Génesis 45
1 Entonces José no pudo contenerse delante de todos los que estaban junto a él, y clamó: Hacéd salir de conmigo a todos. Y no quedó nadie con él para darse a conocer José a sus hermanos.
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 Entonces dio su voz con lloro; y oyeron los Egipcios; y oyó también la casa de Faraón.
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 Y dijo José a sus hermanos: Yo soy José: ¿vive aun mi padre? Y sus hermanos no le pudieron responder, porque estaban turbados delante de él.
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 Entonces José dijo a sus hermanos: Llegáos ahora a mí. Y ellos se llegaron. Y él dijo: Yo soy José vuestro hermano, el que vendisteis a Egipto.
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 Ahora pues, no os entristezcáis; ni os pese de haberme vendido acá; que para vida me envió Dios delante de vosotros:
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 Que ya han sido dos años de hambre en medio de la tierra, y aun quedan cinco años, que ni habrá arada ni siega.
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 Y Dios me envió delante de vosotros para que vosotros quedaseis en la tierra, y para daros vida por grande libertad.
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 Así que ahora, no me enviasteis vosotros acá, sino Dios, que me ha puesto por padre de Faraón, y por señor a toda su casa, y por enseñoreador en toda la tierra de Egipto.
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 Dáos priesa: íd a mi padre y decídle: Así dice tu hijo José: Dios me ha puesto por señor de todo Egipto, ven a mí, no te detengas.
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 Y habitarás en la tierra de Gosén, y estarás cerca de mí, tú y tus hijos; y los hijos de tus hijos; tus ganados, y tus vacas, y todo lo que tienes.
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 Y yo te alimentaré allí, que aun quedan cinco años de hambre, porque no perezcas de pobreza tú y tu casa, y todo lo que tienes.
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 Y, he aquí, vuestros ojos ven, y los ojos de mi hermano Ben-jamín, que mi boca os habla.
“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
13 Y haréis saber a mi padre toda mi gloria en Egipto, y todo lo que habéis visto: y dáos priesa, y traed a mi padre acá.
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 Y echóse sobre el cuello de Ben-jamín su hermano, y lloró: y Ben-jamín también lloró sobre su cuello.
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 Y besó a todos sus hermanos, y lloró sobre ellos: y después sus hermanos hablaron con él.
And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
16 Y la fama fue oída en la casa de Faraón, diciendo: Los hermanos de José han venido. Y plugo en los ojos de Faraón, y en los ojos de sus siervos.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 Y dijo Faraón a José: Di a tus hermanos: Hacéd esto; cargád vuestras bestias, e id, volvéd a la tierra de Canaán.
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 Y tomád a vuestro padre, y vuestras familias, y veníd a mi; que yo os daré lo bueno de la tierra de Egipto, y comeréis la grosura de la tierra.
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 Y tú manda: Hacéd esto; tomáos de la tierra de Egipto carros para vuestros niños y vuestras mujeres: y tomád a vuestro padre, y veníd.
“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 Y no se os dé nada de vuestras alhajas, porque el bien de la tierra de Egipto será vuestro.
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 E hiciéronlo así los hijos de Israel: y dióles José carros conforme al dicho de Faraón, y dióles mantenimiento para el camino.
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 A todos ellos dio a cada uno mudas de vestidos: y a Ben-jamín dio trescientos pesos de plata, y cinco mudas de vestidos.
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 Y a su padre envió esto; diez asnos cargados de lo mejor de Egipto, y diez asnas cargadas de trigo y pan, y comida para su padre para el camino.
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 Y despidió a sus hermanos, y fuéronse: y díjoles: No riñáis por el camino.
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 Y vinieron de Egipto: y llegaron a la tierra de Canaán a Jacob su padre.
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 Y diéronle las nuevas diciendo: José vive aun: y él es señor en toda la tierra de Egipto: y su corazón se desmayó, que no los creía.
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 Y ellos le contaron todas las palabras de José, que él les había hablado: y viendo él los carros que José enviaba para llevarle, el espíritu de Jacob su padre revivió.
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 Entonces dijo Israel: Basta; aun José mi hijo vive: yo iré y verle he antes que muera.
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!”
