Genesis 50

1 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

1 فَأَلْقَى يُوسُفُ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَى جُثْمَانِ أَبِيهِ، وَبَكَى وَقَبَّلَهُ.

2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

2 ثُمَّ أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ عَبِيدَهُ الأَطِبَّاءَ أَنْ يُحَنِّطُوا أَبَاهُ.

3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

3 وَقَدِ اسْتَغْرَقَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً، وَهِيَ الأَيَّامُ الْمَطْلُوبَةُ لاسْتِكْمَالِ التَّحْنِيطِ. وَبَكَى الْمِصْرِيُّونَ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعِينَ يَوْماً.

4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

4 وَبَعْدَمَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ النُّوَاحِ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَهْلِ بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكُمْ، فَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي مَسَامِعِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَائِلِينَ:

5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

5 لَقَدِ اسْتَحْلَفَنِي أَبِي وَقَالَ: أَنَا مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَادْفِنِّي فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي حَفَرْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَاسْمَحْ لِيَ الآنَ بِأَنْ أَمْضِيَ لأَدْفِنَ أَبِي ثُمَّ أَعُودَ».

6 Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

6 فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: «امْضِ وَادْفِنْ أَبَاكَ كَمَا اسْتَحْلَفَكَ».

7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—

7 فَانْطَلَقَ يُوسُفُ لِيَدْفِنَ أَبَاهُ، وَرَافَقَتْهُ حَاشِيَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ بَيْتِهِ وَوُجَهَاءِ مِصْرَ،

8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

8 وَكَذَلِكَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ وَإخْوَتُهُ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ سِوَى صِغَارِهِمْ وَغَنَمِهِمْ وَقُطْعَانِهِمْ.

9 Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.

9 وَصَاحَبَتْهُ أَيْضاً مَرْكَبَاتٌ وَفُرْسَانٌ، فَكَانُوا مَوْكِباً عَظِيماً.

10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

10 وَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ أَقَامَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ مَنَاحَةً عَظِيمَةً مَرِيرَةً نَاحُوا فِيهَا عَلَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ

11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

11 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ السَّاكِنُونَ هُنَاكَ الْمَنَاحَةَ فِي بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ قَالُوا: «هَذِهِ مَنَاحَةٌ هَائِلَةٌ لِلْمَصْرِيِّينَ». وَسَمُّوا الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ «آبِلَ مِصْرَايِمَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنَاحَةُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ).

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

12 وَنَفَّذَ أَبْنَاءُ يَعْقُوبَ وَصِيَّةَ أَبِيهِمْ،

13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

13 فَنَقَلُوهُ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.

14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

14 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ دَفَنَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ، رَجَعَ هُوَ وَإخْوَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ الَّذِينَ رَافَقُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”

15 وَلَمَا رَأى إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُمْ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالُوا: «لَعَلَّ يُوسُفَ الآنَ يَشْرَعُ فِي اضْطِهَادِنَا وَيَنْتَقِمُ مِنَّا لإِسَاءَتِنَا إِلَيْهِ؟»

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,

16 فَبَعَثُوا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولاً قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ أَوْصَى أَبُوكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَقَالَ:

17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

17 هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِيُوسُفَ: اغْفِرْ لإِخْوَتِكَ ذَنْبَهُمْ وَخَطِيئَتَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَسَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ. فَالآنَ اصْفَحْ عَنْ إِثْمِ عَبِيدِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ». فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْهُ رِسَالَتُهُمْ بَكَى يُوسُفُ.

18 His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

18 وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ أَيْضاً وَانْطَرَحُوا أَمَامَهُ وَقَالُوا: «هَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ».

19 But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

19 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تَخَافُوا: هَلْ أَنَا أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ؟

20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

20 أَنْتُمْ نَوَيْتُمْ لِي شَرّاً، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَصَدَ بِالشَّرِّ خَيْراً، لِيُنْجِزَ مَا تَمَّ الْيَوْمَ، لإِحْيَاءِ شَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ.

21 Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

21 لِذَلِكَ لَا تَخَافُوا، فَأَنَا أَعُولُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلادَكُمْ». فَطَمْأَنَهُمْ وَهَدَّأَ رَوْعَهُمْ.

22 Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

22 وَأَقَامَ يُوسُفُ فِي مِصْرَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَعَاشَ يُوسُفُ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ،

23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

23 حَتَّى شَهِدَ الجِيلَ الثَّالِثَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْلادَ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى الَّذِينَ احْتَضَنَهُمْ عِنْدَ وِلادَتِهِمْ.

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

24 ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «أَنَا مُوْشِكٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها بِقَسَمٍ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ».

25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

25 وَاسْتَحْلَفَ يُوسُفُ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ فَانْقُلُوا عِظَامِي مِنْ هُنَا».

26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

26 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ. فَحَنَّطُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي تَابُوتٍ فِي مِصْرَ.