1 Mose 50
1 Da warf sich Joseph auf seinen Vater, weinte über ihm und küßt ihn.
Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him.
2 Dann befahl Joseph seinen Dienern, den Ärzten, seinen Vater einzubalsamieren. Da balsamierten die Ärzte Israel ein.
Joseph commanded his servants who were morticians to (embalm his father’s body/put spices on his father’s body) to (preserve it/keep it from decaying), and then wrap it with strips of cloth.
3 Darüber vergingen vierzig Tage; denn soviel Tage vergehen mit Einbalsamieren. Man beweinte ihn in Ägypten siebzig Tage lang.
So the morticians did that. It took 40 days to embalm Jacob’s body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. And the people of Egypt mourned for 70 days because of Jacob’s death.
4 Als aber die Tage seiner Beweinung vorüber waren, sprach Joseph zu Pharaos Haus also: "Habe ich in euren Augen Gnade gefunden, dann legt für mich ein Wort bei Pharao ein!
When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king’s officials, “If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king:
5 Mein Vater hat mich schwören lassen; er sprach: 'Siehe! Wenn ich tot bin, sollst du mich in meinem Grabe beisetzen, das ich mir im Lande Kanaan gegraben, dort sollst du mich begraben.' Nun möchte ich hinaufziehen und meinen Vater dort bestatten und wiederkehren."
‘When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father’s body. Then I will return.’”
6 Da sprach Pharao: "So zieh hinauf! Bestatte deinen Vater, wie er dich hat schwören lassen!"
After they gave the king the message, he replied, “Tell Joseph, ‘Go up and bury your father’s body, as you (swore/solemnly promised) that you would do.’”
7 So zog Joseph zur Bestattung seines Vaters hinauf; mit ihm zogen alle Diener Pharaos, die Ältesten seines Hauses und die Ältesten des Landes Ägypten,
So Joseph went [up to Canaan] to bury his father’s body. All of the king’s officials, all the king’s advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
8 sowie das ganze Haus Josephs, seine Brüder und das Haus seines Vaters. Nur ihre Kinder, ihre Schafe und Rinder hatten sie im Lande Gosen gelassen.
His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and his father’s family went with him.
9 Mit ihm zogen Wagen und Reiter hinauf, ein ganz gewaltiger Zug.
Men riding in chariots [MTY] and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.
10 So kamen sie nach Goren Haatad jenseits des Jordan und hielten dort sehr große und feierliche Totenklage Und er hielt für seinen Vater eine siebentägige Totenfeier ab.
They went to the east side of the Jordan [River] and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people (threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff.) There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.
11 Die Bewohner des Landes aber, die Kanaaniter, sahen die Totenfeier zu Goren Haatad und sprachen: "Da findet eine große Totenfeier der Ägypter statt." Deshalb nannte man seinen Namen Abel Misraim; es liegt jenseits des Jordan.
When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, “This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!” So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians].’
12 Und seine Söhne taten ihm, wie er ihnen geboten hatte.
Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
13 Seine Söhne führten ihn in das Land Kanaan und bestatteten ihn in der Höhle des Feldes der Makpela, des Feldes, das Abraham zum Erbbegräbnis von dem Chittiter Ephron gegenüber Mamre erworben.
They [crossed the Jordan River and] carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre [town]. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place.
14 Dann kehrte Joseph nach Ägypten zurück, er und seine Brüder sowie alle, die mit ihm zur Bestattung seines Vaters hinaufgezogen waren, nachdem er seinen Vater bestattet hatte.
After he had buried his father, Joseph and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.
15 Als Josephs Brüder sahen, daß ihr Vater gestorben war sprachen sie: "Wenn Joseph uns befeindete und uns all das Böse, das wir ihm angetan, vergälte?"
After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, “Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?”
16 Da sandten sie zu Joseph und ließen sagen: "Dein Vater hat vor seinem Tode folgendes verordnet:
So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this:
17 'Sprecht so zu Joseph: Vergib doch die Missetat deiner Brüder und ihre Sünde, daß sie dir Böses getan!' Und nun verzeihe doch die Sünde der Verehrer des Gottes deines Vaters!" Da weinte Joseph, als sie so zu ihm sprachen.
‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive your [older] brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.”’ So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.” But Joseph just cried when he received their message.
18 Nun gingen auch seine Brüder hin, fielen vor ihm nieder und sprachen: "Hier sind wir, deine Leibeigenen."
Then his [older] brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.”
19 Da sprach Joseph zu ihnen: "Fürchtet euch nicht! Bin ich an Gottes Statt?
But Joseph replied to them, “Do not be afraid! [God is the one who punishes people]; (am I God?/I am not God!) [RHQ]
20 Ihr freilich habt Böses wider mich ersonnen; Gott aber hat es zum Guten gelenkt, um bis auf heute vorzusorgen, ein großes Volk am Leben zu erhalten.
As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive!
21 Nun fürchtet euch nicht. Ich sorge für euch und eure Kinder." So tröstete er sie und sprach ihnen Mut zu.
So I say [again], do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better.
22 Joseph blieb in Ägypten, er und seines Vaters Haus. Und Joseph lebte 110 Jahre.
Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
23 Joseph sah von Ephraim Urenkel; auch die Söhne Makirs, des Manassesohnes, waren auf Josephs Knien geboren worden.
He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. The children of Joseph’s grandson Machir, who was Manasseh’s son, were born before Joseph died, and were adopted by Joseph to be his own children [IDM].
24 Joseph sprach zu seinen Brüdern: "Ich sterbe; Gott aber sorgt für euch; dann führt er euch aus diesem Lande in das Land, das er Abraham, Isaak und Jakob zugeschworen hat."
One day Joseph said to his [older] brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly (help/take care of) you. And [some day] he will lead your [descendants] up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25 Und Joseph ließ die Söhne Israels schwören und sprach: "Gott nimmt sich eurer an. Dann müßt ihr mein Gebein von hier hinaufbringen."
Then Joseph said, “When God enables you to do that, you must take my body back to Canaan.” He made his older brothers solemnly promise to do that.
26 So starb Joseph, 110 Jahre alt. Man balsamierte ihn ein und legte ihn in Ägypten in den Schrein.
So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there.
