Gênesis 43
1 E a fome era grande na terra.
The famine in Canaan got worse.
2 E aconteceu que quando acabaram de comer o trigo que trouxeram do Egito, disse-lhes seu pai: Voltai, e comprai para nós um pouco de alimento.
Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
3 E respondeu Judá, dizendo: Aquele homem nos advertiu com ânimo decidido, dizendo: Não vereis meu rosto sem vosso irmão convosco.
But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
4 Se enviares a nosso irmão conosco, desceremos e te compraremos alimento:
So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
5 Porém se não lhe enviares, não desceremos: porque aquele homem nos disse: Não vereis meu rosto sem vosso irmão convosco.
But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
6 E disse Israel: Por que me fizestes tanto mal, declarando ao homem que tínheis mais irmão?
Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
7 E eles responderam: Aquele homem nos perguntou expressamente por nós, e por nossa parentela, dizendo: Vive ainda vosso pai? Tendes outro irmão? E lhe declaramos conforme estas palavras. Podíamos nós saber que havia de dizer: Fazei vir a vosso irmão?
One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
8 Então Judá disse a Israel seu pai: Envia ao jovem comigo, e nos levantaremos e iremos, a fim que vivamos e não morramos nós, e tu, e nossos filhos.
Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
9 Eu sou fiador dele; a mim me pedirás conta dele; se eu não o devolver a ti e o puser diante de ti, serei para ti o culpado todos os dias:
I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
10 Que se não nos tivéssemos detido, certo agora teríamos já voltado duas vezes.
If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
11 Então Israel seu pai lhes respondeu: Pois que assim é, fazei-o; tomai do melhor da terra em vossos vasos, e levai àquele homem um presente, um pouco de bálsamo, e um pouco de mel, aromas e mirra, nozes e amêndoas.
Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
12 E tomai em vossas mãos dobrado dinheiro, e levai em vossa mão o dinheiro que voltou nas bocas de vossos sacos; talvez tenha sido erro.
Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
13 Tomai também a vosso irmão, e levantai-vos, e voltai àquele homem.
Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
14 E o Deus Todo-Poderoso vos dê misericórdias diante daquele homem, e vos solte ao outro vosso irmão, e a este Benjamim. E se eu tiver de ser privado de meus filhos, assim seja.
I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
15 Então tomaram aqueles homens o presente, e tomaram em sua mão dobrado dinheiro, e a Benjamim; e se levantaram, e desceram ao Egito, e apresentaram-se diante de José.
So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
16 E viu José a Benjamim com eles, e disse ao mordomo de sua casa: Mete em casa a esses homens, e degola um animal, e prepara-o; porque estes homens comerão comigo ao meio-dia.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
17 E fez o homem como José disse; e meteu aquele homem aos homens em casa de José.
The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
18 E aqueles homens tiveram temor, quando foram metidos na casa de José, e diziam: Pelo dinheiro que voltou em nossos sacos a primeira vez nos trouxeram aqui, para virem contra nós, e nos atacar, e tomar por servos a nós, e a nossos asnos.
But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
19 E aproximaram-se do mordomo da casa de José, e lhe falaram à entrada da casa.
They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
20 E disseram: Ai, senhor meu, nós em realidade de verdade descemos ao princípio a comprar alimentos:
one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
21 E aconteceu que quando viemos ao lugar de parada e abrimos nossos sacos, eis que o dinheiro de cada um estava na boca de seu saco, nosso dinheiro em seu justo peso; e o devolvemos em nossas mãos.
But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
22 Trouxemos também em nossas mãos outro dinheiro para comprar alimentos: nós não sabemos quem pôs nosso dinheiro em nossos sacos.
We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
23 E ele respondeu: Paz a vós, não temais; vosso Deus e o Deus de vosso pai vos deu o tesouro em vossos sacos: vosso dinheiro veio a mim. E tirou a Simeão a eles.
The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
24 E aquele homem levou àqueles homens na casa de José: e deu-lhes água, e lavaram seus pés: e deu de comer a seus asnos.
Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
25 E eles prepararam o presente antes que viesse José ao meio-dia, porque haviam ouvido que ali haviam de comer pão.
He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
26 E veio José a casa, e eles lhe trouxeram o presente que tinham em sua mão dentro de casa, e inclinaram-se a ele em terra.
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
27 Então ele lhes perguntou como estavam, e disse: Vosso pai, o ancião que dissestes, passa bem? Vive ainda?
He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
28 E eles responderam: Bem vai a teu servo nosso pai; ainda vive. E se inclinaram, e fizeram reverência.
One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
29 E levantando ele seus olhos viu Benjamim seu irmão, filho de sua mãe, e disse: É este vosso irmão mais novo, de quem me falastes? E disse: Deus tenha misericórdia de ti, filho meu.
Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
30 Então José se apressou, porque se comoveram suas entranhas por causa de seu irmão, e procurou onde chorar: e entrou-se em sua câmara, e chorou ali.
Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
31 E lavou seu rosto, e saiu fora, e controlou-se, e disse: Ponde pão.
Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
32 E puseram para ele à parte, e separadamente para eles, e à parte para os egípcios que com ele comiam: porque os egípcios não podem comer pão com os hebreus, o qual é abominação aos egípcios.
The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
33 E sentaram-se diante dele, o mais velho conforme sua primogenitura, e o mais novo conforme sua idade menor; e estavam aqueles homens atônitos olhando-se um ao outro.
His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
34 E ele tomou iguarias de diante de si para eles; mas a porção de Benjamim era cinco vezes como qualquer uma das deles. E beberam, e alegraram-se com ele.
And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
