¹Ale hlad ťažko doliehal na zem.

¹And the famine was grievous 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 finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to 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 spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless 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 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.

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

⁶And Israel said, Why did ye deal [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 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?

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 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.

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 to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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 gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came 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 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.

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

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

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

¹⁹And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to 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, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first 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 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.

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 do not know 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, has given you treasure in your sacks; your money came to me. And he brought Simeon out to 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 water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.

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

²⁵And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had 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.

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.

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 spoke? 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, 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 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!

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 bowels burned for his brother; and he sought [a place] to weep, and he went into the 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 controlled 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 who ate 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 firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled 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 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.