Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
A fome era severa na terra.
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 eles comeram os grãos que haviam trazido do Egito, seu pai lhes disse: “Vão novamente, comprem-nos um pouco mais de comida”.
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.’
Judah falou com ele, dizendo: “O homem nos advertiu solenemente, dizendo: 'Você não verá meu rosto, a menos que seu irmão esteja com você'.
4 So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
Se você enviar nosso irmão conosco, nós desceremos e lhe compraremos comida;
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.’”
mas se você não o enviar, nós não desceremos, pois o homem nos disse: 'Você não verá meu rosto, a menos que seu irmão esteja com você'”.
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
Israel disse: “Por que você me tratou tão mal, dizendo ao homem que você tinha outro irmão”?
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]
Eles disseram: “O homem perguntou diretamente sobre nós mesmos, e sobre nossos parentes, dizendo: 'Seu pai ainda está vivo? Você tem outro irmão? Nós apenas respondemos às suas perguntas. Há alguma maneira de sabermos que ele diria: 'Traga seu irmão para baixo?'”.
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.
Judah disse a Israel, seu pai: “Mande o menino comigo, e nós nos levantaremos e iremos, para que possamos viver, e não morrer, tanto nós, como você, e também nossos pequenos.
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)].
I será uma garantia para ele. Da minha mão você vai precisar dele. Se eu não o trouxer até você, e o colocar diante de você, então deixe-me carregar a culpa para sempre;
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
pois se não tivéssemos nos atrasado, certamente já teríamos retornado uma segunda vez”.
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.
O pai deles, Israel, disse-lhes: “Se deve ser assim, então façam isto: Pegue dos frutos escolhidos da terra em suas bolsas, e leve um presente para o homem, um pouco de bálsamo, um pouco de mel, especiarias e mirra, nozes e amêndoas;
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 pegue o dinheiro em dobro em sua mão, e leve de volta o dinheiro que foi devolvido na boca de suas bolsas. Talvez tenha sido um lapso.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Pegue seu irmão também, levante-se e retorne ao homem.
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!”
Que Deus Todo-Poderoso lhe dê misericórdia diante do homem, para que ele lhe solte seu outro irmão e Benjamin. Se eu estou de luto por meus filhos, estou de luto”.
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.
Os homens pegaram aquele presente, pegaram o dobro do dinheiro na mão e Benjamin; e se levantaram, desceram ao Egito e se colocaram diante de José.
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 Joseph viu Benjamin com eles, disse ao administrador de sua casa: “Traga os homens para dentro de casa, e açougue um animal, e prepare-se; pois os homens jantarão comigo ao meio-dia”.
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
O homem fez como José ordenou, e o homem trouxe os homens para a casa de José.
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.”
Os homens tiveram medo, porque foram trazidos à casa de José; e disseram: “Por causa do dinheiro que foi devolvido em nossos sacos na primeira vez, somos trazidos; para que ele busque ocasião contra nós, nos ataque e nos tome como escravos, junto com nossos burros”.
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,
Eles se aproximaram do mordomo da casa de José, e falaram com ele na porta da casa,
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
e disseram: “Oh, meu senhor, nós realmente descemos a primeira vez para comprar comida.
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 chegamos ao alojamento, abrimos nossos sacos, e eis que o dinheiro de cada homem estava na boca de seu saco, nosso dinheiro em pleno peso. Trouxemo-lo de volta em nossas mãos.
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
We trouxemos outro dinheiro em nossa mão para comprar comida. Não sabemos quem colocou nosso dinheiro em nossos sacos”.
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.
Ele disse: “Que a paz esteja com você”. Não tenha medo. Seu Deus, e o Deus de seu pai, lhe deu um tesouro em seus sacos. Eu recebi seu dinheiro”. Ele trouxe Simeão até eles.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
O homem trouxe os homens para a casa de José, deu-lhes água e eles lavaram os pés. Ele deu forragem para os burros deles.
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.
Eles prepararam o presente para a chegada de José ao meio-dia, pois souberam que ali deveriam comer pão.
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 Joseph chegou em casa, eles lhe trouxeram o presente que estava em suas mãos, e se curvaram diante dele.
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?”
Ele lhes perguntou sobre seu bem-estar, e disse: “Seu pai está bem, o velho de quem você falou? Ele ainda está vivo?”
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.
Eles disseram: “Seu servo, nosso pai, está bem”. Ele ainda está vivo”. Eles se curvaram humildemente.
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.”
Ele levantou os olhos e viu Benjamin, seu irmão, o filho de sua mãe, e disse: “Este é seu irmão mais novo, de quem você falou comigo”? Ele disse: “Deus seja bondoso para contigo, meu filho”.
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.
Joseph apressou-se, pois seu coração ansiava por seu irmão; e procurou um lugar para chorar. Ele entrou em seu quarto, e chorou ali.
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!”
Lavou seu rosto e saiu. Ele se controlou e disse: “Sirva a refeição”.
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.
Eles o serviram sozinho, e eles sozinhos, e os egípcios que comiam com ele sozinhos, porque os egípcios não comem com os hebreus, pois isso é uma abominação para os egípcios.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Eles se sentaram diante dele, o primogênito de acordo com seu direito de nascimento, e o mais jovem de acordo com sua juventude, e os homens se maravilharam uns com os outros.
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.
Ele enviou-lhes porções de antes dele, mas a porção de Benjamin era cinco vezes maior do que a de qualquer um deles. Eles bebiam, e se alegraram com ele.
