Genesis 42
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons: 'Why do ye look one upon 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？
2And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; 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。」
3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
3于是， 约瑟 的十个哥哥都下 埃及 籴粮去了。
4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm 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。」
5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.
5来籴粮的人中有 以色列 的儿子们，因为 迦南 地也有饥荒。
6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.
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 Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said unto them: 'Whence come ye?' And they said: 'From the land of Canaan 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。」
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.
8约瑟 认得他哥哥们，他们却不认得他。
9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'
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。」
10And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
10他们对他说：「我主啊，不是的。仆人们是籴粮来的。
11We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'
11我们都是一个人的儿子，是诚实人；仆人们并不是奸细。」
12And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'
12约瑟 说：「不然，你们必是窥探这地的虚实来的。」
13And they said: 'We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.'
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。」
14And Joseph said unto them: 'That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are spies.
14约瑟 说：「我才说你们是奸细，这话实在不错。
15Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
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 you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh liveth, surely ye 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。」
17And he put them all together into ward three days.
17于是 约瑟 把他们都下在监里三天。
18And Joseph said unto them the third day. 'This do, and live; for I fear God:
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 ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;
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。
20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die.' And they did so.
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。
21And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress 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 answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.'
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。」
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was 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 himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him 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 commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus was it done unto them.
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 laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.
26他们就把粮食驮在驴上，离开那里去了。
27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his 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，
28And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto 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？」
29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:
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, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of 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。
31And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.
31我们对他说：『我们是诚实人，并不是奸细。
32We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day 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。』
33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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。
34And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic 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。』」
35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
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。
36And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.'
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。」
37And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying: 'Thou shalt slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.'
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。」
38And he said: 'My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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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