Genesis 42 (GOFE)

1ያይቆብ ግብፀን ካꬅ ደኤይሳ ስእዳ ዎደ ባ አደ ናይታ፥ “ህንተ እሶይ እሱዋ አይስ ፄሌቲ?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2ግብፀን ካꬅ ደኤይሳ ታኒ ስአስ፤ ያ ብድ፥ ኑኒ ሀይቆና መላ ጉꬃ ካꬅ ሻምተ” ያግስ።“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.”

3ያትን፥ ዮሰፋ እሻት ታማት ካꬅ ሻማናዉ ግብፀ ብዶሶና።So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4ሽን ያይቆብ እ ቆሄታና ግድ ህርግዳ ግሾ ዮሰፋ እሻ ብንያመ እያ እሻታራ የድቤና።But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5ካናነ ቢታን ዎልቃማ ኮሽ ደእያ ግሾ፥ ካꬅ ሻማናዉ በይሳታራ እስራኤለ አደ ናይት ግብፀ ገልዶሶና።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 ዎደ ዮሰፍ ሄ ቢታ አይስያ ግሾ ቢታን ደእያ አሳ ኡባስ ካꬅ ባይዜስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ዮሰፋ እሻት ያ ጋክዳ ዎደ ባንታ ሶምኡዋ ሳአ ጋꬅድ እያዉ ዝግዶሶና።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.

7ዮሰፍ ባ እሻታ በእዳ መላካ ኤር አግስ። ሽን እ ኤንታ ኤሮና አሳዳ ሀንድ፤ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ አዉፐ ይደት?” ያግድ ኦይችስ። ኤንቲ፥ “ካꬅ ሻማናዉ፥ ካናነ ቢታፈ ይዳ” ያግዶሶና።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.”

8ዮሰፍ ባ እሻታ ኤርስ፥ ሽን ኤንቲ እያ ኤርቦኮና።Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9ዮሰፍ ኤንታባ አሙህዳ ባ አሙሁዋ አኬክድ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ ዎቻናዉ ይዳ አስ፥ ህንተ ኑ ቢታን ናጎይ ለፕያ ባጋይ አዉነኮ በአናዉ ይደታ” ያግስ።Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10ኤንቲ፥ “አካይ፥ ኑ ጎዳዉ፥ ኑኒ ዎቻናዉ ይዳ አስ ግዶኮ። ኑኒ ነ አይለት ካꬅ ሻማናዉ ይዳ።“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11ኑኒ ኡባይካ እስ አዋ ናይታ። ኑኒ ነ አይለት አማነትያ አስ” ያግዶሶና።We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12ዮሰፍ ኤንታኮ፥ “አካይ፥ ህንተ ኑ ቢታን ናጎይ ለፕያ ባጋይ አዉነኮ በአናዉ ይደታ” ያግስ።“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13ሽን ኤንቲ፥ “ኑኒ ነ አይለት ካናነ ቢታን ደእያ እስ ኡራ ናይታ፤ ኑኒ ታማነ ናምኡ እሻንታ። ዉርሰꬃ ካሎይ ሀእ ኑ አዋራ ሶን ደኤስ፥ እሶይ ሀይቅስ” ያግዶሶና።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.”

14ዮሰፍ ኤንታኮ፥ “ታኒ ህንተዉ ኦድዳይሳዳ ህንተ ቢታ ዎቸይሳታ።Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15ህንተ ፓጨታናይስ ሀይሳና፤ ቱማ ካዎይ ሀይቆ፥ ህንተ ዉርሰꬃ ካሎ እሻይ ሀይሳ ዮና እፅኮ፥ ህንተ ሀ በሳፈ ቤከታ።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.

16ህንተ ኦደይስ ቱማ ግደይሳ ፓጫናዉ፥ ህንተፈ እሱዋ ኪትተ። እ ህንተ እሻ ኤክድ ዮ፥ አትዳይሳት ቃሾ ኬꬃን ጋምኤታ። ሄስ ሃኖና፥ ካዎይ ሀይቆ፥ ህንተ ቢታ ዎቸይሳታ” ያግስ።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!”

17ኤንታና ሄꬑ ጋላስ ቃሾ ኬꬃን ቃችስ።So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18ሄꬓንꬆ ጋላሳን ዮሰፍ ኤንታኮ፥ “ታኒ ፆሰ ያይያ አስ። ያንያ ግሾ፥ ህንተ እስባ ኦꬅኮ ህንተ ሸምፑዋ አሻና።and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19ህንተ ቱማካ አማነትያ አሰ ግድኮ፥ ህንተ እሻታፐ እሶይ ሀይሳን ቃሾ ኬꬃን ደኦ፤ አትዳይሳት ኮሻትያ ህንተ ሶ አሳስ ካꬅ ኤፍተ፤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.

20ሽን ህንተ ዉርሰꬃ እሻ ታኮ ኤህኮ፥ ህንተ ቃላይ ቱማታና፤ ህንተካ ሀይቆና አታና” ያግስ። ኤንትካ እያ ኦዳ ኤሮ ግድ ኤክዶሶና።Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21ኤንቲ እሶይ እሱዋኮ፥ “ቱማ ኑኒ ኑ እሻስ ኦꬅዳባይ ኑና ካኤስ። እ ባ ሸምፑዋስ ዋትዋትድ ዎስያ ዎደ ኑኒ ስእሸ እፅዳ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሀ ዋየይ ኑና ጋክስ” ያግዶሶና።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.”

22ሮቤል፥ “ታኒ ህንተና፥ ናኣ ቦላ ናጋራ ኦꬆፍተ ጋዳ ኦዳስ፥ ሽን ህንተ ስኦና እፅደታ። ሀእ እያ ሱꬃይ ኑና አቼስ” ያግስ።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!”

23ዮሰፍ ኤንታራ ቱርጁማነን ኦደትያ ግሾ ኤንቲ ግያባ እ ኤረይሳ ኤንቲ አኬክቦኮና፤They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24እ ኤንታፈ ሀራሶ ብድ ዬክስ። ሽን ዛር ኤንታኮ ይድ፥ ኤንታዉ ጉጅድካ ኦድስ። እ ስሞና ኤንታ ግዶፈ ከስድ ኤንቲ በእሽን ቃችስ።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.

25ዮሰፍ ባ አይለታ፥ “ካꬃ ኤንታ ኦጎሩዋን ኩንꬅተ፤ ኤንታ ሚሽያካ ዛሪድ፥ ኤንታ ኦጎሩዋን ኦጎሩዋን የግተ። ኤንታዉ ኦገስ ሽንቀካ እምተ” ያግድ ኪትስ።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,

26ኤንቲ እ ግዳይሳዳ ኦꬅዳፐ ጉየ፥ ዮሰፋ እሻት ካꬃ ባንታ ሀረታ ቦላ ጫንድ ብዶሶና።and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27ኤንቲ ቃማ አቅያ በሳን ኤንታፈ እሶይ ባ ሀርያስ ካꬃፈ የጋናዉ ባ ኦጎሩዋ ብልድ፥ ሄ ኦጎሩዋ ዶናን ደእያ ባ ሚሽያ ደምስ።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.

28እ ባ እሻታኮ፥ “ታ ሚሸይ ታዉ ስምስ፤ ቱማ ሀይሳ በእተ፤ ታ ኦጎሩዋን ደኤስ” ያግስ። ኤንቲ ዳጋምድ ኮኮርሸ፥ እሶይ እሱዋኮ ስሚድ፥ “ፆሳይ ኑ ቦላ ኦꬅዳባይ ሀይስ አይቤ?” ያግዶሶና።“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?”

29ኤንቲ ካናነ ቢታን ደእያ ባንታ አዋ ያይቆባኮ ይድ፥ ባንታና ጋክዳባ ኡባ እያዉ ኦድዶሶና።When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30ኤንቲ እያኮ፥ “ሄ ቢታ ሃርያ ኡራይ፥ ኑና ሄ ቢታ ዎችያ አሳዳ ኦꬅድ ኑ ቦላ ይሎትድ ኦደትስ።“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31ሽን ኑኒ እያኮ፥ ‘ኑኒ አማነትያ አስ፥ ቢታ ዎቸይሳታ ግዶኮ።But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32ኑኒ ታማነ ናምኡ እሻንት እስ አዋ ናይታ። እሶይ ሀይቅስ፤ ዉርሰꬃ ካሎይ ካናነ ቢታን ሀእ ኑ አዋራ ደኤስ’ ያግዳ።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.’

33ያትን ሄ ቢታ ሃርያ ኡራይ ኑና፥ ‘ህንተ አማነትያ አሰ ግደይሳ ታኒ ኤራና መላ ህንተ እሻታፐ እሱዋ ሀይሳን ታ ማታን አግድ፥ ኮሻትያ ህንተ ሶ አሳስ ካꬅ ኤክድ ቢተ።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.

34ህንተ ቢታ ዎቸይሳታ ግዶና፥ አማነትያ አስ ግደይሳ ታኒ ኤራና መላ፥ ህንተ ዉርሰꬃ እሻ ታኮ ኤክድ ዪተ። ያትኮ፥ ታኒ ሀን አትዳ ህንተ እሻ ህንተዉ ዛራዳ እማና። ህንተካ ሀ ቢታን ደእድ ዛልአናዉ ዳንዳኤታ’ ” ያግዶሶና።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.’”

35ኤንቲ ባንታ ኦጎሩዋፐ ካꬃ ቆልሸ፥ ባንታ ኦጎሩዋን ኦጎሩዋን ባንታ ሚሽያ ቃሹዋራ ኡትዳይሳ ደምዶሶና። ኤንትነ ኤንታ አዋይ ሄ ቃሹዋራ ደእያ ሚሽያ በእድ ያይዶሶና።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.

36ኤንታ አዋ ያይቆብ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ ታና ታ ናይታፐ መላ አሽደታ። ዮሰፍ ባዋ፥ ስሞን ባዋ፥ ሀእ ቃስ ብንያመ ኤፋናዉ ኮዬታ። ኡባባይ ታዉ ዞኮ ዛርስ” ያግስ።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!”

37ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ሮቤል ባ አዋኮ፥ “ታኒ ብንያመ ነዉ ዛራዳ ኤሆና እፅኮ፥ ታ አደ ናይታ ናምኣካ ዎꬋ። ታና አማነታዳ እያ ታ ኩሸን የጋ፤ ታኒ እያ ዛራዳ ኤሀና” ያግስ።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.”

38ሽን ያይቆብ ኤንታኮ፥ “ታ ናአይ ህንተራ ቤና፤ እያ እሻይ ሀይቅን፥ አትዳይ እያ ፃላላ። ህንተ ኤፍሽን፥ ኦገን ኢታባይ እያ ጋክኮ፥ ህንተ ታ ጭማተꬃ አፉꬁ ሙዝሸ ታ ሀይቁዋ ማታየታ” ያግስ።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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