< 1 Mose 42 >
1 Als aber Jakob sah, daß Korn in Ägypten war, sprach er zu seinen Söhnen: Was sehet ihr einander an?
When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
2 Siehe, ich höre, es gebe in Ägypten Korn; reiset dort hinab und kauft uns daselbst Getreide, daß wir leben und nicht sterben!
He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
3 Also machten sich zehn Brüder Josephs auf den Weg, um in Ägypten Getreide zu kaufen.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Benjamin aber, Josephs Bruder, sandte Jakob nicht mit den Brüdern; denn er sprach: Es könnte ihm ein Unfall begegnen!
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
5 So kamen nun die Söhne Israels, Getreide zu kaufen, mit andern, die auch gingen, weil im Lande Kanaan Hungersnot war.
So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
6 Joseph aber war Regent über das Land; er verkaufte allem Volk des Landes Korn. Darum kamen Josephs Brüder und fielen vor ihm nieder, das Angesicht zur Erde gewandt.
At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
7 Da nun Joseph seine Brüder sah, erkannte er sie, verstellte sich aber und redete hart mit ihnen und fragte sie: Wo kommt ihr her? Sie antworteten: Aus dem Lande Kanaan, um Speise zu kaufen!
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
8 Aber wiewohl Joseph seine Brüder kannte, kannten sie ihn doch nicht.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Und Joseph gedachte der Träume, die er von ihnen geträumt hatte, und sprach zu ihnen: Kundschafter seid ihr; zu sehen, wo das Land offen ist, darum seid ihr gekommen!
And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
10 Sie antworteten ihm: Nein, mein Herr; deine Knechte sind gekommen, um Speise zu kaufen!
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Wir sind alle eines Mannes Söhne; wir sind redlich; deine Knechte sind niemals Kundschafter gewesen.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Doch, ihr seid gekommen zu sehen, wo das Land offen ist!
He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
13 Sie antworteten: Wir, deine Knechte, sind zwölf Brüder, eines einzigen Mannes Söhne im Lande Kanaan, und siehe, der jüngste ist gegenwärtig bei unserm Vater, und einer ist nicht mehr vorhanden.
But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
14 Aber Joseph sprach zu ihnen: Es ist so, wie ich euch gesagt habe: Ihr seid Kundschafter!
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Daran will ich euch prüfen; so wahr der Pharao lebt, sollt ihr von hier nicht fortgehen, es komme denn euer jüngster Bruder her!
But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
16 Schickt einen von euch hin, daß er euren Bruder hole, ihr aber sollt in Haft behalten werden; so wird es sich herausstellen, ob ihr mit der Wahrheit umgeht; wo aber nicht, dann seid ihr Kundschafter, so wahr der Pharao lebt!
Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
17 Und er tat sie alle zusammen in Verwahrung, drei Tage lang.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Am dritten Tag aber sprach Joseph zu ihnen: Um euer Leben zu fristen, macht es so; denn ich fürchte Gott:
On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
19 Wenn ihr aufrichtig seid, so lasset einen von euch Brüdern hier gebunden im Gefängnis zurück; ihr andern aber geht hin und bringet heim, was eure Familien zur Stillung des Hungers bedürfen.
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
20 Euren jüngsten Bruder aber bringet zu mir, so wird man euren Worten glauben und ihr sollt nicht sterben. Und sie taten also.
But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
21 Sie sagten aber zueinander: Wahrlich, das haben wir an unserm Bruder verschuldet, dessen Seelenangst wir sahen, als er uns um Erbarmen anflehte; wir aber hörten nicht auf ihn. Darum ist diese Not über uns gekommen!
They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
22 Ruben antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Habe ich es euch nicht gesagt, ihr solltet euch an dem Knaben nicht versündigen? Aber ihr wolltet ja nicht hören! Darum seht, nun wird sein Blut gefordert!
Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
23 Sie wußten aber nicht, daß Joseph sie verstand; denn er verkehrte mit ihnen durch einen Dolmetscher.
While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
24 Und er wandte sich von ihnen und weinte, kehrte aber wieder zu ihnen zurück und redete mit ihnen. Darauf nahm er Simeon von ihnen weg und band ihn vor ihren Augen.
[Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
25 Und Joseph gab Befehl, daß man ihre Säcke mit Getreide fülle und einem jeden sein Geld wieder in seinen Sack lege und ihnen auch Zehrung mit auf die Reise gebe.
Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
26 Und man tat ihnen also. Da luden sie ihr Getreide auf ihre Esel und gingen davon.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Als aber einer seinen Sack öffnete, um in der Herberge seinem Esel Futter zu geben, da sah er sein Geld, und siehe, es lag oben im Sack!
At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
28 Und er sprach zu seinen Brüdern: Mein Geld ist mir zurückgegeben worden; seht, es ist in meinem Sack! Da verging ihnen aller Mut; und sie sprachen zitternd einer zum andern: Ach, warum hat uns Gott das getan?
He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Als sie aber zu ihrem Vater Jakob ins Land Kanaan kamen, erzählten sie ihm alles, was ihnen begegnet war und sprachen:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 Der Mann, der des Landes Herr ist, redete hart mit uns und behandelte uns als Kundschafter des Landes.
“The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
31 Wir aber sagten: Wir sind aufrichtig und sind keine Kundschafter;
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 wir sind unser zwölf Brüder, Söhne unsres Vaters; einer ist nicht mehr da, der jüngste aber ist gegenwärtig bei unserm Vater im Lande Kanaan.
Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
33 Da sprach der Mann, des Landes Herr, zu uns: Daran will ich erkennen, ob ihr aufrichtig seid: Laßt einen eurer Brüder bei mir zurück und geht und nehmt die Notdurft für eure Haushaltungen mit;
The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
34 und bringet euren jüngeren Bruder zu mir, damit ich erkenne, daß ihr keine Kundschafter, sondern aufrichtig seid. Dann will ich euch euren Bruder herausgeben und ihr könnt ungehindert im Lande verkehren.
But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
35 Als sie aber ihre Säcke ausleerten, siehe, da hatte jeder sein Bündlein Geld in seinem Sack! Als sie und ihr Vater ihre Bündlein Geld sahen, erschraken sie.
As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
36 Und ihr Vater Jakob sprach zu ihnen: Ihr habt mich meiner Kinder beraubt! Joseph ist nicht mehr, Simeon ist nicht mehr, und Benjamin wollt ihr nehmen; es geht alles über mich!
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
37 Da sprach Ruben zu seinem Vater: Du kannst meine beiden Söhne töten, wenn ich ihn dir nicht wiederbringe; übergib ihn nur meiner Hand, ich will ihn dir wiederbringen!
Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
38 Er aber sprach: Mein Sohn soll nicht mit euch hinabziehen; denn sein Bruder ist tot, und er ist allein übriggeblieben. Sollte ihm ein Unfall begegnen auf dem Wege, den ihr geht, so würdet ihr meine grauen Haare vor Kummer ins Totenreich hinunterbringen! (Sheol )
But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol )