Genesis 50
1 Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him.
Иосиф пал на лице отца своего, и плакал над ним, и целовал его.
2 Joseph commanded his servants who were morticians to (embalm his father’s body/put spices on his father’s body) to (preserve it/keep it from decaying), and then wrap it with strips of cloth.
И повелел Иосиф слугам своим - врачам бальзамировать отца его; и врачи набальзамировали Израиля.
3 So the morticians did that. It took 40 days to embalm Jacob’s body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. And the people of Egypt mourned for 70 days because of Jacob’s death.
И исполнилось ему сорок дней, ибо столько дней употребляется на бальзамирование, и оплакивали его Египтяне семьдесят дней.
4 When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king’s officials, “If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king:
Когда же прошли дни плача по нем, Иосиф сказал придворным фараона, говоря: если я обрел благоволение в очах ваших, то скажите фараону так:
5 ‘When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father’s body. Then I will return.’”
отец мой заклял меня, сказав: вот, я умираю; во гробе моем, который я выкопал себе в земле Ханаанской, там похорони меня. И теперь хотел бы я пойти и похоронить отца моего и возвратиться. Слова Иосифа пересказали фараону.
6 After they gave the king the message, he replied, “Tell Joseph, ‘Go up and bury your father’s body, as you (swore/solemnly promised) that you would do.’”
И сказал фараон: пойди и похорони отца твоего, как он заклял тебя.
7 So Joseph went [up to Canaan] to bury his father’s body. All of the king’s officials, all the king’s advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
И пошел Иосиф хоронить отца своего. И пошли с ним все слуги фараона, старейшины дома его и все старейшины земли Египетской,
8 His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and his father’s family went with him.
и весь дом Иосифа, и братья его, и дом отца его. Только детей своих и мелкий и крупный скот свой оставили в земле Гесем.
9 Men riding in chariots [MTY] and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.
С ним отправились также колесницы и всадники, так что сонм был весьма велик.
10 They went to the east side of the Jordan [River] and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people (threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff.) There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.
И дошли они до Горен-гаатада при Иордане и плакали там плачем великим и весьма сильным; и сделал Иосиф плач по отце своем семь дней.
11 When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, “This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!” So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians].’
И видели жители земли той, Хананеи, плач в Горен-гаатаде, и сказали: велик плач этот у Египтян! Посему наречено имя месту тому: плач Египтян, что при Иордане.
12 Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
И сделали сыновья Иакова с ним, как он заповедал им;
13 They [crossed the Jordan River and] carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre [town]. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place.
и отнесли его сыновья его в землю Ханаанскую и похоронили его в пещере на поле Махпела, которую купил Авраам с полем в собственность для погребения у Ефрона Хеттеянина, пред Мамре.
14 After he had buried his father, Joseph and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.
И возвратился Иосиф в Египет, сам и братья его и все ходившие с ним хоронить отца его, после погребения им отца своего.
15 After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, “Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?”
И увидели братья Иосифовы, что умер отец их, и сказали: что, если Иосиф возненавидит нас и захочет отмстить нам за все зло, которое мы ему сделали?
16 So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this:
И послали они сказать Иосифу: отец твой пред смертью своею завещал, говоря:
17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive your [older] brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.”’ So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.” But Joseph just cried when he received their message.
так скажите Иосифу: прости братьям твоим вину и грех их, так как они сделали тебе зло. И ныне прости вины рабов Бога отца твоего. Иосиф плакал, когда ему говорили это.
18 Then his [older] brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.”
Пришли и сами братья его, и пали пред лицем его, и сказали: вот, мы рабы тебе.
19 But Joseph replied to them, “Do not be afraid! [God is the one who punishes people]; (am I God?/I am not God!) [RHQ]
И сказал Иосиф: не бойтесь, ибо я боюсь Бога;
20 As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive!
вот, вы умышляли против меня зло; но Бог обратил это в добро, чтобы сделать то, что теперь есть: сохранить жизнь великому числу людей;
21 So I say [again], do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better.
итак не бойтесь: я буду питать вас и детей ваших. И успокоил их и говорил по сердцу их.
22 Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
И жил Иосиф в Египте сам и дом отца его; жил же Иосиф всего сто десять лет.
23 He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. The children of Joseph’s grandson Machir, who was Manasseh’s son, were born before Joseph died, and were adopted by Joseph to be his own children [IDM].
И видел Иосиф детей у Ефрема до третьего рода, также и сыновья Махира, сына Манассиина, родились на колени Иосифа.
24 One day Joseph said to his [older] brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly (help/take care of) you. And [some day] he will lead your [descendants] up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
И сказал Иосиф братьям своим: я умираю, но Бог посетит вас и выведет вас из земли сей в землю, о которой клялся Аврааму, Исааку и Иакову.
25 Then Joseph said, “When God enables you to do that, you must take my body back to Canaan.” He made his older brothers solemnly promise to do that.
И заклял Иосиф сынов Израилевых, говоря: Бог посетит вас, и вынесите кости мои отсюда.
26 So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there.
И умер Иосиф ста десяти лет. И набальзамировали его и положили в ковчег в Египте.
