¹Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

¹Ko je torej videl Jakob, da je žita v Egiptu, reče sinom svojim: Kaj gledate drug drugega?

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.

²Glejte, veli, slišal sem, da je žita v Egiptu; idite tja doli in nakupite nam ondi, da bomo živeli in ne umremo.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

³Šlo je torej deset bratov Jožefovih doli nakupit žita iz Egipta.

⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

⁴Benjamina pa, brata Jožefovega, ni poslal Jakob z brati njegovimi, ker je dejal: Da ga ne zadene nesreča!

⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁵In pridejo sinovi Izraelovi kupovat med drugimi, ki so prihajali, kajti lakota je bila v deželi Kanaanski.

⁶And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

⁶Jožef pa je bil vladar v deželi, on je vodil prodajo vsemu ljudstvu dežele; ko so torej prišli bratje Jožefovi, se mu priklonijo ponižno do tal.

⁷And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

⁷In Jožef, ko je videl brate svoje, jih spozna, toda delal se jim je tujega, ter jih ogovori trdo in vpraša: Odkod ste prišli? Reko mu: Iz dežele Kanaanske kupit živeža.

⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

⁸Spoznal je torej Jožef brate svoje, a oni ga niso spoznali.

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.

⁹In spomni se Jožef tistih sanj, ki jih je imel o njih, in jim reče: Ogleduhi ste, prišli ste ogledovat nezavarovane kraje v deželi.

¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹⁰Oni pa mu reko: Ne, gospod moj, hlapci tvoji so prišli kupit žita.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

¹¹Mi vsi smo sinovi enega moža; pošteni smo, nikdar niso bili ogleduhi hlapci tvoji.

¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

¹²On pa jim reče: Nikakor, marveč prišli ste ogledovat nezavarovane kraje v deželi.

¹³And they said, 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.

¹³In reko: Dvanajst je bilo hlapcev tvojih; bratje smo, sinovi enega moža v deželi Kanaanski: najmlajši, glej, je sedaj pri očetu našem, enega pa ni več.

¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

¹⁴Veli jim Jožef: To je tisto, kar sem vam rekel: Ogleduhi ste.

¹⁵Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

¹⁵To bodi izkušnja vaša: kakor res živi Faraon, ne pojdete odtod, dokler ne pride sem brat vaš najmlajši.

¹⁶Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

¹⁶Pošljite enega izmed sebe, ki naj pripelje brata vašega; vi pa bodite jetniki, da se preizkusijo besede vaše, je li resnica pri vas; če pa ne, kakor res živi Faraon, ste ogleduhi.

¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days.

¹⁷In jih dene vse skup v zapor tri dni.

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

¹⁸Potem jim reče Jožef tretji dan: To storite in si ohranite življenje – Boga se bojim jaz:

¹⁹If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

¹⁹če ste pošteni, naj ostane eden brat vaš zvezan na mestu ječe vaše; vi pa pojdite, odnesite žito, da ne stradajo rodbine vaše.

²⁰But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

²⁰Najmlajšega brata svojega pa pripeljite k meni, in resnične se izkažejo besede vaše in ne umrete. In oni store tako.

²¹And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

²¹Reko pa drug drugemu: Res, krivi smo zaradi svojega brata, ki smo videli bridkost duše njegove, ko nas je prosil usmiljenja, a nismo poslušali; zato nas je zadela ta stiska.

²²And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

²²In odgovori jim Ruben: Ali vam nisem prigovarjal, rekoč: Ne grešite zoper dečka? Pa me niste poslušali; zato se tudi sedaj, glejte, zahteva kri njegova.

²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

²³Niso pa vedeli, da Jožef ume, zato ker je bil tolmač med njimi.

²⁴And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁴In obrne se od njih, in je jokal. A zopet se vrne k njim in govori ž njimi. In vzame izmed njih Simeona in ga zveže pred njih očmi.

²⁵Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

²⁵In zapove Jožef, da naj napolnijo njih priprave z žitom ter jim vrnejo denar vsakemu v njegovo vrečo in jim podele brašna na pot. In so jim storili tako.

²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

²⁶Nalože torej žito svoje na osle in odidejo odondod.

²⁷And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

²⁷Ko je pa razvezal eden vrečo svojo, da bi dal klaje svojemu oslu na prenočišču, zagleda denar svoj, ki je bil, glej, zvrha v vreči njegovi.

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 were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

²⁸In reče bratom svojim: Vrnil se mi je denar moj, in glejte ga v vreči moji! In upade jim srce in prestrašijo se ter reko drug drugemu: Kaj nam je to storil Bog?

²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

²⁹In ko pridejo k Jakobu, očetu svojemu v deželo Kanaansko, mu povedo vse, kar se jim je prigodilo, govoreč:

³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

³⁰Trdo je z nami govoril tisti mož, one dežele gospod, in sprejel nas je kakor ogleduhe dežele.

³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

³¹In rekli smo mu: Pošteni smo, nikdar nismo bili ogleduhi.

³²We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³²Dvanajst nas je bratov, sinov našega očeta: enega ni več in najmlajši je ta čas pri očetu našem v deželi Kanaanski.

³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

³³In reče nam tisti mož, one dežele gospod: Tako bom spoznal, da ste pošteni: brata izmed sebe enega pustite pri meni in tisto, česar stradajo rodbine vaše, vzemite ter odidite;

³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

³⁴in pripeljite brata svojega najmlajšega k meni, da spoznam, da niste ogleduhi, ampak poštenjaki. In brata vašega vam vrnem, in tržiti boste smeli po tej deželi.

³⁵And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

³⁵Ko so pa praznili vreče svoje, glej, vsak je imel svoj zavitek denarja v vreči svoji; in ko so videli zavitke svojega denarja, so se bali oni in njih oče.

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: all these things are against me.

³⁶In Jakob, njih oče, jim reče: Pripravite me ob otroke! Jožefa ni več, in Simeona ni več, in Benjamina bi mi radi vzeli; zoper mene je vse to.

³⁷And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

³⁷A Ruben ogovori očeta svojega in reče: Ta dva sinova moja daj v smrt, ako ga ne pripeljem zopet k tebi. Daj ga meni v roko, in jaz ga pripeljem zopet k tebi.On pa veli: Ne pojde doli sinček moj z vami; zakaj brat njegov je umrl, in ta je sam ostal, in če njega zadene nesreča na potu, na katerega se pripravljate, spravite sivo glavo mojo z žalostjo v grob [Hebr. šeol.].

³⁸And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

³⁸On pa veli: Ne pojde doli sinček moj z vami; zakaj brat njegov je umrl, in ta je sam ostal, in če njega zadene nesreča na potu, na katerega se pripravljate, spravite sivo glavo mojo z žalostjo v grob [Hebr. šeol.].