Genesis 37

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 But Jacob settled in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.	1 وسكن يعقوب في ارض غربة ابيه في ارض كنعان.
2 This is the story of Joseph. Joseph was seventeen years old. As he was young, he was shepherdingthe flock with his brothers, with the sons of his father's wives, Bilhah and Zilpah; and Joseph brought his fatherbad reports about them.	2 هذه مواليد يعقوب. يوسف اذ كان ابن سبع عشرة سنة كان يرعى مع اخوته الغنم وهو غلام عند بني بلهة وبني زلفة امرأتي ابيه. واتى يوسف بنميمتهم الرديئة الى ابيهم.
3 Jacob loved Joseph more than al his other sons, for he was the son of his old age, and he had adecorated tunic made for him.	3 واما اسرائيل فاحب يوسف اكثر من سائر بنيه لانه ابن شيخوخته. فصنع له قميصا ملوّنا.
4 But his brothers, seeing how much more his father loved him than all his other sons, came to hate himso much that they could not say a civil word to him.	4 فلما رأى اخوته ان اباهم احبه اكثر من جميع اخوته ابغضوه ولم يستطيعوا ان يكلموه بسلام
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he repeated it to his brothers, who then hated him more than ever.	5 وحلم يوسف حلما واخبر اخوته. فازدادوا ايضا بغضا له.
6 'Listen', he said, 'to the dream I had.	6 فقال لهم اسمعوا هذا الحلم الذي حلمت.
7 We were binding sheaves in the field, when my sheaf suddenly rose and stood upright, and then yoursheaves gathered round and bowed to my sheaf.'	7 فها نحن حازمون حزما في الحقل. واذا حزمتي قامت وانتصبت فاحتاطت حزمكم وسجدت لحزمتي.
8 'So you want to be king over us,' his brothers retorted, 'you want to lord it over us?' And they hatedhim even more, on account of his dreams and of what he said.	8 فقال له اخوته ألعلك تملك علينا ملكا ام تتسلط علينا تسلّطا. وازدادوا ايضا بغضا له من اجل احلامه ومن اجل كلامه.
9 He had another dream which he recounted to his brothers. 'Look, I have had another dream,' he said.'There were the sun, the moon and eleven stars, bowing down to me.'	9 ثم حلم ايضا حلما آخر وقصّه على اخوته. فقال اني قد حلمت حلما ايضا واذا الشمس والقمر واحد عشر كوكبا ساجدة لي.
10 He told his father and brothers, and his father scolded him. 'A fine dream to have!' he said to him.'Are all of us then, myself, your mother and your brothers, to come and bow to the ground before you?'	10 وقصّه على ابيه وعلى اخوته. فانتهره ابوه وقال له ما هذا الحلم الذي حلمت. هل نأتي انا وامك واخوتك لنسجد لك الى الارض.
11 His brothers held it against him, but his father pondered the matter.	11 فحسده اخوته. واما ابوه فحفظ الامر
12 His brothers went to pasture their father's flock at Shechem.	12 ومضى اخوته ليرعوا غنم ابيهم عند شكيم.
13 Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Your brothers are with the flock at Shechem, aren't they? Come, I amgoing to send you to them.' 'I am ready,' he replied.	13 فقال اسرائيل ليوسف أليس اخوتك يرعون عند شكيم. تعال فارسلك اليهم. فقال له هانذا.
14 He said to him, 'Go and see how your brothers and the flock are doing, and bring me word.' He senthim from the val ey of Hebron, and Joseph arrived at Shechem.	14 فقال له اذهب انظر سلامة اخوتك وسلامة الغنم وردّ لي خبرا. فارسله من وطاء حبرون فاتى الى شكيم.
15 A man found him wandering in the countryside and asked him, 'What are you looking for ? '	15 فوجده رجل واذا هو ضال في الحقل. فساله الرجل قائلا ماذا تطلب.
16 'I am looking for my brothers,' he replied. 'Please tel me where they are pasturing their flock.'	16 فقال انا طالب اخوتي. اخبرني اين يرعون.
17 The man answered, 'They have moved on from here; indeed I heard them say, "Let us go toDothan." ' So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.	17 فقال الرجل قد ارتحلوا من هنا. لاني سمعتهم يقولون لنذهب الى دوثان. فذهب يوسف وراء اخوته فوجدهم في دوثان
18 They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they made a plot to kil him.	18 فلما ابصروه من بعيد قبلما اقترب اليهم احتالوا له ليميتوه.
19 'Here comes that dreamer,' they said to one another.	19 فقال بعضهم لبعض هوذا هذا صاحب الاحلام قادم.
20 'Come on, let us kil him now and throw him down one of the storage-wells; we can say that somewild animal has devoured him. Then we shal see what becomes of his dreams.'	20 فالآن هلم نقتله ونطرحه في احدى الآبار ونقول وحش رديء اكله. فنرى ماذا تكون احلامه.
21 But Reuben heard, and he saved him from their clutches. 'We must not take his life,' he said.	21 فسمع رأوبين وانقذه من ايديهم. وقال لا نقتله.
22 'Shed no blood,' said Reuben to them, 'throw him down that wel out in the desert, but do not kil himyourselves' -- intending to save him from them and to restore him to his father.	22 وقال لهم رأوبين لا تسفكوا دما. اطرحوه في هذه البئر التي في البرية ولا تمدوا اليه يدا. لكي ينقذه من ايديهم ليرده الى ابيه.
23 So, when Joseph reached his brothers, they pul ed off his tunic, the decorated tunic which he waswearing,	23 فكان لما جاء يوسف الى اخوته انهم خلعوا عن يوسف قميصه القميص الملوّن الذي عليه.
24 and catching hold of him, threw him into the wel . The wel was empty, with no water in it.	24 واخذوه وطرحوه في البئر. واما البئر فكانت فارغة ليس فيها ماء
25 They then sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a group of Ishmaelites who were coming fromGilead, their camels laden with gum tragacanth, balsam and resin, which they were taking to Egypt.	25 ثم جلسوا ليأكلوا طعاما. فرفعوا عيونهم ونظروا واذا قافلة اسمعيليين مقبلة من جلعاد وجمالهم حاملة كثيراء وبلسانا ولاذنا ذاهبين لينزلوا بها الى مصر.
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, 'What do we gain by killing our brother and covering up his blood?	26 فقال يهوذا لاخوته ما الفائدة ان نقتل اخانا ونخفي دمه.
27 Come, let us sel him to the Ishmaelites, then we shal not have laid hands on him ourselves. Afteral , he is our brother, and our own flesh.' His brothers agreed.	27 تعالوا فنبيعه للاسمعيليين ولا تكن ايدينا عليه لانه اخونا ولحمنا. فسمع له اخوته.
28 Now some Midianite merchants were passing, and they pul ed Joseph out of the wel . They soldJoseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt.	28 واجتاز رجال مديانيون تجار. فسحبوا يوسف واصعدوه من البئر وباعوا يوسف للاسمعيليين بعشرين من الفضة. فأتوا بيوسف الى مصر.
29 When Reuben went back to the wel , there was no sign of Joseph. Tearing his clothes,	29 ورجع رأوبين الى البئر واذا يوسف ليس في البئر. فمزّق ثيابه.
30 he went back to his brothers. 'The boy has gone,' he said. 'What am I going to do?'	30 ثم رجع الى اخوته وقال الولد ليس موجودا. وانا الى اين اذهب
31 They took Joseph's tunic and, slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in the blood.	31 فأخذوا قميص يوسف وذبحوا تيسا من المعزى وغمسوا القميص في الدم.
32 Then they sent off the decorated tunic and had it taken to their father, with the message, 'This iswhat we have found. Do you recognise it as your son's tunic or not?'	32 وارسلوا القميص الملّون واحضروه الى ابيهم. وقالوا وجدنا هذا. حقق أقميص ابنك هو ام لا.
33 He recognised it and cried, 'My son's tunic! A wild animal has devoured him! Joseph has been torn topieces!'	33 فتحققه وقال قميص ابني. وحش رديء اكله. افترس يوسف افتراسا.
34 Tearing his clothes and putting sackcloth round his waist, Jacob mourned his son for many days.	34 فمزّق يعقوب ثيابه ووضع مسحا على حقويه وناح على ابنه اياما كثيرة.
35 Al his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. 'No,' he said, 'I wilgo down to Sheol in mourning and join my son.' Thus his father wept for him.	35 فقام جميع بنيه وجميع بناته ليعزوه. فابى ان يتعزى وقال اني انزل الى ابني نائحا الى الهاوية. وبكى عليه ابوه
36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials andcommander of the guard.	36 واما المديانيون فباعوه في مصر لفوطيفار خصي فرعون رئيس الشّرط