Genesis 42

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you negligent?	1 فلما رأى يعقوب انه يوجد قمح في مصر قال يعقوب لبنيه لماذا تنظرون بعضكم الى بعض.
2 I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution.”	2 وقال اني قد سمعت انه يوجد قمح في مصر. انزلوا الى هناك واشتروا لنا من هناك لنحيا ولا نموت.
3 And so, when ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt,	3 فنزل عشرة من اخوة يوسف ليشتروا قمحا من مصر.
4 Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, “Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey.”	4 واما بنيامين اخو يوسف فلم يرسله يعقوب مع اخوته. لانه قال لعلّه تصيبه اذيّة
5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan.	5 فاتى بنو اسرائيل ليشتروا بين الذين اتوا. لان الجوع كان في ارض كنعان.
6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced him	6 وكان يوسف هو المسلّط على الارض وهو البائع لكل شعب الارض. فأتى اخوة يوسف وسجدوا له بوجوههم الى الارض.
7 and he had recognized them, he spoke harshly, as if to foreigners, questioning them: “Where did you come from?” And they responded, “From the land of Canaan, to buy necessary provisions.”	7 ولما نظر يوسف اخوته عرفهم. فتنكّر لهم وتكلم معهم بجفاء وقال لهم من اين جئتم. فقالوا من ارض كنعان لنشتري طعاما.
8 And although he knew his brothers, he was not known by them.	8 وعرف يوسف اخوته. واما هم فلم يعرفوه
9 And remembering the dreams, which he had seen in another time, he said to them: “You are scouts. You have come in order to see which parts of the land are weaker.”	9 فتذكر يوسف الاحلام التي حلم عنهم وقال لهم جواسيس انتم. لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.
10 And they said: “It is not so, my lord. But your servants have arrived in order to buy food.	10 فقالوا له لا يا سيدي. بل عبيدك جاءوا ليشتروا طعاما.
11 We are all sons of one man. We have come in peace, nor do any of your subjects devise evil.”	11 نحن جميعنا بنو رجل واحد. نحن أمناء. ليس عبيدك جواسيس.
12 And he answered them: “It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land.”	12 فقال لهم كلا بل لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.
13 But they said: “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father; the other is not living.”	13 فقالوا عبيدك اثنا عشر اخا. نحن بنو رجل واحد في ارض كنعان. وهوذا الصغير عند ابينا اليوم والواحد مفقود.
14 He said: “This is just as I have said. You are scouts.	14 فقال لهم يوسف ذلك ما كلمتكم به قائلا جواسيس انتم.
15 I will now continue to put you to the test. By the health of Pharaoh, you will not depart from here, until your youngest brother arrives.	15 بهذا تمتحنون. وحياة فرعون لا تخرجون من هنا الا بمجيء اخيكم الصغير الى هنا.
16 Send one of you and bring him. But you will be in chains, until what you have said is proven to be either true or false. Otherwise, by the health of Pharaoh, you are scouts.”	16 ارسلوا منكم واحدا ليجيء باخيكم وانتم تحبسون. فيمتحن كلامكم هل عندكم صدق. وإلا فوحياة فرعون انكم لجواسيس.
17 Therefore, he delivered them into custody for three days.	17 فجمعهم الى حبس ثلاثة ايام
18 Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: “Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God.	18 ثم قال لهم يوسف في اليوم الثالث افعلوا هذا واحيوا. انا خائف الله.
19 If you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses.	19 ان كنتم أمناء فليحبس اخ واحد منكم في بيت حبسكم وانطلقوا انتم وخذوا قمحا لمجاعة بيوتكم.
20 And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die.” They did as he had said,	20 واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فيتحقّق كلامكم ولا تموتوا. ففعلوا هكذا.
21 and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”	21 وقالوا بعضهم لبعض حقّا اننا مذنبون الى اخينا الذي رأينا ضيقة نفسه لما استرحمنا ولم نسمع. لذلك جاءت علينا هذه الضيقة.
22 And Reuben, one of them, said: “Did not I say to you, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen to me? See, his blood is exacted.”	22 فاجابهم رأوبين قائلا ألم اكلمكم قائلا لا تأثموا بالولد وانتم لم تسمعوا. فهوذا دمه يطلب.
23 But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.	23 وهم لم يعلموا ان يوسف فاهم. لان الترجمان كان بينهم.
24 And he turned himself away briefly and wept. And returning, he spoke to them.	24 فتحول عنهم وبكى. ثم رجع اليهم وكلمهم. واخذ منهم شمعون وقيّده امام عيونهم
25 And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he ordered his ministers to fill their sacks with wheat, and to replace each one’s money in their sacks, and to give them, in addition, provisions for the way. And they did so.	25 ثم امر يوسف ان تملأ اوعيتهم قمحا وتردّ فضة كل واحد الى عدله وان يعطوا زادا للطريق. ففعل لهم هكذا.
26 Then, having loaded their donkeys with the grain, they set out.	26 فحملوا قمحهم على حميرهم ومضوا من هناك.
27 And one of them, opening a sack to give his beast of burden fodder at the inn, looked upon the money at the sack’s mouth,	27 فلما فتح احدهم عدله ليعطي عليقا لحماره في المنزل رأى فضته واذا هي في فم عدله.
28 and he said to his brothers: “My money has returned to me. See, it is held in the sack.” And they were astonished and troubled, and they said to one another, “What is this that God has done to us?”	28 فقال لاخوته ردّت فضتي وها هي في عدلي. فطارت قلوبهم وارتعدوا بعضهم في بعض قائلين ما هذا الذي صنعه الله بنا
29 And they went to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, and they explained to him all the things that had befallen them, saying:	29 فجاءوا الى يعقوب ابيهم الى ارض كنعان واخبروه بكل ما اصابهم قائلين.
30 “The lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and he considered us to be scouts of the province.	30 تكلم معنا الرجل سيد الارض بجفاء وحسبنا جواسيس الارض.
31 And we answered him: ‘We are peaceful, and we do not intend any treachery.	31 فقلنا له نحن أمناء. لسنا جواسيس.
32 We are twelve brothers conceived of one father. One is not living; the youngest is with our father in the land of Canaan.’	32 نحن اثنا عشر اخا بنو ابينا. الواحد مفقود والصغير اليوم عند ابينا في ارض كنعان.
33 And he said to us: ‘Thus will I prove that you are peaceful. Release one of your brothers to me, and take necessary provisions for your houses, and go away,	33 فقال لنا الرجل سيد الارض بهذا اعرف انكم أمناء. دعوا اخا واحدا منكم عندي وخذوا لمجاعة بيوتكم وانطلقوا.
34 and bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may know that you are not scouts. And this one, who is held in chains, you may be able to receive again. And thereafter, you shall have permission to buy what you want.’ ”	34 واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فاعرف انكم لستم جواسيس بل انكم أمناء. فاعطيكم اخاكم وتتجرون في الارض.
35 Having said this, when they poured out their grain, each found his money tied to the mouth of his sack. And all were terrified together.	35 واذ كانوا يفرغون عدالهم اذا صرّة فضة كل واحد في عدله. فلما رأوا صرر فضتهم هم وابوهم خافوا
36 Their father Jacob said, “You have caused me to be without children. Joseph is not living, Simeon is held in chains, and Benjamin you would carry away. All these evils have fallen back upon me.”	36 فقال لهم يعقوب اعدمتموني الاولاد. يوسف مفقود وشمعون مفقود وبنيامين تأخذونه. صار كل هذا عليّ.
37 And Reuben answered him, “Put my two sons to death, if I do not lead him back to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to you.”	37 وكلّم رأوبين اباه قائلا اقتل ابنيّ ان لم اجيء به اليك. سلّمه بيدي وانا ارده اليك.
38 But he said: “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any adversity will befall him in the land to which you travel, you would lead my grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.”	38 فقال لا ينزل ابني معكم. لان اخاه قد مات وهو وحده باق. فان اصابته اذيّة في الطريق التي تذهبون فيها تنزلون شيبتي بحزن الى الهاوية