उत्पत्ति 42

1 अब मिश्रमा अनाज पाइँदोरहेछ भनी याकूबलाई थाहा भयो । तिनले आफ्ना छोराहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू किन एक-अर्कालाई हेर्छौ?”

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

2 तिनले भने, “मिश्रमा अनाज छ भनी मैले सुनेको छु । हामी जीवित रहनको लागि तल गएर हाम्रो लागि अनाज किन ।”

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

3 योसेफका दस जना दाजु मिश्रमा अनाज किन्‍नका लागि गए ।

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

4 तर याकूबले योसेफका भाइ बेन्यामीनलाई तिनका दाजुहरूसँगै पठाएनन् किनकि तिनीमाथि कुनै हानि आइपर्ला कि भनी तिनी डराए ।

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.

5 किन्‍न आउनेहरूमध्ये इस्राएलका छोराहरू पनि थिए किनकि कनान देशमा पनि अनिकाल परेको थियो ।

So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 योसेफ मिश्रका अधिपति थिए । तिनले देशका सबै मानिसलाई अनाज बेच्थे । योसेफका दाजुहरू आए, र तिनीहरूले भुइँसम्मै निहुरेर तिनलाई ढोग गरे ।

And Joseph, he was the governor over the land — he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

7 योसेफले आफ्ना दाजुहरूलाई देखेर चिने, तर तिनले नचिनेका जस्तै गरी तिनीहरूसित कडासँग बोले । तिनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हौ?” तिनीहरूले भने, “अनाज किन्‍नका लागि कनान देशबाट आएका हौँ ।”

And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

8 योसेफले आफ्ना दाजुहरूलाई चिने, तर तिनीहरूले भने तिनलाई चिनेनन् ।

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.

9 त्यसपछि योसेफले तिनीहरूको बारेमा आफूले देखेका सपनाहरू सम्झे र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू जासुस हौ । तिमीहरू यो देशका असुरक्षित भागहरू हेर्न आएका हौ ।”

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

10 तिनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “त्यसो होइन, हजुर । तपाईंका दासहरू अनाज किन्‍न आएका हुन् । हामी सबै एउटै मानिसका छोराहरू हौँ ।

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

11 हामी इमानदार मानिसहरू हौँ । हामी तपाईंका दासहरू जासुस होइनौँ ।”

We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

12 तिनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू यो देशका असुरक्षित भागहरू हेर्न आएका हौ ।”

And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.

13 तिनीहरूले भने, “हामी तपाईंका दासहरू बार्‍ह जना दाजुभाइ छौँ र हामी कनान देशका एउटै मानिसका छोराहरू हौँ । हेर्नुहोस्, कान्छोचाहिँ अहिले हाम्रा पितासित छन् र एक जना भाइचाहिँ अब जिउँदो छैनन् ।”

And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

14 योसेफले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “त्यसैले मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनेँ कि तिमीहरू जासुस हौ ।

And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.

15 यसैद्वारा तिमीहरूको जाँच हुनेछ । फारोको शपथ खाएर म भन्दछु कि तिमीहरूका कान्छा भाइ यहाँ नआउञ्‍जेलसम्म तिमीहरू यहाँबाट जान पाउनेछैनौ ।

By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

16 तिमीहरूमध्ये कोही एक जना गएर तिनलाई लिएर आऊ । तिमीहरूको वचन सत्य छ कि छैन भनेर जाँच गर्नको लागि तिमीहरू झ्यालखानामा हालिन्छौ ।”

Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.

17 तिनले तिनीहरू सबैलाई तिन दिनसम्म कैदखानामा राखे ।

And he put them in custody three days.

18 तेस्रो दिनमा याकूबले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “यसो गर, र तिमीहरू बाँच्नेछौ किनकि म परमेश्‍वरदेखि डराउँछु ।

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.

19 तिमीहरू इमानदार मानिस हौ भने एक जनालाई यही झ्यालखानामा छोड, र तिमीहरूचाहिँ जाओ । तिमीहरूका परिवारहरूका लागि आफूसित अनाज पनि लिएर जाओ ।

If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

20 तिमीहरूका कान्छा भाइ मकहाँ लिएर आओ र तिमीहरूको कुरा साँचो ठहरिनेछ अनि तिमीहरू मर्नेछैनौ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले त्यसै गरे ।

and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

21 तिनीहरूले एक-अर्कालाई भने, “हाम्रा भाइको सम्बन्धमा हामी साँच्‍चै दोषी छौँ किनकि तिनले हामीसित बिन्ती गर्दा तिनको व्याकुलता हामीले देख्यौँ तापनि हामीले तिनको कुरा सुनेनौँ । त्यसैले यो व्याकुलता हामीमाथि आइपरेको हो ।”

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

22 रूबेनले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “'त्यस केटोको विरुद्धमा पाप नगर' भनेर के मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनेको थिइनँ र? तर तिमीहरूले मेरो कुरा सुनेनौँ । अब हामीले त्यसको रगतको बदला भोग्‍नुपर्छ ।

And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

23 योसेफले तिनीहरूका कुरा बुझे भनी तिनीहरूले थाहा पाएनन् किनकि तिनीहरूका बिचमा अर्थ खोल्ने व्यक्ति थियो ।

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

24 तिनी तिनीहरूबाट एकातिर गई रोए । तिनीहरूकहाँ फर्केर आई तिनले तिनीहरूसित कुराकानी गरे । तिनले तिनीहरूका बिचबाट शिमियोनलाई लिएर तिनीहरूकै आँखाका सामु तिनलाई बाँधे ।

And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

25 त्यसपछि योसेफले आफ्ना दाजुहरूका झोलाहरू अनाजले भरी हरेकको रुपियाँ-पैसा उसकै बोराभित्र हाल्न र यात्राको लागि सरसामानको बन्दोवस्त गरिदिन आफ्ना नोकरहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे ।

And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.

26 आफ्ना गधाहरूमा अनाज लादेर तिनका दाजुहरू त्यहाँबाट प्रस्थान गरे ।

And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

27 विश्राम स्थलमा आफ्नो गधालाई दाना दिनलाई बोरा खोल्दा एक जनाले आफ्नो रुपियाँ-पैसा देखे । यो तिनको बोराको मुखैमा थियो ।

And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

28 तिनले आफ्ना दाजुभाइहरुलाई भने, “मेरो रुपियाँ-पैसा त फिर्ता गरिएको रहेछ । हेर त, यो त मेरै बोराभित्र छ ।” तिनीहरूको हंसले ठाउँ छाड्यो । तिनीहरू डरले काम्दै यसो भने, “परमेश्‍वरले यो हामीलाई के गर्नुभएको?”

And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that] God has done to us?

29 तिनीहरू कनानमा आफ्ना पिता याकूबकहाँ फर्केर तिनीहरूमाथि आइपरेका सबै कुरा बताइदिए । तिनीहरूले भने,

And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

30 “त्यस देशका मालिकले हामीसित कठोरतापूर्वक बोले र हामी त्यहाँ जासुस भएर गएका थियौँ भनी ठाने ।

The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

31 हामीले तिनलाई भन्यौँ, 'हामी इमानदार मानिसहरू हौँ । हामी जासुस होइनौँ ।

And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

32 हामी बार्‍ह जना दाजुभाइ छौँ, र एउटै पिताका छोराहरू हौँ । एक जना अब जीवित छैन र कान्छोचाहिँ अहिले कनानमा हाम्रा पितासितै छन् ।'

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 त्यस देशका मालिकले हामीलाई भने, 'यसैद्वारा तिमीहरू इमानदार मानिस हौ कि होइनौ भनेर म थाहा पाउनेछु । तिमीहरूमध्ये एक जना यहीँ बस, अनिकालको कारणले गर्दा तिमीहरूका परिवारहरूका लागि अनाज लिएर आफ्नो बाटो लाग ।

And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,

34 तिमीहरूका कान्छो भाइ मकहाँ लिएर आओ । तब तिमीहरू जासुस नभई इमानदार मानिस रहेछौ भनी मैले थाहा पाउनेछु । त्यसपछि म तिमीहरूका दाजुलाई छाडिदिनेछु र तिमीहरू यस देशमा व्यापार गरेर बस' ।”

and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.

35 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना बोराहरू खोल्दा हरेकको बोराभित्र चाँदीको पोको रहेछ । तिनीहरू र तिनीहरूका पिताले चाँदीको पोको देखेपछि तिनीहरू डराए । तिनीहरूका पिता

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.

36 याकूबले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले मबाट मेरा सन्तानहरू खोसेर मलाई शोकित तुल्याएका छौ । योसेफ अब जीवित छैन, शिमियोन पनि छैन र तिमीहरूले बेन्यामीन पनि मबाट लैजानेछौ । यी सबै कुरा मेरो विरुद्धमा छन् ।”

And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

37 रूबनले आफ्ना पितालाई यसो भने, “मैले बेन्यामीन तपाईंकहाँ फर्काएर ल्याइनँ भने तपाईंले मेरा दुई छोरालाई मार्न सक्‍नुहुन्छ । तिनलाई मेरो जिम्मामा सुम्पिदिनुस्, र म तिनलाई फेरि तपाईंकहाँ ल्याउनेछु ।”

And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

38 याकूबले भने, “मेरो छोरो तिमीहरूसितै तल जानेछैन । किनकि तिनका दाजु मरिसके र तिनी एक्लै छन् । तिमीहरू जाने बाटोमा तिनीमाथि कुनै खतरा आइपर्‍यो भने तिमीहरूले मेरो फुलेको कपाललाई शोकसँगै पातालमा पुर्‍याउनेछौ ।” (Sheol h7585)

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)