Γένεσις 37
1 Κατώκησε δε ο Ιακώβ εν τη γη, εν ή παρώκησεν ο πατήρ αυτού, εν τη γη Χαναάν.
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
2 Αύτη είναι γενεαλογία του Ιακώβ. Ο Ιωσήφ, νέος ων ετών δεκαεπτά, εποίμαινε τα πρόβατα μετά των αδελφών αυτού, των υιών της Βαλλάς και των υιών της Ζελφάς, των γυναικών του πατρός αυτού· και ανέφερεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τον πατέρα αυτών την κακήν αυτών φήμην.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, tended the flock with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
3 Ο δε Ισραήλ ηγάπα τον Ιωσήφ υπέρ πάντας τους υιούς αυτού, διότι ήτο υιός του γήρατος αυτού· και έκαμεν εις αυτόν χιτώνα ποικιλόχρωμον.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he had been born to him in his old age. And he made a long ornamented robe for him.
4 Βλέποντες δε οι αδελφοί αυτού, ότι αυτόν ηγάπα ο πατήρ αυτών υπέρ πάντας τους αδελφούς αυτού, εμίσησαν αυτόν και δεν ηδύναντο να ομιλώσι προς αυτόν ειρηνικώς.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak a kind word to him.
5 Ενυπνιασθείς δε ο Ιωσήφ ενύπνιον, διηγήθη αυτό εις τους αδελφούς αυτού· και εμίσησαν αυτόν έτι μάλλον.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 Και είπε προς αυτούς, Ακούσατε, παρακαλώ, το ενύπνιον τούτο το οποίον ενυπνιάσθην.
He said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had:
7 Ιδού, ημείς εδένομεν δεμάτια εν μέσω της πεδιάδος· και ιδού, εσηκώθη το ιδικόν μου δεμάτιον και εστάθη όρθιον· και ιδού, τα ιδικά σας δεμάτια περιστραφέντα προσεκύνησαν το ιδικόν μου δεμάτιον.
And look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and look, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
8 Είπον δε προς αυτόν οι αδελφοί αυτού, Βασιλεύς θέλεις γείνει εφ' ημάς; ή κύριος θέλεις γείνει εις ημάς; Και εμίσησαν αυτόν έτι μάλλον διά τα ενύπνια αυτού και διά τους λόγους αυτού.
Then his brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?" So they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
9 Ενυπνιάσθη δε και άλλο ενύπνιον, και διηγήθη αυτό προς τους αδελφούς αυτού· και είπεν, Ιδού, ενυπνιάσθην άλλο ενύπνιον· και ιδού, ο ήλιος και η σελήνη και ένδεκα αστέρες με προσεκύνουν.
And he had another dream, and told it to his father and to his brothers, and said, "Look, I had yet another dream, and look, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
10 Και διηγήθη αυτό προς τον πατέρα αυτού και προς τους αδελφούς αυτού και επέπληξεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού και είπε προς αυτόν, Τι είναι το ενύπνιον τούτο, το οποίον ενυπνιάσθης; άραγε θέλομεν ελθεί, εγώ και η μήτηρ σου και οι αδελφοί σου, διά να σε προσκυνήσωμεν έως εδάφους;
When he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you had? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11 Και εφθόνησαν αυτόν οι αδελφοί αυτού· ο δε πατήρ αυτού εφύλαττε τον λόγον.
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the matter.
12 Και υπήγαν οι αδελφοί αυτού να βοσκήσωσι τα πρόβατα του πατρός αυτών εις Συχέμ.
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
13 Και είπεν ο Ισραήλ προς τον Ιωσήφ, Δεν βόσκουσιν οι αδελφοί σου εν Συχέμ; ελθέ να σε στείλω προς αυτούς. Ο δε είπε προς αυτόν, Ιδού, εγώ.
And Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the flock near Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I am ready."
14 Και είπε προς αυτόν, Ύπαγε λοιπόν να ίδης, αν ήναι καλά οι αδελφοί σου και καλά τα πρόβατα, και φέρε μοι είδησιν. Και απέστειλεν αυτόν από της κοιλάδος της Χεβρών· και ήλθεν εις Συχέμ.
So he said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and report back to me." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Και εύρηκεν αυτόν άνθρωπός τις, ενώ περιεπλανάτο εν τη πεδιάδι· και ηρώτησεν αυτόν ο άνθρωπος, λέγων, Τι ζητείς;
And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16 Ο δε είπε, Τους αδελφούς μου ζητώ· ειπέ μοι, παρακαλώ, που βόσκουσι.
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock."
17 Και είπεν ο άνθρωπος, Ανεχώρησαν από εδώ· διότι ήκουσα αυτούς λέγοντας, Ας υπάγωμεν εις Δωθάν. Και υπήγεν ο Ιωσήφ κατόπιν των αδελφών αυτού, και εύρηκεν αυτούς εν Δωθάν.
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 Οι δε ιδόντες αυτόν μακρόθεν, πριν πλησιάση εις αυτούς, συνεβουλεύθησαν κατ' αυτού να φονεύσωσιν αυτόν.
Now they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they plotted against him to kill him.
19 Και είπεν ο εις προς τον άλλον, Ιδού, έρχεται εκείνος ο κύριος των ενυπνίων·
And they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming.
20 έλθετε λοιπόν τώρα και ας φονεύσωμεν αυτόν και ας ρίψωμεν αυτόν εις ένα εκ των λάκκων· και θέλομεν ειπεί, Θηρίον κακόν κατέφαγεν αυτόν· και θέλομεν ιδεί τι θέλουσι γείνει τα ενύπνια αυτού.
Come now, and let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we will see what will become of his dreams."
21 Και ακούσας ο Ρουβήν ηλευθέρωσεν αυτόν εκ των χειρών αυτών, λέγων, Ας μη βλάψωμεν αυτόν εις την ζωήν.
But Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let's not take his life."
22 Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ρουβήν, Μη χύσητε αίμα· ρίψατε αυτόν εις τούτον τον λάκκον, τον εν τη ερήμω, και χείρα μη βάλητε επ' αυτόν· διά να ελευθερώση αυτόν εκ των χειρών αυτών, και να αποδώση αυτόν εις τον πατέρα αυτού.
Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might deliver him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
23 Ότε λοιπόν ήλθεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, εξέδυσαν τον Ιωσήφ τον χιτώνα αυτού, τον χιτώνα τον ποικιλόχρωμον, τον επ' αυτόν·
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his robe, the long ornamented robe that he was wearing.
24 και λαβόντες αυτόν, έρριψαν εις τον λάκκον· ο δε λάκκος ήτο κενός· δεν είχεν ύδωρ.
And they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the pit was empty. There was no water in it.)
25 Έπειτα εκάθησαν να φάγωσιν άρτον, και αναβλέψαντες είδον· και ιδού, συνοδία Ισμαηλιτών ήρχετο από Γαλαάδ μετά των καμήλων αυτών φορτωμένων αρώματα και βάλσαμον και μύρον, και επορεύοντο να φέρωσιν αυτά κάτω εις την Αίγυπτον.
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And they looked up, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 Και είπεν ο Ιούδας προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, Τις η ωφέλεια, εάν φονεύσωμεν τον αδελφόν ημών και κρύψωμεν το αίμα αυτού;
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 έλθετε και ας πωλήσωμεν αυτόν εις τους Ισμαηλίτας· και ας μη βάλωμεν τας χείρας ημών επ' αυτόν· διότι αδελφός ημών, σαρξ ημών είναι. Και υπήκουσαν οι αδελφοί αυτού.
Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our flesh." And his brothers agreed.
28 Και ενώ διέβαινον οι Μαδιανίται έμποροι, ανέσυραν και ανεβίβασαν τον Ιωσήφ εκ του λάκκου και επώλησαν τον Ιωσήφ διά είκοσι αργύρια εις τους Ισμαηλίτας· οι δε έφεραν τον Ιωσήφ εις Αίγυπτον.
So the Midianites merchants passed by, and they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the cistern, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29 Επέστρεψε δε ο Ρουβήν εις τον λάκκον, και ιδού, ο Ιωσήφ δεν ήτο εν τω λάκκω· και διέσχισε τα ιμάτια αυτού.
And Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph wasn't in the cistern; and he tore his clothes.
30 Και επέστρεψε προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, και είπε, Το παιδίον δεν υπάρχει και εγώ, εγώ που να υπάγω;
He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone. Now, what am I to do?"
31 Τότε έλαβον τον χιτώνα του Ιωσήφ και έσφαξαν ερίφιον εκ των αιγών, και έβαψαν τον χιτώνα εν τω αίματι·
They took Joseph's robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32 και απέστειλαν τον χιτώνα τον ποικιλόχρωμον, και έφεραν αυτόν προς τον πατέρα αυτών και είπον, Ευρήκαμεν τούτον· γνώρισον τώρα, αν ήναι ο χιτών του υιού σου ή ουχί.
And they sent the long ornamented robe and they brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."
33 Ο δε εγνώρισεν αυτόν και είπε, Ο χιτών του υιού μου είναι· θηρίον κακόν κατέφαγεν αυτόν· όλος κατεσπαράχθη ο Ιωσήφ.
And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe. A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."
34 Και διέσχισεν ο Ιακώβ τα ιμάτια αυτού και έβαλε σάκκον εις την οσφύν αυτού και επένθησε τον υιόν αυτού ημέρας πολλάς.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 Και εσηκώθησαν πάντες οι υιοί αυτού και πάσαι αι θυγατέρες αυτού, διά να παρηγορήσωσιν αυτόν· αλλά δεν ήθελε να παρηγορηθή, λέγων, Ότι πενθών θέλω καταβή προς τον υιόν μου εις τον τάφον. Και έκλαυσεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού. (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Indeed, I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." And his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Οι δε Μαδιανίται επώλησαν αυτόν εν τη Αιγύπτω εις τον Πετεφρήν, αυλικόν του Φαραώ, άρχοντα των σωματοφυλάκων.
Now the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
