Genesis 45
1 Joseph couldn't control his emotions any longer while all his attendants were there, so he shouted out, “Everybody leave me!” So there was nobody else there when Joseph revealed who he was to his brothers.
Entonces José no pudo controlarse ante todos los que estaban frente a él, y gritó: “¡Que todos salgan de mí!”. Nadie más estaba con él, mientras José se daba a conocer a sus hermanos.
2 But he cried so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him, and they told Pharaoh's household about it.
Lloró en voz alta. Los egipcios lo oyeron, y la casa del faraón también.
3 “I'm Joseph!” he announced to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” They couldn't answer him as they were so surprised to see him face to face.
José dijo a sus hermanos: “¡Yo soy José! ¿Vive aún mi padre?” Sus hermanos no pudieron responderle, pues estaban aterrados ante su presencia.
4 “Please come closer to me,” he told his brothers. They came over to him. “I'm your brother Joseph who you sold into slavery in Egypt.
José dijo a sus hermanos: “Acérquense a mí, por favor”. Se acercaron. Él les dijo: “Yo soy José, vuestro hermano, a quien vendisteis a Egipto.
5 But don't be worried or get angry with yourselves that you sold me to be a slave here, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to save lives.
No os entristezcáis ni os enfadéis por haberme vendido aquí, pues Dios me ha enviado delante de vosotros para preservar la vida.
6 The country has suffered from famine for two years already, but there will be five more years with no plowing or reaping.
Durante estos dos años el hambre ha estado en la tierra, y aún quedan cinco años, en los que no habrá arado ni cosecha.
7 God sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives in this miraculous way.
Dios me envió delante de vosotros para preservar para vosotros un remanente en la tierra, y para salvarte con vida mediante una gran liberación.
8 So it wasn't you who sent me here, but God. He was the one who made me Pharaoh's chief advisor in charge of all his affairs, and ruler of the whole country of Egypt.
Así que ahora no fuisteis vosotros quien me envió aquí, sino Dios, y él me ha hecho padre del Faraón, señor de toda su casa y gobernante de toda la tierra de Egipto.
9 Now hurry! Go back to my father and tell him, ‘This message comes from your son Joseph: God has made me the ruler of the whole of Egypt. Come to me now; don't wait.
Date prisa, sube a ver a mi padre y dile: “Esto es lo que dice tu hijo José: “Dios me ha hecho señor de todo Egipto. Baja a verme. No esperes.
10 You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.
Habitarás en la tierra de Gosén, y estarás cerca de mí, tú, tus hijos, los hijos de tus hijos, tus rebaños, tus manadas y todo lo que tengas.
11 I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”
Allí te proveeré, porque todavía hay cinco años de hambre; para que no llegues a la pobreza, tú y tu familia, y todo lo que tienes”’.
12 Then Joseph told his brothers, “You can all see for yourselves—including my brother Benjamin—that it's really me talking to you!
He aquí que vuestros ojos ven, y los ojos de mi hermano Benjamín, que es mi boca la que te habla.
13 Tell my father how much I'm respected in Egypt. Tell him everything that you've seen. Hurry! Bring my father here quickly!”
Contarás a mi padre toda mi gloria en Egipto y todo lo que has visto. Te apresurarás a traer a mi padre aquí”.
14 He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.
Se echó al cuello de su hermano Benjamín y lloró, y Benjamín lloró sobre su cuello.
15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers were able to start talking with him.
Besó a todos sus hermanos y lloró sobre ellos. Después sus hermanos hablaron con él.
16 Word soon reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had arrived. Pharaoh and his officials were glad to hear the news.
La noticia se oyó en la casa del faraón, diciendo: “Han venido los hermanos de José”. Esto agradó al Faraón y a sus siervos.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you are to do: Load your donkeys with grain and go back to the country of Canaan.
El faraón le dijo a José: “Dile a tus hermanos que hagan esto: Carguen sus animales y vayan, viajen a la tierra de Canaán.
18 Then bring your father and your families and return here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you shall eat the best food the country has to offer.’
Tomad a vuestro padre y a vuestras familias, y venid a mí, y os daré el bien de la tierra de Egipto, y comeréis la grasa de la tierra.’
19 Tell them to do this as well, ‘Take some wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives. Bring them and your father here.
Ahora se os ordena hacer esto: Tomad carros de la tierra de Egipto para vuestros pequeños y para vuestras mujeres, y traed a vuestro padre, y venid.
20 Don't worry about bringing your possessions because the best of all Egypt is yours.’”
Además, no os preocupéis por vuestras pertenencias, porque el bien de toda la tierra de Egipto es vuestro.”
21 So that's what the sons of Israel did. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered. He also gave them supplies for their journey.
Así lo hicieron los hijos de Israel. José les dio carros, según el mandato del faraón, y les dio provisiones para el camino.
22 He gave each of them new clothes. But to Benjamin he gave five sets of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.
A cada uno de ellos le dio mudas de ropa, pero a Benjamín le dio trescientas piezas de plata y cinco mudas de ropa.
23 Joseph also sent to his father the following: ten donkeys carrying the best things from Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and supplies needed for his father's journey.
Envió a su padre lo siguiente: diez burros cargados con los bienes de Egipto, y diez burras cargadas de grano y pan y provisiones para su padre en el camino.
24 Then he saw his brothers off, and as they left he told them, “Don't argue on the way!”
Entonces despidió a sus hermanos y se fueron. Les dijo: “Mirad que no os peleéis por el camino”.
25 So they left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in the country of Canaan.
Subieron de Egipto y llegaron a la tierra de Canaán, donde su padre Jacob.
26 “Joseph's still alive!” they told him. “It's true, and he's the ruler of the whole country of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he just couldn't believe it!
Le contaron, diciendo: “José aún vive, y es soberano de toda la tierra de Egipto”. Su corazón se desmayó, pues no les creyó.
27 But when they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, Jacob came back to his senses.
Le contaron todas las palabras de José que él les había dicho. Cuando vio los carros que José había enviado para llevarlo, el espíritu de Jacob, su padre, revivió.
28 Israel said, “All right, I believe you! My son Joseph is still alive! I'm going to go and see him before I die.”
Israel dijo: “Es suficiente. José, mi hijo, sigue vivo. Iré a verlo antes de morir”.
