Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
La carestia continuava a gravare sul paese.
2 Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
Quando ebbero finito di consumare il grano che avevano portato dall'Egitto, il padre disse loro: «Tornate là e acquistate per noi un pò di viveri».
3 But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
Ma Giuda gli disse: «Quell'uomo ci ha dichiarato severamente: Non verrete alla mia presenza, se non avrete con voi il vostro fratello!
4 So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
Se tu sei disposto a lasciar partire con noi nostro fratello, andremo laggiù e ti compreremo il grano.
5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
Ma se tu non lo lasci partire, noi non ci andremo, perché quell'uomo ci ha detto: Non verrete alla mia presenza, se non avrete con voi il vostro fratello!».
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
Israele disse: «Perché mi avete fatto questo male, cioè far sapere a quell'uomo che avevate ancora un fratello?».
7 One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
Risposero: «Quell'uomo ci ha interrogati con insistenza intorno a noi e alla nostra parentela: E' ancora vivo vostro padre? Avete qualche fratello? e noi abbiamo risposto secondo queste domande. Potevamo sapere ch'egli avrebbe detto: Conducete qui vostro fratello?».
8 Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
Giuda disse a Israele suo padre: «Lascia venire il giovane con me; partiremo subito per vivere e non morire, noi, tu e i nostri bambini.
9 I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
Io mi rendo garante di lui: dalle mie mani lo reclamerai. Se non te lo ricondurrò, se non te lo riporterò, io sarò colpevole contro di te per tutta la vita.
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
Se non avessimo indugiato, ora saremmo gia di ritorno per la seconda volta».
11 Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
Israele loro padre rispose: «Se è così, fate pure: mettete nei vostri bagagli i prodotti più scelti del paese e portateli in dono a quell'uomo: un pò di balsamo, un pò di miele, resina e laudano, pistacchi e mandorle.
12 Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
Prendete con voi doppio denaro, il denaro cioè che è stato rimesso nella bocca dei vostri sacchi lo porterete indietro: forse si tratta di un errore.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Prendete anche vostro fratello, partite e tornate da quell'uomo.
14 I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
Dio onnipotente vi faccia trovare misericordia presso quell'uomo, così che vi rilasci l'altro fratello e Beniamino. Quanto a me, una volta che non avrò più i miei figli, non li avrò più...!».
15 So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
Presero dunque i nostri uomini questo dono e il doppio del denaro e anche Beniamino, partirono, scesero in Egitto e si presentarono a Giuseppe.
16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
Quando Giuseppe ebbe visto Beniamino con loro, disse al suo maggiordomo: «Conduci questi uomini in casa, macella quello che occorre e prepara, perché questi uomini mangeranno con me a mezzogiorno».
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
Il maggiordomo fece come Giuseppe aveva ordinato e introdusse quegli uomini nella casa di Giuseppe.
18 But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
Ma quegli uomini si spaventarono, perché venivano condotti in casa di Giuseppe, e dissero: «A causa del denaro, rimesso nei nostri sacchi l'altra volta, ci si vuol condurre là: per assalirci, piombarci addosso e prenderci come schiavi con i nostri asini».
19 They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
Allora si avvicinarono al maggiordomo della casa di Giuseppe e parlarono con lui all'ingresso della casa;
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
dissero: «Mio signore, noi siamo venuti gia un'altra volta per comperare viveri.
21 But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
Quando fummo arrivati ad un luogo per passarvi la notte, aprimmo i sacchi ed ecco il denaro di ciascuno si trovava alla bocca del suo sacco: proprio il nostro denaro con il suo peso esatto. Allora noi l'abbiamo portato indietro
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
e, per acquistare i viveri, abbiamo portato con noi altro denaro. Non sappiamo chi abbia messo nei sacchi il nostro denaro!».
23 The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
Ma quegli disse: «State in pace, non temete! Il vostro Dio e il Dio dei padri vostri vi ha messo un tesoro nei sacchi; il vostro denaro è pervenuto a me». E portò loro Simeone.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Quell'uomo fece entrare gli uomini nella casa di Giuseppe, diede loro acqua, perché si lavassero i piedi e diede il foraggio ai loro asini.
25 He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
Essi prepararono il dono nell'attesa che Giuseppe arrivasse a mezzogiorno, perché avevano saputo che avrebbero preso cibo in quel luogo.
26 When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
Quando Giuseppe arrivò a casa, gli presentarono il dono, che avevano con sé, e si prostrarono davanti a lui con la faccia a terra.
27 He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
Egli domandò loro come stavano e disse: «Sta bene il vostro vecchio padre, di cui mi avete parlato? Vive ancora?».
28 One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
Risposero: «Il tuo servo, nostro padre, sta bene, è ancora vivo» e si inginocchiarono prostrandosi.
29 Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
Egli alzò gli occhi e guardò Beniamino, suo fratello, il figlio di sua madre, e disse: «E' questo il vostro fratello più giovane, di cui mi avete parlato?» e aggiunse: «Dio ti conceda grazia, figlio mio!».
30 Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
Giuseppe uscì in fretta, perché si era commosso nell'intimo alla presenza di suo fratello e sentiva il bisogno di piangere; entrò nella sua camera e pianse.
31 Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
Poi si lavò la faccia, uscì e, facendosi forza, ordinò: «Servite il pasto».
32 The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
Fu servito per lui a parte, per loro a parte e per i commensali egiziani a parte, perché gli Egiziani non possono prender cibo con gli Ebrei: ciò sarebbe per loro un abominio.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Presero posto davanti a lui dal primogenito al più giovane, ciascuno in ordine di età ed essi si guardavano con meraviglia l'un l'altro.
34 And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
Egli fece portare loro porzioni prese dalla propria mensa, ma la porzione di Beniamino era cinque volte più abbondante di quella di tutti gli altri. E con lui bevvero fino all'allegria.
