Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
Jacob habitó en la tierra de Canaán, la tierra de las peregrinaciones de su padre.
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.
Esta es la historia de la familia de Jacob: José tenía 17 años de edad y apacentaba las ovejas con sus hermanos. El joven estaba con los hijos de Bilha y de Zilpa, concubinas de su padre. José informaba a su padre la mala fama de ellos.
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.
Israel amaba a José más que a todos sus hijos, porque era el hijo de su vejez. Le hizo una túnica con rayas de colores.
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.
Sus hermanos, al ver que su padre lo prefería sobre todos ellos, lo aborrecían y no podían hablarle pacíficamente.
5 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
José tuvo un sueño y lo contó a sus hermanos, con lo cual aumentaron más su odio contra él
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
pues él les dijo: Escuchen ahora este sueño que tuve.
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!”
Estábamos ahí en medio del campo y atábamos gavillas. Miré que mi gavilla se levantaba y seguía erguida. Y las gavillas de ustedes la rodeaban y se inclinaban ante la mía.
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.
Le respondieron sus hermanos: ¿Vas a reinar sobre nosotros y nos dominarás? Y lo odiaron aun más a causa de sus sueños y de sus palabras.
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!”
Tuvo otro sueño y lo contó a sus hermanos: Miren, me vino otro sueño: que el sol, la luna y once estrellas se inclinaban ante mí.
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]
Lo relató a su padre y a sus hermanos. Pero su padre lo reprendió y le dijo: ¿Qué fue esto que soñaste? ¿Yo, tu madre y tus hermanos nos postraremos en tierra ante ti?
11 Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
Sus hermanos le tenían envidia, pero su padre meditaba en esto.
12 One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
Cuando sus hermanos apacentaban el rebaño de su padre en Siquem,
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.”
Israel dijo a José: ¿No están tus hermanos pastoreando en Siquem? Ven, te enviaré a ellos. Y él respondió: Aquí estoy dispuesto.
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 Israel le dijo: Vé ahora. Mira cómo están tus hermanos, cómo se encuentra el rebaño y tráeme un informe. Así lo envió desde el valle de Hebrón, y llegó a Siquem.
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?”
Un hombre lo halló cuando deambulaba por el campo y le preguntó: ¿Qué 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?”
Y dijo: Busco a mis hermanos. Te ruego que me digas dónde pastorean ellos.
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.
El hombre respondió: Salieron de aquí. Los oí decir: Vamos a Dotán. José fue tras sus hermanos y los halló en Dotán.
18 But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
Cuando lo vieron de lejos, antes que se acercara, se confabularon para matarlo.
19 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
Y se dijeron el uno al otro: ¡Aquí viene el soñador!
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)!”
Ahora pues, vamos, matémoslo y echémoslo en una cisterna, y diremos que una mala bestia lo devoró. Entonces veremos en qué pararán sus sueños.
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.
Cuando Rubén oyó esto, al intentar librarlo de mano de ellos, dijo: ¡No le quitemos la 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.
Y Rubén añadió: No derramen sangre. Échenlo en esta cisterna que está en el desierto, pero no extiendan la mano contra él. Esto dijo a fin de librarlo de sus manos para hacerlo volver a su padre.
23 So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
Sucedió que cuando José llegó hasta sus hermanos, lo despojaron de su túnica, la túnica de rayas de colores que llevaba sobre él.
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 tomaron y lo echaron en la cisterna, pero la cisterna estaba vacía. No había agua en 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.
Luego se sentaron a comer pan. Al levantar sus ojos vieron una caravana de ismaelitas que iba de Galaad, y llevaba en sus camellos especias, bálsamo y mirra para llevarlos a Egipto.
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]
Entonces Judá preguntó a sus hermanos: ¿Qué provecho hay que matemos a nuestro hermano y ocultemos su sangre?
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.
Vendámoslo a los ismaelitas y no levantemos nuestra mano contra él, pues es nuestro hermano, nuestra carne. Y sus hermanos [le] obedecieron.
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.
Cuando pasaron los mercaderes madianitas, sacaron a José de la cisterna, y lo vendieron a los ismaelitas por 20 piezas de plata. Y ellos llevaron a José a Egipto.
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.
Cuando Rubén volvió a la cisterna, no halló a José allí. Entonces rasgó sus ropas,
30 He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
se volvió a sus hermanos y les exclamó: ¡El muchacho no está allí! ¿Y yo, a dónde iré?
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.
Entonces tomaron la túnica de José, degollaron un cabrito y empaparon la túnica con la sangre.
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?”
Luego enviaron la túnica de rayas de colores a su padre y dijeron: Hallamos esto. Reconoce y mira si es o no la túnica de tu hijo.
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!”
Él la reconoció y exclamó: ¡Es la túnica de mi hijo! Alguna mala bestia lo devoró. ¡Sin duda José fue destrozado!
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.
Entonces Jacob rasgó sus ropas, se cubrió con tela áspera e hizo duelo por su hijo durante muchos días.
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)
Todos sus hijos e hijas se levantaron para consolarlo, pero él rehusó ser consolado y decía: ¡Descenderé enlutado hasta mi hijo en el Seol! Y su padre lloraba por él. (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.
Entre tanto, los madianitas lo vendieron en Egipto a Potifar, funcionario de Faraón, capitán de la guardia.
