Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
E Jacob habitou na terra das peregrinações de seu pae, na terra de 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.
Estas são as gerações de Jacob. Sendo José de dezesete annos, apascentava as ovelhas com seus irmãos, e estava este mancebo com os filhos de Bilhah, e com os filhos de Zilpah, mulheres de seu pae; e José trazia uma má fama d'elles a seu pae.
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.
E Israel amava a José mais do que a todos os seus filhos, porque era filho da sua velhice; e fez-lhe uma tunica de varias côres.
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.
Vendo pois seus irmãos que seu pae o amava mais do que a todos os seus irmãos, aborreceram-o, e não podiam fallar com elle pacificamente.
5 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
Sonhou tambem José um sonho, que contou a seus irmãos: por isso o aborreciam ainda mais.
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
E disse-lhes: Ouvi, peço-vos, este sonho, que tenho sonhado:
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!”
Eis que estavamos atando mólhos no meio do campo, e eis que o meu mólho se levantava, e tambem ficava em pé, e eis que os vossos mólhos o rodeavam, e se inclinavam ao meu mólho.
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.
Então lhe disseram seus irmãos: Tu pois devéras reinarás sobre nós? Por isso tanto mais o aborreciam por seus sonhos e por suas palavras.
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!”
E sonhou ainda outro sonho, e o contou a seus irmãos, e disse: Eis que ainda sonhei um sonho; e eis que o sol, e a lua, e onze estrellas se inclinavam a mim.
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]
E contando-o a seu pae e a seus irmãos, reprehendeu-o seu pae, e disse-lhe: Que sonho é este que sonhaste? porventura viremos, eu e tua mãe, e teus irmãos, para inclinar-nos a ti em terra?
11 Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
Seus irmãos pois o invejavam; seu pae porém guardava este negocio no seu coração.
12 One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
E seus irmãos foram apascentar o rebanho de seu pae, junto de 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.”
Disse pois Israel a José: Não apascentam os teus irmãos junto de Sichem? vem, e enviar-te-hei a elles. E elle lhe disse: Eis-me aqui.
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],
E elle lhe disse: Ora vae-te, vê como estão teus irmãos, e como está o rebanho, e traze-me resposta. Assim o enviou do valle de Hebron, e veiu 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 achou-o um varão, porque eis que andava errado pelo campo, e perguntou-lhe o varão, dizendo: Que procuras?
16 Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
E elle disse: Procuro meus irmãos; dize-me, peço-te, onde elles apascentam.
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 disse aquelle varão: Foram-se d'aqui; porque ouvi-lhes dizer: Vamos a Dothan. José pois seguiu atraz de seus irmãos, e achou-os em Dothan.
18 But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
E viram-o de longe, e, antes que chegasse a elles, conspiraram contra elle, para o matarem.
19 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
E disseram um ao outro: Eis lá vem o sonhador-mór!
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)!”
Vinde pois agora, e matemel-o, e lancemol-o n'uma d'estas covas, e diremos: Uma besta fera o comeu; e veremos que será dos seus sonhos.
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.
E ouvindo-o Ruben, livrou-o das suas mãos, e disse: Não lhe tiremos a vida.
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.
Tambem lhes disse Ruben: Não derrameis sangue; lançae-o n'esta cova, que está no deserto, e não lanceis mãos n'elle; para livral-o das suas mãos, e para tornal-o a seu pae.
23 So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
E aconteceu que, chegando José a seus irmãos, tiraram a José a sua tunica, a tunica de varias côres, que trazia.
24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
E tomaram-o, e lançaram-o na cova; porém a cova estava vasia, não havia agua n'ella.
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.
Depois assentaram-se a comer pão; e levantaram os seus olhos, e olharam, e eis que uma companhia de ishmaelitas vinha de Gilead; e seus camelos traziam especiarias, e balsamo, e myrrha, e iam leval-os ao Egypto.
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]
Então Judah disse aos seus irmãos: Que proveito haverá que matemos a nosso irmão, e escondamos a sua morte?
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.
Vinde, e vendamol-o a estes ishmaelitas, e não seja nossa mão sobre elle; porque elle é nosso irmão, nossa carne. E seus irmãos obedeceram.
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.
Passando pois os mercadores midianitas, tiraram, e alçaram a José da cova, e venderam José por vinte moedas de prata aos ishmaelitas, os quaes levaram José ao Egypto.
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.
Tornando pois Ruben á cova, eis que José não estava na cova; então rasgou os seus vestidos,
30 He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
E tornou a seus irmãos, e disse: O moço não apparece; e eu aonde irei?
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.
Então tomaram a tunica de José, e mataram um cabrito, e tingiram a tunica no sangue,
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?”
E enviaram a tunica de varias côres, e fizeram leval-a a seu pae, e disseram: Temos achado esta tunica; conhece agora se esta será ou não a tunica de teu filho.
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!”
E conheceu-a, e disse: É a tunica de meu filho; uma besta fera o comeu; certamente é despedaçado José.
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.
Então Jacob rasgou os seus vestidos, e poz sacco sobre os seus lombos, e lamentou a seu filho muitos dias.
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 levantaram-se todos os seus filhos e todas as suas filhas, para o consolarem; recusou porém ser consolado, e disse: Porquanto com chôro hei de descer ao meu filho até á sepultura. Assim o chorou seu pae (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 os midianitas venderam-o no Egypto a Potifar, eunucho de Pharaó, capitão da guarda.
