1 N ow Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

وَعَلِمَ يَعقُوبُ أنَّ فِي مِصْرَ قَمْحاً، فَقالَ لِأولادِهِ: «لِماذا يَنظُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ إلَى بَعضٍ؟»

2 H e said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

وَقالَ: «قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أنَّ فِي مِصْرَ قَمحاً، فانْزِلُوا إلَى هُناكَ وَاشْتَرُوا لَنا قَمحاً، فَنَحيا وَلا نَمُوتُ.»

3 J oseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

فَنَزَلَ إخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ العَشْرَةُ إلَى مِصْرَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحاً.

4 B ut Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

لَكِنَّ يَعقُوبَ لَمْ يُرْسِلْ بَنْيامِيْنَ شَقِيقَ يُوسُفَ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إخْوَتِهِ. إذْ خَشِيَ أنْ يُصِيبَهُ أذَىً.

5 T he sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

فَذَهَبَ أولادُ إسْرائِيلَ مَعَ كَثِيرِينَ إلَى مِصْرَ لِشِراءِ القَمحِ، لِأنَّ المَجاعَةَ وَصَلَتْ إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

6 J oseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

وَكانَ يُوسُفُ حاكِماً عَلَى أرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّها. وَكانَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَلَّى عَمَلِيَّةَ بَيعِ القَمْحِ لِكُلِّ أهلِ الأرْضِ. فَجاءَ إخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ وَانحَنُوا أمامَهُ وَوُجُوهُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ.

7 J oseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

فَلَمّا رَأى يُوسُفُ إخْوَتَهُ، عَرَفَهُمْ، لَكِنَّهُ تَظاهَرَ بِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُمْ. وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعْهُمْ بِفَظاظَةٍ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنْ أينَ جِئْتُمْ؟» فَقالُوا: «جِئْنا مِنْ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعاماً.»

8 J oseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

فَمَيَّزَ يُوسُفُ إخْوَتَهُ. أمّا هُمْ فَلَمْ يُمَيِّزُوهُ.

9 J oseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

وَتَذَكَّرَ يُوسُفُ أيضاً الأحلامَ الَّتِي رَآها عَنْهُمْ. فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «ما أنتُمْ إلّا جَواسِيسُ، جِئْتُمْ لِتَكْتَشِفوا نِقاطَ ضَعْفِ أرْضِنا.»

10 T hey said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «لا يا سَيِّدِي! نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ جِئْنا لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعاماً.

11 W e are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

وَكُلُّنا أبْناءُ رَجُلٍ واحِدٍ. وَنَحنُ رِجالٌ صادِقُونَ. نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ لَسْنا جَواسِيسَ.»

12 H e said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

لَكِنَّهُ قالَ: «بَلْ جِئْتُمْ لِتَعرِفُوا نِقاطَ ضَعْفِنا.»

13 T hey said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”

فَقالُوا: «نَحْنُ، خُدّامَكَ، اثْنا عَشَرَ أخاً، أبْناءُ رَجُلٍ واحِدٍ فِي كَنْعانَ. وَأصْغَرُنا عِنْدَ أبِينا الآنَ. وَواحِدٌ ماتَ.»

14 J oseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «كَما سَبَقَ أنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ. ما أنتُمْ إلّا جَواسِيسُ!

15 B y this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

لَكِنِّي سَأمتَحِنُكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ: أقْسِمُ بِحَياةِ فِرعَوْنَ أنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُغادِرُوا هَذا المَكانَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أخُوكُمُ الأصْغَرُ إلَى هُنا.

16 S end one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”

فَأرْسِلُوا أحَدَكُمْ لِيَجلِبَ أخاكُمْ. وَسَتَظَلُّ بَقِيَّتُكُمْ حَتَّى ذَلِكَ الحِينِ فِي السِّجْنِ. وَبِهَذا أعرِفُ إنْ كُنتُمْ صادِقِينَ، وَإلّا، فَإنِّي أُقْسِمُ بِحَياةِ فِرعَوْنَ أنَّكُمْ حَقّاً جَواسِيسُ!»

17 H e put them all together into custody for three days.

ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُمْ يُوسُفُ فِي السِّجْنِ ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ. يُوسُفُ يمتحنُ إخْوَتَه

18 J oseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ فِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ: «افْعَلُوا ما أقُولُهُ لَكُمْ فَتَحْيُوا. فَأنا أخافُ اللهَ.

19 I f you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

إنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ، فَلْيَبقَ أحَدُ إخْوَتِكُمْ فِي السِّجْنِ حَيثُ هُنا. وَأمّا أنتُمْ فَخُذُوا قَمْحاً يَسُدُّ جُوعَ بُيُوتِكُمْ.

20 B ring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.

ثُمَّ أحْضِرُوا لِي أخاكُمُ الأصْغَرَ فَيَثبُتَ صِدْقُ كَلامِكُمْ، فَلا أقتُلُكُمْ.» فَوافَقُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

21 T hey said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

وَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِلآخَرِ: «لا شَكَّ فِي أنَّ اللهَ يُعاقِبُنا بِسَبَبِ ما فَعَلْناهُ بِأخِينا. فَقَدْ رَأينا ضِيقَتَهُ عِندَما تَوَسَّلَ إلَينا أنْ نَرحَمَهُ. لَكِنَّنا لَمْ نُصْغِ إلَيهِ. لِهَذا جاءَتْ عَلَينا هَذِهِ الضِّيقَةُ.»

22 R euben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

فَقالَ لَهُمْ رَأُوبَيْنُ: «ألَمْ أقُلْ لَكُمْ لا تُؤْذُوا الفَتَى! لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُصْغُوا إلَيَّ. وَها نَحْنُ سَنَدْفَعُ ثَمَنَ دَمِهِ.»

23 T hey didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

وَلَمْ يَعرِفُوا أنَّ يُوسُفَ كانَ يَفْهَمُ ما يَقُولُونَ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ هُناكَ مُتَرْجِمٌ بَينَهُمْ وَبَينَهُ.

24 H e turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

ثُمَّ ابْتَعَدَ يُوسُفُ عَنهُمْ وَبَكَى. ثُمَّ عادَ إلَيْهِمْ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ. ثُمَّ أخَذَ شَمْعُونَ مِنْ بَينِهِمْ، وَأمَرَ بِأنْ يُوثَقَ أمامَ عُيُونِهِمْ.

25 T hen Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

ثُمَّ أمَرَ يُوسُفُ خُدّامَهُ بِأنْ يَملأُوا أكياسَ إخْوَتِهِ بِالقَمحِ. وَأمَرَهُمْ أيضاً أنْ يُعِيدُوا مالَ كُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إلَى كِيسِهِ، وَأنْ يُعطُوهُمْ طَعاماً لِلرِّحلَةِ. فَفَعَلَ الخُدّامُ هَذا.

26 T hey loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

وَهَكَذا حَمَّلُوا قَمحَهُمْ عَلَى حَمِيرِهِمْ وَانطَلَقُوا.

27 A s one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

وَعِندَما تَوَقَّفُوا لِيَبِيتُوا لَيلَتَهُمْ، فَتَحَ أحَدُهُمْ كِيسَ القَمحِ لِيُطعِمَ حِمارَهُ، فَرَأى مالَهُ فِي كِيسٍ فَوْقَ القَمحِ.

28 H e said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

فَقالَ لإخوَتِهِ: «قَدْ رُدَّ مالِي إلَيَّ. وَها هُوَ فِي كِيسِي!» فَتَحَيَّرُوا كَثِيراً وَارتَعَدُوا خَوفاً وَقالُوا: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ اللهُ بِنا؟» وصولُ الخبرِ ليَعْقُوب

29 T hey came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

وَلَمّا جاءُوا إلَى أبِيهِمْ يَعقُوبَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، أخْبَرُوهُ بِكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ لَهُمْ.

30 “ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

قالُوا: «كَلَّمَنا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَحكُمُ فِي مِصْرَ بِفَظاظَةٍ، وَوَضَعَنا فِي السِّجنِ كَما لَوْ أنَّنا كُنّا نَتَجَسَّسُ عَلَى أرْضِهِ.

31 W e said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

فَقُلْنا لَهُ: ‹نَحنُ رِجالٌ صادِقُونَ. وَلَسْنا بِجَواسِيسَ.

32 W e are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’

نَحنُ اثْنا عَشَرَ أخاً لأبينا. واحِدٌ ماتَ، وَالأصْغَرُ مَعَ أبِينا فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.›

33 T he man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

«فَقالَ لَنا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَحكُمُ مِصْرَ: ‹بِهَذا أعلَمُ أنَّكُمْ صادِقُونَ. اتْرُكُوا أحَدَ إخْوَتِكُمْ عِنْدِي. وَخُذُوا قَمحاً يَسُدُّ جُوعَ بُيُوتِكُمْ وَامضُوا.

34 B ring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”

ثُمَّ أحضِرُوا إلَيَّ أخاكُمُ الأصْغَرَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَأتَأكَّدُ مِنْ أنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ جَواسِيسَ، بَلْ صادِقِينَ، وَسَأُطلِقُ سَراحَ أخِيكُمْ، وَسَأسْمَحُ لَكُمْ بِأنْ تُتاجِرُوا فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.›»

35 A s they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

وَلَمّا أفرَغُوا أكياسَهُمْ، وَجَدَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ صُرَّةَ مالِهِ فِي كِيسِهِ. وَلَمّا رَأَوْا وَأبوْهُمْ صُرَرَ مالِهِمْ خافُوا.

36 J acob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

وَقالَ لَهُمْ أبوهُمْ يَعقُوبُ: «جَرَّدْتُمُونِي مِنْ أولادِي! فَقَدْتُ يُوسُفَ وَفَقَدْتُ شَمْعُونُ، وَها أنتُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ بَنْيامِيْنَ أيضاً. فَكَيفَ أحتَمِلُ هَذا كُلَّهُ؟»

37 R euben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

فَقالَ رَأُوبَيْنُ لِأبِيهِ: «اقْتُلْ وَلَدَيَّ إذا لَمْ أُرجِعْ بَنْيامِيْنَ إلَيكَ. ضَعْهُ فِي عُهدَتِي، وَسَأُرجِعُهُ إلَيكَ.»

38 H e said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

لَكِنَّ يَعقُوبَ قالَ: «لَنْ يَنزِلَ ابْنِي مَعَكُمْ. فَشَقيقُهُ قَدْ ماتَ. وَهُوَ الوَحِيدُ الَّذِي تَبَقَّى لِي مِنْ زَوجَتِي راحِيلَ. فَإنْ أصابَهُ أذَىً فِي الطَّريقِ، سَأنْزِلُ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ عَجُوزاً حَزِيناً.»