Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
OR la fame [era] grave nel 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!”
E, dopo ch'essi ebber finito di mangiare il grano che aveano portato di Egitto, il padre loro disse loro: Tornate a comperarci un poco di vittuaglia.
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.’
E Giuda gli disse: Quell'uomo ci ha espressamente protestato, e detto: Voi non vedrete la mia faccia, che il vostro fratello non [sia] con voi.
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 mandi il nostro fratello con noi, noi scenderemo, e ti compreremo della vittuaglia.
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 pur tu non [vel] mandi, noi non iscenderemo; perciocchè quell'uomo ci ha detto: Voi non vedrete la mia faccia, che il vostro fratello non [sia] con voi.
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
E Israele disse: Perchè mi avete voi fatto questa offesa, di dichiarare 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]
Ed essi dissero: Quell'uomo ci domandò partitamente di noi, e del nostro parentado, dicendo: Il padre vostro vive egli ancora? avete voi [alcun altro] fratello? E noi gliene demmo contezza, secondo quelle parole; potevamo noi in alcun modo sapere ch'egli direbbe: Fate venire il 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.
E Giuda disse a Israele, suo padre: Lascia venire il giovane meco, e noi ci leveremo, e andremo, e viveremo, e non morremo, e noi, e tu, e le nostre famiglie.
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 te lo sicuro; ridomandalo dalla mia mano; se io non tel riconduco, e non tel rappresento, io sarò colpevole inverso te in perpetuo.
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
Che se non ci fossimo indugiati, certo ora saremmo già ritornati due volte.
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.
E Israele, lor padre, disse loro: Se pur qui così [bisogna fare], fate questo: Prendete delle più isquisite cose di questo paese nelle vostre sacca, e portatene un presente a quell'uomo; un poco di balsamo, e un poco di mele, e degli aromati, e della mirra, e de' pinocchi, e delle 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.
E pigliate in mano danari al doppio; riportate eziandio i danari che vi furono rimessi alla bocca de' vostri sacchi; forse fu errore.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
E prendete il vostro fratello, e levatevi [e] ritornate a 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!”
E facciavi l'Iddio Onnipotente trovar pietà appo quell'uomo, sì ch'egli vi rilasci il vostro altro fratello, e Beniamino; e se pure io sarò orbato di figliuoli, sialo.
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.
Quegli uomini adunque presero quel presente; presero eziandio danari al doppio, e Beniamino; e, levatisi, scesero in Egitto, e si presentarono davanti 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].
E Giuseppe, veggendo Beniamino con loro, disse al suo mastro di casa: Mena questi uomini dentro alla casa, e ammazza delle carni e apparecchia[le]; perciocchè questi uomini mangeranno meco a meriggio.
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
E colui fece come Giuseppe avea detto, e menò quegli uomini dentro alla 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.”
E quegli uomini temettero, perciocchè erano menati dentro alla casa di Giuseppe, e dissero: Noi siamo menati [qua entro] per que' danari che ci furono tornati ne' nostri sacchi la prima volta; acciocchè egli si rivolti addosso a noi, e si avventi contro a noi, e ci prenda per servi, insieme co' 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,
E accostatisi al mastro di casa di Giuseppe, gli parlarono in su l'entrata della casa.
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
E dissero: Ahi, signor mio! certo da principio noi scendemmo per comperar della vittuaglia.
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.
Or avvenne, come fummo giunti all'albergo, che, aprendo i nostri sacchi, ecco, i danari di ciascun di noi [erano] alla bocca del suo sacco; i nostri danari [vi erano] appunto secondo il lor peso; e noi li abbiamo riportati con noi.
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
Abbiamo, oltre a ciò, portati nelle nostre mani altri danari per comperar della vittuaglia; noi non sappiamo chi mettesse i nostri danari ne' nostri sacchi.
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.
Ed egli disse [loro: ] Datevi pace; non temiate; l'Iddio vostro, e l'Iddio del padre vostro, ha messo un tesoro ne' vostri sacchi; i vostri danari mi vennero in mano.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Poi trasse lor fuori Simeone. E, menatili dentro alla casa di Giuseppe, fece portar dell'acqua, ed essi si lavarono i piedi; ed egli diede della pastura 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.
E aspettando che Giuseppe venisse a meriggio, essi apparecchiarono quel presente; perciocchè aveano inteso che resterebbero quivi a mangiare.
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.
E quando Giuseppe fu venuto in casa, essi gli porsero quel presente che aveano in mano, dentro alla casa; e gli s'inchinarono fino in 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?”
E egli li domandò del [lor] bene stare, e disse: Il padre vostro, quel vecchio di cui [mi] parlaste, sta egli bene? vive egli 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.
Ed essi dissero: Nostro padre, tuo servitore, sta bene; egli vive ancora. E s'inchinarono, e [gli] fecero riverenza.
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.”
E [Giuseppe] alzò gli occhi, e vide Beniamino, suo fratello, figliuol di sua madre, e disse: È costui il vostro fratel minore, del qual [mi] parlaste? Poi disse: Iddio ti sia favorevole, figliuol 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.
E Giuseppe si ritrasse prestamente; perciocchè le sue viscere si riscaldavano inverso il suo fratello; e cercando [luogo] per piangere, se n'entrò nella cameretta, e quivi 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, lavatosi il viso, uscì fuori, e si fece forza, e disse: Recate le vivande.
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.
Furono adunque recate [le vivande] a lui da parte, a loro da parte, e agli Egizj che mangiavano con lui da parte; conciossiachè gli Egizj non possano mangiare con gli Ebrei; perciocchè ciò [è] cosa abbominevole agli Egizj.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Essi adunque si posero a sedere nel suo cospetto, il primogenito, secondo [l'ordine] suo di primogenito; e il minore, secondo [l'ordine della] sua età minore; e quegli uomini, maravigliandosi, [si riguardavano] 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.
Ed egli prese de' messi delle vivande d'appresso a sè, e le mandò loro; e la parte di Beniamino fu cinque volte maggiore di quella di qualunque altro di loro. Ed essi bevvero, e goderono con lui.
