِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ كَأْسَهُ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْغَيْبِ؟»

16 And Judah says, “What do we say to my lord? What do we speak? And how do we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found”;

١٦ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «مَاذَا نَقُولُ لِسَيِّدِي، وَبِمَاذَا نُخَاطِبُهُ، وَكَيْفَ نُبْرِئُ أَنْفُسَنَا؟ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَضَحَ إِثْمَ عَبِيدِكَ. فَنَحْنُ وَمَنْ عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ عَبِيدٌ لِسَيِّدِي».

17 and he says, “Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup has been found, he becomes my servant; and you, go up in peace to your father.”

١٧ فَقَالَ: «حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا؛ إِنَّمَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ هُوَ يَكُونُ لِي عَبْداً، أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَامْضُوا إِلَى أَبِيكُمْ بِأَمَانٍ».

18 And Judah comes near to him and says, “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant—for you are as Pharaoh.

١٨ فَتَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي، دَعْ عَبْدَكَ يَنْطِقُ بِكَلِمَةٍ فِي مَسْمَعِ سَيِّدِي، وَلا يَحْتَدِمْ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، لأَنَّ سُلْطَتَكَ مُمَاثِلَةٌ لِسُلْطَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

19 My lord has asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?

١٩ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ سَيِّدِي عَبِيدَهُ: أَلَكُمْ أَبٌ أَوْ أَخٌ؟

20 And we say to my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father has loved him.

٢٠ فَأَجَبْنَا سَيِّدِي: لَنَا أَبٌ شَيْخٌ، وَابْنُ شَيْخُوخَةٍ صَغِيرٌ مَاتَ أَخُوهُ الشَّقِيقُ وَبَقِيَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ، وَأَبُوهُ يُحِبُّهُ.

21 And you say to your servants, Bring him down to me, and I set my eye on him;

٢١ فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: أَحْضِرُوهُ إِلَيَّ لأَرَاهُ بِعَيْنَيَّ.

22 and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;

٢٢ فَقُلْنَا لِسَيِّدِي: لَا يَقْدِرُ الْغُلامُ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ أَبَاهُ لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ أَبُوهُ إِذَا فَارَقَهُ.

23 and you say to your servants, If your young brother does not come down with you, you do not add to see my face.

٢٣ فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: مَا لَمْ تُحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمْ إِلَيَّ لَا تَرَوْنَ وَجْهِي بَعْدُ.

24 And it comes to pass, that we have come up to your servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

٢٤ فَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي، أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِحَدِيثِ سَيِّدِي.

25 and our father says, Return, buy for us a little food,

٢٥ فَقَالَ أَبُونَا: ارْجِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا بَعْضَ الطَّعَامِ.

26 and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man’s face, and our young brother not with us.

٢٦ فَأَجَبْنَا: لَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ مَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ أَخَانَا مَعَنَا، لأَنَّنَا لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُقَابِلَ الرَّجُلَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُونَا الصَّغِيرُ مَعَنَا.

27 And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,

٢٧ فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَبُونَا: أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ زَوْجَتِي قَدْ أَنْجَبَتْ لِيَ ابْنَيْنِ،

28 and one goes out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! And I have not seen him since;

٢٨ فَقَدْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا وَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَدِ افْتُرِسَ افْتِرَاساً. وَلَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَى الآنَ.

29 when you have taken also this from my presence, and harm has met him, then you have brought down my grey hairs with evil to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

٢٩ فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ هَذَا مِنِّي، وَلَحِقَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ، تُنْزِلُونَنِي إِلَى الْقَبْرِ بِشَيْبَةٍ شَقِيَّةٍ. (Sheol h7585)

30 And now, at my coming to your servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

٣٠ فَإِذَا عُدْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي الَّذِي تَعَلَّقَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِنَفْسِ الْغُلامِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْغُلامُ مَعَنَا،

31 then it has come to pass, when he sees that the youth is not, that he has died, and your servants have brought down the grey hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol; (Sheol h7585)

٣١ وَرَأَى أَنَّ الْغُلامَ مَفْقُودٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ، وَيُوَارِي عَبِيدُكَ شَيْبَةَ عَبْدِكَ أَبِيهِمْ بِشَقَاءٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ. (Sheol h7585)

32 for your servant obtained the youth by guarantee to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you—then I have sinned against my father all the days.

٣٢ لأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ ضَمِنَ الْغُلامَ لأَبِي، وَقُلْتُ: إِنْ لَمْ أُرْجِعْهُ إِلَيْكَ أَكُنْ مُذْنِباً إِلَيْكَ مَدَى الْحَيَاةِ.

33 And now, please let your servant abide instead of the youth [as] a servant to my lord, and the youth goes up with his brothers,

٣٣ فَأَرْجُو مِنْ سَيِّدِي أَنْ يَتَّخِذَنِي عَبْداً لَهُ بَدَلاً مِنْ الْغُلامِ، وَدَعِ الْغُلامَ يَمْضِي مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ،

34 for how do I go up to my father, and the youth not with me? Lest I look on the evil which finds my father.”

٣٤ إِذْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَبِي وَالْغُلامُ لَيْسَ مَعِي وَأَشْهَدَ مَا يَحِلُّ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ؟».