¹فلما رأى يعقوب انه يوجد قمح في مصر قال يعقوب لبنيه لماذا تنظرون بعضكم الى بعض.

¹And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

²وقال اني قد سمعت انه يوجد قمح في مصر. انزلوا الى هناك واشتروا لنا من هناك لنحيا ولا نموت.

²And 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.

³فنزل عشرة من اخوة يوسف ليشتروا قمحا من مصر.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

⁴واما بنيامين اخو يوسف فلم يرسله يعقوب مع اخوته. لانه قال لعلّه تصيبه اذيّة

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

⁵فاتى بنو اسرائيل ليشتروا بين الذين اتوا. لان الجوع كان في ارض كنعان.

⁵So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁶وكان يوسف هو المسلّط على الارض وهو البائع لكل شعب الارض. فأتى اخوة يوسف وسجدوا له بوجوههم الى الارض.

⁶And 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.

⁷ولما نظر يوسف اخوته عرفهم. فتنكّر لهم وتكلم معهم بجفاء وقال لهم من اين جئتم. فقالوا من ارض كنعان لنشتري طعاما.

⁷And 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.

⁸وعرف يوسف اخوته. واما هم فلم يعرفوه

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

⁹فتذكر يوسف الاحلام التي حلم عنهم وقال لهم جواسيس انتم. لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰فقالوا له لا يا سيدي. بل عبيدك جاءوا ليشتروا طعاما.

¹⁰And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹¹نحن جميعنا بنو رجل واحد. نحن أمناء. ليس عبيدك جواسيس.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

¹²فقال لهم كلا بل لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.

¹²And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.

¹³فقالوا عبيدك اثنا عشر اخا. نحن بنو رجل واحد في ارض كنعان. وهوذا الصغير عند ابينا اليوم والواحد مفقود.

¹³And 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.

¹⁴فقال لهم يوسف ذلك ما كلمتكم به قائلا جواسيس انتم.

¹⁴And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.

¹⁵بهذا تمتحنون. وحياة فرعون لا تخرجون من هنا الا بمجيء اخيكم الصغير الى هنا.

¹⁵By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

¹⁶ارسلوا منكم واحدا ليجيء باخيكم وانتم تحبسون. فيمتحن كلامكم هل عندكم صدق. وإلا فوحياة فرعون انكم لجواسيس.

¹⁶Send 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.

¹⁷فجمعهم الى حبس ثلاثة ايام

¹⁷And he put them in custody three days.

¹⁸ثم قال لهم يوسف في اليوم الثالث افعلوا هذا واحيوا. انا خائف الله.

¹⁸And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.

¹⁹ان كنتم أمناء فليحبس اخ واحد منكم في بيت حبسكم وانطلقوا انتم وخذوا قمحا لمجاعة بيوتكم.

¹⁹If 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;

²⁰واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فيتحقّق كلامكم ولا تموتوا. ففعلوا هكذا.

²⁰and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

²¹وقالوا بعضهم لبعض حقّا اننا مذنبون الى اخينا الذي رأينا ضيقة نفسه لما استرحمنا ولم نسمع. لذلك جاءت علينا هذه الضيقة.

²¹Then 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.

²²فاجابهم رأوبين قائلا ألم اكلمكم قائلا لا تأثموا بالولد وانتم لم تسمعوا. فهوذا دمه يطلب.

²²And 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.

²³وهم لم يعلموا ان يوسف فاهم. لان الترجمان كان بينهم.

²³And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

²⁴فتحول عنهم وبكى. ثم رجع اليهم وكلمهم. واخذ منهم شمعون وقيّده امام عيونهم

²⁴And 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.

²⁵ثم امر يوسف ان تملأ اوعيتهم قمحا وتردّ فضة كل واحد الى عدله وان يعطوا زادا للطريق. ففعل لهم هكذا.

²⁵And 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.

²⁶فحملوا قمحهم على حميرهم ومضوا من هناك.

²⁶And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

²⁷فلما فتح احدهم عدله ليعطي عليقا لحماره في المنزل رأى فضته واذا هي في فم عدله.

²⁷And 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.

²⁸فقال لاخوته ردّت فضتي وها هي في عدلي. فطارت قلوبهم وارتعدوا بعضهم في بعض قائلين ما هذا الذي صنعه الله بنا

²⁸And 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?

²⁹فجاءوا الى يعقوب ابيهم الى ارض كنعان واخبروه بكل ما اصابهم قائلين.

²⁹And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

³⁰تكلم معنا الرجل سيد الارض بجفاء وحسبنا جواسيس الارض.

³⁰The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

³¹فقلنا له نحن أمناء. لسنا جواسيس.

³¹And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

³²نحن اثنا عشر اخا بنو ابينا. الواحد مفقود والصغير اليوم عند ابينا في ارض كنعان.

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.

³³فقال لنا الرجل سيد الارض بهذا اعرف انكم أمناء. دعوا اخا واحدا منكم عندي وخذوا لمجاعة بيوتكم وانطلقوا.

³³And 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,

³⁴واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فاعرف انكم لستم جواسيس بل انكم أمناء. فاعطيكم اخاكم وتتجرون في الارض.

³⁴and 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.

³⁵واذ كانوا يفرغون عدالهم اذا صرّة فضة كل واحد في عدله. فلما رأوا صرر فضتهم هم وابوهم خافوا

³⁵And 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.

³⁶فقال لهم يعقوب اعدمتموني الاولاد. يوسف مفقود وشمعون مفقود وبنيامين تأخذونه. صار كل هذا عليّ.

³⁶And 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.

³⁷وكلّم رأوبين اباه قائلا اقتل ابنيّ ان لم اجيء به اليك. سلّمه بيدي وانا ارده اليك.

³⁷And 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.

³⁸فقال لا ينزل ابني معكم. لان اخاه قد مات وهو وحده باق. فان اصابته اذيّة في الطريق التي تذهبون فيها تنزلون شيبتي بحزن الى الهاوية

³⁸But 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.