Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
El hambre pesaba sobre la tierra,
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!”
por lo cual cuando acabaron de comer el grano que habían traído de Egipto, su padre les dijo: “Volved y compradnos algo que comer.”
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.’
Le respondió Judá, diciendo: “Aquel hombre nos declaró terminantemente: ‘No veréis mi rostro, si vuestro hermano no viene con vosotros’.
4 So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
Bajaremos, pues, con tal que dejes ir con nosotros a nuestro hermano, y te compraremos alimentos;
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.’”
pero si no quieres dejarlo ir, no bajaremos; porque aquel hombre nos dijo: “No veréis mi rostro si vuestro hermano no viene con vosotros.”
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
A lo cual respondió Israel: “¿Por qué me habéis hecho este mal, de decir a aquel hombre que aún teníais otro hermano?”
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]
Contestaron: “Aquel hombre nos preguntó detalladamente acerca de nosotros y de nuestra familia, diciendo: ‘Vive todavía vuestro padre? ¿Tenéis otro hermano?’ Y le contestamos conforme a estas preguntas. ¿Podíamos acaso saber que iba a decir: ‘Traed a vuestro hermano?’.”
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.
Entonces dijo Judá a Israel, su padre: “Envía al joven conmigo, de modo que nos pondremos en marcha e iremos, para que vivamos y no muramos, ni nosotros, ni tú, ni nuestros niños.
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)].
Yo respondo por él; reclámalo de mi mano. Si no te lo devuelvo y lo pongo delante de ti, seré culpable ante ti por siempre.
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
Si no fuera por esta demora, estaríamos de vuelta ya por 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.
Les dijo, pues, Israel, su padre: “Si así ha de ser, haced esto: tomad de lo mejor del país (y ponedlo) en vuestro equipaje, y haced a aquel hombre un presente: un poco de bálsamo, un poco de miel, especias, resina, pistachos y almendras.
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.
Y llevad en vuestra mano doble cantidad de dinero para restituir el dinero que os fue devuelto en la boca de vuestros costales. Quizás fue por equivocación.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Tomad también a vuestro hermano y levantáos para volver hacia aquel hombre.
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!”
El Dios Todopoderoso os haga hallar gracia ante ese hombre, para que deje volver con vosotros al otro hermano vuestro y a Benjamín. En cuanto a mí, si he de ser privado de hijos, séalo.”
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.
Tomaron, pues, los hombres aquel presente. Tomaron también en sus manos la doble cantidad de dinero y a Benjamín, Luego se pusieron en camino y bajaron a Egipto y se presentaron ante 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].
Apenas vio José con ellos a Benjamín, dijo al mayordomo de su casa: “Lleva a estos hombres a mi casa, degüella animales y pon la mesa, porque estos hombres comerán conmigo a mediodía”.
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
E hizo este como José había mandado y los llevó 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.”
Mientras los hombres eran conducidos a casa de José, sobrecogidos de temor, decían “Por el dinero que la vez pasada nos han devuelto en nuestros costales, somos traídos aquí; es para asaltarnos; van a caer sobre nosotros y prendernos como siervos, juntamente con nuestros asnos.”
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,
Acercáronse, pues, al mayordomo de la casa de José, y hablando con él a la puerta de la casa,
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
dijeron: “Disculpe, señor mío. Nosotros hemos bajado ya una vez a comprar provisiones.
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.
Mas cuando llegamos a la posada y abrimos nuestros costales, he aquí que el dinero de cada uno estaba en la boca de su costal, nuestro dinero en igual peso; por lo cual lo hemos vuelto a traer con nosotros.
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
Hemos traído con nosotros también otro dinero para comprar provisiones. No sabemos quién puso nuestro dinero en nuestros costales.”
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.
A lo que él respondió: “¡Estad tranquilos! No temáis. Vuestro Dios y el Dios de vuestro padre os puso un tesoro en vuestros costales. Vuestro dinero llegó a mí.” Y condujo a Simeón adonde estaban.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Después introdujo a los hombres en la casa de José, les dio agua para que se lavaran los pies, y también pienso a sus asnos.
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.
Prepararon entonces el presente para cuando viniese José al mediodía; pues habían oído que allí tendrían que comer.
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.
Cuando José llegó a casa, transportaron a su palacio el presente que habían traído consigo; y se postraron en tierra delante de él.
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?”
El cual les preguntó cómo estaban y dijo: “¿Está bien vuestro anciano padre de quien me hablasteis? ¿Vive todavía?
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.
Contestaron: “Tu siervo nuestro padre está bien y vive todavía”; e inclinándose se postraron.
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.”
Alzando los ojos, vio a Benjamín, su hermano, hijo de su madre, y dijo: “¿Es este vuestro hermano menor, de quien me hablasteis?” Y agregó: “¡Dios te bendiga, hijo mío!”
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.
Tras esto buscó José precipitadamente un lugar donde llorar, porque se le conmovieron las entrañas a causa de su hermano; entró, pues, en su aposento y allí lloró.
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!”
Después de haberse lavado el rostro, salió; y haciendo esfuerzo por contenerse, dijo: “Servid la comida.”
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.
Y sirvieron para él aparte, y para ellos aparte, y aparte para los egipcios que comían con él; pues los egipcios no pueden comer con los hebreos, porque esto es cosa abominable para los egipcios.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
(Los hermanos de José) ocupaban los asientos delante de él, el mayor según su primogenitura, y el menor según su menor edad, por lo cual se miraban con asombro unos a otros.
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.
Les hizo servir de las porciones que tenía delante de sí; mas la porción de Benjamín era cinco veces mayor que la de todos ellos. Y bebieron y se alegraron con él.
