Genesis 39
1 Meanwhile, the descendants of Ishmael took Joseph down to Egypt. There Potiphar bought Joseph from them. Potiphar was an Egyptian who was one of the king’s officials and the captain of the king’s (palace guards/guards who protected the king).
若瑟被人帶到埃及，有個埃及人普提法爾，是法郎的內臣兼衛隊長，從帶若瑟來的依市瑪耳人手裏買了他。
2 Because Yahweh helped Joseph, he was able to do his work very well, and lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
上主與若瑟同在，他便事事順利，住在他埃及主人家裏。
3 His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did.
他主人見上主與若瑟同在，又見上主使他手中所做的事，無不順利；
4 Joseph’s master was pleased with him, so he appointed him to be his personal servant. Then he appointed him to be the one who would take care of everything in his household and all of his possessions.
為此若瑟在他主人眼中得了寵，令他服事自己，託他管理自己的家務，將所有的一切，都交在他手中。
5 From the time Potiphar appointed Joseph to take care of everything in his household and all that he owned, Yahweh blessed the people who lived in Potiphar’s house because of Joseph. He also caused Potiphar’s crops to grow well.
自從主人託他管理家務和所有一切以來，上主為若瑟的原故，祝福了這埃及人的家庭，他家內和田間所有的一切，都蒙受了上主的祝福。
6 Potiphar allowed Joseph to take care of everything that he owned. Potiphar needed to decide only about the food he ate. He was not concerned about anything else in his house. Joseph was well-built/muscular and handsome.
普提法爾將自己所有的一切，都交在若瑟的手裏；只要有他在，除自己所吃的食物外，其餘一概不管。若瑟生來體態秀雅，容貌俊美。
7 Because of that, after a while, his master’s wife started to look fondly at Joseph. So one day she said to him, “Have sex [EUP] with me!”
這些事以後，有一回，主人的妻子向若瑟以目傳情，並且說：「你與我同睡罷! 」
8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Listen! My master is not concerned about anything in this house. He has appointed me to take care of everything that he owns.
他立即拒絕，對主人的妻子說：「你看，有我在，家中的事，我主人什麼都不管；凡他所有的一切，都交在我手中。
9 No one in this household has more authority than I do. The only thing that he has not allowed me to have is you, because you are his wife! So (how could I do this wicked thing [that you are asking me to do]?/I certainly could not do this wicked thing!) [RHQ] I would be sinning against God if I did that!”
在這一家內，他並不比我更有權勢，因為他沒有留下一樣不交給我；只有你除外，因為你是他的妻子。我怎能做這極惡的事，得罪天主呢﹖」
10 She kept on asking Joseph day after day to have sex [EUP] with her, but he refused. He would not even go near her.
她雖然天天這樣對若瑟說，若瑟總不聽從與她同睡，與她結合。
11 One day Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the other household servants were in the house.
有這麼一天，若瑟走進屋內辦事，家人都沒有在屋裏，
12 Potiphar’s wife grabbed his cloak and said, “Have sex [EUP] with me!” Joseph ran out of the house, but his cloak was still in her hand!
她便抓住若瑟的衣服說：「與我同睡罷! 」若瑟把自己的外衣，捨在她手中，就跑到外面去了。
13 When she saw that he had run outside leaving his cloak in her hand,
她一見若瑟把自己的外衣捨在她手中，跑到外面去了。
14 she called the household servants. She said to them, “Look! This Hebrew man that my husband brought to us is (insulting/trying to do something disgraceful to) us! He came into my room and tried to (rape me/make me have sex [EUP] with him), but I screamed loudly.
就召喚她的家人來，對他們說：「你們看! 他給我們帶來的希伯來人竟敢調戲我啊! 他來到我這裏，要與我同睡，我就大聲呼喊。
15 As soon as he heard me scream loudly, he left his loincloth with me and ran outside!”
他一聽見我高聲呼喊，把他的衣服捨在我身邊，就跑到外面去了。」
16 She kept the loincloth beside her until her husband, Joseph’s master, came home.
她便將若瑟的衣服留在身邊，等他的主人回家，
17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave whom you brought here came into my room and tried to rape me!
她又用同樣的話給他講述說：「你給我們帶來的那個希伯來僕人，竟到這裏來調戲我。
18 As soon as I screamed loudly, he ran outside, leaving me holding his loincloth!”
我一高聲呼喊，他就把他的衣服捨在我身邊，跑到外面去了。」
19 When Joseph’s master heard this story that his wife told him, saying “This is how your slave treated me,” he was very angry.
主人一聽見他妻子對他所說：「你的僕人如此如此對待我的話，」便大發憤怒。
20 Joseph’s master took Joseph and put him in prison, the place where all the king’s prisoners were put, and Joseph stayed there.
若瑟的主人遂捉住若瑟放在監裏，即囚禁君王囚犯人的地方。他雖在那裏坐監，
21 But Yahweh was kind to Joseph and helped him, and caused the (prison warden/man who was in charge of the prison) to be pleased with him.
上主仍與他同在，對他施恩，使他在獄長眼中得寵；
22 So the prison warden put Joseph in charge of all those who were in the prison, and in charge of all the work that was done there.
因此獄長將監中所有的囚犯都交在若瑟手中；凡獄中應辦的事，都由他辦理。
23 The warden was not concerned with anything that Joseph was taking care of, because Yahweh helped Joseph to do well everything that he did.
凡交在若瑟手中的事，獄長一概不聞不問，因為上主與他同在，凡他所做的，上主無不使之順遂。
