Genesis 45
1 Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, “All of you go outside!” After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.
| فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ يُوسُفُ أَنْ يَتَمَالَكَ نَفْسَهُ أَمَامَ الْمَاثِلِينَ أَمَامَهُ، فَصَرَخَ: «لِيَخْرُجِ الْجَمِيعُ مِنْ هُنَا». فَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ مَعَ يُوسُفَ حِينَ كَشَفَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ لإِخْوَتِهِ. | ١ |
2 He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it.
| وَبَكَى بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ فَسَمِعَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ كَمَا سَمِعَ بَيْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ. | ٢ |
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?” But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said.
| وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «أَنَا يُوسُفُ. فَهَلْ أَبِي مَازَالَ حَيًّا؟» فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ إِخْوَتُهُ أَنْ يُجِيبُوهُ لأَنَّهُمُ امْتَلأُوا رُعْباً مِنْهُ. | ٣ |
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!
| فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «اُدْنُوا مِنِّي». فَاقْتَرَبُوا مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَنَا يُوسُفُ أَخُوكُمُ الَّذِي بِعْتُمُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ. | ٤ |
5 But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying [because of the famine] that God sent me here ahead of you.
| فَلا تَتَأَسَّفُوا الآنَ، وَلا يَصْعُبْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ بِعْتُمُونِي إِلَى هُنَا، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَمَامَكُمْ حِفَاظاً عَلَى حَيَاتِكُمْ. | ٥ |
6 There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest.
| فَقَدْ صَارَ لِلْمَجَاعَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ سَنَتَانِ، وَبَقِيَتْ خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا فَلاحَةٌ وَلا حَصَادٌ. | ٦ |
7 But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
| وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي اللهُ أَمَامَكُمْ لِيَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ بَقِيَّةً فِي الأَرْضِ وَيُنْقِذَ حَيَاتَكُمْ بِخَلاصٍ عَظِيمٍ. | ٧ |
8 Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt!
| فَلَسْتُمْ إِذاً أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَى هُنَا بَلِ اللهُ، الَّذِي جَعَلَنِي مُسْتَشَاراً لِفِرْعَوْنَ وَسَيِّداً لِكُلِّ بَيْتِهِ، وَمُتَسَلِّطاً عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ٨ |
9 Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately!
| فَأَسْرِعُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى أَبِي وَقُولُوا لَهُ: ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ يَقُولُ: لَقَدْ أَقَامَنِي اللهُ سَيِّداً عَلَى كُلِّ مِصْرَ. تَعَالَ وَلا تَتَبَاطَأْ. | ٩ |
10 You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.
| فَتُقِيمَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ لِتَكُونَ قَرِيباً مِنِّي أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَأَحْفَادُكَ وَغَنَمُكَ وَبَقَرُكَ وَكُلُّ مَالَكَ. | ١٠ |
11 Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve. [EUP]”’
| وَأَعُولُكَ هُنَاكَ لأَنَّ الْجُوعَ سَيَسْتَمِرُّ خَمْسَ سَنَوَاتٍ أُخْرَى، فَلا تَحْتَاجُ أَنْتَ وَعَائِلَتُكَ وَبَهَائِمُكَ. | ١١ |
12 “Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
| وَهَا أَنْتُمْ وَأَخِي بِنْيَامِينُ شُهُودٌ أَنَّنِي أَنَا حَقّاً الَّذِي يُخَاطِبُكُمْ. | ١٢ |
13 Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!”
| وَتُحَدِّثُونَ أَبِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَجْدِي فِي مِصْرَ وَعَمَّا شَهِدْتُمُوهُ. وَتُسْرِعُونَ فِي إِحْضَارِ أَبِي إِلَى هُنَا». | ١٣ |
14 Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
| ثُمَّ تَعَانَقَ يُوسُفُ وَبِنْيَامِينُ وَبَكَيَا | ١٤ |
15 And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
| وَقَبَّلَ يُوسُفُ بَاقِي إِخْوَتِهِ وَبَكَى مَعَهُمْ. وَعِنْدَئِذٍ فَقَطْ تَجَرَّأَ إِخْوَتُهُ عَلَى مُخَاطَبَتِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
| وَسَرَى الْخَبَرُ إِلَى بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقِيلَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ، فَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَعَبِيدَهُ أَيْضاً. | ١٦ |
17 The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
| وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «اطْلُبْ مِنْ إِخْوَتِكَ أَنْ يُحَمِّلُوا دَوَابَهُمْ بِالْقَمْحِ وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، | ١٧ |
18 Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.’
| لِيُحْضِرُوا أَبَاهُمْ وَأُسَرَهُمْ وَيَجِيئُوا إِلَيَّ، فَأُعْطِيَهُمْ أَفْضَلَ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَسْتَمْتِعُوا بِخَيْرَاتِهَا. | ١٨ |
19 “Also tell this to your brothers: ‘Take some carts from Egypt to carry your children and your wives, and get them and your father and come back here quickly.
| وَقَدْ صَدَرَ أَمْرٌ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا لَهُمْ عَرَبَاتٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَنْقُلُوا عَلَيْهَا أَوْلادَهُمْ وَزَوْجَاتِهِمْ وَأَبَاهُمْ وَيَحْضُرُوا إِلَى هُنَا. | ١٩ |
20 Do not worry about bringing your possessions, because the best things in Egypt will be yours. Because of that, you will not need to bring any of your things from Canaan.’”
| لَا يَكْتَرِثُوا لِمَا يُخَلِّفُونَهُ مِنْ مَتَاعٍ، فَخَيْرَاتُ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا هِيَ لَهُمْ». | ٢٠ |
21 Jacob’s sons did what the king suggested. Joseph gave them carts and food to eat along the way, as the king had ordered.
| فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذَا، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ يُوسُفُ عَرَبَاتٍ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَؤُونَةً لِلطَّرِيقِ. | ٢١ |
22 To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
| وَأَعْطَى كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ حُلَلَ ثِيَابٍ. أَمَّا بِنْيَامِينُ فَخَصَّهُ بِثَلاثِ مِئَةِ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَخَمْسِ حُلَلِ ثِيَابٍ. | ٢٢ |
23 And this is what he sent to his father: Ten male donkeys, loaded with some of the best goods that come from Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for his father’s trip to Egypt.
| وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ عَشَرَةَ حَمِيرٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ بِأَفْضَلِ خَيْرَاتِ مِصْرَ وَعَشْرَ أُتُنٍ مُثْقَلَةٍ بِالْحِنْطَةِ وَخُبْزاً وَطَعَاماً يَقْتَاتُ مِنْهَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
| وَهَكَذَا صَرَفَ إِخْوَتَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْصَاهُمْ: «لا تَتَخَاصَمُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ». | ٢٤ |
25 So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
| وَانْطَلَقُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ يَعْقُوبَ. | ٢٥ |
26 One of them told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!” Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true.
| فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ يُوسُفَ مَازَالَ حَيًّا، وَهُوَ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». فَغُشِيَ عَلَى قَلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 But they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him and his family and possessions to Egypt. Then their father Jacob’s shock ended.
| ثُمَّ حَدَّثُوهُ بِكَلامِ يُوسُفَ. وَعِنْدَمَا عَايَنَ يَعْقُوبُ الْعَرَبَاتِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا يُوسُفُ لِتَنْقُلَهُ، انْتَعَشَتْ رُوحُهُ، | ٢٧ |
28 He said, “What you have said is enough to convince me! My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die!”
| وَقَالَ: «كَفَى! يُوسُفُ ابْنِي حَيٌّ بَعْدُ، سَأَذْهَبُ لأَرَاهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ». | ٢٨ |
