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Genesis 43
43
Genesis
Joseph
Gamo Bible
Joseph
, person
Benjamin
, person
Israel
, person
Judah
, person
Egypt
, place
Simeon
, person
Gamo Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
GMVE
ሃኢካ ኮሻይ ካናኔ ቢታን ሚኒዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
2
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኢስቲ ጊብጼፔ ኤሂዳ ካꬃይ ሙሌራ ዉሪን ኢስታ ኣዋይ፥ «ቃሴካ ጉዬ ቢዲ ኑስ ጉꬃ ካꬅ ሻሚቴ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
3
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ዩሁዳይ ኢዛስ፥ «ሄ ኣዴዚ ኑና፥ ‹ኢንቴ ኢሻ ኢንቴናራ ኤኪ ዮንታ ኣጊኮ ታ ኣይፌሶ ናምኣንꬆ ቤኤኬታ› ጊዲ ሎኤꬂ ዮቲዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
4
GMVE
ኔኒ ኑ ኢሻ ኑናራ ዬዲኮ ኑኒ ዱጌ ቢዲ ኔስ ካꬅ ሻማና።
BSB
BSB:
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኔኒ ኢዛ ዬዶንታ ኢጺኮ ኑኒ ዱጌ ቦኮ፤ ኣይስ ጊኮ ሄ ኣዴዚ ኑና፥ ‹ኢንቴ ኢሻ ኢንቴናራ ኤሆንታ ኣጊኮ ኢንቴ ታ ኣይፌሶ ናምኣንꬆ ቤኤኬታ› ጊዴስ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
6
GMVE
ኢስራኤሌይካ፥ «ኢንቴ፥ ‹ኑስ ሃራ ኢሻይ ዴስ› ጊ ዮቲዲ ሃይሳ ሃ ሜቶዛ ታ ቦላ ኣይስ ኤሂዴቲ?» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
7
GMVE
ኢስቲካ ኢዛስ፥ «ሄ ኣዴዚ ኑ ጊሻሲኔ ኑሶ ኣሳ ጊሻስ ሎኤꬂ ኦይቺዴስ። ኢዚ ኑና፥ ‹ኢንቴ ኣዋይ ሃኢካ ፓጻ ዲዜ? ኢንቴስ ሃራ ኢሻይ ዲዜ?› ጊ ኦይቺን ኑኒ ኢዚ ኦይቺዳ ኦይሾዛስ ዛሮ ኢሚዶስ። ኢዚካ ኑና፥ ‹ኢንቴ ኢሻ ዱጌ ሃ ኤኪ ዪቴ› ጋናይሳ ኑኒ ኣዛን ኤሪኖ?» ጊዳ።
BSB
BSB:
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
8
GMVE
ዩሁዳይ ባ ኣዋ ኢስራኤሌ፥ «ኑኒካ፥ ኔኒካ፥ ኑ ናይቲካ ሃይቆንታ ፓጻ ዳና ማላ ናዛ ታናራ ዬዳ፤ ኑኒ ሃኢ ኤሌሊዲ ባና።
BSB
BSB:
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
9
GMVE
ናዛ ኑስ ታ ዋሴቴꬃን ኢማ፤ ኢዛ ጊሻስ ታና ኦይቻ፤ ታኒ ኢዛ ኔስ ሎኦራ ዛራ ኤሆንታ ኣጊኮ ታ ዲዛ ዎዴ ኡባን ታ ኦይሼታና።
BSB
BSB:
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
10
GMVE
ኑኒ ሃን ጋምኦንታኮ ሃኒ ዎዴ ናምኣንꬆ ጌዴ ጋኪዲ ሃ ሲማና ሺን» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
11
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኢስታ ኣዋ ኢስራኤሌይ ኢስታስ፥ «ሄሳ ጊዲኮ ሂስቲቴ፤ ሄ ኣዴዛስ ኩሼ ጌንꬆ ሚሽ ኑ ቢታን ሞኪዛ ሚሽ ኡባፌ ሎኢዛይሳ ዶሪቴ፤ ሄሲካ ሺቶ፥ ኤስ፥ ሳዎ፥ ካርቤ፥ ሚꬃ ኣይፌታ ኢንቴ ኦጎሮን ዬጊ ኤኪ ቢቴ።
BSB
BSB:
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
12
GMVE
ኢንቴ ኦጎሮ ዶናን ሲሚዳ ቢራዚ ባሌታን ሲሚዳዝ ጊዳና ዳንዳይዛ ጊሻስ ቢራካ ናምኡ ኩሼ ሂስቲ ኤኪ ቢቴ።
BSB
BSB:
Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
13
GMVE
ቃሴ ኢንቴ ኢሻካ ኤኪዲ ሄ ኣዴዛኮ ኤሶን ጉዬ ቢቴ።
BSB
BSB:
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
14
GMVE
ኢዚ ሃንኮ ኢንቴ ኢሻ ዬዳና ማላ ቢኒያሜይካ ኢንቴናራ ሲሚ ያና ማላ ኡባ ዳንዳይዛ ጾሳይ ሄ ኣዴዚ ኢንቴስ ቃꬌታና ማላ ኦꬆ፤ ታኒ ጊዲኮ ታ ናይታፔ ሜላ ኣቲኮኔ ኣታይስ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
15
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ሄ ኣሳቲ ኩሼ ጌንꬆ ካሴ ቢራስ ናምኡ ኩሼ ቃሴ ቢኒያሜ ኤኪዲ ዱጌ ጊብጼ ቢዲ ዮሴፌ ሲንꬅ ሺቂዳ።
BSB
BSB:
So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
16
GMVE
ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻታራ ቢኒያሜ ቤኢዲ ባ ኬꬃ ሃላቃዛ፥ «ሃ ኣሳታ ታሶ ኤካዳ ባ፤ ሃቻ ጋላስ ኢስቲ ታናራ ቁማ ማና ማላ ሜሄ ሹካዳ ጊጊሳ» ጊ ኣዛዚዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
17
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኢዚ ዮሴፌይ ኢዛስ ዮቲዳ ማላ ሄ ኣሳታ ዮሴፌሶ ኤፊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
18
GMVE
ኣሳቲ ዮሴፌ ሶ ቢዳ ጊሻስ ባቢዳ፤ ኢስታስ፥ «ኢስቲ ኑና ሃይሳ ኤሂዳይ ኮይሮ ኑ ኦጎሮራ ሲሚ ቢዳ ቢራ ጊሻስ ጊዶንታ ኣጌና፤ ኢዚ ኑና ቆሃናስ ኣይሌቴꬃን ሃራናሲኔ ኑ ሃሬታ ኤካናስ ሃኔስ» ጊ ቆፒዳ።
BSB
BSB:
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
19
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኢስቲ ዮሴፌ ኬꬃ ፔንጌ ጋኪዲ ኬꬃ ሃላቃዛ፥
BSB
BSB:
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20
GMVE
«ኑ ጎዶ! ኑኒ ኮይሮ ካꬅ ሻማናስ ሃ ዪዶስ፤
BSB
BSB:
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
21
GMVE
ሲሚዲ ቢሼ ኑ ኣቂዛሶን ኦማርስ ኑ ኦጎሮ ኦጎሮ ኑ ቢርሺን ኑ ቢራይ ፓጮንታ ኑ ኦጎሮ ኦጎሮ ዶናን ዲዛይሳ ዴሚዶስ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ሃኢ ኑኒ ኢዛ ጉዬ ኤኪ ዪዶስ።
BSB
BSB:
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
22
GMVE
ቃሴ ኑኒ ካꬅ ሻማናስ ሃራ ቢራካ ኤኪ ዪዶስ። ኑ ቢራ ኑ ኦጎሮ ኦጎሮ ዶናን ኦኒ ዎꬂዳኮ ኑ ኤሮኮ» ጊ ሃሳይሲዳ።
BSB
BSB:
We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
23
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኢዚ ኢስታስ፥ «ኣይኮይ ባ ሄሳስ ባቦፍቴ! ኢንቴ ጾሲ ኢንቴ ኣዋ ጾሲ ኢንቴ ኦጎሮ ጊዶን ኢንቴስ ቢራ ኢሚዴስ፤ ታኒ ኢንቴ ቢራ ኤካዲስ» ጊዴስ። ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ሲሞና ኢስታኮ ኬሲዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24
GMVE
ሄ ኣዴዚ ሄ ኣሳታ ዮሴፌ ሶ ኤፊዲ ኢስታ ቶሆስ ሃꬅ ኤሂን ባ ቶሆ ሜጬቲዳ። ኢስታ ሃሬታስካ ሃርቆ ኢሚዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
25
GMVE
ዮሴፌራ ቁማ ማና ማላ ኢስታስ ዮቴቲዳ ጊሻስ ዮሴፌይ ያና ጋካናስ ኢዛስ ኢማና ኩሼ ጌንꬆ ጊግሲዳ።
BSB
BSB:
Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
26
GMVE
ዮሴፌይ ባሶ ጌሊዳ ማላ ኢስቲ ባ ጊግሲዳ ኩሼ ጌንꬆዛ ኢዛስ ኢሚዲ ኢዛ ሲንꬃን ባ ሁኤ ዱጌ ቢታን ጋꬂ ዚጊዳ።
BSB
BSB:
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
27
GMVE
ኢዚ ኢስታ ሳሮቴꬅ ኦይቺ ሲሚዲ፥ «ኢንቴ ታስ ዮቲዳ ኢንቴ ጪማ ኣዋይ ሎኢ ዲዜ? ሃኢካ ኢዚ ፓጻ ዲዜ?» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
28
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኢስቲ፥ «ኤ፥ ኔ ኣይሌይ ኑ ኣዋይ ሃኢካ ፓጻ ዴስ፤ ኢዚ ሎኦኮ» ጊ ሆኪ ኢዛስ ዚጊዳ።
BSB
BSB:
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
29
GMVE
ኢዚ ባ ኣዬይ ና ቢኒያሜ ቤኢዲ ኢስታስ፥ «ኢንቴ ዮቲዳ ኢንቴ ዉርሴꬃ ካሎ ኢሻይ ሃይሴ?» ጊዴስ። ቃሴ ኢዚ ቢኒያሜ፥ «ታ ናዞ ጾሲ ኔና ኣንጆ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
30
GMVE
ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻ ቤኢን ኢዛስ ዬሆይ ዳንዳዬቶንታ ኢጺን ዬካናስ ኢሲፌ ኢሲሶ ፖቂዴስ። ኢዚ ባ ዱማ ቆልኣ ጌሊዲ ሄን ዬኪዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
31
GMVE
ኢዚ ባ ኣይፌሶ ሜጬቲ ሲሚ ኬዚዲ ባርካ ባና ሚንꬄꬂዲ፥ «ቁማ ሃ ኣꬂቴ!» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
32
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኢስቲ ኢዛስ ዱማ፥ ኢዛ ኢሻታስ ዱማ፥ ሄን ኢዛራ ሚዛ ጊብጼ ኣሳታስ ዱማ ኣꬂዳ፤ ኣይስ ጊኮ ጊብጼ ኣሳይ ኢብራዌ ኣሳራ ኢሲፌ ሚ ኤሬቴና። ሄሲካ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኣሳስ ቱናቴꬃ።
BSB
BSB:
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
33
GMVE
ኢስቲ ዮሴፌ ሲንꬃን ባይራይ ባ ባይራቴꬃ ማላ ካሎይ ባ ካሎቴꬃ ማላ ማራን ኡቲዳ። ኢስቲ ኢሶይ ኢሳ ጼሊዲ ኢስታ ዎስቲ ኡቲሲዳኮ ቤኢዲ ማላሌቲዳ።
BSB
BSB:
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
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GMVE
ዮሴፌይ ባ ጊሻፔ ኢስታስ ቁማ ጊሺዛ ዎዴ፥ ቢኒያሜ ጋኪዳይሲ ሃራታይሳፌ ኢቻሹ ኩሼ ዳሬስ፤ ሂስቲን ኢስቲ ኡፋዬቲሼ ኢዛራ ሚዳኔ ኡዪዳ።
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When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
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