Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
E habitou Jacó na terra onde peregrinou seu pai, na terra de Canaã.
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 foram as gerações de Jacó. José, sendo de idade de dezessete anos apascentava as ovelhas com seus irmãos; e o jovem estava com os filhos de Bila, e com os filhos de Zilpa, mulheres de seu pai: e contava José a seu pai as más notícias acerca deles.
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 amava Israel a José mais que a todos os seus filhos, porque lhe havia tido em sua velhice: e lhe fez uma roupa de diversas cores.
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 vendo seus irmãos que seu pai o amava mais que a todos os seus irmãos, odiavam-lhe, e não lhe podiam falar pacificamente.
5 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
E sonhou José um sonho e contou-o a seus irmãos; e eles vieram a odiar-lhe mais ainda.
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
E ele lhes disse: Ouvi agora este sonho que sonhei:
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 atávamos feixes no meio do campo, e eis que meu feixe se levantava, e estava em pé, e que vossos feixes estavam ao redor, e se inclinavam ao meu.
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.
E responderam-lhe seus irmãos: Reinarás tu sobre nós, ou serás tu senhor sobre nós? E o odiaram ainda mais por causa de seus sonhos e de 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 contou-o a seus irmãos, dizendo: Eis que sonhei outro sonho, e eis que o sol e a lua e onze estrelas 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 contou-o a seu pai e a seus irmãos: e seu pai lhe repreendeu, e disse-lhe: Que sonho é este que sonhaste? Viremos eu e tua mãe, e teus irmãos, a nos inclinarmos 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.
E seus irmãos lhe tinham inveja, mas seu pai guardava isso em mente.
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 foram seus irmãos a apascentar as ovelhas de seu pai em Siquém.
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 disse Israel a José: Teus irmãos apascentam as ovelhas em Siquém: vem, e te enviarei a eles. E ele respondeu: 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 ele lhe disse: Vai agora, olha como estão teus irmãos e como estão as ovelhas, e traze-me a resposta. E enviou-o do vale de Hebrom, e chegou a Siquém.
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 homem, andando ele perdido pelo campo, e perguntou-lhe aquele homem, dizendo: Que buscas?
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 ele respondeu: Busco a meus irmãos: rogo-te que me mostres onde 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 aquele homem respondeu: Já se foram daqui; eu lhes ouvi dizer: Vamos a Dotã. Então José foi atrás de seus irmãos, e achou-os em Dotã.
18 But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
E quando eles o viram de longe, antes que perto deles chegasse, tramaram contra ele para matar-lhe.
19 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
E disseram um ao outro: Eis que vem o sonhador;
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)!”
Agora, pois, vinde, e o matemos e o lancemos em uma cisterna, e diremos: Alguma fera selvagem o devorou: e veremos que serão 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 quando Rúben ouviu isto, livrou-o de suas mãos e disse: Não o matemos.
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.
E disse-lhes Rúben: Não derrameis sangue; lançai-o nesta cisterna que está no deserto, e não ponhais mão nele; para livrá-lo assim de suas mãos, para fazê-lo virar a seu pai.
23 So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
E sucedeu que, quando chegou José a seus irmãos, eles fizeram desnudar a José sua roupa, a roupa de cores que tinha sobre si;
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-no, e lançaram-lhe na cisterna; mas a cisterna estava vazia, não havia nela água.
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.
E sentaram-se a comer pão: e levantando os olhos olharam, e eis uma companhia de ismaelitas que vinha de Gileade, e seus camelos traziam aromas e bálsamo e mirra, e iam a levá-lo ao Egito.
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 Judá disse a seus irmãos: Que proveito há em que matemos a nosso irmão e encubramos 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 o vendamos aos ismaelitas, e não seja nossa mão sobre ele; que nosso irmão é nossa carne. E seus irmãos concordaram com ele.
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 quando passavam os midianitas mercadores, tiraram eles a José da cisterna, e trouxeram-lhe acima, e o venderam aos ismaelitas por vinte peças de prata. E levaram a José ao Egito.
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.
E Rúben voltou à cisterna, e não achou a José dentro, e rasgou suas roupas.
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 voltou a seus irmãos e disse: O jovem não aparece; e eu, aonde irei eu?
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 eles tomaram a roupa de José, e degolaram um cabrito das cabras, e tingiram a roupa com o 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 roupa de cores e trouxeram-na a seu pai, e disseram: Achamos isto, reconhece agora se é ou não a roupa 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 ele a reconheceu, e disse: A roupa de meu filho é; alguma fera selvagem o devorou; José foi despedaçado.
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 Jacó rasgou suas roupas, e pôs saco sobre seus lombos, e fez luto por 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 consolá-lo; mas ele não quis receber consolação, e disse: Porque eu tenho de descer ao meu filho com luto ao Xeol. E seu pai chorou por ele. (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 o venderam no Egito a Potifar, oficial de Faraó, capitão dos da guarda.
