Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est.
2 This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Et hae sunt generationes eius: Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
Israel autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum: fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
4 When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis: quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Dixitque ad eos: Audite somnium meum quod vidi:
7 “We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
Putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro: et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum.
8 “Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
Responderunt fratres eius: Numquid rex noster eris? aut subiiciemur ditioni tuae? Haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit.
9 Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait: Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me.
10 He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit: Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram?
11 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui: pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,
13 Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
dixit ad eum Israel: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente,
14 So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
Praesto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuncia mihi quid agatur. Missus de Valle Hebron, venit in Sichem:
15 and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quaereret.
16 “I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
At ille respondit: Fratres meos quaero, indica mihi ubi pascant greges.
17 “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit itaque Ioseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
18 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere:
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit:
20 “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua.
21 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat:
22 “Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
Non interficiatis animam eius, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed proiicite eum in cisternam hanc, quae est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo.
23 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari, et polymita:
24 grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quae non habebat aquam.
25 They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaelitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Aegyptum.
26 “What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
Dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius?
27 Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
Melius est ut venundetur Ismaelitis, et manus nostrae non polluantur: frater enim, et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
28 So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
Et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaelitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum.
29 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum:
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo?
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Tulerunt autem tunicam eius, et in sanguinem hoedi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt:
32 Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.
33 His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est, fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Ioseph.
34 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore.
35 All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
Congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, (Sheol h7585)
36 In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
Madianitae vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Phutiphari eunucho Pharaonis magistro militum.
