1 ث ُمَّ انحَنَى يُوسُفُ فَوْقَ أبِيهِ، وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ، وَقَبَّلَهُ.

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 و َأمَرَ يُوسُفُ أطِبّاءَهُ الخاصِّينَ بِأنْ يُحَنِّطُوا أباهُ. فَحَنَّطَ الأطِبّاءُ إسْرائِيلَ.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 و َأمضُوا أيّامَ التَّحنِيطِ الأرْبَعِينَ. وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ المِصْرِيُّونَ سَبْعِينَ يَوماً.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 إ نَّ 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.»

My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may bury my father; and I will come again.

6 ف َقالَ لَهُ فِرعَوْنُ: «اذْهَبْ وَادفِنْ أباكَ كَما اسْتَحلَفَكَ.»

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

7 ف َذَهَبَ يُوسُفُ لِيَدفِنَ أباهُ. وَذَهَبَ مَعَهُ كُلُّ وُزَراءِ فِرعَوْنَ وَشُيُوخِ بَيتِهِ وَكُلُّ وُجَهاءِ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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

and 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.

9 و َخَرَجَتْ عَرَباتٌ وَفُرْسانٌ أيضاً مَعَهُ. فَكانَ جُمهُوراً عَظِيماً جِدّاً.

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.

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

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.

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

And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, and they said, This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

12 و َهَكَذا فَعَلَ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ كَما أوصاهُمْ.

And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;

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

and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, opposite to Mamre.

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

And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury his father.

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

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!

16 ف َأرْسَلُوا رِسالَةً إلَى يُوسُفَ تَقُولُ: أوصانا أبوكَ بِهَذا قَبلَ مَوْتِهِ فَقالَ لَنا:

And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

17 « 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.

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 و َذَهَبَ إلَيهِ إخْوَتُهُ أيضاً. وَألقَوْا بِأنفُسِهِمْ أمامَهُ وَقالُوا: «ها نَحنُ عَبِيدٌ لَكَ.»

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

19 ل َكِنَّ يُوسُفَ قالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تَخافُوا، فَهَلْ أنا اللهُ لِأُدِينَكُمْ؟

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

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

Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as this day, to save a great people alive.

21 ف َلا تَخافُوا. وَأنا سَأعُولُكُمْ وَأعُولُ أطفالَكُمْ.» وَهَكَذا طَمْأنَهُمْ وَطَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ.

And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.

22 ف َبَقِيَ يُوسُفُ وَبَيتُ أبِيهِ فِي مِصْرَ. وَعاشَ يُوسُفُ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ.

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23 و َعاشَ يُوسُفَ لِيَرَى أبْناءَ أفْرايِمَ وَأحفادَهُ. وَنُسِبَ أبْناءُ ماكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى إلَى يُوسُفَ. موتُ يُوسُف

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

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

And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

26 و َماتَ يُوسُفُ بَعْدَ أنْ عاشَ مِئَةً وَعَشَرَ سَنَواتٍ. فَحَنَّطُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي تابُوتٍ فِي مِصْرَ.

And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.