¹Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

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

²This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

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.

³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

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

⁴His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

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

⁵Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

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

⁶He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

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

⁷for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

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.

⁸His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

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.

⁹He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

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.

¹⁰He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?”

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?

¹¹His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

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

¹²His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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

¹³Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

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

¹⁴He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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.

¹⁵A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

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

¹⁶He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”

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

¹⁷The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

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.

¹⁸They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

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

¹⁹They said one to another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

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

²⁰Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

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.

²¹Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

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

²²Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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.

²³It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

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

²⁴and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

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

²⁵They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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.

²⁶Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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

²⁷Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

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

²⁸Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

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.

²⁹Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

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

³⁰He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

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

³¹They took Joseph’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

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

³²They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son’s coat or not.”

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.

³³He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

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

³⁴Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

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

³⁵All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.

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.

³⁶The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.

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