創世記 39
1 約瑟被帶下埃及去.有一個埃及人是法老的內臣、護衛長波提乏、從那些帶下他來的以實瑪利人手下買了他去。
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
2 約瑟住在他主人埃及人的家中.耶和華與他同在、他就百事順利。
The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
3 他主人見耶和華與他同在、又見耶和華使他手裡所辦的盡都順利。
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did,
4 約瑟就在主人眼前蒙恩、伺候他主人、並且主人派他管理家務、把一切所有的都交在他手裡。
Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
5 自從主人派約瑟管理家務、和他一切所有的、耶和華就因約瑟的緣故、賜福與那埃及人的家.凡家裡和田間一切所有的、都蒙耶和華賜福。
From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the LORD was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
6 波提乏將一切所有的、都交在約瑟的手中、除了自己所喫的飯、別的事一概不知.約瑟原來秀雅俊美。
So he left in Joseph's care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
7 這事以後、約瑟主人的妻以目送情給約瑟、說、你與我同寢罷。
and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!"
8 約瑟不從、對他主人的妻說、看哪、一切家務、我主人都不知道、他把所有的都交在我手裡。
But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
9 在這家裡沒有比我大的、並且他沒有留下一樣不交給我、只留下了你、因為你是他的妻子、我怎能作這大惡、得罪 神呢。
No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"
10 後來他天天和約瑟說、約瑟卻不聽從他、不與他同寢、也不和他在一處。
And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
11 有一天、約瑟進屋裡去辦事、家中人沒有一個在那屋裡。
One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
12 婦人就拉住他的衣裳說、你與我同寢罷.約瑟把衣裳丟在婦人手裡、跑到外邊去了。
She caught him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
13 婦人看見約瑟把衣裳丟在他手裡跑出去了、
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
14 就叫了家裡的人來、對他們說、你們看、他帶了一個希伯來人、進入我們家裡、要戲弄我們.他到我這裡來、要與我同寢、我就大聲喊叫.
she called her household servants. "Look," she said to them, "this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.
15 他聽見我放聲喊起來、就把衣裳丟在我這裡、跑到外邊去了。
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."
16 婦人把約瑟的衣裳放在自己那裡、等著他主人回家、
She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.
17 就對他如此如此說、你所帶到我們這裡的那希伯來僕人、進來要戲弄我.
Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.
18 我放聲喊起來、他就把衣裳丟在我這裡跑出去了。
But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."
19 約瑟的主人聽見他妻子對他所說的話、說、你的僕人如此如此待我、他就生氣.
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger.
20 把約瑟下在監裡、就是王的囚犯被囚的地方.於是約瑟在那裡坐監。
Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,
21 但耶和華與約瑟同在、向他施恩、使他在司獄的眼前蒙恩。
the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
22 司獄就把監裡所有的囚犯、都交在約瑟手下、他們在那裡所辦的事、都是經他的手。
So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.
23 凡在約瑟手下的事、司獄一概不察、因為耶和華與約瑟同在、耶和華使他所作的盡都順利。
The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.