Yaratiliş 37
1 Yakup babasının yabancı olarak kalmış olduğu Kenan ülkesinde yaşadı.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 Yakup soyunun öyküsü: Yusuf on yedi yaşında bir gençti. Babasının karıları Bilha ve Zilpa'dan olan üvey kardeşleriyle birlikte sürü güdüyordu. Kardeşlerinin yaptığı kötülükleri babasına ulaştırırdı.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 İsrail Yusuf'u öbür oğullarının hepsinden çok severdi. Çünkü Yusuf onun yaşlılığında doğmuştu. Yusuf'a uzun, renkli bir giysi yaptırmıştı.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Yusuf'un kardeşleri babalarının onu kendilerinden çok sevdiğini görünce, ondan nefret ettiler. Yusuf'a tatlı söz söylemez oldular.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Yusuf bir düş gördü. Bunu kardeşlerine anlatınca, ondan daha çok nefret ettiler.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Yusuf, “Lütfen gördüğüm düşü dinleyin!” dedi,
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 “Tarlada demet bağlıyorduk. Ansızın benim demetim kalkıp dikildi. Sizinkilerse, çevresine toplanıp önünde eğildiler.”
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 Kardeşleri, “Başımıza kral mı olacaksın? Bizi sen mi yöneteceksin?” dediler. Düşlerinden, söylediklerinden ötürü ondan büsbütün nefret ettiler.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Yusuf bir düş daha görüp kardeşlerine anlattı. “Dinleyin, bir düş daha gördüm” dedi, “Güneş, ay ve on bir yıldız önümde eğildiler.”
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Yusuf babasıyla kardeşlerine bu düşü anlatınca, babası onu azarladı: “Ne biçim düş bu?” dedi, “Ben, annen, kardeşlerin gelip önünde yere mi eğileceğiz yani?”
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 Kardeşleri Yusuf'u kıskanıyordu, ama bu olay babasının aklına takıldı.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Bir gün Yusuf'un kardeşleri babalarının sürüsünü gütmek için Şekem'e gittiler.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 İsrail Yusuf'a, “Kardeşlerin Şekem'de sürü güdüyorlar” dedi, “Gel seni de onların yanına göndereyim.” Yusuf, “Hazırım” diye yanıtladı.
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Babası, “Git kardeşlerine ve sürüye bak” dedi, “Her şey yolunda mı, değil mi, bana haber getir.” Böylece onu Hevron Vadisi'nden gönderdi. Yusuf Şekem'e vardı.
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 Kırda dolaşırken bir adam onu görüp, “Ne arıyorsun?” diye sordu.
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 Yusuf, “Kardeşlerimi arıyorum” diye yanıtladı, “Buralarda sürü güdüyorlar. Nerede olduklarını biliyor musun?”
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Adam, “Buradan ayrıldılar” dedi, “‘Dotan'a gidelim’ dediklerini duydum.” Böylece Yusuf kardeşlerinin peşinden gitti ve Dotan'da onları buldu.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Kardeşleri onu uzaktan gördüler. Yusuf yanlarına varmadan, onu öldürmek için düzen kurdular.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Birbirlerine, “İşte düş hastası geliyor” dediler,
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 “Hadi onu öldürüp kuyulardan birine atalım. Yabanıl bir hayvan yedi deriz. Bakalım o zaman düşleri ne olacak!”
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Ruben bunu duyunca Yusuf'u kurtarmaya çalıştı: “Canına kıymayın” dedi,
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
22 “Kan dökmeyin. Onu şu ıssız yerdeki kuyuya atın, ama kendisine dokunmayın.” Amacı Yusuf'u kurtarıp babasına geri götürmekti.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Yusuf yanlarına varınca, kardeşleri sırtındaki renkli uzun giysiyi çekip çıkardılar
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 ve onu susuz, boş bir kuyuya attılar.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Yemek yemek için oturduklarında, Gilat yönünden bir İsmaili kervanının geldiğini gördüler. Develeri kitre, pelesenk, laden yüklüydü. Mısır'a gidiyorlardı.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Yahuda, kardeşlerine, “Kardeşimizi öldürür, suçumuzu gizlersek ne kazanırız?” dedi,
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 “Gelin onu İsmaililer'e satalım. Böylece canına dokunmamış oluruz. Çünkü o kardeşimizdir, aynı kanı taşıyoruz.” Kardeşleri kabul etti.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 Midyanlı tüccarlar oradan geçerken, kardeşleri Yusuf'u kuyudan çekip çıkardılar, yirmi gümüşe İsmaililer'e sattılar. İsmaililer Yusuf'u Mısır'a götürdüler.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Kuyuya geri dönen Ruben Yusuf'u orada göremeyince üzüntüden giysilerini yırttı.
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Kardeşlerinin yanına gidip, “Çocuk orada yok” dedi, “Ne yapacağım şimdi ben?”
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Bunun üzerine bir teke keserek Yusuf'un renkli uzun giysisini kanına buladılar.
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 Giysiyi babalarına götürerek, “Bunu bulduk” dediler, “Bak, bakalım, oğlunun mu, değil mi?”
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 Yakup giysiyi tanıdı, “Evet, bu oğlumun giysisi” dedi, “Onu yabanıl bir hayvan yemiş olmalı. Yusuf'u parçalamış olsa gerek.”
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Yakup üzüntüden giysilerini yırttı, beline çul sardı, oğlu için uzun süre yas tuttu.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 Bütün oğulları, kızları onu avutmaya çalıştılarsa da o avunmak istemedi. “Oğlumun yanına, ölüler diyarına yas tutarak gideceğim” diyerek oğlu için ağlamaya devam etti. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 Bu arada Midyanlılar da Yusuf'u Mısır'da firavunun bir görevlisine, muhafız birliği komutanı Potifar'a sattılar.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
