Gênesis 44
1 E deu ordem ao que estava sobre a sua casa, dizendo: Enche os sacos destes varões de mantimento, quanto poderem levar, e põe o dinheiro de cada varão na boca do seu saco.
When his brothers were ready to return home, Joseph said to the man who was in charge of things in his house, “Fill the sacks of those men with as much grain as they can carry [on their donkeys]. And put in the top of each man’s sack the silver that he paid for the grain.
2 E o meu copo, o copo de prata, porás na boca do saco do mais novo, com o dinheiro do seu trigo. E fez conforme a palavra de José, que tinha dito.
Then put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the silver that he paid for the grain.” So the servant did what Joseph told him to do.
3 Vinda a luz da manhã, despediram-se estes varões, eles com os seus jumentos.
The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home with their donkeys.
4 Saindo eles da cidade, e não se havendo ainda distanciado, disse José ao que estava sobre a sua casa: Levanta-te, e persegue aqueles varões: e, alcançando-os, lhes dirás: Porque pagastes mal por bem?
When they had not gone far from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of things in his house, “Pursue those men immediately. When you catch up to them, say to them, ‘We did good things for you! Why have you paid us back by doing something bad to us?
5 Não é este o copo por que bebe meu senhor? e em que ele bem atenta? fizestes mal no que fizestes.
[You have stolen the cup] that my master drinks from [RHQ]! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!’”
6 E alcançou-os, e falou-lhes as mesmas palavras.
The servant [left immediately and] when he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had told him to say.
7 E eles disseram-lhe: Porque diz meu senhor tais palavras? longe estejam teus servos de fazerem semelhante coisa.
But one of them replied to him, “Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that!
8 Eis que o dinheiro, que temos achado nas bocas dos nossos sacos, te tornamos a trazer desde a terra de Canaan: como pois furtaríamos da casa do teu senhor prata ou ouro?
We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So (we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?) [RHQ]
9 Aquele, com quem de teus servos for achado, morra; e ainda nós seremos escravos do meu senhor.
If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.”
10 E ele disse: Ora seja também assim conforme as vossas palavras; aquele com quem se achar será meu escravo, porém vós sereis desculpados.
The man replied, “Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.”
11 E eles apressaram-se, e cada um pôs em terra o seu saco, e cada um abriu o seu saco.
Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it.
12 E buscou, começando do maior, e acabando no mais novo: e achou-se o copo no saco de Benjamin.
Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them.
13 Então rasgaram os seus vestidos, e carregou cada um o seu jumento, e tornaram à cidade.
The brothers tore their clothes [because they were so dismayed]. They loaded the sacks on the donkeys again and returned to the city.
14 E veio Judá com os seus irmãos à casa de José, porque ele ainda estava ali; e prostraram-se diante dele na terra.
When Judah and his [older and younger] brothers entered Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph.
15 E disse-lhes José: Que é isto que obrastes? não sabeis vós que tal homem como eu bem atentara?
He said to them, “Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?” [RHQ]
16 Então disse Judá: Que diremos a meu senhor? que falaremos? e como nos justificaremos? Achou Deus a iniquidade de teus servos; eis que somos escravos de meu senhor, tanto nós como aquele em cuja mão foi achado o copo.
Judah replied, “Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we (are innocent/did not steal the cup)? God has (paid us back/punished us) for the sins [we committed many years ago]. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack the cup was found.”
17 Mas ele disse: Longe de mim que eu tal faça; o varão em cuja mão o copo foi achado, aquele será meu servo; porém vós subi em paz para vosso pai.
But Joseph replied, “No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.”
18 Então Judá se chegou a ele, e disse: Ai! senhor meu, deixa, peço-te, o teu servo dizer uma palavra aos ouvidos de meu senhor, e não se acenda a tua ira contra o teu servo; porque tu és como faraó.
Then Judah came near to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you.
19 Meu senhor perguntou a seus servos, dizendo: Tendes vós pai, ou irmão?
You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another brother?’
20 E dissemos a meu senhor: Temos um pai velho, e um moço da sua velhice, o mais novo, cujo irmão é morto; e ele ficou só de sua mãe, e seu pai o ama.
We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an [older] brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.’
21 Então tu disseste a teus servos: trazei-mo a mim, e porei os meus olhos sobre ele.
Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.’
22 E nós dissemos a meu senhor: aquele moço não poderá deixar a seu pai: se deixar a seu pai, morrerá.
We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’
23 Então tu disseste a teus servos: Se vosso irmão mais novo não descer convosco, nunca mais vereis a minha face.
But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!’
24 E aconteceu que, subindo nós a teu servo meu pai, e contando-lhe as palavras de meu senhor,
When we returned to our father, we told him what you said.
25 Disse nosso pai: tornai, comprai-nos um pouco de mantimento.
[Months later] our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!’
26 E nós dissemos: Não poderemos descer; se nosso irmão menor for conosco, desceremos; pois não poderemos ver a face do varão, se este nosso irmão menor não estiver conosco.
But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27 Então disse-nos teu servo meu pai: Vós sabeis que minha mulher me pariu dois;
Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] gave birth to two sons for me.
28 E um saiu de mim, e eu disse: Certamente foi despedaçado, e não o tenho visto até agora;
One of them disappeared, and I said, “A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.” And I have not seen him since then.
29 Se agora também tirardes a este da minha face, e lhe acontecesse algum desastre, farieis descer as minhas cãs com dor à sepultura. (Sheol h7585)
I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ (Sheol h7585)
30 Agora pois, vindo eu a teu servo meu pai, e o moço não indo conosco, pois que a sua alma está atada com a alma dele,
“So please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.
31 Acontecerá que, vendo ele que o moço ali não está, morrerá; e teus servos farão descer as cãs de teu servo, nosso pai, com tristeza à sepultura. (Sheol h7585)
If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
32 Porque teu servo se deu por fiador por este moço para com meu pai, dizendo: Se não to tornar, eu serei culpado a meu pai todos os dias.
I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it is my fault) [for not bringing him back to you].’
33 Agora, pois, fique teu servo em lugar deste moço por escravo de meu senhor, e que suba o moço com os seus irmãos.
“So, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers.
34 Porque como subirei eu a meu pai, se o moço não for comigo? para que não veja eu o mal que sobrevirá a meu pai.,
(I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me?) [RHQ] I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!”
