創世記 43

1 饑饉その地にはげしかりき

And the famine [was] heavy in the land.

2 茲に彼等エジプトよりもちきたりし穀物を食つくせし時父かられらに再びゆきて少許の糧食を買きたれといひければ

And it was just when they finished to eat the grain which they had brought from Egypt and he said to them father their go back buy for us a little of food.

3 ユダ父にかたりていひけるは彼人かたく我等をいましめていふ汝らの弟汝らとともにあるにあらざれば汝らはわが面をみるべからずと

And he said to him Judah saying certainly he warned us the man saying not you will see face my except brother your [is] with you.

4 汝もし弟をわれらとともに遣さば我等下て汝のために糧食を買ふべし

If there you [are] sending brother our with us we will go down and we will buy for you food.

5 されど汝もし彼をつかはさずば我等くだらざるべし其はかの人われらにむかひ汝等の弟なんぢらとともにあるにあらざれば汝ら吾面をみるべからずといひたればなりと

And if not you [are] sending [him] not we will go down for the man he said to us not you will see face my except brother your [is] with you.

6 イスラエルいひけるは汝等なにゆゑに汝等に尚弟のあることを彼人につげて我を惡くなすや

And he said Israel why? did you do harm to me by telling to the man ¿ still [belong] to you [does] a brother.

7 彼等いふ其人われらの模樣とわれらの親族を問ただして汝らの父は尚生存へをるや汝等は弟をもつやといひしにより其言の條々にしたがひて彼につげたるなり我等いかでか彼が汝等の弟をつれくだれといふならんとしるをえん

And they said carefully he asked the man of us and of kindred our saying ¿ still [is] father your living ¿ [does] there [belong] to you a brother and we told to him on [the] mouth of the words these ¿ really did we know that he will say bring down brother your.

8 ユダ父イスラエルにいひけるは童子をわれとともに遣はせ我等たちて往ん然らば我儕と汝およびわれらの子女生ることを得て死をまぬかるべし

And he said Judah to Israel father his send! the young man with me so let us arise and we will go and we may live and not we will die both we as well as you as well as little one[s] our.

9 我彼の身を保はん汝わが手にかれを問へ我もし彼を汝につれかへりて汝のまへに置ずば我永遠に罪をおはん

I I will stand surety for him from hand my you will require him if not I have brought him to you and I will set him before you and I will be culpable to you all the days.

10 我儕もし濡滯ことなかりしならば必ずすでにゆきて再びかへりしならん

For if not we had delayed for now we have returned this two times.

11 父イスラエル彼等にいひけるは然ば斯なせ汝等國の名物を器にいれ携へくだりて彼人に禮物とせよ乳香少許、蜜少許、香物、沒藥、胡桃および巴旦杏

And he said to them Israel father their if so - then this do take some of [the] best products of the land in vessels your and take down to the man a gift a little of balm and a little of honey spice and myrrh pistachio nuts and almonds.

12 又手に一倍の金を取りゆけ汝等の嚢の口に返してありし彼金を再び手にたづさへ行べし恐くは差謬にてありしならん

And silver double take in hand your and the silver that was returned in [the] mouth of sacks your you will take back in hand your perhaps [was] a mistake it.

13 且また汝らの弟を挈へ起てふたたたび其人の所にゆけ

And brother your take and arise go back to the man.

14 ねがはくは全能の神その人のまへにて汝等を矜恤みその人をして汝等の他の兄弟とベニヤミンを放ちかへさしめたまはんことを若われ子に別るべくあらば別れんと

And God Almighty may he give to you compassion before the man and he will let go to you brother your other and Benjamin and I just when I have been bereaved I have been bereaved.

15 是に於てかの人々その禮物を執り一倍の金を手に執りベニヤミンを携へて起てエジプトにくだりヨセフの前に立つ

And they took the men the gift this and double money they took in hand their and Benjamin and they arose and they went down Egypt and they stood before Joseph.

16 ヨセフ、ベニヤミンの彼らと偕なるを見てその家宰にいひけるはこの人々を家に導き畜を屠りて備へよこの人々卓午に我とともに食をなすべければなり

And he saw Joseph with them Benjamin and he said to [the one] who [was] over household his bring the men the house towards and slaughter a slaughter and prepare [it] for with me they will eat the men at noon.

17 其人ヨセフのいひしごとくなし其人この人々をヨセフの家に導けり

And he did the man just as he said Joseph and he brought the man the men [the] house of towards Joseph.

18 人々ヨセフの家に導かれたるによりて懼れいひけるは初めにわれらの嚢にかへりてありし金の事のために我等はひきいれらる是われらを抑留へて我等にせまり執へて奴隸となし且われらの驢馬を取んとするなりと

And they were afraid the men that they were brought [the] house of Joseph and they said on [the] matter of the silver which returned in sacks our at the beginning we [are] being brought to roll himself on us and to throw himself on us and to take us to slaves and donkeys our.

19 彼等すなはちヨセフの家宰に進みよりて家の入口にて之にかたりて

And they approached the man who [was] over [the] household of Joseph and they spoke to him [the] entrance of the house.

20 いひけるは主よ我等實に最初くだりて糧食を買たり

And they said pardon us O lord my certainly we came down at the beginning to buy food.

21 しかるに我等旅邸に至りて嚢を啓き見るに各人の金その嚢の口にありて其金の量全かりし然ば我等これを手にもちかへれり

And it was that we came to the lodging place and we opened! sacks our and there! [the] silver of each man [was] in [the] mouth of sack his silver our in weight its and we have brought back it in hand our.

22 又糧食を買ふ他の金をも手にもちくだる我等の金を嚢にいれたる者は誰なるかわれらは知ざるなり

And silver other we have brought down in hand our to buy food not we know who? did he put silver our in sacks our.

23 彼いひけるは汝ら安ぜよ懼るなかれ汝らの神汝らの父の神財寶を汝等の嚢におきて汝らに賜ひしなり汝らの金は我にとどけりと遂にシメオンを彼等の所にたづさへいだせり

And he said peace [be] to you may not you fear God your and [the] God of father your he gave to you treasure in sacks your silver your it came to me and he brought out to them Simeon.

24 かくて其人この人々をヨセフの家に導き水をあたへてその足を濯はしめ又その驢馬に飼草をあたふ

And he brought the man the men [the] house of towards Joseph and he gave water and they washed feet their and he gave fodder to donkeys their.

25 彼等其處にて食をなすなりと聞しかば禮物を調へてヨセフの日午に來るをまつ

And they prepared the gift until came Joseph at noon for they had heard that there they will eat food.

26 茲にヨセフ家にかへりしかば彼等その手の禮物を家にもちきたりてヨセフの許にいたり地に伏てこれを拜す

And he came Joseph the house towards and they brought to him the gift which [was] in hand their the house towards and they bowed down to him [the] ground towards.

27 ヨセフかれらの安否をとふていふ汝等の父汝らが初にかたりしその老人は恙なきや尚いきながらへをるや

And he asked of them to welfare and he said ¿ health [is] father your old whom you spoke ¿ [is] still he alive.

28 彼等こたへてわれらの父汝の僕は恙なくしてなほ生ながらへをるといひ身をかがめ禮をなす

And they said health [belongs] to servant your to father our still he [is] alive and they bowed low (and they bowed down. *Q(K)*)

29 ヨセフ目をあげてその母の子なる己の弟ベニヤミンを見ていひけるは是は汝らが初に我にかたりし汝らの若き兄弟なるや又いふわが子よ願はくは神汝をめぐみたまはんことをと

And he lifted up eyes his and he saw Benjamin brother his [the] son of mother his and he said ¿ [is] this brother your young whom you spoke to me and he said God may he show favor to you O son my.

30 ヨセフその弟のために心焚るがごとくなりしかば急ぎてその泣べきところを尋ね室にいりて其處に泣り

And he hurried Joseph for they grew warm compassion his to brother his and he sought to weep and he went the inner room towards and he wept there.

31 而して面をあらひて出で自から抑へて食をそなへよといふ

And he washed face his and he came out and he restrained himself and he said set food.

32 すなはちヨセフはヨセフ彼等は彼等陪食するエジプト人はエジプト人と別々に之を供ふ是はエジプト人ヘブル人と共に食することをえざるによる其事エジプト人の穢はしとするところなればなり

And they set for him to only him and to them to alone them and for the Egyptians who were eating with him to alone them for not they were able! the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews food for [is] an abomination it to Egypt.

33 かくて彼等ヨセフの前に坐るに長子をばその長たるにしたがひて坐らせ若き者をばその幼少にしたがひてすわらせければその人々駭きあへり

And they sat down before him the firstborn according to birthright his and the young [brother] according to youth his and they looked in astonishment the men each to neighbor his.

34 ヨセフ己の前より皿を彼等に供ふベニヤミンの皿は他の人のよりも五倍おほかりきかれら飮てヨセフとともに樂めり

And someone took portions from with face his to them and it was great [the] portion of Benjamin more than [the] portions of all of them five hands and they drank and they became drunk with him.