Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Génesis 42
1Viendo Jacob que había grano en Egipto, dijo a sus hijos: “¿Por qué estáis mirándoos el uno al otro?” Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you negligent?2Y añadió: “He aquí, he oído que hay grano en Egipto. Bajad allá a comprárnoslo de allí, a fin de que vivamos y no muramos.” I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution.”3Bajaron entonces diez de los hermanos de José a comprar trigo en Egipto. And so, when ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt,4Mas a Benjamín, hermano de José, no lo envió Jacob con sus hermanos, pues dijo: “No sea que le suceda alguna desgracia.” Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, “Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey.”5Así llegaron, entre otros, también los hijos de Israel a comprar trigo, porque había hambre en el país de Canaán. And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan.6José era entonces gobernador del país, el que vendía el trigo a todo el pueblo de la tierra. Por tanto, cuando llegaron los hermanos de José se postraron delante de él rostro a tierra. And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced him7Al ver José a sus hermanos, los reconoció, mas fingiéndose extraño para ellos les habló con dureza, diciéndoles: “¿De dónde venís?” Contestaron: “De la tierra de Canaán, a comprar víveres.” and he had recognized them, he spoke harshly, as if to foreigners, questioning them: “Where did you come from?” And they responded, “From the land of Canaan, to buy necessary provisions.”8Reconoció, pues, José a sus hermanos, pero ellos no le reconocieron a él. And although he knew his brothers, he was not known by them.9Se acordó entonces José de los sueños que había soñado acerca de ellos, y les dijo: “Espías sois; habéis venido a observar los lugares indefensos del país.” And remembering the dreams, which he had seen in another time, he said to them: “You are scouts. You have come in order to see which parts of the land are weaker.”10Le contestaron “No, señor mío; tus siervos han venido a comprar víveres. And they said: “It is not so, my lord. But your servants have arrived in order to buy food.11Todos somos hijos de un mismo padre; hombres honestos somos; tus siervos no son espías.” We are all sons of one man. We have come in peace, nor do any of your subjects devise evil.”12Pero él les dijo: “No, a observar los puntos indefensos del país habéis venido.” And he answered them: “It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land.”13Respondieron: “Tus siervos somos doce hermanos, hijos de un mismo padre en la tierra de Canaán; el menor está todavía con nuestro padre, y el otro ya no existe.” But they said: “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father; the other is not living.”14Les replicó José: “Es como os he dicho: sois espías. He said: “This is just as I have said. You are scouts.15En esto seréis probados. ¡Por la vida del Faraón! No saldréis de aquí, a menos que venga acá vuestro hermano menor. I will now continue to put you to the test. By the health of Pharaoh, you will not depart from here, until your youngest brother arrives.16Enviad a uno de vosotros que traiga a vuestro hermano; entretanto, vosotros quedaréis presos. Serán puestas a prueba vuestras palabras (para comprobar) si hay verdad en vosotros. Si no, ¡por la vida del Faraón! que sois espías.” Send one of you and bring him. But you will be in chains, until what you have said is proven to be either true or false. Otherwise, by the health of Pharaoh, you are scouts.”17Y los puso juntos en la cárcel por espacio de tres días. Therefore, he delivered them into custody for three days.18Al tercer día les dijo José: “Haced esto y viviréis; pues yo soy temeroso de Dios. Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: “Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God.19Si sois gente honesta, uno de vuestros hermanos quede preso en la casa de vuestras prisión; mas vosotros, id y llevad el grano para el hambre de vuestras casas, If you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses.20y traedme a vuestro hermano menor; entonces se verá si vuestras palabras son verdaderas, y no moriréis.” Ellos hicieron así, And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die.” They did as he had said,21diciendo el uno al otro: “Verdaderamente hemos pecado contra nuestro hermano; porque vimos la angustia de su alma cuando nos pedía compasión y no le escuchamos; por eso nos ha sobrevenido esta tribulación.” and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”22Respondioles Rubén, diciendo: “¿No os decía yo que no pequéis contra el niño; y no me escuchasteis? Ahora se nos demanda su sangre.” And Reuben, one of them, said: “Did not I say to you, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen to me? See, his blood is exacted.”23No se daban cuenta de que José escuchaba, pues les hablaba por medio de un intérprete. But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.24Y se retiró de ellos para llorar. Después volvió donde estaban, y les habló; y tomando de entre ellos a Simeón, lo hizo atar ante sus ojos. And he turned himself away briefly and wept. And returning, he spoke to them.25Dio José orden que les llenasen los costales de trigo y devolvieran el dinero de cada uno poniéndolo en su saco, y les diesen provisiones para el viaje; y así hicieron con ellos. And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he ordered his ministers to fill their sacks with wheat, and to replace each one’s money in their sacks, and to give them, in addition, provisions for the way. And they did so.26Cargaron, pues, ellos el trigo sobre sus asnos y se marcharon de allí. Then, having loaded their donkeys with the grain, they set out.27Mas al abrir uno en la posada su saco para dar pienso a su asno, vio que su dinero se hallaba en la boca de su costal. And one of them, opening a sack to give his beast of burden fodder at the inn, looked upon the money at the sack’s mouth,28Y dijo a sus hermanos: “Me ha sido devuelto mi dinero; vedlo en mi costal.” Llenos de temor y temblando se dijeron unos a otros: “¿Qué es esto que Dios ha hecho con nosotros?” and he said to his brothers: “My money has returned to me. See, it is held in the sack.” And they were astonished and troubled, and they said to one another, “What is this that God has done to us?”29Llegados a Jacob, su padre, a la tierra de Canaán, le contaron todo lo que les había sucedido, diciendo: And they went to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, and they explained to him all the things that had befallen them, saying:30“Ese hombre, señor de aquella tierra, nos habló con dureza, y nos tomó por espías del país. “The lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and he considered us to be scouts of the province.31Nosotros le dijimos: Somos hombres honestos, no somos espías. And we answered him: ‘We are peaceful, and we do not intend any treachery.32Somos doce hermanos, hijos de nuestro padre; el uno ya no vive, y el menor está ahora con nuestro padre en la tierra de Canaán. We are twelve brothers conceived of one father. One is not living; the youngest is with our father in the land of Canaan.’33Mas aquel hombre, señor del país, nos dijo: “En esto conoceré que sois gente honesta: Dejad conmigo a uno de vuestros hermanos, y tomad (lo necesario) para el hambre de vuestras casas y partid; And he said to us: ‘Thus will I prove that you are peaceful. Release one of your brothers to me, and take necessary provisions for your houses, and go away,34y traedme a vuestro hermano menor; así sabré que no sois espías, sino gente honesta. Os daré entonces a vuestro hermano, y podréis recorrer el país.” and bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may know that you are not scouts. And this one, who is held in chains, you may be able to receive again. And thereafter, you shall have permission to buy what you want.’ ”35Y sucedió que al vaciar ellos sus costales estaba en el costal de cada uno el bolsillo con su dinero, y cuando ellos y su padre vieron los bolsillos con su dinero tuvieron temor. Having said this, when they poured out their grain, each found his money tied to the mouth of his sack. And all were terrified together.36Y les dijo su padre Jacob: “Vosotros me vais a dejar sin hijos. ¡José ya no está, Simeón tampoco, y (ahora) queréis llevar a Benjamín! ¡Todo eso ha venido sobre mí!” Their father Jacob said, “You have caused me to be without children. Joseph is not living, Simeon is held in chains, and Benjamin you would carry away. All these evils have fallen back upon me.”37Entonces Rubén habló a su padre, diciendo: “Quita la vida de mis dos hijos si yo no te lo devuelvo. Entrégalo en mi mano, y yo te lo devolveré.” And Reuben answered him, “Put my two sons to death, if I do not lead him back to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to you.”38Mas él respondió: “No bajará mi hijo con vosotros, pues su hermano murió, y él es el único que me ha quedado. Si le sucediera alguna desgracia en el camino por donde vais, tendrías la culpa de que mis canas desciendan de puro dolor al sepulcro.” But he said: “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any adversity will befall him in the land to which you travel, you would lead my grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.”