1 Mosebok 50

1 Og Josef bøide sig ned over sin fars ansikt og gråt over ham og kysset ham.

And Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept on him, and kissed him.

2 Og Josef bød lægene som han hadde i sin tjeneste, å balsamere hans far; og lægene balsamerte Israel.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 Firti dager gikk med hertil, for så mange dager går med til balsameringen; og egypterne gråt over ham i sytti dager.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.

4 Da sørgedagene over ham var til ende, talte Josef til Faraos husfolk og sa: Dersom jeg har funnet nåde for eders øine, så tal for mig til Farao og si:

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 Min far tok en ed av mig og sa: Jeg dør; i min grav som jeg lot grave for mig i Kana'ans land, der skal du begrave mig. La mig derfor få dra op og begrave min far og så vende tilbake!

My father made me swear, saying, See, I die: in my grave which I have dig for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

6 Og Farao sa: Dra op og begrav din far, således som du tilsvor ham.

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear.

7 Så drog Josef op for å begrave sin far; og alle Faraos tjenere, de eldste i hans hus, og alle de eldste i Egyptens land drog op med ham,

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 og hele Josefs hus og hans brødre og hans fars hus; bare sine små barn og sitt småfe og storfe lot de bli tilbake i landet Gosen.

And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 Og både vogner og hestfolk drog op med ham, så det blev et meget stort tog.

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

10 Da de kom til Goren-Ha'atad på hin side Jordan, holdt de der en stor og høitidelig sørgefest, og han gjorde likferd efter sin far i syv dager.

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11 Og da landets innbyggere, kana'anittene, så likferden i Goren-Ha'atad, sa de: Det er en prektig likferd egypterne holder der. Derfor kalte de stedet Abel Misra'im; det ligger på hin side Jordan.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: why the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

12 Og hans sønner gjorde med ham således som han hadde pålagt dem;

And his sons did to him according as he commanded them:

13 hans sønner førte ham til Kana'ans land og begravde ham i hulen på Makpela-marken, den mark som Abraham hadde kjøpt av hetitten Efron til eiendoms-gravsted, østenfor Mamre.

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burial plot of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 Og da Josef hadde begravet sin far, vendte han tilbake til Egypten, både han og hans brødre og alle de som hadde draget op med ham for å begrave hans far.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15 Da Josefs brødre så at deres far var død, sa de: Bare nu ikke Josef vil hate oss og gjengjelde oss alt det onde vi gjorde mot ham!

And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him.

16 Så sendte de bud til Josef og lot si: Din far gav oss før sin død dette pålegg:

And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

17 Så skal I si til Josef: Tilgi, kjære, dine brødres misgjerning og deres synd, at de har gjort ille mot dig! Så tilgi nu oss, som også tjener din fars Gud, vår misgjerning! Og Josef gråt da de talte således til ham.

So shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin; for they did to you evil: and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 Siden kom også hans brødre selv og falt ned for ham og sa: Se, vi vil være dine tjenere.

And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be your servants.

19 Da sa Josef til dem: Vær ikke redde; er vel jeg i Guds sted?

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

20 I tenkte ondt mot mig; men Gud tenkte det til det gode for å gjøre det han nu har gjort, og holde meget folk i live.

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

21 Så vær da ikke redde, jeg vil sørge for eder og eders barn. Og han trøstet dem og talte vennlig til dem.

Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

22 Josef blev boende i Egypten, både han og hans fars hus; og Josef blev hundre og ti år gammel.

And Joseph dwelled in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

23 Og Josef fikk se Efra'ims barn i tredje ledd; også barna til Makir, Manasses sønn, blev født på Josefs knær.

And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

24 Og Josef sa til sine brødre: Jeg dør, men Gud skal visselig se til eder og føre eder op fra dette land til det land han har tilsvoret Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 Og Josef tok en ed av Israels sønner og sa: Gud skal visselig se til eder, og da skal I føre mine ben op herfra.

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from hence.

26 Og Josef døde, hundre og ti år gammel; og de balsamerte ham og la ham i kiste i Egypten.

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.