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!”
И узнал Иаков, что в Египте есть хлеб, и сказал Иаков сыновьям своим: что вы смотрите?
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!”
И сказал: вот, я слышал, что есть хлеб в Египте; пойдите туда и купите нам оттуда хлеба, чтобы нам жить и не умереть.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Десять братьев Иосифовых пошли купить хлеба в Египте,
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.
а Вениамина, брата Иосифова, не послал Иаков с братьями его, ибо сказал: не случилось бы с ним беды.
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.
И пришли сыны Израилевы покупать хлеб, вместе с другими пришедшими, ибо в земле Ханаанской был голод.
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.
Иосиф же был начальником в земле той; он и продавал хлеб всему народу земли. Братья Иосифа пришли и поклонились ему лицем до земли.
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.”
И увидел Иосиф братьев своих и узнал их; но показал, будто не знает их, и говорил с ними сурово и сказал им: откуда вы пришли? Они сказали: из земли Ханаанской, купить пищи.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Иосиф узнал братьев своих, но они не узнали его.
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]!”
И вспомнил Иосиф сны, которые снились ему о них; и сказал им: вы соглядатаи, вы пришли высмотреть наготу земли сей.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Они сказали ему: нет, господин наш; рабы твои пришли купить пищи;
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
мы все дети одного человека; мы люди честные; рабы твои не бывали соглядатаями.
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!”
Он сказал им: нет, вы пришли высмотреть наготу земли сей.
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]”
Они сказали: нас, рабов твоих, двенадцать братьев; мы сыновья одного человека в земле Ханаанской, и вот, меньший теперь с отцом нашим, а одного не стало.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
И сказал им Иосиф: это самое я и говорил вам, сказав: вы соглядатаи;
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!
вот как вы будете испытаны: клянусь жизнью фараона, вы не выйдете отсюда, если не придет сюда меньший брат ваш;
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.”
пошлите одного из вас, и пусть он приведет брата вашего, а вы будете задержаны; и откроется, правда ли у вас; и если нет, то клянусь жизнью фараона, что вы соглядатаи.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
И отдал их под стражу на три дня.
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.
И сказал им Иосиф в третий день: вот что сделайте, и останетесь живы, ибо я боюсь Бога:
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.
если вы люди честные, то один брат из вас пусть содержится в доме, где вы заключены; а вы пойдите, отвезите хлеб, ради голода семейств ваших;
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.
брата же вашего меньшого приведите ко мне, чтобы оправдались слова ваши и чтобы не умереть вам. Так они и сделали.
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!”
И говорили они друг другу: точно мы наказываемся за грех против брата нашего; мы видели страдание души его, когда он умолял нас, но не послушали его; за то и постигло нас горе сие.
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]!”
Рувим отвечал им и сказал: не говорил ли я вам: не грешите против отрока? но вы не послушались; вот, кровь его взыскивается.
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.
А того не знали они, что Иосиф понимает; ибо между ними был переводчик.
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.
И отошел от них Иосиф и заплакал. И возвратился к ним, и говорил с ними, и, взяв из них Симеона, связал его пред глазами их.
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,
И приказал Иосиф наполнить мешки их хлебом, а серебро их возвратить каждому в мешок его, и дать им запасов на дорогу. Так и сделано с ними.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Они положили хлеб свой на ослов своих, и пошли оттуда.
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.
И открыл один из них мешок свой, чтобы дать корму ослу своему на ночлеге, и увидел серебро свое в отверстии мешка его,
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?”
и сказал своим братьям: серебро мое возвращено; вот оно в мешке у меня. И смутилось сердце их, и они с трепетом друг другу говорили: что это Бог сделал с нами?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
И пришли к Иакову, отцу своему, в землю Ханаанскую и рассказали ему все случившееся с ними, говоря:
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.
начальствующий над тою землею говорил с нами сурово и принял нас за соглядатаев земли той.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
И сказали мы ему: мы люди честные; мы не бывали соглядатаями;
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.’
нас двенадцать братьев, сыновей у отца нашего; одного не стало, а меньший теперь с отцом нашим в земле Ханаанской.
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.
И сказал нам начальствующий над тою землею: вот как узнаю я, честные ли вы люди: оставьте у меня одного брата из вас, а вы возьмите хлеб ради голода семейств ваших и пойдите,
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.’”
и приведите ко мне меньшого брата вашего; и узнаю я, что вы не соглядатаи, но люди честные; отдам вам брата вашего, и вы можете промышлять в этой земле.
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.
Когда же они опорожняли мешки свои, вот, у каждого узел серебра его в мешке его. И увидели они узлы серебра своего, они и отец их, и испугались.
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!”
И сказал им Иаков, отец их: вы лишили меня детей: Иосифа нет, и Симеона нет, и Вениамина взять хотите, - все это на меня!
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.”
И сказал Рувим отцу своему, говоря: убей двух моих сыновей, если я не приведу его к тебе; отдай его на мои руки; я возвращу его тебе.
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)
Он сказал: не пойдет сын мой с вами; потому что брат его умер, и он один остался; если случится с ним несчастье на пути, в который вы пойдете, то сведете вы седину мою с печалью во гроб. (Sheol h7585)
