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1 praecepit autem Ioseph dispensatori domus suae dicens imple saccos eorum frumento quantum possunt capere et pone pecuniam singulorum in summitate sacci
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Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
2 scyphum autem meum argenteum et pretium quod dedit tritici pone in ore sacci iunioris factumque est ita
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Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.
3 et orto mane dimissi sunt cum asinis suis
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As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
4 iamque urbem exierant et processerant paululum tum Ioseph arcessito dispensatore domus surge inquit persequere viros et adprehensis dicito quare reddidistis malum pro bono
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They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
5 scyphum quem furati estis ipse est in quo bibit dominus meus et in quo augurari solet pessimam rem fecistis
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Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.’ ”
6 fecit ille ut iusserat et adprehensis per ordinem locutus est
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When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them.
7 qui responderunt quare sic loquitur dominus noster ut servi tui tantum flagitii commiserint
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But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!
8 pecuniam quam invenimus in summitate saccorum reportavimus ad te de terra Chanaan et quomodo consequens est ut furati simus de domo domini tui aurum vel argentum
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We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9 apud quemcumque fuerit inventum servorum tuorum quod quaeris moriatur et nos servi erimus domini nostri
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If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”
10 qui dixit fiat iuxta vestram sententiam apud quem fuerit inventum ipse sit servus meus vos autem eritis innoxii
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“Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.”
11 itaque festinato deponentes in terram saccos aperuerunt singuli
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Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12 quos scrutatus incipiens a maiore usque ad minimum invenit scyphum in sacco Beniamin
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Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13 at illi scissis vestibus oneratisque rursum asinis reversi sunt in oppidum
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At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.
14 primusque Iudas cum fratribus ingressus est ad Ioseph necdum enim de loco abierat omnesque ante eum in terra pariter corruerunt
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Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
15 quibus ille ait cur sic agere voluistis an ignoratis quod non sit similis mei in augurandi scientia
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Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”
16 cui Iudas quid respondebimus inquit domino meo vel quid loquemur aut iusti poterimus obtendere Deus invenit iniquitatem servorum tuorum en omnes servi sumus domini mei et nos et apud quem inventus est scyphus
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“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.”
17 respondit Ioseph absit a me ut sic agam qui furatus est scyphum ipse sit servus meus vos autem abite liberi ad patrem vestrum
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But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”
18 accedens propius Iudas confidenter ait oro domine mi loquatur servus tuus verbum in auribus tuis et ne irascaris famulo tuo tu es enim post Pharaonem
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Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19 dominus meus interrogasti prius servos tuos habetis patrem aut fratrem
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My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20 et nos respondimus tibi domino meo est nobis pater senex et puer parvulus qui in senecta illius natus est cuius uterinus frater est mortuus et ipsum solum habet mater sua pater vero tenere diligit eum
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And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21 dixistique servis tuis adducite eum ad me et ponam oculos meos super illum
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“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’
22 suggessimus domino meo non potest puer relinquere patrem suum si enim illum dimiserit morietur
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And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’
23 et dixisti servis tuis nisi venerit frater vester minimus vobiscum non videbitis amplius faciem meam
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But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 cum ergo ascendissemus ad famulum tuum patrem nostrum narravimus ei omnia quae locutus est dominus meus
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When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
25 et dixit pater noster revertimini et emite nobis parum tritici
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“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’
26 cui diximus ire non possumus si frater noster minimus descendet nobiscum proficiscemur simul alioquin illo absente non audemus videre faciem viri
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But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
27 atque ille respondit vos scitis quod duos genuerit mihi uxor mea
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“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28 egressus est unus et dixistis bestia devoravit eum et hucusque non conparet
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One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
29 si tuleritis et istum et aliquid ei in via contigerit deducetis canos meos cum maerore ad inferos
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If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’
30 igitur si intravero ad servum tuum patrem nostrum et puer defuerit cum anima illius ex huius anima pendeat
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“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,
31 videritque eum non esse nobiscum morietur et deducent famuli tui canos eius cum dolore ad inferos
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sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.
32 ego proprie servus tuus qui in meam hunc recepi fidem et spopondi dicens nisi reduxero eum peccati reus ero in patrem meum omni tempore
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Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’
33 manebo itaque servus tuus pro puero in ministerium domini mei et puer ascendat cum fratribus suis
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“Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
34 non enim possum redire ad patrem absente puero ne calamitatis quae oppressura est patrem meum testis adsistam
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How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”
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