1 T hen he commanded his house steward, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

ثُمَّ أمَرَ يُوسُفُ الخادِمَ المَسْؤُولَ عَنْ بَيتِهِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «املأْ أكْياسَ الرِّجالِ مِنَ الطَّعامِ بِقَدْرِ ما يَسْتَطِيعُونَ أنْ يَحمِلُوا. ثُمَّ ضَعْ مالَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ فِي كِيسِهِ.

2 P ut my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph had told him.

وَضَعْ كَأْسِيَ الفِضِّيَّةَ عَلَى رَأْسِ كِيسِ الأخِ الأصْغَرِ مَعَ مالِهِ.» فَفَعَلَ الخادِمُ كَما أمَرَهُ يُوسُفُ.

3 A s soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

فَلَمّا بَزَغَ الفَجْرُ أُرْسِلَ الرِّجالُ مَعَ حَمِيرِهِمْ.

4 T hey had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

وَقَبلَ أنْ يَبْتَعِدُوا كَثِيراً عَنِ المَدِينَةِ، قالَ لِلخادِمِ المَسْؤُولِ عَنِ بَيتِهِ: «الحَقْ بِهِمْ فَوراً، وَأدرِكْهُمْ. وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹لِماذا قابَلْتُمُ الخَيرَ بِالشَّرِّ؟

5 I s not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’”

ألَيسَتْ هَذِهِ كَأْسُ سَيِّدِي الَّتِي يَسْتَخدِمُها لِكَشْفِ الأُمورِ الخَفِيَّةِ؟ فَلِماذا سَرَقْتُمُوها؟ قَدْ أسَأتُمْ بِفِعلَتِكُمْ هَذِهِ.›»

6 S o he overtook them and spoke these words to them.

فَلَمّا أدرَكَهُمُ الخادِمُ، كَرَّرَ عَلَى مَسامِعِهِمْ كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامِ.

7 T hey said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.

فَقالَ لَهُ الإخْوَةُ: «لِماذا يَقُولُ سَيِّدِي كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامِ؟ لَيسَ مِنْ أخلاقِنا أنْ نَفْعَلَ مِثلَ هَذا الأمْرِ!

8 B ehold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

ها قَدْ عُدنا إلَيكَ مِنْ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ بِالمالِ الَّذِي وَجَدْناهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ أكياسِنا. فَلِماذا نَسْرِقُ فِضَّةً أوْ ذَهَباً مِنْ بَيتِ سَيِّدِكَ؟

9 W ith whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

إذا عَثَرْتَ عَلَى الكَأْسِ مَعَ أيِّ واحِدٍ مِنّا، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ، فَلْيَكُنِ المَوْتُ مَصِيرَهُ. وَلْتُصْبِحْ بَقِيَّتُنا عَبِيداً لَدَى سَيِّدِي.»

10 S o he said, “Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”

فَقالَ الخادِمُ: «حَسَناً، لِيَكُنِ الأمْرُ كَما قُلْتُمْ. فَإنْ وَجَدْتُ الكَأْسَ مَعَ أيٍّ مِنْكُمْ، فَإنَّهُ سَيَصِيرُ عَبْداً لِي. أمّا بَقِيَّتُكُمْ فَتَكُونُونَ أحْراراً.» نجاحُ الفخِّ وَالقبضُ على بَنْيامِيْن

11 T hen they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

فَأسْرَعَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِإنْزالِ كِيسِهِ إلَى الأرْضِ وَفَتَحَهُ.

12 H e searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

وَفَتَّشَ الخادِمُ الجَمِيعَ، بَدْءاً بِالأكْبَرِ وَانتِهاءً بِالأصْغَرِ. وَوَجَدَ الكَأْسَ فِي كِيسِ بَنْيامِيْنَ.

13 T hen they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city.

فَمَزَّقَ الإخوَةُ ثِيابَهُمْ حُزْناً. وَقامَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِتَحمِيلِ حِمارِهِ وَالعَوْدَةِ إلَى المَدِينَةِ.

14 W hen Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

فَلَمّا جاءَ يَهُوذا وَإخوَتُهُ إلَى بَيتِ يُوسُفَ، كانَ يُوسُفُ ما يَزالُ هُناكَ. فَألقَوْا بِأنفُسِهِمْ عَلَى الأرْضِ أمامَهُ.

15 J oseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?”

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتُمُوهُ؟ ألا تَعرِفُونَ أنَّ الأسرارَ تُكشَفُ لِرَجُلٍ مِثلِي؟»

16 S o Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

فَقالَ يَهُوذا: «ماذا عَسانا نَقُولُ يا سَيِّدِي؟ ماذا عَسانا نَقُولُ؟ وَكَيفَ نُبَرِّئُ أنفُسَنا؟ فَقَدْ كَشَفَ اللهُ جَرِيمَةَ خُدّامِكَ. فَها نَحْنُ بَينَ يَدَيكَ يا سَيِّدِي، نَحْنُ وَمَنْ وُجِدَتِ الكَأْسُ فِي حَوْزَتِهِ.»

17 B ut he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

فَقالَ يُوسُفُ: «لَيسَ مِنْ شِيمِي أنْ أفْعَلَ هَذا! فَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي وُجِدَتِ الكَأْسُ فِي حَوْزَتِهِ هُوَ فَقَطْ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لِي. أمّا بَقِيَّتُكُمْ، فَيُمْكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَذْهَبُوا بِسَلامٍ إلَى أبِيكُمْ.» يَهُوذا يتضرّعُ منْ أجلِ بَنْيامِيْن

18 T hen Judah approached him, and said, “Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

غَيرَ أنَّ يَهُوذا اقْتَرَبَ مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَقالَ: «يا سَيِّدِي، اسْمَحْ لِي، أنا عَبْدَكَ، بِأنْ أقُولَ شَيئاً لَكَ، يا سَيِّدِي. وَلا تَغْضَبْ مِنِّي، أنا عَبْدَكَ. فَأنتَ فِي مَقامِ فِرعَوْنَ.

19 M y lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a brother?’

أنتَ سَألْتَنا، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ: ‹ألَدَيكُمْ أبٌ أوْ أخٌ؟›

20 W e said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

فَقُلْنا لَكَ، يا سَيِّدِي: ‹لَدَينا أبٌ عَجُوزٌ، وَأخٌ أصْغَرُ وُلِدَ لِأبِينا فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ. وَأخُوهُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ مَيتٌ. وَهَذا الأخُ الأصْغَرُ هُوَ الَّذِي بَقِيَ وَحدَهُ مِنْ أبْناءِ أُمِّهِ. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ أباهُ يُحِبُّهُ كَثِيراً.›

21 T hen you said to your servants, ‘ Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.’

ثُمَّ طَلَبْتَ مِنّا، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ، وَقُلْتَ: ‹أحضِرُوهُ إلَيَّ لِكَي أراهُ›

22 B ut we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

لَكِنَّنا قُلْنا لَكَ، يا سَيِّدِي لا يَقْدِرُ الفَتَى أنْ يَتْرُكَ أباهُ. فَإنْ تَرَكَ أباهُ، ماتَ أبوْهُ مِنْ بَعدِهِ.

23 Y ou said to your servants, however, ‘ Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

ثُمَّ قُلْتَ لَنا نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ: ‹إنْ لَمْ يَنزِلْ أخُوكُمُ الأصْغَرُ مَعَكُمْ، فَلَنْ تَرُوا وَجهِي مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.›

24 T hus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

وَعِندَما صَعِدْنا إلَى خادِمِكَ، أبِينا، أخبَرْناهُ بِكُلِّ ما أخْبَرْتَنا.

25 O ur father said, ‘Go back, buy us a little food.’

«ثُمَّ قالَ أبوْنا: ‹عُودُوا وَاشْتَرُوا طَعاماً لَنا.›

26 B ut we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

فَقُلْنا لَهُ: ‹لا نَقْدِرُ أنْ نَنزِلَ إلَى هُناكَ. أمّا إذا كانَ أخُونا مَعَنا، فَسَنَنْزِلُ. إذْ لا نَسْتَطِيعُ رُؤْيَةَ وَجهِ الحاكِمِ، ما لَمْ يَكُنْ أخُونا الأصْغَرُ مَعَنا.›

27 Y our servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

فَقالَ لَنا أبوْنا خادِمُكَ: ‹أنتُمْ تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ زَوجَتِي راحِيلَ أنجَبَتْ لِي ابْنَينِ.

28 a nd the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces,” and I have not seen him since.

تَرَكَنِي أحَدُهُما، فَقُلْتُ: لا بُدَّ أنَّ حَيواناً مُفْتَرِساً مَزَّقَهُ تَمْزيقاً. وَلَمْ أرَهُ مُنذُ ذَلِكَ الحِينِ.

29 I f you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

فَإذا أخَذْتُمْ هَذا أيضاً مِنِّي وَحَصَلَ لَهُ أذَىً، فَسَأمُوتُ رَجُلاً عَجُوزاً حَزِيناً.›

30 N ow, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

وَالآنَ، إنْ ذَهَبْتُ، أنا خادِمَكَ، إلَى أبِي، دُونَ أنْ يَكُونَ الفَتَى مَعِي، وَنَفْسُهُ شَدِيدَةُ التَّعَلُّقِ بِهِ،

31 w hen he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

سَيَمُوتُ وَالِدِي إذا رَأى أنَّ الفَتَى لَيسَ مَعَنا. وَسَنَكُونُ، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ، قَدْ أرْسَلْنا أبانا، خادِمَكَ، إلَى القَبْرِ رَجُلاً عَجُوزاً حَزِيناً.»

32 F or your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.’

«فَأنا تَعَهَّدْتُ بِإرْجَاعِ الفَتَى لِأبِي، وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: ‹إنْ لَمْ أُرجِعْهُ إلَيكَ، حَمِّلْنِي ذَنْبَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِي.›

33 N ow, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

فَالآنَ اسْمَحْ لِي، أنا خادِمَكَ، بِأنْ أبقَى هُنا عَبْداً لَكَ، يا سَيِّدِي، مَكانَ أخِي. وَدَعِ الفَتَى يَذْهَبْ مَعَ إخْوَتِهِ.

34 F or how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?”

وَإلّا فَكَيفَ يُمْكِنُنِي أنْ أذْهَبَ إلَى أبِي، دُونَ أنْ يَكُونَ أخِي مَعِي؟ وَكَيفَ يُمكِنُنِي أنْ أرَى المِحنَةَ الَّتِي سَتُصِيبُ أبِي؟»