Genesis 50
1 Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him.
Då föll Joseph in på sins faders ansigte, och gret, och kysste honom.
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.
Och Joseph befallte sina tjenare läkarena, att de skulle smörja hans fader: Och läkarena smorde Israel;
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.
Tilldess fyratio dagar voro förgångne; ty så länge varade smörjedagarna. Och de Egyptier begreto honom i sjutio dagar.
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:
Då nu sörjedagarne ute voro, talade Joseph med Pharaos gårdsfolk, och sade: Hafver jag funnit nåd för eder, så taler med Pharao, och säger:
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.’”
Min fader hafver tagit en ed af mig, och sagt: Si, jag dör; begraf mig i mine graf, som jag hafver grafvit mig i Canaans lande. Så vill jag nu fara upp och begrafva min fader, och komma igen.
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.’”
Pharao sade: Far dit upp, och begraf din fader, som du honom svorit hafver.
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.
Så for Joseph upp till att begrafva sin fader: Oh med honom foro alle Pharaos tjenare, de äldste af hans folk, och alle de äldste i Egypti lande;
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.
Dertill allt Josephs folk, och hans bröder, och hans faders folk; allena deras barn, får och fä lefde de i det landet Gosen.
9 Men riding in chariots [MTY] and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.
Och foro desslikes upp med honom vagnar och resenärer, och var en ganska stor skare.
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.
Då de nu kommo in på den planen Atad, som ligger in emot Jordan, då höllo de en ganska stor och bitter dödklagan; och han sörjde öfver sin fader i sju dagar.
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].’
Och då folket i landet, de Cananeer, sågo det sörjandet på den planen Atad, sade de: De Egyptier sörja der fast. Deraf kallar man det rummet de Egyptiers sorg; hvilket ligger in emot Jordan.
12 Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
Och hans barn gjorde som han dem befallt hade.
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.
Och förde honom i Canaans land, och begrofvo honom i den dubbelkulone af åkren, som Abraham med åkrenom köpt hade till arfgrift af Ephron Hetheen, tvärt emot Mamre.
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.
Så for Joseph åter in i Egypten med sina bröder, och med allom dem, som voro farne upp med honom till att begrafva hans fader; när de hade begrafvit honom.
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?”
Men Josephs bröder fruktade sig, då deras fader var död, och sade: Kanske, att Joseph är oss gramse, och måtte vedergälla oss det onda vi honom gjort hafve.
16 So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this:
Derföre läto de säga honom: Din fader gaf befallning för sin död, och sade:
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.
Så skolen I säga till Joseph: Käre, förlåt dina bröder deras missgerning och synd, att de så illa hafva gjort emot dig. Käre, förlåt oss nu, som ärom dins faders Guds tjenare, denna missgerning. Men Joseph gret, då de sådant talade med honom.
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.”
Och hans bröder gingo till, och föllo ned för honom, och sade: Si, vi äre dine tjenare.
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]
Joseph sade till dem: Frukter eder icke, ty jag är under Gudi.
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!
I tänkten ondt öfver mig, men Gud hafver vändt det till godo, att han gjorde som för ögon är, till att frälsa mycket folk.
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.
Så frukter eder nu intet, jag vill försörja eder och edro barn. Och han stärkte dem, och talade vänliga med dem.
22 Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
Så bodde Joseph i Egypten med sins faders huse, och lefde hundrade och tio år.
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].
Och såg Ephraims barn till tredje led: Föddes också barn på Josephs sköte, utaf Machirs barnom, hvilken Manasse son var.
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.”
Och Joseph sade till sina bröder: Jag dör, och Gud varder eder sökandes, och förandes utaf detta landet, in uti det landet, som han hafver svorit Abraham, Isaac och Jacob.
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.
Derföre tog han en ed af Israels barnom, och sade: När Gud varder eder sökandes, så förer min ben hädan.
26 So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there.
Så dödde Joseph, då han var hundrade och tio år gammal. Och de smorde honom, och lade honom uti ena kisto i Egypten.
