¹A Jakob býval v zemi pohostínstva svojeho otca, v zemi Kanaána.

¹And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.

²Toto sú príbehy Jakobove. Jozef, ktorému bolo sedemnásť rokov, pásol stádo so svojimi bratmi. A on, chlapec, bol so synmi Bilhy a so synmi Zilfy, žien to svojeho otca. A Jozef donášal ich zlú povesť ich otcovi.

²These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

³A Izrael miloval Jozefa nad všetkých svojich synov, pretože mu bol synom staroby, a spravil mu sukňu pestrých farieb.

³And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

⁴A keď videli jeho bratia, že ho miluje ich otec nad všetkých jeho bratov, nenávideli ho a nemohli s ním hovoriť pokojne.

⁴And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

⁵A keď sa potom sníval Jozefovi zvláštny sen, a oznámil ho svojim bratom, nenávideli ho ešte viac.

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

⁶Lebo im povedal: Počujte, prosím, tento sen, ktorý sa mi sníval:

⁶And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:

⁷Hľa, viazali sme snopy prostred poľa. A tu hľa, povstal môj snop aj stál, a ešte hľa, vaše snopy stály dookola a klaňali sa môjmu snopu.

⁷Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.

⁸A jeho bratia mu povedali: Či azda budeš kraľovať nad nami? Alebo či snáď budeš panovať nad nami? A ešte viacej ho nenávideli pre jeho sny a pre jeho slová.

⁸And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹A ešte sa mu sníval iný sen. A rozprával ho svojim bratom a riekol: Hľa, zase sa mi sníval sen. A hľa, slnce a mesiac a jedenásť hviezd sa mi klaňalo.

⁹And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.

¹⁰A keď to rozprával svojmu otcovi a svojim bratom, dohováral mu jeho otec a riekol mu: Čo je to jaký sen, ktorý sa ti to sníval? Či azda prijdeme ja i tvoja matka i tvoji bratia, aby sme sa ti klaňali k zemi?

¹⁰And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

¹¹A jeho bratia mu závideli, ale jeho otec pozoroval na vec.

¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.

¹²Potom odišli jeho bratia pásť stádo svojho otca do Sichema.

¹²And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

¹³A Izrael povedal Jozefovi: Či nepasú tvoji bratia v Sicheme? Poď, a pošlem ťa za nimi. A on mu riekol: Tu som, otče.

¹³And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

¹⁴A povedal mu: Nože iď, pozri, či sa majú dobre tvoji bratia, a či sa má dobre stádo. A potom mi dones zprávu. A tak ho poslal z doliny Hebrona, a prišiel do Sichema.

¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.

¹⁵A našiel ho nejaký muž, keď hľa, blúdil po poli. A človek sa ho pýtal a povedal: Čo hľadáš?

¹⁵And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

¹⁶A on odpovedal: Hľadám svojich bratov. Povedz mi, prosím, kde pasú?

¹⁶And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

¹⁷A človek mu povedal: Odišli odtiaľto, lebo som ich počul hovoriť: Poďme do Dotaina. A tak išiel Jozef za svojimi bratmi a našiel ich v Dotáne.

¹⁷And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

¹⁸A uvideli ho zďaleka, a prv ako sa k ním priblížil, úkladili proti nemu, aby ho zabili.

¹⁸And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

¹⁹A povedali druh druhovi: Hľa, tamto ide majster snov!

¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

²⁰A tak teraz poďte, zabijeme ho a hodíme ho do niektorej cisterny a povieme: Dravá zver ho zožrala. A potom uvidíme, čo budú jeho sny.

²⁰And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

²¹Ale keď to počul Rúben, vytrhnul ho z ich ruky a povedal: Nezabijeme ho!

²¹And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

²²A ešte im povedal Rúben: Nevylievajte krvi! Hoďte ho do tejto cisterny, ktorá je tu na pustine, ale nevzťahujte na neho ruky. Ale to povedal nato, aby ho vytrhol z ich ruky a aby ho poslal zpät k jeho otcovi.

²²And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

²³A stalo sa, keď prišiel Jozef ku svojim bratom, že strhli s Jozefa jeho sukňu, sukňu pestrých farieb, ktorú mal na sebe,

²³And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

²⁴a vzali ho a hodili ho do cisterny. A cisterna bola prázdna; nebolo v nej vody.

²⁴and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

²⁵Potom si sadli, aby jedli chlieb. Ale v tom pozdvihli svoje oči a videli, že hľa, cestujúci zástup Izmaelitov prichádza od Gileáda, ktorých veľblúdi niesli voňavé veci, kadivo a myrru; a išli, aby to zaniesli dolu do Egypta.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

²⁶V tedy povedal Júda svojim bratom: Aký zisk budeme mať, keď zabijeme svojho brata a zakryjeme jeho krv?

²⁶And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

²⁷Poďme a predajme ho Izmaelitom, ale naša ruka nech nie je proti nemu, lebo je náš brat, je naším telom. A jeho bratia poslúchli.

²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].

²⁸A keď išli popri nich mužovia Madianiti, kupci, vytiahli a vyviedli Jozefa z cisterny a predali ho Izmaelitom za dvadsať strieborných, a tí doviedli Jozefa do Egypta.

²⁸And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

²⁹Keď sa potom navrátil Rúben k cisterne, hľa, Jozefa už nebolo v cisterne. A roztrhnul svoje rúcha.

²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

³⁰A keď sa navrátil k svojim bratom, povedal: Nieto chlapca! A ja, kam sa ja teraz podejem!

³⁰and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

³¹Vtedy vzali sukňu Jozefovu a zabijúc kozla zamočili sukňu do krvi.

³¹And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

³²A poslali sukňu pestrých farieb a dali zaniesť svojmu otcovi a odkázali: Toto sme našli. Nože pozri, či je to sukňa tvojho syna, či nie je.

³²and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

³³A poznal ju a povedal: Je to sukňa môjho syna. Dravá zver ho zožrala. Jozef je istotne roztrhaný.

³³And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!

³⁴Vtedy roztrhol Jakob svoje rúcha a položil smútočné rúcho drsné na svoje bedrá a smútil nad svojím synom za mnoho dní.

³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁵Potom vstali všetci jeho synovia a všetky jeho dcéry a išli, aby ho potešili; ale sa nedal potešiť a riekol: Je isté, že sostúpim k svojmu synovi smutný do hrobu. - A jeho otec ho oplakával.

³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

³⁶A Madianiti ho predali do Egypta, Putifarovi, dvoraninovi faraonovmu, veliteľovi kráľovskej stráže.

³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.