1Josefa mezitím Izmaelité odvedli dolů do Egypta. Tam ho od nich koupil jeden Egypťan, faraonův dvořan Potifar, velitel stráže.2Hospodin však byl s Josefem, a tak se mu všechno dařilo a zůstal v domě svého egyptského pána.3Když jeho pán viděl, že Hospodin je s ním a že Hospodin působí, aby se vše, k čemu přiloží ruku, dařilo,4oblíbil si Josefa a ten se stal jeho pomocníkem. Nakonec ho Potifar ustanovil správcem svého domu a svěřil mu do rukou všechno, co měl.5Od té chvíle Hospodin domu toho Egypťana požehnal. Díky Josefovi bylo Hospodinovo požehnání na všem, co měl v domě i na poli,6a tak nechal všechen svůj majetek v Josefově správě. Když měl doma jeho, nestaral se o nic než o své jídlo. Josef byl nápadně krásný, překrásný muž.7Po nějaké době mohla manželka jeho pána na Josefovi oči nechat. Nakonec řekla: „Spi se mnou!“8On však odmítl. Řekl manželce svého pána: „Když mě můj pán má doma, o nic se nestará. Vše, co mu patří, mi svěřil do rukou.9Nikdo nemá v domě větší pravomoc než já; neodepřel mi nic kromě tebe, poněvadž jsi jeho žena! Jak bych mohl spáchat takovou hanebnost a zhřešit proti Bohu?“10A i když Josefa přemlouvala den za dnem, aby si k ní lehl a pobyl s ní, neposlechl ji.11Jednoho dne, když přišel dělat svou práci v domě, nebyl nikdo ze služebnictva doma.12Tehdy ho chytila za šaty a řekla: „Spi se mnou!“ On však nechal šaty v její ruce, utekl a běžel ven.13Když uviděla, že jí nechal své šaty v ruce a utekl ven,14svolala služebnictvo a řekla jim: „Podívejte se! Přivedl k nám můj muž toho Hebreje, aby si s námi zahrával?! Přišel a chtěl se se mnou vyspat, ale já jsem začala hlasitě křičet.15Když uslyšel, jak křičím, nechal své šaty u mě, utekl a běžel ven.“16Ty jeho šaty nechala ležet vedle sebe, dokud nepřišel domů jeho pán.17Tehdy mu vyprávěla: „Ten hebrejský otrok, jehož jsi k nám přivedl, ke mně přišel a chtěl si se mnou zahrávat!18Když jsem se ale dala do křiku, nechal své šaty u mě a utekl ven.“19Josefův pán naslouchal slovům své ženy, a když řekla: „Takto se ke mně zachoval tvůj otrok,“ vzplanul hněvem.20A tak ho jeho pán vzal a vsadil do žaláře, na místo, kde bývají drženi královští vězni. Tak se Josef ocitl v žaláři.21Hospodin však byl s ním. Zahrnul jej svým milosrdenstvím a zjednal mu přízeň u vrchního žalářníka.22Vrchní žalářník nakonec svěřil všechny vězně v žaláři do Josefových rukou. Cokoli tam dělali, měl na starosti on.23Vrchní žalářník ani nemusel na nic, co mu svěřil, dohlížet. Hospodin byl totiž s ním a působil, aby se mu všechno dařilo.
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Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.2The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.3His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.4So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.6So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”8But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”10And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.11But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,12she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.13And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,14she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.15And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.”16Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,17and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.18But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”19As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled.20And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.21But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.22And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.23The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
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