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Genesis 43

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1 Badas sunkiai slėgė šalį.

2 Kai jie sunaudojo javus, atsigabentus iš Egipto, jų tėvas sakė jiems: “Vėl keliaukite ir nupirkite mums maisto”.

3 Judas jam atsakė: “Tas vyras mus griežtai įspėjo nepasirodyti jam be jauniausiojo brolio.

4 Jei leisi su mumis mūsų brolį, keliausime ir nupirksime maisto.

5 Bet jeigu neleisi, neisime, nes tas vyras mums pasakė: ‘Nematysite mano veido, jei jūsų brolio nebus su jumis!’ ”

6 Izraelis atsakė: “Kodėl jūs man padarėte tokį skausmą, sakydami tam vyrui turį dar vieną brolį?”

7 Jie atsakė: “Tas vyras nuodugniai klausinėjo apie mus ir mūsų giminę: ‘Ar jūsų tėvas gyvas? Ar dar turite kokį brolį?’ Mes jam atsakėme į šituos klausimus. Argi galėjome žinoti, kad jis lieps atvesti mūsų brolį?”

8 Judas kalbėjo savo tėvui Izraeliui: “Leisk berniuką su manimi, kad galėtume vykti ir nemirtume badu mes, tu ir mūsų vaikai.

9 Aš laiduoju už jį! Iš mano rankos jo pareikalausi. Jei aš jo neparvesiu, būsiu tau nusikaltęs visą amžių.

10 Jei nebūtume delsę, būtume jau antrą kartą sugrįžę”.

11 Tada jų tėvas Izraelis tarė: “Jei taip, darykite! Pasiimkite į savo maišus geriausių šio krašto vaisių ir nugabenkite tam vyrui dovanų: truputį balzamo, medaus, kvepiančių žolių, miros, riešutų ir migdolų.

12 Dvigubai tiek pinigų pasiimkite su savimi ir pinigus, kurie buvo jūsų maišuose, grąžinkite iš savo rankų. Gal buvo kokia klaida?

13 Imkite taip pat savo brolį ir keliaukite pas tą vyrą.

14 O visagalis Dievas tesuteikia jums malonę to vyro akivaizdoje, kad jis paleistų jums jūsų brolį ir Benjaminą! O jei aš tapsiu bevaikis, tai ir būsiu bevaikis”.

15 Vyrai pasiėmė dovanų, dvigubai tiek pinigų ir Benjaminą ir, nukeliavę į Egiptą, prisistatė Juozapui.

16 Juozapas, pamatęs Benjaminą su jais, tarė savo namų prievaizdui: “Įvesk tuos vyrus į namus, papjauk gyvulį ir paruošk maisto, nes jie pietaus su manimi!”

17 Jis padarė, kaip Juozapas buvo įsakęs, ir įvedė juos į jo namus.

18 Jie nusigando, kai juos įvedė į Juozapo namus, ir vienas kitam kalbėjo: “Mus veda dėl pinigų, kuriuos radome savo maišuose, kad apkaltintų, suimtų, padarytų Mus vergais ir paimtų mūsų asilus”.

19 Todėl jie kreipėsi į Juozapo namų prievaizdą, užkalbindami jį prieangyje:

20 “Valdove, paklausyk mūsų! Kai atvykome pirmą kartą pirkti maisto,

21 tai grįždami užeigoje atrišome maišus ir kiekvieno mūsų visi pinigai buvo maišuose; mes atnešėme juos atgal.

22 Be to, atsinešėme su savimi dar kitų pinigų maistui pirkti. Mes nežinome, kas įdėjo mums pinigus į maišus”.

23 Jis atsakė: “Būkite ramūs! Nebijokite! Jūsų ir jūsų tėvo Dievas įdėjo jums lobį į maišus. Aš gavau jūsų pinigus”. Ir jis atvedė Simeoną pas juos.

24 Po to jis įvedė juos į Juozapo namus ir padavė vandens nusiplauti kojoms; jis pašėrė ir jų asilus.

25 Ir jie paruošė dovaną, laukdami Juozapo ateinant vidudienį, nes jie girdėjo, kad ten valgys pietus.

26 Juozapui parėjus namo, jie atnešė jam dovaną, kurią turėjo su savimi, ir nusilenkė jam iki žemės.

27 Jis klausinėjo, kaip jiems sekasi: “Ar sveikas jūsų senasis tėvas, apie kurį pasakojote? Ar jis dar gyvas?”

28 Jie atsakė: “Tavo tarnas, mūsų tėvas, yra sveikas ir gyvas”. Jie vėl žemai nusilenkė.

29 Pamatęs savo brolį Benjaminą, savo motinos sūnų, klausė: “Ar šitas yra jūsų jauniausiasis brolis, apie kurį pasakojote?” Ir tarė jam: “Dievas tebūna tau malonus, mano sūnau!”

30 Juozapas išskubėjo, nes jis susijaudino dėl brolio ir ieškojo vietos išsiverkti. Ir įėjo į savo kambarį, ir ten verkė.

31 Jis nusiprausė veidą, išėjo ir susitvardęs tarė: “Paduokite valgį!”

32 Jie padėjo Juozapui atskirai, broliams atskirai, su juo valgiusiems egiptiečiams taip pat atskirai. Mat egiptiečiai negali valgyti drauge su hebrajais, nes tai jiems yra pasibjaurėjimas.

33 Jie susėdo prieš jį, pirmagimis pagal savo pirmagimystę, o jauniausias pagal savo jaunumą. Ir jie žvilgčiojo vienas į kitą nustebę.

34 Valgiai jiems buvo nešami iš Juozapui skirtų patiekalų, bet Benjaminas gavo penkis kartus daugiau negu kiti. Jie gėrė vyną ir linksminosi su juo.

   

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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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