Genèse 42
Louis Segond
42 Jacob, voyant qu'il y avait du blé en Égypte, dit à ses fils: Pourquoi vous regardez-vous les uns les autres?
2 Il dit: Voici, j'apprends qu'il y a du blé en Égypte; descendez-y, pour nous en acheter là, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas.
3 Dix frères de Joseph descendirent en Égypte, pour acheter du blé.
4 Jacob n'envoya point avec eux Benjamin, frère de Joseph, dans la crainte qu'il ne lui arrivât quelque malheur.
5 Les fils d'Israël vinrent pour acheter du blé, au milieu de ceux qui venaient aussi; car la famine était dans le pays de Canaan.
6 Joseph commandait dans le pays; c'est lui qui vendait du blé à tout le peuple du pays. Les frères de Joseph vinrent, et se prosternèrent devant lui la face contre terre.
7 Joseph vit ses frères et les reconnut; mais il feignit d'être un étranger pour eux, il leur parla durement, et leur dit: D'où venez-vous? Ils répondirent: Du pays de Canaan, pour acheter des vivres.
8 Joseph reconnut ses frères, mais eux ne le reconnurent pas.
9 Joseph se souvint des songes qu'il avait eus à leur sujet, et il leur dit: Vous êtes des espions; c'est pour observer les lieux faibles du pays que vous êtes venus.
10 Ils lui répondirent: Non, mon seigneur, tes serviteurs sont venus pour acheter du blé.
11 Nous sommes tous fils d'un même homme; nous sommes sincères, tes serviteurs ne sont pas des espions.
12 Il leur dit: Nullement; c'est pour observer les lieux faibles du pays que vous êtes venus.
13 Ils répondirent: Nous, tes serviteurs, sommes douze frères, fils d'un même homme au pays de Canaan; et voici, le plus jeune est aujourd'hui avec notre père, et il y en a un qui n'est plus.
14 Joseph leur dit: Je viens de vous le dire, vous êtes des espions.
15 Voici comment vous serez éprouvés. Par la vie de Pharaon! vous ne sortirez point d'ici que votre jeune frère ne soit venu.
16 Envoyez l'un de vous pour chercher votre frère; et vous, restez prisonniers. Vos paroles seront éprouvées, et je saurai si la vérité est chez vous; sinon, par la vie de Pharaon! vous êtes des espions.
17 Et il les mit ensemble trois jours en prison.
18 Le troisième jour, Joseph leur dit: Faites ceci, et vous vivrez. Je crains Dieu!
19 Si vous êtes sincères, que l'un de vos frères reste enfermé dans votre prison; et vous, partez, emportez du blé pour nourrir vos familles,
20 et amenez-moi votre jeune frère, afin que vos paroles soient éprouvées et que vous ne mouriez point. Et ils firent ainsi.
21 Ils se dirent alors l'un à l'autre: Oui, nous avons été coupables envers notre frère, car nous avons vu l'angoisse de son âme, quand il nous demandait grâce, et nous ne l'avons point écouté! C'est pour cela que cette affliction nous arrive.
22 Ruben, prenant la parole, leur dit: Ne vous disais-je pas: Ne commettez point un crime envers cet enfant? Mais vous n'avez point écouté. Et voici, son sang est redemandé.
23 Ils ne savaient pas que Joseph comprenait, car il se servait avec eux d'un interprète.
24 Il s'éloigna d'eux, pour pleurer. Il revint, et leur parla; puis il prit parmi eux Siméon, et le fit enchaîner sous leurs yeux.
25 Joseph ordonna qu'on remplît de blé leurs sacs, qu'on remît l'argent de chacun dans son sac, et qu'on leur donnât des provisions pour la route. Et l'on fit ainsi.
26 Ils chargèrent le blé sur leurs ânes, et partirent.
27 L'un d'eux ouvrit son sac pour donner du fourrage à son âne, dans le lieu où ils passèrent la nuit, et il vit l'argent qui était à l'entrée du sac.
28 Il dit à ses frères: Mon argent a été rendu, et le voici dans mon sac. Alors leur coeur fut en défaillance; et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre, en tremblant: Qu'est-ce que Dieu nous a fait?
29 Ils revinrent auprès de Jacob, leur père, dans le pays de Canaan, et ils lui racontèrent tout ce qui leur était arrivé. Ils dirent:
30 L'homme, qui est le seigneur du pays, nous a parlé durement, et il nous a pris pour des espions.
31 Nous lui avons dit: Nous sommes sincères, nous ne sommes pas des espions.
32 Nous sommes douze frères, fils de notre père; l'un n'est plus, et le plus jeune est aujourd'hui avec notre père au pays de Canaan.
33 Et l'homme, qui est le seigneur du pays, nous a dit: Voici comment je saurai si vous êtes sincères. Laissez auprès de moi l'un de vos frères, prenez de quoi nourrir vos familles, partez, et amenez-moi votre jeune frère.
34 Je saurai ainsi que vous n'êtes pas des espions, que vous êtes sincères; je vous rendrai votre frère, et vous pourrez librement parcourir le pays.
35 Lorsqu'ils vidèrent leurs sacs, voici, le paquet d'argent de chacun était dans son sac. Ils virent, eux et leur père, leurs paquets d'argent, et ils eurent peur.
36 Jacob, leur père, leur dit: Vous me privez de mes enfants! Joseph n'est plus, Siméon n'est plus, et vous prendriez Benjamin! C'est sur moi que tout cela retombe.
37 Ruben dit à son père: Tu feras mourir mes deux fils si je ne te ramène pas Benjamin; remets-le entre mes mains, et je te le ramènerai.
38 Jacob dit: Mon fils ne descendra point avec vous; car son frère est mort, et il reste seul; s'il lui arrivait un malheur dans le voyage que vous allez faire, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur dans le séjour des morts.
Genesis 42
King James Version
42 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 42
English Standard Version
Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
42 When (A)Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may (B)live and not die.” 3 So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, (C)Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for (D)he feared that harm might happen to him. 5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor (E)over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and (F)bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. 7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and (G)spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” 8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph (H)remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. (I)And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” 10 They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”
12 He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.” 13 And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one (J)is no more.” 14 But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies. 15 By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. 16 Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.” 17 And he put them all together in custody for three days.
18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, (K)for I fear God: 19 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry (L)grain for the famine of your households, 20 and (M)bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so. 21 Then they said to one another, (N)“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.” 22 And Reuben answered them, (O)“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now (P)there comes a reckoning for his blood.” 23 They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them. 24 Then he turned away from them and (Q)wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. 25 (R)And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.
26 Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed. 27 And as (S)one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at (T)the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. 28 He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, 30 “The man, the lord of the land, (U)spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One (V)is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’ 33 Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, (W)‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take (X)grain for the famine of your households, and go your way. 34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall (Y)trade in the land.’”
35 (Z)As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said to them, “You have (AA)bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.” 37 Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill (AB)my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.” 38 But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for (AC)his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. (AD)If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, (AE)you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
Genesis 42
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Pumunta sa Egipto ang mga Kapatid ni Jose
42 Nang malaman ni Jacob na may ipinagbibiling pagkain sa Egipto, sinabi niya sa mga anak niyang lalaki, “Ano pa ang hinihintay ninyo? 2 Nabalitaan ko na may ipinagbibili raw na pagkain sa Egipto kaya pumunta kayo roon at bumili para hindi tayo mamatay sa gutom.”
3 Kaya lumakad ang sampung kapatid ni Jose sa Egipto para bumili ng pagkain. 4 Pero hindi ipinasama ni Jacob si Benjamin na nakababatang kapatid ni Jose dahil natatakot siya na baka may masamang mangyari sa kanya. 5 Kaya pumunta ang mga anak ni Jacob[a] sa Egipto kasama ng mga taga-ibang lugar para bumili ng pagkain, dahil laganap na ang taggutom sa buong Canaan.
6 Bilang gobernador ng Egipto, tungkulin ni Jose na pagbilhan ng pagkain ang lahat ng tao. Kaya pagdating ng mga kapatid niya, yumukod sila kay Jose bilang paggalang sa kanya. 7-9 Pagkakita ni Jose sa kanila, nakilala niya agad ang mga ito pero siyaʼy hindi nila nakilala. Hindi lang siya nagpahalata na siya si Jose. Nagtanong siya sa kanila kung taga-saan sila.
Sumagot sila, “Taga-Canaan po kami, at pumunta po kami rito para bumili ng pagkain.” Naalala agad ni Jose ang panaginip niya tungkol sa kanila na naging dahilan kung bakit sila nagalit sa kanya. Kaya nagsalita siya ng masasakit na salita sa kanila, “Mga espiya kayo! Pumunta kayo rito para tingnan kung ano ang kahinaan ng bansa namin.”
10 Sumagot sila, “Hindi po! Hindi po kami espiya. Pumunta po kami rito para bumili ng pagkain. 11 Magkakapatid po kaming lahat sa isang ama, at nagsasabi po kami ng totoo. Hindi po kami espiya.”
12 Pero sinabi ni Jose, “Hindi ako naniniwala! Pumunta kayo rito para tingnan kung ano ang kahinaan ng bansa namin.”
13 Sumagot sila, “12 po kaming magkakapatid, at isa lang po ang aming ama na naroon ngayon sa Canaan. Ang bunso po namin ay naiwan sa kanya. Ang isa po naming kapatid ay wala na.”
14 Sinabi ni Jose, “Kagaya ng sinabi ko, mga espiya talaga kayo! 15 Pero susubukan ko kayo kung totoo talaga ang mga sinasabi ninyo. Isinusumpa ko sa pangalan ng Faraon na hindi kayo makakaalis dito hanggaʼt hindi ninyo maisasama ang bunsong kapatid nʼyo rito. 16 Pauuwiin ang isa sa inyo para kunin ang kapatid ninyo. Ang maiiwan sa inyoʼy ikukulong hanggang sa mapatunayan ninyo ang sinasabi ninyo, dahil kung hindi, talagang mga espiya nga kayo!” 17 At ipinakulong niya ang mga ito sa loob ng tatlong araw.
18 Sa ikatlong araw, sinabi ni Jose sa kanila, “Iginagalang ko ang Dios, kaya bibigyan ko pa kayo ng pagkakataong mabuhay kung susundin lang ninyo ang iniutos ko sa inyo. 19 Kung nagsasabi kayo ng totoo, magpaiwan dito ang isa sa inyo at makakauwi kayo, at makakapagdala kayo ng pagkain para sa nagugutom ninyong pamilya. 20 Pagkatapos, dalhin nʼyo rito ang bunsong kapatid ninyo para mapatunayan ko na hindi kayo nagsisinungaling at para hindi ko kayo ipapatay.” At ginawa nila ito.
21 Habang hindi pa sila nakakaalis, sinabi nila sa isaʼt isa, “Mananagot tayo sa ginawa natin sa kapatid natin. Nakita natin ang paghihirap niya nang nagmamakaawa siya sa atin, pero hindi natin siya kinaawaan. Kaya ito ang dahilan kung bakit dumating ang mga paghihirap na ito sa atin.”
22 Sinabi ni Reuben, “Hindi baʼt sinabi ko sa inyo noon na huwag ninyo siyang saktan? Pero hindi kayo nakinig sa akin! Kaya sinisingil na tayo ngayon sa kanyang pagkamatay.” 23 Hindi nila alam na nauunawaan ni Jose ang usapan nila dahil habang nakikipag-usap siya sa kanila ay may tagapagpaliwanag siya.
24 Lumayo muna si Jose sa kanila at umiyak. Pero hindi nagtagal, bumalik siya at nakipag-usap sa kanila. Hiniwalay niya si Simeon sa kanila at ipinagapos sa kanilang harapan.
Bumalik sa Canaan ang mga Kapatid ni Jose
25 Pagkatapos, iniutos ni Jose na punuin ng pagkain ang mga sako ng kanyang mga kapatid at ibalik sa mga sako nila ang kani-kanilang bayad, at pabaunan sila ng kanilang mga pangangailangan sa kanilang paglalakbay. Nasunod lahat ang iniutos ni Jose. 26 Isinakay agad ng mga kapatid ni Jose ang mga sako nila sa kanilang asno at umalis.
27 Nang nagpalipas sila ng gabi sa isang lugar, isa sa kanila ang nagbukas ng sako niya para pakainin ang kanyang asno. Pagbukas niya, nakita niya roon ang perang ibinayad niya. 28 Sumigaw siya sa kanyang mga kapatid, “Ibinalik ang ibinayad ko! Nandito sa sako ko.”
Nanlupaypay silang lahat at kinabahan.[b] Nagtanungan sila, “Ano kaya itong ginawa ng Dios sa atin?”
29 Pagdating nila sa Canaan, sinabi nila sa kanilang amang si Jacob ang lahat ng nangyari sa kanila. 30 Sinabi nila kay Jacob, “Pinagsalitaan po kami ng masasakit ng gobernador ng Egipto at pinagbintangan na mga espiya raw po kami. 31 Pero sinagot po namin siya na hindi kami espiya at nagsasabi kami ng totoo. 32 Sinabi rin po namin na 12 kaming magkakapatid at isa lang ang aming ama. Sinabi rin namin na ang isa naming kapatid ay patay na at ang aming bunsong kapatid ay kasama po ninyo rito sa Canaan.
33 “Pero ito po ang sinabi niya sa amin, ‘Susubukan ko kayo kung totoo ang sinasabi ninyo. Magpaiwan dito ang isa sa inyo at umuwi kayo na may dalang pagkain para sa mga pamilya ninyong nagugutom. 34 Pero dalhin ninyo rito ang bunsong kapatid ninyo para malaman ko na mga tapat kayong tao at hindi kayo espiya. Pagkatapos, ibabalik ko sa inyo ang kapatid ninyong si Simeon, at papayagan ko kayo na pumarooʼt parito sa Egipto.’ ”
35 Nang ibinuhos na nila ang laman ng kanilang mga sako, nakita nila roon sa mga sako nila ang perang ibinayad nila. Nang makita ito ng kanilang ama, kinabahan silang lahat.
36 Sinabi ni Jacob sa kanila, “Gusto ba ninyong mawalan ako ng mga anak? Wala na si Jose, wala na si Simeon at ngayon gusto naman ninyong kunin si Benjamin. Hirap na hirap na ako!”
37 Sinabi ni Reuben, “Ama, ako po ang bahala sa kanya. Patayin po ninyo ang dalawa kong anak na lalaki kung hindi ko po siya maibabalik sa inyo.”
38 Pero sumagot si Jacob, “Hindi ako papayag na isama ninyo ang anak ko. Namatay na ang kapatid niya at siya na lang ang naiwan. Baka may masama pang mangyari sa kanya sa daan. At sa katandaan kong ito, ikamamatay ko ang sobrang kalungkutan.”
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