Genesis 42
1 And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”
Ugbu a, Jekọb nụrụ na ọka dị nʼIjipt. Ọ sịrị ụmụ ya, “Kedụ ihe anyị jiri nọrọ na-elerịta onwe anyị anya”
2 He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;
Ọ sịrị, “Lee anụrụ m na ọka dị nʼIjipt. Gbadatanụ nʼebe ahụ zụtara anyị ọka ka anyị dị ndụ ghara ịnwụ.”
3 and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,
Ụmụnne Josef iri ndị ahụ gbadara Ijipt ịzụta ọka.
4 and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”
Ma Jekọb ekweghị ka Benjamin nwanne nta Josef soro ha gaa, nʼihi na ọ tụrụ egwu na ihe ndaba ọjọọ nwere ike ịbịakwasị ya.
5 And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,
Otu a, ụmụ Izrel so nʼọtụtụ ndị ọzọ ndị jekwara ịzụrụ nri nʼIjipt, nʼihi na ụnwụ ahụ dị njọ nʼala Kenan.
6 and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
Nʼoge a, Josef na-achị ala Ijipt, bụrụkwa onye iresi ndị obodo ọka dị nʼaka. Ya mere, mgbe ụmụnne Josef rutere, ha bịara hulata kpọọ isiala nye Josef.
7 And Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp things with them, and says to them, “From where have you come?” And they say, “From the land of Canaan—to buy food.”
Mgbe Josef hụrụ ụmụnne ya, ọ matara ndị ha bụ. Ma ọ kpara agwa dịka onye na-amaghị ha, gwa ha okwu nʼolu ike, sị ha, “Ebee ka unu si bịa?” Ha zara, “Anyị si ala Kenan bịa. Anyị bịara ịzụrụ nri.”
8 And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
Josef matara ụmụnne ya, ma ha onwe ha amataghị onye ọ bụ.
9 and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
Josef chetakwara nrọ ndị ahụ ọ rọrọ banyere ha. Ọ gwara ha okwu sị ha, “Unu bụ ndị nnyocha. Ịchọpụta adịghị ike ala anyị mere unu ji bịa.”
10 And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
Ha zara sị, “Nna anyị ukwu, anyị bụ ndị ohu gị bịara ịzụrụ nri.
11 we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
Anyị niile bụ ụmụ otu nna. Ndị ohu gị bụ ndị kwesiri ntụkwasị obi. Anyị abụghị ndị nnyopụta.”
12 and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;
Ma Josef gwara ha sị, “Mba! Unu bịara ịchọpụta akụkụ obodo anyị nke a na-echezighị nke ọma.”
13 and they say, “Your servants [are] twelve brothers; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the young one [is] with our father today, and one is not.”
Ha zara sị ya, “Ndị ohu gị dị ụmụnne iri na abụọ. Ọ bụkwa otu nna mụrụ anyị niile. Nna anyị na nwanne anyị nta, onye ikpeazụ ọ mụrụ nọ na Kenan ugbu a. Ma otu onye nʼime anyị anwụọla.”
14 And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,
Josef sịrị, “Ihe unu na-akọ na-egosi na unu bụ ndị nnyopụta, dịka m gwara unu.
15 by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;
Nke a ka a ga-eji anwale unu. Nʼaha Fero dị ndụ, unu agaghị esi nʼebe a laa tutu nwanne unu nke nta ahụ abịa nʼebe a.
16 send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not, [as] Pharaoh lives, surely you [are] spies”;
Zipụnụ otu onye nʼime unu ka ọ gaa kpọta nwanne unu nwoke. Ma aga m etinye ndị fọdụrụ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, tutu m chọpụta ma ihe unu kwuru ọ bụ eziokwu maọbụ ụgha. Ọ bụrụ ụgha nʼezie, dịka Fero na-adị ndụ, unu bụ ndị nnyopụta.”
17 and he gathers them into confinement [for] three days.
O tinyere ha niile nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, hapụ ha nʼebe ahụ abalị atọ.
18 And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
Josef gwara ha, nʼụbọchị nke atọ, “Nke a bụ ihe unu ga-eme ma dị ndụ, nʼihi na abụ m onye na-atụ egwu Chineke.
19 If you [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of your houses,
Ọ bụrụ na unu bụ ndị ezi mmadụ, ka otu onye nʼime unu nọdụ nʼebe a, nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, ka ndị fọdụrụ buru ọka bulaara ndị ezinaụlọ unu nọ nʼagụụ.
20 and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do so.
Ma kpọtaranụ m nwanne unu nke nta nʼebe a, nke a ga-egosi na okwu unu bụ eziokwu, na unu agaghịkwa anwụ.” Ha mere otu a.
21 And they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”
Ha gwarịtara onwe ha okwu sị, “Nʼezie, ọ bụ nʼihi nwanne anyị nwoke ka ahụhụ ndị a ji abịakwasị anyị. Anyị hụrụ obi mgbawa ya, mgbe ọ na-arịọ ka anyị chebe ndụ ya, ma anyị egeghị ya ntị. Ọ bụ nke a mere mmekpa ahụ ndị a ji bịakwasị anyị ugbu a.”
22 And Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And you did not listen; and his blood also, behold, it is required.”
Ruben zara sị ha, “Ọ bụ na mụ agwaghị unu sị unu hapụ imejọ nwantakịrị ahụ, ma unu egeghị ntị? Ugbu a, anyị na-asa ajụjụ banyere ọbara ya.”
23 And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;
Ha amataghị na Josef na-anụ ihe ha na-ekwu, nʼihi na onye nsụgharị okwu nọ nʼetiti ha.
24 and he turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Simeon from them, and binds him before their eyes.
O sitere nʼebe ha nọ tụgharịa gaa kwaa akwa. Ọ lọghachikwutere ha ọzọ gwakwa ha okwu. O si nʼetiti ha kpọpụta Simiọn kee ya agbụ ka ha na-ele ya anya.
25 And Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels [with] grain, also to put back the money of each of them into his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one does to them so.
Josef nyere iwu ka e kpojuo ọka nʼakpa ha, tinyekwara onye ọbụla ego ọ kwụrụ nʼakpa ya. Ọ nyere iwu ka e nye ha ihe ha ga-eri nʼụzọ. Mgbe e mesịrị ihe ndị a,
26 And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
ha bokwasịrị ịnyịnya ibu akpa ọka ha nʼotu nʼotu. Ha hapụrụ Ijipt lawa.
27 and the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,
Mgbe ha ruru ebe ha nọrọ ọnọdụ abalị, otu nʼime ha meghere akpa ya ka o nye ịnyịnya ibu ya ọka, ọ hụrụ ego ya nʼọnụ akpa ya.
28 and he says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their heart goes out, and they tremble, to one another saying, “What [is] this God has done to us!”
Ọ gwara ụmụnne ya sị, “Lee, e tighachiri ego m kwụrụ. Lee ya nʼakpa ọka m.” Ike gwụrụ onye ọbụla nʼime ha. Site nʼahụ ịma jijiji ha lerịtara onwe ha anya sị, “Gịnị bụ ihe a Chineke mere anyị?”
29 And they come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
Mgbe ha lakwutere nna ha Jekọb nʼala Kenan, ha kọọrọ ya ihe niile dakwasịrị ha. Ha gwara ya sị,
30 “The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
“Nwoke na-achị ala ahụ gwara anyị okwu nʼolu ike. O mesoro anyị mmeso dịka anyị bụ ndị bịara inyochapụta obodo ha.
31 and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
Ma anyị gwara ya sị, ‘Anyị bụ ndị kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, ndị na-abụghị ndị nnyopụta obodo.
32 we [are] twelve brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one [is] today with our father in the land of Canaan.
Anyị dị ụmụnne iri na abụọ ndị nwere otu nna. Otu nʼime anyị anọkwaghị, ma nke ntakịrị na nna anyị nọ na nʼala Kenan taa.’
33 And the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go,
“Mgbe ahụ, nwoke a, onye na-achị ala ahụ, sịrị anyị, ‘Nke a ka m ga-eji mata ma unu bụ ndị ezi mmadụ. Hapụrụnụ m otu nwanne unu. Burunu ọka, bulaara ndị ezinaụlọ unu agụụ na-agụgbu.
34 and bring your young brother to me, and I know that you [are] not spies, but you [are] right men; I give your brother to you, and you trade with the land.”
Ma kpọtara m nwanne unu nke nta. Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ama ihe unu bụ. Ma unu bụ ndị nnyopụta maọbụ ndị ezi mmadụ. Mgbe ahụ, aga m ahapụrụ unu nwanne unu. Unu ga na-azụkwa ahịa nʼala a.’”
35 And it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;
Mgbe ha bidoro ịwụpụtasị ọka dị nʼakpa ha, lee, nʼime akpa ọka onye ọbụla, a chọtara ego ọ kwụrụ nʼakpa ya. Mgbe ha na nna ha hụrụ ego ndị a, ha tụrụ egwu.
36 and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me.”
Ya mere, nna ha Jekọb gwara ha sị, “Unu agbawala m aka ụmụ. Josef anọghị, Simiọn anọkwaghị. Ma unu na-achọ iwezuga Benjamin. Naanị m ka ihe niile ndị a na-emegide!”
37 And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;
Mgbe ahụ, Ruben gwara nna ya sị, “I nwere ike gbuo ụmụ m ndị ikom abụọ ma ọ bụrụ na m akpọghachighị Benjamin. Tifee ya nʼaka m, aga m akpọghachikwara gị ya.”
38 and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
Ma Jekọb sịrị, “Nwa m agaghị eso unu gaa. Nʼihi na nwanne ya anwụọla, ọ bụkwa naanị ya ka ọ fọdụrụ. Ọ bụrụ na nsogbu ezute ya nʼụzọ nʼije a, unu ga-eme ka m jiri isi awọ m laa nʼili nʼọnọdụ mwute.” (Sheol h7585)
