Бытие 45
1 И не можаше Иосиф удержатися всем предстоящым ему, но рече: отослите всех от мене. И не предстояше ни един Иосифу, егда познавашеся братии своей.
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 И испусти глас с плачем: слышаша же вси Египтяне, и слышано бысть в дому фараонове.
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 Рече же Иосиф братии своей: аз есмь Иосиф: еще ли отец мой жив есть? И не могоша братия отвещати ему: смутишася бо.
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 Рече же Иосиф братии своей: приближитеся ко мне. И приближишася. И рече: аз есмь Иосиф, брат ваш, егоже продасте во Египет:
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 ныне убо не скорбите, ниже жестоко вам да явится, яко продасте мя семо: на жизнь бо посла мя Бог пред вами:
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 сие бо второе лето глад на земли, и еще пять лет оста, в нихже не будет орания, ни жатвы:
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 посла бо мя Бог пред вами оставити вам останок на земли и препитати ваш останок велий:
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 ныне убо не вы посласте мя семо, но Бог: и сотвори мя яко отца фараону и господина всему дому его и князя всей земли Египетстей:
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 потщавшеся убо, взыдите ко отцу моему и рцыте ему: сия глаголет сын твой Иосиф: сотвори мя Бог господина всей земли Египетстей: сниди убо ко мне и не умедли:
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 и вселишися в земли Гесемли аравийстей, и будеши близ мене ты и сынове твои, и сынове сынов твоих, овцы твоя и волове твои, и елика суть твоя:
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 и препитаю тя тамо, еще бо пять лет будет глад на земли, да не погибнеши ты и сынове твои, и вся имения твоя.
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 Се, очи ваши видят, и очи Вениамина брата моего, яко уста моя глаголющая к вам:
“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
13 возвестите убо отцу моему всю славу мою сущую во Египте, и елика видите: и ускоривше, приведите отца моего семо.
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 И напад на выю Вениамина, брата своего, плакася над ним, и Вениамин плакася на выи его.
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 И облобызав всю братию свою, плакася над ними: и по сих глаголаша к нему братия его.
And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
16 И пронесеся глас в дому фараонове, глаголюще: приидоша братия Иосифова. Возрадовася же фараон и раби его.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 Рече же фараон ко Иосифу: рцы братии своей: сие сотворите: наполните сосуды вашя (пшеницы) и идите в землю Ханааню,
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 и вземше отца вашего и имения ваша, приидите ко мне: и дам вам от всех благ Египетских, и снесте тук земли:
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 ты же заповеждь сия: взяти им колесницы от земли Египетския, детем их и женам их: и поимше отца своего, приидите:
“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 и не пощадите очима сосудов ваших: вся бо благая Египетская вам будут.
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 Сотвориша же тако сынове Израилевы: даде же им Иосиф колесницы по повелению фараона царя (Египетска), и даде им брашно на путь:
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 и всем даде сугубы ризы, Вениамину же даде триста златниц и пятеры ризы пременныя:
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 и отцу своему посла такожде, и десять ослов везущих от всех благ Египетских, и десять мсков везущих хлебы на путь отцу его.
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 И отпусти братию свою. И отидоша. И рече им: не гневайтеся на пути.
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 Изыдоша же из Египта и приидоша в землю Ханааню ко Иакову отцу своему
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 и поведаша ему глаголюще: яко сын твой Иосиф жив есть, и он владеет над всею землею Египетскою. И ужасеся в мысли Иаков: не вероваше бо им.
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 Глаголаша же ему вся реченная от Иосифа, елика рече им. Узрев же колесницы, яже посла Иосиф, еже взяти его, оживе дух Иакова, отца их,
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 и рече Израиль: велико ми есть (сие), аще еще Иосиф сын мой жив есть: шед узрю его, прежде неже умрети ми.
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!”
