Genesis 39

1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

1 约瑟被以实玛利商人带到埃及，卖给了一个埃及人，他是法老的内臣护卫长波提乏。

2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

2 约瑟住在他的埃及主人家中，耶和华与他同在，使他凡事亨通。

3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

3 他主人看出耶和华与他同在，使他凡事亨通，

4 Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

4 就赏识他，让他服侍自己，派他管理自己的家务及其一切所有。

5 From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

5 自从埃及人波提乏派约瑟管理自己家中一切事务以后，耶和华因为约瑟的缘故而赐福埃及人的家，使他家里和田间的一切都蒙福。

6 So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

6 于是，波提乏把一切事都交给约瑟管理，除了自己要吃的食物以外，什么也不管。 约瑟体格健壮，相貌英俊。

7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

7 后来，他主人的妻子看中了约瑟，向他眉目传情，要引诱他上床。

8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

8 约瑟拒绝了她，说：“我主人信任我，家里一切事务概不过问，都交给我管理。

9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

9 在这家里，没有人比我权力更大了，我主人把一切都交给了我，唯独你除外，因为你是他的妻子。我怎能做如此恶事得罪上帝呢？”

10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

10 但她还是每天勾引约瑟，约瑟不从，并尽量避开她。

11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

11 一天，约瑟进屋里办事，那时屋里没有其他人。

12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

12 她抓住约瑟的外衣，硬要与他上床。约瑟丢下外衣，逃了出去。

13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

13 她见约瑟丢下外衣逃了出去，

14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

14 就叫来家里的人，对他们说：“你们看，我丈夫带回家的这个希伯来人戏弄我们！他进来要与我上床，我就大声呼喊，

15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

15 他听见我大声喊叫，就把衣服丢在我这里，逃了出去。”

16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

16 她把约瑟的外衣留在身边，等她丈夫回来后，

17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

17 就对他说：“你带回来的那个希伯来奴隶进来要调戏我，

18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

18 我大声喊叫，他就把衣服丢在我这里，逃了出去。”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

19 波提乏听了妻子讲述约瑟如何对待她之后，勃然大怒，

20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

20 把约瑟关进王囚禁犯人的监牢。

21 the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

21 约瑟坐牢的时候，耶和华与他同在，恩待他，使监狱长赏识他。

22 And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

22 监狱长把狱中所有囚犯及一切事务都交给约瑟管理。

23 The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

23 凡交到约瑟手中的事情，监狱长都很放心，因为耶和华与约瑟同在，使他凡事亨通。