¹Ale hlad ťažko doliehal na zem.

¹And the famine was sore 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 came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy 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 spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

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

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

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

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.

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

⁶And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether 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 said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning 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 in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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 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.

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 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:

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

¹⁰for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

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 their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery 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 take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

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

¹³take also your brother, and arise, go again 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 you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, 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 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.

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

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

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

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 were afraid, because they were brought to 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.

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

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

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

²⁰and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time 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 came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, 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.

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 know not who put our money in our sacks.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

²⁶And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down 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 asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

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

²⁸And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made 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 lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto 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 made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

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

³¹And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on 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 set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto 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 sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with 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 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.