Jenèz 43
1 Alò, gwo grangou a te rèd nan tout peyi a.
Now great famine was in the land.
2 Epi li te vin rive ke lè yo te fin manje sereyal ke yo te achte an Égypte la, papa yo te di yo: “Ale retounen, achte yon ti manje.”
And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
3 Men Juda te pale avèk li. Li te di: “Nonm nan te menase nou ke: ‘Nou p ap wè figi m sof ke frè nou an avèk nou.’
And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 Si ou voye frè nou an avèk nou, nou va desann achte manje.
If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode:
5 Men si ou pa voye li, nou p ap desann. Paske nonm nan te di nou: ‘Nou p ap wè figi m sof ke frè nou an avèk nou.’”
But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you.
6 Alò, Israël te di: “Poukisa ou maltrete m konsa, pou nou te di mesye a ke nou te gen yon lòt frè toujou?”
And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?
7 Men yo te di: “Mesye a te kesyone nou byen dirèk konsènan moun nan fanmi nou. Li te mande: ‘Èske papa nou toujou vivan? Èske nou gen yon lòt frè?’ Alò, nou te reponn kesyon li. Èske nou ta ka konnen ke li ta di: ‘Mennen frè nou an desann?’”
And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?
8 Juda te di a papa li, Israël: “Voye jènjan an avèk mwen. Nou va leve ale, pou nou kapab viv e pa mouri, nou menm, ansanm ak ou, ak pitit ou yo.
Then sayde Iudah to Israel his father, Send the boy with mee, that we may rise and goe, and that we may liue and not dye, both we, and thou, and our children.
9 Mwen menm, mwen va garanti pou li. Ou kapab mete m responsab li. Si mwen pa mennen l tounen bò kote ou, pou m fè l chita devan ou, alò, ke mwen rete koupab devan ou pou tout tan.
I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.
10 Paske si nou pa t mize, asireman kounye a nou ta gen tan retounen de fwa deja.”
For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time.
11 Alò, papa yo, Israël te di yo: “Si sa oblije fèt, alò, fè l konsa: Pran kèk nan pi bèl pwodwi peyi a nan sak nou, pou pote desann vè nonm nan kòm kado; yon ti lwil, yon ti siwo myèl, yon ti gòm santi bon, myrr, grenn pistach fen avèk grenn zanmann.
Then their father Israel sayd vnto them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a little rosen, and a little hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes:
12 Pran doub lajan nan men nou, e anplis, pran pou remèt nan men nou kòb ki te retounen nan bouch sak la. Petèt se te yon erè.
And take double money in your hande, and the money, that was brought againe in your sackes mouthes: cary it againe in your hand, lest it were some ouersight.
13 Pran frè nou an tou, e leve retounen vè mesye a.
Take also your brother and arise, and go againe to the man.
14 Konsa, ke Bondye Toupwisan an kapab bannou gras nan zye mesye a, pou li kab lage bannou lòt frè nou an avèk Benjamin. Epi pou mwen, si mwen pèdi pitit mwen yo, mwen pèdi nèt.”
And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.
15 Alò, mesye yo te pran kado sila yo, e yo te pran doub lajan nan men yo avèk Benjamin. Konsa, yo te leve desann an Égypte, e yo te kanpe devan Joseph.
Thus the men tooke this present, and tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.
16 Lè Joseph te wè Benjamin avèk yo, li te di a chèf domestik lakay li a, “Mennen mesye yo nan kay la, touye yon bèt, e fè prepare l; paske mesye sa yo ap vin manje avèk mwen a midi a.”
And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and kill meate, and make ready: for the men shall eate with me at noone.
17 Alò, nonm nan te fè sa ke Joseph te mande a, e li te mennen mesye yo lakay Joseph.
And the man did as Ioseph bad, and brought the men vnto Iosephs house.
18 Alò, mesye yo te byen pè, paske yo te mennen yo lakay Joseph. Konsa, yo te di: “Se akoz lajan ki te remèt nan sak yo premye fwa a, ke yo ap mennen nou la a, pou li kapab chache okazyon kont nou, pou tonbe sou nou, e pran nou kòm esklav avèk bourik nou yo.”
Nowe when the men were brought into Iosephs house, they were afrayd, and sayd, Because of the money, that came in our sackes mouthes at the first time, are we brought, that hee may picke a quarrell against vs, and lay some thing to our charge, and bring vs in bondage and our asses.
19 Pou sa a, yo te vin pwoche chèf domestik la. Yo te pale ak li nan antre kay la,
Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, and communed with him at the doore of ye house.
20 e yo te di: “O mèt mwen, vrèman nou te desann premye fwa a pou achte manje,
And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,
21 men sa te fè ke lè nou rive nan lojman nou, pou louvri sak nou, konsa, nou jwenn kòb chak moun nan bouch sak li! Tout kòb nou nèt! Konsa, nou te retounen pote li nan men nou.
And as wee came to an ynne and opened our sackes, behold, euery mans money was in his sackes mouth, euen our money in full weight, but we haue brought it againe in our handes.
22 Nou te pote osi, lajan anplis nan men nou pou achte manje. Nou pa konnen kilès ki te mete kòb nou yo nan sak nou yo.”
Also other money haue we brought in our handes to bye foode, but we cannot tell, who put our money in our sackes.
23 Li te di: “Rete anpè, nou pa bezwen pè. Bondye pa nou an e Bondye papa nou an te bannou trezò nan sak nou yo. Mwen te resevwa kòb nou an.” Epi li te mennen Siméon deyò bay yo.
And he said, Peace be vnto you, feare not: your God and the God of your father hath giuen you that treasure in your sackes, I had your money: and he brought forth Simeon to them.
24 Epi nonm nan te mennen mesye yo antre lakay Joseph. Li te bay yo dlo, e yo te lave pye pa yo. Li te bay bourik yo manje.
So the man led them into Iosephs house, and gaue them water to wash their feete, and gaue their asses prouender.
25 Konsa, yo te prepare kado yo pou lè Joseph ta vin parèt a midi, paske yo te tande ke yo te gen pou manje la.
And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there)
26 Lè Joseph te rive lakay li, yo te pote kado ki te nan men yo bò kote li nan kay la, e yo te bese atè devan li.
When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.
27 Li te mande yo si tout bagay ale byen. Li te di: “Èske granmoun sou sila nou te pale m nan toujou vivan?”
And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?
28 Yo te di: “Sèvitè ou a, papa nou toujou byen; li toujou vivan.” Yo te bese ba pou bay respè.
Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.
29 Lè li te leve zye li, li te wè frè li, Benjamin, fis a manman l lan, e li te di: “Èske se sila a ki pi jenn frè nou ke nou te pale m nan?” Konsa, li te di: “Ke Bondye kapab fè ou gras, fis mwen.”
And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sone.
30 Konsa, Joseph te fè vit ale deyò, paske li te tèlman touche byen fon pa prezans frè li yo, e li te chache yon kote pou l ta kab kriye. Li te antre nan chanm li an, e li te kriye la.
And Ioseph made haste (for his affection was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought where to weepe) and entred into his chamber, and wept there.
31 Alò, li te lave figi li, e li te vin parèt deyò. Li te kontwole tèt li, e te di: “Sèvi manje a.”
Afterward he washed his face, and came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate.
32 Epi yo te sèvi Joseph nan yon kote pou kont li, e lòt Ejipsyen yo pou kont yo, paske yon Ejipsyen pa t kapab manje avèk yon Ebre. Paske sa se yon abominasyon pou Ejipsyen yo.
And they prepared for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians, which did eate with him, by themselues, because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
33 Alò, yo te chita devan li, premye ne a, selon dwa nesans li, pi jenn nan selon jennès li, e mesye yo t ap gade youn lòt byen etone.
So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues.
34 Li te pran pòsyon manje pa yo sòti nan pwòp tab li, men pòsyon Benjamin an te senk fwa plis ke tout lòt yo. Epi yo te manje e bwè, e fè kè kontan avèk li.
And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.
