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!”
Men då Jacob såg, att säd var fal i Egypten, sade han till sina söner: Hvi sen I icke till?
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!”
Si, jag hörer, att uti Egypten är säd nog, farer der ned, och köper oss säd, att vi må lefva och icke dö.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Så foro då tio Josephs bröder ned, att de skulle köpa säd i Egypten.
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.
Ty BenJamin Josephs broder lät Jacob icke fara med sina bröder, ty han sade: Honom måtte något ondt vederkomma.
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.
Så foro Israels barn åstad till att köpa säd med androm, som kommo med dem; ty det var ock dyr tid i Canaans lande.
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.
Men Joseph var rådandes i landena, och sålde säd allo folkena i landena. Då nu hans bröder kommo till honom, föllo de ned på jordene för honom på sitt ansigte.
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.”
Och han såg uppå dem, och kände dem, och låts vara främmande emot dem, och talade skarpt med dem, och sade till dem: Hvadan kommen I? De sade: Utaf Canaans land till att köpa spisning.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Och ändå han kände dem, så kände de dock intet honom.
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]!”
Och Joseph tänkte på drömmen, som honom hade drömt om dem, och sade till dem: I ären spejare, och ären komne till att bese, hvarest landet är öppet.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
De svarade honom: Nej, min herre, dine tjenare äro komne till att köpa spisning.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Vi äre alle ens mans söner; vi äre redelige, och dine tjenare hafva aldrig varit spejare.
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!”
Han sade till dem: Nej, utan I ären komne till att bese, hvarest landet är öppet.
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]”
De svarade honom: Vi dine tjenare äre tolf bröder, ens mans söner i Canaans land; och den yngste är när vår fader, men den ene är icke mer till.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Joseph sade till dem: Detta är det jag hafver sagt eder, spejare ären I.
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!
De uppå vill jag pröfva eder: Vid Pharaos lif, I skolen icke komma hädan, med mindre edar yngste broder kommer hit.
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.”
Sänder en af eder bort, som hemtar hit edar broder: Men I skolen vara fångne. Så vill jag pröfva edart tal, om I faren med sanningene eller icke. Ty hvar så icke, så ären I, vid Pharaos lif, spejare.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Och han lät dem allesamman i förvaring i tre dagar.
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.
Om tredje dagen sade han till dem: Viljen I lefva, så görer alltså; ty jag fruktar Gud.
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.
Ären I redelige, så låter en edar broder ligga bunden i edart fängelse; men I farer bort, och förer hem hvad som I köpt hafven emot hungeren;
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.
Och förer edar yngsta broder hit till mig, så vill jag tro edor ord, på det I icke skolen dö. Och de gjorde så.
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!”
Men de talade inbördes: Detta hafve vi förskyllat på vår broder, att vi såge hans själs ångest, då han bad oss, och vi ville intet höra honom; derföre kommer nu denna bedröfvelsen öfver oss.
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]!”
Ruben svarade dem, och sade: Sade jag icke eder, då jag talade: Synder icke på pilten; och I villen icke hörat? Nu varder hans blod utkrafd.
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.
Men de visste icke, att Joseph förstod det; ty han talade med dem med en tolk.
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.
Och han vände sig ifrå dem, och gret. Då han nu vände sig åter till dem, och talade med dem, tog han Simeon utaf dem, och bandt honom för deras ögon.
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,
Och gaf befallningen, att deras säckar skulle fyllas med mälning, och gifvas deras penningar igen, hvars i hans säck; dertill ock hvarjom sina täring på resone. Och man gjorde dem så.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Och de lade sina varor på sina åsnar, och foro dädan.
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.
Men då endera lät upp sin säck, att han skulle fodra sin åsna i herberget, vardt han varse sina penningar, som lågo ofvan i säckenom;
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?”
Och sade till sina bröder: Jag hafver fått mina penningar igen; si, de äro i minom säck. Då förföll dem deras hjerta och förskräcktes inbördes, och sade: Hvi hafver Gud gjort oss så?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Då de nu kommo hem till deras fader Jacob i Canaans lande, sade de honom allt det dem vederfaret var, och sade:
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.
Den mannen, som är herre i landet, talade skarpt till oss, och höll oss för landsens spejare.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Och då vi svarade: Vi äre redelige, och hafve aldrig varit spejare;
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.’
Utan ärom tolf bröder, vårs faders söner; en är icke mer till, och den yngste är ännu i denna dag när vår fader i Canaans lande;
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.
Sade han till oss: Deruppå vill jag märkat, att I ären redelige: En edar broder låter när mig qvar, och tager nödtorft till edor hus, och farer bort:
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.’”
Och hemter edar yngsta broder hit till mig, så kan jag märka, att I icke ären spejare, utan redelige män; så vill jag ock gifva eder edar broder igen, och så må I bruka edart bästa i landena.
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.
Och då de slogo ut af säckarna, fann hvar och en sitt penningaknyte i sinom säck: Och då de sågo, att det var deras penningaknyte, vordo de, med deras fader, förskräckte.
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!”
Då sade Jacob deras fader: I hafven gjort mig barnlös; Joseph är icke mera till, Simeon är ock icke mera till, BenJamin viljen I taga ifrå mig: Det går allt öfver mig.
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.”
Ruben svarade sinom fader, och sade: Om jag icke förer dig honom hem igen, så dräp båda mina söner: Allenast gif honom i mina hand, jag vill föra dig honom hem igen.
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)
Han sade: Min son skall icke fara ned med eder; ty hans broder är död, och han är allena igenblifven: Om honom vederfores något ondt i vägen, der I resten, vorden I drifvandes min grå hår med sorg neder i grafvena. (Sheol h7585)
