Genesis 37
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.
1雅各 住在 迦南 地，就是他父親寄居的地。
2And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.
2雅各 的記略如下。 約瑟 十七歲與他哥哥們一同牧羊。他是個童子，與他父親的妾 辟拉 、 悉帕 的兒子們常在一處。 約瑟 將他哥哥們的惡行報給他們的父親。
3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
3以色列 原來愛 約瑟 過於愛他的眾子，因為 約瑟 是他年老生的；他給 約瑟 做了一件彩衣。
4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
4約瑟 的哥哥們見父親愛 約瑟 過於愛他們，就恨 約瑟 ，不與他說和睦的話。
5Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.
5約瑟 做了一夢，告訴他哥哥們，他們就越發恨他。
6And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.
6約瑟 對他們說：「請聽我所做的夢：
7I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.
7我們在田裏捆禾稼，我的捆起來站着，你們的捆來圍着我的捆下拜。」
8His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.
8他的哥哥們回答說：「難道你真要作我們的王嗎？難道你真要管轄我們嗎？」他們就因為他的夢和他的話越發恨他。
9He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.
9後來他又做了一夢，也告訴他的哥哥們說：「看哪，我又做了一夢，夢見太陽、月亮，與十一個星向我下拜。」
10And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?
10約瑟 將這夢告訴他父親和他哥哥們，他父親就責備他說：「你做的這是甚麼夢！難道我和你母親、你弟兄果然要來俯伏在地，向你下拜嗎？」
11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
11他哥哥們都嫉妒他，他父親卻把這話存在心裏。
12And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,
12約瑟 的哥哥們往 示劍 去放他們父親的羊。
13Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:
13以色列 對 約瑟 說：「你哥哥們不是在 示劍 放羊嗎？你來，我要打發你往他們那裏去。」 約瑟 說：「我在這裏。」
14I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:
14以色列 說：「你去看看你哥哥們平安不平安，群羊平安不平安，就回來報信給我」；於是打發他出 希伯崙谷 ，他就往 示劍 去了。
15And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.
15有人遇見他在田野走迷了路，就問他說：「你找甚麼？」
16But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks.
16他說：「我找我的哥哥們，求你告訴我，他們在何處放羊。」
17And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
17那人說：「他們已經走了，我聽見他們說要往 多坍 去。」 約瑟 就去追趕他哥哥們，遇見他們在 多坍 。
18And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
18他們遠遠地看見他，趁他還沒有走到跟前，大家就同謀要害死他，
19And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.
19彼此說：「你看！那做夢的來了。
20Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:
20來吧！我們將他殺了，丟在一個坑裏，就說有惡獸把他吃了。我們且看他的夢將來怎麼樣。」
21And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:
21呂便 聽見了，要救他脫離他們的手，說：「我們不可害他的性命」；
22Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
22又說：「不可流 他的 血，可以把他丟在這野地的坑裏，不可下手害他。」 呂便 的意思是要救他脫離他們的手，把他歸還他的父親。
23And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
23約瑟 到了他哥哥們那裏，他們就剝了他的外衣，就是他穿的那件彩衣，
24And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
24把他丟在坑裏；那坑是空的，裏頭沒有水。
25And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
25他們坐下吃飯，舉目觀看，見有一夥 米甸 的 以實瑪利 人從 基列 來，用駱駝馱着香料、乳香、沒藥，要帶下 埃及 去。
26And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
26猶大 對眾弟兄說：「我們殺我們的兄弟，藏了他的血有甚麼益處呢？
27It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
27我們不如將他賣給 以實瑪利 人，不可下手害他；因為他是我們的兄弟，我們的骨肉。」眾弟兄就聽從了他。
28And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
28有些 米甸 的商人從那裏經過，哥哥們就把 約瑟 從坑裏拉上來，講定二十舍客勒銀子，把 約瑟 賣給 以實瑪利 人。他們就把 約瑟 帶到 埃及 去了。
29And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:
29呂便 回到坑邊，見 約瑟 不在坑裏，就撕裂衣服，
30And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?
30回到兄弟們那裏，說：「童子沒有了。我往哪裏去才好呢？」
31And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:
31他們宰了一隻公山羊，把 約瑟 的那件彩衣染了血，
32Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.
32打發人送到他們的父親那裏，說：「我們撿了這個；請認一認是你兒子的外衣不是？」
33And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.
33他認得，就說：「這是我兒子的外衣。有惡獸把他吃了， 約瑟 被撕碎了！撕碎了！」
34And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
34雅各 便撕裂衣服，腰間圍上麻布，為他兒子悲哀了多日。
35And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,
35他的兒女都起來安慰他，他卻不肯受安慰，說：「我必悲哀着下陰間，到我兒子那裏。」 約瑟 的父親就為他哀哭。
36The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.
36米甸 人帶 約瑟 到 埃及 ，把他賣給法老的內臣－護衛長 波提乏 。
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