Genesis 44
1 When his brothers were ready to return home, Joseph said to the man who was in charge of things in his house, “Fill the sacks of those men with as much grain as they can carry [on their donkeys]. And put in the top of each man’s sack the silver that he paid for the grain.
Sidan sagde han med den som stod fyre huset hans: «Fyll sekkjerne åt desse mennerne med grjon, so mykje som dei kann føra, og legg pengarne åt kvar av deim ovanpå i sekken hans.
2 Then put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the silver that he paid for the grain.” So the servant did what Joseph told him to do.
Og staupet mitt, sylvstaupet, det skal du leggja øvst i sekken åt den yngste av deim, i hop med kornpengarne hans.» Og han gjorde som Josef sagde honom fyre.
3 The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home with their donkeys.
Um morgonen, med same det ljosna, let dei mennerne fara av stad med asni sine.
4 When they had not gone far from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of things in his house, “Pursue those men immediately. When you catch up to them, say to them, ‘We did good things for you! Why have you paid us back by doing something bad to us?
Dei var ikkje langt utum byen komne, då Josef sagde med den som stod fyre huset hans: «Upp, og set etter mennerne, og fyrst du når deim att, so seg ned deim: «Kvi løner de godt med ilt?
5 [You have stolen the cup] that my master drinks from [RHQ]! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!’”
Er ikkje dette det staupet som husbonden min drikk av, og som han plar spå i? Dette var ille gjort av dykk!»»
6 The servant [left immediately and] when he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had told him to say.
Og han tok deim att, og sagde dette med deim.
7 But one of them replied to him, “Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that!
Då sagde dei med honom: «Kvi talar du soleis, herre? Gud frie tenarane dine frå å gjera slikte ting.
8 We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So (we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?) [RHQ]
Sjå no, dei pengarne som me fann øvst i sekkjerne våre, deim hadde me med hit til deg att frå Kana’ans-landet. Kvi skulde me då stela sylv eller gull utor huset åt husbonden din?
9 If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.”
Den av tenarane dine som det vert funne hjå, han skal døy, og me andre skal vera trælarne dine.»
10 The man replied, “Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.”
«Ja, » sagde han, «lat det vera so som de segjer! Den som det vert funne hjå, skal vera trælen min, men dei andre skal vera saklause.»
11 Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it.
So skunda dei seg, og lyfte klyvjarne ned på marki, og løyste upp kvar si klyv.
12 Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them.
Og han rannsaka; han tok til hjå den eldste, og enda hjå den yngste. Og staupet vart funne i sekken hans Benjamin.
13 The brothers tore their clothes [because they were so dismayed]. They loaded the sacks on the donkeys again and returned to the city.
Då reiv dei sund klædi sine, og klyvja på asni att, og for attende til byen.
14 When Judah and his [older and younger] brothers entered Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph.
Og Juda og brørne hans gjekk inn til huset åt Josef, for han var der endå, og dei kasta seg å gruve for honom.
15 He said to them, “Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?” [RHQ]
Og Josef sagde med deim: «Kva er det de hev gjort no? Veit de ikkje at ein mann som eg kann finna ut det som er dult?»
16 Judah replied, “Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we (are innocent/did not steal the cup)? God has (paid us back/punished us) for the sins [we committed many years ago]. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack the cup was found.”
Då sagde Juda: «Kva skal me segja til deg, herre? Korleis skal me taka til ords? Kva skal me orsaka oss med? Gud hev funne brotet åt tenarane dine. Sjå, me vil vera trælarne dine, både me og han som staupet vart funne hjå.»
17 But Joseph replied, “No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.”
Men han sagde: «Gud frie meg frå å gjera slikt! Den som staupet vart funnen hjå, han skal vera trælen min. Men de andre kann fara i fred heim til far dykkar.»
18 Then Judah came near to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you.
Då steig Juda fram for honom og sagde: «Høyr meg, herre! Lat tenaren din få tala eit ord til deg, herre, og lat ikkje vreiden din loga upp mot tenaren din! For du er som Farao sjølv!
19 You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another brother?’
Du spurde oss, herre, og sagde: «Hev de nokon far eller bror?»
20 We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an [older] brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.’
Då sagde me til deg: «Ja, me hev ein gamall far, og han hev ein liten son, som han fekk på sine gamle dagar, bror åt denne sveinen er burte, og han er att åleine etter mor si, og far hans held honom so kjær.»
21 Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.’
Og du sagde til oss: «Kom hit til meg med honom, so eg fær sjå honom med mine eigne augo!»
22 We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’
Då sagde me til deg: «Sveinen må ikkje skiljast frå far sin; skilst han ifrå honom, so døyr faren.»
23 But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!’
Og du sagde til oss: «Kjem ikkje yngste bror dykkar hit med dykk, so skal de ikkje oftare koma for augo mine.»
24 When we returned to our father, we told him what you said.
Då me so kom heim att til far vår, tenaren din, fortalde me honom kva du hadde sagt, herre.
25 [Months later] our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!’
Og far vår sagde: «Far i vegen att og kjøp noko grjon åt oss!»
26 But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.’
Då sagde me: «Me torer ikkje koma der att. Men er yngste bror vår med oss, so skal me fara der ned. For me fær ikkje koma mannen for augo utan yngste bror vår er med.»
27 Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] gave birth to two sons for me.
Og far vår sagde med oss: «De veit at eg fekk tvo søner med kona mi.
28 One of them disappeared, and I said, “A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.” And I have not seen him since then.
Og den eine vart burte for meg, og eg sagde: «Han er visst ihelriven; » for eg hev aldri set honom sidan.
29 I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ (Sheol h7585)
Tek de no denne og ifrå meg, og vert han fyre ei uheppa, so kjem de til å senda dei grå håri mine med sut og harm ned i nåheimen.» (Sheol h7585)
30 “So please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.
Skal eg no koma heim til far min, og me hev ikkje med oss sveinen, som hjarta hans heng so fast ved,
31 If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
då vert det dauden hans, med same han ser at sveinen ikkje er med, og me lyt senda dei grå håri åt far vår med sut og sorg ned i nåheimen. (Sheol h7585)
32 I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it is my fault) [for not bringing him back to you].’
For eg tok på meg å svara for sveinen hjå far min, og sagde: «Kjem eg ikkje heim til deg att med honom, so skal eg vera saka i det for far min alle mine dagar!»
33 “So, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers.
Lat difor meg få vera att i staden for sveinen, og vera trælen din, og lat sveinen få fara heim att med brørne sine.
34 (I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me?) [RHQ] I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!”
For korleis kunde eg koma heim att til far min, når sveinen ikkje var med? Eg tolde ikkje sjå på den sorg som då kom yver far min.»
