创世记 44
1 约瑟吩咐家宰说：“把粮食装满这些人的口袋，尽着他们的驴所能驮的，又把各人的银子放在各人的口袋里，
And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, 'Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;
2 并将我的银杯和那少年人籴粮的银子一同装在他的口袋里。”家宰就照约瑟所说的话行了；
and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.
3 天一亮就打发那些人带着驴走了。
The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses —
4 他们出城走了不远，约瑟对家宰说：“起来，追那些人去，追上了就对他们说：‘你们为什么以恶报善呢？
they have gone out of the city — they have not gone far off — and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, 'Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?
5 这不是我主人饮酒的杯吗？岂不是他占卜用的吗？你们这样行是作恶了。’”
Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil [in] that which ye have done.'
6 家宰追上他们，将这些话对他们说了。
And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,
7 他们回答说：“我主为什么说这样的话呢？你仆人断不能做这样的事。
and they say unto him, 'Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
8 你看，我们从前在口袋里所见的银子，尚且从迦南地带来还你，我们怎能从你主人家里偷窃金银呢？
lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?
9 你仆人中无论在谁那里搜出来，就叫他死，我们也作我主的奴仆。”
with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'
10 家宰说：“现在就照你们的话行吧！在谁那里搜出来，谁就作我的奴仆；其余的都没有罪。”
And he saith, 'Now, also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'
11 于是他们各人急忙把口袋卸在地上，各人打开口袋。
and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;
12 家宰就搜查，从年长的起到年幼的为止，那杯竟在便雅悯的口袋里搜出来。
and he searcheth — at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed — and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;
13 他们就撕裂衣服，各人把驮子抬在驴上，回城去了。
and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city.
14 犹大和他弟兄们来到约瑟的屋中，约瑟还在那里，他们就在他面前俯伏于地。
And Judah — his brethren also — cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;
15 约瑟对他们说：“你们做的是什么事呢？你们岂不知像我这样的人必能占卜吗？”
and Joseph saith to them, 'What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'
16 犹大说：“我们对我主说什么呢？还有什么话可说呢？我们怎能自己表白出来呢？ 神已经查出仆人的罪孽了。我们与那在他手中搜出杯来的都是我主的奴仆。”
And Judah saith, 'What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what — do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'
17 约瑟说：“我断不能这样行！在谁的手中搜出杯来，谁就作我的奴仆；至于你们，可以平平安安地上你们父亲那里去。”
and he saith, 'Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'
18 犹大挨近他，说：“我主啊，求你容仆人说一句话给我主听，不要向仆人发烈怒，因为你如同法老一样。
And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, 'O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant — for thou art as Pharaoh.
19 我主曾问仆人们说：‘你们有父亲有兄弟没有？’
My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?
20 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.
21 你对仆人说：‘把他带到我这里来，叫我亲眼看看他。’
'And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;
22 我们对我主说：‘童子不能离开他父亲，若是离开，他父亲必死。’
and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;
23 你对仆人说：‘你们的小兄弟若不与你们一同下来，你们就不得再见我的面。’
and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.
24 我们上到你仆人—我们父亲那里，就把我主的话告诉了他。
'And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;
25 我们的父亲说：‘你们再去给我籴些粮来。’
and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,
26 我们就说：‘我们不能下去。我们的小兄弟若和我们同往，我们就可以下去。因为，小兄弟若不与我们同往，我们必不得见那人的面。’
and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.
27 你仆人—我父亲对我们说：‘你们知道我的妻子给我生了两个儿子。
'And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye — ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,
28 一个离开我出去了；我说他必是被撕碎了，直到如今我也没有见他。
and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn — torn! and I have not seen him since;
when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol. (Sheol h7585)
30 我父亲的命与这童子的命相连。如今我回到你仆人—我父亲那里，若没有童子与我们同在，
'And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),
then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; (Sheol h7585)
32 因为仆人曾向我父亲为这童子作保，说：‘我若不带他回来交给父亲，我便在父亲面前永远担罪。’
for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee — then I have sinned against my father all the days.
33 现在求你容仆人住下，替这童子作我主的奴仆，叫童子和他哥哥们一同上去。
'And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,
34 若童子不和我同去，我怎能上去见我父亲呢？恐怕我看见灾祸临到我父亲身上。”
for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
