1 And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy {grain} for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy {grain} out of Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
5 So the sons of Israel came to buy {grain} among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph, he was the governor over the land-he it was that sold {the corn} to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
10 And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
12 And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
13 And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
15 By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
16 Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.
17 And he put them in custody three days.
18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
19 If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
20 and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
21 Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.
23 And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
24 And he turned away 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.
25 And Joseph gave orders 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 did they to them.
26 And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
27 And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
28 And he said to his brethren, My money is returned {to me}, and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed {them}, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this {that} God has done to us?
29 And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
30 The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
31 And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
32 we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take {for} the hunger of your households, and go,
34 and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38 But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
1 Kui Jaakob nägi, et Egiptuses oli vilja, siis Jaakob ütles oma poegadele: „Miks te üksteisele otsa vaatate?"
2 Ja ta ütles: „Vaata, ma olen kuulnud, et Egiptuses on vilja. Minge sinna ja ostke meile sealt, et jääksime elama ega sureks!"
3 Siis läks kümme Joosepi venda Egiptusest vilja ostma.
4 Aga Benjamini, Joosepi venda, Jaakob ei läkitanud ühes vendadega, sest ta ütles: „Et temale õnnetust ei juhtuks!"
5 Ja Iisraeli pojad tulid vilja ostma teiste tulijate seltsis, sest Kaananimaal oli nälg.
6 Joosep oli maal valitsejaks; tema müüs vilja kogu maa rahvale. Ja Joosepi vennad tulid ning kummardasid tema ette silmili maha.
7 Kui Joosep nägi oma vendi, siis ta tundis nad ära, aga tegi ennast neile võõraks ja rääkis nendega karmilt ning küsis neilt: „Kust te tulete?" Ja nad vastasid: „Kaananimaalt, et leiba osta!"
8 Joosep tundis oma vendi, aga nemad ei tundnud teda.
9 Siis meenusid Joosepile unenäod, mis ta neist unes oli näinud, ja ta ütles neile: „Te olete maakuulajad. Olete tulnud vaatama, kust maa lahti on!"
10 Aga nemad ütlesid: „Ei, mu isand, su sulased on tulnud leiba ostma!
11 Me kõik oleme ühe mehe pojad, oleme ausad mehed, su sulased ei ole maakuulajad!"
12 Tema aga ütles neile: „Ei, küllap olete tulnud vaatama, kust maa lahti on!"
13 Siis nad vastasid: „Meie, su sulased, olime kaksteist venda, ühe mehe pojad Kaananimaalt. Ja vaata, noorim on praegu meie isa juures, aga üht ei ole enam olemas."
14 Aga Joosep ütles neile: „See on nõnda, nagu ma teile olen rääkinud ja öelnud: te olete maakuulajad!
15 Selles asjas ma katsun teid läbi: nii tõesti kui vaarao elab, ei pääse te siit minema enne kui teie noorim vend on siia tulnud!
16 Läkitage eneste hulgast üks, et ta tooks teie venna. Teid aga jäetakse vangi ja teie kõnesid uuritakse, kas neis on tõtt. Muidu olete, nii tõesti kui vaarao elab, maakuulajad!"
17 Ja ta pani nad üheskoos kolmeks päevaks vahi alla.
18 Ja kolmandal päeval ütles Joosep neile: „Tehke seda, siis jääte elama! Mina olen jumalakartlik:
19 kui olete ausad mehed, jäägu üks teie vendadest aheldatuna hoonesse, kus te olite vahi all, aga teised minge viige vilja näljahäda pärast teie kodudes 20 ja tooge mu juurde oma noorim vend, siis saavad teie kõned tõeks ja te ei pea surema!" Ja nad tegid nõnda.
20
21 Ja nad ütlesid üksteisele: „Me oleme tõesti süüdi oma venna pärast, kelle hinge kitsikust me nägime, kui ta palus meilt armu ja meie ei võtnud teda kuulda. Sellepärast on see kitsikus meile tulnud!"
22 Ja Ruuben vastas neile, öeldes: „Eks ma rääkinud teile ja öelnud: ärge tehke pattu poisi vastu! Aga teie ei kuulanud. Vaata, nüüd nõutaksegi tema verd!"
23 Aga nad ei teadnud, et Joosep seda mõistis, sest ta rääkis nendega tõlgi kaudu.
24 Ja ta pöördus ära nende juurest ning nuttis; siis ta tuli tagasi nende juurde ja rääkis nendega ning võttis nende hulgast Siimeoni ja laskis tema nende silme ees vangistada.
25 Ja Joosep käskis täita nende kotid viljaga, panna igaühe raha tagasi ta kotti ja anda neile teemoona; ja neile tehti nõnda.
26 Siis nad tõstsid vilja eeslite selga ja läksid sealt ära.
27 Kui üks oma koti avas, et öömajal eeslile toitu anda, siis ta nägi oma raha, ja vaata, see oli koti suus!
28 Ja ta ütles oma vendadele: „Mu raha on tagasi antud, ja vaata, see on mu kotis!" Siis kadus nende julgus ja nad värisesid, öeldes isekeskis: „Miks on Jumal meile seda teinud?"
29 Ja nad tulid oma isa Jaakobi juurde Kaananimaale ning andsid temale teada kõik, mis neile oli juhtunud, öeldes:
30 „See mees, maa isand, rääkis meiega karmilt ja pidas meid salajasiks maakuulajaiks.
31 Aga me ütlesime temale: me oleme ausad mehed, me ei ole maakuulajad.
32 Meid oli kaksteist venda, oma isa pojad. Üht ei ole enam ja noorim on praegu meie isa juures Kaananimaal.
33 Ja see mees, maa isand, ütles meile: sellest ma saan teada, kas te olete ausad: jätke üks oma vendadest minu juurde ja võtke vilja näljahäda pärast teie kodudes ja minge
34 ning tooge oma noorim vend minu juurde, et saaksin teada, et te ei ole maakuulajad, vaid olete ausad mehed. Siis ma annan teile venna tagasi ja te võite maal liikuda vabalt."
35 Ja kui nad oma kotte tühjendasid, vaata, siis oli igaühe rahakukkur ta kotis! Ja nähes oma rahakukruid, nemad ja nende isa hakkasid kartma.
36 Ja nende isa Jaakob ütles neile: „Te teete mind lapsetuks! Joosepit ei ole enam ja Siimeoni ei ole enam ja Benjamini tahate ka võtta. See kõik on tulnud minu peale!"
37 Aga Ruuben rääkis oma isale, öeldes: „Võid surmata mu mõlemad pojad, kui ma ei too teda sinu juurde! Anna ta minu hooleks ja ma toon ta tagasi sinu juurde!"
38 Kuid tema ütles: „Minu poeg ei lähe ühes teiega alla, sest ta vend on surnud ja tema üksi on üle jäänud. Kui temaga teel, mida te käite, õnnetus juhtub, siis saadate mu hallid juuksed murega hauda!"