Rodzaju 37
1 Jakub mieszkał w ziemi, gdzie jego ojciec był przybyszem, w ziemi Kanaan.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 To są dzieje rodu Jakuba: Gdy Józef miał siedemnaście lat, pasł stada ze swoimi braćmi; młodzieniec był z synami Bilhy i z synami Zilpy, żony swego ojca. I Józef donosił ojcu o ich złej sławie.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 A Izrael kochał Józefa najbardziej ze wszystkich swoich synów, [bo] urodził mu się w starości. I zrobił mu szatę wielobarwną.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Gdy jego bracia widzieli, że ojciec kocha go bardziej niż wszystkich jego braci, znienawidzili go i nie potrafili przyjaźnie z nim rozmawiać.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Pewnego razu Józefowi przyśnił się sen, a [gdy] opowiedział go swoim braciom, tym bardziej go znienawidzili.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Bo powiedział im: Posłuchajcie, proszę, snu, który mi się przyśnił.
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Wiązaliśmy snopy na polu, a oto mój snop podniósł się i stanął, a wasze snopy otoczyły go i pokłoniły się mojemu snopowi.
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 I odpowiedzieli mu jego bracia: Czyżbyś miał królować nad nami? Czyż miałbyś nami rządzić? I jeszcze bardziej go znienawidzili z powodu snów i słów jego.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Śnił mu się jeszcze drugi sen i opowiedział go swoim braciom: Znowu śnił mi się sen, a oto słońce, księżyc i jedenaście gwiazd pokłoniły mi się.
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Gdy opowiedział [to] swemu ojcu i swoim braciom, jego ojciec zgromił go i powiedział mu: Cóż to za sen, który ci się śnił? Czy ja i twoja matka przyjdziemy z twoimi braćmi, aby ci się kłaniać aż do ziemi?
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 I jego bracia zazdrościli mu, ale jego ojciec rozważał tę sprawę.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Potem jego bracia odeszli, aby paść trzody swego ojca w Sychem.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 I Izrael powiedział do Józefa: Czy twoi bracia nie pasą [trzody] w Sychem? Chodź, a poślę cię do nich. A on odpowiedział: Oto jestem.
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Wtedy powiedział mu: Idź teraz i dowiedz się, jak się mają twoi bracia i co się dzieje z trzodami, i daj mi znać. Wysłał go więc z doliny Hebronu, a on przyszedł do Sychem.
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 I spotkał go [pewien] człowiek, gdy błąkał się po polu. I człowiek ten zapytał go: Czego szukasz?
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 A on odpowiedział: Szukam moich braci. Powiedz mi, proszę, gdzie oni pasą trzody.
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Człowiek ten odpowiedział: Odeszli stąd, bo słyszałem, jak mówili: Pójdźmy do Dotan. I Józef poszedł za swoimi braćmi i znalazł ich w Dotan.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Gdy ujrzeli go z daleka, zanim do nich przyszedł, naradzali się, aby go zabić.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 I mówili jeden do drugiego: Oto idzie mistrz od snów.
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Teraz więc chodźcie, zabijmy go i wrzućmy do jakiejś studni, i powiemy: Pożarł go zły zwierz. I zobaczymy, co będzie z jego snów.
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Ruben, gdy to usłyszał, chciał go wybawić z ich rąk i powiedział: Nie zabijajmy go.
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
22 Ruben powiedział też do nich: Nie wylewajcie krwi, [ale] wrzućcie go do tej studni, która [jest] na pustyni, i nie podnoście na niego ręki. [A mówił to], aby go wybawić z ich rąk i przywrócić go swemu ojcu.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Gdy Józef przyszedł do swoich braci, obdarli go z jego szaty, z szaty wielobarwnej, którą [miał] na sobie.
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 Następnie chwycili go i wrzucili do studni, która [była] pusta, bez wody.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Potem usiedli, aby jeść chleb, a gdy podnieśli swoje oczy, zobaczyli grupę Izmaelitów idących z Gileadu. Ich wielbłądy niosły wonne korzenie, kadzidło i mirrę, a szły, aby to zanieść do Egiptu.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Wtedy Juda powiedział do swoich braci: Jaki pożytek będzie z tego, że zabijemy naszego brata i zataimy jego krew?
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 Chodźcie, sprzedajmy go Izmaelitom, a nie podnośmy na niego naszej ręki, bo to jest nasz brat i nasze ciało. I bracia go usłuchali.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 A gdy przechodzili Midianici, kupcy, wyciągnęli Józefa ze studni i sprzedali go Izmaelitom za dwadzieścia srebrników, a oni zaprowadzili Józefa do Egiptu.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Gdy Ruben wrócił do tej studni, Józefa już w studni nie było. I rozdarł swoje szaty.
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Potem wrócił do swoich braci i powiedział: Nie ma chłopca, a ja dokąd pójdę?
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Wtedy wzięli szatę Józefa, zabili kozła i umoczyli szatę we krwi.
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 I posłali tę wielobarwną szatę, aby ją zaniesiono do jego ojca, i powiedzieli: Znaleźliśmy to. Zobacz, czy to szata twego syna, czy nie.
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 A [on] rozpoznał ją i powiedział: To [jest] szata mego syna, pożarł go zły zwierz. Józef na pewno został rozszarpany.
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Wtedy Jakub rozdarł swoje szaty, włożył wór na biodra i opłakiwał swego syna przez wiele dni.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 I zeszli się wszyscy jego synowie i wszystkie jego córki, aby go pocieszyć, lecz nie dał się pocieszyć, ale mówił: Naprawdę zstąpię za moim synem do grobu. I opłakiwał go jego ojciec. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 A Midianici sprzedali Józefa do Egiptu Potifarowi, dworzaninowi faraona, dowódcy straży.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
