1 Joseph threw himself on his father, crying and kissing his face. 2 Then Joseph gave orders to embalm his father's body. 3 It took forty days, the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the king's officials, “Please take this message to the king: 5 ‘When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb which he had prepared in the land of Canaan. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will come back.’”
6 The king answered, “Go and bury your father, as you promised you would.”
7 So Joseph went to bury his father. All the king's officials, the senior men of his court, and all the leading men of Egypt went with Joseph. 8 His family, his brothers, and the rest of his father's family all went with him. Only their small children and their sheep, goats, and cattle stayed in the region of Goshen. 9 Men in chariots and men on horseback also went with him; it was a huge group.
10 When they came to the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan, they mourned loudly for a long time, and Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days. 11 When the citizens of Canaan saw those people mourning at Atad, they said, “What a solemn ceremony of mourning the Egyptians are holding!” That is why the place was named Abel Mizraim.
12 So Jacob's sons did as he had commanded them; 13 they carried his body to Canaan and buried it in the cave at Machpelah east of Mamre in the field which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial ground. 14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him for the funeral.
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
15 After the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said, “What if Joseph still hates us and plans to pay us back for all the harm we did to him?” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph: “Before our father died, 17 he told us to ask you, ‘Please forgive the crime your brothers committed when they wronged you.’ Now please forgive us the wrong that we, the servants of your father's God, have done.” Joseph cried when he received this message.
18 Then his brothers themselves came and bowed down before him. “Here we are before you as your slaves,” they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don't be afraid; I can't put myself in the place of God. 20 You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened. 21 You have nothing to fear. I will take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them with kind words that touched their hearts.
The Death of Joseph
22 Joseph continued to live in Egypt with his father's family; he was a hundred and ten years old when he died. 23 He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family. 24 He said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly take care of you and lead you out of this land to the land he solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph asked his people to make a vow. “Promise me,” he said, “that when God leads you to that land, you will take my body with you.” 26 So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of a hundred and ten. They embalmed his body and put it in a coffin.
1 Tad Jāzeps krita pie sava tēva vaiga, raudāja un skūpstīja viņu. 2 Un Jāzeps pavēlēja dziedniekiem, saviem kalpiem, viņa tēvu iebalzamēt. Un dziednieki iebalzamēja Israēlu. 3 Tā pagāja četrdesmit dienas, jo tik daudz vajag balzamēšanai. Pēc tam ēģiptieši to apraudāja septiņdesmit dienas. 4 Un, kad viņa apraudāšanas laiks bija beidzies, tad Jāzeps sacīja faraona nama iedzīvotājiem: "Ja jūs esat man labvēlīgi, tad sakiet manā vietā faraonam: 5 mans tēvs lika man ar zvērestu apstiprināt, sacīdams: es mirstu, bet tu apglabā mani manā kapā, kuru esmu sev izcirtis Kānaāna zemē, tur tev mani jāapglabā. 6 Es tagad gribu doties turp un gribu apglabāt savu tēvu un tad griezties atpakaļ." 7 Un Jāzeps aizgāja, lai apglabātu savu tēvu, un ar viņu kopā gāja visi faraona kalpi, viņa nama vecākie un visi Ēģiptes zemes vecākie, 8 un viss Jāzepa nams un viņa brāļi un viņa tēva nams, tikai savus mazos bērnus, savus sīklopus un liellopus tie atstāja Gošenes zemē. 9 Līdz ar viņu devās ceļā arī rati un jātnieki, visi kopā ļoti liels pulks. 10 Un viņš aizgāja līdz Goren-atadai, kas ir viņpus Jordānas; un viņi tur gauži apraudāja to. Viņš savam tēvam sarīkoja septiņas dienas sēras. 11 Kad Kānaāna zemes iedzīvotāji vēroja mirušā apraudāšanu pie Goren-atadas, tad tie teica: ēģiptiešiem ir jo lielas sēras, - tādēļ to vietu pie Jordānas pārejas sauc Ebel-Mizrajima . 12 Tā viņa dēli darīja, kā viņš tiem bija pavēlējis: 13 viņi to aizveda uz Kānaāna zemi un apglabāja Makpelas tīrumā, alā, kuru Ābrahāms kopā ar tīrumu bija pircis sev par kapa vietu no hetieša Efrona, iepretim Mamrei. 14 Un Jāzeps pēc tēva apglabāšanas atgriezās Ēģiptes zemē līdz ar saviem brāļiem un visiem tiem, kas bija gājuši ar viņu, lai apglabātu viņa tēvu. 15 Kad Jāzepa brāļi redzēja, ka viņu tēvs ir miris, tad tie sacīja: "Ka tik Jāzeps mūs neienīst un neatmaksā visu to ļaunu, ko mēs viņam esam darījuši." 16 Tādēļ tie pavēstīja Jāzepam: "Tā tavs tēvs to ir pavēlējis, pirms nāves sacīdams: 17 sakait tā Jāzepam: piedod, lūdzams, savu brāļu pārkāpumus un viņu grēkus, jo tie tev darījuši ļaunu! - Bet tagad piedod mūsu pārkāpumus tava tēva Dieva kalpiem!" Un Jāzeps raudāja, kad tie tā uz viņu runāja. 18 Tagad viņa brāļi paši nāca un krita viņa priekšā zemē un sacīja: "Redzi, mēs tev gribam būt vergi." 19 Un Jāzeps sacīja viņiem: "Nebīstaities, vai tad es esmu Dieva vietā? 20 Jūs gan bijāt iecerējuši man ļaunu darīt, bet Dievs to ir par labu vērsis, gribēdams, kā šodien redzams, daudz ļaužu saglabāt dzīvus. 21 Bet tagad nebīstaities, es gādāšu par jums un jūsu bērniem." Tā viņš tos mierināja un runāja uz to sirdīm. 22 Tā Jāzeps apmetās Ēģiptē, viņš un viņa tēva nams. Un Jāzepam bija simts desmit gadi. 23 Jāzeps pieredzēja no Efraima bērniem trīs paaudzes, un arī Manases dēla Mahīra bērni piedzima uz Jāzepa ceļiem. 24 Un Jāzeps sacīja saviem brāļiem: "Es miršu, bet Dievs raudzīdamies raudzīsies uz jums un izvedīs jūs no šīs zemes uz to zemi, kuru Viņš ar zvērestu ir apsolījis Ābrahāmam, Īzākam un Jēkabam." 25 Un Jāzeps nozvērināja Israēla bērnus, teikdams: "Dievs patiešām raudzīsies uz jums, ka jūs aizvedat manus kaulus no šejienes." 26 Un Jāzeps nomira simts desmit gadus vecs, un to iebalzamēja un ielika Ēģiptē šķirstā.
