Jenèz 42
1 Alò, Jacob te wè ke te gen sereyal an Égypte, e Jacob te di fis li yo: “Poukisa nou ap gade youn sou lòt konsa?”
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 Li te di: “Mwen tande gen sereyal an Égypte. Desann la pou achte kèk pou nou nan kote sa, pou nou kapab viv, e pa mouri.”
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 Alò, dis frè Joseph yo te desann pou achte sereyal an Égypte.
So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
4 Men Jacob pa t voye frè Joseph la, Benjamin avèk lòt frè li yo, paske li te di: “Mwen pè pou yon mal ta kab rive li.”
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 Alò, fis Israël yo te vini pou achte sereyal pami sila ki t ap vini yo, paske gwo grangou a te nan peyi Canaan an tou.
So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.
6 Alò, Joseph te an pouvwa nan peyi a. Se te li menm ki te vann a tout pèp nan peyi a. Epi frè a Joseph yo te vin bese ba devan li avèk figi yo atè.
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 Lè Joseph te wè frè li yo, li te rekonèt yo, men li te kache idantite li devan yo, e li te pale rèd avèk yo. Li te di yo: “Kote nou sòti?” Epi yo te di: “Nan peyi Canaan, pou achte manje.”
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 Men Joseph te rekonèt frè l yo, malgre yo pa t rekonèt li.
Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
9 Joseph te sonje rèv ke li te gen sou yo a, e li te di yo: “Se espyon nou ye! Nou te vin chache konnen pwen fèb nan defans peyi nou an.”
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 Alò, yo te di li: “Non, mèt mwen, men sèvitè ou yo te vin achte manje.”
“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
11 “Nou tout se fis a yon sèl mesye. Nou se moun onèt, sèvitè ou, e nou pa espyon.”
We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
12 Malgre sa li te di yo: “Non, men nou te vin gade pwen fèb nan defans peyi nou an.”
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
13 Men yo te reponn li: “Sèvitè ou yo se douz frè antou, fis a yon sèl mesye nan peyi Canaan; e gade byen, pi jenn nan avèk papa nou jodi a, e youn pa la ankò.”
“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 Joseph te di yo: “Se tankou mwen te di nou, se espyon nou ye.
“As I said before, you're spies!” Joseph declared.
15 Men se konsa nou va pase a leprèv. Pa lavi Farawon, nou p ap sòti nan plas sa a amwenske pi jenn nan vin parèt isit la!
“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 Voye youn nan nou ale pou li kapab chache frè nou an, pandan n ap rete anprizone, pou pawòl nou yo kapab pase a leprèv, si gen verite nan nou. Men si non, pa lavi Farawon, vrèman nou se espyon.”
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 Konsa, li te mete yo nan prizon pou twa jou.
So Joseph put all of them in prison for three days.
18 Alò, Joseph te di yo nan twazyèm jou a: “Fè sa pou viv, paske mwen krent Bondye:
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.
19 Si nou se moun onèt, kite youn nan frè nou yo rete anprizone nan prizon nou an; men pou nou lòt yo, ale pote sereyal pou grangou ki lakay nou yo.
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 Men mennen pi jenn frè nou an bò kote m, pou pawòl nou yo kapab verifye, e pou nou pa mouri.” Epi konsa, yo te fè.
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 Yo te di youn a lòt: “Vrèman, nou koupab nan zafè frè nou an, akoz nou te wè jan nanm li te twouble lè li te plede avèk nou, men nou te refize tande. Pou sa, kriz sila a vin rive sou nou.”
“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 Reuben te reponn yo, e te di: “Èske mwen pa t di nou: ‘Pa peche kont tigason an;’ men nou te refize tande? Konsa, fwi san li an vin parèt.”
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 Men yo pa t konnen ke Joseph te konprann, paske te gen yon entèprèt antre yo.
They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.
24 Konsa, li te vire lwen yo e li te kriye. Men lè li te retounen vè yo, li te pale avèk yo. Li te pran Siméon nan mitan yo, e li te mare li devan zye yo.
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 Konsa, Joseph te bay lòd pou plen sak yo avèk sereyal, remèt lajan a chak moun nan sak li, e bay yo pwovizyon pou vwayaj la. Epi se konsa sa te fèt pou yo.
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 Alò, yo te chaje bourik pa yo avèk sereyal yo, e yo te soti la.
The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.
27 Pandan youn nan yo t ap ouvri sak li pou bay bèt la manje, li te wè lajan pa li a. Gade byen, se la li te ye, nan bouch sak la.
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 Epi li te di a frè l yo: “Lajan mwen an remèt wi! E gade byen, li la menm nan sak mwen an!” Konsa kè yo plonje desann. Yo te vire, tou ap tranble, youn ak lòt, e te di: “Kisa Bondye gen tan fè nou la a?”
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 Lè yo te rive kote papa yo Jacob, nan peyi Canaan an, yo te di li tout sa ki te rive yo. Konsa yo te di:
When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
30 “Mesye a, mèt peyi a, te pale byen di avèk nou. Li te panse nou te espyon nan peyi a.
“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 Men nou te di li: ‘Nou se moun onèt. Se pa espyon nou ye.
“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
32 Nou se douz frè, fis a papa nou. Youn nan nou pa viv ankò, e pi jenn nan avèk papa nou jodi a nan peyi Canaan.’
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 “Epi nonm nan, mèt peyi a, te di nou: ‘Pa sa mwen va konnen ke nou se moun onèt: kite youn nan frè nou yo avè m, pran sereyal la pou pwoblèm grangou lakay nou yo, e ale.
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 Men mennen pi jenn frè ou a kote mwen pou m ka konnen ke nou pa espyon, men ke nou se moun onèt. Mwen va bay ou frè ou a, e w ap kapab fè komès nan peyi a.’”
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 Alò, li te rive ke lè yo t ap vide sak yo, ke gade byen, bous lajan chak moun te nan sak li. Lè yo menm avèk papa yo te wè lajan an, yo te sezi.
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 Papa yo, Jacob te di yo: “Nou fin fè m pèdi pitit mwen yo! Joseph pa la ankò, Siméon pa la ankò, e nou ta vle pran Benjamin. Tout bagay sa yo kont mwen.”
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 Alò, Reuben te pale avèk papa l. Li te di: “Ou kapab mete de gason mwen yo a lanmò si mwen pa mennen li retounen kote ou. Mete li sou kont mwen, e mwen va fè l retounen kote ou.”
“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 Men Jacob te di: “Fis mwen an p ap desann avèk nou. Paske frè li a mouri, e se li sèl ki rete. Si malè ta rive li nan vwayaj ke nou ap fè a, alò, nou va mennen tèt cheve blanch sa a vè sejou mò yo avèk tristès.” (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)
