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Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 50
The Death of Israel
1 Καὶ ἐπιπεσὼν Ἰωσὴφ ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν. 2 καὶ προσέταξεν Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐνταφιασταῖς ἐνταφιάσαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνεταφίασαν οἱ ἐνταφιασταὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. 3 καὶ ἐπλήρωσαν αὐτοῦ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας· οὕτως γὰρ καταριθμοῦνται αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ταφῆς. καὶ ἐπένθησεν αὐτὸν Αἴγυπτος ἑβδομήκοντα ἡμέρας. 1 And Joseph, falling upon his father's face, wept over him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants, the embalmers, to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were completed for him; for so are numbered the days of burial. And Egypt mourned for him seventy days.
4 Ἐπειδὴ δὲ παρῆλθον αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους, ἐλάλησεν Ἰωσὴφ πρὸς τοὺς δυνάστας Φαραὼ λέγων, Εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν, λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα Φαραὼ λέγοντες, 5 Ὁ πατήρ μου ὥρκισέν με λέγων, Ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ, ᾧ ὤρυξα ἐμαυτῷ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἐκεῖ με θάψεις· νῦν οὖν ἀναβὰς θάψω τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ἐπανελεύσομαι. 6 καὶ εἶπεν Φαραὼ Ἀνάβηθι, θάψον τὸν πατέρα σου, καθάπερ ὥρκισέν σε. 7 καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰωσὴφ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνανέβησαν μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ παῖδες Φαραὼ καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου 8 καὶ πᾶσα ἡ πανοικία Ἰωσὴφ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ οἰκία ἡ πατρικὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν συγγένειαν καὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας ὑπελίποντο ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ. 9 καὶ συνανέβησαν μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς, καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ παρεμβολὴ μεγάλη σφόδρα. 10 καὶ παρεγένοντο ἐφ' ἅλωνα Ἀτάδ, ὅ ἐστιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν κοπετὸν μέγαν καὶ ἰσχυρὸν σφόδρα· καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πένθος τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας. 11 καὶ εἶδον οἱ κάτοικοι τῆς γῆς Χαναὰν τὸ πένθος ἐν ἅλωνι Ἀτὰδ καὶ εἶπαν Πένθος μέγα τοῦτό ἐστιν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Πένθος Αἰγύπτου,1 ὅ ἐστιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. 4 And when the days of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to the courtiers of Pharaoh, saying, "If I have found favor in your sight, speak concerning me into the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 'My father made me swear, saying: In the tomb which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore, let me go up and bury my father, and I will return.'" 6 And Pharaoh said, "Go up, bury your father, just as he made you swear." 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the household of Joseph, and his brothers, and all his father’s household; only their kindred and their sheep and their oxen they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and the company was very great. 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented him with a very great and powerful lamentation; and he observed a mourning for his father for seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a great mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore he called its name "Mourning of Egypt," which is beyond the Jordan.
Burial at Machpelah
12 καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. 13 καὶ ἀνέλαβον αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν Χαναὰν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν ὃ ἐκτήσατο Ἁβραὰμ τὸ σπήλαιον ἐν κτήσει μνημείου παρὰ Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Χετταίου κατέναντι Μαμβρῆ. 14 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ συναναβάντες θάψαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. 12 And his sons did so for him, and they buried him there. 13 And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave (Machpelah), the cave which Abraham had acquired for the possession of a tomb from Ephron the Hittite, opposite Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and those who had gone up with him to bury his father.
15 Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, εἶπαν, μήποτε μνησικακήσῃ ἡμῖν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἀνταπόδομα ἀνταποδῷ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐνεδειξάμεθα αὐτῷ. 16 καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ λέγοντες, Ὁ πατήρ σου ὥρκισεν πρὸ τοῦ τελευτῆσαι αὐτὸν λέγων, 15 And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Lest Joseph bear a grudge against us and pay us back in full for all the evils which we showed him." 16 And they came to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave a command before he died, saying:
17 Οὕτως εἴπατε Ἰωσὴφ Ἄφες αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀδικίαν καὶ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτῶν, ὅτι πονηρά σοί ἐνεδείξαντο· καὶ νῦν δέξαι τὴν ἀδικίαν τῶν θεραπόντων τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ πατρός σου. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν Ἰωσὴφ λαλούντων αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν. 18 καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπαν, Οἵδε ἡμεῖς σοί οἰκέται. 19 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰωσήφ, Μὴ φοβεῖσθε· τοῦ γὰρ θεοῦ εἰμι ἐγώ. 20 ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ' ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά, ὅπως ἄν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον, ἵνα διατραφῇ λαὸς πολύς. 21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Μὴ φοβεῖσθε· ἐγὼ διαθρέψω ὑμᾶς καὶ τὰς οἰκίας ὑμῶν. καὶ παρεκάλεσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν. 17 'Thus you shall say to Joseph: Forgive them their injustice and their sin, because they showed you evil things.' And now, accept the injustice of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept while they were speaking to him. 18 And coming to him, they said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19 And Joseph said to them, "Do not fear; for am I of God? 20 You took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, so that it might come to pass as it is today, in order that a great people might be nourished. 21 And he said to them, "Do not fear; I will nourish you and your households." And he comforted them and spoke to their heart.
Death of Joseph
22 Καὶ κατῴκησεν Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ πανοικία τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰωσὴφ ἔτη ἑκατὸν δέκα. 23 καὶ εἶδεν Ἰωσὴφ Ἐφραὶμ παιδία ἕως τρίτης γενεᾶς, καὶ υἱοὶ Μαχὶρ τοῦ υἱοῦ Μανασσῆ ἐτέχθησαν ἐπὶ μηρῶν Ἰωσήφ. 24 καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ λέγων, Ἐγὼ ἀποθνῄσκω· ἐπισκοπῇ δὲ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀνάξει ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ. 25 καὶ ὥρκισεν Ἰωσὴφ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ λέγων, Ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ, ᾗ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός, καὶ συνανοίσετε τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐντεῦθεν μεθ' ὑμῶν. 26 καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα· καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθηκαν ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brothers and all the household of his father. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation; and the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph’s knees. 24 And Joseph spoke to his brothers, saying, "I am dying; but with a visitation, God will visit you and will lead you up out of this land into the land which God swore to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." 25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "In the visitation with which God will visit you, you shall also carry up my bones from here with you." 26 And Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and they buried him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.