Jāzeps un Potifara sieva
1 Jāzeps tika aizvests uz Ēģipti, un viņu nopirka ēģiptietis Potifars, faraona galminieks, sardzes virsnieks, no ismaēliešiem, kas viņu turp bija aizveduši. 2 Kungs bija ar Jāzepu, viņam veicās, un viņš dzīvoja sava kunga ēģiptieša namā. 3 Un viņa kungs redzēja, ka Kungs ir ar viņu un ka Kungs liek veikties visam, ko viņš dara. 4 Jāzeps guva viņa vēlību, kalpodams viņam, un tas iecēla viņu pārvaldīt savu namu un nodeva viņam visu, kas tam bija. 5 Un notika tā – kopš tā brīža, kad tas bija iecēlis viņu par pārvaldnieku savam namam un visam, kas tam bija, – Kungs Jāzepa dēļ svētīja tā ēģiptieša namu, un Kunga svētība bija pār visu, kas tam bija namā un uz lauka. 6 Visu, kas tam bija, viņš atstāja Jāzepa ziņā un vairs pat nezināja, kas tam ir, vien izņemot maizi, ko ēda.
Bet Jāzeps bija glītu augumu un jauku izskatu. 7 Un tad notika tā – viņa kunga sieva meta acis uz Jāzepu un teica: “Guli ar mani!” 8 Bet viņš liedzās un teica sava kunga sievai: “Redzi, mans kungs bez manis pat nezina, kas viņam namā – visu, kas viņam ir, viņš ir nodevis man! 9 Šai namā nav lielāka par mani, un viņš man nav liedzis neko, vien izņemot tevi, jo tu esi viņa sieva. Tad kā lai es nodaru tādu lielu ļaunumu un grēkoju pret Dievu?!” 10 Bet viņa diendienā runāja ar Jāzepu, tomēr viņš tajā neklausījās – ne gulēja ar to, ne bija ar to kopā. 11 Un kādu dienu, kad viņš gāja namā, lai darītu savus darbus, tur, namā, nebija neviena no nama vīriem. 12 Un viņa sakampa viņu aiz drēbēm, sacīdama: “Guli ar mani!” Bet viņš pameta savas drēbes pie viņas un izbēga laukā. 13 Kad viņa redzēja, ka viņš pametis savas drēbes pie viņas un izbēdzis laukā, 14 viņa sasauca sava nama vīrus un teica: “Redziet, viņš atvedis pie mums ebreju vīru, lai tas mūs apsmietu! Tas nāca pie manis, lai gulētu ar mani, bet es kliedzu skaļā balsī! 15 Un tad, kā šis dzirdēja, ka es sāku saukt palīgā, tā pameta pie manis savas drēbes un izbēga laukā!” 16 Un viņa atstāja tā drēbes pie sevis, līdz mājās pārnāca tā kungs. 17 Un viņa to pastāstīja viņam tiem pašiem vārdiem: “Tas ebreju vergs, ko tu pie mums atvedi, nāca mani piesmiet! 18 Un tad, kā es sāku saukt palīgā, tā šis pameta pie manis savas drēbes un izbēga laukā!”
Jāzeps cietumā
19 Kad viņa kungs dzirdēja, ko runā viņa sieva, ko viņa tam stāsta: “Kā es teicu, tā viņš – tavs vergs! – man darīja,” tad viņš iesvilās dusmās. 20 Un Jāzepa kungs saņēma viņu un ieslodzīja cietumā kopā ar ķēniņa ieslodzītajiem, un nu viņš bija tur – cietumā. 21 Bet Kungs bija ar Jāzepu un deva viņam savu žēlastību – sagādāja viņam cietuma pārvaldnieka vēlību. 22 Un cietuma pārvaldnieks nodeva Jāzepa atbildībā visus ieslodzītos, kas bija cietumā, un, kas vien tur tika darīts, to viņš darīja! 23 Cietuma pārvaldnieks neraudzījās, ko viņš dara, jo Kungs bija ar viņu, un, ko vien viņš darīja, tam Kungs lika izdoties.
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
1 The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the king's official in charge of the palace guard. 2-3 So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner.
Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did. 4 Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him in charge of his house and all of his property. 5 Because of Joseph, the Lord began to bless Potiphar's family and fields. 6 Potiphar left everything up to Joseph, and with Joseph there, the only decision he had to make was what he wanted to eat.
Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her, 8 but he refused and said, “My master isn't worried about anything in his house, because he has placed me in charge of everything he owns. 9 No one in my master's house is more important than I am. The only thing he hasn't given me is you, and that's because you are his wife. I won't sin against God by doing such a terrible thing as this.” 10 She kept begging Joseph day after day, but he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.
11 One day, Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other servants were there. 12 Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, “Make love to me!” Joseph ran out of the house, leaving his coat there in her hands.
13 When this happened, 14 she called in her servants and said, “Look! This Hebrew has come just to make fools of us. He tried to rape me, but I screamed for help. 15 And when he heard me scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me.”
16 Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home. 17 Then she said, “That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me! 18 But when I screamed for help, he left his coat and ran out of the house.”
19 Potiphar became very angry 20 and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept.
While Joseph was in prison, 21 the Lord helped him and was good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that 22 he put him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done in the jail. 23 The jailer did not worry about anything, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did.
