Mwanzo 45
1 Ndipo Yusufu hakuweza kujizuia mwenyewe mbele ya watumishi waliosimama kando yake. Akasema kwa sauti, “Kila mtu aondoke.” Hivyo hakuna mtumishi aliyesimama kando yake wakati Yusufu alipojitambulisha kwa ndugu zake.
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
2 Akalia kwa sauti, Wamisri wakasikia, na nyumba ya Farao wakasikia kuhusu hilo.
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
3 Yusufu akawambia ndugu zake, “Mimi ni Yusufu. Je baba yangu ni mzima bado? Ndugu zake hawakuweza kumjibu, kwani walitishwa na uwepo wake.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
4 Kisha Yusufu akawambia ndugu zake, “Nikaribieni, tafadhari.” Nao wakasogea. Akawambia, “Mimi ni Yusufu ndugu yenu, mliyemwuza Misri.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
5 Lakini sasa msihuzunike au kukasirika miongoni mwenu kwamba mliniuza huku, kwani Mungu alinituma mbele yenu ili kutunza uhai.
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
6 Maana ni miaka miwili njaa imekuwa katika nchi, na bado kuna miaka mitano ambayo hakutakuwa na kulima wala kuvuna.
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7 Mungu alinituma mbele yenu kuwahifadhi kama masalia duniani, na kuwaweka hai kwa ukombozi mkuu.
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 Hivyo si ninyi mlionipeleka huku bali ni Mungu, na amenifanya baba kwa Farao, bwana wa nyumba yake yote, na mtawala wa nchi yote ya Misri.
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9 Fanyeni haraka mwende kwa baba yangu na mmwambie, 'Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yusufu mwanao, “Mungu amenifanya bwana kwa Wamisri wote. Shuka kwangu, usikawie.
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
10 Utaishi katika nchi ya Gosheni, nawe utakuwa karibu nami, wewe na watoto wako na watoto wa watoto wako, na kondoo wako na mbuzi wako, na yote uliyonayo.
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
11 Nami nitakuhudumia pale, kwa maana bado kuna miaka mitano ya njaa, hivyo usije ukaingia katika uhitaji, wewe, nyumba yako, na yote uliyonayo.”
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
12 Tazama, macho yenu yanaona, na macho ya Benjamini ndugu yangu, kwamba ni kinywa changu kinachoongea nanyi.
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
13 Mtamwambia baba yangu juu ya heshima yangu yote huku Misri na yote mliyoyaona. Mtaharakisha na kumleta baba yangu huku.”
Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14 Akaikumbatia shingo ya Benjamini ndugu yake na kulia, na Benjamini akalia shongoni mwake.
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15 Akawabusu ndugu zake wote na kulia kwa ajili yao. Baada ya hayo ndugu zake wakaongea naye.
Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
16 Habari ya jambo hili ikasemwa katika nyumba ya Farao: “Ndugu zake Yusufu wamekuja.” Ikampendeza sana Farao na watumishi wake.
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
17 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Wambie ndugu zako, 'Fanyeni hivi: Wapakieni wanyama wenu na mwende katika nchi ya Kanaani.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
18 Mchukueni baba yenu na nyumba zenu mnijie. Nami nitawapa mema ya nchi ya Misri, nanyi mtakula unono wa nchi.'
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
19 Basi mmeamriwa, 'Fanyeni hivi, chukueni mikokoteni kutoka Misri kwa ajili ya watoto wenu na kwa ajili ya wake zenu. Mchukueni baba yenu na kuja.
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
20 Msijari kuhusu mali zenu, kwani mema yote ya nchi ya Misri ni yenu.”
But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21 Wana wa Israeli wakafanya hivyo. Yusufu akawapa mikokoteni, kwa kadili ya agizo la Farao, na akawapa mahitaji ya safari.
So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
22 Akawapa wote mavazi ya kubadilisha, lakini akampa Benjamini vipande mia tatu vya fedha na mavazi matano ya kubadilisha.
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
23 Akampelekea baba yake: punda kumi waliobeba mema ya Misri, punda majike kumi wamebeba nafaka, mikate, na mahitaji mengine kwa baba yake kwa ajili ya safari.
And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
24 Hivyo akawaruhusu ndugu zake nao wakaondoka. Akawambia, “Angalieni msijemkagombana njiani.”
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
25 Wakapanda kutoka Misri na kuja katika nchi ya Kanaani, kwa Yakobo baba yao.
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26 Wakamwambia “Yusufu bado yu hai, na ndiye mtawala juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.” Na moyo wake ulishikwa na ushangao, kwani hakuwaamini.
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
27 Wakamwambia maneno yote ya Yusufu aliyokuwa amewambia. Yakobo alipoona mikokoteni Yusufu aliyokuwa amepeleka kuwabeba, roho ya Yakobo baba yao ikafufuka.
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
28 Israeli akasema, “Inatosha. Yusufu mwanangu yu hai. Nitakwenda nikamwone kabla sijafa.”
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
