Gênesis 42
1 Vendo então Jacob que havia mantimento no Egito, disse Jacob a seus filhos: Porque estais olhando uns para os outros?
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 Disse mais: Eis que tenho ouvido que há mantimentos no Egito; descei para lá, e comprai-nos dali, para que vivamos e não morramos.
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 Então desceram os dez irmãos de José, para comprarem trigo do Egito.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 A Benjamin, porém, irmão de José não enviou Jacob com os seus irmãos, porque dizia: Para que lhe não suceda porventura algum desastre.
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 Assim vieram os filhos de Israel para comprar, entre os que vinham lá; porque havia fome na terra de Canaan.
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 José, pois, era o governador daquela terra; ele vendia a todo o povo da terra; e os irmãos de José vieram, e inclinaram-se a ele com a face na terra.
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 E José, vendo os seus irmãos, conheceu-os; porém mostrou-se estranho para com eles, e falou com eles asperamente, e disse-lhes: de onde vindes? E eles disseram: Da terra de Canaan, para comprarmos mantimento.
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 José, pois, conheceu os seus irmãos; mas eles não o conheceram.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Então José lembrou-se dos sonhos, que havia sonhado deles, e disse-lhes: Vós sois espias, e sois vindos para ver a nudez da terra.
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 E eles lhe disseram: Não, senhor meu; mas teus servos são vindos a comprar mantimento.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Todos nós somos filhos de um varão; somos homens de retidão; os teus servos não são espias.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 E ele lhes disse: Não; antes viestes para ver a nudez da terra.
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 E eles disseram: Nós, teus servos, somos doze irmãos, filhos de um varão na terra de Canaan; e eis que aqui o mais novo está com nosso pai hoje; mas um não está mais.
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 Então lhes disse José: Isso é o que vos tenho dito, dizendo que sois espias:
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Nisto sereis provados; pela vida de faraó, não saireis daqui senão quando vosso irmão mais novo vier aqui.
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 Enviai um dentre vós, que traga vosso irmão, mas vós ficareis presos, e vossas palavras sejam provadas, se há verdade convosco; e se não, pela vida de faraó, vós sois espias.
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 E pô-los juntos em guarda três dias.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 E ao terceiro dia disse-lhes José: Fazei isso, e vivereis; porque eu temo a Deus.
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 Se sois homens de retidão, que fique um de vossos irmãos preso na casa de vossa prisão; e vós ide, levai mantimento para a fome de vossa casa,
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 E trazei-me o vosso irmão mais novo, e serão verificadas vossas palavras, e não morrereis. E eles assim fizeram.
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 Então disseram uns aos outros: Na verdade, somos culpados acerca de nosso irmão, pois vimos a angústia da sua alma, quando nos rogava; nós porém não ouvimos: por isso vem sobre nós esta angústia.
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 E Ruben respondeu-lhes, dizendo: Não vo-lo dizia eu, dizendo: Não pequeis contra o moço; mas não ouvistes: e vêdes aqui, o seu sangue também à requerido.
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 E eles não sabiam que José os entendia, porque havia intérprete entre eles.
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 E retirou-se deles, e chorou. Depois tornou a eles, e falou-lhes, e tomou a Simeão deles, e amarrou-o perante os seus olhos.
[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 E ordenou José, que enchessem os seus sacos de trigo, e que lhes restituissem o seu dinheiro a cada um no seu saco, e lhes dessem comida para o caminho; e fizeram-lhes assim.
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 E carregaram o seu trigo sobre os seus jumentos, e partiram dali.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 E, abrindo um deles o seu saco, para dar pasto ao seu jumento na venda, viu o seu dinheiro; porque eis que estava na boca do seu saco.
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 E disse a seus irmãos: Tornou-se o meu dinheiro, e ei-lo também aqui no meu saco. Então lhes desfaleceu o coração, e pasmavam, dizendo um ao outro: Que é isto que Deus nos tem feito?
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 E vieram para Jacob, seu pai, na terra de Canaan; e contaram-lhe tudo o que lhes aconteceu, dizendo:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 O varão, o senhor da terra, falou conosco asperamente, e tratou-nos como espias da terra;
“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 Mas dissemos-lhe: Somos homens de retidão: não somos espias:
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Somos doze irmãos, filhos de nosso pai; um não é mais, e o mais novo está hoje com nosso pai na terra de Canaan.
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 E aquele varão, o senhor da terra, nos disse: nisto conhecerei que vós sois homens de retidão; deixai comigo um de vossos irmãos, e tomai para a fome de vossas casas, e parti,
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 E trazei-me vosso irmão mais novo; assim saberei que não sois espias, mas homens de retidão; então vos darei o vosso irmão e negociareis na terra.
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 E aconteceu que, despejando eles os seus sacos, eis que cada um tinha a trouxinha com seu dinheiro no seu saco; e viram as trouxinhas com seu dinheiro, eles e seu pai, e temeram.
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 Então Jacob, seu pai, disse-lhes: Tendes-me desfilhado; José não está mais, e Simeão não está mais: agora levareis a Benjamin. Todas estas coisas vieram sobre mim.
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 Mas Ruben falou a seu pai, dizendo: Mata os meus dois filhos, se to não tornar a trazer; dá-mo em minha mão, e to tornarei a trazer.
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 Ele porém disse: Não descerá meu filho convosco; porquanto o seu irmão é morto, e ele só ficou. Se lhe sucedesse algum desastre no caminho que fordes, fareis descer minhas cãs com tristeza à sepultura. (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)
