1 Mózes 42
1 És látá Jákób, hogy van gabona Égyiptomban és monda Jákób az ő fiainak: Mit néztek egymásra?
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 És monda: Ímé hallom hogy Égyiptomban van gabona; menjetek le oda, és vegyetek onnan nékünk gabonát, hogy éljünk és ne haljunk meg.
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 Leméne azért Józsefnek tíz bátyja Égyiptomba gabonát venni.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 De Benjámint a József öcscsét nem bocsátá el Jákób az ő bátyjaival; mert mondá: Netalán veszedelem érhetné.
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 Elmenének tehát Izráel fiai gabonát venni az oda menőkkel együtt, mert éhség vala Kanaán földén.
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 József pedig az ország kormányzója vala, és ő árulja vala a gabonát a föld minden népének. Eljutának azért a József bátyjai, és arczczal a földre borúlának ő előtte.
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 Amint meglátá József az ő bátyjait, megismeré őket, de idegennek mutatá magát hozzájok, és kemény beszédekkel szóla nékik, mondván: Honnan jöttetek? Azok pedig mondának: Kanaán földéről jöttünk eleséget venni.
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 Megismeré pedig József az ő bátyjait, de azok nem ismerék meg őt.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 És megemlékezék József az álmokról, a melyeket azok felől álmodott vala. És monda nékik: Kémek vagytok ti, kik azért jöttetek, hogy az ország védetlen részeit meglássátok.
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 És mondának néki: Nem uram, hanem eleséget venni jöttek a te szolgáid.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Mi mindnyájan egy ember fiai vagyunk: igaz emberek vagyunk. Soha nem voltak kémek a te szolgáid.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Ismét monda: Nem úgy van, hanem azért jöttetek, hogy az ország védetlen részeit meglássátok.
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 Amazok mondának: Mi, te szolgáid, tizenketten vagyunk testvérek, egy embernek fiai, Kanaán földén; és ímé legkisebbikünk most atyánknál van, egyikünk pedig nincsen meg.
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 József pedig monda nékik: Úgy van a mint néktek mondám: kémek vagytok.
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Ezzel lesztek próbára téve: Úgy éljen a Faraó, hogy ki nem mentek innen, míg ide nem jő a ti legkisebbik atyátokfia.
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 Küldjetek el közűletek egyet, hogy hozza ide testvérteket; ti pedig fogva lesztek. Így lesz próbára téve beszédetek, hogy igaz járatban vagytok-é vagy nem? Úgy éljen a Faraó, hogy ti kémek vagytok.
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 Annakokáért fogságban tartá őket harmadnapig.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Harmadnap pedig monda nékik József: Ezt cselekedjétek, hogy éljetek; az Istent én is félem.
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 Ha igaz emberek vagytok, maradjon fogva egyik testvéretek a ti tömlöczötökben, ti pedig menjetek el, vigyetek gabonát házaitok szükségére.
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 Legkisebbik atyátokfiát pedig hozzátok én hozzám, akkor igazolva lesznek beszédeitek és nem haltok meg. És aképen cselekedének.
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 És mondának egymásnak: Bizony vétkeztünk mi a mi atyánkfia ellen, a kinek láttuk lelki szorongását, mikor nékünk könyörög vala, de nem hallgattunk reá; azért következett reánk ez a nyomorúság.
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 Rúben pedig felele nékik, mondván: Avagy nem mondtam-é néktek, hogy ne vétkezzetek a gyermek ellen, de ti nem hallgattatok reám. És ímé vérét is keresik rajtunk!
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 És nem tudják vala ők, hogy József érti őket, mert tolmács vala közöttük.
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 És elfordula tőlök és síra: Azután hozzájok fordula és szóla nékik, és visszatartá közűlök Simeont, és szemök láttára megkötözteté őt.
[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 És parancsola József, hogy töltsék meg edényeiket gabonával, és tegyék vissza pénzöket mindeniknek az ő zsákjába, és hogy adjanak nékik enni valót az útra; és így cselekedének velök.
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 És felveték gabonájokat szamaraikra és elmenének onnan.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 És egyik kioldá zsákját, hogy abrakot adjon szamarának a szálláson és meglátá az ő pénzét, hogy ímé zsákja szájában van az.
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 És monda az ő atyjafiainak: Visszatették az én pénzemet, és ímé zsákomban van. Akkor megrettene szívök, és remegve mondának egymásnak: Micsoda ez, a mit Isten cselekedett velünk?
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 És eljutának atyjokhoz Jákóbhoz Kanaán földére és mindazt elbeszélék néki a mi velök történt vala, mondván:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 Az a férfiú, annak a földnek ura, keményen szóla nékünk, és úgy bánt velünk, mintha az országot kémleltük volna.
“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 És mondánk néki: Igaz emberek vagyunk, soha nem voltunk mi kémek.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Tizenketten vagyunk atyafiak, a mi atyánknak fiai, egyikünk nincs meg, legkisebbikünk pedig most atyánkkal van Kanaán földén.
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 És monda nékünk az a férfiú, annak a földnek ura: Erről ismerem meg, hogy igaz emberek vagytok: egyik atyátokfiát hagyjátok nálam, a házaitok szükségére valót vigyétek, és menjetek el;
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 És hozzátok hozzám a ti legkisebbik atyátokfiát, akkor megtudom, hogy nem vagytok kémek, hanem igaz emberek; akkor visszaadom néktek a ti atyátokfiát, és ebben az országban kereskedhettek.
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 És lőn a mint zsákjaikat kiüresíték, ímé az ő csomó pénze mindeniknek zsákjában vala. A mint látták az ő csomó pénzeiket ők és az ő atyjok, megfélemlének.
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 És monda nékik az ő atyjok Jákób: Megfosztotok engem gyermekeimtől; József nincsen, Simeon sincsen. Benjámint is elviszitek? mindez engem ér!
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 Akkor szóla Rúben az ő atyjának, mondván: az én két fiamat öld meg, ha meg nem hozom őt néked. Bízd az én kezemre őt, és én visszahozom néked.
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 Az pedig monda: Nem megy le oda az én fiam ti veletek, mert az ő bátyja megholt és ő maga maradt meg; ha veszedelem érné őt az úton, a melyen elmentek, ősz fejemet búba borítva bocsátanátok le a koporsóba. (Sheol h7585)
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 h7585)
