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Genesis 44

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1 Siis ta käskis oma kojaülemat, öeldes: 'Täida meeste kotid viljaga, nii palju kui nad jaksavad kanda, ja pane igamehe raha ta koti suhu.

2 Ja minu karikas, see hõbekarikas, pane noorima venna koti suhu koos ta viljarahaga!' Ja ta tegi, nagu Joosep käskis.

3 Hommikul, kui läks valgeks, lasti minema mehed ja nende eeslid.

4 Kui nad olid linnast lahkunud ega olnud veel kaugele jõudnud, ütles Joosep oma kojaülemale: 'Võta kätte, aja mehi taga, ja kui oled nad tabanud, siis ütle neile: Miks tasute head kurjaga?

5 Eks see ole see, millest mu isand joob ja millest ta endeid otsib? Olete käitunud halvasti, et tegite nõnda!'

6 Ja kui ta nad tabas, siis ta rääkis neile needsamad sõnad.

7 Aga nad vastasid temale: 'Miks räägib mu isand nõndaviisi? Su sulastele oleks teotuseks nõnda teha.

8 Vaata, raha, mis me leidsime oma kottide suust, tõime sulle tagasi Kaananimaalt. Kuidas võiksime siis varastada su isanda kojast hõbedat või kulda?

9 Kelle juurest su sulaste hulgast see leitakse, surgu, ja me teised jääme su isandale orjadeks!'

10 Siis ta ütles: 'Olgu see nüüd ka nõnda teie sõnade järgi! Kelle juurest see leitakse, jäägu mulle sulaseks, ja te teised olete süüta!'

11 Ja nad tõttasid ning tõstsid igaüks oma koti maha ja iga mees tegi oma koti lahti.

12 Ja ta otsis nad läbi, alates vanemast ja lõpetades nooremaga - ja karikas leiti Benjamini kotist.

13 Siis nad käristasid oma riided lõhki, iga mees pani oma eeslile koorma selga ja nad läksid tagasi linna.

14 Ja Juuda läks koos oma vendadega Joosepi kotta, kes oli alles seal, ja nad heitsid maha tema ette.

15 Ja Joosep ütles neile: 'Mis tegu see on, mis te olete teinud? Eks te tea, et niisugune mees nagu mina oskab endeid seletada?'

16 Siis vastas Juuda: 'Mida me oma isandale ütleme? Kuidas peame rääkima ja kuidas endid õigustama? Jumal on avastanud su sulaste süü. Vaata, me jääme oma isandale sulaseiks, niihästi meie kui see, kelle käest karikas leiti.'

17 Aga ta ütles: 'Ei tule mulle mõttessegi seda teha! Mees, kelle käest karikas leiti, peab jääma mulle sulaseks, te teised aga minge rahuga oma isa juurde!'

18 Siis astus Juuda tema juurde ja ütles: 'Mu isand, luba ometi oma sulast rääkida üks sõna mu isanda kõrva ees ja su viha ärgu süttigu põlema oma sulase vastu, sest sina oled nagu vaarao ise!

19 Mu isand küsis oma sulaseilt, öeldes: On teil isa või mõni vend?

20 Ja meie vastasime oma isandale: Meil on vana isa ja üks nooruk, ta vanas eas sündinud, alles noor; aga selle vend on surnud ja ta on üksi oma emast järele jäänud, ja ta isa armastab teda.

21 Ja sa ütlesid oma sulaseile: Tooge ta minu juurde, et ma näeksin teda oma silmaga!

22 Ja me vastasime oma isandale: Nooruk ei või isast lahkuda. Kui ta lahkuks oma isast, siis see sureks.

23 Ja sa ütlesid oma sulaseile: Kui teie noorim vend ei tule koos teiega, siis te ei saa enam näha mu nägu.

24 Ja kui me läksime su sulase, meie isa juurde ja andsime temale teada oma isanda sõnad,

25 siis ütles meie isa: Minge jälle tagasi, ostke meile pisut leiba!

26 Aga me vastasime: Me ei või minna. Kui meie noorim vend on koos meiega, siis me läheme, sest me ei saa näha selle mehe nägu, kui meie noorim vend ei ole koos meiega.

27 Ja su sulane, minu isa, ütles meile: Te teate, et mu naine on mulle kaks poega ilmale toonud.

28 Aga üks läks mu juurest ära ja ma ütlesin: Ta on tõesti maha murtud! Ja ma pole teda tänini enam näinud.

29 Kui te nüüd võtate ka selle mu silma alt ja temaga juhtub õnnetus, siis saadate mu hallid juuksed kurvastusega hauda.

30 Ja kui ma nüüd tuleksin su sulase, oma isa juurde ja koos meiega ei oleks poiss, kelle hingesse tema hing on kiindunud,

31 ja kui ta siis näeb, et poissi ei ole, ta sureb ja su sulased on sinu sulase, meie isa hallid juuksed saatnud murega hauda,

32 sest su sulane on poisile käemeheks mu isa juures, kuna ma olen öelnud: Kui ma ei too teda sinu juurde, siis ma jään oma isa ees alatiseks süüdlaseks.

33 Ja nüüd siis jäägu su sulane poisi asemel sulaseks mu isandale ja poiss mingu koos oma vendadega!

34 Sest kuidas võiksin minna oma isa juurde, kui poiss ei oleks koos minuga? Et ma ei näeks seda õnnetust, mis juhtub mu isaga!'

   

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5574. Genesis 43

1. And the famine grew more serious in the land.

2. And it happened, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Turn back, buy a little food for us.

3. And Judah said to him - he said, The man issued a solemn warning to us, saying, You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.

4. If you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

5. And if you are not willing to send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.

6. And Israel said, Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had still [another] brother?

7. And they said, The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our generation, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you a brother? And we told him according to the tenor 1 of these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, Cause your brother to come down?

8. And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the boy with me, and we will rise up and go, and we will live and not die - even we, even you, even our young children.

9. I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you will require him. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, then I shall be sinning against you every day.

10. For if perhaps we had not delayed we would by now have returned these two times. 2

11. And Israel their father said to them, If this therefore has to be, do it. Take some of the much-sung-about produce 3 of the land in your vessels, and cause a gift to go down to the man - a little resin and a little honey, wax and stacte, pistachio nuts and almonds.

12. And take a double amount of silver in your hands. And the silver that was put back in the mouth of your pouches you are to take back in your hand; perhaps it was a mistake.

13. And take your brother; and rise up, return to the man.

14. And may God Shaddai grant you mercy before the man, and may he release 4 to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, even as I have been bereaved, I shall be bereaved.

15. And the men took this gift, and took the double amount of silver in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

16. And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and he said to the one who was over his house, Bring the men to the house, and slaughter and prepare [an animal]; for the men will eat with me at midday.

17. And the man did as Joseph said, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

18. And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, Over the matter of the silver put back in our pouches at the beginning are we brought to [this place], so that he may come down on us and fall on us, 5 and take us as slaves, and our asses.

19. And they came near the man who was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him [at] 6 the door (ostium) of the house.

20. And they said, On my honour, 7 my lord, we certainly came down at the beginning to buy food.

21. And it happened, when we came to the lodging-place and opened our pouches, that behold, each man's silver was in the mouth of his pouch, our silver in its full weight; and we are bringing it back in our hand.

22. And we are causing other silver to come down in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our silver in our pouches.

23. And he said, Peace to you, do not be afraid; your God and the God of your father has given you the concealed gift in your pouches; your silver came to me. And he brought Simeon out to them.

24. And the man brought the men to Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave fodder to their asses.

25. And they made ready the gift, until Joseph's coming at midday, for they heard that they would eat bread there.

26. And Joseph came to the house, and they brought him the gift that was in their hand, to the house, and bowed down to him to the earth.

27. And he questioned them about their peace, 8 and said, Does your father, the old man of whom you spoke, have peace? Is he still alive?

28. And they said, Your servant our father has peace; he is still alive. And they bowed, and bowed down.

29. And he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, whom you said [something about) to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.

30. And Joseph hastened, because feelings of compassion were being roused in him towards his brother, and he sought [somewhere] to weep; and he went to his bedchamber and wept there.

31. And he washed his face and went out; and he contained himself and said, Set on bread.

32. And they set for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians eating with him by themselves; for the Egyptians cannot eat bread with the Hebrews, since that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

33. And they sat in front of him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men were astonished [and looked] each at his companion.

34. And he took portions from before his face to them, and he multiplied Benjamin's portion above the portions of all theirs - five measures more. And they drank, and drank plentifully with him.

CONTENTS

The description of the joining of the truths known to the Church and present in the natural, which are 'the ten sons of Jacob', to the celestial of the spiritual or truth from the Divine, which is 'Joseph', through the intermediary, which is 'Benjamin', is continued. But this chapter confines itself in the internal sense to the general influx which comes before the joining together.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, mouth

2. i.e. they would by now have returned home a second time

3. much-sung-about produce translates the single Latin word decantatio, which Swedenborg uses to represent the Hebrew zimrath, a word meaning products celebrated and praised in song.

4. literally, send

5. literally, roll down onto us and throw himself onto us

6. See 5653.

7. The Latin In me here represents the Hebrew Bi, which is usually regarded as an expression of entreaty rather than validity, cp Chapter 44:18.

8. i.e. their welfare

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.