1 A nd Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned—in the land of Canaan.

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

2 T hese are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil 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 A nd Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

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

4 A nd his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

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

5 A nd Joseph dreamed a dream, and told to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

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

6 A nd he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:

قالَ لَهُمْ: «اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى هَذا الحُلْمِ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ.

7 B ehold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.

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

8 A nd his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

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

9 A nd he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down 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 to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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

11 A nd his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.

وَغارَ مِنْهُ إخْوَتُهُ، لَكِنَّ أباهُ تَفَكَّرَ فِي هَذا الأمْرِ.

12 A nd his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

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

13 A nd Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

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

14 A nd he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards 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 man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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

16 A nd he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed.

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

17 A nd the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, 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 from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

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

19 A nd they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

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

20 A nd now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

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

21 A nd Reuben heard, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

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

22 A nd Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him—in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

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

23 A nd it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

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

24 a nd they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty—there was no water in it.

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

25 A nd they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum—going to carry 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 brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

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

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

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

28 A nd Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

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

29 A nd Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

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

30 a nd returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

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

31 A nd they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

فَأخَذُوا ثَوْبَ يُوسُفَ، وَذَبَحُوا تَيساً وَغَمَّسُوا مِعْطَفَهُ بِالدَّمِ.

32 a nd they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

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

33 A nd he discerned it, and said, my son's vest! 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 rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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

35 A nd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus 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 him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

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