Génesis 42

1 Y viendo Jacob que en Egipto había alimentos, dijo a sus hijos: ¿Por qué os estáis mirando?

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

2 Y dijo: He aquí yo he oído que hay alimentos en Egipto; descendéd allá, y comprád para nosotros de allá, para que vivamos, y no nos muramos.

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

3 Y descendieron los diez hermanos de José a comprar trigo a Egipto.

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

4 Mas a Ben-jamín, hermano de José, no envió Jacob con sus hermanos, porque dijo: Porque no le acontezca algún desastre.

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

5 Y vinieron los hijos de Israel a comprar entre los que venían; porque había hambre en la tierra de Canaán.

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

6 Y José era el señor de la tierra, que vendía el trigo a todo el pueblo de la tierra: y llegaron los hermanos de José, e inclináronse a él la haz sobre la tierra.

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

7 Y José como vio a sus hermanos, conociólos, e hizo que no los conocía; y hablóles ásperamente, y díjoles: ¿De dónde habéis venido? Ellos respondieron: De la tierra de Canaán a comprar alimentos.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

8 Y José conoció a sus hermanos, mas ellos no le conocieron.

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

9 Entonces José se acordó de los sueños que había soñado de ellos, y díjoles: Espiones sois: por ver lo descubierto de la tierra habéis venido.

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

10 Y ellos le respondieron: No, señor mío; mas tus siervos han venido a comprar alimentos.

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

11 Todos nosotros somos hijos de un varón, hombres de verdad somos: tus siervos nunca fueron espiones.

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

12 Y él les dijo: No: a ver lo descubierto de la tierra habéis venido.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

13 Ellos respondieron: Tus siervos somos doce hermanos, hijos de un varón en la tierra de Canaán: y, he aquí, el menor está con nuestro padre hoy, y otro no parece.

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

14 Y José les dijo: Eso es lo que yo os he dicho, diciendo que sois espiones.

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

15 En esto seréis probados: Vive Faraón, que no saldréis de aquí, sino cuando vuestro hermano menor viniere aquí.

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

16 Enviád uno de vosotros, y tome a vuestro hermano; y vosotros quedád presos; y vuestras palabras serán probadas, si hay verdad con vosotros: y si no, vive Faraón que sois espiones.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

17 Y juntóles en la cárcel tres días.

So he put them in prison for three days.

18 Y al tercero día díjoles José: Hacéd esto, y vivíd: Yo temo a Dios.

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

19 Si sois hombres de verdad, quede preso en la casa de vuestra cárcel uno de vuestros hermanos: y vosotros id, llevád el alimento para la hambre de vuestra casa:

If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

20 Y traerme heis a vuestro hermano menor, y serán verificadas vuestras palabras; y no moriréis. Y ellos lo hicieron así.

And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

21 Y decían el uno al otro: Verdaderamente nosotros hemos pecado contra nuestro hermano, que vimos el angustia de su alma, cuando nos rogaba, y no oímos: por eso ha venido sobre nosotros esta angustia.

And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

22 Entonces Rubén les respondió, diciendo: ¿No os lo decía yo, diciendo: No pequéis contra el mozo, y no oísteis? He aquí también su sangre es requerida.

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

23 Y ellos no sabían que entendía José; porque había intérprete entre ellos.

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

24 Y apartóse de ellos, y lloró: después volvió a ellos, y hablóles, y tomó de ellos a Simeón, y emprisionóle delante de ellos.

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

25 Y mandó José que hinchesen sus sacos de trigo, y les volviesen su dinero de cada uno de ellos en su saco, y les diesen comida para el camino: y fue hecho con ellos así.

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

26 Y ellos pusieron su trigo sobre sus asnos, y fuéronse de allí.

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

27 Y abriendo el uno su saco para dar de comer a su asno, en el mesón, vio su dinero que estaba en la boca de su costal.

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

28 Y dijo a sus hermanos: Mi dinero es vuelto, y hélo aquí también en mi saco. Entonces el corazón se les sobresaltó, y espantados el uno al otro, dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que nos ha hecho Dios?

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

29 Y venidos a Jacob su padre en tierra de Canaán, contáronle todo lo que les había acaecido, diciendo:

So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

30 Aquel varón, señor de la tierra, nos habló ásperamente, y nos trató como a espiones de la tierra:

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

31 Y nosotros le dijimos: Hombres de verdad somos; nunca fuimos espiones.

And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

32 Doce hermanos somos, hijos de nuestro padre; el uno no parece, y el menor está hoy con nuestro padre en la tierra de Canaán.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 Y aquel varón, señor de la tierra, nos dijo: En esto conoceré que sois hombres de verdad: Dejád conmigo el uno de vuestros hermanos, y tomád para la hambre de vuestras casas; y andád,

And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

34 Y traédme a vuestro hermano el menor, para que yo sepa que no sois espiones, sino hombres de verdad, y daros he a vuestro hermano, y negociaréis en la tierra.

And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

35 Y aconteció, que vaciando ellos sus sacos, he aquí que en el saco de cada uno estaba el trapo de su dinero: y viendo ellos y su padre los trapos de sus dineros, tuvieron temor.

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

36 Entonces su padre Jacob les dijo: Deshijádome habéis: José no parece, y Simeón no parece, y a Ben-jamín tomaréis: sobre mí son todas estas cosas.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

37 Y Rubén habló a su padre, diciendo: Mis dos hijos harás morir, si no te lo volviere: dále en mi mano, que yo le volveré a ti.

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

38 Y él dijo: No descenderá mi hijo con vosotros: que su hermano es muerto, y él solo ha quedado: y si le aconteciere algún desastre en el camino donde vais, haréis descender mis canas con dolor a la sepultura. (Sheol h7585)

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow. (Sheol h7585)