Genesis 45
1 And Joseph has not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calls, “Put out every man from me”; and no man has stood with him when Joseph makes himself known to his brothers,
約瑟在左右站着的人面前情不自禁，吩咐一聲說：「人都要離開我出去！」約瑟和弟兄們相認的時候並沒有一人站在他面前。
2 and he gives forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh hears.
他就放聲大哭；埃及人和法老家中的人都聽見了。
3 And Joseph says to his brothers, “I [am] Joseph, is my father yet alive?” And his brothers have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.
約瑟對他弟兄們說：「我是約瑟。我的父親還在嗎？」他弟兄不能回答，因為在他面前都驚惶。
4 And Joseph says to his brothers, “Please come near to me,” and they come near; and he says, “I [am] your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt;
約瑟又對他弟兄們說：「請你們近前來。」他們就近前來。他說：「我是你們的兄弟約瑟，就是你們所賣到埃及的。
5 and now, do not be grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that you sold me here, for God has sent me before you to preserve life.
現在，不要因為把我賣到這裏自憂自恨。這是上帝差我在你們以先來，為要保全生命。
6 Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land, and yet five years [remain in] which there is neither plowing nor harvest;
現在這地的饑荒已經二年了，還有五年不能耕種，不能收成。
7 and God sends me before you, to place a remnant of you in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;
上帝差我在你們以先來，為要給你們存留餘種在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你們的生命。
8 and now, you have not sent me here, but God, and He sets me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
這樣看來，差我到這裏來的不是你們，乃是上帝。他又使我如法老的父，作他全家的主，並埃及全地的宰相。
9 Hurry, and go up to my father, then you have said to him, Thus said your son Joseph: God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, do not stay,
你們要趕緊上到我父親那裏，對他說：『你兒子約瑟這樣說：上帝使我作全埃及的主，請你下到我這裏來，不要耽延。
10 and you have dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son’s sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have,
你和你的兒子孫子，連牛群羊群，並一切所有的，都可以住在歌珊地，與我相近。
11 and I have nourished you there—for yet [are] five years of famine—lest you become poor, you and your household, and all that you have.
我要在那裏奉養你；因為還有五年的饑荒，免得你和你的眷屬，並一切所有的，都敗落了。』
12 And behold, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking to you;
況且你們的眼和我兄弟便雅憫的眼都看見是我親口對你們說話。
13 and you have declared to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that you have seen, and you have hurried, and have brought down my father here.”
你們也要將我在埃及一切的榮耀和你們所看見的事都告訴我父親，又要趕緊地將我父親搬到我這裏來。」
14 And he falls on the neck of his brother Benjamin, and weeps, and Benjamin has wept on his neck;
於是約瑟伏在他兄弟便雅憫的頸項上哭，便雅憫也在他的頸項上哭。
15 and he kisses all his brothers, and weeps over them; and afterward his brothers have spoken with him.
他又與眾弟兄親嘴，抱着他們哭，隨後他弟兄們就和他說話。
16 And the sound has been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Joseph have come”; and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,
這風聲傳到法老的宮裏，說：「約瑟的弟兄們來了。」法老和他的臣僕都很喜歡。
17 and Pharaoh says to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, This you do: load your beasts, and go, enter the land of Canaan,
法老對約瑟說：「你吩咐你的弟兄們說：『你們要這樣行：把馱子抬在牲口上，起身往迦南地去。
18 and take your father, and your households, and come to me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and you eat the fat of the land.
將你們的父親和你們的眷屬都搬到我這裏來，我要把埃及地的美物賜給你們，你們也要吃這地肥美的出產。
19 Indeed, you have been commanded: this you do, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, wagons for your infants, and for your wives, and you have brought your father, and come;
現在我吩咐你們要這樣行：從埃及地帶着車輛去，把你們的孩子和妻子，並你們的父親都搬來。
20 and your eye has no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.”
你們眼中不要愛惜你們的家具，因為埃及全地的美物都是你們的。』」
21 And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph gives wagons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he gives to them provision for the way;
以色列的兒子們就如此行。約瑟照着法老的吩咐給他們車輛和路上用的食物，
22 to all of them has he given—to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he has given three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of garments;
又給他們各人一套衣服，惟獨給便雅憫三百銀子，五套衣服；
23 and to his father he has sent thus: ten donkeys carrying of the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread, even food for his father for the way.
送給他父親公驢十匹，馱着埃及的美物，母驢十匹，馱着糧食與餅和菜，為他父親路上用。
24 And he sends his brothers away, and they go; and he says to them, “Do not be angry in the way.”
於是約瑟打發他弟兄們回去，又對他們說：「你們不要在路上相爭。」
25 And they go up out of Egypt, and come to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob,
他們從埃及上去，來到迦南地、他們的父親雅各那裏，
26 and they declare to him, saying, “Joseph [is] yet alive,” and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceases, for he has not given credence to them.
告訴他說：「約瑟還在，並且作埃及全地的宰相。」雅各心裏冰涼，因為不信他們。
27 And they speak to him all the words of Joseph, which he has spoken to them, and he sees the wagons which Joseph has sent to carry him away, and the spirit of their father Jacob lives;
他們便將約瑟對他們說的一切話都告訴了他。他們父親雅各又看見約瑟打發來接他的車輛，心就甦醒了。
28 and Israel says, “Enough! My son Joseph [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.”
以色列說：「罷了！罷了！我的兒子約瑟還在，趁我未死以先，我要去見他一面。」
