¹The famine was severe in the land.

¹Ale hlad ťažko doliehal na zem.

²It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”

²A stalo sa, keď potrovili obilie, ktoré boli doniesli z Egypta, že im riekol ich otec: Iďte zase, nakúpte nám niečo potravy.

³Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’

³A Júda mu takto povedal: Človek nám slávnostne osvedčil a riekol: Neuvidíte mojej tvári bez toho, že by bol váš brat s vami!

⁴If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food,

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

⁵but if you’ll not send him, we’ll not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”

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

⁶Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?”

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

⁷They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?’”

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!?

⁸Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

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.

⁹I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,

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.

¹⁰for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”

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

¹¹Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

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.

¹²and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.

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.

¹³Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.

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

¹⁴May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

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.

¹⁵The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

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.

¹⁶When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”

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.

¹⁷The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.

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

¹⁸The 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, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

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.

¹⁹They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

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

²⁰and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

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

²¹When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.

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.

²²We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don’t know who put our money in our sacks.”

²²A doniesli sme aj druhé peniaze vo svojej ruke, aby sme nakúpili potravy. Nevieme, kto vložil naše peniaze do našich vriec.

²³He said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money.” He brought Simeon out to them.

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.

²⁴The man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

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

²⁵They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

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

²⁶When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

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

²⁷He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”

²⁷A pýtal sa ich, ako sa majú, a riekol: Či sa má dobre váš starý otec, o ktorom ste hovorili? Či ešte žije?

²⁸They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.

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

²⁹He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

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!

³⁰Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

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.

³¹He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”

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

³²They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don’t eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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.

³³They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.

³³A sedeli pred ním prvorodený podľa svojho prvorodenstva a mladší podľa svojho mladšieho veku. A mužovia sa divili pozerajúc jeden na druhého.

³⁴He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.

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.