Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
Or Giacobbe dimorò nel paese dove suo padre avea soggiornato, nel paese di Canaan.
2 (This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
E questa è la posterità di Giacobbe. Giuseppe, all’età di diciassette anni, pasceva il gregge coi suoi fratelli; e, giovinetto com’era, stava coi figliuoli di Bilha e coi figliuoli di Zilpa, mogli di suo padre. E Giuseppe riferì al loro padre la mala fama che circolava sul loro conto.
3 Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
Or Israele amava Giuseppe più di tutti gli altri suoi figliuoli, perché era il figlio della sua vecchiaia; e gli fece una veste lunga con le maniche.
4 When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
E i suoi fratelli, vedendo che il loro padre l’amava più di tutti gli altri fratelli, l’odiavano, e non gli potevan parlare amichevolmente.
5 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
Or Giuseppe ebbe un sogno, e lo raccontò ai suoi fratelli; e questi l’odiaron più che mai.
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
Egli disse loro: “Udite, vi prego, il sogno che ho fatto.
7 In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
Noi stavamo legando de’ covoni in mezzo ai campi, quand’ecco che il mio covone si levò su e si tenne ritto; ed ecco i covoni vostri farsi d’intorno al mio covone, e inchinarglisi dinanzi”.
8 His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
Allora i suoi fratelli gli dissero: “Dovrai tu dunque regnare su noi? o dominarci?” E l’odiarono più che mai a motivo de’ suoi sogni e delle sue parole.
9 Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
Egli ebbe ancora un altro sogno, e lo raccontò ai suoi fratelli, dicendo: “Ho avuto un altro sogno! Ed ecco che il sole, la luna e undici stelle mi s’inchinavano dinanzi”.
10 He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
Ei lo raccontò a suo padre e ai suoi fratelli; e suo padre lo sgridò, e gli disse: “Che significa questo sogno che hai avuto? Dovremo dunque io e tua madre e i tuoi fratelli venir proprio a inchinarci davanti a te fino a terra?”
11 Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
E i suoi fratelli gli portavano invidia, ma suo padre serbava dentro di sé queste parole.
12 One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
Or i fratelli di Giuseppe erano andati a pascere il gregge del padre a Sichem.
13 Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
E Israele disse a Giuseppe: “I tuoi fratelli non sono forse alla pastura a Sichem? Vieni, che ti manderò da loro”. Ed egli rispose: “Eccomi”.
14 Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
Israele gli disse: “Va’ a vedere se i tuoi fratelli stanno bene, e se tutto va bene col gregge; e torna a dirmelo”. Così lo mandò dalla valle di Hebron, e Giuseppe arrivò a Sichem.
15 while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
E un uomo lo trovò che andava errando per i campi e quest’uomo lo interrogò dicendo: “Che cerchi?”
16 Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
Egli rispose: “Cerco i miei fratelli; deh, dimmi dove siano a pascere il gregge”.
17 The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
E quell’uomo gli disse: “Son partiti di qui, perché li ho uditi che dicevano: Andiamocene a Dotan”. Giuseppe andò quindi in traccia de’ suoi fratelli, e li trovò a Dotan.
18 But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
Essi lo scorsero da lontano; e prima ch’egli fosse loro vicino, macchinarono d’ucciderlo.
19 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
E dissero l’uno all’altro: “Ecco cotesto sognatore che viene!
20 and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
Ora dunque venite, uccidiamolo, e gettiamolo in una di queste cisterne; diremo poi che una mala bestia l’ha divorato, e vedremo che ne sarà de’ suoi sogni”.
21 Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
Ruben udì questo, e lo liberò dalle loro mani. Disse: “Non gli togliamo la vita”.
22 Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
Poi Ruben aggiunse: “Non spargete sangue; gettatelo in quella cisterna ch’è nel deserto, ma non lo colpisca la vostra mano”. Diceva così, per liberarlo dalle loro mani e restituirlo a suo padre.
23 So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
Quando Giuseppe fu giunto presso i suoi fratelli, lo spogliarono della sua veste, della veste lunga con le maniche che aveva addosso;
24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
lo presero e lo gettarono nella cisterna. Or la cisterna era vuota; non c’era punt’acqua.
25 After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
Poi si misero a sedere per prender cibo; e avendo alzati gli occhi, ecco che videro una carovana d’Ismaeliti, che veniva da Galaad, coi suoi cammelli carichi di aromi, di balsamo e di mirra, che portava in Egitto.
26 Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
E Giuda disse ai suoi fratelli: “Che guadagneremo a uccidere il nostro fratello e a nascondere il suo sangue?
27 So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
Venite, vendiamolo agl’Ismaeliti, e non lo colpisca la nostra mano, poiché è nostro fratello, nostra carne”. E i suoi fratelli gli diedero ascolto.
28 When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
E come que’ mercanti Madianiti passavano, essi trassero e fecero salire Giuseppe su dalla cisterna, e lo vendettero per venti sicli d’argento a quegl’Ismaeliti. E questi menarono Giuseppe in Egitto.
29 When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
Or Ruben tornò alla cisterna; ed ecco, Giuseppe non era più nella cisterna. Allora egli si stracciò le vesti,
30 He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
tornò dai suoi fratelli, e disse: “Il fanciullo non c’è più; e io, dove andrò io?”
31 [Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
Essi presero la veste di Giuseppe, scannarono un becco, e intrisero del sangue la veste.
32 They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
Poi mandarono uno a portare al padre loro la veste lunga con le maniche, e gli fecero dire: “Abbiam trovato questa veste; vedi tu se sia quella del tuo figliuolo, o no”.
33 He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
Ed egli la riconobbe e disse: “E’ la veste del mio figliuolo; una mala bestia l’ha divorato; per certo, Giuseppe è stato sbranato”.
34 Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
E Giacobbe si stracciò le vesti, si mise un cilicio sui fianchi, e fece cordoglio del suo figliuolo per molti giorni.
35 All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
E tutti i suoi figliuoli e tutte le sue figliuole vennero a consolarlo; ma egli rifiutò d’esser consolato, e disse: “Io scenderò, facendo cordoglio, dal mio figliuolo, nel soggiorno de’ morti”. E suo padre lo pianse. (Sheol h7585)
36 In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
E que’ Madianiti lo vendettero in Egitto a Potifar, ufficiale di Faraone, capitano delle guardie.
