Genesis 42
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
1雅各 见 埃及 有粮，就对儿子们说：「你们为什么彼此观望呢？
2“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
2我听见 埃及 有粮，你们可以下去，从那里为我们籴些来，使我们可以存活，不至于死。」
3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
3于是， 约瑟 的十个哥哥都下 埃及 籴粮去了。
4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
4但 约瑟 的兄弟 便雅悯 ， 雅各 没有打发他和哥哥们同去，因为 雅各 说：「恐怕他遭害。」
5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
5来籴粮的人中有 以色列 的儿子们，因为 迦南 地也有饥荒。
6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
6当时治理 埃及 地的是 约瑟 ；粜粮给那地众民的就是他。 约瑟 的哥哥们来了，脸伏于地，向他下拜。
7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
7约瑟 看见他哥哥们，就认得他们，却装作生人，向他们说些严厉话，问他们说：「你们从哪里来？」他们说：「我们从 迦南 地来籴粮。」
8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
8约瑟 认得他哥哥们，他们却不认得他。
9Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
9约瑟 想起从前所做的那两个梦，就对他们说：「你们是奸细，来窥探这地的虚实。」
10“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
10他们对他说：「我主啊，不是的。仆人们是籴粮来的。
11We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
11我们都是一个人的儿子，是诚实人；仆人们并不是奸细。」
12“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
12约瑟 说：「不然，你们必是窥探这地的虚实来的。」
13But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
13他们说：「仆人们本是弟兄十二人，是 迦南 地一个人的儿子，顶小的现今在我们的父亲那里，有一个没有了。」
14Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
14约瑟 说：「我才说你们是奸细，这话实在不错。
15And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
15我指着法老的性命起誓，若是你们的小兄弟不到这里来，你们就不得出这地方，从此就可以把你们证验出来了。
16Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
16须要打发你们中间一个人去，把你们的兄弟带来。至于你们，都要囚在这里，好证验你们的话真不真，若不真，我指着法老的性命起誓，你们一定是奸细。」
17So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
17于是 约瑟 把他们都下在监里三天。
18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
18到第三天， 约瑟 对他们说：「我是敬畏 神的；你们照我的话行就可以存活。
19If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
19你们如果是诚实人，可以留你们中间的一个人囚在监里，但你们可以带着粮食回去，救你们家里的饥荒。
20Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
20把你们的小兄弟带到我这里来，如此，你们的话便有证据，你们也不至于死。」他们就照样而行。
21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
21他们彼此说：「我们在兄弟身上实在有罪。他哀求我们的时候，我们见他心里的愁苦，却不肯听，所以这场苦难临到我们身上。」
22And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
22吕便 说：「我岂不是对你们说过，不可伤害那孩子吗？只是你们不肯听，所以流他血的罪向我们追讨。」
23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
23他们不知道 约瑟 听得出来，因为在他们中间用通事传话。
24And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
24约瑟 转身退去，哭了一场，又回来对他们说话，就从他们中间挑出 西缅 来，在他们眼前把他捆绑。
25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
25约瑟 吩咐人把粮食装满他们的器具，把各人的银子归还在各人的口袋里，又给他们路上用的食物，人就照他的话办了。
26and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
26他们就把粮食驮在驴上，离开那里去了。
27At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
27到了住宿的地方，他们中间有一个人打开口袋，要拿料喂驴，才看见自己的银子仍在口袋里，
28“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
28就对弟兄们说：「我的银子归还了，看哪，仍在我口袋里！」他们就提心吊胆，战战兢兢地彼此说：「这是 神向我们做什么呢？」
29When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
29他们来到 迦南 地、他们的父亲 雅各 那里，将所遭遇的事都告诉他，说：
30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
30「那地的主对我们说严厉的话，把我们当作窥探那地的奸细。
31But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
31我们对他说：『我们是诚实人，并不是奸细。
32We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
32我们本是弟兄十二人，都是一个父亲的儿子，有一个没有了，顶小的如今同我们的父亲在 迦南 地。』
33Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
33那地的主对我们说：『若要我知道你们是诚实人，可以留下你们中间的一个人在我这里，你们可以带着 粮食 回去，救你们家里的饥荒。
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
34把你们的小兄弟带到我这里来，我便知道你们不是奸细，乃是诚实人。这样，我就把你们的弟兄交给你们，你们也可以在这地做买卖。』」
35As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
35后来他们倒口袋，不料，各人的银包都在口袋里；他们和父亲看见银包就都害怕。
36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
36他们的父亲 雅各 对他们说：「你们使我丧失我的儿子： 约瑟 没有了， 西缅 也没有了，你们又要将 便雅悯 带去；这些事都归到我身上了。」
37Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
37吕便 对他父亲说：「我若不带他回来交给你，你可以杀我的两个儿子。只管把他交在我手里，我必带他回来交给你。」
38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
38雅各 说：「我的儿子不可与你们一同下去；他哥哥死了，只剩下他，他若在你们所行的路上遭害，那便是你们使我白发苍苍、悲悲惨惨地下阴间去了。」
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