Génesis 42
1 Vio Jacob que había grano en Egipto, y dijo a sus hijos: “¿Por qué os miráis unos a otros?”.
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 Dijo: “He aquí, he oído que hay grano en Egipto. Bajad allí y comprad para nosotros de allí, para que vivamos y no muramos”.
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 Los diez hermanos de José bajaron a comprar grano a Egipto.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Pero Jacob no envió a Benjamín, el hermano de José, con sus hermanos, porque dijo: “No sea que le pase algo malo.”
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 Los hijos de Israel fueron a comprar entre los que venían, porque había hambre en la tierra de Canaán.
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 el gobernador de la tierra. Era él quien vendía a todo el pueblo de la tierra. Vinieron los hermanos de José y se inclinaron ante él con el rostro hacia la tierra.
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 José vio a sus hermanos y los reconoció, pero se comportó con ellos como un extraño y les habló con rudeza. Les dijo: “¿De dónde venís?”. Dijeron: “De la tierra de Canaán, 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 José reconoció a sus hermanos, pero ellos no lo reconocieron a él.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 José se acordó de los sueños que había soñado con ellos y les dijo: “¡Sois espías! Habéis venido a ver la desnudez de la tierra”.
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 Le dijeron: “No, mi señor, pero tus siervos han venido a comprar comida.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Todos somos hijos de un hombre; somos hombres honrados. Tus siervos no son espías”.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Les dijo: “¡No, pero habéis venido a ver la desnudez de la tierra!”
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 Ellos dijeron: “Nosotros, tus siervos, somos doce hermanos, hijos de un solo hombre en la tierra de Canaán; y he aquí que el menor está hoy con nuestro padre, y uno ya no está.”
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 José les dijo: “Es como les dije, diciendo: ‘Ustedes son espías’.
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Por esto seréis probados. Por la vida del Faraón, no saldréis de aquí, a menos que venga vuestro hermano menor.
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 Enviad a uno de vosotros y que traiga a vuestro hermano, y seréis atados, para que se compruebe si vuestras palabras son verdaderas, o si por la vida del faraón ciertamente sois espías.”
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 Los puso a todos juntos en custodia durante tres días.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Al tercer día, José les dijo: “Haced esto y vivid, porque temo a Dios.
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 Si sois hombres honrados, dejad que uno de vuestros hermanos sea atado en vuestra prisión; pero vosotros id, llevad grano para el hambre de vuestras 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 Traedme a vuestro hermano menor; así se verificarán vuestras palabras y no moriréis.” Así lo hicieron.
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 Se dijeron unos a otros: “Ciertamente somos culpables respecto a nuestro hermano, ya que vimos la angustia de su alma, cuando nos suplicó, y no quisimos escucharlo. Por eso nos ha sobrevenido esta angustia”.
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 Rubén les respondió: “¿No os dije que no pecarais contra el niño, y no quisisteis escuchar? Por eso también, he aquí que se requiere su sangre”.
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 Ellos no sabían que José los entendía, pues había un intérprete entre ellos.
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 Se apartó de ellos y lloró. Luego volvió a ellos y les habló, y tomó a Simeón de entre ellos y lo ató ante sus ojos.
[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 Entonces José dio la orden de llenar sus sacos de grano, y de devolver a cada uno su dinero en su saco, y de darles comida para el camino. Así se hizo con ellos.
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 Cargaron sus asnos con el grano y se fueron de allí.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Cuando uno de ellos abrió su saco para dar de comer a su asno en el lugar de alojamiento, vio su dinero. Estaba en la boca de su 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 Dijo a sus hermanos: “¡Mi dinero se ha recuperado! He aquí que está en mi saco”. Les falló el corazón, y se volvieron temblando unos a otros, diciendo: “¿Qué es esto que Dios ha hecho con nosotros?”
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 Vinieron a Jacob, su padre, a la tierra de Canaán, y le contaron todo lo que les había sucedido, diciendo:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 “El hombre, el señor de la tierra, habló con nosotros con aspereza y nos tomó por espías del 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 Nosotros le dijimos: ‘Somos hombres honestos. No somos espías.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Somos doce hermanos, hijos de nuestro padre; uno ya no existe, y el más joven está hoy con nuestro padre en la tierra de Canaán.’
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 El hombre, el señor de la tierra, nos dijo: ‘Por esto sabré que sois hombres honrados: dejad conmigo a uno de vuestros hermanos, tomad grano para el hambre de vuestras casas y seguid vuestro camino.
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 Traedme a vuestro hermano menor. Entonces sabré que no sois espías, sino que sois hombres honrados. Así te entregaré a tu hermano, y comerciarás en la tierra”.
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 Cuando vaciaron sus sacos, he aquí que el fajo de dinero de cada uno estaba en su saco. Cuando ellos y su padre vieron sus fajos de dinero, se asustaron.
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, su padre, les dijo: “¡Me habéis privado de mis hijos! Ya no está José, ya no está Simeón, y queréis llevaros a Benjamín. Todo esto es contra mí”.
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 Rubén habló a su padre diciendo: “Mata a mis dos hijos si no te lo traigo. Confíalo a mi cuidado, y te lo traeré de nuevo”.
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 Dijo: “Mi hijo no bajará con vosotros, pues su hermano ha muerto y sólo queda él. Si le ocurre algún daño en el camino por el que vas, entonces harás descender mis canas con dolor al Seol”. (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)
