Geneză 37
1 Şi Iacob a locuit în ţara în care tatăl său a fost străin, în ţara lui Canaan.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 Acestea sunt generaţiile lui Iacob. Iosif, fiind în vârstă de şaptesprezece ani, păştea turma cu fraţii săi; şi băiatul era cu fiii Bilhei şi cu fiii Zilpei, soţiile tatălui său; şi Iosif a adus tatălui său vorbirea lor rea.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 Acum Israel iubea pe Iosif mai mult decât pe toţi copiii lui, deoarece el era fiul bătrâneţii sale; şi i-a făcut o haină pestriţă.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Şi când fraţii lui au văzut că tatăl lor îl iubea mai mult decât pe toţi fraţii săi, l-au urât şi nu puteau să îi vorbească paşnic.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Şi Iosif a visat un vis şi l-a spus fraţilor săi şi ei l-au urât încă şi mai mult.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Şi le-a spus: Ascultaţi, vă rog, acest vis pe care l-am visat:
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Şi, iată, noi legam snopi în câmp şi, iată, snopul meu s-a ridicat şi a stat chiar drept în picioare; şi, iată, snopii voştri au stat de jur împrejur şi se prosternau snopului meu.
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 Şi fraţii lui i-au spus: Vei domni într-adevăr peste noi? Sau vei avea într-adevăr stăpânire peste noi? Şi l-au urât încă şi mai mult pentru visele lui şi pentru cuvintele lui.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Şi a visat încă un vis şi l-a spus fraţilor săi şi a zis: Iată, am visat încă un vis; şi, iată, soarele şi luna şi unsprezece stele mi s-au prosternat.
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Şi l-a spus tatălui său şi fraţilor săi şi tatăl său l-a mustrat şi i-a zis: Ce este acest vis pe care l-ai visat? Vom veni eu şi mama ta şi fraţii tăi, într-adevăr, să ne prosternăm ţie până la pământ?
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 Şi fraţii lui l-au invidiat, dar tatăl său a dat atenţie acestei spuse.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Şi fraţii lui au mers să pască turma tatălui lor în Sihem.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 Şi Israel i-a spus lui Iosif: Nu pasc fraţii tăi turma în Sihem? Vino şi te voi trimite la ei. Iar el i-a spus: Iată-mă.
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Iar el i-a spus: Du-te, te rog, să vezi dacă este bine cu fraţii tăi şi bine cu turmele; şi adu-mi cuvânt înapoi. Astfel l-a trimis din valea Hebronului şi a venit la Sihem.
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 Şi un anumit bărbat l-a găsit şi, iată, el rătăcea în câmp; şi bărbatul l-a întrebat, spunând: Ce cauţi?
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 Iar el a spus: Caut pe fraţii mei; spune-mi te rog, unde îşi pasc ei turmele.
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Şi bărbatul a spus: Au plecat deja de aici; fiindcă i-am auzit spunând: Să mergem la Dotan. Şi Iosif a mers după fraţii săi şi i-a găsit la Dotan.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Şi când l-au văzut de departe, chiar înainte ca el să se apropie de ei, au uneltit împotriva lui să îl ucidă.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Şi au spus unul altuia: Iată, vine acest visător.
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Şi acum, aşadar, veniţi să îl ucidem şi să îl aruncăm în vreo groapă şi vom spune: Ceva fiară rea l-a mâncat; şi vom vedea ce vor deveni visele lui.
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Şi Ruben a auzit aceasta şi l-a scăpat din mâinile lor; şi a spus: Să nu îl ucidem.
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
22 Şi Ruben le-a spus: Nu vărsaţi sânge, ci aruncaţi-l în această groapă care este în pustie şi nu puneţi mâna pe el; ca să îl scape din mâinile lor, să îl predea tatălui său din nou.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Şi s-a întâmplat, când Iosif a ajuns la fraţii săi, că l-au dezbrăcat pe Iosif de haina lui, haina pestriţă care era pe el;
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 Şi l-au luat şi l-au aruncat într-o groapă; şi groapa era goală, nu era apă în ea.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Şi au şezut să mănânce pâine şi şi-au ridicat ochii şi au privit şi, iată, o ceată de ismaeliţi a venit din Galaad cu cămilele lor, purtând mirodenii şi balsam şi smirnă, mergând să le coboare în Egipt.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Şi Iuda a spus fraţilor săi: Ce folos este dacă ucidem pe fratele nostru şi ascundem sângele lui?
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 Veniţi şi să îl vindem ismaeliţilor şi să nu lăsăm mâna noastră să fie asupra lui, pentru că el este fratele nostru şi carnea noastră. Şi fraţii lui au fost mulţumiţi.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 Atunci au trecut pe acolo negustori madianiţi; şi au tras şi au scos pe Iosif din groapă şi au vândut pe Iosif ismaeliţilor pentru douăzeci de arginţi; iar ei au dus pe Iosif în Egipt.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Şi Ruben s-a întors la groapă; şi, iată, Iosif nu era în groapă; şi el şi-a rupt hainele.
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Şi s-a întors la fraţii săi şi a spus: Copilul nu mai este; iar eu, încotro voi merge?
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Şi au luat haina lui Iosif şi au înjunghiat un ied dintre capre şi au înmuiat haina în sânge;
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 Şi au trimis haina pestriţă şi au adus-o la tatăl lor; şi au spus: Noi am găsit aceasta, cercetează acum dacă este haina fiului tău sau nu.
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 Şi a cercetat-o şi a spus: Aceasta este haina fiului meu; o fiară rea l-a mâncat; Iosif este fără îndoială rupt în bucăţi.
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Şi Iacob şi-a rupt hainele şi a pus pânză de sac peste coapsele lui şi a jelit pentru fiul său multe zile.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 Şi toţi fiii lui şi toate fiicele lui s-au ridicat să îl mângâie; dar el a refuzat să fie mângâiat; şi a spus: Jelind voi coborî în mormânt la fiul meu. Astfel a plâns tatăl său pentru el. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 Şi madianiţii l-au vândut în Egipt lui Potifar, un ofiţer al lui Faraon şi căpetenia gărzii.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
