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薰屍的常例是四十天;那四十天滿了,埃及人為他哀哭了七十天。 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
為他哀哭的日子過了,約瑟對法老家中的人說:「我若在你們眼前蒙恩,請你們報告法老說: 4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's court, 「If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,
『我父親要死的時候叫我起誓說:你要將我葬在迦南地,在我為自己所掘的墳墓裏。』現在求你讓我上去葬我父親,以後我必回來。」 5 My father made me swear an oath and said, 「I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.」 Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return. 」
於是約瑟上去葬他父親。與他一同上去的,有法老的臣僕和法老家中的長老,並埃及國的長老, 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh's officials accompanied him--the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt--
還有約瑟的全家和他的弟兄們,並他父親的眷屬;只有他們的婦人孩子,和羊群牛群,都留在歌珊地。 8 besides all the members of Joseph's household and his brothers and those belonging to his father's household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
他們到了約但河外、亞達的禾場,就在那裏大大地號咷痛哭。約瑟為他父親哀哭了七天。 10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
迦南的居民見亞達禾場上的哀哭,就說:「這是埃及人一場大的哀哭。」因此那地方名叫亞伯‧麥西,是在約但河東。 11 When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, 「The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.」 That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim. 50:11 ((Abel Mizraim)) means ((mourning of the Egyptians.))
把他搬到迦南地,葬在幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞裏;那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業,作墳地的。 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.
約瑟葬了他父親以後,就和眾弟兄,並一切同他上去葬他父親的人,都回埃及去了。 14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.
約瑟的哥哥們見父親死了,就說:「或者約瑟懷恨我們,照著我們從前待他一切的惡足足地報復我們。」 15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, 「What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?」
『你們要對約瑟這樣說:從前你哥哥們惡待你,求你饒恕他們的過犯和罪惡。』如今求你饒恕你父親神之僕人的過犯。」他們對約瑟說這話,約瑟就哭了。 17 This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly. Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.」 When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
從前你們的意思是要害我,但神的意思原是好的,要保全許多人的性命,成就今日的光景。 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
現在你們不要害怕,我必養活你們和你們的婦人孩子。」於是約瑟用親愛的話安慰他們。 21 So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.」 And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
約瑟得見以法蓮第三代的子孫。瑪拿西的孫子、瑪吉的兒子也養在約瑟的膝上。 23 and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees. 50:23 That is, were counted as his
約瑟對他弟兄們說:「我要死了,但神必定看顧你們,領你們從這地上去,到他起誓所應許給亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。」 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, 「I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.」
約瑟叫以色列的子孫起誓說:「神必定看顧你們;你們要把我的骸骨從這裏搬上去。」 25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, 「God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.」
約瑟死了,正一百一十歲。人用香料將他薰了,把他收殮在棺材裏,停在埃及。 26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
November 11 "He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass." (Psalm 72:6) AMOS speaks of the king's mowings. Our King has many scythes, and is perpetually mowing His lawns. The musical tinkle of the whetstone on the scythe portends the cutting down of myriads of green blades, daisies and other flowers. Beautiful as they were in the morning, within an hour or two they lie in long, faded rows. Thus in human life we make a brave show, before the scythe of pain, the shears of disappointment, the sickle of death. There is no method of obtaining a velvety lawn but by repeated mowings; and there is no way of developing tenderness, evenness, sympathy, but by the passing of God's scythes. How constantly the Word of God compares man to grass, and His glory to its flower! But when grass is mown, and all the tender shoots are bleeding, and desolation reigns where flowers were bursting, it is the most acceptable time for showers of rain falling soft and warm. O soul, thou hast been mown! Time after time the King has come to thee with His sharp scythe. Do not dread the scythe-it is sure to be followed by the shower. -F. B. Meyer. "When across the heart deep waves of sorrow Break, as on a dry and barren shore; When hope glistens with no bright tomorrow, And the storm seems sweeping evermore; "When the cup of every earthly gladness Bears no taste of the life-giving stream; And high hopes, as though to mock our sadness,, Fade and die as in some fitful dream, "Who shall hush the weary spirit's chiding? Who the aching void within shall fill? Who shall whisper of a peace abiding, And each surging billow calmly still? "Only He whose wounded heart was broken With the bitter cross and thorny crown; Whose dear love glad words of joy had spoken, Who His life for us laid meekly down. "Blessed Healer, all our burdens lighten; Give us peace, Thine own sweet peace, we pray! Keep us near Thee till the morn shall brighten, And all the mists and shadows flee away!"