Genesis 39
1 Meanwhile, the descendants of Ishmael took Joseph down to Egypt. There Potiphar bought Joseph from them. Potiphar was an Egyptian who was one of the king’s officials and the captain of the king’s (palace guards/guards who protected the king).
ORA, essendo stato Giuseppe menato in Egitto, Potifarre, Eunuco di Faraone, Capitan delle guardie, uomo Egizio, lo comperò da quegl'Ismaeliti, che l'aveano menato.
2 Because Yahweh helped Joseph, he was able to do his work very well, and lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
E il Signore fu con Giuseppe; e fu uomo che andava prosperando; e stette in casa del suo signore Egizio.
3 His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did.
E il suo signore vide che il Signore [era] con lui, e che il Signore gli prosperava nelle mani tutto ciò ch'egli faceva.
4 Joseph’s master was pleased with him, so he appointed him to be his personal servant. Then he appointed him to be the one who would take care of everything in his household and all of his possessions.
Laonde Giuseppe venne in grazia di esso, e gli serviva; ed egli lo costituì sopra tutta la sua casa, e gli diede in mano tuto ciò ch'egli avea.
5 From the time Potiphar appointed Joseph to take care of everything in his household and all that he owned, Yahweh blessed the people who lived in Potiphar’s house because of Joseph. He also caused Potiphar’s crops to grow well.
E da che quell'Egizio l'ebbe costituito sopra la sua casa, e sopra tutto ciò ch'egli avea, il Signore benedisse la casa di esso, per amor di Giuseppe; e la benedizione del Signore fu sopra tutto ciò ch'egli avea in casa, e ne' campi.
6 Potiphar allowed Joseph to take care of everything that he owned. Potiphar needed to decide only about the food he ate. He was not concerned about anything else in his house. Joseph was well-built/muscular and handsome.
Ed egli rimise nelle mani di Giuseppe tutto ciò ch'egli [avea], e non tenea ragion con lui di cosa alcuna, salvo del suo mangiare. Or Giuseppe [era] formoso, e di bell'aspetto.
7 Because of that, after a while, his master’s wife started to look fondly at Joseph. So one day she said to him, “Have sex [EUP] with me!”
Ed avvenne, dopo queste cose, che la moglie del signore di Giuseppe gli pose l'occhio addosso, e gli disse: Giaciti meco.
8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Listen! My master is not concerned about anything in this house. He has appointed me to take care of everything that he owns.
Ma egli [il] ricusò, e disse alla moglie del suo signore: Ecco, il mio signore non tiene ragione meco [di cosa alcuna] che [sia] in casa, e mi ha dato in mano tutto ciò ch'egli ha.
9 No one in this household has more authority than I do. The only thing that he has not allowed me to have is you, because you are his wife! So (how could I do this wicked thing [that you are asking me to do]?/I certainly could not do this wicked thing!) [RHQ] I would be sinning against God if I did that!”
Egli [stesso] non è più grande di me in questa casa, e non mi ha divietato null'altro che te; perciocchè tu [sei] sua moglie; come dunque farei questo gran male, e peccherei contro a Dio?
10 She kept on asking Joseph day after day to have sex [EUP] with her, but he refused. He would not even go near her.
E, benchè ella gli[ene] parlasse ogni giorno, non però le acconsentì di giacerlesi allato, per esser con lei.
11 One day Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the other household servants were in the house.
Or avvenne un giorno, che, essendo egli entrato in casa per far sue faccende, e non [essendovi] alcuno della gente di casa ivi in casa;
12 Potiphar’s wife grabbed his cloak and said, “Have sex [EUP] with me!” Joseph ran out of the house, but his cloak was still in her hand!
ella, presolo per lo vestimento, gli disse: Giaciti meco. Ma egli, lasciatole il suo vestimento in mano, se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.
13 When she saw that he had run outside leaving his cloak in her hand,
E, quando ella vide ch'egli le avea lasciato il suo vestimento in mano, e che se ne era fuggito fuori;
14 she called the household servants. She said to them, “Look! This Hebrew man that my husband brought to us is (insulting/trying to do something disgraceful to) us! He came into my room and tried to (rape me/make me have sex [EUP] with him), but I screamed loudly.
chiamò la gente di casa sua, e disse loro: Vedete, egli ci ha menato in casa un uomo Ebreo per ischernirci; esso venne a me per giacersi meco; ma io gridai ad alta voce.
15 As soon as he heard me scream loudly, he left his loincloth with me and ran outside!”
E come egli udì che io avea alzata la voce, e gridava, lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.
16 She kept the loincloth beside her until her husband, Joseph’s master, came home.
Ed ella ripose il vestimento di Giuseppe appo sè, finchè il signore di esso fosse tornato in casa sua.
17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave whom you brought here came into my room and tried to rape me!
Poi gli parlò in questa maniera: Quel servo Ebreo che tu ci menasti venne a me per ischernirmi.
18 As soon as I screamed loudly, he ran outside, leaving me holding his loincloth!”
Ma, come io ebbi alzata la voce, ed ebbi gridato, egli lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì fuori.
19 When Joseph’s master heard this story that his wife told him, saying “This is how your slave treated me,” he was very angry.
E quando il signore di Giuseppe ebbe intese le parole che sua moglie gli diceva, cioè: Il tuo servo mi ha fatte cotali cose, si accese nell'ira.
20 Joseph’s master took Joseph and put him in prison, the place where all the king’s prisoners were put, and Joseph stayed there.
E il signore di Giuseppe lo prese, e lo mise nel Torrione, [ch'era] il luogo dove i prigioni del re [erano] incarcerati; ed egli fu ivi nel Torrione.
21 But Yahweh was kind to Joseph and helped him, and caused the (prison warden/man who was in charge of the prison) to be pleased with him.
E il Signore fu con Giuseppe, e spiegò la [sua] benignità inverso lui, e lo rendette grazioso al carceriere.
22 So the prison warden put Joseph in charge of all those who were in the prison, and in charge of all the work that was done there.
E il carceriere diede in mano a Giuseppe tutti i prigioni ch' [erano] nel Torrione; ed egli faceva tutto ciò che vi si avea a fare.
23 The warden was not concerned with anything that Joseph was taking care of, because Yahweh helped Joseph to do well everything that he did.
Il carceriere non riguardava a cosa alcuna ch'egli [avesse] nelle mani; perciocchè il Signore [era] con lui; e il Signore prosperava tutto quello ch'egli faceva.
