Génesis 43
1 Y la hambre era grande en la tierra.
The famine in Canaan got worse.
2 Y aconteció que como acabaron de comer el trigo que trajeron de Egipto, díjoles su padre: Volvéd, comprád para nosotros un poco de alimento.
Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
3 Y respondióle Judá, diciendo: Protestando nos protestó aquel varón, diciendo: No veréis mi rostro sin vuestro hermano con vosotros.
But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
4 Si enviares nuestro hermano con nosotros, descenderemos, y comprarte hemos alimento.
So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
5 Y si no le enviares, no descenderemos; porque aquel varón nos dijo: No veréis mi rostro sin vuestro hermano con vosotros.
But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
6 Y dijo Israel: ¿Por qué me hicisteis mal declarando al varón, que teníais más hermano?
Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
7 Y ellos respondieron: Preguntando nos preguntó aquel varón por nosotros, y por nuestra parentela, diciendo: ¿Vive aun vuestro padre? ¿Tenéis más hermano? Y declarámosle conforme a estas palabras: ¿Podíamos nosotros saber que había de decir: Hacéd venir a vuestro hermano?
One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
8 Entonces Judá dijo a Israel su padre: Envía al mozo conmigo, y levantarnos hemos, e iremos, porque vivamos y no muramos nosotros: y tú, y nuestros niños.
Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
9 Yo salgo por fiador, de mi mano le requerirás: si yo no te le volviere, y le pusiere delante de ti, cargue yo con la culpa para siempre.
I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
10 Que si no nos hubiéramos detenido, cierto ahora hubiéramos ya vuelto dos veces.
If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
11 Entonces Israel su padre les respondió: Pues que así es, hacédlo: tomád de lo mejor de la tierra en vuestros vasos, y llevád a aquel varón un presente, un poco de resina, y un poco de miel, especias, y almáciga, piñones, y almendras.
Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
12 Y tomád en vuestras manos doblado dinero; y llevád en vuestra mano el dinero vuelto en las bocas de vuestros costales, quizá fue yerro.
Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
13 Y tomád vuestro hermano, y levantáos, y volvéd a aquel varón.
Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
14 Y el Dios omnipotente os dé misericordias delante de aquel varón, y os suelte al otro vuestro hermano, y a este Ben-jamín: y yo como deshijado, deshijado.
I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
15 Entonces aquellos varones tomaron el presente, y tomaron en su mano doblado dinero, y a Ben-jamín; y levantáronse y descendieron a Egipto, y presentáronse delante de José.
So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
16 Y José vio con ellos a Ben-jamín, y dijo al que presidía en su casa: Mete aquellos varones en casa, y degüella víctima, y apareja; porque estos varones comerán conmigo al mediodía.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
17 Y el varón hizo como José dijo, y metió aquel varón a los hombres en casa de José.
The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
18 Y aquellos hombres tuvieron temor, cuando fueron metidos en casa de José, y decían: Por el dinero que fue vuelto en nuestros costales la primera vez nos han metido, para revolver sobre nosotros, y dar sobre nosotros, y tomarnos por siervos a nosotros, y a nuestros asnos.
But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
19 Y llegáronse a aquel varón, que presidía en casa de José, y habláronle a la entrada de la casa,
They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
20 Y dijeron: Ay, señor mío, nosotros descendimos al principio a comprar alimentos:
one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
21 Y aconteció que como venímos al mesón, y abrímos nuestros costales, he aquí que el dinero de cada uno estaba en la boca de su costal, nuestro dinero por su peso: y hémoslo vuelto en nuestras manos.
But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
22 Y hemos traído en nuestras manos otro dinero para comprar alimentos: nosotros no sabemos quien haya puesto nuestro dinero en nuestros costales.
We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
23 Y él respondió: Paz a vosotros; no temáis: vuestro Dios, y el Dios de vuestro padre, os dio el tesoro en vuestros costales: vuestro dinero vino a mí. Y sacó a Simeón a ellos.
The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
24 Y metió aquel varón a aquellos hombres en casa de José: y dio agua; y lavaron sus pies, y dio de comer a sus asnos.
Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
25 Y ellos apercibieron el presente entre tanto que venía José, al mediodía, porque habían oído que allí habían de comer pan.
He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
26 Y vino José a casa; y ellos trajeron a casa el presente que tenían en su mano, e inclináronse a él hasta tierra.
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
27 Entonces él les preguntó como estaban, y dijo: ¿Vuestro padre, el viejo que dijisteis, vale bien? ¿es aun vivo?
He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
28 Y ellos respondieron: Bien va a tu siervo nuestro padre; aun vive. E inclináronse, e hicieron reverencia.
One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
29 Y alzando él sus ojos vio a Ben-jamín su hermano, hijo de su madre, y dijo: ¿Es este vuestro hermano menor, de quien me dijisteis? Y dijo: Dios haya misericordia de ti, hijo mío.
Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
30 Entonces José se apresuró, que se encendieron sus entrañas sobre su hermano, y procuró de llorar: y entróse en la cámara, y lloró allí.
Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
31 Y lavó su rostro, y salió y esforzóse, y dijo: Ponéd pan.
Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
32 Y pusiéronle a él a parte, y a ellos a parte, y a los Egipcios que comían con él, a parte; porque los Egipcios no pueden comer con los Hebreos pan, que es abominación a los Egipcios.
The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
33 Y asentáronse delante de él el mayor conforme a su mayoría, y el menor conforme a su menoría: y aquellos hombres estaban espantados el uno al otro.
His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
34 Y él tomó presentes de delante de sí para ellos: y el presente de Ben-jamín fue aumentado más que los presentes de todos ellos en cinco partes. Y ellos bebieron, y alegráronse con él.
And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
