43 — Genesis

1In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.Frattanto la fame vessava crudelmente tutta la terra.IN THE meane time the famine did oppresse al the land very sore. And the prouision being spent, which theyInterim fames omnem terram vehementer premebat. 2And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food.E consumati i viveri, che aveano portati d'Egitto, disse Giacobbe a' suoi figli: Tornate a comprarci qualche poco da mangiare.had bronght out of Aegypt, Iacob said to his sonnes: Goe againe, and by vs a little victual.Consumptisque cibis quos ex Ægypto detulerant, dixit Jacob ad filios suos: Revertimini, et emite nobis pauxillum escarum. 3Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.Rispose Giuda: Quell'uomo c'intimò con giuramento, dicendo: Non vedrete la mia faccia, se non menate con voi il fratello vostro più piccolo.Iudas answered: That same man denounced vnto vs vnder attestation of an oath, saing: You shal not see my face, vnlesse you bring your youngest brother with you.Respondit Judas: Denuntiavit nobis vir ille sub attestatione jurisjurandi, dicens: Non videbitis faciem meam, nisi fratrem vestrum minimum adduxeritis vobiscum. 4If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee.Se adunque tu vuoi mandarlo con noi, anderemo insieme, e compreremo quello che ti bisogna:If therfore thou wilt send him with vs, we wil goe forward together, and wil bye necessaries for thee:Si ergo vis eum mittere nobiscum, pergemus pariter, et ememus tibi necessaria: 5But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother.Se tu non vuoi, non andremo: perché quell'uomo, come abbiam detto più volte, ci ha intimato, e ha detto: Non vedrete la mia faccia senza il fratello vostro più piccolo.but if thou wilt not, we wil not goe: for the man, as we haue often said, denounced vnto vs saing: You shal not see my face without your youngest brother.sin autem non vis, non ibimus: vir enim, ut sæpe diximus, denuntiavit nobis, dicens: Non videbitis faciem meam absque fratre vestro minimo. 6Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery, in that you told him you had also another brother.Disse a lui Israele: Per mia sventura avete fatto sapere a colui, che avevate ancora un altro fratello.Israel said to them: You haue done this to my miserie, in that you told him that you had an other brother also.Dixit eis Israël: In meam hoc fecistis miseriam, ut indicaretis ei et alium habere vos fratrem.

7But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?Ma quelli risposero: Quell'uomo c'interrogò per ordine intorno a tutta la nostra stirpe: se il padre era vivo: se avevamo altro fratello; e noi gli rispondevamo a tenore delle sue ricerche: potevamo noi sapere, ch'ei fosse per dire: Conducete con voi il vostro fratello?But they answered: The man asked vs in order our progenie: if our father liued: if we had a brother: and we answered him consequently to that which he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?At illi responderunt: Interrogavit nos homo per ordinem nostram progeniem: si pater viveret: si haberemus fratrem: et nos respondimus ei consequenter juxta id quod fuerat sciscitatus: numquid scire poteramus quod dicturus esset: Adducite fratrem vestrum vobiscum ? 8And Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.Disse ancor Giuda a suo padre: Manda con me il fanciullo, affinché partiamo, e possiamo salvar la vita, e non muoiamo noi, e i nostri pargoletti.Iudas also said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forwarde, and may liue: lest we and our litle ones die.Judas quoque dixit patri suo: Mitte puerum mecum, ut proficiscamur, et possimus vivere: ne moriamur nos et parvuli nostri. 9I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.Io entro mallevadore pel fanciullo: fammene render conto: s'io nol riconduco, e nol rendo a te, sarò per sempre reo di peccato contro di te.I take vpon me the boy: require him of my hand, vnlesse I bring him againe, and restore him to thee, I wil be guiltie of sinne against thee for euer.Ego suscipio puerum: de manu mea require illum: nisi reduxero, et reddidero eum tibi, ero peccati reus in te omni tempore. 10If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.Se non fossimo stati a bada, saremmo già ritornati la seconda volta.If delay had not bene made, we had bene come now the second time.Si non intercessisset dilatio, jam vice alter venissemus. 11Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.Disse adunque ad essi il padre loro Israele: Se bisogna così, fate quel che volete: prendete ne' vostri vasi de' frutti più lodati di questo paese; e portategli in dono a quell'uomo, un po' di resina, e di miele, e dello storace, e della mirra, e del terebinto, e delle mandorle.Therfore Israel their father said to them: If it must nedes be so, do that you wil: take of the best fruites of the land in your vessels, and carie to the man for presents, a courtesie of rosen, and of honey, and of incense, of mirhe, of terebinth, and of almondes.Igitur Israël pater eorum dixit ad eos: Si sic necesse est, facite quod vultis: sumite de optimis terræ fructibus in vasis vestris, et deferte viro munera, modicum resinæ, et mellis, et storacis, stactes, et terebinthi, et amygdalarum.

12And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake.Portate anche con voi il doppio del denaro; e riportate quello che avete trovato ne' sacchi, che forse non sia stato sbaglio.Duble money also carie with you: and recarie that you founde in your sackes, lest perhaps it was done by an errour:Pecuniam quoque duplicem ferte vobiscum: et illam, quam invenistis in sacculis, reportate, ne forte errore factum sit: 13And take also your brother, and go to the man.Ma prendete ancora il vostro fratello, e andate a trovar quell'uomo.but take also your brother, and goe to the man.sed et fratrem vestrum tollite, et ite ad virum. 14And may my almighty God make him favourable to you: and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children.E il mio Dio onnipotente vel renda propizio, e rimandi con voi quel vostro fratello, che ha nelle mani, e questo Beniamin. Io poi sarò come uomo rimaso privo di figliuoli.And my God almightie make him fauorable vnto you: and send backe with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Beniamin: as for me I shal be desolate without children.Deus autem meus omnipotens faciat vobis eum placabilem: et remittat vobiscum fratrem vestrum quem tenet, et hunc Benjamin: ego autem quasi orbatus absque liberis ero. 15So the men took the presents, and double money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph.Presero adunque quegli i doni, e il doppio del denaro, e Beniamin, e calarono in Egitto, e si presentarono a Giuseppe.The men therfore tooke the presentes, and the duble money, and Beniamin: and went downe into Aegypt, and stood before Ioseph.Tulerunt ergo viri munera, et pecuniam duplicem, et Benjamin: descenderuntque in Ægyptum, et steterunt coram Joseph. 16And when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because they shall eat with me at noon.E quegli avendogli veduti, e insieme con essi Beniamin, diede ordine al suo maestro di casa, dicendo: Conduci costoro in casa, e uccidi le vittime, e prepara il convito: perocché questi mangeranno a mezzogiorno con me.Whom when he had seene and Beniamin withal he commanded the steward of his house, saing: Bring in the men into the house, and kil victimes, and prepare a feast: because they shal eate with me at noone.Quos cum ille vidisset et Benjamin simul, præcepit dispensatori domus suæ, dicens: Introduc viros domum, et occide victimas, et instrue convivium: quoniam mecum sunt comesturi meridie.

17He did as he was commanded, and brought the men into the house.Fece egli quello che gli era stato imposto, e condusse coloro dentro la casa.He did that which was commanded him, and brought the men into the house.Fecit ille quod sibi fuerat imperatum, et introduxit viros domum. 18And they being much afraid, said there one to another: Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we are brought in: that he may bring upon us a false accusation, and by violence make slaves of us and our asses.Ed ivi pieni di paura dicean tra di loro: Per ragion del denaro, che riportammo già ne' nostri sacchi, siam condotti qua dentro: volendo egli aggravarci con questa calunnia per ridurre violentemente in ischiavitù noi, e i nostri asini.And there being sore afraied, they said one to an other: because of the money, which we caried backe the first time in our sackes, we are brought in: that he may turne vpon vs a false accusation, and forceibly bring both vs, and our asses into bondage.Ibique exterriti, dixerunt mutuo: Propter pecuniam, quam retulimus prius in saccis nostris, introducti sumus: ut devolvat in nos calumniam, et violenter subjiciat servituti et nos, et asinos nostros. 19Wherefore, going up to the steward of the house, at the door,Per la qual cosa sulla stessa porta si accostarono al maestro di casa,Wherfore in the verie dore stepping to the steward of the house,Quam ob rem in ipsis foribus accedentes ad dispensatorem domus, 20They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came down once before to buy food:E dissero: Ti preghiamo, signore, che ci ascolti. Siam già venuti altra volta a comprar da vivere:they spake: Sir we desire thee to heare vs. Now once before we came downe to bye prouision:locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, ut audias nos. Jam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas: 21And when we had bought, and were come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.E compratone, giunti che fummo allo albergo aprimmo i nostri sacchi, e trovammo il denaro alla bocca dei sacchi, il quale abbiamo ora riportato dello stesso peso.which being bought, when we were come to the Inne, we opened our sackes, and found our money in the mouthes of the sackes: which we haue now brought againe in the same weight.quibus emptis, cum venissemus ad diversorium, aperuimus saccos nostros, et invenimus pecuniam in ore saccorum: quam nunc eodem pondere reportavimus. 22And we have brought other money besides, to buy what we want: we cannot tell who put it in our bags.E abbiamo ancor portato altro denaro per comprare quello che ci bisogna: noi non sappiamo chi rimettesse quello nelle nostre borse.But we haue brought other money besides, to bye the thinges that are necessarie for vs: our conscience is not priuie, who put it in our bagges.Sed et aliud attulimus argentum, ut emamus quæ nobis necessaria sunt: non est in nostra conscientia quis posuerit eam in marsupiis nostris.

23But he answered: Peace be with you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks. For the money, which you gave me, I have for good. And he brought Simeon out to them.Ma quegli rispose: Pace con voi, non temete: il vostro Dio, e il Dio del padre vostro ha posti que' tesori ne' vostri sacchi, perocché il denaro, che deste a me, lo ho io in buona moneta. E condussegli a veder Simeone.But he answered: Peace be with you, feare you not: your God, and the God of your father hath geuen you treasures in your sackes. for the money, which you gaue me, I haue for good. And he brought forth Simeon vnto them.At ille respondit: Pax vobiscum, nolite timere: Deus vester, et Deus patris vestri, dedit vobis thesauros in saccis vestris: nam pecuniam, quam dedistis mihi, probatam ego habeo. Eduxitque ad eos Simeon. 24And having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.Ed entrati che furono nella casa, portò dell'acqua, e lavarono i loro piedi, e diede da mangiare a' loro asini.And being brought into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feete, and he gaue prouender to their asses.Et introductis domum, attulit aquam, et laverunt pedes suos, deditque pabulum asinis eorum. 25But they made ready the presents, against Joseph came at noon: for they had heard that they should eat bread there.Ed eglino approntavano i regali, per quando fosse venuto Giuseppe a mezzo giorno: perocché avevano udito, come ivi doveano mangiare.But they made readie the presentes, til Ioseph should come in at noone: for they had heard that they should eate bread there.Illi vero parabant munera, donec ingrederetur Joseph meridie: audierant enim quod ibi comesturi essent panem. 26Then Joseph came in to his house, and they offered him the presents, holding them in their hands; and they bowed down with their face to the ground.Entrò dunque Giuseppe in casa sua, e quelli offerirono a lui i doni, presentandoli colle loro mani, e lo adorarono inchinandosi fino a terra.Therfore Ioseph came in to his house, and they offered him presentes holding them in their handes, and they adored prostrate to the ground.Igitur ingressus est Joseph domum suam, obtuleruntque ei munera, tenentes in manibus suis: et adoraverunt proni in terram. 27But he courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?Ma egli, renduto loro benignamente il saluto, gl'interrogò dicendo: Il vecchio padre vostro, di cui mi parlaste, è egli sano? vive egli ancora?But he curteously resaluting them, asked them saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet liuing?At ille, clementer resalutatis eis, interrogavit eos, dicens: Salvusne est pater vester senex, de quo dixeratis mihi ? adhuc vivit ?

28And they answered: Thy servant our father, is in health; he is yet living. And bowing themselves, they made obeisance to him.Risposero: Sta bene il tuo servo il padre nostro; ei vive tuttora. E incurvatisi lo adorarono.Who answered: Thy seruant our father is in health, he is yet liuing. And bowing themselues, they adored him.Qui responderunt: Sospes est servus tuus pater noster, adhuc vivit. Et incurvati, adoraverunt eum. 29And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.Ma Giuseppe alzati gli occhi vide Beniamin suo fratello uterino, e disse: È egli questi il fratel vostro più piccolo, di cui mi avevate parlato? E soggiunse: Abbia Dio misericordia di te, figlio mio.And Ioseph lifting vp his eyes, sawe Beniamin his brother of the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And againe: God, saith he, be merciful vnto thee my sonne.Attollens autem Joseph oculos, vidit Benjamin fratrem suum uterinum, et ait: Iste est frater vester parvulus, de quo dixeratis mihi ? Et rursum: Deus, inquit, misereatur tui, fili mi. 30And he made haste, because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and going into his chamber, he wept.E in fretta si ritirò, perché le viscere di lui si erano commosse a causa del suo fratello, e gli scappavano le lacrime: ed entrato in camera pianse.And he made hast because his hart was moued vpon his brother, and teares brake forth: and entring into his chamber he wept.Festinavitque, quia commota fuerant viscera ejus super fratre suo, et erumpebant lacrimæ: et introiens cubiculum flevit. 31And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table.E di poi lavatosi la faccia venne fuora, e si fe' forza, e disse: Portisi da mangiare.And when he had washed his face, comming forth againe, he refrained himselfe, and said: Set bread on the table.Rursumque lota facie egressus, continuit se, et ait: Ponite panes. 32And when it was set on, for Joseph apart, and for his brethren apart, for the Egyptians also that ate with him apart, (for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews, and they think such a feast profane):E imbandita che fu la mensa a parte per Giuseppe ed anche a parte per gli Egiziani, che mangiavano insieme, e a parte pe' fratelli (perocché non è lecito agli Egiziani di mangiar cogli Ebrei, e profano credono tal convito),Which being set downe, to Ioseph a part, and to his brethren apart, to the Aegyptians also that did eate with him apart (for it is vnlawful for the Aegyptians to eate with the Hebrewes, and they thinke such a feast prophane).Quibus appositis, seorsum Joseph, et seorsum fratribus, Ægyptiis quoque qui vescebantur simul, seorsum (illicitum est enim Ægyptiis comedere cum Hebræis, et profanum putant hujuscemodi convivium)

33They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much;Sederono alla destra di lui, il primogenito secondo la sua maggioranza, e il più piccolo secondo la sua età. E restavano maravigliati oltre modo,they sate before him, the first begotten according to his first-birth, and the youngest according to his age. And they maruailed out of measure,sederunt coram eo, primogenitus juxta primogenita sua, et minimus juxta ætatem suam. Et mirabantur nimis, 34Taking the messes which they received of him: and the greater mess came to Benjamin, so that it exceeded by five parts. And they drank, and were merry with him.Ricevendo le porzioni, che eran loro mandate da lui: e la porzione maggiore, che era cinque volte più grossa fu per Beniamino. E bevvero, e si esilararono con lui.taking the portions that they receiued of him: and the greater portion came to Beniamin, so that it exceeded by fiue partes. And they dranke and were in ebriated with him.sumptis partibus quas ab eo acceperant: majorque pars venit Benjamin, ita ut quinque partibus excederet. Biberuntque et inebriati sunt cum eo.