¹And the famine was sore in the land.

¹V tem je lakota jako stiskala deželo.

²And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

²In ko so pojedli živež, ki so ga bili prinesli iz Egipta, jim veli njih oče: Pojdite zopet, kupite nam malo hrane.

³And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

³A Juda mu odgovori in reče: Resno nam je zatrdil oni mož in rekel: Videli ne boste obličja mojega, ako ne bode brata vašega z vami.

⁴If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

⁴Če hočeš poslati brata našega z nami, pojdemo doli in ti kupimo žita.

⁵But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

⁵Ako ga pa nočeš poslati, ne pojdemo doli, zakaj oni mož nam je rekel: Videli ne boste obličja mojega, ako ne bode brata vašega z vami.

⁶And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

⁶Tedaj reče Izrael: Zakaj ste mi tako hudo storili, ko ste povedali onemu možu, da imate še brata?

⁷And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

⁷Oni pa reko: Skrbno je popraševal tisti mož po nas in sorodovini naši, govoreč: Ali še živi vaš oče? imate li še brata? In povedali smo mu po tistih besedah. Kako smo neki mogli vedeti, da poreče: Pripeljite s seboj brata svojega?

⁸And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

⁸In reče Juda Izraelu, svojemu očetu: Pošlji dečka z menoj, in vstanimo ter odidimo, da si ohranimo življenje in ne umremo, mi in ti in otročiči naši.

⁹I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

⁹Jaz sem porok zanj, iz moje roke ga zahtevaj; če ti ga ne pripeljem in ga ne postavim predte, naj bom kriv zoper tebe vse dni.

¹⁰For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

¹⁰Kajti ko bi ne bili odlašali, bi se bili že dvakrat vrnili v tem času.

¹¹And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

¹¹Veli torej Izrael, njih oče: Če mora biti tako, storite to: vzemite od najboljših pridelkov naše dežele v posodah svojih in nesite darilo onemu možu: malo balzama in malo medu, dišav in mire, kločkov in mandljev.

¹²And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

¹²Denarja tudi vzemite dvojno v roko svojo, in tisti denar, ki je bil vrnjen zvrha v vrečah vaših, nesite nazaj v roki svoji, nemara je bila pomota.

¹³Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

¹³Tudi brata svojega vzemite ter vstanite, vrnite se k onemu možu.

¹⁴And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

¹⁴In Bog silni, Vsemogočni vam daj usmiljenje pred tistim možem, da vam izpusti onega brata vašega in Benjamina. Jaz pa, če bodem brez otrok, naj bom brez otrok!

¹⁵And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

¹⁵Možje torej vzemo tisto darilo in denarja še enkrat toliko v roko svojo in Benjamina, ter vstanejo in odidejo doli v Egipt ter stopijo pred obličje Jožefovo.

¹⁶And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

¹⁶Ko je videl Jožef Benjamina ž njimi, veli upravniku hiše svoje: Pelji noter te može in zakolji živali ter pripravi, z menoj namreč bodo jedli ti možje opoldne.

¹⁷And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

¹⁷In mož stori, kakor je ukazal Jožef; in peljal je može v hišo Jožefovo.

¹⁸And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

¹⁸Ali bali so se možje, ker jih je peljal v Jožefovo hišo, in so rekli: Zaradi tistega denarja, ki je bil vrnjen prej v vreče naše, nas pelje noter, da zvrne to na nas in plane na nas in vzame za sužnje nas z našimi osli.

¹⁹And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

¹⁹In pristopijo k možu, ki je upravljal hišo Jožefovo, in ga ogovore pred vrati hiše

²⁰And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

²⁰in reko: Prosim, gospod moj! Prišli smo bili že preje kupit žita.

²¹And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

²¹Ko smo pa prišli v prenočišče in razvezali vreče svoje, glej, denar vsakega je bil na vrhu v vreči njegovi, prav denar naš po teži svoji; prinesli smo ga torej nazaj v rokah svojih.

²²And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

²²In še drugega denarja smo prinesli sem v rokah svojih, da kupimo žita. Ne vemo, kdo je položil denar naš v vreče naše.

²³And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

²³In on reče: Mir vam, ne bojte se! Bog vaš in očeta vašega Bog vam je dal zaklad v vreče vaše; denar vaš sem prejel. In privede k njim Simeona.

²⁴And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

²⁴In mož jih pripelje v hišo Jožefovo in jim da vode, da si umijejo noge, in da tudi klaje njih oslom.

²⁵And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

²⁵V tem so pripravljali darilo svoje, da ga izroče, kadar pride Jožef opoldne; zakaj slišali so, da bodo tam obedovali.

²⁶And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

²⁶Ko je pa Jožef prišel domov, prineso noter k njemu darilo, ki so ga imeli v rokah svojih, in priklonijo se mu do tal.

²⁷And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

²⁷In on jih vpraša, kako se jim godi, ter reče: Ali se dobro godi vašemu očetu, starčku, o katerem ste govorili? Ali še živi?

²⁸And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

²⁸Oni pa reko: Dobro se godi hlapcu tvojemu, našemu očetu, še živi. In pripognejo teme in se priklonijo.

²⁹And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

²⁹In povzdigne oči in zagleda Benjamina, brata svojega, matere svoje sina, ter reče: Tale je tisti brat vaš najmlajši, o katerem ste mi govorili? In veli: Bog ti bodi milosten, sin moj!

³⁰And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

³⁰In Jožef odhiti, ker mu je srce gorelo do brata svojega, in poišče, kje bi se izjokal; in vstopi v stanico svojo, ter je jokal v njej.

³¹And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

³¹Potem si umije obraz in pride ven ter, premagujoč se, reče: Prinesite jed!

³²And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

³²In prineso njemu posebe in njim posebe in Egipčanom, ki so ž njim jedli, posebe, zakaj Egipčani ne smejo jesti s Hebrejci, ker to je nagnusno Egipčanom.

³³And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.

³³Sedeli so pa pred njim, prvenec po prvenstvu svojem in mlajši po mlajših letih svojih; in čudeč se so gledali ti možje drug drugega.In jemaje jedi pred seboj, je pošiljal k njim, in večji je bil petkrat delež Benjaminov nego kateregakoli izmed njih. Tako so se gostili in dosti so pili ž njim.

³⁴And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

³⁴In jemaje jedi pred seboj, je pošiljal k njim, in večji je bil petkrat delež Benjaminov nego kateregakoli izmed njih. Tako so se gostili in dosti so pili ž njim.