Gênesis 43
1 E a fome era gravíssima na terra.
The famine in Canaan got worse.
2 E aconteceu que, como acabaram de comer o mantimento que trouxeram do Egito, disse-lhes seu pai: tornai, comprai-nos um pouco de alimento.
Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
3 Mas Judá respondeu-lhe, dizendo: Fortemente nos protestou aquele varão, dizendo: Não vereis a minha face, se o vosso irmão não vier convosco.
But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
4 Se enviares conosco o nosso irmão, desceremos, e te compraremos alimento;
So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
5 Mas se não o enviares, não desceremos; porquanto aquele varão nos disse: Não vereis a minha face, se o vosso irmão não vier convosco.
But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
6 E disse Israel: Porque me fizestes tal mal, fazendo saber aquele varão que tinheis ainda outro irmão?
Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
7 E eles disseram: aquele varão particularmente nos perguntou por nós, e pela nossa parentela, dizendo: Vive ainda vosso pai? tendes mais um irmão? e respondemos-lhe conforme as mesmas palavras. podíamos nós saber que diria: Trazei vosso irmão?
One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
8 Então disse Judá a Israel, seu pai: Envia o mancebo comigo, e levantar-nos-emos, e iremos, para que vivamos, e não morramos, nem nós, nem tu, nem os nossos filhos.
Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
9 Eu serei fiador por ele, da minha mão o requererás; se eu não to trouxer, e não o puser perante a tua face, serei réu de crime para contigo para sempre:
I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
10 E se nós não nos tivéssemos detido, certamente já estaríamos segunda vez de volta.
If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
11 Então disse-lhes Israel, seu pai: Pois que assim é, fazei isso; tomai do mais precioso desta terra em vossos vasos, e levai ao varão um presente: um pouco de bálsamo, e um pouco de mel, especiarias, e mirra, terebinto e amêndoas;
Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
12 E tomai em vossas mãos dinheiro dobrado, e o dinheiro que tornou na boca dos vossos sacos tornai a levar em vossas mãos; bem pode ser que fosse erro;
Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
13 Tomai também a vosso irmão, e levantai-vos, e voltai aquele varão;
Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
14 E Deus Todo-poderoso vos dê misericórdia diante do varão, para que deixe vir convosco vosso outro irmão, e Benjamin; e eu, se for desfilhado, desfilhado ficarei.
I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
15 E os varões tomaram aquele presente, e tomaram dinheiro dobrado em suas mãos, e a Benjamin: e levantaram-se, e desceram ao Egito, e apresentaram-se diante da face de José.
So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
16 Vendo pois José a Benjamin com eles, disse ao que estava sobre a sua casa: Leva estes varões à casa, e mata rezes, e apresta; porque estes varões comerão comigo ao meio dia.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
17 E o varão fez como José dissera, e o varão levou aqueles varões à casa de José
The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
18 Então temeram aqueles varões, porquanto foram levados à casa de José, e diziam: Por causa do dinheiro que de antes foi tornado nos nossos sacos, fomos levados aqui, para nos criminar e cair sobre nós, para que nos tome por servos, e a nossos jumentos.
But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
19 Por isso chegaram-se ao varão que estava sobre a casa de José, e falaram com ele à porta da casa,
They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
20 E disseram: Ai! senhor meu, certamente descemos de antes a comprar mantimento;
one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
21 E aconteceu que, chegando nós à venda, e abrindo os nossos sacos, eis que o dinheiro de cada varão estava na boca do seu saco, nosso dinheiro por seu peso; e tornamos a traze-lo em nossas mãos;
But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
22 Também trouxemos outro dinheiro em nossas mãos, para comprar mantimento; não sabemos quem tenha posto o nosso dinheiro nos nossos sacos.
We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
23 E ele disse: Paz seja convosco, não temais; o vosso Deus, e o Deus de vosso pai, vos tem dado um tesouro nos vossos sacos; o vosso dinheiro me chegou a mim. E trouxe-lhes fora a Simeão.
The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
24 Depois levou o varão aqueles varões à casa de José, e deu-lhes água, e lavaram os seus pés; também deu pasto aos seus jumentos.
Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
25 E prepararam o presente, para quando José viesse ao meio dia; porque tinham ouvido que ali haviam de comer pão.
He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
26 Vindo pois José a casa, trouxeram-lhe a casa o presente, que estava na sua mão; e inclinaram-se a ele à terra.
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
27 E ele lhes perguntou como estavam, e disse: Vosso pai, o velho de quem falastes, está bem? ainda vive?
He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
28 E eles disseram: Bem está o teu servo, nosso pai vive ainda. E abaixaram a cabeça, e inclinaram-se.
One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
29 E ele levantou os seus olhos, e viu a Benjamin, seu irmão, filho de sua mãe, e disse: Este é vosso irmão mais novo de quem me falastes? Depois ele disse: Deus te dê a sua graça, meu filho
Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
30 E José apressou-se, porque as suas entranhas moveram-se para o seu irmão, e procurou onde chorar; e entrou na câmara, e chorou ali.
Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
31 Depois lavou o seu rosto, e saiu; e conteve-se, e disse: Ponde pão.
Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
32 E puseram-lhe a ele à parte, e a eles à parte, e aos egípcios, que comiam com ele, à parte; porque os egípcios não podem comer pão com os hebreus, porquanto é abominação para os egípcios.
The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
33 E assentaram-se diante dele, o primogênito segundo a sua primogenitura, e o menor segundo a sua menoridade: do que os varões se maravilhavam entre si.
His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
34 E apresentou-lhes as porções que estavam diante dele; porém a porção de Benjamin era cinco vezes maior do que as porções deles todos. E eles beberam, e se regalaram com ele.
And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
