Génesis 42
1 Y Jacob, oyendo que había trigo en Egipto, dijo a sus hijos: ¿Por qué se miran 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 Y él dijo: He tenido noticias de que hay grano en Egipto; desciende allí y compra grano para nosotros, para que la vida y no la muerte sean nuestras.
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 Entonces los diez hermanos de José bajaron a comprar grano de 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 ellos, por temor, como él dijo, que algún mal pudiera venir a él.
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 Y vinieron los hijos de Israel con todos los demás para comprar el grano; porque les faltaba mucho alimento 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 Y José era señor de toda la tierra, y fue él quien vendía el grano entre toda la gente de la tierra; y los hermanos de José vinieron delante de él y se postraron sobre sus rostros a 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 Y cuando José vio a sus hermanos, le quedó claro quiénes eran, pero él se hizo extraño a ellos, y hablando bruscamente con ellos, dijo: ¿De dónde vienes? Y 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 Ahora bien, aunque José vio que estos eran sus hermanos, ellos no tenían idea de quién era él.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Entonces el recuerdo de sus sueños acerca de ellos regresó a José, y él les dijo: Has venido en secreto para ver cuán pobre es 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 Y ellos le respondieron: No es así, señor mío; tus siervos vinieron con dinero para comer.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Todos somos hijos de un hombre, somos hombres honrados; no hemos venido con ningún propósito secreto.
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Y él les dijo: No, pero han venido para ver cuán pobre es 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 Entonces dijeron: Tus siervos somos doce hermanos, hijos de un varón en la tierra de Canaán; el más joven de nosotros está ahora con nuestro padre, y uno está muerto.
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 Y dijo José: Es como dije; has venido con algún propósito secreto;
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Pero de esta manera serás puesto a prueba: por la vida de Faraón, no te irás de este lugar hasta que tu hermano menor venga aquí.
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 Envía uno de ustedes para conseguir a tu hermano, y el resto de ti se mantendrá en la cárcel, para que tus palabras puedan ser probadas para ver si estas diciendo la verdad; si no, por la vida de Faraón, tu propósito es ciertamente secreto.
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 Y los puso en la cárcel por tres días.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Y al tercer día José les dijo: Hagan esto si quisieran conservar sus vidas; porque yo soy un hombre temeroso de 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 son hombres honrados, que uno de ustedes se quede en la cárcel, mientras van y llevan grano para las necesidades de sus familias;
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 Y vuelvan a mí con tu hermano menor, para que tus palabras sean confirmadas, y no morirán. Esto es lo que deben de hacer.
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 Y se dijeron el uno al otro: En verdad, le hicimos mal a nuestro hermano, porque vimos su dolor de ánimo, y no escuchamos sus oraciones; es por eso que este problema nos ha llegado.
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 Y Rubén les dijo: ¿No les dije yo: No hagan mal al niño? pero no prestaste atención; así que ahora, el castigo vino sobre nosotros por 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 No estaban conscientes de que el sentido de sus palabras era claro para José, porque les había estado hablando a través de alguien que tenía conocimiento de su idioma.
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 Y apartándose de ellos, fue vencido por él llanto; Luego siguió hablando con ellos nuevamente y tomó a Simeón y le puso cadenas delante de ellos.
[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 ordenó que sus bolsas se llenarán de grano, y que el dinero de cada uno se volviera a poner en su bolsa, y que se les dieran alimentos para el viaje; y así se hizo.
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 Entonces pusieron las alforjas en sus asnos y se fueron.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Ahora, en el lugar de descanso de la noche, uno de ellos, abriendo su bolsa para dar algo de comer a su asno, vio su dinero en la boca de la bolsa.
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 Y dijo a sus hermanos: Mi dinero me ha sido devuelto; está en mi bolsa; Entonces sus corazones se llenaron de temor, y volviéndose el uno al otro, dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que Dios nos ha hecho?
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 Y cuando llegaron a Jacob su padre, en la tierra de Canaán, le dieron cuenta de todas sus experiencias, 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 que es el gobernante del país fue duro con nosotros y nos puso en prisión, diciendo que habíamos venido con un mal propósito secreto.
“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 Y le dijimos: Somos hombres honrados, no tenemos malos designios;
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Somos doce hermanos, hijos de nuestro padre; uno está muerto, y el más joven está ahora 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 Y el príncipe de la tierra dijo: De esta manera puedo estar seguro de que son hombres honrados; deje que uno de ustedes se quede aquí conmigo, mientras va y lleva grano para las necesidades de sus familias;
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 Y regresa a mí con tu hermano menor; entonces estaré seguro de que son hombres honrados, y te devolveré a tu hermano y los dejaré comerciar 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 Y cuando tomaron el grano de sus bolsas, se vio que el paquete de dinero de cada uno estaba en su bolsa; y cuando ellos y su padre vieron el dinero, estaban llenos de miedo.
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 Y Jacob su padre les dijo: Me has quitado de encima a mis hijos; José se ha ido, y Simeón se ha ido, y ahora te llevarás a Benjamín; todas estas cosas me han venido 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 Y Rubén dijo: Muera mis dos hijos si no vuelvo a ti con él; déjalo estar a mi cuidado y yo te lo devolveré sano y salvo.
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 Y dijo: No dejaré a mi hijo descender contigo; porque su hermano está muerto y él es todo lo que tengo: si el mal lo alcanza en el viaje, entonces a través de ti mi cabeza gris descenderá al sepulcro con tristeza. (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)
