Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
Men Jacob bodde i de landena, der hans fader var en främling uti, nemliga i Canaans lande.
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.
Och detta är Jacobs slägt: Joseph var sjutton år gammal, då han vardt en herde öfver hjorden med sina bröder; och pilten var när Bilhas och Silpas sins faders hustrurs barnom; och han sade för deras fader, hvilket ondt rykte öfver dem var.
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.
Men Israel hade Joseph kärare än alla de andra sin barn, efter han hade födt honom i ålderdomen: Och gjorde honom en brokot kjortel.
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.
Då nu hans bröder sågo, att deras fader hade honom kärare än alla hans bröder, vordo de honom hätske, och kunde icke tala honom ett vänligit ord till.
5 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
Derutöfver hade Joseph ena reso en dröm, och sade sina bröder deraf. Då blefvo de honom ännu hätskare.
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
Ty han sade till dem: Käre, hörer hvad mig hafver drömt.
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!”
Mig tyckte vi bundom kärfvar på markene, och min kärfve reste sig upp och stod; och edre kärfvar der omkring bugade sig för min kärfva.
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.
Då sade hans bröder till honom: Skulle du varda vår Konung, och råda öfver oss? Och vordo honom ändå hätskare för hans dröm och hans tals skull.
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!”
Och han hade ännu en annan dröm, den förtäljde han sina bröder, och sade: Si, jag hafver ännu haft en dröm: Mig tyckte, att solen och månen och ellofva stjernor bugade sig för mig.
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]
Och då det hans fader och hans bröder sagdt vardt, straffade honom hans fader, och sade till honom: Hvad är det för en dröm, som dig hafver drömt? Skall jag och din moder och dine bröder komma, och falla ned på jordena för dig?
11 Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
Och hans bröder afundades vid honom. Men hans fader behöll dessa ord.
12 One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
Då nu hans bröder gingo bort till att beta deras faders boskap i 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.”
Sade Israel till Joseph: Vakta icke dine bröder boskapen i Sichem? Kom, jag vill sända dig till dem. Han sade: Här är jag.
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],
Och han sade: Gack bort och se till, om det står väl till med dina bröder och boskapenom; och säg mig igen, huru det hafver sig. Och han sände honom utaf den dalenom Hebron, att han skulle gå till 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?”
Då fann honom en man, der han for vill på markene. Han frågade honom, och sade: Hvem söker du?
16 Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
Han svarade: Jag söker mina bröder: Käre, säg mig, hvarest de vakta hjorden.
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.
Mannen sade: De äro hädan farne; ty jag hörde, att de sade: Låt oss gå till Dothan. Då drog Joseph efter sina bröder, och fann dem i Dothan.
18 But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
Som de nu långt ifrå fingo se honom, förra än han kom när intill dem, rådslogo de till att döda honom;
19 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
Och sade inbördes: Si, drömmaren kommer här.
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)!”
Så kommer nu, och låter oss slå honom ihjäl och kasta honom i ena grop; och säga, att ett ondt djur hafver ätit upp honom: Så får man se, hvad hans drömmar äro.
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.
När Ruben hörde det, ville han frälsa honom af deras händer, och sade: Låter oss icke slå ena själ.
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.
Och ytterligare sade Ruben till dem: Låter oss icke utgjuta blod: Utan låt oss kasta honom i den gropena, som är i öknene, och icke komma händer vid honom. Men han ville hafva frälst honom utu deras hand, att han måtte hafva haft honom till sin fader igen.
23 So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
Då nu Joseph kom till sina bröder, afklädde de honom hans kjortel, med den brokota kjortelen, som han hade uppå sig.
24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
Och togo honom, och kastaden i ena grop; men gropen var tom, och intet vatten deruti.
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.
Och de satte sig ned till att äta. I det hofvo de sin ögon upp, och sågo en hop Ismaeliter komma ifrå Gilead med deras camelar; de förde kryddor, balsam och mirrham, och foro ned uti Egypten.
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]
Då sade Juda till sina bröder: Hvad hjelper det oss, att vi dräpe vår broder, och fördölje hans blod?
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.
Kommer, och låter oss sälja honom de Ismaeliter, att våra händer icke förtaga sig på honom; ty han är vår broder, vårt kött och blod. Och de lydde honom.
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.
Och då de Midianitiske köpmännerne foro der fram, drogo de honom upp af gropene, och sålde honom de Ismaeliter för tjugu silfverpenningar: De förde honom in i Egypten.
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.
Då nu Ruben kom åter till gropena, och fann icke Joseph derinne, ref han sin kläder;
30 He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
Och kom åter till sina bröder, och sade: Pilten är icke der; hvart skall jag?
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.
Då togo de Josephs kjortel, och slagtade en bock, och indoppade kjortelen i blodet;
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?”
Och sände den brokota kjortelen bort, och läto bära honom till deras fader, och sade: Denna hafvom vi funnit: Se, om det är dins sons kjortel eller ej.
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!”
Men han kände honom, och sade: Det är mins sons kjortel. Ett ondt djur hafver ätit upp honom; ett vilddjur hafver rifvit Joseph.
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.
Och Jacob ref sin kläder, och svepte en säck om sina länder, och sörjde sin son långan tid.
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)
Och alle hans söner och döttrar gingo till, att de skulle hugsvala honom; men han ville icke låta hugsvala sig, och sade: Jag varder med sorg nederfarande i grafvena till min son. Och hans fader gret honom. (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.
Men de Midianiter sålde honom in i Egypten Potiphar, Pharaos hofmästare.
