اَلتَّكْوِينُ 44

١ 1 ثُمَّ أَمَرَ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى بَيْتِهِ قَائِلًا: «ٱمْلَأْ عِدَالَ ٱلرِّجَالِ طَعَامًا حَسَبَ مَا يُطِيقُونَ حِمْلَهُ، وَضَعْ فِضَّةَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فِي فَمِ عِدْلِهِ.

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

٢ 2 وَطَاسِي، طَاسَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، تَضَعُ فِي فَمِ عِدْلِ ٱلصَّغِيرِ، وَثَمَنَ قَمْحِهِ». فَفَعَلَ بِحَسَبِ كَلَامِ يُوسُفَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ.

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

٣ 3 فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَ ٱلصُّبْحُ ٱنْصَرَفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ هُمْ وَحَمِيرُهُمْ.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

٤ 4 وَلَمَّا كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَلَمْ يَبْتَعِدُوا، قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِلَّذِي عَلَى بَيْتِهِ: «قُمِ ٱسْعَ وَرَاءَ ٱلرِّجَالِ، وَمَتَى أَدْرَكْتَهُمْ فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: لِمَاذَا جَازَيْتُمْ شَرًّا عِوَضًا عَنْ خَيْرٍ؟

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَشْرَبُ سَيِّدِي فِيهِ؟ وَهُوَ يَتَفَاءَلُ بِهِ. أَسَأْتُمْ فِي مَا صَنَعْتُمْ».

Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

٦ 6 فَأَدْرَكَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ.

He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

٧ 7 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ سَيِّدِي مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ؟ حَاشَا لِعَبِيدِكَ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ!

They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

٨ 8 هُوَذَا ٱلْفِضَّةُ ٱلَّتِي وَجَدْنَا فِي أَفْوَاهِ عِدَالِنَا رَدَدْنَاهَا إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَكَيْفَ نَسْرِقُ مِنْ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ فِضَّةً أَوْ ذَهَبًا؟

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?

٩ 9 ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ مَعَهُ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ يَمُوتُ، وَنَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَكُونُ عَبِيدًا لِسَيِّدِي».

With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ: «نَعَمِ، ٱلْآنَ بِحَسَبِ كَلَامِكُمْ هَكَذَا يَكُونُ. ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ مَعَهُ يَكُونُ لِي عَبْدًا، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَكُونُونَ أَبْرِيَاءَ».

He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”

١١ 11 فَٱسْتَعْجَلُوا وَأَنْزَلُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عِدْلَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَفَتَحُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عِدْلَهُ.

Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

١٢ 12 فَفَتَّشَ مُبْتَدِئًا مِنَ ٱلْكَبِيرِ حَتَّى ٱنْتَهَى إِلَى ٱلصَّغِيرِ، فَوُجِدَ ٱلطَّاسُ فِي عِدْلِ بَنْيَامِينَ.

He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

١٣ 13 فَمَزَّقُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَحَمَّلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى حِمَارِهِ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

١٤ 14 فَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَإِخْوَتُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَهُوَ بَعْدُ هُنَاكَ، وَوَقَعُوا أَمَامَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْفِعْلُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلْتُمْ؟ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِثْلِي يَتَفَاءَلُ؟»

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «مَاذَا نَقُولُ لِسَيِّدِي؟ مَاذَا نَتَكَلَّمُ؟ وَبِمَاذَا نَتَبَرَّرُ؟ ٱللهُ قَدْ وَجَدَ إِثْمَ عَبِيدِكَ. هَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدٌ لِسَيِّدِي، نَحْنُ وَٱلَّذِي وُجِدَ ٱلطَّاسُ فِي يَدِهِ جَمِيعًا».

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ: «حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا! ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي وُجِدَ ٱلطَّاسُ فِي يَدِهِ هُوَ يَكُونُ لِي عَبْدًا، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَٱصْعَدُوا بِسَلَامٍ إِلَى أَبِيكُمْ».

He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

١٨ 18 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «ٱسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي. لِيَتَكَلَّمْ عَبْدُكَ كَلِمَةً فِي أُذُنَيْ سَيِّدِي وَلَا يَحْمَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ مِثْلُ فِرْعَوْنَ.

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

١٩ 19 سَيِّدِي سَأَلَ عَبِيدَهُ قَائِلًا: هَلْ لَكُمْ أَبٌ أَوْ أَخٌ؟

My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

٢٠ 20 فَقُلْنَا لِسَيِّدِي: لَنَا أَبٌ شَيْخٌ، وَٱبْنُ شَيْخُوخَةٍ صَغِيرٌ، مَاتَ أَخُوهُ وَبَقِيَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ لِأُمِّهِ، وَأَبُوهُ يُحِبُّهُ.

We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’

٢١ 21 فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: ٱنْزِلُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ فَأَجْعَلَ نَظَرِي عَلَيْهِ.

You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

٢٢ 22 فَقُلْنَا لِسَيِّدِي: لَا يَقْدِرُ ٱلْغُلَامُ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ أَبَاهُ، وَإِنْ تَرَكَ أَبَاهُ يَمُوتُ.

We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

٢٣ 23 فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: إِنْ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ أَخُوكُمُ ٱلصَّغِيرُ مَعَكُمْ لَا تَعُودُوا تَنْظُرُونَ وَجْهِي.

You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

٢٤ 24 فَكَانَ لَمَّا صَعِدْنَا إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي أَنَّنَا أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِكَلَامِ سَيِّدِي.

When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

٢٥ 25 ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُونَا: ٱرْجِعُوا ٱشْتَرُوا لَنَا قَلِيلًا مِنَ ٱلطَّعَامِ.

Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’

٢٦ 26 فَقُلْنَا: لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نَنْزِلَ، وَإِنَّمَا إِذَا كَانَ أَخُونَا ٱلصَّغِيرُ مَعَنَا نَنْزِلُ، لِأَنَّنَا لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نَنْظُرَ وَجْهَ ٱلرَّجُلِ وَأَخُونَا ٱلصَّغِيرُ لَيْسَ مَعَنَا.

We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَبِي: أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱمْرَأَتِي وَلَدَتْ لِي ٱثْنَيْنِ،

Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

٢٨ 28 فَخَرَجَ ٱلْوَاحِدُ مِنْ عِنْدِي، وَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَدِ ٱفْتُرِسَ ٱفْتِرَاسًا، وَلَمْ أَنْظُرْهُ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ.

One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.

٢٩ 29 فَإِذَا أَخَذْتُمْ هَذَا أَيْضًا مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِي وَأَصَابَتْهُ أَذِيَّةٌ، تُنْزِلُونَ شَيْبَتِي بِشَرٍّ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585)

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ (Sheol h7585)

٣٠ 30 فَٱلْآنَ مَتَى جِئْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي، وَٱلْغُلَامُ لَيْسَ مَعَنَا، وَنَفْسُهُ مُرْتَبِطَةٌ بِنَفْسِهِ،

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

٣١ 31 يَكُونُ مَتَى رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلْغُلَامَ مَفْقُودٌ، أَنَّهُ يَمُوتُ، فَيُنْزِلُ عَبِيدُكَ شَيْبَةَ عَبْدِكَ أَبِينَا بِحُزْنٍ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، (Sheol h7585)

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

٣٢ 32 لِأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ ضَمِنَ ٱلْغُلَامَ لِأَبِي قَائِلًا: إِنْ لَمْ أَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ أَصِرْ مُذْنِبًا إِلَى أَبِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.

For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

٣٣ 33 فَٱلْآنَ لِيَمْكُثْ عَبْدُكَ عِوَضًا عَنِ ٱلْغُلَامِ، عَبْدًا لِسَيِّدِي، وَيَصْعَدِ ٱلْغُلَامُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ.

Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

٣٤ 34 لِأَنِّي كَيْفَ أَصْعَدُ إِلَى أَبِي وَٱلْغُلَامُ لَيْسَ مَعِي؟ لِئَلَّا أَنْظُرَ ٱلشَّرَّ ٱلَّذِي يُصِيبُ أَبِي».

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”