Genesis 42 (GMVE)

1ያቆቤይ ጊብጼን ካꬂ ዲዛይሳ ሲዪዲ ባ ኣቱማ ናይታ፥ «ኢንቴ ኢሶይ ኢሳራ ኣዛስ ጼሌቴቲ?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2ቤኢቴ! ጊብጼን ካꬂ ዲዛይሳ ታኒ ሲያዲስ፤ ዱጌ ጊብጼ ቢዲ ኑ ሃይቆንታ ፓጻ ዳና ማላ ሄፔ ካꬅ ኑስ ሻሚ ኤሂቴ» ጊዴስ።“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.”

3ሄሳ ጊሻስ ዮሴፌ ኢሻቲ ታማቲ ካꬅ ሻማናስ ዱጌ ጊብጼ ቢዳ።So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4ጊዶ ኣቲን ያቆቤይ ዮሴፌ ኢሻ ቢኒያሜ ኢዚ ቆሄታናኮ ጊዲ ቆፒዳ ጊሻስ ኢዛ ኢሻታራ ዬዲቤና።But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5ካናኔ ቢታን ዎልቃማ ኮሻይ ዲዛ ጊሻስ ካꬅ ሻማና ቢዛይታራ ኢስራኤሌ ኣቱማ ናይቲ ጊብጼ ቢዳ።So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6ሄ ዎዴ ዮሴፌይ ሄ ቢታ ኣይሲዛዴኔ ቢታን ዲዛ ኣሳ ኡባስ ካꬅ ባይዚሲዛይ ኢዛ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ዮሴፌ ኢሻቲ ጋኪዳ ማላ፥ ባ ሁኤ ቢታን ጋꬂዲ ኢዛስ ዚጊዳ።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.

7ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻታ ቤኢዳ ማላ ኤሪዴስ ሺን ኢዚ ኢስታ ኤሮንታ ኣሳ ማላ ሃንቆ ቃላን ኢስታ፥ «ኢንቴ ኣዋፔ ዪዴቲ?» ጊ ኦይቺዴስ። ኢስቲካ፥ «ካꬅ ሻማናስ፥ ካናኔ ቢታፌ ዪዶስ» ጊዳ።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.”

8ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻታ ኤሪዴስ፤ ኢስቲ ጊዲኮ ኢዛ ኤሪቤቴና።Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9ሄራካ ዮሴፌይ ኢስታ ጊሻስ ኣጉሜቲዳ ኣጉሞዛ ቆፒዲ ኢስታስ፥ «ኢንቴ ዴሬ ጾሞሲዛ ኣሳ፤ ኢንቴ ኑ ቢታን ናጌይ ሌፒዛ ባጋይ ኣዋይሳኮ ጼላናስ ዪዴታ» ጊዴስ።Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10ሂስቲን ኢስቲ፥ «ኑ ጎዶ! ኑኒ ዴሬ ጾሞሲዛ ኣስ ጊዶኮ፤ ኑኒ ኔ ኣይሌቲ ካꬅ ሻማናስ ዪዶስ።“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11ኑ ዉሪካ ኢሲ ኣዋ ናይታ። ኑኒ ኔ ኣይሌቲ ኣማኔቲዛ ኣሳ» ጊዳ።We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12ሂስቲን ዮሴፌይ ኢስታስ፥ «ጊዴኬታ! ኢንቴ ኑ ቢታን ናጎይ ሌፒዛ ባጋይ ኣዋይሳኮ ጾሞሲ ጼላና ዪዴታ» ጊዴስ።“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢስቲ፥ «ኑኒ ኔ ኣይሌቲ ታማኔ ናምኡ ኢሻታኔ ካናኔ ቢታን ዲዛ ኢሲ ኣዋ ናይታ። ዉርሴꬃ ካሎይ ሃኢ ኑ ኣዋራ ዴስ፤ ኢሶይ ጊዲኮ ꬋይዴስ» ጊዳ።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.”

14ዮሴፌይ ኢስታስ፥ «ታኒ ኢንቴስ ዮቲዳ ማላካ ኢንቴ ቢታ ጾሞሲዛይታ።Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15ቃሴ ኢንቴ ፓጬታናይ ሃይሳና፤ ቱሙፔ ካዎይ ቤዪን! ኢንቴ ዉርሴꬃ ካሎ ኢሻይ ሃ ዮንታ ኢጺኮ ኢንቴ ሃይሳፌ ቤኬታ።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.

16ኢንቴ ዮቲዛይሲ ቱሙኮኔ ፓጫናስ፥ ኢንቴፌ ኢሳዴ ኪቲቴ፤ ኢዚ ኢንቴ ኢሻ ኤኪ ዮ፤ ኣቲዳይቲ ቃሾ ኬꬃን ጋምኤታ። ሄሳ ማላ ጊዶንታ ኣጊኮ ካዎይ ቤዪን! ኢንቴ ዩዪ ዩዪ ዴሬ ጾሞሲዛ ኣሳ»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!”

17ጊዲ ኢስታ ሄꬑ ጋላሳስ ቃሾ ኬꬃን ዬጊዴስ።So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18ሄꬓንꬆ ጋላሳን ዮሴፌይ ኢስታስ፥ «ታኒ ጾሳስ ባቢዛ ኣሳ፤ ኢንቴ ኢሲ ሚሽ ኦꬂኮ ኢንቴ ሼምፖ ኣሼታ።and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19ኢንቴ ቱሙካ ኣማኔቲዛ ኣስ ጊዲኮ ኢንቴ ኢሻታፔ ኢሶይ ሃይሳን ቃሾ ኬꬃን ዶ፤ ኣቲዳይቲ ጋፊዳ ኢንቴሶ ኣሳስ ካꬅ ኤኪ ቢቴ፤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.

20ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢንቴ ቃላይ ቱሙ ጊዳና ማላኔ ኢንቴ ሃይቆንታ ማላ ኢንቴ ኢንቴ ዉርሴꬃ ካሎ ኢሻ ታኮ ኤኪ ያናስ ኮሼስ» ጊዴስ። ኢስቲካ ሃ ዮኦዛን ኤሮ ጊዳ።Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21ኢስቲ ኢሶይ ኢሳ፥ «ቱሙ ኑ ኦꬂዳ ጌኔይ ኑና ጋኪዴስ። ኢዚ ባ ሼምፖስ ሃኒዛዚ ኢጺን ኑና ሾቢዛ ዎዴ ኑኒ ሲዪሼ ኢጺዶስ፤ ሃ ዋዬይ ኑና ጋኪዳይ ሄሳ ጊሻሳ» ጊዳ።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.”

22ኦሮቤሌይ፥ «ታኒ ኢንቴና፥ ‹ናዛ ቦላ ናጋራ ኦꬆፍቴ› ጋዳ ዮታዲስ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢንቴ ሲዮንታ ኢጺዴታ። ሂስቲን ሃኢ ኢዛ ሱꬃ ጎሜይ ኑና ሞቴስ» ጊዴስ።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!”

23ኢስቲ ጊዛይሳ ዮሴፌይ ኤሪዛይሳ ኢስቲ ኣኬኪቤቴና፤ ኣይስ ጊኮ ኢዚ ኢስታራ ዎካሌን ሃሳዬስ።They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24ኢዚ ኢስታፌ ሻኬቲ ጉዬ ሲሚዲ ዬኪዴስ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ቃሴ ኢስታኮ ሲሚዲ ኢስታ ሃሳይሲዴስ። ኢዚ ሲሞና ኢስታፌ ዱꬂ ኣሺዲ ኢስቲ ቤኢሺን ኢዛ ቃቺዴስ።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.

25ዮሴፌይ ባ ኣይሌታ፥ «ካꬅ ኢስታ ኦጎሮ ኩንꬂቴ፤ ኢስታ ቢራካ ዛሪዲ ኢስታ ኦጎሮን ኦጎሮን ዬጊቴ፤ ቃሴ ኢስታስ ኦጌ ሺንቄ ኢሚቴ» ጊ ኣዛዚዴስ።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,

26ኢስቲ ኢዚ ጊዳ ማላ ኦꬂዳፔ ጉዬ ዮሴፌ ኢሻቲ ካꬃ ባ ሃሬታን ጫኒዲ ዴንዲ ቢዳ።and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27ኢስቲ ኦጌ ቦላ ኣቃናስ ሼምፒዳሶን ኢስታፌ ኢሳይ ባ ሃሬዛስ ካꬃፌ ዬጋናስ ባ ኦጎሮ ቢርሺዲ፥ ኦጎሮዛ ዶናን ዲዛ ባ ቢራ ዴሚዴስ።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.

28ኢዚ ባ ኢሻታ፥ «ታ ቢራይ ታስ ሲሚዴስ፤ ቱማ ሃይሳ ቤኢቴ! ታ ኦጎሮን ዴስ» ጊዴስ። ኢስቲ ዳጋሚዲ ኮኮሪሼ ኢሶይ ኢሳኮ ሲሚዲ፥ «ጾሲ ኣዛስ ኑ ቦላ ሃይሳ ኦꬂዴ?» ጊዳ።“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?”

29ኢስቲ ካናኔ ቢታን ዲዛ ባ ኣዋ ያቆቤኮ ሶ ሲሚ ዪዲ ባ ቦላ ጋኪዳይሳ ኡባ ኢዛስ ዮቲዳ።When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30ኢስቲ ኢዛስ፥ «ሄ ቢታይስ ጎዳ ጊዲዳ ኣዴዚ ኑና ባቢሲዴስ፤ ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኢዚ ኑና ሄ ቢታ ዩዪ ዩዪ ጾሞሲ ጼሊዛ ኣሳ ማላ ኦꬂ ጎዳቲዴስ።“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31ጊዶ ኣቲን ኑኒ ኢዛስ፥ ‹ኑ ኣማኔቲዛ ኣሳ፤ ዴሬ ጾሞሲ ጼሊዛ ኣስ ጊዶኮ።But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32ኑኒ ታማኔ ናምኡ ኢሻቲ ኢሲ ኣዋ ናይታ፤ ኢሶይ ꬋይዴስ፤ ዉርሴꬃ ካሎይ ካናኔ ቢታን ሃኢ ኑ ኣዋራ ዴስ› ጊ ዮቲዶስ።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.’

33ሂስቲን ሄ ቢታይስ ጎዳ ጊዲዳ ኣዴዚ ኑና፥ ‹ኢንቴ ኣማኔቲዛ ኣስ ጊዲዳይሳ ታኒ ሃይሳን ኤራና፤ ኢንቴ ኢሻታፔ ኢሳ ሃን ታ ኣቻን ዬጊዲ ጋፊዳ ኢንቴ ሶ ኣሳስ ካꬅ ኤኪ ቢቴ።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.

34ኢንቴ ዴሬ ዩዪ ዩዪ ጾሞሲዛዴ ጊዶንታ፥ ኣማኔቲዛ ኣስ ጊዲዳይሳ ታኒ ኤራና ማላ፥ ኢንቴ ዉርሴꬃ ካሎ ኢሻ ታኮ ኤኪ ዪቴ። ሂስቲኮ ታኒ ሃን ኣቲዳ ኢንቴ ኢሻ ኢንቴስ ዛራ ኢማና፤ ኢንቴካ ሃ ቢታን ዛልኣና ዳንዳዬታ› ጊዴስ» ጊዳ።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.’”

35ኢስቲ ባ ኦጎሮፔ ኦጎሮፔ ካꬃ ቆሊዲ ባ ኦጎሮን ኦጎሮን ቢራይ ቃሾራ ኡቲዳይሳ ዴሚዳ። ኢስቲኔ ኢስታ ኣዋይ ሄ ቃሾራ ዲዛ ቢራ ቤኢዲ ባቢዳ።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.

36ኢስታ ኣዋ ያቆቤይ ኢስታስ፥ «ኢንቴ ታና ታ ናይታፔ ሜላ ኬሲዴታ፤ ዮሴፌይ ባዋ፥ ሲሞኒ ባዋ፤ ቃሴ ኢንቴ ቢኒያሜ ኤፋና ኮዬታ። ዉሪ ታስ ꬉማ ጊርዲ ጊዴስ» ጊዴስ።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!”

37ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኦሮቤሌይ ባ ኣዋ፥ «ታኒ ቢኒያሜ ኔስ ዛራ ኤሆንታ ኣጊኮ ታ ኣቱማ ናይታ ናምኣታካ ዎꬋ፤ ታና ኣማኔታዳ ኢዛ ታ ኩሼን ኢማ፤ ቃሴ ታኒ ኢዛ ዛራዳ ኤሃና» ጊዴስ።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.”

38ጊዶ ኣቲን ያቆቤይ ኢስታስ፥ «ታ ናዚ ኢንቴናራ ዱጌ ቤና፤ ኢዛ ኢሻይ ሃይቂን ኣቲዳይ ኢዛ ጻላ፤ ኢንቴ ኤፊሺን ኦጌን ኢታ ሚሺ ኢዛ ጋኪዛ ጊዲኮ ኢንቴ ታና ዬሆራኔ ሙዞራ ዱፎን ኤፋና» ጊዴስ።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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