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.
يوسف في مصر
1 وأمَّا يوسُفُ فأنزَلَه الإسماعِيلِـيُّونَ معَهُم إلى مِصْرَ، فاشتراهُ مِنُهم فوطيفارُ المِصْرِيُّ، كبـيرُ خَدَمِ فِرعَونَ ورئيسُ الطُّهاةِ. 2 وكانَ الرّبُّ معَ يوسُفَ، فكانَ رجُلا ناجِحا وأقَامَ في بَيتِ سيّدِهِ المِصْريِّ.
3 ورأى سيّدُهُ أنَّ الرّبَّ معَه ويُنجِحُهُ في كُلِّ ما تعمَلُه يَداهُ، 4 فنالَ يوسُفُ حُظوَةً عِندَه وخدَمَه. وأوكَلَه فُوطيفارُ على بَيتِه، وجعَلَ في عِهدَتِهِ كُلَّ ما كانَ لهُ. 5 وكانَ مُنذُ وَكَّلَه على بَيتهِ، وعلى كُلِّ ما هوَ لَه، أنْ بارَكَ الرّبُّ بَيتَ فُوطِيفارَ المِصْريِّ إِكراما ليوسُفَ، وكانَت بَرَكَةُ الرّبِّ على كُلِّ ما هوَ لَه في بَيتِه وفي حُقولِه. 6 فتَرَكَ كُلَّ ما كانَ لَه في يَدِ يوسُفَ، وكانَ لا يعرِفُ شيئا مِمَّا عِندَه إلاَّ الخبزَ الّذي كانَ يأكُلُهُ.
محاولة إغراء يوسف
وكانَ يوسُفُ حسَنَ الهَيئةِ وجميلَ المَنظرِ. 7 فحَدَثَ بَعدَ ذلِكَ أنَّ امرأةَ سيّدِهِ رفَعَت عينَيها إليهِ وقالتِ: «إضْطَجِـعْ معي!» 8 فرَفَضَ وقالَ لها: «سيِّدي لا يعرِفُ شيئا مِمَّا في البَيتِ، وكُلُّ ما يَملِكُهُ ائتَمَنَني علَيه. 9 لا أحدَ في هذا البَيتِ أعظَمُ منِّي إلاَّ سيِّدي، وسيِّدي لم يَمنَعْ عنِّي شيئا غيرَكِ لأنَّكِ امْرَأته، فكيفَ أفعَلُ هذِهِ السَّيِّئةَ العظيمةَ وأُخطئُ إلى اللهِ؟» 10 وكَلَّمَتْهُ يوما بَعدَ يومٍ أنْ يَضْطَجِـعَ بِـجانِبِها ويكونَ معَها، فلم يسمَعْ لها.
11 وحدَثَ في أحدِ الأيّامِ أنَّه دخَلَ البَيتَ لِـيقومَ بِــعمَلِهِ، ولم يكُنْ في البَيتِ أحدٌ مِنْ أهلِهِ، 12 فأمسكت بِثوبِه وقالت: «إضْطَجِـعْ معي!» فتَرَكَ ثوبَه بِيدِها وهرَبَ إلى خارِجِ البَيتِ. 13 فلمَّا رأت أنَّه ترَكَ ثوبَه بِيَدِها وهرَبَ إلى الخارِجِ 14 صاحَت بِأهلِ بَيتِها وقالت لهُم: «انْظُروا كيفَ جاءَنا بِرَجُلٍ عِبرانيٍّ لِـيُداعبنَا! دخَلَ لِـيُضاجِعَني فصَرَخْتُ بأعلى صوتي، 15 فلمَّا سَمِعَني أرفَعُ صوتي وأصرخُ، ترَكَ ثوبَه بِـجانبـي وهرَبَ خارِجا».
16 ووضَعَتِ المَرأةُ ثوبَ يوسُفَ بِـجانِبِها حتّى جاءَ زوجُها إلى بَيتِه، 17 فحَكَت لَه الحِكايَةَ ذاتَها. قالت: «هذا العبدُ العِبرانيُّ الّذي جِئْتَنا بِهِ دخَلَ لِـيُداعِبَني. 18 وعِندما رفَعْتُ صوتي وصَرَخْتُ ترَكَ ثوبَه بِـجانبـي وهرَبَ خارِجا». 19 فلمَّا سَمِـعَ السَّيدُ امرأتَهُ تقولُ: «هكذا فعَلَ بـي عبدُكَ». حَمِـيَ غضَبُهُ، 20 فأخذَ يوسُفَ وطرَحَهُ في الحِصْنِ الّذي كانَ سُجَناءُ المَلِكِ يُحبَسُونَ فيهِ. فأقامَ هُناكَ في الحِصْنِ. 21 وكانَ الرّبُّ معَ يوسُفَ فأَمَدَّهُ بِرَحمَتهِ وأنالَه حُظوَةً عِندَ قائدِ الحِصْنِ. 22 وجعَلَ قائِدُ الحِصْنِ في عِهدَةِ يوسُفَ جميعَ السُّجناءِ الّذينَ في الحِصْن وأَوكَلَ إليهِ تدبِيرَ جميعِ ما كانوا يعمَلونَه هُناكَ. 23 وكانَ القائِدُ لا يَنظُرُ إلى شيءٍ مِمَّا في عِهدَة يوسُفَ، لأنَّ الرّبَّ كانَ معَه وكانَ يُنجِحُه في كُلِّ ما يعمَلُ.
