Genesis 42
1 When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
E GIACOBBE, veggendo che vi era del grano da vendere in Egitto, disse a' suoi figliuoli: Perchè state a riguardarvi l'un l'altro?
2 He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
Poi disse: Ecco, io ho udito che in Egitto v'è del grano da vendere; scendete là, e compratacene di là; e noi viveremo, e non morremo.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
E dieci de' fratelli di Giuseppe scesero in Egitto, per comperar del grano di là.
4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
Ma Giacobbe non mandò Beniamino, fratello di Giuseppe, co' suoi fratelli; perciocchè diceva: [E' si convien guardare] che talora alcuna mortale sciagura non gl'intervenga.
5 So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
I figliuoli d'Israele adunque giunsero [in Egitto], per comperar del grano, per mezzo [altri] che [vi] andavano; perciocchè la fame era nel paese di Canaan.
6 At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Or Giuseppe, ch'[era] rettor del paese, vendeva il grano a ciascun popolo della terra. I fratelli di Giuseppe adunque, essendo giunti, s'inchinarono a lui, con la faccia verso terra.
7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
E, come Giuseppe ebbe veduti i suoi fratelli, li riconobbe; ma pur s'infinse strano inverso loro, e parlò loro aspramente, e disse loro: Onde venite voi? Ed essi dissero: Dal paese di Canaan, per comperar della vittuaglia.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Giuseppe adunque riconobbe i suoi fratelli, ma essi non riconobber lui.
9 And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
E Giuseppe si ricordò de' sogni che egli avea sognati di loro, e disse loro: Voi [siete] spie; voi siete venuti per vedere i luoghi sforniti del paese.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Ma essi dissero: No, signor mio, anzi i tuoi servitori son venuti per comperar della vittuaglia.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Noi [siamo] tutti figliuoli di uno [stesso] uomo; noi [siamo uomini] leali; i tuoi servitori non furono [giammai] spie.
12 He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
Ed egli disse loro: No; anzi voi siete venuti per veder i luoghi sforniti del paese.
13 But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
Ed essi dissero: Noi, tuoi servitori, [eravamo] dodici fratelli, figliuoli di uno [stesso] uomo, nel paese di Canaan; ed ecco, il minore [è] oggi con nostro padre, e uno non [è più].
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
E Giuseppe disse loro: Quest'[è pur] quello che io vi ho detto, che voi [siete] spie.
15 But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
E' si farà prova di voi in questo: [Come] vive Faraone, voi non partirete di qui, prima che il vostro fratel minore sia venuto qua.
16 Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
Mandate un di voi a prendere il vostro fratello; e voi restate [qui] incarcerati, e si farà prova delle vostre parole, [se vi è] in voi verità; se no, [come] vive Faraone, voi [siete] spie.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
E li serrò in prigione, per tre dì.
18 On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
E al terzo giorno, Giuseppe disse loro: Fate questo, e voi viverete; io temo Iddio.
19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
Se voi [siete uomini] leali uno di voi fratelli rimanga incarcerato nella prigione dove siete stati posti, e voi [altri] andate, portatene del grano, secondo la necessità delle vostre case.
20 But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
E menatemi il vostro fratel minore, e così le vostre parole saranno verificate, e voi non morrete. Ed essi fecero così.
21 They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
E dicevano l'uno all'altro: Certamente noi [siamo] colpevoli intorno al nostro fratello; perciocchè noi vedemmo l'angoscia dell'anima sua, quando egli ci supplicava, e non l'esaudimmo; perciò è avvenuta questa angoscia a noi.
22 Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
E Ruben rispose loro, dicendo: Non vi diceva io: Non peccate contro al fanciullo? ma voi non mi voleste ascoltare; perciò altresì, ecco, è domandata ragion del suo sangue.
23 While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
Or essi non sapevano che Giuseppe [li] intendesse; perciocchè fra loro [vi era] un interprete.
24 [Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
E [Giuseppe] si rivoltò indietro da loro, e pianse. Poi ritornò a loro, e parlò loro, e prese d'infra loro Simeone, il quale egli fece incarcerare in lor presenza.
25 Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
Poi Giuseppe comandò che si empiessero di grano le lor sacca, e che si rimettessero i danari di ciascun d'essi nel suo sacco, e che si desse loro provvisione per lo viaggio. E così fu lor fatto.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Ed essi, caricato sopra i loro asini il grano che aveano comperato, si partirono di là.
27 At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
E l'uno [di essi], aperto il suo sacco, per dar della pastura al suo asino nell'albergo, vide i suoi danari [ch'erano] alla bocca del suo sacco.
28 He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
E disse a' suoi fratelli: I miei danari [mi] sono stati restituiti; e anche ecco[li] nel mio sacco. E il cuore isvenne loro, e si spaventarono, [dicendo] l'uno all'altro: Che cosa [è] questo [che] Iddio ci ha fatto?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Poi, venuti a Giacobbe, lor padre, nel paese di Canaan, gli raccontarono tutte le cose ch'erano loro intervenute, dicendo:
30 “The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
Quell'uomo, [che è] rettor del paese, ci ha parlato aspramente, e ci ha trattati da spie del paese.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
E noi gli abbiam detto: Noi [siamo uomini] leali; noi non fummo [giammai] spie.
32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
Noi [eravamo] dodici fratelli, figliuoli di nostro padre, e l'uno non [è più]; e il minore [è] oggi con nostro padre, nel paese di Canaan.
33 The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
E quell'uomo, rettor del paese, ci ha detto: Per questo conoscerò che voi [siete uomini] leali: lasciate un di voi fratelli appo me, e prendete quanto vi fa bisogno per la necessità delle vostre casa, e andate.
34 But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
E menatemi il vostro fratel minore; ed io conoscerò che voi non [siete] spie, anzi uomini leali; [ed] io vi renderò il vostro fratello, e voi potrete andare attorno trafficando per lo paese.
35 As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
Ora, come essi votavano le lor sacca, ecco, il sacchetto de' denari di ciascuno [era] nel suo sacco; ed essi, e il padre loro, videro i sacchetti de' lor danari, e temettero.
36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
E Giacobbe, lor padre, disse loro: Voi mi avete orbato di figliuoli; Giuseppe non [è più], Simeone non [è più], e [ancora] volete tor[mi] Beniamino; tutte queste cose son contro a me.
37 Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
E Ruben disse a suo padre: Fa' morire i miei due figliuoli, se io non te lo riconduco; rimettilo nelle mie mani, ed io te lo ricondurrò.
38 But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
Ma [Giacobbe] disse: Il mio figliuolo non iscenderà con voi; perciocche il suo fratello è morto, ed egli è rimasto solo; e, se gli avvenisse alcuna mortale sciagura per lo viaggio che farete, voi fareste scender la mia canutezza con cordoglio nel sepolcro. (Sheol h7585)
