Genesis 42

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	VULGATA
1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"	1 Audiens autem Jacob quod alimenta venderentur in Ægypto, dixit filiis suis : Quare negligitis ?
2 And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live, and not die."	2 audivi quod triticum venundetur in Ægypto : descendite, et emite nobis necessaria, ut possimus vivere, et non consumamur inopia.
3 So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.	3 Descendentes igitur fratres Joseph decem, ut emerent frumenta in Ægypto,
4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might befall him.	4 Benjamin domi retento a Jacob, qui dixerat fratribus ejus : Ne forte in itinere quidquam patiatur mali :
5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.	5 ingressi sunt terram Ægypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum. Erat autem fames in terra Chanaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.	6 Et Joseph erat princeps in terra Ægypti, atque ad ejus nutum frumenta populis vendebantur. Cumque adorassent eum fratres sui,
7 Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. "Where do you come from?" he said. They said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."	7 et agnovisset eos, quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur, interrogans eos : Unde venistis ? Qui responderunt : De terra Chanaan, ut emamus victui necessaria.
8 Thus Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.	8 Et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens, non est cognitus ab eis.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, "You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land."	9 Recordatusque somniorum, quæ aliquando viderat, ait ad eos : Exploratores estis : ut videatis infirmiora terræ venistis.
10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.	10 Qui dixerunt : Non est ita, domine, sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos.
11 We are all sons of one man, we are honest men, your servants are not spies."	11 Omnes filii unius viri sumus : pacifici venimus, nec quidquam famuli tui machinantur mali.
12 He said to them, "No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see."	12 Quibus ille respondit : Aliter est : immunita terræ hujus considerare venistis.
13 And they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."	13 At illi : Duodecim, inquiunt, servi tui, fratres sumus, filii viri unius in terra Chanaan : minimus cum patre nostro est, alius non est super.
14 But Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies.	14 Hoc est, ait, quod locutus sum : exploratores estis.
15 By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.	15 Jam nunc experimentum vestri capiam : per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc, donec veniat frater vester minimus.
16 Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."	16 Mittite ex vobis unum, et adducat eum : vos autem eritis in vinculis, donec probentur quæ dixistis utrum vera an falsa sint : alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis.
17 And he put them all together in prison for three days.	17 Tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus.
18 On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:	18 Die autem tertio eductis de carcere, ait : Facite quæ dixi, et vivetis : Deum enim timeo.
19 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined in your prison, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,	19 Si pacifici estis, frater vester unus ligetur in carcere : vos autem abite, et ferte frumenta quæ emistis, in domos vestras,
20 and bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die." And they did so.	20 et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite, ut possim vestros probare sermones, et non moriamini. Fecerunt ut dixerat,
21 Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us."	21 et locuti sunt ad invicem : Merito hæc patimur, quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, videntes angustiam animæ illius, dum deprecaretur nos, et non audivimus : idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio.
22 And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood."	22 E quibus unus Ruben, ait : Numquid non dixi vobis : Nolite peccare in puerum : et non audistis me ? en sanguis ejus exquiritur.
23 They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.	23 Nesciebant autem quod intelligeret Joseph, eo quod per interpretem loqueretur ad eos.
24 Then he turned away from them and wept; and he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.	24 Avertitque se parumper, et flevit : et reversus locutus est ad eos.
25 And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.	25 Tollensque Simeon, et ligans illis præsentibus, jussit ministris ut implerent eorum saccos tritico, et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis, datis supra cibariis in viam : qui fecerunt ita.
26 Then they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed.	26 At illi portantes frumenta in asinis suis, profecti sunt.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack;	27 Apertoque unus sacco, ut daret jumento pabulum in diversorio, contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi,
28 and he said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!" At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"	28 dixit fratribus suis : Reddita est mihi pecunia, en habetur in sacco. Et obstupefacti, turbatique, mutuo dixerunt : Quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus ?
29 When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had befallen them, saying,	29 Veneruntque ad Jacob patrem suum in terram Chanaan, et narraverunt ei omnia quæ accidissent sibi, dicentes :
30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the land.	30 Locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciæ.
31 But we said to him, 'We are honest men, we are not spies;	31 Cui respondimus : Pacifici sumus, nec ullas molimur insidias.
32 we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'	32 Duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus : unus non est super, minimus cum patre nostro est in terra Chanaan.
33 Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.	33 Qui ait nobis : Sic probabo quod pacifici sitis : fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me, et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite, et abite,
34 Bring your youngest brother to me; then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver to you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.'"	34 fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me, ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores : et istum, qui tenetur in vinculis, recipere possitis : ac deinceps quæ vultis, emendi habeatis licentiam.
35 As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.	35 His dictis, cum frumenta effunderent, singuli repererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias, exterritisque simul omnibus,
36 And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin; all this has come upon me."	36 dixit pater Jacob : Absque liberis me esse fecistis : Joseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Benjamin auferetis : in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt.
37 Then Reuben said to his father, "Slay my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you."	37 Cui respondit Ruben : Duos filios meos interfice, si non reduxero illum tibi : trade illum in manu mea, et ego eum tibi restituam.
38 But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm should befall him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."	38 At ille : Non descendet, inquit, filius meus vobiscum : frater ejus mortuus est, et ipse solus remansit : si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis, deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos.