Génesis 37

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Mientras tanto, Jacob estaba instalado en el territorio donde su padre había residido como extranjero, en la tierra de Canaán.	1 Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
2 Esta es la historia de Jacob.	2 And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
3 Israel amaba a José más que a ningún otro de sus hijos, porque era el hijo de la vejez, y le mandó hacer una túnica de mangas largas.	3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.
4 Pero sus hermanos, al ver que lo amaba más que a ellos, le tomaron tal odio que ni siquiera podían dirigirle el saludo.	4 Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
5 Una vez, José tuvo un sueño y lo contó a sus hermanos.	5 Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
6 «Oigan el sueño que tuve», les dijo.	6 And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
7 «Nosotros estábamos en el campo atando gavillas. De pronto, mi gavilla se alzó y se mantuvo erguida, mientras que la de ustedes formaban un círculo alrededor de la mía y se inclinaban ante ella».	7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”
8 Sus hermanos le preguntaron: «¿Acaso pretendes reinar sobre nosotros y tenernos bajo tu dominio?». Y lo odiaron más todavía por lo que contaba acerca de sus sueños.	8 His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
9 Después tuvo otro sueño, y también lo contó a sus hermanos. «Tuve otro sueño, les dijo. El sol, la luna y once estrellas se postraban delante de mi».	9 Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me.”
10 Pero cuando se lo contó a su padre, este lo reprendió diciéndole: «¿Qué significa ese sueño que has tenido? ¿Acaso yo, tu madre y tus hermanos vendremos a postrarnos en tierra delante de ti?».	10 And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?”
11 Y sus hermanos le tenían envidia, pero su padre reflexionaba sobre todas estas cosas.	11 Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
12 Un día, sus hermanos habían ido hasta Siquem para apacentar el rebaño de su padre.	12 And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
13 Entonces Israel dijo a José: «Tus hermanos están con el rebaño de Siquem. Quiero que vayas a verlos». «Está bien», respondió él.	13 Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,
14 Su padre añadió: «Ve a ver cómo les va a tus hermanos y al rebaño, y tráeme noticias». Y lo envió desde el valle de Hebrón. Cuando José llegó a Siquem,	14 “I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
15 un hombre lo encontró dando vueltas por el campo y le preguntó: «¿Qué estás buscando?».	15 And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
16 El le respondió: «Busco a mis hermanos. ¿Puedes decirme dónde están apacentando el rebaño?».	16 So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.”
17 «Se han ido de aquí, repuso el hombre, porque les oí decir: «Vamos a Dotán». José fue entonces en busca de sus hermanos, y los encontró en Dotán.	17 And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
18 Ellos lo divisaron desde lejos, y antes que se acercara, ya se habían confabulado para darle muerte.	18 And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
19 «Ahí viene ese soñador», se dijeron unos a otros.	19 And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
20 «¿Por qué no lo matamos y lo arrojamos en una de esas cisternas? Después diremos que lo devoró una fiera. ¡Veremos entonces en qué terminan sus sueños!».	20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
21 Pero Rubén, al oír esto, trató de salvarlo diciendo: «No atentemos contra su vida».	21 But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:
22 Y agregó: «No derramen sangre. Arrójenlo en esa cisterna que está allá afuera, en el desierto, pero no pongan sus manos sobre él». En realidad, su intención era librarlo de sus manos y devolverlo a su padre sano y salvo.	22 “Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless.” But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.
23 Apenas José llegó al lugar donde estaban sus hermanos, estos lo despojaron de su túnica –la túnica de mangas largas que llevaba puesta–,	23 And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
24 lo tomaron y lo arrojaron a la cisterna, que estaba completamente vacía.	24 and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
25 Luego se sentaron a comer.	25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.
26 Entonces Judá dijo a sus hermanos: «¿Qué ganamos asesinando a nuestro hermano y ocultando su sangre?	26 Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 En lugar de atentar contra su vida, vendámoslo a los ismaelitas, porque él es nuestro hermano, nuestra propia carne». Y sus hermanos estuvieron de acuerdo.	27 It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
28 Pero mientras tanto, unos negociantes madianitas pasaron por allí y retiraron a José de la cisterna. Luego lo vendieron a los ismaelitas por veinte monedas de planta, y José fue llevado a Egipto.	28 And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
29 Cuando Rubén volvió a la cisterna y se dio cuenta de que José había desaparecido, desgarró su ropa,	29 And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
30 y regresando a donde estaban sus hermanos, dijo: «El muchacho ha desaparecido. ¿Dónde iré yo ahora?».	30 And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
31 Entonces tomaron la túnica de José, degollaron un cabrito, y empaparon la túnica con sangre.	31 Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
32 Después enviaron a su padre la túnica de mangas largas, junto con este mensaje: «Hemos encontrado esto. Fíjate bien si es la túnica de tu hijo, o no».	32 sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”
33 Este, al reconocerla, exclamó: «¡Es la túnica de mi hijo! Un animal salvaje lo ha devorado. ¡José ha sido presa de las fieras!».	33 And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”
34 Jacob desgarró sus vestiduras, se vistió de luto y estuvo mucho tiempo de duelo por su hijo.	34 And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.
35 Sus hijos y sus hijas venían a consolarlo, pero él rehusaba todo consuelo, diciendo: «No. Voy a bajar enlutado a donde está mi hijo, a la morada de los muertos». Y continuaba lamentándose.	35 Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping,
36 Pero entretanto, en Egipto, los madianitas lo habían vendido a Putifar, un funcionario del Faraón, capitán de guardias.	36 the Midianites in Egypt sold Joseph to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, instructor of the soldiers.