Liber Genesis, 50
1. quod cernens Joseph ruit super faciem patris flens et deosculans eum
1. And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father's face weeping and kissing him.
2. præcepitque servis suis medicis ut aromatibus condirent patrem
2. And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
3. quibus jussa explentibus transierunt quadraginta dies iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum flevitque eum Ægyptus septuaginta diebus
3. And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mounted for him seventy days.
4. et expleto planctus tempore locutus est Joseph ad familiam Pharaonis si inveni gratiam in conspectu vestro loquimini in auribus Pharaonis
4. And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:
5. eo quod pater meus adiuraverit me dicens en morior in sepulchro meo quod fodi mihi in terra Chanaan sepelies me ascendam igitur et sepeliam patrem meum ac revertar
5. For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.
6. dixitque ei Pharao ascende et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adiuratus es
6. And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.
7. quo ascendente jerunt cum eo omnes senes domus Pharaonis cunctique majores natu terræ Ægypti
7. So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8. domus Joseph cum fratribus suis absque parvulis et gregibus atque armentis quæ dereliquerant in terra Gessen
8. And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.
9. habuit quoque in comitatu currus et equites et facta est turba non modica
9. He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was it great company.
10. veneruntque ad aream Atad quæ sita est trans Jordanem ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies
10. And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.
11. quod cum vidissent habitatores terræ Chanaan dixerunt planctus magnus est iste Ægyptiis et idcirco appellaverunt nomen loci illius Planctus Ægypti
11. And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And there- fore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.
12. fecerunt ergo filii Jacob sicut præceperat eis
12. So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.
13. et portantes eum in terram Chanaan sepelierunt in spelunca duplici quam emerat Abraham cum agro in possessionem sepulchri ab Ephron Hettheo contra faciem Mambre
13. And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought together with the held for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite over against Mambre.
14. reversusque est Joseph in Ægyptum cum fratribus suis et omni comitatu sepulto patre
14. And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.
15. quo mortuo timentes fratres ejus et mutuo conloquentes ne forte memor sit iniuriæ quam passus est et reddat nobis malum omne quod fecimus
15. Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another : Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.
16. mandaverunt ei pater tuus præcepit nobis antequam moreretur
16. And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
17. ut hæc tibi verbis illius diceremus obsecro ut obliviscaris sceleris fratrum tuorum et peccati atque malitiæ quam exercuerunt in te nos quoque oramus ut servis Dei patris tui dimittas iniquitatem hanc quibus auditis flevit Joseph
17. That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
18. veneruntque ad eum fratres sui et proni in terram dixerunt servi tui sumus
18. And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.
19. quibus ille respondit nolite timere num Dei possumus rennuere voluntatem
19. And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
20. vos cogitastis de me malum et Deus vertit illud in bonum ut exaltaret me sicut inpræsentiarum cernitis et salvos faceret multos populos
20. You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
21. nolite metuere ego pascam vos et parvulos vestros consolatusque est eos et blande ac leniter est locutus
21. Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
22. et habitavit in Ægypto cum omni domo patris sui vixitque centum decem annis et vidit Ephraim filios usque ad tertiam generationem filii quoque Machir filii Manasse nati sunt in genibus Joseph
22. And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house: and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Ma-nasses were born on Joseph's knees.
23. quibus transactis locutus est fratribus suis post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos et ascendere faciet de terra ista ad terram quam juravit Abraham Isaac et Jacob
23. After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
24. cumque adiurasset eos atque dixisset Deus visitabit vos asportate vobiscum ossa mea de loco isto
24. And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of this place:
25. mortuus est expletis centum decem vitæ suæ annis et conditus aromatibus repositus est in loculo in Ægypto
25. And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
