Genesis 39
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Jose at ang Asawa ni Potifar
39 Dinala nga si Jose sa Egipto at doo'y ipinagbili siya ng mga Ismaelita kay Potifar, isang Egipcio na pinuno sa pamahalaan ng Faraon at kapitan ng mga tanod sa palasyo. 2 Sa(A) buong panahon ng paglilingkod ni Jose sa bahay ni Potifar ay pinatnubayan siya ni Yahweh. Anumang kanyang gawin ay nagtatagumpay. 3 Napansin ni Potifar na tinutulungan ni Yahweh si Jose, 4 kaya ginawa niya itong katiwala sa bahay at sa lahat niyang ari-arian. 5 Mula noon, dahil kay Jose ay pinagpala ni Yahweh ang buong sambahayan ni Potifar pati ang kanyang mga bukirin. 6 Ipinagkatiwala ni Potifar kay Jose ang lahat, maliban sa pagpili ng kanyang kakainin.
Si Jose'y matipuno at magandang lalaki. 7 Dumating ang panahon na pinagnasaan siya ng asawa ni Potifar. Sinabi nito, “Sipingan mo ako.”
8 Tumanggi si Jose at ang sabi, “Panatag po ang kalooban ng aking panginoon sapagkat ako'y narito. Ginawa niya akong katiwala, 9 at ipinamahala niya sa akin ang lahat sa bahay na ito, maliban sa inyo na kanyang asawa. Hindi ko po magagawa ang ganyan kalaking kataksilan at pagkakasala sa Diyos.” 10 Hindi pinapansin ni Jose ang babae kahit araw-araw itong nakikiusap na sumiping sa kanya.
11 Ngunit isang araw, nasa bahay si Jose upang gampanan ang kanyang tungkulin. Nagkataong wala roon ang ibang mga utusan. 12 Walang anu-ano'y hinablot ng babae ang kanyang balabal at sinabi, “Halika't sipingan mo na ako!” Patakbo siyang lumabas ngunit naiwan ang kanyang balabal sa babae. 13 Sa pangyayaring ito, 14 nagsisigaw ito at tinawag ang mga katulong na lalaki, “Tingnan ninyo! Dinalhan tayo ng asawa ko ng Hebreong ito para hamakin tayo. Sukat ba namang pasukin ako sa aking silid at gusto akong pagsamantalahan! Mabuti na lamang at ako'y nakasigaw. 15 Pagsigaw ko'y kumaripas siya ng takbo, at naiwan sa akin ang kanyang damit.”
16 Itinago niya ang balabal ni Jose hanggang sa dumating ang asawa. 17 Sinabi niya rito, “Ang Hebreong dinala mo rito'y bigla na lamang pumasok sa aking silid at gusto akong pagsamantalahan. 18 Nang ako'y sumigaw, kumaripas ng takbo at naiwan sa akin ang kanyang balabal.”
19 Nagalit si Potifar nang marinig ang sinabi ng asawa, 20 kaya't ipinahuli niya si Jose at isinama sa mga bilanggong tauhan ng Faraon. 21 Ngunit(B) si Jose ay hindi pinabayaan ni Yahweh. Ang bantay ng bilangguan ay naging napakabait sa kanya. 22 Si Jose ay ginawa niyang tagapamahala ng lahat ng mga bilanggo, at siya ang tanging nagpapasya kung ano ang gagawin sa loob ng bilangguan. 23 Hindi na halos nakikialam ang bantay ng bilangguan sa ginagawa ni Jose, sapagkat si Yahweh ay kasama nito at pinagtatagumpay siya sa lahat niyang gawain.
Genesis 39
Modern English Version
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
39 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
2 The Lord was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper. 4 Joseph found favor in his sight and served him. So he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put under his charge. 5 From the time that he had made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph. So the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and he had no concerns regarding anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and well-built. 7 After a time, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “My master does not concern himself with anything concerning me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my charge. 9 There is none greater in this house than I. He has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” 10 She spoke to Joseph every day, but he did not listen to her about lying with her or being with her.
11 But it happened one day that Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was there. 12 She caught him by his clothing, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his clothing in her hand and fled and got outside.
13 When she saw that he had left his clothing in her hand and had fled outside, 14 she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in a Hebrew among us to humiliate us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his clothing with me, fled, and got outside.”
16 She laid up his clothing next to her until his master came home. 17 She spoke to him using these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me. 18 When I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his clothing with me and fled outside.”
19 When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” he became enraged. 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
So he was there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 The keeper of the prison committed all the prisoners that were in the prison to the charge of Joseph. So whatever they did there, he was the one responsible for it. 23 The keeper of the prison did not concern himself with anything that was under Joseph’s charge because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
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