Gênesis 45
1 Não podia já José se conter diante de todos os que estavam ao seu lado, e clamou: Fazei sair de minha presença a todos. E não ficou ninguém com ele, ao dar-se a conhecer José a seus irmãos.
Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, “All of you go outside!” After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.
2 Então se deu a chorar por voz em grito; e ouviram os egípcios, e ouviu também a casa de Faraó.
He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it.
3 E disse José a seus irmãos: Eu sou José: vive ainda meu pai? E seus irmãos não puderam lhe responder, porque estavam perturbados diante dele.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?” But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said.
4 Então disse José a seus irmãos: Achegai-vos agora a mim. E eles se achegaram. E ele disse: Eu sou José vosso irmão o que vendestes para o Egito.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!
5 Agora, pois, não vos entristeçais, nem vos pese de haver me vendido aqui; que para preservação de vida me enviou Deus diante de vós:
But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying [because of the famine] that God sent me here ahead of you.
6 Que já houve dois anos de fome em meio da terra, e ainda restam cinco anos em que nem haverá arada nem colheita.
There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest.
7 E Deus me enviou adiante de vós, para que vós restásseis na terra, e para vos dar vida por meio de grande salvamento.
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 Assim, pois, não me enviastes vós aqui, mas sim Deus, que me pôs por pai de Faraó, e por senhor de toda sua casa, e por governador de toda a terra do Egito.
Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt!
9 Apressai-vos, ide a meu pai e dizei-lhe: Assim diz teu filho José: Deus me pôs por senhor de todo Egito; vem a mim, não te detenhas:
Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately!
10 E habitarás na terra de Gósen, e estarás perto de mim, tu e teus filhos, e os filhos de teus filhos, teus gados e tuas vacas, e tudo o que tens.
You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.
11 E ali te alimentarei, pois ainda restam cinco anos de fome, para que não pereças de pobreza tu e tua casa, e tudo o que tens:
Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve. [EUP]”’
12 E eis que, vossos olhos veem, e os olhos de meu irmão Benjamim, que meu boca vos fala.
“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
13 Fareis pois saber a meu pai toda minha glória no Egito, e tudo o que vistes: e apressai-vos, e trazei a meu pai aqui.
Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!”
14 E lançou-se sobre o pescoço de Benjamim seu irmão, e chorou; e também Benjamim chorou sobre seu pescoço.
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 E beijou a todos os seus irmãos, e chorou sobre eles: e depois seus irmãos falaram com ele.
And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
16 E ouviu-se a notícia na casa de Faraó, dizendo: Os irmãos de José vieram. E pareceu bem aos olhos de Faraó e de seus servos.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 E disse Faraó a José: Dize a teus irmãos: Fazei isto: carregai vossos animais, e ide, voltai à terra de Canaã;
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 E tomai a vosso pai e vossas famílias, e vinde a mim, que eu vos darei o bom da terra do Egito e comereis a gordura da terra.
Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.’
19 E tu manda: Fazei isto: tomai para vós da terra do Egito carros para vossos filhos e vossas mulheres; e tomai a vosso pai, e vinde.
“Also tell this to your brothers: ‘Take some carts from Egypt to carry your children and your wives, and get them and your father and come back here quickly.
20 E não se vos dê nada de vossos pertences, porque o bem da terra do Egito será vosso.
Do not worry about bringing your possessions, because the best things in Egypt will be yours. Because of that, you will not need to bring any of your things from Canaan.’”
21 E fizeram-no assim os filhos de Israel: e deu-lhes José carros conforme a ordem de Faraó, e deu alimentos para o caminho.
Jacob’s sons did what the king suggested. Joseph gave them carts and food to eat along the way, as the king had ordered.
22 A cada um de todos eles deu mudas de roupas, e a Benjamim deu trezentas peças de prata, e cinco mudas de roupas.
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 E a seu pai enviou isto: dez asnos carregados do melhor do Egito, e dez asnas carregadas de trigo, e pão e comida, para seu pai no caminho.
And this is what he sent to his father: Ten male donkeys, loaded with some of the best goods that come from Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for his father’s trip to Egypt.
24 E despediu a seus irmãos, e foram-se. E ele lhes disse: Não brigais pelo caminho.
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 E subiram do Egito, e chegaram à terra de Canaã a Jacó seu pai.
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 E deram-lhe as novas, dizendo: José vive ainda; e ele é senhor toda a terra do Egito. E seu coração se desmaiou; pois não cria neles.
One of them told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!” Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true.
27 E eles lhe contaram todas as palavras de José, que ele lhes havia falado; e vendo ele os carros que José enviava para levá-lo, o espírito de Jacó seu pai reviveu.
But they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him and his family and possessions to Egypt. Then their father Jacob’s shock ended.
28 Então disse Israel: Basta; José meu filho vive ainda: irei, e lhe verei antes que eu morra.
He said, “What you have said is enough to convince me! My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die!”
