Genesis 45
1 Non se poterat ultra cohibere Ioseph multis coram astantibus: unde præcepit ut egrederentur cuncti foras, et nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuæ.
Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried out, Cause every man to go out from me. And no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2 Elevavitque vocem cum fletu: quam audierunt Ægyptii, omnisque domus Pharaonis.
And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 Et dixit fratribus suis: Ego sum Ioseph: adhuc pater meus vivit? Non poterant respondere fratres nimio terrore perterriti.
And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph, does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.
4 Ad quos ille clementer: Accedite, inquit, ad me. Et cum accessissent prope, Ego sum, ait, Ioseph, frater vester, quem vendidistis in Ægyptum.
And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Nolite pavere, neque vobis durum esse videatur quod vendidistis me in his regionibus: pro salute enim vestra misit me Deus ante vos in Ægyptum.
And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6 Biennium est enim quod cœpit fames esse in terra: et adhuc quinque anni restant, quibus nec arari poterit nec meti.
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
7 Præmisitque me Deus ut reservemini super terram, et escas ad vivendum habere possitis.
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
8 Non vestro consilio, sed Dei voluntate huc missum sum: qui fecit me quasi patrem Pharaonis, et dominum universæ domus eius, ac principem in omni terra Ægypti.
So now it was not you that sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9 Festinate, et ascendite ad patrem meum, et dicetis ei: Hæc mandat filius tuus Ioseph: Deus fecit me dominum universæ terræ Ægypti: descende ad me, ne moreris,
Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, delay not.
10 et habitabis in terra Gessen: erisque iuxta me tu, et filii tui, et filii filiorum tuorum, oves tuæ, et armenta tua, et universa quæ possides.
And thou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shall be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou have.
11 Ibique te pascam (adhuc enim quinque anni residui sunt famis) ne et tu pereas, et domus tua, et omnia quæ possides.
And there will I nourish thee, for there are yet five years of famine, lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou have.
12 En oculi vestri, et oculi fratris mei Beniamin vident quod os meum loquatur ad vos.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
13 Nunciate patri meo universam gloriam meam, et cuncta quæ vidistis in Ægypto: festinate, et adducite eum ad me.
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen. And ye shall hasten and bring down my father here.
14 Cumque amplexatus recidisset in collum Beniamin fratris sui, flevit: illo quoque similiter flente super collum eius.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15 Osculatusque est Ioseph omnes fratres suos, et ploravit super singulos: post quæ ausi sunt loqui ad eum.
And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them. And after that his brothers talked with him.
16 Auditumque est, et celebri sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Ioseph: et gavisus est Pharao, atque omnis familia eius.
And the report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 Dixitque ad Ioseph ut imperaret fratribus suis, dicens: Onerantes iumenta, ite in terram Chanaan,
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brothers, This do ye: Load your beasts, and go, get you to the land of Canaan,
18 et tollite inde patrem vestrum et cognationem, et venite ad me: et ego dabo vobis omnia bona Ægypti, ut comedatis medullam terræ.
and take your father and your households, and come to me. And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Præcipe etiam ut tollant plaustra de terra Ægypti, ad subvectionem parvulorum suorum ac coniugum: et dicito: Tollite patrem vestrum, et properate quantocyus venientes.
Now thou are commanded, this do ye: Take wagons for you out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Nec dimittatis quidquam de supellectili vestra: quia omnes opes Ægypti, vestræ erunt.
Also do not regard your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 Feceruntque filii Israel ut eis mandatum fuerat. Quibus dedit Ioseph plaustra, secundum Pharaonis imperium: et cibaria in itinere.
And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 Singulis quoque proferri iussit binas stolas: Beniamin vero dedit trecentos argenteos cum quinque stolis optimis:
He gave to all of them, each man, changes of raiment, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 tantumdem pecuniæ et vestium mittens patri suo, addens et asinos decem, qui subveherent ex omnibus divitiis Ægypti: et totidem asinas, triticum in itinere, panesque portantes.
And he sent to his father according to this manner: ten donkeys laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-donkeys laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
24 Dimisit ergo fratres suos, et proficiscentibus ait: Ne irascamini in via.
So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, See that ye not fall out by the way.
25 Qui ascendentes ex Ægypto, venerunt in terram Chanaan ad patrem suum Iacob.
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.
26 Et nunciaverunt ei, dicentes: Ioseph filius tuus vivit: et ipse dominatur in omni terra Ægypti. Quo audito Iacob, quasi de gravi somno evigilans, tamen non credebat eis.
And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
27 Illi econtra referebant omnem ordinem rei. Cumque vidisset plaustra, et universa quæ miserat, revixit spiritus eius,
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
28 et ait: Sufficit mihi si adhuc Ioseph filius meus vivit: vadam, et videbo illum antequam moriar.
And Israel said, It is enough, Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.
