Gênesis, 50

1. José lançou-se então sobre o rosto de seu pai e o beijou cho­rando.

1. Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

2. Ordenou depois aos médicos que o serviam que embalsamassem seu pai; e os médicos embalsamaram Israel.

2. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;

3. Gastaram nisso quarenta dias, que é o tempo necessário ao embalsamamento. Os egípcios choraram-no durante setenta dias.

3. forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

4. Passado o tempo do pranto, José disse à casa do faraó: “Se achei graça aos vossos olhos, dizei de minha parte ao faraó

4. And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5. que meu pai me fez jurar-lhe: ‘Eu vou morrer – disse-me ele –; tu me enterrarás no túmulo que adquiri na terra de Canaã’. Permite-me, pois, subir e enterrar meu pai; depois voltarei”.

5. My father made me swear, saying, `I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return."

6. O faraó respondeu: “Vai sepultar teu pai como ele te fez jurar”.

6. And Pharaoh answered, "Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear."

7. José partiu para sepultar seu pai. Todos os servos do faraó, os anciãos de sua casa e todos os anciãos do Egito,

7. So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8. toda a casa de José, seus irmãos e a casa de seu pai o seguiram. Deixaram na terra de Gessen somente seus filhinhos, suas ovelhas e seus bois.

8. as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's household; only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.

9. Carros e cavaleiros acompanhavam-no, de sorte que a caravana era muito grande.

9. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; it was a very great company.

10. Chegando à eira de Atad, além do Jordão, fizeram uma grande e solene lamentação, e José celebrou, em honra de seu pai, um pranto de sete dias.

10. When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11. Vendo esse pranto na eira de Atad, o povo daquela terra disse: “Grande pranto é esse dos egípcios!”. Daí o nome de Abel-Misraim dado a esse lugar, que está situado além do Jordão.*

11. When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named A'bel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan.

12. Os filhos de Jacó fizeram, pois, o que ele lhes tinha ordenado.

12. Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them;

13. Levaram-no para Canaã e enterraram-no na caverna da terra de Macpela, que Abraão tinha comprado, juntamente com a propriedade de Efron, o hiteu, defronte de Mambré, para ter a propriedade de uma sepultura.

13. for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field at Mach-pe'lah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a burying place.

14. Depois do enterro, José voltou para o Egito com seus irmãos e todos os que o tinham acompanhado nos funerais de seu pai.

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

15. Os irmãos de José, vendo que seu pai morrera, disseram entre si: “Será que José nos tomará em aversão e irá vingar-se de todo o mal que lhe fizemos?”.

15. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him."

16. Mandaram, pois, dizer-lhe: “Antes de morrer, teu pai recomendou-nos

16. So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died,

17. que te pedíssemos perdão do crime que teus irmãos cometeram, de seu pecado, de todo o mal que te fizeram. Perdoa, pois, agora esse crime àqueles que servem o Deus de teu pai”. Ouvindo isso, José chorou.

17. `Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.' And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18. Seus irmãos vieram jogar-se aos seus pés, dizendo: “Somos teus escravos!”.

18. His brothers also came and fell down before him, and said, "Behold, we are your servants."

19. José disse-lhes: “Não temais: posso eu pôr-me no lugar de Deus?

19. But Joseph said to them, "Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

20. Vossa intenção era de fazer-me mal, mas Deus tirou daí um bem; era para fazer, como acontece hoje, com que se conservasse a vida a um grande povo.

20. As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

21. Não temais, pois: eu vos sustentarei a vós e a vossos filhos”. Essas palavras, que lhes foram direto ao coração, reconfortaram-nos.

21. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.

22. José habitou no Egito, e também a família de seu pai. Viveu cento e dez anos.

22. So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23. Viu os descendentes de Efraim até a terceira geração. Igualmente, os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés, vieram à luz sobre os joelhos de José.*

23. And Joseph saw E'phraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manas'seh were born upon Joseph's knees.

24. José disse a seus irmãos: “Vou morrer; mas Deus vos visitará seguramente e vos fará subir desta terra para a terra que jurou dar a Abraão, Isaac e a Jacó”.

24. And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

25. E José fez que os filhos de Israel jurassem: “Quando Deus vos visitar – disse ele – levareis daqui os meus ossos”.

25. Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, "God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."

26. José morreu com a idade de cento e dez anos. Foi embalsamado e depositado num sarcófago no Egito.

26. So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.