¹Jakob je torej bival v deželi tujčevanja očeta svojega, v deželi Kanaanski.

¹And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father`s sojournings — in the land of Canaan.

²Ti so rodovi Jakobovi: Jožef, star sedemnajst let, je pasel z brati svojimi čredo, in bil je kot deček pri sinovih Bilhe in pri sinovih Zilpe, žen očeta svojega. In Jožef je poročal njih očetu, kadar je šel hud glas o njih.

²These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father`s wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

³Izrael pa je bolj ljubil Jožefa nego vse svoje sinove, zato ker mu je bil v starosti rojen, in naredil mu je dolgo, pisano suknjo.

³And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;

⁴Ko so pa videli bratje njegovi, da ga bolj ljubi njih oče nego vse njegove brate, so ga sovražili in ga niso mogli prijazno ogovoriti.

⁴and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.

⁵Imel pa je Jožef sanje in jih je pripovedoval bratom svojim; zategadelj so ga še bolj sovražili.

⁵And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

⁶Rekel jim je namreč: Poslušajte vendar sanje te, ki sem jih imel.

⁶And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷Glejte, vezali smo snope na polju, in glejte, moj snop se je vzdignil in je stal, glejte pa, vaši snopi so hodili okrog in se priklanjali mojemu snopu.

⁷that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.`

⁸Tedaj mu reko bratje njegovi: Hočeš li kar kraljevati nam ali kar gospodovati nam? In so ga še bolj sovražili zaradi sanj njegovih in zaradi njegovih besed.

⁸And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?` and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.

⁹Nato je imel še druge sanje in jih je povedal bratom svojim ter rekel: Glejte, imel sem še sanje; glejte pa, solne in mesec in enajst zvezd se je klanjalo meni.

⁹And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.`

¹⁰Ko je pa pripovedoval očetu svojemu in bratom svojim, ga pokara oče in mu reče: Kake so te sanje, ki si jih imel? Pridemo li res jaz in mati tvoja in bratje tvoji, da se ti priklonimo do tal?

¹⁰And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come — I, and thy mother, and thy brethren — to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?`

¹¹Zavidali so mu torej bratje njegovi, oče njegov pa je to besedo ohranil v misli.

¹¹and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

¹²Ko so pa odšli bratje njegovi past čredo očeta svojega poleg Sihema,

¹²And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

¹³reče Izrael Jožefu: Ali ne paso bratje tvoji poleg Sihema? Pojdi, pošljem te k njim. On pa mu reče: Tukaj sem.

¹³and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;` and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;`

¹⁴Nato mu veli: Pojdi torej in poglej, ali so zdravi bratje tvoji in zdrava čreda, in sporoči mi kaj. Tako ga je poslal iz Hebronske doline, in Jožef krene proti Sihemu.

¹⁴and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;` and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.

¹⁵Najde pa ga neki mož, ko je, glej, taval po polju, in vpraša ga tisti mož, rekoč: Kaj iščeš?

¹⁵And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?`

¹⁶On pa reče: Brate svoje iščem; povej mi, prosim, kje neki pasejo.

¹⁶and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?`

¹⁷Mož pa reče: Šli so iz tega kraja, kajti slišal sem, ko so rekli: Pojdimo v Dotan. Jožef je šel torej za brati svojimi ter jih najde v Dotanu.

¹⁷And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,` and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.

¹⁸Oni pa ga zagledajo oddaleč, in ko ni bil še prišel do njih, so skovali zvijačo zoper njega, da ga usmrte.

¹⁸And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

¹⁹Reko namreč drug drugemu: Glejte, tisti gospod sanj prihaja.

¹⁹And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;

²⁰Sedaj torej, dejte, umorimo ga in vrzimo ga v enega tistih vodnjakov, pa porečemo: Huda zver ga je požrla; in bomo videli, kaj bode iz sanj njegovih.

²⁰and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.`

²¹Ali ko je slišal Ruben, ga otme iz njih rok, rekoč: Ne udarimo ga smrtno!

²¹And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;`

²²In jim reče Ruben: Ne prelivajte krvi; vrzite ga v tisti vodnjak, ki je v puščavi, in ne položite roke nanj! – da bi ga otel iz njih rok ter ga pripeljal k svojemu očetu.

²²and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,` — in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

²³In zgodi se, ko je prišel Jožef k bratom svojim, da mu slečejo suknjo, tisto pisano, dolgo suknjo, s katero je bil oblečen,

²³And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] upon him,

²⁴in ga vzemo ter vržejo v tisti vodnjak. Vodnjak pa je bil prazen, vode ni bilo v njem.

²⁴and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.

²⁵Nato sedejo, da použijejo kruh; in povzdignejo oči ter vidijo, in glej družbo popotnih Izmaelcev, ki so prihajali iz Gileada; njih velblodi otovorjeni z dišavami in mazilom in miro, in potovali so, da bi to prinesli v Egipt.

²⁵And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.

²⁶In Juda reče bratom svojim: Kaj bode dobička, če umorimo brata svojega in skrijemo kri njegovo?

²⁶And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

²⁷Dejte, prodajmo ga Izmaelcem, in roke naše naj se nad njim ne pregreše, zakaj brat je naš, meso naše. In poslušali so ga bratje njegovi.

²⁷Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother — our flesh;` and his brethren hearken.

²⁸Ko so torej mimo šli kupci madianski, izvlečejo ter potegnejo Jožefa iz vodnjaka in ga prodado Izmaelcem za dvajset srebrnikov. Ti pa odpeljejo Jožefa v Egipt.

²⁸And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

²⁹Ko se je pa vrnil Ruben k vodnjaku, glej, ni bilo Jožefa v vodnjaku; in raztrga oblačila svoja.

²⁹And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

³⁰In se vrne k bratom svojim in reče: Dečka ni tu, jaz pa kam naj se obrnem?

³⁰and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I — whither am I going?`

³¹Tedaj vzemo suknjo Jožefovo in zakoljejo kozliča in jo pomočijo v kri njegovo.

³¹And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

³²Potem pošljejo tisto dolgo, pisano suknjo in jo velé nesti k njih očetu, ter reko: To smo našli; poglej vendar, je li ta suknja sinú tvojega ali ne.

³²and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it [is] thy son`s coat or not?`

³³On pa jo je spoznal in reče: Suknja je sina mojega; huda zver ga je požrla; raztrgan, dá, raztrgan je Jožef!

³³And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son`s coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn — torn is Joseph!`

³⁴In Jakob raztrga oblačila svoja ter si ogrne ledja z žimovino, in žaloval je po sinu svojem mnogo dni.

³⁴And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

³⁵In vstali so vsi sinovi njegovi in vse hčere njegove, da bi ga tolažili, a branil se je tolažbe, govoreč: Ne, kajti doli pojdem žalosten k sinu svojemu v grob [Hebrejski šeol, t. j. bivališče mrtvih, država smrti.]. In jokal je oče njegov za njim.Madiani pa ga prodado v Egipt Potifarju, dvorniku Faraonovemu, načelniku telesne straže.

³⁵and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For — I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,` and his father weepeth for him.

³⁶Madiani pa ga prodado v Egipt Potifarju, dvorniku Faraonovemu, načelniku telesne straže.

³⁶And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.