Kĩambĩrĩria 43
1 Na rĩrĩ, ngʼaragu ĩyo ĩkĩneneha mũno bũrũri-inĩ wa Kaanani.
And the famine [is] severe in the land;
2 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩrĩa maarĩire ngano yothe ĩrĩa maagũrĩte Misiri ĩgĩthira-rĩ, ithe wao akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Cookai Misiri rĩngĩ mũgatũgũrĩre irio ingĩ nini.”
and it comes to pass, when they have finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, that their father says to them, “Return, buy for us a little food.”
3 No Juda akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũcio aatwĩhĩtĩire agĩtwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtikoona ũthiũ wakwa rĩngĩ tiga mũrũ wa thoguo ũcio ũngĩ akorirwo arĩ hamwe na inyuĩ.’
And Judah speaks to him, saying, “The man protesting protested to us, saying, You do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;
4 Akorwo nĩũgũtũtũma hamwe na mũrũ wa ithe witũ Benjamini, nĩtũgũikũrũka tũthiĩ tũkũgũrĩre irio.
if you are sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for you food,
5 No akorwo ndũkũmũtũma na ithuĩ, tũtigũikũrũka, tondũ mũndũ ũcio aatwĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtikoona ũthiũ wakwa rĩngĩ tiga no mũrũ wa thoguo akorirwo arĩ hamwe na inyuĩ.’”
and if you are not sending—we do not go down, for the man said to us, You do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.”
6 Nake Isiraeli akĩmooria atĩrĩ, Mwandehereire thĩĩna ũyũ nĩkĩ, na ũndũ wa kwĩra mũndũ ũcio atĩ nĩ mũrĩ na mũrũ wa ithe wanyu ũngĩ?
And Israel says, “Why did you do evil to me, by declaring to the man that you had yet a brother?”
7 Makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũcio aatũũragia ciũria itũkoniĩ ithuĩ ene o na cia nyũmba ciitũ abarĩrĩire mũno. Agĩtũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Ithe wanyu arĩ o muoyo? Nĩ mũrĩ na mũrũ wa thoguo ũngĩ?’ Ithuĩ no gũcookia twacookagia ciũria ciake. Tũngĩamenyire atĩa atĩ no oige, ‘Thiĩi mũrehe mũrũ wa thoguo gũkũ?’”
And they say, “The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our family, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? And we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?”
8 Ningĩ Juda akĩĩra Isiraeli ithe atĩrĩ, “Njĩtĩkĩria thiĩ na kamwana gaka, na nĩtũgũthiĩ o ro rĩmwe, nĩgeetha wee na ithuĩ na ciana ciitũ tũtũũre muoyo, na tũtigakue.
And Judah says to his father Israel, “Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and you, and our infants.
9 Niĩ mwene nĩngũmũrũgamĩrĩra wega; na nĩ niĩ ũkooria ũhoro wake. Ingĩkaaga kũmũcookia kũrĩ wee, na ndĩmũrũgamie mbere yaku-rĩ, nĩ ngaacookererwo nĩ ihĩtia rĩu matukũ ma muoyo wakwa wothe.
I am guarantor [for] him, from my hand you require him; if I have not brought him to you, and set him before you—then I have sinned against you all the days;
10 Ũrĩa kũrĩ nĩ atĩ, korwo tũtinatindĩrĩra ũhoro ũyũ tũngĩthiĩte rĩa keerĩ na tũgacooka.”
for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.”
11 Nake Isiraeli, ithe wao akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Kũngĩkorwo no nginya athiĩ-rĩ, ĩkai ũũ: Ĩkĩrai maciaro marĩa mega mũno ma bũrũri ũyũ mondo-inĩ cianyu, mũikũrũkĩrie mũndũ ũcio marĩ kĩheo, na mahuti manini marĩa manungi wega na kaũũkĩ kanini, na ũbani na ũũkĩ-wa-ngoma ũrĩa wĩtagwo manemane, na njothi na rothi.
And their father Israel says to them, “If so, now, do this: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;
12 Na mũkuue betha maita meerĩ, tondũ no nginya mũcookie betha iria ciacooketio mĩromo-inĩ ya makũnia manyu. No gũkorwo ũndũ ũcio wekirwo na mahĩtia.
and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, you take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight.
13 Oyai mũrũ wa thoguo o nake, mũcooke kũrĩ mũndũ ũcio o narua.
And take your brother, and rise, return to the man;
14 Nake Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe arotũma mũiguĩrwo tha nĩ mũndũ ũcio, nĩgeetha etĩkĩre mũcooke na mũrũ wa thoguo wanyu ũcio ũngĩ o na Benjamini. Hakwa-rĩ, akorwo nĩ ngũkuĩrwo-rĩ, nĩ nguĩrwo.”
and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he has sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved—I am bereaved.”
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ acio makĩoya iheo icio na betha maita meerĩ, na magĩthiĩ na Benjamini. Magĩikũrũka na ihenya Misiri na makĩĩneana kũrĩ Jusufu.
And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;
16 Rĩrĩa Jusufu onire Benjamini arĩ hamwe nao-rĩ, akĩĩra mũnene wa nyũmba yake atĩrĩ, “Twara andũ aya gwakwa mũciĩ, ũthĩnje na ũthondeke irio cia mĩaraho; tondũ nĩ mekũrĩanĩra na niĩ mĩaraho.”
and Joseph sees Benjamin with them and says to him who [is] over his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for the men eat with me at noon.”
17 Nake mũndũ ũcio agĩĩka o ta ũrĩa Jusufu aamwĩrĩte, na akĩmatwara kwa Jusufu mũciĩ.
And the man does as Joseph has said, and the man brings in the men into the house of Joseph,
18 Nao andũ acio nĩmamakire maatwarwo gwake mũciĩ. Magĩĩciiria atĩrĩ, “Twarehwo gũkũ nĩ ũndũ wa betha iria ciacookirio makũnia-inĩ maitũ hĩndĩ ya mbere. Arenda gũtũtharĩkĩra atũtoorie na atũtue ngombo ciake, na oe ndigiri ciitũ.”
and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, “For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in—to roll himself on us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants—our donkeys also.”
19 Tondũ ũcio makĩambata magĩthiĩ kũrĩ mũnene wa nyũmba ya Jusufu, makĩmwarĩria marĩ hau mũromo-inĩ wa nyũmba.
And they come near to the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak to him at the opening of the house,
20 Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Twagũthaitha mwathi witũ, nĩ tuokire gũkũ hĩndĩ ya mbere kũgũra irio.
and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
21 No harĩa twarũgamire tũrarĩrĩre-rĩ, twatumũra makũnia maitũ o mũndũ agĩkora betha yake, o ũrĩa yoheetwo ĩrĩ mũromo-inĩ wa ikũnia. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩ twacooka nacio.
and it comes to pass, when we have come to the lodging-place, and open our bags, that behold, each one’s money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;
22 Na ningĩ nĩtuoka na betha ingĩ cia kũgũra irio. Tũtiũĩ nũũ wekĩrire betha ciitũ makũnia-inĩ maitũ.”
and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.”
23 Nake akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ na thĩĩna, tigai gwĩtigĩra. Ngai wanyu, o we Ngai wa ithe wanyu, nĩwe wamũheire kĩgĩĩna makũnia-inĩ manyu; betha cianyu nĩndacĩamũkĩire.” Agĩcooka akĩmarehera Simeoni.
And he says, “Peace to you, do not fear: your God and the God of your father has given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came to me”; and he brings out Simeon to them.
24 Ningĩ mũnene ũcio wa nyũmba ya Jusufu akĩmatwara mũciĩ kwa Jusufu, akĩmahe maaĩ ma gwĩthamba magũrũ, na akĩhe ndigiri ciao gĩa kũrĩa.
And the man brings in the men into Joseph’s house, and gives water, and they wash their feet; and he gives provender for their donkeys,
25 Nao makĩhaarĩria iheo ciao cia kũhe Jusufu ooka mĩaraho, tondũ nĩmaiguĩte atĩ nĩmekũrĩa irio kuo.
and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they eat bread.
26 Rĩrĩa Jusufu ookire mũciĩ-rĩ, makĩmũhe iheo iria maarehete kũu nyũmba-inĩ, na makĩinamĩrĩra, magĩturumithia mothiũ mao thĩ mbere yake.
And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;
27 Nake akĩmahooya ũhoro, akĩmooria, “Mũkũrũ ũrĩa mwaheire ũhoro wake-rĩ, nĩ mũhoro? Arĩ o muoyo?”
and he asks of them of peace and says, “Is your father well? The aged man of whom you have spoken, is he yet alive?”
28 Makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndungata yaku ũcio ithe witũ arĩ o muoyo na ndarĩ na ũũru.” Nao makĩinamĩrĩra mamũhe gĩtĩĩo.
And they say, “Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive”; and they bow, and pay respect.
29 Na aaroranga akĩona mũrũ wa nyina Benjamini, ũrĩa maaciaranĩirwo nake; akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Ũyũ nĩwe mũrũ wa thoguo ũrĩa mũnini biũ, ũrĩa mwaheire ũhoro wake?” Agĩcooka akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa, Ngai arogũtuga.”
And he lifts up his eyes and sees his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and says, “Is this your young brother, of whom you have spoken to me?” And he says, “God favor you, my son.”
30 Na rĩrĩ, aigua ta ekumwo nĩ ngoro nĩ kuona mũrũ wa nyina Benjamini-rĩ, Jusufu agĩkiuma na ihenya agĩthiĩ gũcaria handũ angĩrĩrĩra. Nake agĩthiĩ kanyũmba gake ga thĩinĩ akĩrĩrĩra kuo.
And Joseph hurries, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeks to weep, and enters the inner chamber, and weeps there;
31 Na aarĩkia gwĩthamba ũthiũ akiuma, akĩĩyũmĩrĩria, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Igai irio metha-inĩ.”
and he washes his face, and goes out, and refrains himself, and says, “Place bread.”
32 Makĩigĩra Jusufu irio ciake arĩ wiki, na ariũ a ithe marĩ oiki, nao andũ a Misiri marĩ oiki, tondũ andũ a Misiri matingĩarĩanĩire na Ahibirania tondũ warĩ thaahu harĩo.
And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.
33 Andũ acio maaikarĩtio mbere yake kũringana na ũkũrũ wao, kuuma irigithathi nginya ũrĩa warĩ mũnini biũ; nao makĩrorana o mũndũ na mũndũ nĩ kũgega.
And they sit before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;
34 Rĩrĩa maihũrĩirwo irio kuuma metha-inĩ ya Jusufu-rĩ, rwĩga rwa Benjamini rwarĩ maita matano gũkĩra rwa arĩa angĩ. Nao makĩrĩa na makĩnyuuanĩra nake mategwĩtigĩra.
and he lifts up gifts from before him to them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, indeed, they drink abundantly with him.
