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!”
A widząc Jakób, że było zboże w Egipcie, rzekł do synów swoich: Czemuż się oglądacie jeden na drugiego?
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!”
I mówił im: Otom słyszał, że jest zboże w Egipcie. Jedźcież tam, a kupcie nam stamtąd, abyśmy żywi byli, a nie pomarli.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Jechało tedy dziesięć braci Józefowych kupować zboże, do Egiptu;
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.
Ale Benjamina, brata Józefowego nie posłał Jakób z bracią jego, bo mówił: By snać nie przypadło nań co złego.
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 szli synowie Izraelowi pospołu z innymi tamże idącymi kupować zboże; albowiem był głód w ziemi Chananejskiej.
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.
A Józef był przedniejszym rządcą w onej ziemi; onże sprzedawał zboża wszystkiemu ludowi ziemi. A gdy przyszli bracia Józefowi, kłaniali mu się twarzą do ziemi.
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.”
A ujrzawszy Józef bracią swą, poznał je; lecz stawił się im jako obcy, i mówił do nich surowo, i rzekł do nich: Skądeście przyszli? I odpowiedzieli: Z ziemi Chananejskiej, abyśmy nakupili żywności.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Tedy poznał Józef bracią swą; ale go oni nie poznali.
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]!”
I wspomniał Józef na sny, które mu się śniły o nich, i rzekł im: Szpiegowieście wy, a przyszliście, abyście przepatrzyli miejsca nieobronne tej ziemi.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
A oni mu odpowiedzieli: Nie tak, panie mój; ale słudzy twoi przyszli, aby nakupili żywności.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Wszyscyśmy synowie jednego męża; ludzieśmy szczerzy, a nie są słudzy twoi szpiegami.
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!”
A on rzekł do nich: Nie tak, aleście nieobronne miejsca tej ziemi przyszli przepatrować.
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]”
I rzekli: Dwanaście nas braci było sług twoich, synów jednego męża w ziemi Chananejskiej; a oto, najmłodszy z ojcem naszym teraz jest w domu, a jednego już nie masz.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
I rzekł im Józef: Toć jest com ja wam powiedział, mówiąc: Szpiegowieście wy.
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!
Przez to was doświadczę; żywie Farao, nie wynijdziecie stąd, aż mi tu przyjdzie brat wasz młodszy.
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.”
Poślijcież jednego z was, aby przywiódł brata waszego, a wy w więzieniu będziecie, ażby były doświadczone słowa wasze, jestli prawda przy was; a jeźli nie, żywie Farao, żeście wy szpiegowie.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Tedy je dał pod straż do trzech dni.
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.
I mówił do nich Józef dnia trzeciego: Uczyńcie tak, a żyć będziecie; boć się ja boję Boga.
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.
Jeźliście szczerzy, brat wasz jeden niech będzie okowany w więzieniu, gdzieście wy byli; a wy jedźcie i odnieście zboże, abyście odjęli głodowi domy wasze.
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.
A brata waszego młodszego przywiedźcie do mnie, a sprawdzą się słowa wasze, i nie pomrzecie. I uczynili tak.
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!”
I mówili jeden do drugiego: Zaprawdęśmy zgrzeszyli przeciwko bratu naszemu; bo widząc utrapienie duszy jego, gdy się nam modlił, nie wysłuchaliśmy go; dla tegoż przyszedł na nas ten kłopot.
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]!”
Odpowiedział im tedy Ruben, mówiąc: Izalim wam nie mówił temi słowy: Nie grzeszcie przeciw pacholęciu? a nie usłuchaliście; otóż teraz krwi jego z rąk naszych szukają.
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.
A oni nie wiedzieli, żeby rozumiał Józef; bo tłumacz był między nimi.
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.
Odwróciwszy się tedy od nich Józef, płakał; a obróciwszy się do nich, mówił z nimi, i wziąwszy od nich Symeona, związał go przed oczyma ich.
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,
I rozkazał Józef, aby napełniono wory ich zbożem, i wrócono pieniądze ich każdemu do woru jego, i żeby im dano żywności na drogę; i uczyniono tak.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Tedy oni włożywszy zboża swoje na osły swe, odjechali stamtąd.
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.
I rozwiązawszy jeden z nich wór swój, aby dał obrok osłowi swemu w gospodzie, ujrzał pieniądze swoje, które były na wierzchu w worze jego.
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?”
I rzekł do braci swej: Wrócono mi pieniądze moje, a oto, są w worze moim. Tedy im upadło serce, i zdumieli się, jeden do drugiego mówiąc: Cóż nam to Bóg uczynił?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Zatem przyszli do Jakóba, ojca swego, do ziemi Chananejskiej, i powiedzieli mu wszystko, co się im przydało, mówiąc:
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.
Mówił z nami on mąż, pan onej ziemi, surowo, i udał nas za szpiegi ziemi;
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
A myśmy mu rzekli: Szczerzyśmy, nie byliśmy szpiegami;
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.’
Dwanaście nas było braci synów ojca naszego; jednego już nie masz, a młodszy teraz jest z ojcem naszym w ziemi Chananejskiej.
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.
I mówił do nas mąż on, pan onej ziemi: Po tem poznam, żeście szczerzy; brata waszego jednego zostawcie u mnie, a zboże dla odjęcia głodowi domów waszych weźmijcie a idźcie;
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.’”
Potem przywiedźcie brata waszego młodszego do mnie, abym poznał, żeście wy nie szpiegowie, ale szczerzy; tedy wam wrócę brata waszego, a w tej ziemi handlować będziecie.
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.
I stało się, gdy wypróżniali wory swoje, a oto, każdy znalazł węzeł pieniędzy swych w worze swoim; a obaczywszy węzły z pieniędzmi swymi, oni i ojciec ich, polękali się.
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!”
I rzekł im Jakób, ojciec ich: Osierociliście mię, Józefa nie masz, i Symeona nie masz, a Benjamina weźmiecie; na mię się to wszystko złe zwaliło.
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.”
I rzekł Ruben do ojca swego, mówiąc: Dwóch synów moich zabij, jeźlić go zaś nie przywiodę; daj go do ręki mojej, a ja go tobie przywrócę.
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)
Ale on rzekł: Nie pójdzie syn mój z wami, gdyż brat jego umarł, a on sam tylko został; a jeźliby nań przypadło co złego na drodze, którą pójdziecie, tedy doprowadzicie sędziwość moję z żałością do grobu. (Sheol h7585)
