Genesis 43
1 And the famine [was] severe in the land.
Interim fames omnem terram vehementer premebat.
2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the corn which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Consumptisque cibis quos ex Aegypto detulerant, dixit Iacob ad filios suos: Revertimini, et emite nobis pauxillum escarum.
3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did solemnly protest to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.
Respondit Iudas: Denunciavit nobis vir ille sub attestatione iurisiurandi, dicens: Non videbitis faciem meam, nisi fratrem vestrum minimum adduxeritis vobiscum.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Si ergo vis eum mittere nobiscum, pergemus pariter, et ememus tibi necessaria:
5 But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.
sin autem non vis, non ibimus: vir enim, ut saepe diximus, denunciavit nobis, dicens: Non videbitis faciem meam absque fratre vestro minimo.
6 And Israel said, Why dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Dixit eis Israel: In meam hoc fecistis miseriam, ut indicaretis ei et alium habere vos fratrem.
7 And they said, The man asked us strictly concerning our state, and our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: Could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
At illi responderunt: Interrogavit nos homo per ordinem nostram progeniem: si pater viveret: si haberemus fratrem: et nos respondimus ei consequenter iuxta id quod fuerat sciscitatus: numquid scire poteramus quod dicturus esset: Adducite fratrem vestrum vobiscum?
8 And Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, [and] also our little ones.
Iudas quoque dixit patri suo: Mitte puerum mecum, ut proficiscamur, et possimus vivere: ne moriamur nos et parvuli nostri.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Ego suscipio puerum: de manu mea require illum. nisi reduxero, et reddidero eum tibi, ero peccati reus in te omni tempore.
10 For except we had delayed, surely now we had returned this second time.
Si non intercessisset dilatio, iam vice alter venissemus.
11 And their father Israel said to them, If [it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Igitur Israel pater eorum dixit ad eos: Si sic necesse est, facite quod vultis: sumite de optimis terrae frugibus in vasis vestris, et deferte viro munera, modicum resinae, et mellis, et storacis, stactes, et terebinthi, et amygdalarum.
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; it may be it [was] an oversight:
Pecuniam quoque duplicem ferte vobiscum: et illam, quam invenistis in sacculis, reportate, ne forte errore factum sit:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:
sed et fratrem vestrum tollite, et ite ad virum.
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved, I am bereaved.
Deus autem meus omnipotens faciat vobis eum placabilem: et remittat vobiscum fratrem vestrum quem tenet in vinculis, et hunc Beniamin: ego autem quasi orbatus absque liberis ero.
15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and arose, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Tulerunt ergo viri munera, et pecuniam duplicem, et Beniamin: descenderuntque in Aegyptum, et steterunt coram Ioseph.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring [these] men home, and slay, and make ready: for [these] men shall dine with me at noon.
Quos cum ille vidisset, et Beniamin simul, praecepit dispensatori domus suae, dicens: Introduc viros domum, et occide victimas, et instrue convivium: quoniam mecum sunt comesturi meridie.
17 And the man did as Joseph commanded: and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
Fecit ille sicut fuerat imperatum, et introduxit viros domum.
18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bond-men, and our asses.
Ibique exterriti, dixerunt mutuo: Propter pecuniam, quam retulimus prius in saccis nostris, introducti sumus: ut devolvat in nos calumniam, et violenter subiiciat servituti et nos, et asinos nostros.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
Quamobrem in ipsis foribus accedentes ad dispensatorem domus
20 And said, O sir, we came down indeed at the first time to buy food:
locuti sunt: Oramus domine ut audias nos. Iam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas:
21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, [every] man's money [was] in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
quibus emptis, cum venissemus ad diversorium, aperuimus saccos nostros, et invenimus pecuniam in ore saccorum: quam nunc eodem pondere reportavimus.
22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
Sed et aliud attulimus argentum, ut emamus quae nobis necessaria sunt: non est in nostra conscientia quis posuerit eam in marsupiis nostris.
23 And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out to them.
At ille respondit: Pax vobiscum, nolite timere: Deus vester, et Deus patris vestri dedit vobis thesauros in saccis vestris. nam pecuniam, quam dedistis mihi, probatam ego habeo. Eduxitque ad eos Simeon.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave [them] water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
Et introductis domum, attulit aquam, et laverunt pedes suos, deditque pabulum asinis eorum.
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph should come at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Illi vero parabant munera, donec ingrederetur Ioseph meridie: audierant enim quod ibi comesturi essent panem.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
Igitur ingressus est Ioseph domum suam, obtuleruntque ei munera, tenentes in manibus suis: et adoraverunt proni in terram.
27 And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? [Is] he yet alive?
At ille, clementer resalutatis eis, interrogavit eos, dicens: Sanusne est pater vester senex, de quo dixeratis mihi? Adhuc vivit?
28 And they answered, Thy servant, our father, [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
Qui responderunt: Sospes est servus tuus pater noster, adhuc vivit. Et incurvati, adoraverunt eum.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son.
Attollens autem Ioseph oculos, vidit Beniamin fratrem suum uterinum, et ait: Iste est frater vester parvulus, de quo dixeratis mihi? Et rursum: Deus, inquit, misereatur tui, fili mi.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels yearned towards his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.
Festinavitque quia commota fuerant viscera eius super fratre suo, et erumpebant lacrymae: et introiens cubiculum flevit.
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Rursumque lota facie egressus, continuit se, et ait: Ponite panes.
32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.
Quibus appositis, seorsum Ioseph, et seorsum fratribus, Aegyptiis quoque qui vescebantur simul, seorsum (illicitum est enim Aegyptiis comedere cum Hebraeis, et profanum putant huiuscemodi convivium)
33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men wondered one at another.
sederunt coram eo, primogenitus iuxta primogenita sua, et minimus iuxta aetatem suam. Et mirabantur nimis,
34 And he took [and sent] messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
sumptis partibus quas ab eo acceperant: maiorque pars venit Beniamin, ita ut quinque partibus excederet. Biberuntque et inebriati sunt cum eo.
