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| [1]And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?' |
[1]Forsothe Jacob herde that foodis weren seeld in Egipt, and he seide to hise sones, Whi ben ye necgligent? |
| [2]he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;' |
[2]Y herde that wheete is seeld in Egipt, go ye doun, and bie ye necessaries to vs, that we moun lyue, and be not wastid bi nedynesse. |
| [3]and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt, |
[3]Therfor ten britheren of Joseph yeden doun to bie wheete in Egipt, |
| [4]and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.' |
[4]and Beniamyn was withholdun of Jacob at hoome, that seide to hise britheren, Lest perauenture in the weie he suffre ony yuel. |
| [5]And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan, |
[5]Sotheli thei entriden in to the lond of Egipt, with othere men that yeden to bie; forsothe hungur was in the lond of Canaan. |
| [6]and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth. |
[6]And Joseph was prince of Egipt, and at his wille whetis weren seeld to puplis. And whanne hise britheren hadden worschipid hym, |
| [7]And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.' |
[7]and he hadde knowe hem, he spak hardere as to aliens, and axide hem, Fro whennus camen ye? Whiche answeriden, Fro the lond of Canaan, that we bie necessaries to lyiflode. |
| [8]And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him, |
[8]And netheles he knewe the britheren, and he was not knowun of hem, |
| [9]and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.' |
[9]and he bithouyte on the dremys whiche he seiy sumtyme. And he seide to hem, Ye ben aspieris, ye camen to se the feblere thingis of the lond. |
| [10]And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; |
[10]Whiche seiden, Lord, it is not so, but thi seruauntis camen to bie metis; |
| [11]we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;' |
[11]alle we ben the sones of o man, we comen pesible, and thi seruauntis ymaginen not ony yuel. |
| [12]and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;' |
[12]To `whiche he answeride, It is in other maner, ye camen to se the feble thingis of the lond. |
| [13]and they say, `Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.' |
[13]And thei seiden, `We twelue britheren, thi seruauntis, ben sones of o man in the lond of Canaan; the leeste is with oure fadir, an other is not `on erthe. |
| [14]And Joseph saith unto them, `This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies, |
[14]This it is, he seide, that Y spak to you, |
| [15]by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither; |
[15]ye ben aspieris, riyt now Y schal take experience of you, bi the helthe of Farao ye schulen not go fro hennus, til youre leeste brother come; sende ye oon of you, |
| [16]send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;' |
[16]that he brynge hym, forsothe ye schulen be in boondis, til tho thingis that ye seiden ben preued, whether tho ben false ether trewe; ellis, bi the helthe of Farao, ye ben aspieris. |
| [17]and he removeth them unto charge three days. |
[17]Therfor he bitook hem to kepyng thre daies; sotheli in the thridde dai, |
| [18]And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear! |
[18]whanne thei weren led out of prisoun, he seide, Do ye that that Y seide, and ye schulen lyue, for Y drede God; |
| [19]if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses, |
[19]if ye ben pesible, o brother of you be boundun in prisoun; forsothe go ye, and bere wheetis, whiche ye bouyten, |
| [20]and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so. |
[20]in to youre housis, and brynge ye youre leeste brother to me, that Y may preue youre wordis, and ye die not. Thei diden as he seide, |
| [21]And they say one unto another, `Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.' |
[21]and thei spaken togidere, Skilfuli we suffren these thingis, for we synneden ayens oure brother, and we seiyen the anguysch of his soule, while he preiede vs, and we herden not; herfore this tribulacioun cometh on vs. |
| [22]And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.' |
[22]Of which oon, Ruben, seide, Whether Y seide not to yow, Nyle ye do synne ayens the child, and ye herden not me? lo! his blood is souyt. |
| [23]And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them; |
[23]Sotheli thei wisten not that Joseph vndirstood, for he spak to hem by interpretour. |
| [24]and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes. |
[24]And he turnede awei hym silf a litil and wepte; and he turnede ayen, and spak to hem. |
| [25]And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so. |
[25]And he took Symeon, and boond hym, while thei weren present; and he comaundide the mynystris, that thei schulden fille her sackis with wheete, and that thei schulden putte the money `of alle in her baggis, and ouer this yyue metis in the weie; whiche diden so. |
| [26]And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence, |
[26]And thei `baren wetis on her assis, and yeden forth, |
| [27]and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag, |
[27]and whanne the sak of oon was opened that he schulde yyue meete to the werk beeste in the yn, he bihelde the money in the mouth of the bagge, |
| [28]and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What [is] this God hath done to us!' |
[28]and seide to his britheren, My monei is yoldun to me, lo! it is had in the bagge; and thei weren astonyed, and troblid, and seiden togidere, What thing is this that God hath doon to us. |
| [29]And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying, |
[29]And thei camen to Jacob, her fadir, in the loond of Canaan, and telden to hym alle thingis that bifelden to hem, and seiden, |
| [30]`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; |
[30]The lord of the lond spak harde to vs, and gesside that we weren aspieris of the prouynce; |
| [31]and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies, |
[31]to whom we answeriden, We ben pesible, nether we purposen ony tresouns; |
| [32]we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
[32]we ben twelue britheren, gendrid of o fadir, oon is not `on erthe, the leeste dwellith with the fadir in the lond of Canaan. |
| [33]`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go, |
[33]And he seide to vs, Thus Y schal preue that ye ben pesible; leeffe ye o brother of you with me, and take ye metis nedeful to youre housis, and go ye, and brynge ye to me youre leeste brother, |
| [34]and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.' |
[34]that Y wite that ye ben not aspieris, and that ye moun resseyue this brother which is holdun in boondis, and that fro thennus forth ye haue licence to bie what thingis ye wolen. |
| [35]And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; |
[35]While these thingis weren seide, whanne alle schedden out wheetis, thei founden money boundun in `the mouth of sackis. And whanne alle togidere weren aferd, |
| [36]and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.' |
[36]the fadir Jacob seide, Ye han maad me to be with out children; Joseph is not alyue, Symeon is holdun in bondis, ye schulen take a wey fro me Beniamyn; alle these yuels felden in me. |
| [37]And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;' |
[37]To whom Ruben answeride, Sle thou my twei sones, if Y shal not brynge hym ayen to thee; take thou hym in myn hond, and Y schal restore hym to thee. |
| [38]and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.' |
[38]And Jacob seide, My sone schal not go doun with you; his brother is deed, he aloone is left; if ony aduersite schal bifalle `to hym in the lond to which ye schulen go, ye schulen lede forth myn hoore heeris with sorewe to hellis. |