Genesis 42
1 Karon nasayran ni Jacob nga adunay trigo sa Ehipto. Miingon siya sa iyang mga anak nga lalaki, “Nganong nagtinan-away lang man kamo sa usag-usa?”
When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
2 Miingon siya, “Tan-awa dinhi, nakadungog ako nga adunay trigo sa Ehipto. Panglugsong kamo didto ug pamalit kamo ug pagkaon aron mabuhi kita ug dili mangamatay.”
He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
3 Ang napulo ka mga igsoon ni Jose milugsong aron mopalit ug trigo sa Ehipto.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Apan wala gipakuyog ni Jacob si Benjamin nga igsoon ni Jose, uban sa iyang mga igsoon, kay miingon siya, “Tingali adunay daotan nga mahitabo kaniya.”
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
5 Miabot ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Israel aron sa pagpalit uban niadtong mga miabot, kay ang kagutom anaa na sa yuta sa Canaan.
So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
6 Karon si Jose mao ang gobernador sa tibuok kayutaan. Siya mao ang tigbaligya ngadto sa tanang katawhan sa yuta. Miabot ang mga igsoong lalaki ni Jose ug mihapa sila sa iyang atubangan.
At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
7 Nakita ni Jose ang iyang mga igsoong lalaki ug nailhan niya sila, apan nagpakaaron-ingnon siya sa iyang kaugalingon ngadto kanila ug masuk-anon nga nakigsulti kanila. Miingon siya kanila, “Asa man kamo gikan?” Miingon sila, “Gikan kami sa yuta sa Canaan aron mopalit ug pagkaon.”
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
8 Nailhan ni Jose ang iyang mga igsoon, apan wala sila makaila kaniya.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Nahinumdoman ni Jose ang iyang mga damgo mahitungod kanila. Miingon siya ngadto kanila, “Mga espiya kamo. Mianhi kamo aron sa pagsusi sa huyang nga mga bahin sa yuta.”
And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
10 Miingon sila kaniya, “Dili, among agalon. Mianhi ang imong mga sulugoon aron sa pagpalit ug pagkaon.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Mga anak kaming tanan sa usa ka tawo. Matinud-anon kaming mga tawo. Ang imong mga sulugoon dili mga espiya.”
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Miingon siya ngadto kanila, “Dili, mianhi kamo aron sa pagsusi sa huyang nga mga bahin sa yuta.
He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
13 Miingon sila, “Ang imong mga sulugoon dose ka mga managsoon, mga anak nga lalaki sa usa lamang ka tawo sa yuta sa Canaan. Unya, ang among kinamanghoran atua didto karon sa among amahan, ug ang usa namo ka igsoon patay na.”
But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
14 Miingon si Jose kanila, “Mao kini ang giingon ko kaninyo; mga espiya kamo.
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Pagasulayan kamo pinaagi niini. Pinaagi sa ngalan sa Paraon, dili kamo makabiya dinhi, gawas kung dad-on ninyo dinhi ang inyong kinamanghorang igsoon.
But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
16 Papaulia ang usa kaninyo ug ipakuha ang inyong igsoon. Magpabilin kamo sa bilanggoan, aron masulayan ang inyong gipamulong, kung aduna bay kamatuoran diha kaninyo.”
Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
17 Busa gibutang niya silang tanan sa bilanggoan sulod sa tulo ka mga adlaw.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Sa ikatulo ka-adlaw miingon si Jose kanila, “Buhata kini ug mabuhi kamo, tungod kay aduna akoy kahadlok sa Dios.
On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
19 Kung tinuod nga kamo matinud-anon nga mga tawo, kinahanglan mabilanggo ang usa sa inyong igsoon, apan panlakaw kamo ug pagdala ug trigo alang sa kagutom sa inyong mga panimalay.
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
20 Dad-a ang inyong kinamanghorang igsoon nga lalaki nganhi kanako aron ang inyong mga pulong mapamatud-an ug dili kamo mamatay.” Busa gibuhat nila kini.
But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
21 Miingon sila sa usag-usa, “Nakasala gayod kita sa atong igsoon kay niadtong nakita nato ang pagtuaw sa iyang kalag samtang siya nagahangyo kanato wala nato siya gipaminaw. Mao nga midangat kanato kining kalisod.”
They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
22 Mitubag si Ruben kanila, “Dili ba nag-ingon man ako kaninyo, 'Ayaw kamo pagpakasala batok sa bata,' apan wala kamo naminaw? Karon, tan-awa, gipaninglan kita sa iyang dugo.”
Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
23 Wala sila masayod nga nakasabot si Jose kanila, tungod kay aduna may tighubad tali kanila.
While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
24 Mitalikod siya gikan kanila ug mihilak. Mibalik siya ug nakigsulti ngadto kanila. Gikuha niya si Simeon gikan kanila ug gigapos siya samtang sila nagtan-aw.
[Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
25 Unya nagsugo si Jose sa iyang mga sulugoon sa pagpuno sa ilang mga sudlanan ug trigo, ug isulod pagbalik ang salapi sa ilang matag sako, ug hatagan sila ug pagkaon sa ilang pagpanaw. Gibuhat kini ngadto kanila.
Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
26 Gikargahan sa mga managsoon ang ilang mga asno sa mga trigo ug mibiya sila didto.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Samtang ang usa kanila miabli sa iyang sako aron sa pagkuha ug pagkaon alang sa iyang asno sa dapit nga pahulayanan, nakita niya ang iyang salapi. Tan-awa, anaa kini sa sulod sa iyang sako.
At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
28 Miingon siya sa iyang mga igsoong lalaki, “Ang akong salapi nahibalik. Tan-awa kini; anaa kini sa akong sako.” Ug nahugno ang ilang mga kasingkasing ug nangurog sila sa usag-usa. Miingon sila, “Unsa ba kining gibuhat sa Dios kanato?”
He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Miadto sila kang Jacob, nga ilang amahan sa yuta sa Canaan, ug gisuginlan siya sa tanang mga nahitabo kanila. Miingon sila,
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 “Ang tawo, nga agalon sa yuta, maisugon nga nagsulti kanamo ug gidudahan kami nga mga espiya sa yuta.
“The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
31 Miingon kami kaniya, 'Matinud-anon kami nga mga tawo. Dili kami mga espiya.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Dose kami ka managsoon, mga anak nga lalaki sa among amahan. Ang usa patay na, ug ang kinamanghoran atua karon sa among amahan sa yuta sa Canaan.'
Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
33 Ang tawo, nga agalon sa yuta, miingon kanamo, 'Pinaagi niini, masayran ko kung matinud-anon ba kamo nga mga tawo. Ibilin ang usa sa inyong igsoon kanako, pagdala kamo ug trigo alang sa kagutom sa inyong mga panimalay, ug panlakaw kamo.
The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
34 Dad-a ang inyong kinamanghorang igsoon nga lalaki nganhi kanako. Unya masayran ko nga kamo dili mga espiya, ug kamo matinud-anon nga mga tawo. Unya pagawason ko ang inyong igsoon, makabaligya ug makapamalit na kamo dinhing yuta.'”
But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
35 Miabot ang higayon nga sa dihang gihuwad nila ang ilang mga sako, ug, tan-awa, ang kada iya nga sudlanan nga puno sa plata anaa sa ilang matag sako. Sa dihang nakita nila ug sa ilang amahan ang ilang mga plata, nangahadlok sila.
As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
36 Ang ilang amahan nga si Jacob miingon kanila, “Gikuhaan ninyo ako ug mga anak. Patay na si Jose, si Simeon wala na, ug ipalayo pa gayod ninyo gikan kanako si Benjamin. Supak kanako kining tanang mga butanga.”
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
37 Misulti si Ruben sa iyang amahan nga nag-ingon, “Mamahimo mong patyon ang duha ko ka mga anak nga lalaki kung dili ko madala pagbalik diha kanimo si Benjamin. Isalig siya sa akong mga kamot, ug dad-on ko siya pagbalik nganhi kanimo.”
Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
38 Miingon si Jacob, “Dili nako palugsongon uban kaninyo ang akong anak. Tungod kay patay na ang iyang igsoon ug siya na lamang ang nahibilin. Kung adunay mahitabo kaniya sa dalan nga inyong pagalakwan, nan kamoy makaingon sa pagdala sa ubanon kong buhok ngadto sa seol tungod sa kasub-anan.” (Sheol h7585)
But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
