Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
Men svolten var hard i landet.
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!”
Og då det traut det kornet dei hadde havt heim frå Egyptarland, sagde far deira med deim: «Far i vegen att og kjøp oss noko grjon!»
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.’
Då sagde Juda med honom: «Denne mannen lyste so strenge ord og sagde: «De skal ikkje koma for augo mine, utan yngste bror dykkar er med.»
4 So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
Vil du no lata bror vår få vera med oss, so skal me fara ned og kjøpa grjon åt deg.
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.’”
Men sender du honom ikkje med, so vil me ikkje fara. For mannen sagde: «De skal ikkje koma for augo mine, utan bror dykkar er med.»»
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
Då sagde Israel: «Kvi gjorde de meg so ille imot og sagde det med mannen at de hadde endå ein bror?»
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]
Og dei svara: «Mannen spurde oss ut både um oss og ætti vår, og sagde: «Liver far dykkar endå? Hev de nokon bror?» So svara me, som han spurde til. Kor kunde då me tenkja at han skulde segja: «Kom hit med bror dykkar!»»
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.
Og Juda sagde med Israel, far sin: «Send du sveinen med meg, so vil me oss reiduge og fara, so me kann halda livet og ikkje døy burt, både me og du og småborni våre.
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)].
Eg skal svara for honom. Av meg kann du krevja honom att. Kjem eg ikkje heim til deg att med honom og set honom framfyre deg, so skal eg bera skuldi for det all min dag.
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
For hadde me ikkje drygt so lenge, so kunde me no vore heim att tvo vendor.»
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.
Då sagde Israel, far deira, med deim: «Er det ikkje onnor råd, so gjer som eg segjer: Tak med dykk i sekkjerne dykkar av alt det gjævaste som finst i landet, noko balsam og noko honning, kryddor og rosekvåda, pistacie-neter og mandlar! Det skal vera ei gåva til mannen.
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.
Og tak ein gong til so mange pengar med dykk! For dei pengarne som kom att og låg ovanpå i sekkjerne dykkar, fær de hava med attende; kann henda det berre var eit mistak.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Tak so bror dykkar med, og gjer dykk reiduge, og far attende til mannen!
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!”
Og Gud den Allvelduge late dykk møta godvilje hjå mannen, so han sender Benjamin og den andre bror dykkar med dykk heim att. Og eg - skal eg vera barnlaus, so fær eg vera barnlaus!»
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.
So tok dei gåva, og ein gong til so mange pengar tok dei med seg, og so Benjamin. Og dei gav seg på vegen, og for ned til Egyptarland, og gjekk fram for Josef.
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].
Då Josef såg at Benjamin var med deim, sagde han med den som stod fyre huset hans: «Bed desse mennerne inn, og slagta eit naut og laga det til; for dei skal eta til middags med meg.»
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
Og mannen gjorde som Josef sagde, og bad deim inn i huset åt Josef.
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.”
Men då dei skulde inn i huset åt Josef, vart dei rædde, og sagde: «Det er nok for dei pengarne skuld som låg att i sekkjerne våre fyrre gongen, at me skal her inn. Dei kjem til å velta seg inn på oss, og kasta seg yver oss, og taka oss til trælar, med asni våre.»
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,
So gjekk dei burt til mannen som stod fyre huset hans Josef, og tala til honom i husdøri,
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
og sagde: «Høyr her, gode herre! Du veit me hev vore her ein gong fyrr og kjøpt grjon.
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.
Men då me kom til kvilestaden, og løyste upp klyvjarne våre, då fann kvar sine pengar ovanpå i sekken sin; det var våre eigne pengar, med si fulle vegt, og no hev me deim med oss hit att.
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
Og andre pengar hev me og med oss, til å kjøpa grjon for. Me veit ikkje kven som hev lagt pengarne i sekkjerne våre.»
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.
Då sagde han: «Ver de hugheile! Hav ingen otte på dykk! Dykkar Gud og Gud åt far dykkar hev lagt ei gåva til dykk i sekkjerne. Pengarne dykkar hev eg fenge.» So henta han Simeon ut til deim.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Sidan fylgde mannen deim inn i huset hans Josef, og gav deim vatn, so dei fekk två føterne sine, og gav deim for til asni.
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.
So lagde dei gåvorne til reide, til Josef skulde koma heim til middags; for dei hadde høyrt at dei skulde eta der.
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.
Då so Josef kom heim, bar dei inn til honom gåvorne som dei hadde med seg, og lagde seg å gruve for honom.
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?”
Og han spurde korleis dei livde, og sagde: «Stend det vel til med den gamle far dykkar, som de tala um? Liver han endå?»
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.
«Ja, » svara dei, «det stend vel til med far vår, tenaren din. Han liver endå.» Og dei bøygde seg og kasta seg å gruve for honom.
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.”
Då han fekk auga på Benjamin, bror sin, son åt hans eigi mor, sagde han: «Er dette den yngste bror dykkar, som de tala til meg um? - Gud signe deg, guten min!» sagde han.
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.
Og Josef skunda seg burt. For hjarta hans kløktest, då han såg bror sin, so han laut få gråta. Og han gjekk inn i koven og gret.
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!”
So tvo han seg i andlitet, og gjekk ut att, og han gjorde seg hard, og sagde: «Set maten fram!»
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.
Då sette dei fram, for honom i ser, og for deim i ser, og for egyptarane i ser, deim som åt hjå honom; for egyptarane torer ikkje eta i lag med hebræarane; dei held det for å vare ufjelgt.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Dei vart sessa midt fyre honom etter alderen, frå den eldste til den yngste, og dei såg på kvarandre og undrast.
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.
Og det vart sendt um til deim av dei retterne som han sjølv åt av, og Benjamin fekk fem gonger so mykje som dei andre. Og dei drakk med honom, og vart fjåge.
