Jenèz 43
1 Grangou t'ap bat pi rèd nan peyi Kanaran an.
And the famine [is] severe in the land;
2 Lè fanmi Jakòb yo te fin manje ble yo te pote soti nan peyi Lejip la, Jakòb di pitit li yo: -Tounen al chache manje pou nou ankò non.
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 Jida reponn li: -Nonm lan te byen avèti nou pou nou pa parèt devan l' si nou pa vin ak ti frè nou an.
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 Si ou vle kite ti frè nou an vin ak nou, nou v al achte manje pou ou.
if you are sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for you food,
5 Si ou pa vle kite l' ale, n'ap rete, paske msye a te tout di nou: piga nou parèt devan l' ankò si nou pa vin ak ti frè nou an.
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 Izrayèl di: -Sa nou te bezwen di l' nou te gen yon ti frè fè? Poukisa nou fè m' sa?
And Israel says, “Why did you do evil to me, by declaring to the man that you had yet a brother?”
7 Yo reponn li: -Msye a t'ap poze nou keksyon sou nou ak sou fanmi nou. Li mande nou si papa nou la toujou, si nou gen lòt frè, se pou n' te reponn li. Kouman pou n' ta fè konnen li tapral mande nou pou nou mennen ti frè nou an ba li?
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 Jida di Izrayèl, papa l', konsa: -Kite tibway la ale ak nou. Konsa n'a leve, n'a pati. Konsa ni ou menm, ni nou menm, ni timoun nou yo p'ap mouri grangou.
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 Se nan men m' li ye, se mwen menm ki pou rann ou kont pou li. Si m' pa mennen l' tounen ba ou, si m' pa tounen avè l' la devan ou, se mwen menm k'ap pote fòt la devan ou jouk mwen mouri.
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 Si nou pa t' pran tout reta sa a, koulye a nou ta gen tan ale nou tounen de fwa deja.
for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.”
11 Lè sa a, Izrayèl, papa yo, di: -Bon. Si se konsa sa ye, men sa pou n' fè: n'ap pran pi bon danre ki gen nan peyi a, n'ap mete nan sak nou, n'ap pote fè nonm lan kado: gonm santi bon, siwo myèl, lansan, lami, pistach ak nwa.
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 Lèfini, n'a pran de fwa valè lajan nou bezwen, paske fòk nou renmèt lajan yo te mete nan bouch sak ble yo tou. Ou pa janm konnen, yo ka pa t' wè sa.
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 Pran frè nou an, tounen kote msye a.
And take your brother, and rise, return to the man;
14 M'ap mande Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a pou l' fè nonm lan aji byen ak nou, pou l' ka renmèt nou ni lòt frè nou an, ni Benjamen. Pou mwen menm, si se pou m' pèdi pitit mwen yo, mwen mèt pèdi yo.
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 Se konsa mesye yo pran kado yo, de fwa valè lajan yo te bezwen ansanm ak Benjamen, yo leve, yo desann peyi Lejip kote yo parèt devan Jozèf.
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 Lè Jozèf wè Benjamen ak yo, li rele chèf domestik li a, li di l': -Mennen mesye sa yo lakay mwen. Touye yon bèt, kwit li, paske mesye sa yo ap manje avè m' midi a.
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 Chèf domestik la fè sa Jozèf te di l' fè a, li mennen mesye yo lakay li.
And the man does as Joseph has said, and the man brings in the men into the house of Joseph,
18 Men, lè mesye yo wè yo t'ap mennen yo lakay Jozèf, yo te pè anpil. Yo t'ap di: -Se poutèt lajan nou te jwenn nan sak nou yo dènye fwa a kifè y'ap mennen nou bò isit la. Yo pral kenbe nou, yo pral bat nou, y'ap fè nou tounen esklav. Lèfini y'ap pran bourik nou yo.
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 Se konsa, antan yo rive nan papòt kay la, yo pwoche bò chèf domestik la,
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 yo di l': -Eskize nou wi, mèt. Nou te vin isit la yon fwa deja pou n' te achte manje.
and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
21 Lè n'ap tounen lakay nou, nou rive yon kote nou t'ap poze pou pase nwit, nou louvri sak nou yo, nou jwenn tout lajan an nan bouch sak yo, byen konte. Nou pote l' tounen wi.
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 Nou pote lòt lajan tout pou n' ka achte manje. Nou pa konnen ki moun ki te mete lajan an nan sak nou yo ankò.
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 Domestik anchèf la di yo: -Pa okipe bagay konsa. Nou pa bezwen pè. Se Bondye nou an, Bondye papa nou an, ki mete richès sa a pou nou nan sak yo. Mwen te resevwa premye lajan an. Lèfini, li mennen Simeyon vin jwenn yo.
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 Chèf domestik la mennen mesye yo lakay Jozèf. Li ba yo dlo pou yo lave pye yo, li bay bourik yo manje.
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 Mesye yo menm pare kado yo pou lè Jozèf va vin jwenn yo midi, paske yo te vin konnen yo tapral manje avè l'.
and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they eat bread.
26 Lè Jozèf antre lakay li, yo pote kado yo ba li, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè devan li.
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 Jozèf mande yo kouman yo ye. Apre sa, li di yo: -Granmoun nou te pale m' lan, papa nou an, ban m' nouvèl li non? Li la toujou? Li byen?
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 Yo reponn li: -Granmoun lan la wi, l'ap debat. Li byen mèsi. Yo tonbe ajenou, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè devan li.
And they say, “Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive”; and they bow, and pay respect.
29 Lè Jozèf fè sa li wè Benjamen, frè menm manman menm papa avè l' la, li di: -Eske se ti frè nou an sa, ti frè nou t'ap pale m' lan? Bondye beni ou, pitit mwen.
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 Lè sa a, Jozèf kouri soti byen vit, paske kè l' t'ap fè l' mal pou frè l' yo. Dlo vin nan je l', li antre nan chanm li, li kriye kont li.
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 Apre sa, li lave figi l', li soti, li kenbe pou li pa kriye ankò, epi li bay lòd sèvi manje a.
and he washes his face, and goes out, and refrains himself, and says, “Place bread.”
32 Yo te sèvi yon tab apa pou Jozèf, yon tab apa pou frè l' yo ak yon lòt tab apa pou moun peyi Lejip ki t'ap manje ansanm ak yo tou, paske pou moun peyi Lejip yo, se ta yon wont pou yo chita manje sou menm tab ak ebre yo.
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 Frè Jozèf yo te chita anfas li. Yo te mete yo chita dapre laj yo, depi pi gran an jouk pi piti. Lè yo wè sa, yo te sezi, yonn gade lòt.
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 Jozèf te fè yo pran manje sou tab li pote ba yo. Benjamen te resevwa senk fwa plis pase lòt yo. Yo manje, yo bwè, yo fete ansanm avè l'.
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.
