Liber Genesis, 37

1. Habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pere grinatus est pater suus.

1. Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

2. Hae sunt generationes Iacob. Ioseph, cum decem et scptem esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer; et erat cum filiis Bilhae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui; detulitque patri malam eorum famam.

2. This is the history of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought an ill report of them to their father.

3. Israel autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum; fecitque ei tunicam talarem.

3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves.

4. Videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.

4. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

5. Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis; quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit.

5. Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they only hated him the more.

6. Dixitque ad eos: “Audite somnium meum, quod vidi.

6. He said to them, "Hear this dream which I have dreamed:

7. Putabam ligare nos manipulos in agro, et quasi consurgere manipulum meum et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum”.

7. behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright; and behold, your sheaves gathered round it, and bowed down to my sheaf."

8. Responderunt fratres eius: “Numquid rex noster eris? Aut subiciemur dicioni tuae?”. Haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit.

8. His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?" So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.

9. Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus ait: “Vidi per somnium quasi solem et lunam et stellas undecim adorare me”.

9. Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

10. Quod cum patri suo et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus et dixit: “Quid sibi vult hoc somnium, quod vidisti? Num ego et mater tua et fratres tui adorabimus te proni in terram?”.

10. But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?"

11. Invidebant igitur ei fratres sui; pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.

11. And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

12. Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,

12. Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

13. dixit Israel ad Ioseph: “Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis; veni, mittam te ad eos”. Quo respondente:

13. And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."

14. “Praesto sum”, ait ei: “Vade et vide, si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos et pecora, et renuntia mihi quid agatur”. Missus de valle Hebron venit in Sichem;

14. So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15. invenitque eum vir errantem in agro et interrogavit quid quaereret.

15. And a man found him wandering in the fields; and the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"

16. At ille respondit: “Fratres meos quaero; indica mihi, ubi pascant greges”.

16. "I am seeking my brothers," he said, "tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing the flock."

17. Dixitque ei vir: “Recesserunt de loco isto; audivi autem eos dicentes: "Eamus in Dothain"”. Perrexit ergo Ioseph post fratres suos et invenit eos in Dothain.

17. And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, `Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.

18. Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere.

18. They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

19. Et mutuo loquebantur: “Ecce somniator venit;

19. They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.

20. venite, occidamus eum et mittamus in unam cisternarum dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum. Et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua”.

20. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams."

21. Audiens autem hoc Ruben nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum et dixit:

21. But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."

22. “Non interficiamus animam eius”. Et dixit ad eos: “Non effundatis sanguinem; sed proicite eum in cisternam hanc, quae est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias”. Hoc autem dicebat volens eripere eum de manibus eorum et reddere patri suo.

22. And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him" -- that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

23. Confestim igitur, ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari

23. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;

24. miseruntque eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam.

24. and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.

25. Et sederunt, ut comederent panem. Attollentes autem oculos viderunt Ismaelitas viatorcs venire de Galaad et camelos eorum portantes tragacanthum et masticem et ladanum in Aegyptum.

25. Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ish'maelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

26. Dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis: “Quid nobis prodest, si occiderimus fratrem nostrum et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius?

26. Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

27. Melius est ut vendatur Ismaelitis, et manus nostrae non polluantur; frater enim et caro nostra est”. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.

27. Come, let us sell him to the Ish'maelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers heeded him.

28. Et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes Ioseph de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaelitis viginti argenteis. Qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum.

28. Then Mid'ianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ish'maelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.

29. Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam non invenit puerum

29. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes

30. et, scissis vestibus, pergens ad fratres suos ait: “Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo?”.

30. and returned to his brothers, and said, "The lad is gone; and I, where shall I go?"

31. Tulerunt autem tunicam eius et in sanguinem haedi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt

31. Then they took Joseph's robe, and killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood;

32. mittentes, qui ferrent ad patrem et dicerent: “Hanc invenimus; vide, utrum tunica talaris filii tui sit an non?”.

32. and they sent the long robe with sleeves and brought it to their father, and said, "This we have found; see now whether it is your son's robe or not."

33. Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: “Tunica filii mei est; fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Ioseph”.

33. And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe; a wild beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

34. Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio lugens filium suum multo tempore.

34. Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35. Congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius, ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere et ait: “Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum”. Et flevit super eo pater eius.

35. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.

36. Madianitae autem vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Putiphari eunucho pharaonis, magistro satellitum.

36. Meanwhile the Mid'ianites had sold him in Egypt to Pot'i-phar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.