Gênesis 42
1 Agora Jacob viu que havia grãos no Egito, e Jacob disse a seus filhos: “Por que vocês olham um para o outro?
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 Ele disse: “Eis que eu ouvi dizer que há grãos no Egito. Vá até lá, e compre para nós de lá, para que possamos viver, e não morrer”.
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 Os dez irmãos de Joseph desceram para comprar grãos do Egito.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Mas Jacob não enviou Benjamin, irmão de Joseph, com seus irmãos; pois ele disse: “Para que não lhe aconteça mal”.
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 Os filhos de Israel vieram comprar entre aqueles que vieram, pois a fome estava na terra de Canaã.
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 era o governador sobre a terra. Foi ele quem vendeu para todo o povo da terra. Os irmãos de José vieram, e se curvaram diante dele com o rosto voltado para a 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 Joseph viu seus irmãos e os reconheceu, mas agiu como um estranho para eles, e falou grosseiramente com eles. Ele disse a eles: “De onde vocês vieram?”. Eles disseram: “Da terra de Canaã, para comprar comida”.
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 Joseph reconheceu seus irmãos, mas eles não o reconheceram.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Joseph lembrou-se dos sonhos que sonhou com eles, e disse-lhes: “Vocês são espiões! Vocês vieram 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 Eles lhe disseram: “Não, meu senhor, mas seus servos vieram para comprar comida.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Somos todos filhos de um só homem; somos homens honestos. Seus servos não são espiões”.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Ele lhes disse: “Não, mas vocês vieram 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 Eles disseram: “Nós, seus servos, somos doze irmãos, filhos de um só homem na terra de Canaã; e eis que o mais novo está hoje com nosso pai, e 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 Joseph disse-lhes: “É como eu lhes disse, dizendo: 'Vocês são espiões'!
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Por isso vocês serão testados. Pela vida do faraó, vocês não sairão daqui, a menos que seu irmão mais novo venha 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 Enviem um de vocês, e deixem-no pegar seu irmão, e ficarão presos, para que suas palavras possam ser testadas, quer haja verdade em vocês, quer pela vida do Faraó, certamente vocês são espiões”.
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 Ele os pôs todos juntos sob custódia por três dias.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Joseph disse a eles no terceiro dia: “Façam isso, e vivam, pois 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 vocês são homens honestos, então deixem um de seus irmãos ser amarrado em sua prisão; mas vocês vão, carreguem grãos para a fome de suas casas.
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 Traga seu irmão mais novo até mim; assim suas palavras serão verificadas, e você não morrerá”. Eles o 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 Disseram um ao outro: “Certamente somos culpados em relação ao nosso irmão, pois vimos a aflição de sua alma, quando ele nos implorou, e não quisemos escutar. Portanto, esta angústia chegou até nós”.
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 Reuben respondeu-lhes, dizendo: “Eu não lhes disse, dizendo: 'Não pequem contra a criança', e vocês não quiseram ouvir? Portanto, também, eis que seu sangue é necessário”.
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 Eles não sabiam que José os entendia, pois havia um 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 Ele se afastou deles, e chorou. Depois voltou para eles, falou com eles, tirou Simeão do meio deles e o amarrou diante dos olhos deles.
[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 Então Joseph deu ordem para encher seus sacos com grãos, e para restaurar o dinheiro de cada homem em seu saco, e para dar-lhes comida para o caminho. Assim foi feito com eles.
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 Eles carregaram seus burros com seus grãos e partiram de lá.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Quando um deles abriu seu saco para dar comida ao burro no local de hospedagem, ele viu seu dinheiro. Eis que ele estava na boca de 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 Ele disse a seus irmãos: “Meu dinheiro foi restaurado! Eis que está no meu saco”! Seus corações falharam, e eles se viraram tremendo uns para os outros, dizendo: “O que é isto que Deus nos fez?
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 Eles vieram a Jacó, seu pai, à terra de Canaã, e lhe contaram tudo o que lhes havia acontecido, 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 homem, o senhor da terra, falou grosso modo conosco, e nos tomou por espiões do país.
“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 Nós lhe dissemos: “Somos homens honestos”. Não somos espiões”.
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 jovem está hoje com nosso pai na terra de Canaã”.
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 O homem, o senhor da terra, nos disse: 'Com isto saberei que vocês são homens honestos: deixem um de seus irmãos comigo, e levem grãos para a fome de suas casas, e sigam seu caminho'.
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 Traga seu irmão mais novo até mim. Então saberei que vocês não são espiões, mas que são homens honestos”. Portanto, eu vos entregarei 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 Quando esvaziaram seus sacos, eis que o pacote de dinheiro de cada homem estava em seu saco. Quando eles e seu pai viram seus maços de dinheiro, ficaram com medo.
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 Jacob, o pai deles, disse a eles: “Vocês me enlutaram de meus filhos! José não é mais, Simeão não é mais, e você quer levar Benjamin embora. Todas estas coisas estão contra 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 Reuben falou com seu pai, dizendo: “Matem meus dois filhos, se eu não o levar até vocês. Confie-o aos meus cuidados, e eu o trarei até você novamente”.
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 disse: “Meu filho não descerá com você, pois seu irmão está morto, e só resta ele”. Se lhe acontecer algum mal pelo caminho em que você for, então derrubará meus cabelos grisalhos com tristeza para o Sheol”. (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)
