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1 Mosebok第43章

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1 Og da de hadde brukt op det korn de hadde hentet fra Egypten, sa deres far til dem: Dra atter avsted og kjøp oss litt korn!

2 Men Juda sa til ham: Mannen sa så alvorlig til oss: I skal ikke komme for mine øine uten eders bror er med.

3 Dersom du vil sende vår bror med oss, vil vi dra ned og kjøpe korn til dig.

4 Men dersom du ikke vil sende ham, vil vi ikke dra ned; for mannen sa til oss: I skal ikke komme for mine øine uten eders bror er med.

5 Da sa Israel: Hvorfor har I gjort så ille mot mig og fortalt mannen at I har ennu en bror?

6 De svarte: Mannen spurte oss nøie ut både om oss og om vår ætt og sa: Lever eders far ennu? Har I nogen bror? Og vi svarte ham efter som han spurte; kunde vi vel vite at han vilde si: Kom her ned med eders bror?

7 Og Juda sa til Israel, sin far: Send gutten med mig I Så vil vi gjøre oss rede og dra avsted, så vi kan leve og ikke skal , både vi og du og våre små barn.

8 Jeg skal svare for ham, av mig kan du kreve ham; dersom jeg ikke har ham med tilbake til dig og stiller ham for ditt ansikt, da vil jeg være din skyldner alle mine dager;

9 for dersom vi ikke hadde dryget så lenge, da kunde vi nu to ganger vært her igjen.

10 Da sa Israel, deres far, til dem: Skal det nu så være, så gjør som jeg sier: Ta i eders sekker av alt det ypperste landet eier, og ha det med til mannen som gave, litt balsam og litt honning, krydderier og ladanum, pistasienøtter og mandler,

11 og ta dobbelt så mange penger med eder, for de penger som kom igjen og lå øverst i eders sekker, må I ha med tilbake; kanskje det var en feiltagelse.

12 Ta så eders bror med, og gjør eder rede og dra tilbake til mannen!

13 Og den allmektige Gud la eder finne barmhjertighet hos mannen, så han lar eders andre bror og Benjamin dra hjem igjen med eder; og jeg - skal jeg være barnløs, så får jeg være barnløs!

14 Så tok mennene denne gave, og de tok dobbelte penger med sig, og Benjamin; og de gjorde sig rede og drog ned til Egypten og trådte frem for Josef.

15 Da JosefBenjamin sammen med dem, sa han til den som forestod hans hus: Før mennene inn i huset og la slakte og lage til; for mennene skal ete til middag hos mig.

16 Og mannen gjorde som Josef sa, og førte mennene inn i Josefs hus.

17 Men mennene blev redde fordi de blev ført inn i Josefs hus, og de sa: Det er vel for de pengers skyld som forrige gang kom tilbake i våre sekker, vi føres inn her, forat han kan velte sig inn på oss og kaste sig over oss og gjøre oss til træler og ta våre asener.

18 De gikk derfor til mannen som forestod Josefs hus, og talte til ham ved inngangen til huset

19 og sa: Hør, herre! Vi kom forrige gang ned her for å kjøpe korn;

20 men da vi kom til herberget og åpnet våre sekker, se, da lå enhvers penger øverst i hans sekk, våre penger med sin fulle vekt, og nu har vi dem med oss igjen,

21 og vi har tatt andre penger ned med oss til å kjøpe korn for; vi vet ikke hvem som har lagt våre penger i våre sekker.

22 Da sa han: I kan være rolige, frykt ikke! Eders Gud og eders fars Gud har gitt eder en skatt i eders sekker; eders penger har jeg fått. Så førte han Simeon ut til dem.

23 Derefter førte mannen dem inn i Josefs hus og gav dem vann, og de tvettet sine føtter, og han gav dem fôr til deres asener.

24 Så la de gaven til rette til Josef skulde komme hjem om middagen; for de hadde hørt at de skulde ete der.

25 Og da Josef var kommet hjem, bar de inn til ham gaven som de hadde med sig, og kastet sig ned på jorden for ham.

26 Men han spurte dem om det gikk dem vel, og han sa: Går det eders far vel, den gamle som I talte om? Lever han ennu?

27 De svarte: Ja! Det går din tjener vår far vel; han lever ennu. Og de bøide sig og kastet sig ned for ham.

28 Og da han så op og fikk øie på Benjamin, sin bror, sin mors sønn, sa han: Er dette eders yngste bror, som I talte til mig om? Og han sa: Gud velsigne dig, min sønn!

29 Og Josef skyndte sig bort, for hans hjerte brente mot hans bror, og han søkte et sted hvor han kunde gråte; og han gikk inn i sitt kammer og gråt der.

30 Så tvettet han sitt ansikt og gikk ut, og han gjorde sig sterk og sa: Sett maten frem!

31 Og de satte frem for ham særskilt og for dem særskilt, og for egypterne som åt hos ham, særskilt; for egypterne kan ikke ete sammen med hebreerne, det er en vederstyggelighet for egypterne.

32 Og mennene fikk sine plasser midt imot ham efter alderen, den førstefødte øverst og den yngste nederst, og de så på hverandre og undret sig.

33 Og han lot bære til dem av maten på sitt bord, og Benjamin fikk fem ganger så meget som enhver av de andre; og de drakk, og drakk sig glade med ham.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5574

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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.

脚注:

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.