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 Ioseph could not refraine him selfe before all that stoode by him, but hee cryed, Haue forth euery man from me. And there taryed not one with him, while Ioseph vttered himselfe vnto his brethren.
2 Akalia kwa sauti, Wamisri wakasikia, na nyumba ya Farao wakasikia kuhusu hilo.
And hee wept and cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also.
3 Yusufu akawambia ndugu zake, “Mimi ni Yusufu. Je baba yangu ni mzima bado? Ndugu zake hawakuweza kumjibu, kwani walitishwa na uwepo wake.
Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence.
4 Kisha Yusufu akawambia ndugu zake, “Nikaribieni, tafadhari.” Nao wakasogea. Akawambia, “Mimi ni Yusufu ndugu yenu, mliyemwuza Misri.
Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee. And they came neere. And he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Lakini sasa msihuzunike au kukasirika miongoni mwenu kwamba mliniuza huku, kwani Mungu alinituma mbele yenu ili kutunza uhai.
Nowe therefore be not sad, neither grieued with your selues, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you for your preseruation.
6 Maana ni miaka miwili njaa imekuwa katika nchi, na bado kuna miaka mitano ambayo hakutakuwa na kulima wala kuvuna.
For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest.
7 Mungu alinituma mbele yenu kuwahifadhi kama masalia duniani, na kuwaweka hai kwa ukombozi mkuu.
Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, and to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.
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.
Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout 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.
Haste you and go vp to my father, and tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.
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.
And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.
11 Nami nitakuhudumia pale, kwa maana bado kuna miaka mitano ya njaa, hivyo usije ukaingia katika uhitaji, wewe, nyumba yako, na yote uliyonayo.”
Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.
12 Tazama, macho yenu yanaona, na macho ya Benjamini ndugu yangu, kwamba ni kinywa changu kinachoongea nanyi.
And behold, your eyes doe see, and the eyes of my brother Beniamin, that my mouth speaketh to you.
13 Mtamwambia baba yangu juu ya heshima yangu yote huku Misri na yote mliyoyaona. Mtaharakisha na kumleta baba yangu huku.”
Therefore tel my father of al mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue seene, and make haste, and bring my father hither.
14 Akaikumbatia shingo ya Benjamini ndugu yake na kulia, na Benjamini akalia shongoni mwake.
Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, and wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke.
15 Akawabusu ndugu zake wote na kulia kwa ajili yao. Baada ya hayo ndugu zake wakaongea naye.
Moreouer, he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpon them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him.
16 Habari ya jambo hili ikasemwa katika nyumba ya Farao: “Ndugu zake Yusufu wamekuja.” Ikampendeza sana Farao na watumishi wake.
And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
17 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Wambie ndugu zako, 'Fanyeni hivi: Wapakieni wanyama wenu na mwende katika nchi ya Kanaani.
Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes and depart, go 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.'
And take your father, and your houshoulds, and come to me, and I wil giue you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eate of 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.
And I commaund thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.
20 Msijari kuhusu mali zenu, kwani mema yote ya nchi ya Misri ni yenu.”
Also regarde not your stuffe: 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.
And the children of Israel did so: and Ioseph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee gaue them vitaile also for the iourney.
22 Akawapa wote mavazi ya kubadilisha, lakini akampa Benjamini vipande mia tatu vya fedha na mavazi matano ya kubadilisha.
He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment.
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 vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way.
24 Hivyo akawaruhusu ndugu zake nao wakaondoka. Akawambia, “Angalieni msijemkagombana njiani.”
So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.
25 Wakapanda kutoka Misri na kuja katika nchi ya Kanaani, kwa Yakobo baba yao.
Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,
26 Wakamwambia “Yusufu bado yu hai, na ndiye mtawala juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.” Na moyo wake ulishikwa na ushangao, kwani hakuwaamini.
And tolde him, saying, Ioseph is yet aliue, and he also is gouernour ouer all the lande of Egypt, and Iaakobs heart failed: for he beleeued them not.
27 Wakamwambia maneno yote ya Yusufu aliyokuwa amewambia. Yakobo alipoona mikokoteni Yusufu aliyokuwa amepeleka kuwabeba, roho ya Yakobo baba yao ikafufuka.
And they told him al the words of Ioseph, which he had said vnto the: but when he saw the charets, which Ioseph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of Iaakob their father reuiued.
28 Israeli akasema, “Inatosha. Yusufu mwanangu yu hai. Nitakwenda nikamwone kabla sijafa.”
And Israel said, I haue inough: Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I will go and see him yer I die.
