उत्पत्ति 37

1 याकूब तो कनान देश में रहता था, जहां उसका पिता परदेशी हो कर रहा था।

2 और याकूब के वंश का वृत्तान्त यह है: कि यूसुफ सतरह वर्ष का हो कर भाइयों के संग भेड़-बकरियों को चराता था; और वह लड़का अपने पिता की पत्नी बिल्हा, और जिल्पा के पुत्रों के संग रहा करता था: और उनकी बुराईयों का समाचार अपने पिता के पास पहुंचाया करता था:

3 और इस्राएल अपने सब पुत्रों से बढ़के यूसुफ से प्रीति रखता था, क्योंकि वह उसके बुढ़ापे का पुत्र था: और उसने उसके लिये रंग बिरंगा अंगरखा बनवाया।

4 सो जब उसके भाईयों ने देखा, कि हमारा पिता हम सब भाइयों से अधिक उसी से प्रीति रखता है, तब वे उससे बैर करने लगे और उसके साथ ठीक तौर से बात भी नहीं करते थे।

5 और यूसुफ ने एक स्वप्न देखा, और अपने भाइयों से उसका वर्णन किया: तब वे उससे और भी द्वेष करने लगे।

6 और उसने उन से कहा, जो स्वप्न मैं ने देखा है, सो सुनो:

7 हम लोग खेत में पूले बान्ध रहे हैं, और क्या देखता हूं कि मेरा पूला उठ कर सीधा खड़ा हो गया; तब तुम्हारे पूलों ने मेरे पूले को चारों तरफ से घेर लिया और उसे दण्डवत किया।

8 तब उसके भाइयों ने उससे कहा, क्या सचमुच तू हमारे ऊपर राज्य करेगा? वा सचमुच तू हम पर प्रभुता करेगा? सो वे उसके स्वप्नों और उसकी बातों के कारण उससे और भी अधिक बैर करने लगे।

9 फिर उसने एक और स्वप्न देखा, और अपने भाइयों से उसका भी यों वर्णन किया, कि सुनो, मैं ने एक और स्वप्न देखा है, कि सूर्य और चन्द्रमा, और ग्यारह तारे मुझे दण्डवत कर रहे हैं।

10 यह स्वप्न उसने अपने पिता, और भाइयों से वर्णन किया: तब उसके पिता ने उसको दपट के कहा, यह कैसा स्वप्न है जो तू ने देखा है? क्या सचमुच मैं और तेरी माता और तेरे भाई सब जा कर तेरे आगे भूमि पर गिरके दण्डवत करेंगे?

11 उसके भाई तो उससे डाह करते थे; पर उसके पिता ने उसके उस वचन को स्मरण रखा।

12 और उसके भाई अपने पिता की भेड़-बकरियों को चराने के लिये शकेम को गए।

13 तब इस्राएल ने यूसुफ से कहा, तेरे भाई तो शकेम ही में भेड़-बकरी चरा रहें होंगे, सो जा, मैं तुझे उनके पास भेजता हूं। उसने उससे कहा जो आज्ञा मैं हाजिर हूं।

14 उसने उससे कहा, जा, अपने भाइयों और भेड़-बकरियों का हाल देख आ कि वे कुशल से तो हैं, फिर मेरे पास समाचार ले आ। सो उसने उसको हेब्रोन की तराई में विदा कर दिया, और वह शकेम में आया।

15 और किसी मनुष्य ने उसको मैदान में इधर उधर भटकते हुए पाकर उससे पूछा, तू क्या ढूंढता है?

16 उसने कहा, मैं तो अपने भाइयों को ढूंढता हूं: कृपा कर मुझे बता, कि वे भेड़-बकरियों को कहां चरा रहे हैं?

17 उस मनुष्य ने कहा, वे तो यहां से चले गए हैं: और मैं ने उन को यह कहते सुना, कि आओ, हम दोतान को चलें। सो यूसुफ अपने भाइयों के पास चला, और उन्हें दोतान में पाया।

18 और ज्योंही उन्होंने उसे दूर से आते देखा, तो उसके निकट आने के पहिले ही उसे मार डालने की युक्ति की।

19 और वे आपस में कहने लगे, देखो, वह स्वप्न देखनेहारा आ रहा है।

20 सो आओ, हम उसको घात करके किसी गड़हे में डाल दें, और यह कह देंगे, कि कोई दुष्ट पशु उसको खा गया। फिर हम देखेंगे कि उसके स्वप्नों का क्या फल होगा।

21 यह सुनके रूबेन ने उसको उनके हाथ से बचाने की मनसा से कहा, हम उसको प्राण से तो न मारें।

22 फिर रूबेन ने उन से कहा, लोहू मत बहाओ, उसको जंगल के इस गड़हे में डाल दो, और उस पर हाथ मत उठाओ। वह उसको उनके हाथ से छुड़ाकर पिता के पास फिर पहुंचाना चाहता था।

23 सो ऐसा हुआ, कि जब यूसुफ अपने भाइयों के पास पहुंचा तब उन्हों ने उसका रंगबिरंगा अंगरखा, जिसे वह पहिने हुए था, उतार लिया।

24 और यूसुफ को उठा कर गड़हे में डाल दिया: वह गड़हा तो सूखा था और उस में कुछ जल न था।

25 तब वे रोटी खाने को बैठ गए: और आंखे उठा कर क्या देखा, कि इश्माएलियों का एक दल ऊंटो पर सुगन्धद्रव्य, बलसान, और गन्धरस लादे हुए, गिलाद से मिस्र को चला जा रहा है।

26 तब यहूदा ने अपने भाइयों से कहा, अपने भाई को घात करने और उसका खून छिपाने से क्या लाभ होगा?

27 आओ, हम उसे इश्माएलियों के हाथ बेच डालें, और अपना हाथ उस पर न उठाएं, क्योंकि वह हमारा भाई और हमारी हड्डी और मांस है, सो उसके भाइयों ने उसकी बात मान ली। तब मिद्यानी व्यापारी उधर से होकर उनके पास पहुंचे:

28 सो यूसुफ के भाइयों ने उसको उस गड़हे में से खींच के बाहर निकाला, और इश्माएलियों के हाथ चांदी के बीस टुकड़ों में बेच दिया: और वे यूसुफ को मिस्र में ले गए।

29 और रूबेन ने गड़हे पर लौटकर क्या देखा, कि यूसुफ गड़हे में नहीं हैं; सो उसने अपने वस्त्र फाड़े।

30 और अपने भाइयों के पास लौटकर कहने लगा, कि लड़का तो नहीं हैं; अब मैं किधर जाऊं?

31 और तब उन्होंने यूसुफ का अंगरखा लिया, और एक बकरे को मार के उसके लोहू में उसे डुबा दिया।

32 और उन्होंने उस रंग बिरंगे अंगरखे को अपने पिता के पास भेज कर कहला दिया; कि यह हम को मिला है, सो देखकर पहिचान ले, कि यह तेरे पुत्र का अंगरखा है कि नहीं।

33 उसने उसको पहिचान लिया, और कहा, हां यह मेरे ही पुत्र का अंगरखा है; किसी दुष्ट पशु ने उसको खा लिया है; नि:सन्देह यूसुफ फाड़ डाला गया है।

34 तब याकूब ने अपने वस्त्र फाड़े और कमर में टाट लपेटा, और अपने पुत्र के लिये बहुत दिनों तक विलाप करता रहा।

35 और उसके सब बेटे-बेटियों ने उसको शान्ति देने का यत्न किया; पर उसको शान्ति न मिली; और वह यही कहता रहा, मैं तो विलाप करता हुआ अपने पुत्र के पास अधोलोक में उतर जाऊंगा। इस प्रकार उसका पिता उसके लिये रोता ही रहा।

36 और मिद्यानियों ने यूसुफ को मिस्र में ले जा कर पोतीपर नाम, फिरौन के एक हाकिम, और जल्लादों के प्रधान, के हाथ बेच डाला॥

1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

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

25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

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

35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.