1 Mosebok 44
1 Och Joseph befallde honom, som var öfver hans hus, och sade: Fyll dessa männernas säckar med spisning, så mycket de kunna föra, och lägg hvarjom sina penningar ofvan i hans säck:
When his brothers were ready to return home, Joseph said to the man who was in charge of things in his house, “Fill the sacks of those men with as much grain as they can carry [on their donkeys]. And put in the top of each man’s sack the silver that he paid for the grain.
2 Och mina silfskål ofvan i dens yngstas säck med penningarna för sädena. Han gjorde, som Joseph honom sade.
Then put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the silver that he paid for the grain.” So the servant did what Joseph told him to do.
3 Om morgonen, då ljust vardt, läto de männerna fara med sina åsnar.
The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home with their donkeys.
4 Då de nu voro ut af stadenom, och icke långt komne, sade Joseph till honom, som var öfver hans hus: Up och far efter männerna, och när du får dem, så säg till dem: Hvi hafven I lönt godt med ondo?
When they had not gone far from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of things in his house, “Pursue those men immediately. When you catch up to them, say to them, ‘We did good things for you! Why have you paid us back by doing something bad to us?
5 Är icke det der min herre dricker utaf, och der han spår med? I hafven illa gjort.
[You have stolen the cup] that my master drinks from [RHQ]! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!’”
6 Och som han beslog dem, sade han sådan ord till dem.
The servant [left immediately and] when he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had told him to say.
7 De svarade honom: Hvi talar min herre sådana ord? Bort det, att dine tjenare skulle så göra.
But one of them replied to him, “Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that!
8 Si, penningarna, som vi funnom ofvan uti våra säckar, hafvom vi fört till dig igen af Canaans lande: Och hvi skulle vi då hafva stulit silfver eller guld af dins herras huse?
We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So (we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?) [RHQ]
9 När hvilken det varder funnit ibland dina tjenare, han må dö: Dertill vilje vi ock vara mins herras trälar.
If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.”
10 Han sade: Ja, vare som I hafven sagt: När hvilkom det finnes, han vare min träl: men I skolen vara löse.
The man replied, “Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.”
11 Och då de hastade sig, och lade hvar sin säck af ned på jordena, och hvar lät upp sin säck.
Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it.
12 Och han sökte, och begynte på den första, in till den yngsta; då fans skålen i BenJamins säck.
Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them.
13 Då refvo de sin kläder, och ladde hvar uppå sin åsna, och foro åter in i staden.
The brothers tore their clothes [because they were so dismayed]. They loaded the sacks on the donkeys again and returned to the city.
14 Och Juda gick med sina bröder in i Josephs hus; ty han var ändå der, och de föllo ned på jordena för honom.
When Judah and his [older and younger] brothers entered Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph.
15 Joseph sade till dem: Hvi torden I det göra? Veten I icke, att en sådana man, som jag är, kunde spå till?
He said to them, “Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?” [RHQ]
16 Juda sade: Hvad skole vi säga minom herra, eller huru skole vi bära före? Gud hafver funnit dina tjenares missgerningar: Si, vi och den, som skålen är funnen när, äre min herras trälar.
Judah replied, “Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we (are innocent/did not steal the cup)? God has (paid us back/punished us) for the sins [we committed many years ago]. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack the cup was found.”
17 Men han sade: Bort det, att jag skulle så göra. Den mannen, som skålen är funnen när, han skall vara min träl: Men I farer med frid upp till edar fader.
But Joseph replied, “No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.”
18 Då gick Juda till honom, och sade: Min herre, låt din tjenare tala ett ord i dina öron, min herre, och din vrede harmes icke öfver din tjenare; ty du äst såsom Pharao.
Then Judah came near to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you.
19 Min herre frågade sina tjenare, och sade: Hafven I ock någon fader, eller broder?
You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another brother?’
20 Då svarade vi: Vi hafve en fader, och han är gammal, och en ung dräng föddan i hans ålderdom, och hans broder är död, och han är allena blifven igen af sine moder, och hans fader hafver honom kär.
We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an [older] brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.’
21 Då sade du till dina tjenare: Hafver honom hit ned till mig, och jag vill göra honom godt.
Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.’
22 Men vi svarade minom herra: Pilten kan icke komma ifrå sinom fader; hvar han komme honom ifrå, dödde han.
We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’
23 Då sade du till dina tjenare: Hvar edar yngste broder icke kommer här med eder, skolen I icke mera komma för min ögon.
But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!’
24 Då forom vi upp till din tjenare, min fader, och sadom honom mins herras tal.
When we returned to our father, we told him what you said.
25 Då sade vår fader: Farer åter bort, och köper oss någon spisning.
[Months later] our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!’
26 Men vi sade: Vi kunne icke fara der ned, med mindre vår yngste broder är med oss, så vilje vi fara derned; ty vi kunne icke komma för dens mansens ögon, hvar vår yngste broder icke är med oss.
But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27 Då sade din tjenare, min fader, till oss: I veten, att min hustru hafver födt mig två:
Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] gave birth to two sons for me.
28 Den ene gick bort ifrån mig, och det sades, att han skulle vara ihjälrifven; och jag hafver ej sett honom allt härtill.
One of them disappeared, and I said, “A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.” And I have not seen him since then.
29 Skolen I ock taga denna ifrå mig, och honom vederfars något ondt, så varden I drifvande min grå hår med sorg ned i grafvena. (Sheol h7585)
I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ (Sheol h7585)
30 Om jag nu komme hem till din tjenare, min fader, och pilten vore icke med oss, efter hans själ hänger intill desses själ;
“So please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.
31 Så sker det, då han ser, att pilten icke är tillstädes, att han dör: Så vorde vi dine tjenare, dins tjenares, vårs faders grå hår förande med jämmer ned i grafvena. (Sheol h7585)
If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
32 Ty jag, din tjenare, hafver varit minom fader god för pilten, och sagt: Hafver jag icke honom till dig igen, så vill jag hafva skuld i alla mina lifsdagar.
I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it is my fault) [for not bringing him back to you].’
33 Derföre, låt din tjenare blifva här qvar minom herra för en träl i piltens stad; och låt pilten fara upp med sina bröder.
“So, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers.
34 Förty, huru skulle jag fara upp till min fader, när pilten är icke med mig? Jag finge se den jämmer, som min fader uppå komme.
(I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me?) [RHQ] I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!”
