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!”
Men när Jakob förnam att säd fanns i Egypten, sade han till sina söner: »Varför stån I så rådlösa?»
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!”
Och han sade vidare: »Se, jag har hört att i Egypten finnes säd; faren ditned och köpen därifrån säd åt oss, för att vi må leva och icke dö.»
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Då foro tio av Josefs bröder ned för att köpa säd i Egypten.
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.
Men Benjamin, Josefs broder, blev icke av Jakob sänd åstad med sina bröder, ty han fruktade att någon olycka kunde hända honom.
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.
Så kommo då, bland de andra, också Israels söner för att köpa säd; ty hungersnöd rådde i Kanaans land.
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.
Och Josef var den som hade att befalla i landet; det var han som sålde säd åt allt folket i landet. Då nu Josefs bröder kommo dit, föllo de ned till jorden på sitt ansikte inför honom.
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.”
När då Josef fick se sina bröder, kände han igen dem; men han ställde sig främmande mot dem och tilltalade dem hårt och frågade dem: »Varifrån kommen I?» De svarade: »Från Kanaans land, för att köpa säd till föda åt oss.»
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Och fastän Josef kände igen sina bröder, kände de icke igen honom.
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]!”
Men Josef tänkte på de drömmar som han hade drömt om dem. Och han sade till dem: »I ären spejare, I haven kommit för att se efter, var landet är utan skydd.»
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
De svarade honom: »Nej, herre, dina tjänare hava kommit för att köpa säd till föda åt sig.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Vi äro alla söner till en och samma man; vi äro redliga män, dina tjänare äro inga spejare.»
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!”
Men han sade till dem: »Jo, I haven kommit för att se efter, var landet är utan skydd.»
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]”
De svarade: »Vi, dina tjänare, äro tolv bröder, söner till en och samma man i Kanaans land; men den yngste är nu hemma hos vår fader, och en är icke mer till.»
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Josef sade till dem: »Det är såsom jag sade eder: I ären spejare.
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!
Och på detta sätt vill jag pröva eder: så sant Farao lever, I skolen icke slippa härifrån, med mindre eder yngste broder kommer hit.
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.”
En av eder må fara och hämta hit eder broder. Men I andra skolen stanna såsom fångar, för att jag så må pröva om I haven talat sanning. Ty om så icke är, då ären I spejare, så sant Farao lever.»
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Därefter lät han hålla dem allasammans i fängelse under tre dagar.
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.
Men på tredje dagen sade Josef till dem: »Om I viljen leva, så gören på detta sätt, ty jag fruktar Gud:
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.
ären I redliga män, så må en av eder, I bröder, stanna såsom fånge i huset där I haven suttit fängslade; men I andra mån fara eder väg, och föra hem med eder den säd som I haven köpt till hjälp mot hungersnöden hemma hos eder.
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.
Fören sedan eder yngste broder hit till mig; om så edra ord visa sig vara sanna, skolen I slippa att dö.» Och de måste göra så.
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!”
Men de sade till varandra: »Förvisso hava vi dragit skuld över oss genom det som vi gjorde mot vår broder; ty vi sågo hans själs ångest, när han bad oss om misskund, och vi ville dock icke lyssna till honom. Därför hava vi själva kommit i denna ångest.»
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]!”
Ruben svarade dem: »Sade jag icke till eder: 'Försynden eder icke på gossen'? Men I lyssnaden icke till mig; se, därför utkräves nu hans blod.»
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.
Men de visste icke att Josef förstod detta, ty han talade med dem genom tolk.
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.
Och han vände sig bort ifrån dem och grät. Sedan vände han sig åter till dem och talade med dem; och han tog Simeon ut ur deras krets och lät fängsla honom inför deras ögon.
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,
Och Josef bjöd att man skulle fylla deras säckar med säd, och lägga vars och ens penningar tillbaka i hans säck, och giva dem kost för resan. Och man gjorde så med dem.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Och de lastade säden på sina åsnor och foro därifrån.
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.
Men när vid ett viloställe en av dem öppnade sin säck för att giva foder åt sin åsna, fick han se sina penningar ligga överst i säcken.
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?”
Då sade han till sina bröder: »Mina penningar hava blivit lagda hit tillbaka; se, de äro här i min säck.» Då blevo de utom sig av häpnad och sågo förskräckta på varandra och sade: »Vad har Gud gjort mot oss!»
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
När de kommo hem till sin fader Jakob i Kanaans land, berättade de för honom allt vad som hade hänt dem och sade:
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.
»Mannen som var herre där i landet tilltalade oss hårt och behandlade oss såsom om vi ville bespeja landet.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Men vi sade till honom: 'Vi äro redliga män och inga spejare;
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.’
vi äro tolv bröder, samma faders söner; en är icke mer till, och den yngste är nu hemma hos vår fader i Kanaans land.'
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.
Men mannen som var herre i landet svarade oss: 'Därav skall jag veta att I ären redliga män: lämnen kvar hos mig en av eder, I bröder; tagen så vad I haven köpt till hjälp mot hungersnöden hemma hos eder, och faren eder väg.
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.’”
Sedan mån I föra eder yngste broder hit till mig, så kan jag veta att I icke ären spejare, utan redliga män. Då skall jag giva eder broder tillbaka åt eder, och I skolen fritt få draga omkring i landet.
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.
När de sedan tömde sina säckar, fann var och en sin penningpung i sin säck. Och då de och deras fader fingo se penningpungarna, blevo de förskräckta.
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!”
Och Jakob, deras fader, sade till dem: »I gören mig barnlös; Josef är borta, Simeon är borta, Benjamin viljen I ock taga ifrån mig; över mig kommer allt detta.»
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.”
Då svarade Ruben sin fader och sade: »Mina båda söner må du döda, om jag icke för honom åter till dig. Anförtro honom åt mig, jag skall föra honom tillbaka till dig.»
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)
Men han svarade: »Min son får icke fara ditned med eder. Hans broder är ju död, och han är allena kvar; om nu någon olycka hände honom på den resa I viljen företaga, så skullen I bringa mina grå hår med sorg ned i dödsriket.» (Sheol h7585)
