Genesis 42 (EKA)

1Eji Jekob wuku re nsol alehke nyia go Ijib, á tongo abon ebe re, <<Jenji wahnge ḿ ma sa kpi atemtem seenge?>>When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Á kpe soro asi bung re, <<Me n wuk re alehke nyia go Ijib, songen go wahn song gunu ba ka-r, eji e lˈkpin, kˈkpo.>>“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

3Owo abonanyehn Josef na awubu kehm tahme re bo song gunu alehke go Ijib.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4Wo Jekob tumem Benjamin mmonanyehna Josef a ane bako, tibre á jo fahle re, ejum ki-e lim.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Abon Isreel kehm tahme a ellong ane bako re, bo song gunu nsol alehke, tibre njal tˈtob jol go ndia Kenan.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Josef wo jolo nne no jo fili ndi nyio, ye wo jolo nne no jo gungu anebe ejahbe bao kpee nsol alehke. Eji abonanyehn Josef bao rehnge o, bo gongo asamahr ebo go ndi ka-e.Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

7Ana Josef nyehne abonanyehn, á lˈliingi bo, fere lim awini ana njenne, bung a bo egban egban re, <<Wahn lohng gan?>> Bo kehm-e faange re, <<Wahr lohng go ndi nyi Kenan, e ba re wahr ba gunu nsol alehke.>>And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

8Jol eji Josef liingi liingi abonanyehn, bo we-e liigemAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Josef kehm buumu nlem enye bada bo, kehm bungu tong bo re, <<Wahn ane ba kpo weele nyehn egahbe ba, ḿ ba re wahn ba nyehn nkpe ejahbe anyehng anyehng nyi nne bahke ma sehng yel,>>Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10Bo kehm faange re, <<Eˈee ntubesi wahr alokeltum eba, e ba re wahr ba gunu nsol alehke.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Wahr kpee abon ba nlum ba nne awohng ba, wahr alokeltum eba ane ba kpi ekpunu ba, abaweele nyehn ejahbe sang.>>We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Josef faange bo re <<Eˈee, ḿ ba re wahn ba nyehn nkpe ejahbe anyehng anyehng nyi nne bahke ma sehng yel.>>“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Bo kehm faange re, <<Wahr alokeltum eba jolo ewubu abonanyehn ba nlum na abal, abon nne awohng, bo lene go ndi nyi Kenan, monkalla li a nsoo ewahre, noko kpeem li.>>But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

14Josef kehm tongo bo re, <<Tiki li ana n kp-n tongo re, wahn abaweele nyehn ejahbe ba!Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Ana wo bo bahk-n wunngu, Go mbing nyi Fero ji li go elkpin, ń nehm tiki tahm a tete monkalla mmonanne ewahne ba a.And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

16Tumen nne awohng wahne a song ko mmonanne wahne á ba; wahn egom jehka kpee ḿ bahke woomo go ngbekobo, eji bo lˈwuungu alum enyahne fere seb kahn joare ń kpˈbung etingitingi. Lˈjol re ń kpi kimi efahne, go mbing nyi Fero ji li go elkpin, wahn abaweele nyehn ejahbe ba!>>Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

17Á kehm kake bo kpee go ngbekobo go nfung era.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Eji ma biingi nfung era Josef kehm tongo bo re, <<Limen jia wahn jol go elkpin, tibre me n kpˈfahle Esowo.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Joare ń lohko li ane ba kpi ekpunu, nong mmonanne ewahne awohng jol o ngbekobo, wahn ga roden nsol alehke wahn song kehnge, song ka anebe njal go etahk.If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

20Koon mmonkalla mmonanne ewahne ba ka-m, eji alum enyahne lˈlohko jol ano, fvfo eji ń lˈkˈkpo.>> Bo tˈtaame re bo bahke limi ano.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Bo kehm bungu tong atemtem re, <<Etingitingi e kpˈnyehne erem bia tib esi mmonannee ewahre, e nyˈnyehn erem bi jolo a ne, eji á jo gboong-r tib esi elkpin ene, wo e we wukem, ano wo wahnge erem bia ma feere ba kuum-r.>>Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

22Ruben kehm tongo bo re, <<Wahn tong-ma, re wahn kˈlim abiafem tob mmonse nlum noa? Ń wukem, anv wahr ba bahke gale mbong alung eme.>>And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

23Bo joom kahn re Josef kpˈwuku ana bo kpˈ bungu, eji jolo re nne jo tooro na tong bo.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Josef kehm tahme bo sa song kehme ellingi, eji á ma rahke eling á kehm feere ba kehme elbungu a bo. Á kaa nsahm bo gba Simion go ebo esamahr.And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

25Josef kehm tongo aloketum re bo kak bo nsol alehke rur go ebo abam, fere feere akpohko asilva ebo kak nne awohng awohng go ege ebam, fere toobo nsol eljen ka bo. Ngare nyi bo ma lim ano ka bo,Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

26bo kehm gbade ebvankang, abam nsol alehke soro tahm.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Edi ji bo kange no wo, nne awohng kehm fannge ebam eje re á ka mbvankang nsol alehke, soro nyehn akpohko silva enye go egea nnyo ebam.At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

28Kehm tongo abonanyehn re, <<Akpohko silva enyame, bob fere a nya kak-m egame ebam. Nyehnen nya ga egame ebam.>>Ntim kehm kimi bo, bo keebe seenge atemtem fere kehme elkahme kehm bungu re, <<Jenjii a ji Esowo ma-r lim anae?>>“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”

29Bo kehm ba rehng eji Jekob ndea bo, go ndi nyi Kenan, bo tongo ndea bo nsol kpee nyi ma lim bo.When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30Bo kehm bungu re, Nne no li ntubesi a ndi jo bungu anahre egbangban, fere jo ko-r are wahr ane ba kpo weele nyehn ndi ba.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Wo wahr tong-e re, <Wahr ane ba kpi ekpunu ba; wahr abaweele nyehn adi sang.>But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32E tong-e re, <E jolo ewubu abonanyehn abal, abon nde awohng, na awohng kpeem li, monkalla noa a nsoo ewahre go Kenan.>We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

33<<Owo nne no li ntubesia ndi kehm-r tongo re, <Ana wo ḿ bahke kahne re wahn ane ba kpii ekpunu ba: Yaken mmonanne ewahne awohng bum a egame, wahn jehko ko nsol alehke song ka anebe njal go egahna ntahk.Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

34Koon monkalla mmonanne ewahne ba ka-m, eji n lˈkahn re wahn abaweele nyehn edi sang, ane ba kpi ekpunu ba. M bahke feere a mmonannee ewahne kaan, ń fere jo jen are go ndi nyia.>>>But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”

35Ana bo jo yaange nsol alehke go ebo abam, nne awohng awohng nyehne ebgba akpohko silva enye go ege ebam! Eji bo a ndea bo ma nyehn ebgba akpohko silva ano, bo kehme elfahle.As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

36Owo Jekob ndea bo kehm tongo bo re, <<M ma-m lim re me n kˈkpe bel mmon awohng awohng. Josef kpeem li, Simion kpeem tob li, anv ń yahke kpe rod Benjamin tahm a ne. Me wo nsol nyia kpee ma sennge kuumu me!>>Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

37Ruben kehm tongo nde re, <<A bahke ma wul abon nlum abal ebame, n tohko ko Benjamin ba ka-a, yak-e kak-m go ebo re me n kpur-e, m bahke feere a ne.>>Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

38Jekob kehm bungu re, <<Mmon ewame wahn nehm toono je go; mmonannyehn ebkpo, ye ntahng ntahng wo ma sa, ejum ajehng.>> Ajehng lˈsong lim-e go mbang eljen eji ń fi a ne, ḿ bahke limi abi enyame yel go elahm ndon ndon.But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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