1 S o Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan.

وَاسْتَقَرَّ يَعقُوبُ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي كانَ قَدِ اسْتَقَرَّ فِيها أبوْهُ، أي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

2 T his is the history of the descendants of Jacob and this is Jacob’s line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ قِصَّةُ عائِلَةِ يَعقُوبَ: كانَ يُوسُفُ فِي السّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَكانَ يَرْعَى الماشِيَةَ مَعَ إخْوَتِهِ. وَعَمِلَ مُساعِداً لِأولادِ بِلْهَةَ وَزِلْفَةَ، زَوْجَتَي أبِيهِ. وَنَقَلَ يُوسُفُ أخبارَهُمُ السَّيِّئَةَ لِأبِيهِمْ.

3 N ow Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a long tunic with sleeves.

وَأحَبَّ إسْرائِيلُ يُوسُفَ أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ أبْنائِهِ الآخَرِينَ، لِأنَّهُ وُلِدَ وَهُوَ شَيخٌ. وَصَنَعَ إسْرائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ ثَوباً مُلَوَّناً.

4 B ut when his brothers saw that their father loved more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace to him or speak peaceably to him.

وَرَأى إخْوَتُهُ أنَّ أباهُمْ يُحِبُّهُ أكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً. فَأبغَضُوا يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَقْدِرُونَ أنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا مَعَهُ بِلُطْفٍ.

5 N ow Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more.

وَرَأى يُوسُفُ حُلْماً. وَأخبَرَ إخْوَتَهُ بِهِ، فَزادَ بُغْضُهُمْ لَهُ.

6 A nd he said to them, Listen now and hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed:

قالَ لَهُمْ: «اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى هَذا الحُلْمِ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ.

7 W e were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down!

كُنّا فِي وَسَطِ الحَقلِ نَحزِمُ حُزَماً مِنَ القَمْحِ، فَقامَتْ حُزمَتِي وَانتَصَبَتْ. ثُمَّ أحاطَتْ حُزَمُكُمْ بِحُزْمَتِي وَانحَنَتْ لَها.»

8 H is brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects and dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.

فَقالَ لَهُ إخْوَتُهُ: «ألَعَلَّكَ تَظُنُّ بِأنَّكَ سَتَكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَينا وَتَحْكُمُنا؟» فَزادَ بُغضُهُمْ لَهُ بِسَبَبِ أحلامِهِ وَكَلامِهِ.

9 B ut Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, eleven stars the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me!

وَرَأى يُوسُفُ حُلْماً آخَرَ أيضاً. وَأبلَغَ إخْوَتَهُ بِحُلْمِهِ فَقالَ: «اسْمَعُوا هَذا الحُلْمَ الجَدِيدَ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ. رَأيتُ الشَّمْسَ وَالقَمَرَ وَأحَدَ عَشَرَ نَجماً تَنحَنِي لِي.»

10 A nd he told it to his father his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth and do homage to you?

فَلَمّا أخبَرَ أباهُ وَإخوَتَهُ بِذَلِكَ، وَبَّخَهُ أبوْهُ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «ما هَذا الحُلْمُ الَّذِي رَأيتَهُ؟ هَلْ آتِي أنا وَأُمُّكَ وَإخوَتُكَ وَنَنحَنِي أمامَكَ؟»

11 J oseph’s brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it.

وَغارَ مِنْهُ إخْوَتُهُ، لَكِنَّ أباهُ تَفَكَّرَ فِي هَذا الأمْرِ.

12 J oseph’s brothers went to shepherd and feed their father’s flock near Shechem.

وَذاتَ يَومٍ كانَ إخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ قَدْ ذَهَبُوا لِيَرعُوا ماشِيَةَ أبِيهِمْ فِي شَكِيمَ.

13 I srael said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am.

فَقالَ إسْرائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «إخْوَتُكَ يَرعُونَ الماشِيَةَ فِي شَكِيمَ. جَهِّزْ نَفْسَكَ لِكَي أُرسِلَكَ إلَيْهِمْ.» فَقالَ لَهُ يُوسُفُ: «ها أنا مُسْتَعِدٌّ لِلذَّهابِ.»

14 A nd said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether everything is all right with your brothers and with the flock; then come back and bring me word. So he sent him out of the Hebron Valley, and he came to Shechem.

فَقالَ لَهُ إسْرائِيلُ: «اذْهَبِ الآنَ لِتَرَى إنْ كانَ إخْوَتُكَ وَالماشِيَةُ بِخَيرٍ. ثُمَّ ارْجِعْ وَأخبِرْنِي.» فَأرسَلَهُ إسْرائِيلُ مِنْ وادِي حَبْرُونَ إلَى شَكِيمَ.

15 A nd a certain man found him, and behold, he had lost his way and was wandering in the open country. The man asked him, What are you trying to find?

وَتاهَ يُوسُفُ فِي الصَّحْراءِ. فَلاقاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَسَألَهُ: «ما الَّذِي تَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ؟»

16 A nd he said, I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing our flocks.

فَقالَ يُوسُفُ: «إنَّنِي أبْحَثُ عَنْ إخْوَتِي. فَأرجُو أنْ تُخبِرَنِي أينَ يَرْعُونَ.»

17 B ut the man said, they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ: «غادَرُوا هَذا المَكانَ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: ‹لِنَذْهَبْ إلَى دُوثانَ.›» فَلَحِقَ يُوسُفُ بِإخوَتِهِ وَوَجَدَهُمْ فِي دُوثانَ. يُوسُفُ يُباعُ عَبْداً

18 A nd when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.

وَرَآهُ إخْوَتُهُ آتِياً مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. وَقَبلَ أنْ يَقْتَرِبَ مِنْهُمْ، تَآمَرُوا لِقَتلِهِ.

19 A nd they said one to another, See, here comes this dreamer and master of dreams.

فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِلآخَرِ: «انظُرُوا، ها هُوَ الحالِمُ آتٍ!

20 S o come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say, Some wild and ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!

فَلنَقتُلْهُ وَنُلْقِ بِهِ فِي إحدَى الآبارِ الجافَّةِ. وَلنَقُلْ إنَّ حَيواناً مُفْتَرِساً افْتَرَسَهُ. وَلْنَرَ بَعْدَ هَذا مَصِيرَ أحلامِهِ.»

21 N ow Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ رَأُوبَيْنُ هَذا، حاوَلَ أنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْهُمْ. فَقالَ: «لا داعِيَ لِقَتلِهِ.»

22 A nd Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father.

وَقالَ أيْضاً: «لا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً! ألقُوهُ فِي هَذِهِ البِئْرِ فِي الصَّحْراءِ وَلا تُؤْذُوهُ.» قالَ رَأُوبَيْنُ هَذا لِكَي يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْهُمْ، وَيُعِيدَهُ إلَى أبِيهِ.

23 W hen Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his long garment which he was wearing;

فَلَمّا جاءَ يُوسُفُ إلَى إخْوَتِهِ، نَزَعُوا عَنْهُ ثَوبَهُ الطَويلَ المُلَوَّنَ.

24 T hen they took him and cast him into the pit which was empty; there was no water in it.

وَأمْسَكُوهُ وَألقَوْا بِهِ فِي البِئْرِ. وَكانَتِ البِئْرُ فارِغَةً بِلا ماءٍ.

25 T hen they sat down to eat their lunch. When they looked up, behold, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm (balsam), and myrrh or ladanum, going on their way to carry them down to Egypt.

ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا لِيَأْكُلُوا. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، رَأَوْا قافِلَةً مِنَ التُّجّارِ آتِيَةً مِنْ جِلْعادَ، جِمالُهُمْ مُحَمَّلَةٌ بِصَمْغِ القَتاد وَالمُرِّ وَالبَلْسَمِ. وَكانُوا نازِلِينَ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ إلَى مِصْرَ.

26 A nd Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

فَقالَ يَهُوذا لإخْوَتِهِ: «ماذا نَكْسِبُ إنْ قَتَلْنا أخانا وَأخفَينا جُثَّتَهُ؟

27 C ome, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented.

فَلْنَبِعْهُ لِلتُّجّارِ ولا نُؤْذِهِ، فَهُوَ أخُونا مِنْ لَحْمِنا.» فَوافَقَ إخْوَتُهُ.

28 T hen as the Midianite merchants were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the well. And they sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph into Egypt.

وَلَمّا مَرَّ بَعضُ التُّجّارِ المِدْيانِيِّينَ، سَحَبُوا يُوسُفَ وَرَفَعُوهُ مِنَ البِئْرِ. وَباعُوهُ لِلتُّجّارِ بِعِشْرِينَ قِطعَةً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ.

29 T hen Reuben returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he rent his clothes.

فَأتَى التُّجّارُ بِيُوسُفَ إلَى مِصْرَ. وَلَمّا عادَ رَأُوبَيْنُ إلَى البِئْرِ. رَأى أنَّ يُوسُفَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيها. فَمَزَّقَ مَلابِسَهُ حُزْناً.

30 H e rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go ?

ثُمَّ عادَ رَأُوبَيْنُ إلَى إخْوَتِهِ وَقالَ: «لَيسَ الفَتَى هُناكَ! فَماذا عَسانِي أفعَلُ؟»

31 T hen they took Joseph’s long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood;

فَأخَذُوا ثَوْبَ يُوسُفَ، وَذَبَحُوا تَيساً وَغَمَّسُوا مِعْطَفَهُ بِالدَّمِ.

32 A nd they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son’s tunic or not.

ثُمَّ أخَذُوا الثَّوبَ الطَّوِيلَ ذا الكُمَّينِ إلَى أبِيهِمْ. وَقالُوا: «وَجَدْنا هَذا الثَّوبَ. أهُوَ لابْنِكَ؟»

33 H e said, My son’s long garment! An evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

فَمَيَّزَ يَعقُوبُ المِعطَفَ، وَقالَ: «هَذا ثَوبُ ابْنِي. التَهَمَهُ حَيوانٌ مُفْتَرِسٌ. وَلا بُدَّ أنَّهُ مَزَّقَ يُوسُفَ تَمْزيقاً.»

34 A nd Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son.

فَمَزَّقَ يَعقُوبُ ثِيابَهُ، وَلَبِسَ الخَيشَ حُزناُ، وَناحَ عَلَى ابْنِهِ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً جِدّاً.

35 A nd all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

ثُمَّ جاءَ كُلُّ أولادِ يَعقُوبَ لِيُعَزُّوهُ، فَأبَى أنْ يَتَعَزَّى. وَقالَ: «بَلْ أنزِلُ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ حُزْناً عَلَى ابْنِي!» فَناحَ أبو يُوسُفَ عَلَيهِ.

36 A nd the Midianites sold in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain and chief executioner of the guard.

أمّا يُوسُفُ، فَقَدْ باعَهُ المِدْيانِيُّونَ فِي مِصْرَ إلَى فُوطِيفارَ، وَهُوَ رَئِيسُ حَرَسِ القَصْرِ عِنْدَ فِرعَوْنَ.