1 Mosebog 44

² og læg mit eget Sølvbæger oven i den yngstes Sæk sammen med Pengene for hans Korn!" Og han gjorde, som Josef bød.

² Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph had told him.

⁴ Men før de var kommet ret langt fra Byen, bød Josef sin Hushovmester: "Sæt efter Mændene, og når du indhenter dem, sig så til dem: Hvorfor har I gengældt godt med ondt?

⁴ They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

⁶ Og da han havde indhentet dem, sagde han det til dem.

⁶ So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.

⁸ Se, de Penge, vi fandt oven i vore Sække, bragte vi tilbage til dig fra Kana'ans Land - hvorfor skulde vi da stjæle Guld eller Sølv fra din Herres Hus!

⁸ Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

¹⁰ Han svarede: "Vel, lad det blive, som I siger: Den, Bægeret findes hos, skal være min Træl, men I andre skal være sagesløse!"

¹⁰ So he said, “Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”

¹² og han undersøgte dem fra den ældstes til den yngstes, og Bægeret blev fundet i Benjamins Sæk.

¹² He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

¹⁴ Da Juda og hans Brødre kom ind i Josefs Hus, hvor han endnu var, kastede de sig til Jorden for ham;

¹⁴ When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

¹⁶ Da sagde Juda: "Hvad skal vi svare min Herre, hvad skal vi sige, og hvorledes skal vi retfærdiggøre os? Gud har fundet dine Trælles Brøde! Se, vi er min Herres Trælle, både vi andre og han, Bægeret fandtes hos!"

¹⁶ So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

¹⁸ Da trådte Juda hen til ham og sagde: "Hør mig, min Herre, lad din Træl tale et Ord for min Herres Ører og lad ikke Vreden blusse op i dig mod din Træl, thi du er jo som Farao!

¹⁸ Then Judah approached him, and said, “Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

²⁰ Og vi svarede min Herre: Ja, vi har en gammel Fader, og der er en Dreng, som blev født i hans Alderdom; en Broder til ham er død, og selv er han den eneste, hans Moder efterlod sig, og hans Fader elsker ham.

²⁰ We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

²² Men vi svarede min Herre: Drengen kan ikke forlade sin Fader, thi hans Fader dør, hvis han forlader ham!

²² But we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

²⁴ Vi rejste så op til din Træl. min Fader, og fortalte ham, hvad min Herre havde sagt.

²⁴ Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

²⁶ svarede vi: Vi kan ikke rejse derned, hvis ikke vor yngste Broder følger med, thi vi bliver ikke stedt for Mandens Åsyn, medmindre vor yngste Broder er med!

²⁶ But we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

²⁸ den ene gik bort fra mig, og jeg sagde: Han er sikkerlig revet ihjel! Og jeg har ikke set ham siden;

²⁸ and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces,” and I have not seen him since.

³⁰ Kommer jeg derfor hjem til din Træl, min Fader, uden at Drengen. ved hvem han hænger med hele sin Sjæl, er med,

³⁰ Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

³² Men din Træl skal svare sin Fader for Drengen, og jeg har forpligtet mig til at være hans Skyldner for bestandig, hvis jeg ikke bringer ham til ham;

³² For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.’

³⁴ Thi hvorledes skulde jeg kunne drage hjem til min Fader, når jeg ikke har Drengen med? Jeg vil ikke kunne være Vidne til den Ulykke, der rammer min Fader!" 

³⁴ For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?”