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!”
Nghe nước Ai Cập có lúa, Gia-cốp bảo các con: “Sao các con cứ ngồi đó, nhịn đói mà nhìn nhau?
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!”
Này, cha nghe bên Ai Cập có bán lúa, các con qua đó mua, để chúng ta khỏi chết.”
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Mười người anh Giô-sép lên đường qua Ai Cập mua lúa.
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.
Gia-cốp không cho Bên-gia-min, em Giô-sép, đi theo các anh, vì sợ bị nguy hiểm.
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.
Vậy, các con trai Ít-ra-ên đến Ai Cập mua lúa cùng với bao nhiêu người khác, vì xứ Ca-na-an cũng bị đói lớn.
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.
Lúc ấy, Giô-sép làm tể tướng nước Ai Cập, kiêm việc bán lúa cho dân chúng. Các anh Giô-sép đến quỳ gối, sấp mình xuống đất trước mặt ông.
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.”
Thấy họ, Giô-sép nhận ra ngay nhưng giả vờ không biết và gay gắt hỏi: “Các anh ở đâu tới?” Họ đáp: “Chúng tôi từ Ca-na-an đến mua lúa.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Dù Giô-sép biết họ, họ vẫn không nhận ra ông.
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]!”
Nhớ lại giấc mơ về các anh ngày trước, ông quát: “Các anh làm gián điệp, đến đây do thám đất nước ta.”
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Họ phân trần: “Thưa ngài, các đầy tớ ngài đây chỉ đến mua lương thực.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Chúng tôi đều là anh em ruột, thuộc gia đình lương thiện, không phải là gián điệp.”
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!”
Giô-sép quả quyết: “Không, các anh chỉ đến đây do thám để biết rõ nhược điểm của đất nước này.”
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]”
Họ lại thưa: “Các đầy tớ ngài đây gồm mười hai người, anh em cùng cha, quê tại Ca-na-an. Hiện người út ở nhà với cha, còn một người mất tích.”
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Giô-sép đáp: “Như ta đã nói, các anh làm gián điệp.
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!
Đây là cách ta thử các anh. Ta thề trên mạng sống của vua Pha-ra-ôn, các anh chẳng được rời khỏi Ai Cập nếu em út các anh không đến đây.
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.”
Một người trong các anh phải trở về đem em út đến, còn tất cả sẽ bị giam vào ngục. Ta sẽ kiểm chứng lời khai của các anh. Nếu nói dối, chắc hẳn các anh là gián điệp.”
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Sau đó, Giô-sép giam họ trong ngục ba ngày.
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.
Ngày thứ ba, Giô-sép bảo họ: “Ta kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời, nên ta sẽ đối xử khoan hồng với các anh.
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.
Nếu các anh lương thiện, ta chỉ giam giữ một người, còn tất cả được về nhà, mang theo lương thực nuôi gia đình.
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.
Sau đó, các anh phải trở lại đây với người em út để xác nhận lời khai của các anh. Nếu các anh nói thật, các anh sẽ được trả tự do.” Họ vâng lệnh Giô-sép.
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!”
Các anh em bảo nhau: “Chúng ta mắc họa vì có tội với em chúng ta. Lúc nó đau khổ tuyệt vọng van xin, chúng ta đã chẳng thương xót.”
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]!”
Ru-bên trách: “Tôi đã bảo đừng hại đứa trẻ mà các chú không nghe. Bây giờ chúng ta phải trả nợ máu.”
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.
Họ không ngờ Giô-sép nghe và hiểu, vì lúc nói chuyện ông vẫn dùng người thông dịch.
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.
Giô-sép bước ra ngoài khóc; sau đó ông quay lại và sai người trói Si-mê-ôn trước mặt họ.
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,
Ông ra lệnh cho đầy tớ đổ lúa vào bao các anh, để bạc lại trong mỗi bao, cũng cấp thêm lương thực đi đường.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Các anh em chất lúa trên lưng lừa và lên đường.
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.
Đến quán trọ, một người mở bao lúa cho lừa ăn, thấy bạc mình trong miệng bao,
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?”
liền gọi các anh em: “Này, sao người ta để bạc của tôi lại trong bao?” Họ kinh sợ, run rẩy, và bảo nhau: “Đức Chúa Trời làm gì cho chúng ta vậy?”
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Họ về nhà Gia-cốp, cha mình, tại xứ Ca-na-an, và tường trình mọi việc:
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.
“Tể tướng nước Ai Cập nói rất gay gắt, tình nghi chúng con làm gián điệp.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Chúng con thưa: ‘Chúng tôi là người lương thiện, không phải gián điệp.
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.’
Chúng tôi có mười hai người, anh em cùng cha, một người mất tích, người út ở nhà với cha, tại xứ Ca-na-an.’
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.
Tể tướng bảo chúng con: ‘Đây là cách ta xét lời khai các anh. Hãy để một người ở đây làm con tin, còn các anh đem lương thực về nuôi gia đình.
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.’”
Sau đó, các anh đưa em út đến để chứng tỏ các anh lương thiện, không làm gián điệp. Ta sẽ thả người kia và các anh được tự do đến xứ này mua lúa.’”
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.
Khi các anh em mở bao đổ lúa ra, họ thấy bạc mỗi người vẫn còn trong bao; cả nhà đều sợ hãi.
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!”
Gia-cốp than trách: “Chúng mày làm mất con tao—Giô-sép và Si-mê-ôn—bây giờ còn muốn đem Bên-gia-min đi nữa. Sao tao khổ quá thế này!”
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.”
Ru-bên thưa: “Nếu con không đem em về, xin cha cứ giết hai đứa con của con. Cha giao em cho con, con xin chịu trách nhiệm.”
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)
Gia-cốp đáp: “Con tao sẽ không đi với chúng mày đâu. Anh nó chết, tao chỉ còn một mình nó. Nếu nó bị nguy hiểm dọc đường, lão già này sẽ sầu khổ mà chết.” (Sheol h7585)
