Genesis 37

1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

1 雅各住在他父亲寄居的迦南，

2 This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

2 以下是有关雅各一家的记载。 十七岁的少年约瑟跟哥哥们，就是他父亲雅各的妾辟拉和悉帕生的儿子们一同放羊。他向父亲报告哥哥们做的坏事。

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

3 约瑟是以色列年老时生的，众子中以色列最爱他，为他做了一件彩衣。

4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

4 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲偏爱他，就怀恨在心，对他恶言相向。

5 Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

5 约瑟做了一个梦，并告诉了哥哥们，他们更恨他了。

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

6 约瑟对哥哥们说：“你们听听我做的梦：

7 We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

7 我们在田里捆庄稼，我捆的庄稼站立起来，你们捆的庄稼都围着我捆的庄稼下拜。”

8 “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

8 他的哥哥们回答说：“难道你真要做我们的王吗？真要统治我们吗？”因为约瑟的梦和他说的话，他们就更加恨他。

9 Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

9 后来，约瑟又做了一个梦，他又去对哥哥们说：“你们听听我做的另一个梦，我梦见太阳、月亮和十一颗星星都向我下拜。”

10 He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

10 约瑟把梦告诉了父亲和哥哥们，他父亲就责备他说：“你做的是什么梦！难道你的父母弟兄真的都要来向你俯伏下拜吗？”

11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

11 约瑟的哥哥们嫉恨他，他父亲却把这些话记在心里。

12 Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

12 约瑟的哥哥们到示剑放父亲的羊。

13 Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

13 以色列对约瑟说：“你哥哥们在示剑放羊，我要派你去他们那里。”约瑟说：“好的。”

14 Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

14 以色列说：“你去看看你哥哥们以及羊群是否平安，然后回来告诉我。”于是，他派约瑟从希伯仑谷出发，前往示剑。

15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

15 有人见约瑟在田野走迷了路，就问他：“你在找什么？”

16 “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

16 约瑟回答说：“我在找我哥哥们，你知道他们在哪里放羊吗？”

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

17 那人说：“他们已经走了，我听他们说要到多坍去。”约瑟就赶往多坍，在那里找到了他们。

18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

18 约瑟的哥哥们远远看见他走来，趁他还没有到跟前，就合谋要杀死他。

19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

19 他们彼此商量说：“看！做梦的来了。

20 “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

20 来吧！我们杀了他，把他扔在井里，就说有野兽把他吃掉了，看他的梦怎么实现。”

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

21 吕便听后想救约瑟的性命，就说：“我们不要害他性命。”

22 “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

22 他又说：“不要杀人流血，把他扔在这旷野的井里吧，不要下手害他。”吕便想从他们手上救下约瑟，把他交回给父亲。

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

23 这时候，约瑟来到哥哥们那里，他们就剥去他身上的彩衣，

24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

24 抓住他把他扔到井里。当时，那口井是干的，没有水。

25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

25 他们坐下来吃饭的时候，抬头看见一支从基列来的以实玛利商队用骆驼驮着香料、乳香、没药去埃及。

26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

26 犹大对他的众弟兄说：“我们杀死弟弟、掩盖他的血迹有什么益处呢？

27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

27 不如把他卖给以实玛利人，不要下手害他，他毕竟是我们的弟弟，我们的骨肉啊！”其他弟兄都赞成他的意见。

28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

28 于是，那些米甸商人经过的时候，他们就把约瑟从井里拉上来，以四两银子的价钱把他卖给了以实玛利人。这些商人把他带到埃及去了。

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

29 吕便回到井边发现约瑟不见了，就伤心地撕裂了身上的衣服，

30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

30 回到弟兄们那里说：“那少年不见了，我现在怎么办？”

31 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

31 他们宰了一只公山羊，把约瑟的彩衣拿来沾上血，

32 They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

32 拿去给父亲，说：“我们捡到这件衣服，你看看是不是你儿子的？”

33 His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

33 雅各认出那件彩衣，说：“这是我儿子的衣服，一定是野兽把他吃了，约瑟一定被撕碎了！”

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

34 雅各撕裂自己的衣服，腰间束上麻布，为约瑟哀伤了好多天。

35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

35 他的儿女都来安慰他，他却不肯接受他们的安慰，说：“我一定会悲悲伤伤地下到阴间，去我儿子那里。”约瑟的父亲为他哀哭。

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

36 那些米甸人把约瑟带到埃及后，卖给了法老的内臣护卫长波提乏。