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!”
Jacob, al considerar que había grano en Egipto, dijo a sus hijos: ¿Por qué se miran unos a otros?
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!”
Y añadió: Miren, oí que hay grano en Egipto. Bajen allá y compren algo para nosotros a fin de que vivamos y no muramos.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Bajaron, pues, diez de los hermanos de José a comprar grano en Egipto.
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 a Benjamín, hermano de José, con sus hermanos, porque dijo: No sea que le ocurra alguna calamidad.
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 entre los que iban, pues la hambruna estaba en la tierra de 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 gobernante del país, el que vendía a todo el pueblo de la tierra. Entonces los hermanos de José llegaron y se postraron ante él con su 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 vio a sus hermanos y los reconoció, pero fingió ser un extraño para ellos, y les habló duramente. Y les preguntó: ¿De dónde vinieron? Ellos respondieron: De la tierra de Canaán a comprar alimento.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Así que José reconoció a sus hermanos, pero ellos no lo reconocieron.
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]!”
Al acordarse José de los sueños que tuvo con respecto a ellos, los acusó: ¡Ustedes son espías! ¡Vinieron para ver lo desprotegido del país!
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Pero ellos le contestaron: No, ʼadón nuestro, tus esclavos vinimos a comprar alimento.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo hombre. Somos honestos. Tus esclavos 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!”
Pero él les dijo: ¡No! Vinieron a ver lo desprotegido del país.
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]”
Entonces ellos respondieron: Tus esclavos somos 12 hermanos, hijos de un varón de la tierra de Canaán, y mira, el menor está hoy con nuestro padre, y el otro desapareció.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Pero José les dijo: Es lo que les digo: ¡Son espías!
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!
En esto serán probados: Vive Faraón, que no saldrán de aquí hasta cuando venga aquí su hermano menor.
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.”
Envíen a uno de ustedes para que traiga a su hermano. Entre tanto, queden ustedes detenidos y sean comprobadas sus palabras, si hay verdad en ustedes, y si no, ¡vive Faraón, que son espías!
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Y los envió todos juntos a la cárcel 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.
Pero al tercer día José les dijo: Hagan esto y vivirán. Yo temo a ʼElohim.
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 honestos, uno de los hermanos quede encarcelado mientras los demás van y llevan el grano para el hambre de sus familias.
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 me traerán a su hermano menor para que sus palabras sean verificadas, y no morirán. E hicieron así.
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!”
Cada cual decía a su hermano: Ciertamente somos culpables por nuestro hermano, pues vimos la angustia de su alma cuando nos rogaba, y no lo escuchamos. Por eso vino sobre nosotros esta angustia.
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]!”
Entonces Rubén les respondió: ¿No les hablé: No pequen contra el muchacho? Pero no me escucharon, y ahora, ciertamente, nos es demandada su sangre.
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.
Ellos no sabían que José entendía, porque había un traductor entre ellos.
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.
Entonces él se apartó y lloró. Después volvió a ellos y les habló, y al tomar de entre ellos a Simeón, lo ató delante de ellos.
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,
Entonces José ordenó que llenaran sus sacos de grano, devolvieran la plata de cada uno de ellos a su saco y les dieran provisiones para el camino. Y así se hizo con ellos.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Ellos cargaron su grano sobre sus asnos y salieron de allí.
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.
Pero en la posada, al abrir uno de ellos su saco para dar forraje a su asno, vio que ahí estaba su dinero en la boca de su 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?”
Dijo a sus hermanos: ¡Mi plata fue devuelta, y miren, está en mi saco! Entonces el corazón se les sobresaltó y espantados se dijeron el uno al otro: ¿Qué es esto que ʼElohim nos hizo?
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 su padre Jacob en tierra de Canaán, le contaron todas las cosas que les sucedieron y dijeron:
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.
Aquel hombre, el ʼadón de aquella tierra nos habló cosas duras y nos trató como a espías de aquel país.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Pero le dijimos: Nosotros somos 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 12 hermanos, hijos de nuestro padre, uno no aparece, y el menor está hoy con nuestro padre en la tierra 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.
Aquel hombre, el ʼadón de aquella tierra, nos dijo: En esto sabré que ustedes son honestos. Dejen a uno de sus hermanos conmigo, y tomen grano para el hambre de sus familias y váyanse.
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.’”
Tráiganme a su hermano menor, y así sabré que no son espías, que son honestos. Les devolveré a su hermano y podrán negociar en el país.
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.
Sucedió que al vaciar ellos sus sacos, ahí estaba la bolsa de dinero de cada uno en su saco. Y al ver ellos y su padre las bolsas de dinero tuvieron temor.
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!”
Entonces su padre Jacob les dijo: Ustedes me privaron de hijos: José ya no está, Simeón tampoco está, y quieren llevarse a Benjamín. ¡Todas estas cosas están contra mí!
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.”
Rubén habló a su padre: Ordena que mueran mis dos hijos si no te lo traigo. Entrégalo en mi mano, que yo te lo devolveré.
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)
Pero él respondió: Mi hijo no bajará con ustedes, pues su hermano murió y quedó él solo. Si alguna desgracia le acontece en el camino por donde van, harán descender mis canas con dolor al Seol. (Sheol h7585)
