1 T hen Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him.

ثُمَّ انحَنَى يُوسُفُ فَوْقَ أبِيهِ، وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ، وَقَبَّلَهُ.

2 J oseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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

3 N ow forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

وَأمضُوا أيّامَ التَّحنِيطِ الأرْبَعِينَ. وَبَكَى عَلَيهِ المِصْرِيُّونَ سَبْعِينَ يَوماً.

4 W hen the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,

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

5 ‘ My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

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 P haraoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

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

7 S o Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household 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 household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

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

9 T here also 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 W hen they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father.

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

11 N ow when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. Burial at Machpelah

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 T hus his sons did for him as he had charged them;

وَهَكَذا فَعَلَ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ كَما أوصاهُمْ.

13 f or his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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 fter he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

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

15 W hen Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “ What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!”

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

16 S o they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father charged before he died, saying,

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

17 ‘ Thus you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to 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 T hen his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

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

19 B ut Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?

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

20 A s for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.

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

21 S o therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Death of Joseph

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

22 N ow Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

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

23 J oseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

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

24 J oseph said to his brothers, “ I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath 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 T hen Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

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

26 S o Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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