Uumama 42
1 Yaaqoob yommuu akka Gibxi keessa midhaan jiru dhagaʼetti, ilmaan isaatiin, “Isin maaliif wal ilaaltu?” jedhe.
And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?
2 Itti fufees, “Kunoo ani akka Gibxi keessa midhaan jiru dhagaʼeera. Akka nu duʼa jalaa baanee jiraannuuf gad buʼaatii achii midhaan nuu bitaa” jedhe.
I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.
3 Obboloota Yoosef keessaa kudhan Gibxi keessaa midhaan bituuf gad buʼan.
So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:
4 Yaaqoob garuu balaatu isa irra gaʼa jedhee waan sodaateef obboleessa Yoosef Beniyaamin isaan wajjin hin ergine.
Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.
5 Beelli biyya Kanaʼaan keessa waan tureef ilmaan Israaʼelis warra midhaan bitachuu dhaqan wajjin deeman.
And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
6 Yoosefis bulchaa biyyattii kan uummata biyyattii hundatti midhaan gurguru ture. Obboloonni Yoosefis yommuu achi gaʼanitti fuula isaaniitiin lafatti gombifamanii sagadaniif.
And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,
7 Yoosef akkuma obboloota isaa argeen isaan beeke; garuu akkuma nama isaan hin beekneetti afaan hamaa isaanitti dubbatee, “Isin eessaa dhuftan?” jedhee isaan gaafate. Jarris, “Midhaan bitachuuf jennee Kanaʼaanii dhufne” jedhanii deebisan.
And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.
8 Yoo Yoosef obboloota isaa beeke iyyuu jarri isa hin beekne.
And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.
9 Innis abjuu waaʼee isaanii abjoote sana yaadatee, “Isin basaastota dadhabbii biyyattii basaasuuf dhuftanii dha!” jedheen.
And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.
10 Isaan immoo akkana jedhanii deebisan; “Yaa gooftaa akkas miti; nu garboonni kee midhaan bitachuu dhufne.
But they said: It is not so, my lord, but thy servants are come to buy food.
11 Nu hundi ilmaan abbaa tokkoo ti; nu garboonni kee namoota amanamoo dha malee basaastota miti.”
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.
12 Innis, “Akkas miti; isin dadhabbii biyyattii basaasuu dhuftan” jedheen.
And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.
13 Isaan garuu akkana jedhanii deebisan; “Nu garboonni kee obboloota kudha lama, ilmaanuma abbaa tokkoo kan biyya Kanaʼaan jiraatuu ti. Kunoo quxisuun hunda keenyaa amma abbaa keenya bira jira; inni tokko garuu hin jiru.”
But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.
14 Yoosef garuu akkana jedheen; “Akkuma ani isiniin jedhe sana isin basaastota!
He saith: This is it that I said: You are spies.
15 Akki isin ittiin qoramtan kana; ani maqaa Faraʼooniin nan kakadha; yoo obboleessi keessan quxisuun sun as dhufe malee isin asii hin sochootan.
I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.
16 Akka inni dhaqee obboleessa keessan fiduuf of keessaa nama tokko ergaa; isin warri haftan immoo mana hidhaatti galfamtu; akkasiinis dubbiin keessan qoratamee akka dhugaa taʼee fi akka dhugaa hin taʼin ni ilaalama; yoo kanaa achii, ani maqaa Faraʼooniin nan kakadha; isin dhugumaan basaastota!”
Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.
17 Innis hunda isaanii guyyaa sadii mana hidhaa keessa turse.
So he put them in prison three days.
18 Guyyaa sadaffaatti Yoosef akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Isin waan kana godhaa; ni jiraattu; ani Waaqa nan sodaadhaatii.
And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.
19 Isin yoo namoota amanamoo taatan obboloota keessan keessaa tokko as mana hidhaa haa turu; warri kaan garuu deemaa; maatii keessan kanneen beelaʼaniif midhaan geessaa.
If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.
20 Garuu obboleessa keessan quxisuu naa fidaa; akkasiin dubbiin keessan ni mirkaneeffama; isinis hin duutan.” Isaanis akkasuma godhan.
And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.
21 Isaanis akkana waliin jedhan; “Nu dhugumaan sababii obboleessa keenyaatiif adabamaa jirra. Yeroo inni nu kadhatetti lubbuun isaa hammam akka dhiphachaa turte argineerra; nu garuu isa dhagaʼuu didne; dhiphinni kun kanaaf nutti dhufe.”
And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.
22 Ruubeen immoo, “Ani, ‘Gurbaa kana hin miidhinaa’ jedhee isinitti hin himnee? Isin garuu na dhagaʼuu diddan! Kunoo nu dhiiga isaatti ni gaafatamna” jedhe.
And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.
23 Sababii Yoosef karaa nama afaan hiikuutiin isaanitti dubbachaa tureef isaan akka inni waan isaan dubbatan hubatu hin beekne.
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
24 Yoosef achi isaan irraa garagalee booʼuu jalqabe; ergasii immoo isaanitti garagalee isaanitti dubbate. Simiʼooninis isaan keessaa baasisee fuuluma isaanii duratti hiisise.
And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.
25 Yoosef akka qalqalloo isaaniitti midhaan guutaniif, akka meetii tokkoo tokkoo isaanii deebisanii qalqalloo isaanii keessa isaaniif kaaʼanii fi akka karaa isaaniitiif galaa isaaniif kennan ajaje. Erga wanni kun isaaniif godhamee booddee
And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man’s money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.
26 jarri midhaan isaanii harroota isaaniitti feʼatanii qajeelan.
But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way.
27 Isaan keessaa inni tokko iddoo bulanitti harree isaatiif nyaata kennuuf jedhee qalqalloo isaa bane; kunoo afaan qalqalloo keessattis meetii isaa argate.
And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack’s mouth;
28 Innis obboloota isaatiin, “Meetiin koo naa deebiʼeera; kunoo qalqalloo koo keessa jira” jedhe. Kana irratti isaan naʼanii walitti garagalanii hollachaa, “Wanni Waaqni nutti hojjete kun maali?” jedhan.
And said to his brethren: My money is given me again, behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 Isaanis gara biyya Kanaʼaan abbaa isaanii Yaaqoob bira dhufanii waan isaan irra gaʼe hunda isatti himan; akkanas jedhan;
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:
30 “Namichi gooftaa biyya sanaa taʼe afaan hamaa nutti dubbatee akka waan nu biyyattii basaasuu dhaqneetti nu lakkaaʼe.
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
31 Nu garuu akkana jenneen; ‘Nu namoota amanamoo dha malee basaastota miti.
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
32 Nu obboloota kudha lama ilmaanuma abbaa tokkoo ti; inni tokko hin jiru; quxisuun hunda keenyaa immoo abbaa keenya bira biyya Kanaʼaan jira.’
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.
33 “Namichi gooftaa biyya sanaa taʼe immoo akkana nuun jedhe; ‘Akki ani akka isin namoota amanamoo taatanii fi hin taʼin ittiin beeku kana; obboloota keessan keessaa isa tokko as na biratti dhiisaatii maatii keessan kan beelaʼaniif midhaan geessaa.
And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways.
34 Garuu akka ani akka isin namoota amanamoo malee basaastota hin taʼin beekuuf obboleessa keessan isa quxisuu sana naa fidaa. Ergasii ani obboleessa keessan deebisee isinii kenna; isinis biyya kana keessatti daldalachuu ni dandeessu.’”
And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.
35 Yommuu isaan qalqalloo isaanii keessaa midhaan garagalchanitti, kunoo meetiin tokkoo tokkoo isaanii hidhaa hidhaan qalqalloo isaanii keessa ture. Isaanii fi abbaan isaanii yeroo meetii hidhame sana arganitti ni rifatan.
When they had told this, they poured out their corn and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together,
36 Abbaan isaanii Yaaqoobis, “Isin ijoollee koo na dhabsiiftan. Yoosef hin jiru; Simiʼoonis hin jiru. Amma immoo Beniyaamin fudhachuu barbaaddu. Wanni hundi natti hammaateera!” jedheen.
Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.
37 Ruubeen immoo abbaa isaatiin, “Yoo ani deebisee isa siif fiduu baadhe ilmaan koo lamaan ajjeesuu ni dandeessa; isa imaanaa natti kenni; ani deebisee isa nan fida” jedhe.
And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.
38 Yaaqoob garuu akkana jedhe; “Ilmi koo isin wajjin achi gad hin buʼu; obboleessi isaa duʼeera; isa qofatu hafe. Yoo karaa keessan irratti balaan isa irra gaʼe, isin akka arriin koo gaddaan awwaala seenu gootu.” (Sheol h7585)
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell. (Sheol h7585)
