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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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5793. Verses 18-31 And Judah approached him and said, By me, 1 my lord, let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for as you are, so is Pharaoh. My lord questioned his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, the youngest one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left to his mother, and his father loves him. And you said to your servants, Cause him to come down to me, and I will set my eye on him. And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father; and should he leave his father, [his father] will die. And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again. And so it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him my lord's words. And our father said, Return, buy us a little food. And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us we will go down, for we cannot see the man's face if our youngest brother is not with us. And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons. And one went out from me, and I said, He has surely been torn to pieces; and I have not seen him since. And you are taking this one also from before my face, and should harm befall him, you will cause my grey hair to go down in evil to the grave. And now, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, and his soul being bound up with his soul, it will be, when he sees that the boy is not there, that he will die, and your servants will cause the grey hair of your servant our father to go down in sorrow to the grave.

'And Judah approached him' means a communication of the external man with the internal through good. 'And said' means perception. 'By me, my lord' means a pleading. 'Let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears' means to be received and heard. 'And do not let your anger burn against your servant' means lest he turn away. 'For as you are, so is Pharaoh' means that he has control over the natural. 'My lord questioned his servants, saying' means perception of their thought. 'Have you a father, or a brother?' means the good that is the source, and the truth that is the means. 'And we said to my lord' means a reciprocated perception. 'We have a father, an old man' means that spiritual good is their source. 'And a child of his old age, the youngest one' means truth that is new, springing from that good. 'And his brother is dead' means that internal good does not exist. 'And he alone is left to his mother' means that this is the only truth the Church possesses. 'And his father loves him' means that this truth exists joined to spiritual good from the natural. 'And you said to your servants' means an imparted perception. 'Cause him to come down to me' means that this truth which is new must be made subject to internal good. 'And I will set my eye on him' means a flowing in at this point of truth from good. 'And we said to my lord' means a reciprocated perception. 'The boy cannot leave his father' means that that truth cannot be separated from spiritual good. 'And should he leave his father, [his father] will die' means that, if separated, the Church would perish. 'And you said to your servants' means a perception regarding this matter. 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you' means if it is not made subject to internal good. 'You will not see my face again' means that in that case no mercy is at hand and there is no joining to truths in the natural. 'And so it was, when we went up to your servant my father' means a raising up to spiritual good. 'That we told him my lord's words' means an awareness of this matter. 'And our father said' means perception received from spiritual good. 'Return, buy us a little food' means that the good of truth should be made their own. 'And we said, We cannot go down' means an objection. 'If our youngest brother is with us we will go down' means unless the intermediary that accomplishes the joining together is with them. 'For we cannot see the man's face' means since no mercy is at hand and there is no joining together. 'If our youngest brother is not with us' means except through the intermediary. 'And your servant my father said to us' means perception received from spiritual good. 'You know that my wife bore me two sons' means if spiritual good is what the Church possesses, internal good and truth will exist. 'And one went out from me means an apparent departure of internal good. 'And I said, He has surely been torn to pieces' means a perception that it was destroyed by evils and falsities. 'And I have not seen him since' means because it has disappeared. 'And you are taking this one also from before my face' means if the new truth likewise departs. 'And should harm befall him' means caused by evils and falsities. 'You will cause my grey hair to go down in evil to the grave means that spiritual good and so the internal aspect of the Church is going to perish. 'And now, when I come to your servant my father' means the good of the Church corresponding to the spiritual good which is that of the internal Church. 'And the boy is not with us' means if the new truth is not with them. 'And his soul being bound up with his soul' means when more closely joined together. 'It will be, when he sees that the boy is not there, that he will die' means that spiritual good will perish. 'And your servants will cause the grey hair of your servant our father to go down in sorrow to the grave' means that the Church will be done for.

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1. The Latin per me represents the Hebrew Bi, which usually expresses entreaty, as here. But cp Chapter 43:20.

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