Бытие 44

1 И заповеда Иосиф домостроителю своему, глаголя: наполните вретища мужем пищи, елико могут понести: и вложите комуждо сребро верху устия вретища:

Then he instructed the manager of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the mouth of his sack.

2 и чашу мою сребряную вложите во вретище меншаго, и цену пшеницы его. Бысть же по словеси Иосифову, якоже рече.

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, along with the silver for his grain." So he did according to the word that Joseph had told him.

3 Утро возсия, и мужие отпустишася сами, и ослята их.

As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent off along with their donkeys.

4 Изшедше же они из града, не отидоша далече: и рече Иосиф домостроителю своему: востав гони вслед мужей и постигни их, и рцы им: что яко воздасте (ми) злая за благая?

When they were far from the city, Joseph said to his manager, "Up, go after the men, and when you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?

5 Вскую украдосте чашу мою сребряну? Не сия ли есть, из неяже пиет господин мой? Он же и волхвованием волхвует в ней: злая совершисте, яже сотвористе.

Why have you stolen my silver cup? Isn't it from this that my lord drinks and by which he indeed uses for divination? You have done evil in doing this.'"

6 Обрет же их, рече им по словесем сим.

And he caught up with them and spoke these words to them.

7 Они же реша ему: вскую глаголет господин словеса сия? Не буди рабом твоим сотворити по словеси сему:

But they said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing.

8 аще сребро, еже обретохом во вретищах наших, возвратихом к тебе от земли Ханаани, како быхом украли из дому господина твоего сребро или злато?

Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

9 У негоже аще обрящеши чашу от раб твоих, да умрет: и мы будем раби господину нашему.

With whomever of your servants it is found, he must die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."

10 Он же рече: и ныне, якоже глаголете, тако будет: у негоже аще обрящется чаша, будет мой раб, вы же будете чисти.

And he said, "Very well, then, it will be as you say. The one with whom it is found will be my slave, but you will be blameless."

11 И потщашася, и сверже кийждо вретище свое на землю, и отверзоша кийждо вретище свое.

Then they hurried, and each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

12 Изыска же от старейшаго зачен, дондеже прииде до меншаго, и обрете чашу во вретищи Вениамини.

And he searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13 И растерзаша ризы своя, и возложиша кийждо вретище свое на осля свое, и возвратишася во град.

Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

14 Вниде же Иуда и братия его ко Иосифу, еще ему сущу ту, и падоша пред ним на землю.

So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

15 Рече же им Иосиф: что дело сие сотвористе? Не ведасте ли, яко несть волхвователь человек, якоже аз?

And Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Didn't you know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?"

16 Рече же Иуда: что отвещаем господину, или что возглаголем, или чим оправдимся? Бог же обрете неправду рабов твоих: се, мы есмы раби господину нашему, и мы, и у негоже обретеся чаша.

Then Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we clear ourselves? God has uncovered the guilt of your servants. Look, we are my lord's slaves, both we, and the one in whose possession the cup was found."

17 Рече же Иосиф: не буди ми сотворити глагол сей: муж, у негоже обретеся чаша, той будет ми раб: вы же поидите в целости ко отцу своему.

But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose possession the cup was found, he will be my slave. But as for you, go up to your father in peace."

18 Приступив же к нему Иуда, рече: молю тя, господине, да речет раб твой слово пред тобою, и не прогневайся на раба твоего, яко ты еси по фараоне:

Then Judah approached him, and said, "My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.

19 господине, ты вопрошал еси рабов твоих, глаголя: аще имате отца, или брата?

My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

20 И рехом господину: есть нам отец стар, и отрочищь на старость менший ему, а брат его умре, он же един остася у матере своея, отец же возлюби его.

And we said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child born when he was old, a little one, and his brother is dead, and he is his mother's only child, and his father loves him.'

21 Ты же рекл еси рабом твоим: приведите его ко мне, да вижду его.

Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, so that I can see him myself.'

22 И рехом господину: не возможет отрочищь оставити отца своего: аще же оставит отца, умрет.

And we said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

23 Ты же рекл еси рабом твоим: аще не приидет брат ваш менший с вами, не приложите ктому видети лица моего.

But you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

24 Бысть же егда приидохом к рабу твоему отцу нашему, поведахом ему словеса господина нашего,

And it happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

25 рече же нам отец наш: идите паки и купите нам мало пищи.

But our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

26 Мы же рекохом: не возможем ити: но аще брат наш менший идет с нами, пойдем: ибо не возможем видети лице мужа, брату нашему меншему не сущу с нами.

We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

27 Рече же раб твой, отец наш к нам: вы весте, яко двоих роди мне жена:

Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.

28 и отиде един от мене, и рекосте, яко зверем снеден бысть, и не видех его даже до ныне:

And the one disappeared from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces." And I haven't seen him since.

29 аще убо поймете и сего от лица моего, и случится ему зло на пути, и сведете старость мою с печалию во ад. (Sheol h7585)

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

30 Ныне убо аще пойду к рабу твоему, отцу же нашему, и отрочища не будет с нами: (душа же его связана есть с душею сего, )

So now, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, since his life is bound up in the boy's life,

31 и будет егда увидит он не суща отрочища с нами, умрет: и сведут раби твои старость раба твоего, отца же нашего, с печалию во ад: (Sheol h7585)

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is not with us, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

32 раб бо твой от отца взя отрочища, глаголя: аще не приведу его к тебе и поставлю его пред тобою, грешен буду ко отцу вся дни.

For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.'

33 Ныне убо пребуду тебе раб вместо отрочища, раб господину: отрочищь же да идет с братиею своею:

So now, please let your servant remain instead of the boy, a slave to my lord, and let the boy go up with his brothers.

34 како бо пойду ко отцу, отрочищу не сущу с нами? Да не вижду злых, яже обрящут отца моего.

For how will I go up to my father if the boy isn't with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come on my father."