Бытие 44
1 И заповеда Иосиф домостроителю своему, глаголя: наполните вретища мужем пищи, елико могут понести: и вложите комуждо сребро верху устия вретища:
When his brothers were ready to return home, Joseph said to the man who was in charge of things in his house, “Fill the sacks of those men with as much grain as they can carry [on their donkeys]. And put in the top of each man’s sack the silver that he paid for the grain.
2 и чашу мою сребряную вложите во вретище меншаго, и цену пшеницы его. Бысть же по словеси Иосифову, якоже рече.
Then put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the silver that he paid for the grain.” So the servant did what Joseph told him to do.
3 Утро возсия, и мужие отпустишася сами, и ослята их.
The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home 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 had not gone far from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of things in his house, “Pursue those men immediately. When you catch up to them, say to them, ‘We did good things for you! Why have you paid us back by doing something bad to us?
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.
[You have stolen the cup] that my master drinks from [RHQ]! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!’”
6 Обрет же их, рече им по словесем сим.
The servant [left immediately and] when he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had told him to say.
7 Они же реша ему: вскую глаголет господин словеса сия? Не буди рабом твоим сотворити по словеси сему:
But one of them replied to him, “Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that!
8 аще сребро, еже обретохом во вретищах наших, возвратихом к тебе от земли Ханаани, како быхом украли из дому господина твоего сребро или злато?
We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So (we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?) [RHQ]
9 У негоже аще обрящеши чашу от раб твоих, да умрет: и мы будем раби господину нашему.
If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.”
10 Он же рече: и ныне, якоже глаголете, тако будет: у негоже аще обрящется чаша, будет мой раб, вы же будете чисти.
The man replied, “Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.”
11 И потщашася, и сверже кийждо вретище свое на землю, и отверзоша кийждо вретище свое.
Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it.
12 Изыска же от старейшаго зачен, дондеже прииде до меншаго, и обрете чашу во вретищи Вениамини.
Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them.
13 И растерзаша ризы своя, и возложиша кийждо вретище свое на осля свое, и возвратишася во град.
The brothers tore their clothes [because they were so dismayed]. They loaded the sacks on the donkeys again and returned to the city.
14 Вниде же Иуда и братия его ко Иосифу, еще ему сущу ту, и падоша пред ним на землю.
When Judah and his [older and younger] brothers entered Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph.
15 Рече же им Иосиф: что дело сие сотвористе? Не ведасте ли, яко несть волхвователь человек, якоже аз?
He said to them, “Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?” [RHQ]
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.
Judah replied, “Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we (are innocent/did not steal the cup)? God has (paid us back/punished us) for the sins [we committed many years ago]. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack 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 Joseph replied, “No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.”
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 came near to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you.
19 господине, ты вопрошал еси рабов твоих, глаголя: аще имате отца, или брата?
You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another 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.
We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an [older] brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.’
21 Ты же рекл еси рабом твоим: приведите его ко мне, да вижду его.
Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.’
22 И рехом господину: не возможет отрочищь оставити отца своего: аще же оставит отца, умрет.
We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’
23 Ты же рекл еси рабом твоим: аще не приидет брат ваш менший с вами, не приложите ктому видети лица моего.
But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!’
24 Бысть же егда приидохом к рабу твоему отцу нашему, поведахом ему словеса господина нашего,
When we returned to our father, we told him what you said.
25 рече же нам отец наш: идите паки и купите нам мало пищи.
[Months later] our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!’
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.
But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27 Рече же раб твой, отец наш к нам: вы весте, яко двоих роди мне жена:
Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] gave birth to two sons for me.
28 и отиде един от мене, и рекосте, яко зверем снеден бысть, и не видех его даже до ныне:
One of them disappeared, and I said, “A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.” And I have not seen him since then.
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)
I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ (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 please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.
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)
If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. (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.
I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it is my fault) [for not bringing him back to you].’
33 Ныне убо пребуду тебе раб вместо отрочища, раб господину: отрочищь же да идет с братиею своею:
“So, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers.
34 како бо пойду ко отцу, отрочищу не сущу с нами? Да не вижду злых, яже обрящут отца моего.
(I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me?) [RHQ] I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!”
