Genesis 42
1 Ngayon, napagalaman ni Jacob na may butil sa Ehipto. Sinabi niya sa kanyang mga anak na lalaki, “Bakit kayo nakatingin sa isa't isa?”
When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
2 Sinabi niya, “Tingnan niyo ito, narinig kong mayroong butil sa Ehipto. Bumaba kayo doon at bumili para sa atin mula doon para tayo ay mabuhay at hindi mamatay.”
He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
3 Ang sampung lalaking kapatid ni Jose ay bumaba para bumili ng butil mula sa Ehipto.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Ngunit si Benjamin, na kapatid ni Jose, ay hindi ipinasama ni Jacob sa kaniyang mga lalaking kapatid, dahil sinabi niya, “Baka may kapahamakang maaaring mangyari sa kanya.”
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
5 Ang mga lalaking anak ni Israel ay dumating para bumili kasama ng mga dumating, dahil ang taggutom ay nasa lupain ng Canaan.
So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
6 Ngayon si Jose ang gobernador sa buong lupain. Siya ang nagbebenta sa lahat ng tao sa lupain. Dumating ang mga lalaking kapatid ni Jose at nagpatirapa sila sa kanyang harapan.
At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
7 Nakita ni Jose ang kanyang mga lalaking kapatid at nakilala niya ang mga ito, ngunit nagpanggap siya sa kanila at nagsalita ng marahas sa kanila. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Saan kayo nanggaling?” Sinabi nila, “Mula po sa lupain ng Canaan para bumili ng pagkain.”
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
8 Nakilala ni Jose ang kanyang mga lalaking kapatid ngunit siya ay hindi nila nakilala.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Naalala ni Jose ang mga naging panaginip niya patungkol sa kanila. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Kayo ay mga ispiya. Dumayo kayo para tingnan ang mga bahagi ng lupain na hindi nababantayan.”
And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
10 Sinabi nila sa kanya, “Hindi po, aking panginoon. Ang inyong mga lingkod ay dumating para bumili ng pagkain.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Kaming lahat ay mga lalaking anak ng iisang tao. Kami ay tapat na mga lalaki. Ang mga lingkod po ninyo ay hindi mga ispiya.”
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Hindi, kayo ay dumating para tingnan ang mga hindi nababantayang mga bahagi ng lupain.
He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
13 Sinabi nila, “Kami na iyong mga lingkod ay labindalawang magkakapatid na lalaki, mga anak ng isang tao sa lupain ng Canaan. Makikita ninyo, ang bunso ngayong araw ay kapiling ng aming ama, at isang kapatid na lalaki ay hindi na nabubuhay.”
But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
14 Sinabi ni Jose sa kanila. “Iyon na nga ang sinasabi ko sa inyo; kayo'y mga ispiya.
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Sa pamamagitan nito kayo ay masusubok. Sa pamamagitan ng buhay ni Paraon, hindi kayo aalis dito, maliban na lang kung pupunta rito ang bunso ninyong kapatid na lalaki
But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
16 Ipadala ninyo ang isa sa inyo at hayaan ninyong kunin niya ang inyong kapatid. Mananatili kayo sa kulungan, upang masubukan ang inyong mga salita, kung mayroon bang katotohanan sa inyo, o sa buhay ni Paraon tiyak na mga ispiya kayo.”
Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
17 Silang lahat ay isinailalim niya sa pagkakabilanggo sa loob ng tatlong araw.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Sinabi sa kanila ni Jose sa ikatlong araw. “Gawin ninyo ito at mabuhay, dahil takot ako sa Diyos.
On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
19 Kung kayo ay mga lalaking tapat, hayaan ang isa sa inyong mga lalaking kapatid na makulong sa bilangguang ito, ngunit pumunta kayo, magdala kayo ng butil para sa taggutom ng inyong mga tahanan.
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
20 Dalhin ninyo ang inyong bunsong kapatid na lalaki sa akin para ang inyong salita ay mapatunayan at hindi kayo mamamatay.” Kaya ginawa nga nila ito.
But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
21 Sinabi nila sa isa't-isa, “Tayo ay tunay na nagkasala tungkol sa ating lalaking kapatid dahil nakita natin ang paghihinagpis ng kanyang kaluluwa nang siya ay magmakaawa sa atin at hindi tayo nakinig. Dahil doon ang kabalisahan ay dinaranas natin.”
They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
22 Sinagot sila ni Reuben, “Hindi ba sinabi ko sa inyo, 'Huwag magkasala laban sa bata,' ngunit hindi kayo nakinig? Tingnan ninyo ngayon, ang kanyang dugo ay hinihingi sa atin.”
Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
23 Hindi nila alam na naiintindihan sila ni Jose, dahil may isang tagapagsalin na namamagitan sa kanila.
While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
24 Siya ay tumalikod sa kanila at nanangis. Bumalik siya at nagsalita sa kanila. Kinuha niya si Simeon mula sa piling nila at iginapos siya habang sila ay nakatingin.
[Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
25 Pagkatapos ay inutusan ni Jose ang kanyang mga lingkod na punuin ng butil ang mga bayong ng kaniyang mga kapatid, at ilagay ang pera ng bawat lalaki pabalik sa kanilang mga sako, at bigyan sila ng mga kakailanganin para sa paglalakbay. Ginawa ito para sa kanila.
Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
26 Pinasanan ng mga magkakapatid ng butil ang kanilang mga asno at sila'y umalis na roon.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Habang ang isa sa kanila ay nagbubukas ng kanyang sako para ipakain sa kanyang asno sa isang lugar-panuluyan, nakita niya ang kanyang pera. At narito, nasa bukana ito ng kanyang sako.
At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
28 Sinabi niya sa kanyang mga lalaking kapatid, “Ang aking salapi ay naibalik sa akin. Tingnan ninyo itong nasa aking sako.” At ang kanilang mga puso ay nangabagabag at ang lahat ay nanginig. Sinabi nila, “Ano itong ginawa sa atin ng Diyos?”
He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Pumunta sila kay Jacob, na kanilang ama sa lupain ng Canaan at sinabi nila ang lahat ng nangyari sa kanila. Sinabi nila,
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 “Ang lalaking panginoon ng lupain ay marahas na nagsalita sa amin at inisip niyang kami ay mga tiktik sa lupain.
“The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
31 Sinabi namin sa kanya, 'Kami po ay mga lalaking tapat. Hindi po kami mga tikitk.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Kami po ay labindalawang magkakapatid, mga lalaking anak ng aming ama. Ang isa ay hindi na po nabubuhay, at ang bunso ay kapiling ng aming ama ngayong araw sa lupain ng Canaan.'
Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
33 Sinabi sa amin ng lalaking panginoon ng lupain, 'Sa pamamagitan nito malalaman ko na kayo ay mga lalaking tapat. Iwan ninyo sa akin ang isa sa inyong kapatid na lalaki, kumuha kayo ng butil para sa tag-gutom sa inyong mga tahanan, at humayo na kayo sa inyong daan.
The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
34 Dalhin ninyo ang inyong bunsong kapatid sa akin. Pagkatapos nito ay malalaman ko na hindi nga kayo mga tiktik, ngunit mga taong tapat. Pagkatapos ay papalayain ko ang inyong lalaking kapatid, at maaari na kayong mangalakal sa lupain.”
But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
35 Dumating ang panahon habang inaalis nila ang laman ng kanilang mga sako, at narito nga, ang mga lalagyan ng pilak ng bawat isa ay nasa kanilang sako. Nang makita nila at ng kanilang ama ang mga lalagyan ng pilak, sila ay natakot.
As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
36 Sinabi sa kanila ni Jacob na kanilang ama sa, “Inialis ninyo sa akin ang aking mga anak. Hindi na nabubuhay si Jose, si Simeon ay wala na, at kukunin pa ninyo si Benjamin palayo. Lahat ng ito ay laban sa akin.”
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
37 Si Reuben ay nagsalita sa kanyang ama, na nagsasabing. “Maaari mong patayin ang dalawa kong anak kung hindi ko maibalik sa iyo si Benjamin. Ilagay mo siya sa aking mga kamay, at muli ko siyang dadalhin sa iyo.”
Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
38 Sinabi ni Jacob, “Ang aking anak ay hindi pupunta pababa kasama ninyo. Dahil ang kanyang kapatid na lalaki ay patay na at siya na lamang ang mag-isang naiwan. Kapag may kapahamakang nangyari sa kanya sa daan kung saan kayo pupunta, tuluyan mo nang ibababa ang pagka-abo ng aking buhok kasama ng kalungkutan sa sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
