Kĩambĩrĩria 42
1 Rĩrĩa Jakubu aamenyire atĩ Misiri nĩ kwarĩ na ngano, akĩĩra ariũ ake atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte mũikare o ro ũguo mũcũthanĩrĩirie?”
When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?
2 Agĩthiĩ na mbere akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjiguĩte atĩ Misiri kũrĩ na ngano. Ikũrũkai kuo mũgatũgũrĩre irio, nĩgeetha tũtũũre muoyo tũtigakue.”
I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're going to die!”
3 Nao ariũ ikũmi a ithe na Jusufu magĩikũrũka, magĩthiĩ kũgũra ngano Misiri.
So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
4 No Jakubu ndaatũmire Benjamini mũrũ wa nyina na Jusufu athiĩ na arĩa angĩ, tondũ nĩetigagĩra ndakone mũtino.
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his other brothers, for he said, “I'm afraid something bad might happen to him.”
5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ariũ a Isiraeli magĩthiĩ marĩ hamwe na arĩa angĩ maathiĩte kũgũra ngano Misiri, tondũ bũrũri wa Kaanani o naguo warĩ na ngʼaragu.
So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.
6 Na rĩrĩ, Jusufu nĩwe warĩ mwathi wa bũrũri wa Misiri na nĩwe wendagĩria andũ othe a bũrũri ngano. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩrĩa ariũ a ithe maakinyire kuo-rĩ, makĩmũinamĩrĩra, magĩturumithia mothiũ mao thĩ.
Joseph was the governor of the country and he sold grain to all the people there. So Joseph's brothers went to him, and bowed low before him with their faces to the ground.
7 Na rĩrĩa Jusufu onire ariũ a ithe, o ro rĩmwe akĩmamenya, no agĩĩtua ndamooĩ na akĩmaarĩria arĩ na ũũru, akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Mumĩte kũ?” Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tuumĩte bũrũri wa Kaanani tũgooka kũgũra irio.”
Joseph recognized them as soon as he saw them, but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke to them in a severe way, saying, “Where are you from?” “From the country of Canaan,” they replied. “We've come to buy food.”
8 O na gũtuĩka Jusufu nĩamenyire ariũ a ithe-rĩ, o matiigana kũmũmenya.
Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
9 Ningĩ akĩririkana irooto ciake iria aarootete imakoniĩ, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Inyuĩ mũrĩ athigaani! Mũũkĩte kũrora bũrũri witũ kũrĩa ũtarĩ mũgitĩre.”
Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come to discover our country's weaknesses!”
10 Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Aca, mwathi witũ! Ndungata ciaku ciũkĩte o kũgũra irio tu.
“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
11 Ithuĩ ithuothe tũrĩ ariũ a mũthuuri ũmwe. Ithuĩ ndungata ciaku tũrĩ andũ ehokeku, tũtirĩ athigaani.”
We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
12 Nake Jusufu akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Aca! Mũũkĩte kũrora bũrũri witũ kũrĩa ũtarĩ mũgitĩre.”
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
13 No makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndungata ciaku ciarĩ andũ ikũmi na eerĩ, ariũ a mũthuuri ũmwe, ũrĩa ũtũũraga bũrũri wa Kaanani. Ũrĩa mũnini biũ nĩwe ũrĩ na baba rĩu, na ũmwe witũ ndarĩ ho.”
“Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man living in the country of Canaan,” they explained. “The youngest is right now with our father, and one has passed away.”
14 Jusufu akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “No ta ũrĩa ndamwĩra: Inyuĩ mũrĩ athigaani!
“As I said before, you're spies!” Joseph declared.
15 Na ũũ nĩguo mũkũmenyeka atĩ mũrĩ andũ a ma: Ti-itherũ, o ta ũrĩa Firaũni atũũraga muoyo-rĩ, mũtingiuma kũndũ gũkũ nginya ũrĩa mũnini wanyu oke.
“This is how your story will be checked. I swear on Pharaoh's life that you'll never leave this country unless your younger brother comes here.
16 Tũmai ũmwe wanyu athiĩ agĩĩre mũrũ wa thoguo ũcio ũngĩ; inyuĩ aya angĩ nĩ mũgũikio njeera nĩgeetha ciugo cianyu icio mwarĩtie irorwo kana nĩ ũhoro wa ma. Mũngĩkorwo ũguo muugĩte tiguo-rĩ, o ta ũrĩa Firaũni atũũraga muoyo, inyuĩ mũrĩ athigaani!”
One of you go back and bring your other brother here. The others of you will be kept here in prison until it's clear that you're telling the truth. If not, then I swear on Pharaoh's life it proves you're spies!”
17 Nake akĩmaikia othe njeera, magĩikara kuo mĩthenya ĩtatũ.
So Joseph put all of them in prison for three days.
18 Mũthenya wa ĩtatũ Jusufu akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Tondũ ndĩ mwĩtigĩri Ngai-rĩ, ĩkai ũũ nĩguo mũtũũre muoyo:
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.
19 Angĩkorwo mũrĩ andũ ehokeku, ĩtĩkĩrai ũmwe wanyu aikare gũkũ njeera, na inyuĩ arĩa angĩ mũthiĩ mũtwarĩre andũ anyu ngano nĩ ũndũ wa ngʼaragu ĩrĩa marĩ nayo.
If you're truly honest, choose one of your brothers to stay here in prison. The rest of you can go back home with grain for your hungry families.
20 No rĩrĩ, no nginya mũndehere mũrũ wa thoguo ũcio mũnini biũ, nĩgeetha ciugo cianyu ciĩtĩkĩrĩke kũna atĩ nĩ cia ma, na nĩguo mũtigakue.” Nao magĩĩka o ũguo.
But you must bring your youngest brother here to me to prove what you're saying is true. If not, you will all die.” They agreed to do this.
21 Nao makĩĩrana atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ tũraherithio nĩ ũndũ wa mũrũ wa ithe witũ. Nĩtuonire ũrĩa aarĩ na thĩĩna rĩrĩa atũthaithaga tũhonokie muoyo wake, no tũkĩrega kũmũigua; na no kĩo tũnyiitĩtwo nĩ thĩĩna ũyũ.”
“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched him in agony pleading with us for mercy, but we refused to listen to him. That's why we're in all this trouble.”
22 Rubeni akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Githĩ ndiamwĩrire mũtikehĩrie kamwana kau? No inyuĩ mũkĩrega gũũthikĩrĩria! Rĩu no nginya tũrĩhio thakame yake.”
Reuben said to them, “Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't harm the boy!’ But you didn't listen to me. Now we're paying the price for what we did to him.”
23 No matiamenyaga atĩ Jusufu nĩaiguaga ũrĩa moigaga, tondũ we aatũmagĩra mũtabuti akĩmaarĩria.
They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.
24 Jusufu akĩmahutatĩra akĩmeherera, akĩambĩrĩria kũrĩra; ningĩ agĩcooka agĩthiĩ akĩmaarĩria rĩngĩ. Akĩnyiitithia Simeoni akĩeherio harĩo na akĩohwo makĩonaga.
Joseph stepped away from them because he started crying. He came back when he was able to speak to them again. He chose Simeon and had him tied up as they watched.
25 Jusufu agĩathana makũnia mao maiyũrio ngano, na betha cia o mũndũ icookio ikũnia-inĩ rĩake, na maheo rĩĩgu wa rũgendo. Thuutha wa gwĩkĩrwo maũndũ macio,
Joseph gave the order to fill up their sacks with grain, and also to return the money they had paid by placing it in the sacks as well. He also ordered that they should be provided with food for their journey home. All this was done.
26 makĩigĩrĩra ndigiri ciao mĩrigo ĩyo ya ngano na makiumagara.
The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.
27 Harĩa maarũgamire mararĩrĩre-rĩ, ũmwe wao agĩtumũra ikũnia rĩake ahe ndigiri yake irio, nake akĩona betha ciake hau mũromo-inĩ wa ikũnia rĩake.
On their way they stopped for the night, and one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey something to eat and saw his money there at the top of the sack.
28 Akĩĩra ariũ a ithe atĩrĩ, “Haiya, nĩnjookeirio betha ciakwa; ĩ ici haha ikũnia-inĩ rĩakwa.” Ngoro ciao ikĩnyiitwo nĩ ihooru na makĩrorana makĩinainaga, makĩũrania atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũũ Ngai atwĩkĩte?”
He told his brothers, “My money's been returned to me. It's right here at the top of my sack!” They were horrified! Trembling with fear they asked each other, “What is this that God's done to us?”
29 Na rĩrĩa maakinyire kũrĩ ithe wao Jakubu kũu bũrũri wa Kaanani-rĩ, makĩmwĩra maũndũ marĩa mothe monete. Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ,
When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
30 “Mũndũ ũrĩa mwathi wa bũrũri ũcio aatwarĩirie na ũũru mũingĩ na agĩtũtua ta twathiĩte gũthigaana bũrũri ũcio.
“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the land,” they explained.
31 No ithuĩ tũkĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Ithuĩ tũrĩ andũ ehokeku; tũtirĩ athigaani.
“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
32 Twarĩ andũ ikũmi na eerĩ, ariũ a mũthuuri ũmwe. Ũmwe ndarĩ ho, na ũrĩa mũnini biũ arĩ na ithe witũ kũu Kaanani.’
We are twelve brothers, the sons of one father. One has passed away and the youngest is right now with our father in the country of Canaan.’
33 “Ningĩ mũndũ ũcio mwathi wa bũrũri agĩtwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩgũtũma menye kana mũrĩ andũ ehokeku: Ndigĩrai mũrũ wa thoguo ũmwe gũkũ, muoe irio mũthiĩ mũcitwarĩre andũ a nyũmba cianyu acio marĩ na ngʼaragu.
Then the man who is the country's governor said to us, ‘This is how I'll find out if you're telling the truth: you are to leave one of your brothers here with me while the rest take grain home for your hungry families.
34 No mũndehere mũrũ wa thoguo ũrĩa mũnini biũ na noguo ngaamenya atĩ mũtirĩ athigaani, mũrĩ andũ ehokeku. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩngamũcookeria mũrũ wa thoguo, na nĩmũgetĩkĩrio kuonjorithagia bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ.’”
Then bring your youngest brother to me. That way I'll know you're not spies but you're telling the truth. I'll release your brother to you, and you can stay in the country and trade.’”
35 Na rĩrĩa moonoragia makũnia mao-rĩ, o mũndũ agĩkora kĩohe kĩa betha ciake ikũnia-inĩ rĩake! Nao na ithe wao mona ciohe icio cia mbeeca, makĩmaka.
As they emptied their sacks, each one's money bag was there in his sack! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were horrified.
36 Ithe wao Jakubu akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Mũrĩ kũũniinĩra ciana ciakwa. Jusufu ndarĩ ho, na Simeoni ndarĩ ho, na rĩu mũrenda kuoya Benjamini. Maũndũ maya mothe nĩ niĩ mokĩrĩire!”
Jacob their father accused them, “You have taken Joseph from me—he's gone! Simeon is gone too! Now you want to take Benjamin away! I'm the one who's suffering from all of this!”
37 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Rubeni akĩĩra ithe atĩrĩ, “Nĩũkooraga ariũ akwa eerĩ ingĩkaaga gũcookia Benjamini harĩwe. Reke akorwo ũmenyereri-inĩ wakwa, na nĩngamũcookia.”
“You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you,” Reuben assured him. “Trust me with him, and I will bring him home to you myself.”
38 No Jakubu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa ndegũikũrũka athiĩ na inyuĩ; mũrũ wa nyina nĩ mũkuũ na nowe wiki ũtigarĩte. Angĩnyiitwo nĩ mũtino mũna rũgendo-inĩ rũu mũrathiĩ-rĩ, mwatũma mbuĩ ici ciakwa ithiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ na kĩeha.” (Sheol h7585)
“My son won't go there with you!” Jacob declared. “His brother is dead, and he's the only one I have left. If anything bad happens to him on the journey you're planning, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.” (Sheol h7585)
