Genesi 39

1 ORA, essendo stato Giuseppe menato in Egitto, Potifarre, Eunuco di Faraone, Capitan delle guardie, uomo Egizio, lo comperò da quegl'Ismaeliti, che l'aveano menato.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.

2 E il Signore fu con Giuseppe; e fu uomo che andava prosperando; e stette in casa del suo signore Egizio.

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3 E il suo signore vide che il Signore [era] con lui, e che il Signore gli prosperava nelle mani tutto ciò ch'egli faceva.

And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

4 Laonde Giuseppe venne in grazia di esso, e gli serviva; ed egli lo costituì sopra tutta la sua casa, e gli diede in mano tuto ciò ch'egli avea.

And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.

5 E da che quell'Egizio l'ebbe costituito sopra la sua casa, e sopra tutto ciò ch'egli avea, il Signore benedisse la casa di esso, per amor di Giuseppe; e la benedizione del Signore fu sopra tutto ciò ch'egli avea in casa, e ne' campi.

And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

6 Ed egli rimise nelle mani di Giuseppe tutto ciò ch'egli [avea], e non tenea ragion con lui di cosa alcuna, salvo del suo mangiare. Or Giuseppe [era] formoso, e di bell'aspetto.

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.

7 Ed avvenne, dopo queste cose, che la moglie del signore di Giuseppe gli pose l'occhio addosso, e gli disse: Giaciti meco.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

8 Ma egli [il] ricusò, e disse alla moglie del suo signore: Ecco, il mio signore non tiene ragione meco [di cosa alcuna] che [sia] in casa, e mi ha dato in mano tutto ciò ch'egli ha.

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.

9 Egli [stesso] non è più grande di me in questa casa, e non mi ha divietato null'altro che te; perciocchè tu [sei] sua moglie; come dunque farei questo gran male, e peccherei contro a Dio?

There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

10 E, benchè ella gli[ene] parlasse ogni giorno, non però le acconsentì di giacerlesi allato, per esser con lei.

And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,

11 Or avvenne un giorno, che, essendo egli entrato in casa per far sue faccende, e non [essendovi] alcuno della gente di casa ivi in casa;

that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

12 ella, presolo per lo vestimento, gli disse: Giaciti meco. Ma egli, lasciatole il suo vestimento in mano, se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.

Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

13 E, quando ella vide ch'egli le avea lasciato il suo vestimento in mano, e che se ne era fuggito fuori;

And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,

14 chiamò la gente di casa sua, e disse loro: Vedete, egli ci ha menato in casa un uomo Ebreo per ischernirci; esso venne a me per giacersi meco; ma io gridai ad alta voce.

that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

15 E come egli udì che io avea alzata la voce, e gridava, lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.

and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.

16 Ed ella ripose il vestimento di Giuseppe appo sè, finchè il signore di esso fosse tornato in casa sua.

And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.

17 Poi gli parlò in questa maniera: Quel servo Ebreo che tu ci menasti venne a me per ischernirmi.

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

18 Ma, come io ebbi alzata la voce, ed ebbi gridato, egli lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì fuori.

and it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.

19 E quando il signore di Giuseppe ebbe intese le parole che sua moglie gli diceva, cioè: Il tuo servo mi ha fatte cotali cose, si accese nell'ira.

And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrath was kindled.

20 E il signore di Giuseppe lo prese, e lo mise nel Torrione, [ch'era] il luogo dove i prigioni del re [erano] incarcerati; ed egli fu ivi nel Torrione.

And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, [the] place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

21 E il Signore fu con Giuseppe, e spiegò la [sua] benignità inverso lui, e lo rendette grazioso al carceriere.

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

22 E il carceriere diede in mano a Giuseppe tutti i prigioni ch' [erano] nel Torrione; ed egli faceva tutto ciò che vi si avea a fare.

And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.

23 Il carceriere non riguardava a cosa alcuna ch'egli [avesse] nelle mani; perciocchè il Signore [era] con lui; e il Signore prosperava tutto quello ch'egli faceva.

The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper.