1 J osé atirou-se sobre seu pai, chorou sobre ele e o beijou.

Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

2 E m seguida deu ordens aos médicos, que estavam ao seu serviço, que embalsamassem seu pai Israel. E eles o embalsamaram.

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

3 L evaram quarenta dias completos, pois esse era o tempo para o embalsamamento. E os egípcios choraram sua morte setenta dias.

Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4 P assados os dias de luto, José disse à corte do faraó: “Se posso contar com a bondade de vocês, falem com o faraó em meu favor. Digam-lhe que

Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,

5 m eu pai fez-me prestar-lhe o seguinte juramento: ‘Estou à beira da morte; sepulte-me no túmulo que preparei para mim na terra de Canaã’. Agora, pois, peçam-lhe que me permita partir e sepultar meu pai; logo depois voltarei”.

‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; 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, and I will come back.’”

6 R espondeu o faraó: “Vá e faça o sepultamento de seu pai como este o fez jurar”.

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

7 E ntão José partiu para sepultar seu pai. Com ele foram todos os conselheiros do faraó, as autoridades da sua corte e todas as autoridades do Egito,

So 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,

8 e , além deles, todos os da família de José, os seus irmãos e todos os da casa de seu pai. Somente as crianças, as ovelhas e os bois foram deixados em Gósen.

as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.

9 C arruagens e cavaleiros também o acompanharam. A comitiva era imensa.

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering.

10 C hegando à eira de Atade, perto do Jordão, lamentaram-se em alta voz, com grande amargura; e ali José guardou sete dias de pranto pela morte do seu pai.

Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

11 Q uando os cananeus que lá habitavam viram aquele pranto na eira de Atade, disseram: “Os egípcios estão celebrando uma cerimônia de luto solene”. Por essa razão, aquele lugar, próximo ao Jordão, foi chamado Abel-Mizraim.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

12 A ssim fizeram os filhos de Jacó o que este lhes havia ordenado:

So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them.

13 L evaram-no à terra de Canaã e o sepultaram na caverna do campo de Macpela, perto de Manre, que, com o campo, Abraão tinha comprado de Efrom, o hitita, para que lhe servisse de propriedade para sepultura.

For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.

14 D epois de sepultar seu pai, José voltou ao Egito, com os seus irmãos e com todos os demais que o tinham acompanhado. A Bondade de José

And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father. Joseph Reassures His Brothers

15 V endo os irmãos de José que seu pai havia morrido, disseram: “E se José tiver rancor contra nós e resolver retribuir todo o mal que lhe causamos?”

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.”

16 E ntão mandaram um recado a José, dizendo: “Antes de morrer, teu pai nos ordenou

So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying,

17 q ue te disséssemos o seguinte: ‘Peço-lhe que perdoe os erros e pecados de seus irmãos que o trataram com tanta maldade!’ Agora, pois, perdoa os pecados dos servos do Deus do teu pai”. Quando recebeu o recado, José chorou.

‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.”’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 D epois vieram seus irmãos, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram: “Aqui estamos. Somos teus escravos!”

Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

19 J osé, porém, lhes disse: “Não tenham medo. Estaria eu no lugar de Deus?

Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

20 V ocês planejaram o mal contra mim, mas Deus o tornou em bem, para que hoje fosse preservada a vida de muitos.

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

21 P or isso, não tenham medo. Eu sustentarei vocês e seus filhos”. E assim os tranqüilizou e lhes falou amavelmente. A Morte de José

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

22 J osé permaneceu no Egito, com toda a família de seu pai. Viveu cento e dez anos

So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

23 e viu a terceira geração dos filhos de Efraim. Além disso, recebeu como seus os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés.

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.

24 A ntes de morrer José disse a seus irmãos: “Estou à beira da morte. Mas Deus certamente virá em auxílio de vocês e os tirará desta terra, levando-os para a terra que prometeu com juramento a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacó”.

And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

25 E José fez que os filhos de Israel lhe prestassem um juramento, dizendo-lhes: “Quando Deus intervier em favor de vocês, levem os meus ossos daqui”.

Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

26 M orreu José com a idade de cento e dez anos. E, depois de embalsamado, foi colocado num sarcófago no Egito.

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