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 Jakov videæi da ima žita u Misiru, reèe sinovima svojim: šta gledate jedan na drugoga?
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 reèe: eto èujem da u Misiru ima žita; idite onamo te nam kupite otuda, da ostanemo živi i ne pomremo.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
I desetorica braæe Josifove otidoše da kupe žita u Misiru.
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.
A Venijamina brata Josifova ne pusti otac s braæom govoreæi: da ga ne bi zadesilo kakvo zlo.
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 doðoše sinovi Izrailjevi da kupe žita s ostalima koji dolažahu; jer bješe glad u zemlji Hananskoj.
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 Josif upravljaše zemljom, i prodavaše žito svemu narodu po zemlji. I braæa Josifova došavši pokloniše mu se licem do zemlje.
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 Josif ugledav braæu svoju pozna ih; ali se uèini da ih ne poznaje, i oštro im progovori i reèe: odakle ste došli? A oni rekoše: iz zemlje Hananske, da kupimo hrane.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Josif dakle pozna braæu svoju; ali oni njega ne poznaše.
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 opomenu se Josif sanova koje je snio za njih; i reèe im: vi ste uhode; došli ste da vidite gdje je zemlja slaba.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
A oni mu rekoše: nijesmo, gospodaru; nego sluge tvoje doðoše da kupe hrane.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Svi smo sinovi jednoga èovjeka, pošteni ljudi, nigda nijesu sluge tvoje bile uhode.
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 im reèe: nije istina, nego ste došli da vidite gdje je zemlja slaba.
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]”
A oni rekoše: nas je bilo dvanaest braæe, sluga tvojih, sinova jednoga èovjeka u zemlji Hananskoj; i eno, najmlaði je danas kod oca našega, a jednoga nema više.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
A Josif im reèe: kažem ja da ste vi uhode.
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!
Nego hoæu da se uvjerim ovako: tako živ bio Faraon, neæete izaæi odavde dokle ne doðe amo najmlaði brat vaš.
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.”
Pošljite jednoga izmeðu sebe neka dovede brata vašega, a vi æete ostati ovdje u tamnici, pa æu vidjeti je li istina što govorite; inaèe ste uhode, tako živ bio Faraon!
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
I zatvori ih u tamnicu na tri dana.
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.
A treæi dan reèe im Josif: ako ste radi životu, ovo uèinite, jer se ja Boga bojim:
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.
Ako ste pošteni ljudi, jedan brat izmeðu vas neka ostane u tamnici, a vi idite i odnesite žita koliko treba porodicama vašim.
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.
Pa onda dovedite k meni najmlaðega brata svojega da se posvjedoèe rijeèi vaše i da ne izginete. I oni uèiniše tako.
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 rekoše jedan drugom: doista se ogriješismo o brata svojega, jer vidjesmo muku duše njegove kad nam se moljaše, pa ga se oglušismo; zato doðe na nas ova muka.
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]!”
A Ruvim odgovori im govoreæi: nijesam li vam govorio: nemojte se griješiti o dijete? ali me ne poslušaste; i zato se evo traži od nas krv njegova.
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 ne znadijahu da ih Josif razumije, jer se s njim razgovarahu preko tumaèa.
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.
A Josif okrete se od njih, i zaplaka se. Potom se opet okrete k njima, i progovori s njima, i uzev izmeðu njih Simeuna veza ga pred njima.
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 zapovjedi Josif da im naspu vreæe žita, pa i novce što je koji dao da metnu svakome u vreæu, i da im dadu brašnjenice na put. I tako bi uèinjeno.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
I natovarivši žito svoje na magarce svoje otidoše.
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.
A jedan od njih otvoriv svoju vreæu da nahrani magarca svojega u jednoj gostionici, vidje novce svoje ozgo u vreæi.
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 reèe braæi svojoj: ja dobih natrag novce svoje, evo ih u mojoj vreæi. I zadrhta srce u njima i uplašiše se govoreæi jedan drugome: što nam to uèini Bog?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
I došavši k Jakovu ocu svojemu u zemlju Hanansku, pripovjediše mu sve što im se dogodi, govoreæi:
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.
Oštro govoraše s nama èovjek, koji zapovijeda u onoj zemlji, i doèeka nas kao uhode.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
A kad mu rekosmo: mi smo pošteni ljudi, nigda nijesmo bili uhode;
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.’
Bilo nas je dvanaest braæe, sinova oca našega; jednoga veæ nema, a najmlaði je danas kod oca našega u zemlji Hananskoj;
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.
Reèe nam èovjek, koji zapovijeda u onoj zemlji: ovako æu doznati jeste li pošteni ljudi: brata jednoga izmeðu sebe ostavite kod mene, a što vam treba za porodice vaše gladi radi, uzmite i idite.
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.’”
Poslije dovedite k meni brata svojega najmlaðega, da se uvjerim da nijeste uhode nego pošteni ljudi; brata æu vam vratiti, i moæi æete trgovati po ovoj zemlji.
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.
A kad izruèivahu vreæe svoje, gle, svakome u vreæi bjehu u zavežljaju novci njegovi; i vidjevši zavežljaje novaca svojih uplašiše se i oni i otac im.
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 reèe im Jakov otac njihov: potrste mi djecu; Josifa nema, Simeuna nema, pa hoæete i Venijamina da uzmete; sve se skupilo na 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.”
A Ruvim progovori i reèe ocu svojemu: dva sina moja ubij, ako ti ga ne dovedem natrag; daj ga u moje ruke, i ja æu ti ga opet dovesti.
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)
A on reèe: neæe iæi sin moj s vama, jer je brat njegov umro i on osta sam, pa ako bi ga zadesilo kako zlo na putu na koji æete iæi, svalili biste me stara s tugom u grob. (Sheol h7585)
