Genesis 42

1 When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”

۱ و اما یعقوب چون دید که غله درمصر است، پس یعقوب به پسران خودگفت: «چرا به یکدیگر می‌نگرید؟»

2 He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”

۲ و گفت: «اینک شنیده‌ام که غله در مصر است، بدانجابروید و برای ما از آنجا بخرید، تا زیست کنیم ونمیریم.»

3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.

۳ پس ده برادر یوسف برای خریدن غله به مصر فرود آمدند.

4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.

۴ و اما بنیامین، برادر یوسف رایعقوب با برادرانش نفرستاد، زیرا گفت مبادازیانی بدو رسد.

5 So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.

۵ پس بنی‌اسرائیل در میان آنانی که می‌آمدند، به جهت خرید آمدند، زیرا که قحطدر زمین کنعان بود.

6 At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

۶ و یوسف حاکم ولایت بود، و خود به همه اهل زمین غله می‌فروخت. و برادران یوسف آمده، رو به زمین نهاده، او را سجده کردند.

7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”

۷ چون یوسف برادران خود را دید، ایشان را بشناخت، وخود را بدیشان بیگانه نموده، آنها را به درشتی، سخن گفت و از ایشان پرسید: «از کجا آمده‌اید؟» گفتند: «از زمین کنعان تا خوراک بخریم.»

8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

۸ و یوسف برادران خود را شناخت، لیکن ایشان او را نشناختند.

9 And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”

۹ و یوسف خوابها را که درباره ایشان دیده بود، بیاد آورد. پس بدیشان گفت: «شما جاسوسانید، و به جهت دیدن عریانی زمین آمده‌اید.»

10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.

۱۰ بدو گفتند: «نه، یا سیدی! بلکه غلامانت به جهت خریدن خوراک آمده‌اند.

11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”

۱۱ ماهمه پسران یک شخص هستیم. ما مردمان صادقیم؛ غلامانت، جاسوس نیستند.»

12 He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”

۱۲ بدیشان گفت: «نه، بلکه به جهت دیدن عریانی زمین آمده‌اید.»

13 But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”

۱۳ گفتند: «غلامانت دوازده برادرند، پسران یک مرد در زمین کنعان. و اینک کوچکتر، امروز نزد پدر ماست، و یکی نایاب شده است.»

14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!

۱۴ یوسف بدیشان گفت: «همین است آنچه به شما گفتم که جاسوسانید!

15 But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!

۱۵ بدینطور آزموده می‌شوید: به حیات فرعون از اینجا بیرون نخواهید رفت، جز اینکه برادر کهتر شما در اینجابیاید.

16 Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”

۱۶ یک نفر از خودتان بفرستید، تا برادر شمارا بیاورد، و شما اسیر بمانید تا سخن شما آزموده شود که صدق با شماست یا نه، والا به حیات فرعون جاسوسانید!»

17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.

۱۷ پس ایشان را با هم سه روز در زندان انداخت.

18 On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.

۱۸ و روز سوم یوسف بدیشان گفت: «این رابکنید و زنده باشید، زیرا من از خدا می‌ترسم:

19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.

۱۹ هر گاه شما صادق هستید، یک برادر از شما درزندان شما اسیر باشد، و شما رفته، غله برای گرسنگی خانه های خود ببرید.

20 But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.

۲۰ و برادر کوچک خود را نزد من آرید، تا سخنان شما تصدیق شودو نمیرید.» پس چنین کردند.

21 They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”

۲۱ و به یکدیگر گفتند: «هر آینه به برادر خودخطا کردیم، زیرا تنگی جان او را دیدیم وقتی که به ما استغاثه می‌کرد، و نشنیدیم. از این‌رو این تنگی بر ما رسید.»

22 Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”

۲۲ و روبین در جواب ایشان گفت: «آیا به شما نگفتم که به پسر خطا مورزید؟

23 While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.

۲۳ و ایشان ندانستند که یوسف می‌فهمد، زیرا که ترجمانی در میان ایشان بود.

24 [Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.

۲۴ پس از ایشان کناره جسته، بگریست و نزدایشان برگشته، با ایشان گفتگو کرد، و شمعون را ازمیان ایشان گرفته، او را روبروی ایشان دربند نهاد.

25 Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,

۲۵ و یوسف فرمود تا جوالهای ایشان را از غله پر سازند، و نقد ایشان را در عدل هر کس نهند، وزاد سفر بدیشان دهند، و به ایشان چنین کردند.

26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.

۲۶ پس غله را بر حماران خود بار کرده، از آنجاروانه شدند.

27 At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.

۲۷ و چون یکی، عدل خود را در منزل باز کرد، تا خوراک به الاغ دهد، نقد خود را دید که اینک در دهن عدل او بود.

28 He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”

۲۸ و به برادران خود گفت: «نقد من رد شده است، و اینک در عدل من است. آنگاه دل ایشان طپیدن گرفت، و به یکدیگر لرزان شده، گفتند: «این چیست که خدا به ما کرده است.»

29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,

۲۹ پس نزد پدر خود، یعقوب، به زمین کنعان آمدند، و از آنچه بدیشان واقع شده بود، خبرداده، گفتند:

30 “The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.

۳۰ «آن مرد که حاکم زمین است، با مابه سختی سخن گفت، و ما را جاسوسان زمین پنداشت.

31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.

۳۱ و بدو گفتیم ما صادقیم و جاسوس نی.

32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’

۳۲ ما دوازده برادر، پسران پدر خود هستیم، یکی نایاب شده است، و کوچکتر، امروز نزد پدرما در زمین کنعان می‌باشد.

33 The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.

۳۳ و آن مرد که حاکم زمین است، به ما گفت: از این خواهم فهمید که شما راستگو هستید که یکی از برادران خود را نزدمن گذارید، و برای گرسنگی خانه های خودگرفته، بروید.

34 But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”

۳۴ و برادر کوچک خود را نزد من آرید، و خواهم یافت که شما جاسوس نیستیدبلکه صادق. آنگاه برادر شما را به شما رد کنم، ودر زمین داد و ستد نمایید.»

35 As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.

۳۵ و واقع شد که چون عدلهای خود را خالی می‌کردند، اینک کیسه پول هر کس در عدلش بود. و چون ایشان و پدرشان، کیسه های پول را دیدند، بترسیدند.

36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”

۳۶ و پدر ایشان، یعقوب، بدیشان گفت: «مرا بی‌اولاد ساختید، یوسف نیست و شمعون نیست و بنیامین را می‌خواهید ببرید. این همه برمن است؟»

37 Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”

۳۷ روبین به پدر خود عرض کرده، گفت: «هر دو پسر مرا بکش، اگر او را نزد تو بازنیاورم. او را به‌دست من بسپار، و من او را نزد توباز خواهم آورد.»

38 But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)

۳۸ گفت: «پسرم با شما نخواهد آمد زیرا که برادرش مرده است، و او تنها باقی است. و هر گاه در راهی که می‌روید زیانی بدو رسد، همانامویهای سفید مرا با حزن به گور فرود خواهیدبرد.» (Sheol h7585)