¹Ale hlad ťažko doliehal na zem.

¹And the famine [is] severe in the land;

²A stalo sa, keď potrovili obilie, ktoré boli doniesli z Egypta, že im riekol ich otec: Iďte zase, nakúpte nám niečo potravy.

²and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.`

³A Júda mu takto povedal: Človek nám slávnostne osvedčil a riekol: Neuvidíte mojej tvári bez toho, že by bol váš brat s vami!

³And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;

⁴Ak tedy pošleš nášho brata s nami, pojdeme dolu a nakúpime ti potravy;

⁴if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

⁵ale ak nepošleš, nepojdeme, lebo človek nám povedal: Neuvidíte mojej tvári bez toho, že by bol váš brat s vami!

⁵and if thou art not sending — we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.`

⁶A Izrael riekol: Prečo ste mi urobili tak zle, že ste povedali človekovi, že máte ešte brata.

⁶And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?`

⁷Oni povedali: Človek sa nás veľmi vypytoval i na našu rodinu a vravel: Či ešte žije váš otec? Či máte ešte nejakého brata? A oznámili sme mu odpovedajúc na tieto jeho slová. Či sme my mohli vedieť, že povie: Doveďte sem dolu svojho brata!?

⁷and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?`

⁸A Júda povedal Izraelovi, svojmu otcovi: Pošli chlapca so mnou, a vstanúc pojdeme, aby sme žili a nezomreli, i my i ty i naše drobné deti.

⁸And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

⁹A ja ručím za neho; z mojej ruky ho budeš vyhľadávať, ak ho nedovediem k tebe a nepostavím ho pred tebou, a budem ti hriešnym po všetky dni.

⁹I — I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee — then I have sinned against thee all the days;

¹⁰Lebo keby sme neboli váhajúc toľko odkladali, je isté, že by sme sa toto už dvakrát boli navrátili.

¹⁰for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.`

¹¹A Izrael, ich otec, im riekol: Ak tedy musí byť tak, nuž urobte toto: naberte do svojich nádob najlepších plodín zeme a zaneste mužovi dolu dar, trochu balzamu a trochu medu a voňavých vecí a myrry, daktylov a mandlí.

¹¹And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

¹²A vezmite dvoje peniaze do svojej ruky a vrátené peniaze, ktoré ste našli na vrchu vo svojich vreciach, zaneste zpät vo svojej ruke. Snáď je to omyl.

¹²and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight.

¹³A vezmite svojho brata a vstaňte a iďte zase k mužovi.

¹³`And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man;

¹⁴A silný Bôh všemohúci nech vám dá milosť pred tým mužom, aby vám prepustil tamtoho druhého brata i Benjamina. A ja, ako som osirelý, tak i budem osirelý.

¹⁴and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved — I am bereaved.`

¹⁵A mužovia vzali ten dar a vzali dvoje peniaze do svojej ruky a Benjamina. A vstali, odišli dolu do Egypta a postavili sa pred Jozefom.

¹⁵And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

¹⁶A keď videl Jozef Benjamina s nimi, riekol tomu, ktorý bol postavený nad jeho domom: Odveď tých mužov do domu, zabi dobytča a priprav, lebo mužovia budú jesť so mnou na poludnie.

¹⁶and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who [is] over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.`

¹⁷A človek urobil, ako rozkázal Jozef, a odviedol mužov do domu Jozefovho.

¹⁷And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph,

¹⁸A mužovia sa báli, že boli odvedení do domu Jozefovho a riekli: Pre peniaze, vrátené v našich vreciach tam po prvé, sme dovedení sem, aby to svalil na nás a aby sa vrhol na nás a vzal nás za sluhov a vzal i našich oslov.

¹⁸and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in — to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants — our asses also.`

¹⁹A pristúpiac k mužovi, ktorý bol postavený nad domom Jozefovým, vraveli mu pri dveriach domu

¹⁹And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

²⁰a riekli: Počuj ma, prosím, pane. Boli sme prišli sem dolu tam po prvé, aby sme nakúpili potravy.

²⁰and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

²¹A stalo sa, keď sme prišli do nocľažišťa a rozviazali sme svoje vrecia, že hľa, peniaze jedného každého boly na vrchu v jeho vreci, naše peniaze, v plnej svojej váhe, a doniesli sme ich zpät vo svojej ruke.

²¹and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one`s money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;

²²A doniesli sme aj druhé peniaze vo svojej ruke, aby sme nakúpili potravy. Nevieme, kto vložil naše peniaze do našich vriec.

²²and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.`

²³Na to povedal on: Pokoj vám o to! Nebojte sa. Váš Bôh a Bôh vášho otca vám dal poklad do vašich vriec. Vaše peniaze došly ku mne. A vyviedol k nim Simeona.

²³And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;` and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

²⁴A tak voviedol človek mužov do domu Jozefovho. A dal im vody, a umyli si nohy. A dal ich oslom obrok.

²⁴And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph`s house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses,

²⁵A oni pripravili dar, kým neprišiel Jozef na poludnie, lebo počuli, že tam budú jesť chlieb.

²⁵and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

²⁶Keď potom prišiel Jozef domov, doniesli mu dar, ktorý mali vo svojej ruke, do domu, a klaňali sa mu k zemi.

²⁶And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

²⁷A pýtal sa ich, ako sa majú, a riekol: Či sa má dobre váš starý otec, o ktorom ste hovorili? Či ešte žije?

²⁷and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?`

²⁸Oni odpovedali: Dobre sa má tvoj služobník, náš otec; ešte žije, a skloniac sa klaňali sa mu.

²⁸and they say, `Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;` and they bow, and do obeisance.

²⁹A pozdvihnúc svoje oči videl Benjamina, svojho brata, syna svojej matky, a riekol: Či je toto ten váš najmladší brat, o ktorom ste mi hovorili? A riekol: Nech ti je Bôh milosrdný, môj synu!

²⁹And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother`s son, and saith, `Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?` and he saith, `God favour thee, my son.`

³⁰A Jozef sa ponáhľal, lebo sa vzrušily jeho vnútornosti pri pohľade na jeho brata, a hľadal miesto, kde by mohol plakať, a vojdúc do svojej izby, tam plakal.

³⁰And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

³¹Potom si umyl tvár a zase vyšiel a premáhal sa a riekol: Klaďte chlieb!

³¹and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.`

³²A jemu položili osobitne a im tiež osobitne, jako aj Egypťanom, ktorí jedli s ním, osobitne. Lebo Egypťania nemôžu jesť chlieb s Hebrejmi, pretože je to ohavnosťou Egypťanom.

³²And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.

³³A sedeli pred ním prvorodený podľa svojho prvorodenstva a mladší podľa svojho mladšieho veku. A mužovia sa divili pozerajúc jeden na druhého.

³³And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;

³⁴A Jozef berúc početné diely zpred seba podával im. Ale Benjaminovi sa dostalo takého dielu viac ako všetkým, päťkrát toľko jako druhým, a pili a hojne sa napili s ním.

³⁴and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.