¹وكان الجوع شديدا في الارض.

¹And the famine was grievous in the land.

²وحدث لما فرغوا من اكل القمح الذي جاءوا به من مصر ان اباهم قال لهم ارجعوا اشتروا لنا قليلا من الطعام.

²And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

³فكلمه يهوذا قائلا ان الرجل قد اشهد علينا قائلا لا ترون وجهي بدون ان يكون اخوكم معكم.

³And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

⁴ان كنت ترسل اخانا معنا ننزل ونشتري لك طعاما.

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

⁵ولكن ان كنت لا ترسله لا ننزل. لان الرجل قال لنا لا ترون وجهي بدون ان يكون اخوكم معكم

⁵but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

⁶فقال اسرائيل لماذا اسأتم اليّ حتى اخبرتم الرجل ان لكم اخا ايضا.

⁶And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

⁷فقالوا ان الرجل قد سأل عنا وعن عشيرتنا قائلا هل ابوكم حيّ بعد. هل لكم اخ. فاخبرناه بحسب هذا الكلام. هل كنا نعلم انه يقول انزلوا باخيكم

⁷And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

⁸وقال يهوذا لاسرائيل ابيه ارسل الغلام معي لنقوم ونذهب ونحيا ولا نموت نحن وانت واولادنا جميعا.

⁸And Judah said to 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 our little ones.

⁹انا اضمنه. من يدي تطلبه. ان لم اجئ به اليك واوقفه قدامك أصر مذنبا اليك كل الايام.

⁹I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

¹⁰لاننا لو لم نتوان لكنا قد رجعنا الآن مرتين

¹⁰For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.

¹¹فقال لهم اسرائيل ابوهم ان كان هكذا فافعوا هذا. خذوا من افخر جنى الارض في اوعيتكم وأنزلوا للرجل هدية. قليلا من البلسان وقليلا من العسل وكثيراء ولاذنا وفستقا ولوزا.

¹¹And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.

¹²وخذوا فضة اخرى في اياديكم. والفضة المردودة في افواه عدالكم ردوها في اياديكم. لعله كان سهوا.

¹²And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.

¹³وخذوا اخاكم وقوموا ارجعوا الى الرجل.

¹³And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.

¹⁴والله القدير يعطيكم رحمة امام الرجل حتى يطلق لكم اخاكم الآخر وبنيامين. وانا اذا عدمت الاولاد عدمتهم

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

¹⁵فاخذ الرجال هذه الهدية واخذوا ضعف الفضة في اياديهم وبنيامين وقاموا ونزلوا الى مصر ووقفوا امام يوسف.

¹⁵And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

¹⁶فلما رأى يوسف بنيامين معهم قال للذي على بيته أدخل الرجال الى البيت واذبح ذبيحة وهيئ. لان الرجال ياكلون معي عند الظهر.

¹⁶And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the [man] who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.

¹⁷ففعل الرجل كما قال يوسف. وادخل الرجل الرجال الى بيت يوسف

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

¹⁸فخاف الرجال اذ أدخلوا الى بيت يوسف. وقالوا لسبب الفضة التي رجعت اولا في عدالنا نحن قد ادخلنا ليهجم علينا ويقع بنا ويأخذنا عبيدا وحميرنا.

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

¹⁹فتقدموا الى الرجل الذي على بيت يوسف وكلموه في باب البيت.

¹⁹And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

²⁰وقالوا استمع يا سيدي. اننا قد نزلنا اولا لنشتري طعاما.

²⁰and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.

²¹وكان لما أتينا الى المنزل اننا فتحنا عدالنا واذا فضة كل واحد في فم عدله فضتنا بوزنها. فقد رددناها في ايادينا.

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 according to its weight; and we have brought it again in our hand.

²²وانزلنا فضة اخرى في ايادينا لنشتري طعاما. لا نعلم من وضع فضتنا في عدالنا

²²And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.

²³فقال سلام لكم. لا تخافوا. الهكم واله ابيكم اعطاكم كنزا في عدالكم. فضتكم وصلت اليّ. ثم اخرج اليهم شمعون.

²³And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; your money came to me. And he brought Simeon out to them.

²⁴وادخل الرجل الرجال الى بيت يوسف واعطاهم ماء ليغسلوا ارجلهم واعطى عليقا لحميرهم.

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

²⁵وهيّأوا الهدية الى ان يجيء يوسف عند الظهر لانهم سمعوا انهم هناك ياكلون طعاما

²⁵And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.

²⁶فلما جاء يوسف الى البيت احضروا اليه الهدية التي في اياديهم الى البيت وسجدوا له الى الارض.

²⁶When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

²⁷فسأل عن سلامتهم وقال أسالم ابوكم الشيخ الذي قلتم عنه. أحيّ هو بعد.

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

²⁸فقالوا عبدك ابونا سالم. هو حيّ بعد. وخروا وسجدوا

²⁸And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.

²⁹فرفع عينيه ونظر بنيامين اخاه ابن امه وقال أهذا اخوكم الصغير الذي قلتم لي عنه. ثم قال الله ينعم عليك يا ابني.

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 spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!

³⁰واستعجل يوسف لان احشاءه حنّت الى اخيه وطلب مكانا ليبكي. فدخل المخدع وبكى هناك

³⁰And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought [a place] to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.

³¹ثم غسل وجهه وخرج وتجلد. وقال قدموا طعاما.

³¹And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.

³²فقدموا له وحده ولهم وحدهم وللمصريين الآكلين عنده وحدهم. لان المصريين لا يقدرون ان يأكلوا طعاما مع العبرانيين لانه رجس عند المصريين.

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

³³فجلسوا قدامه البكر بحسب بكوريته والصغير بحسب صغره. فبهت الرجال بعضهم الى بعض.

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

³⁴ورفع حصصا من قدامه اليهم. فكانت حصة بنيامين اكثر من حصص جميعهم خمسة اضعاف. وشربوا ورووا معه

³⁴And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.