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!”
Cuando Jacob se enteró de que había grano disponible en Egipto, preguntó a sus hijos: “¿Por qué siguen mirándose para hacer algo?
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!”
He oído que hay grano en Egipto. ¡Ve allí y compra un poco para nosotros para que podamos seguir vivos, si no, vamos a morir!”
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Así que diez de los hermanos de José fueron a Egipto a comprar grano.
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.
Pero Jacob no envió al hermano de José, Benjamín, con sus otros hermanos, porque dijo: “Tengo miedo de que le pase algo malo”.
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.
Así que los hijos de Israel fueron a comprar grano junto con todos los demás, porque también había hambre en Canaán.
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.
José era el gobernador del país y vendía grano a todo el pueblo de allí. Los hermanos de José fueron a él y se inclinaron ante él con el rostro en tierra.
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.”
José los reconoció en cuanto los vio, pero se comportó como un extraño con ellos y les habló con severidad, diciendo: “¿De dónde vienen?” “Del país de Canaán”, le respondieron. “Hemos venido a comprar comida”.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Aunque José reconoció a sus hermanos, ellos no lo reconocieron a él.
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]!”
José pensó en los sueños que había tenido con ellos y les dijo: “¡No! ¡Son espías! ¡Habéis venido a descubrir las debilidades de nuestro país!”
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
“¡Eso no es cierto, mi señor!” respondieron. “Nosotros, sus siervos, hemos venido a comprar”
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
“Todos somos hijos de un hombre y somos honestos. ¡No somos espías!”
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!”
“¡Claro que no! ¡Ustedes han venido a descubrir la debilidad de nuestra nación!” insistió.
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]”
“Tus siervos son doce hermanos, hijos de un hombre que vive en el país de Canaán”, explicaron. “El más joven está ahora mismo con nuestro padre, y uno ha fallecido”.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
“Como dije antes, ¡son espías!” declaró José.
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!
“Así es como se comprobará su historia: Juro por la vida del Faraón que nunca dejarán este país a menos que su hermano menor venga aquí.
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.”
Uno de ustedes tendrá que regresar y traer a su otro hermano aquí. Los demás se quedarán aquí en la cárcel hasta que esté claro que dicen la verdad. Si no, entonces juro por la vida del Faraón que esa será la prueba de que son espías”
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Así que José los puso a todos en prisión por tres días.
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.
Al tercer día les dijo: “Como respeto a Dios, hagan lo que les digo y vivirán.
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.
Si son verdaderamente honestos, elijan a uno de sus hermanos para que se quede aquí en la cárcel. El resto de podrá volver a casa con grano para sus familias hambrientas.
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.
Pero deben traer a su hermano menor aquí para demostrar que lo que dicen es verdad. Si no, todos ustedes morirán”. Ellos estuvieron de acuerdo en hacer esto.
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!”
“Claramente estamos siendo castigados por lo que le hicimos a nuestro hermano”, se decían unos a otros. “Lo vimos en agonía suplicándonos misericordia, pero nos negamos a escucharlo. Es por eso que tenemos todos estos problemas”.
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]!”
Rubén les dijo: “¿No les dije: ‘No le hagan daño al muchacho’? Pero no me escucharon. Ahora estamos pagando el precio por lo que le hicimos”.
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.
No se daban cuenta de que José entendía lo que decían porque le hablaban a través de un intérprete.
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.
José se alejó de ellos porque empezó a llorar. Volvió cuando pudo hablarles de nuevo. Eligió a Simeón y lo tuvo atado mientras ellos miraban.
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,
José dio la orden de llenar sus sacos con grano, y también de devolver el dinero que habían pagado poniéndolo también en los sacos. También ordenó que se les proveyera de comida para el viaje de vuelta a casa. Todo esto se hizo.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Los hermanos cargaron el grano en sus asnos y luego se pusieron en marcha.
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.
En el camino, se detuvieron para pasar la noche y uno de ellos abrió su saco para darle algo de comer a su asno y vio su dinero allí en la parte superior del saco.
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?”
Entonces les dijo a sus hermanos: “Me han devuelto mi dinero. ¡Está aquí mismo en la parte superior de mi saco!” ¡Estaban horrorizados! Temblando de miedo se preguntaron: “¿Qué es esto que Dios nos ha hecho?”
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Cuando llegaron a casa en Canaán, le contaron a su padre Jacob todo lo que había pasado.
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.
“El hombre que es el gobernador del país nos habló de manera severa y nos acusó de espiar la tierra”, explicaron.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
“Le dijimos: ‘Somos hombres honestos. ¡No somos espías!
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.’
Somos doce hermanos, hijos de un solo padre. Uno ha fallecido y el más joven está ahora mismo con nuestro padre en el país de Canaán’.
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.
Entonces el gobernador del país nos dijo: ‘Así es como sabré si dicen la verdad: dejen a uno de sus hermanos aquí conmigo mientras los demás llevan grano a casa para sus familias hambrientas.
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.’”
Entonces tráiganme a su hermano menor. Así sabré que no son espías, sino que dicen la verdad. Les entregaré a su hermano y podrán quedarse en el país y hacer negocios’”.
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.
Mientras vaciaban sus sacos, la bolsa de dinero de cada uno estaba allí en su saco. Cuando ellos y su padre vieron las bolsas de dinero, se horrorizaron.
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!”
Jacob, su padre, los acusó: “Me han quitado a José, ¡se ha ido! ¡Simeón también se ha ido! ¡Ahora quieren llevarse a Benjamín! ¡Soy yo el que está sufriendo por todo esto!”
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.”
“Puedes matar a mis dos hijos si no te lo devuelvo”, le aseguró Rubén. “Confíameloa mí, y yo mismo te lo traeré a casa”.
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)
“¡Mi hijo no irá allí con ustedes!” declaró Jacob. “Su hermano está muerto, y es el único que me queda. Si le pasa algo malo en el viaje, la tristeza llevará a este viejo a la tumba”. (Sheol h7585)
