1 A nd Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

ثُمَّ انحَنَى يُوسُفُ فَوْقَ أبِيهِ، وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ، وَقَبَّلَهُ.

2 A nd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

وَأمَرَ يُوسُفُ أطِبّاءَهُ الخاصِّينَ بِأنْ يُحَنِّطُوا أباهُ. فَحَنَّطَ الأطِبّاءُ إسْرائِيلَ.

3 A nd forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

وَأمضُوا أيّامَ التَّحنِيطِ الأرْبَعِينَ. وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ المِصْرِيُّونَ سَبْعِينَ يَوماً.

4 A nd when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

وَلَمّا انتَهَتْ فَتْرَةُ الحِدادِ، تَحَدَّثَ يُوسُفُ إلَى بَيتِ فِرعَوْنَ وَقالَ: «إنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَنِي وَرَضِيتُمْ عَنِّي حَقّاً، فَتَكَلَّمُوا مَعَ فِرعَوْنَ وَقُولُوا لَهُ

5 M y father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

إنَّ أبِي اسْتَحلَفَنِي وَقالَ لِي: ‹ها أنا أحتَضِرُ. فادْفِنِّي فِي القَبْرِ الَّذِي حَفَرْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.› فَأرجُو الآنَ أنْ تَسْمَحَ لِي بِأنْ أذْهَبَ وَأدفِنَ أبِي، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ سَأعُودُ.»

6 A nd Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

فَقالَ لَهُ فِرعَوْنُ: «اذْهَبْ وَادفِنْ أباكَ كَما اسْتَحلَفَكَ.»

7 A nd Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

فَذَهَبَ يُوسُفُ لِيَدفِنَ أباهُ. وَذَهَبَ مَعَهُ كُلُّ وُزَراءِ فِرعَوْنَ وَشُيُوخِ بَيتِهِ وَكُلُّ وُجَهاءِ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

8 a nd all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

وَذَهَبَ أيضاً كُلُّ بَيتِ يُوسُفَ وَإخوَتِهِ وَبُيُوتِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا خَلْفَهُمْ فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ إلّا أطفالَهُمْ وَغَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ.

9 A nd there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

وَخَرَجَتْ عَرَباتٌ وَفُرْسانٌ أيضاً مَعَهُ. فَكانَ جُمهُوراً عَظِيماً جِدّاً.

10 A nd they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

وَوَصَلُوا إلَى بَيدَرِ أطادَ عَلَى الضِّفَّةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ لِنَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَهُناكَ بَكُوا عَلَى يَعقُوبَ بُكاءً عالِياً مُرّاً. وَعَمِلَ يُوسُفُ هُناكَ مَناحَةً لِسَبْعَةِ أيّامٍ.

11 A nd when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

وَرَأى سُكّانُ تِلْكَ المِنطَقَةِ مِنَ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المَناحَةَ المُقامَةَ عَلَى بَيدَرِ أطادَ. فَقالُوا: «المِصْرِيُّونَ يَنُوحُونَ بِمَرارَةٍ.» فَسَمُّوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ آبِلَ مِصْرايِمَ، وَهُوَ شَرْقُ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

12 A nd his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

وَهَكَذا فَعَلَ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ كَما أوصاهُمْ.

13 f or his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

إذْ حَمَلُوهُ إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. ثُمَّ دَفَنُوهُ فِي الحَقلِ الَّذِيِ فِي حَقلِ المَكفِيلَةِ قُرْبَ مَمْرا. وَهُوَ الحَقلُ الَّذِي اشْتَراهُ إبْراهِيمُ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الحِثِّيِّ لِيَكُونَ مَقْبَرَةً.

14 A nd Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

ثُمَّ عادَ يُوسُفُ وَإخوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ جاءُوا مَعَهُ لِدَفْنِ أبِيهِ إلَى مِصْرَ، بَعْدَ أنْ دَفَنَ أباهُ. خوفُ إخْوَةِ يُوسُفَ منه

15 A nd when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

ثُمَّ أحَسَّ إخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ بِالخَوفِ، لِأنَّ أباهُمْ ماتَ. فَقالُوا: «رُبَّما يَحمِلُ يُوسُفُ ضَغِينَةً عَلَينا. وَرُبَّما يَجعَلُنا نَدفَعُ ثَمَنَ إساءَتِنا لَهُ.»

16 A nd they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

فَأرْسَلُوا رِسالَةً إلَى يُوسُفَ تَقُولُ: أوصانا أبوكَ بِهَذا قَبلَ مَوْتِهِ فَقالَ لَنا:

17 S o shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

«قُولُوا لِيُوسُفَ: لَقَدْ أساءَ إلَيكَ إخْوَتُكَ حَقّاً. لَكِنْ أرجُو أنْ تُسامِحَهُمْ عَلَى جَرِيمَتِهِمْ وَخَطِيَّتِهِمْ.» فَالآنَ أرجُو أنْ تَغْفِرَ جَرِيمَةَ خُدّامِ إلَهِ أبِيكَ. فَبَكَى يُوسُفُ بِسَبَبِ رِسالَتِهِمْ.

18 A nd his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

وَذَهَبَ إلَيهِ إخْوَتُهُ أيضاً. وَألقَوْا بِأنفُسِهِمْ أمامَهُ وَقالُوا: «ها نَحنُ عَبِيدٌ لَكَ.»

19 A nd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

لَكِنَّ يُوسُفَ قالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تَخافُوا، فَهَلْ أنا اللهُ لِأُدِينَكُمْ؟

20 A nd as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

أنتُمْ نَوَيتُمْ بِي شَرّاً، لَكِنَّ اللهَ نَوَى بِهِ خَيراً. فَقَدْ قَصَدَ اللهُ أنْ يُحَقِّقَ النَّتائِجَ الحالِيَّةَ: أنْ يُبْقِيَ عَلَى حَياةِ كَثِيرِينَ.

21 N ow therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

فَلا تَخافُوا. وَأنا سَأعُولُكُمْ وَأعُولُ أطفالَكُمْ.» وَهَكَذا طَمْأنَهُمْ وَطَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ.

22 A nd Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

فَبَقِيَ يُوسُفُ وَبَيتُ أبِيهِ فِي مِصْرَ. وَعاشَ يُوسُفُ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ.

23 A nd Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

وَعاشَ يُوسُفَ لِيَرَى أبْناءَ أفْرايِمَ وَأحفادَهُ. وَنُسِبَ أبْناءُ ماكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى إلَى يُوسُفَ. موتُ يُوسُف

24 A nd Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

وَقالَ يُوسُفُ لإخوَتِهِ: «أنا أحتَضِرُ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْتَمُّ بِكُمْ وَسَيُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْ هَذَهِ الأرْضِ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها إبْراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعقُوبَ.»

25 A nd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

وَاسْتَحلَفَ يُوسُفُ أبْناءَ إسْرائِيلَ وَقالَ: «عِندَما يَأْتِي اللهُ إلَيكُمْ وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ، احمِلُوا عِظامِي مِنْ هُنا.»

26 S o Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

وَماتَ يُوسُفُ بَعْدَ أنْ عاشَ مِئَةً وَعَشَرَ سَنَواتٍ. فَحَنَّطُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي تابُوتٍ فِي مِصْرَ.