Genesis 4343GenesisJosephGofa

GofaBerean Standard Bible

1. 1GOFEካናነ ቢታን ኮሻይ ሀእካ ካሰይሳፈ አꬍድ ዎልቃምስ።BSBBSB: Now the famine was still severe in the land.
2. 2GOFEያንን፥ ኤንቲ ግብፀፈ ኤህዳ ካꬃ ኡባ ምድ ኦንግን፥ ኤንታ አዋይ፥ “ቃስካ ግብፀ ብድ ኑስ ጉꬃ ካꬅ ሻምተ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: 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. 3GOFEሽን ይሁድ፥ “ሄ ኡራይ ኑና፥ ‘ህንተ እሻይ ህንተራ ዮና እፅኮ፥ ታ ሶምኡዋ ዛር በኤከታ’ ያግድ ምንꬅድ ኦድስ።BSBBSB: But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
4. 4GOFEኔኒ ኑ እሻ ኑራ የድኮ፥ ኑኒ ግብፀ ብድ ነዉ ካꬅ ሻማና።BSBBSB: If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5. 5GOFEሽን ሄ ኡራይ፥ ‘ህንተ እሻይ ህንተራ ዮና እፅኮ ህንተ ታ ሶምኡዋ ዛር በኤከታ’ ” ያግዳ ግሾ፥ ኔኒ እያ የዶናባ ግድኮ ኑኒ ቦኮ።BSBBSB: 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. 6GOFEያትን እስራኤለይ፥ “ህንተ፥ ‘ኑስ ሀራ እሽ ደኤስ’ ግድ ኦድድ ሀ መቱዋ ታ ቦላ አይስ ኤህደቲ?” ያግስ።BSBBSB: “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
7. 7GOFEኤንቲ ዛሪድ፥ “ሄ ኡራይ ኑባነ ኑ ሶ አሳባ ምንꬅድ ኦይችስ። እ ኑኮ፥ ‘ህንተ አዋይ ፓፃ ደኢ? ህንተዉ ሀራ እሽ ደኢ?’ ያግድ ኦይችስ። ኑኒ እ ኦይችዳይሳ እያዉ ዛርዳ። እ ኑና፥ ‘ህንተ እሻ ኤክ ዪተ’ ጋናባ ኑ አዉደ ኤርዶ?” ያግዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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. 8GOFEይሁድ ባ አዋ እስራኤለኮ፥ “ኑኒ፥ ኔንነ ኑ ናይት ኮሻን ሀይቃናፐ ናኣ ታራ የዳ፥ ኑኒ ባና።BSBBSB: 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. 9GOFEናአ ታ ዋሰተꬃን እማ፤ እያባ ታና ኦይቻ። ታኒ እያ ነዉ ሳሮ ዛራዳ ኤሆና እፅኮ፥ ታ ደኦ ኡባን ነ ባደꬃይ ታና ጋኮ።BSBBSB: 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. 10GOFEኑ ጋምኦናባ ግድያኮ፥ ሀኖደ ናምአንꬆ ያ ስማና ሽን” ያግስ።BSBBSB: If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
11. 11GOFEኤንታ አዋይ እስራኤለይ፥ “ሄሳ ግድኮ ሃረይሳስ ኩሸ ገንꬅያባ፥ ሀ ቢታን ካፅያባ ኡባፈ ሎኦባ ዶርተ። ሄስካ፥ ቅባተ፥ ሽቶ፥ ዱማ ዱማ ሳዎ፥ ኤስነ፥ ኦቾሎነ ህንተ ኦጎሩዋን የግድ፥ ኤክድ ቢተ።BSBBSB: 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. 12GOFEህንተ ኦጎሩዋ ዶናን ስምዳ ሚሸይ ባለትዳባ ግዳናዉ ዳንዳእያ ግሾ፥ ሚሽያ ናምኡ ኩሸ ኦꬅድ ኤክ ቢተ።BSBBSB: 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. 13GOFEህንተ እሻ ኤክድ፥ ሄ ኡራኮ ኤለስድ ጉየ ቢተ።BSBBSB: Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
14. 14GOFEእ ሀንኮ ህንተ እሻነ ብንያመ ህንተራ የዳና መላ ኡባ ዳንዳእያ ፆሳይ ሄ ኡራይ ህንተዉ ቃታናዳ ኦꬆ። ታና ግድኮ፥ ታ ናይታፐ መላ አትኮካ አታስ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: 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. 15GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ እሻንት ዎላ ባንታ እምያባታ፥ ናምኡ ኩሸ ሚሽያነ ብንያመ ባንታራ ኤክድ ብዶሶና። ኤንቲ ግብፀ ጋክድ፥ ዮሰፋ ስን ሺቅዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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. 16GOFEዮሰፍ ብንያመ ኤንታራ በእዳ ዎደ ባ ኬꬃ ካፑዋኮ፥ “ሀ አሳታ ታ ሶ ኤካዳ ባ። እስ መሄ ሹካዳ ጊግሳ፤ ኤንቲ ካꬅ ታራ ማና” ያግድ ኪትስ።BSBBSB: 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. 17GOFEያትን ካፖይ፥ ዮሰፍ ኪትዳይሳዳ ሄ አሳታ እያ ሶ ኤፍስ።BSBBSB: The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
18. 18GOFEኤንቲ ዮሰፋ ሶ ብሸ፥ ያይድ፥ “ኤንቲ ኑና ሀይሳ ኤህዳይ ኮይሮ ኑ ኦጎሩዋን ስምዳ ሚሽያ ግሾ ግዶና አገና። ኤንቲ ኑና ቆህድ አይለተꬃን ሃሮናነ ኑ ሀረታ ኤኮና አጎኮና” ያግ ህርግዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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. 19GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ ኤንቲ ዮሰፋ ሶ ፐንገ ጋክድ፥ ኬꬃ ካፑዋ ኦድስዶሶና።BSBBSB: So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20. 20GOFE“ጎዳዉ፥ ኑኒ ኮይሮ ካꬅ ሻማናዉ ሀይሳ ይዳ።BSBBSB: “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
21. 21GOFEጉየ ስምሸ ኑኒ ቃማ አቅያ በሳን ኦጎሩዋ ብልያ ዎደ ሁጰን ሁጰን ኑ ሚሸይ ፓጮና ኑ ኦጎሩዋን ደኤይሳ ደምዳ። ሄኮ፥ ኑኒ ሄ ሚሽያ ጉየ ኤክ ይዳ።BSBBSB: 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. 22GOFEሀእ ኑኒ ካꬃ ሻማናዉ ሀራ ሚሸ ኦይክ ይዳ። ኑ ሚሽያ ኑ ኦጎሩዋን ኦን የግዳኮ ኤሮኮ” ያግዶሶና።BSBBSB: We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
23. 23GOFEእ ዛሪድ፥ “አይኮይ ባዋ፥ ያዮፍተ፤ ህንተ ፆሳይ፥ ህንተ አዋ ፆሳይ፥ ህንተ ኦጎሩዋን ህንተዉ ሚሸ እሚስ። ታኒ ህንተ ጭግዳ ሚሽያ ኩመꬅ ኤካስ” ያግስ። ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ስሞና ኤንታኮ ከስስ።BSBBSB: “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. 24GOFEሄ ኡራይ ሄ አሳታ ዮሰፋ ሶ ኤፍድ፥ ኤንታ ቶሁዋስ ሃ ኤህን፥ ኤንቲ ሜጨትዶሶና። ኤንታ ሀረታስካ ምያባ የግስ።BSBBSB: And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
25. 25GOFEኤንቲ ዮሰፋራ ካ ማናይሳ ስእዳ ግሾ ባንታ እማናባታ ዮሰፋስ ጊግስዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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. 26GOFEዮሰፍ ባ ሶ ገልዳ ዎደ ኤንቲ ኤህዳ ባንታ እምያባታ እያዉ እምድ፥ እያ ስንꬃን ሳአ ጋክድ ዝግዶሶና።BSBBSB: When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
27. 27GOFEእ ኤንታ ሳሮተꬃ ኦይች ስሚድ፥ “ህንተ ታዉ ኦድዳ ህንተ ጭምዳ አዋይ ሎኦ ደኢ? ሀእካ እ ፓፃ ደኢ?” ያግስ።BSBBSB: He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
28. 28GOFEኤንቲ፥ “ኤ፥ ነ አይለይ፥ ኑ አዋይ ፓፃ ደኤስ፤ እ ሎኦ” ያግድ፥ ሆክድ እያዉ ዝግዶሶና።BSBBSB: “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
29. 29GOFEእ ባ አየ ናኣ ብንያመ በእዳ ዎደ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ ኦድዳ ዉርሰꬃ ህንተ እሻይ ሀይሴ?” ያግስ። ብንያመ፥ “ታ ናአዉ፥ ነና ፆሳይ አንጆ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: 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. 30GOFEዮሰፍ፥ እያ እሻባይ እያዉ ጎምፓን ሴልዳ ግሾ፥ ኤለስድ፥ ቆልአ ገልድ ያን ዬክስ።BSBBSB: Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
31. 31GOFEእ ባ ሶምኡዋ ሜጨትዳፐ ጉየ ከይድ ባና ምንꬅድ፥ ካꬅ አꬃና መላ ኪትስ።BSBBSB: Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
32. 32GOFEኤንቲ ዮሰፋስ ዱማ፥ እያ እሻታስ ዱማ አꬅዶሶና። ግብፀ አሳይ እብራወ አሳታራ እስፈ መይስ ባንታና ካዉሽያባ ኦꬅ ፄልያ ግሾ እያራ ምያ ግብፀ አሳታስ ዱማ አꬅዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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. 33GOFEኤንቲ ዮሰፋ ስንꬃን ባይራይ ባ ባይራተꬃን፥ ካሎይ ባ ካሎተꬃን ማራን ኡትዶሶና። ኤንቲ እሶይ እሱዋ ፄልድ፥ ኤንታ ዋትድ ኡትስዳኮ በእድ ማላለትዶሶና።BSBBSB: They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
34. 34GOFEዮሰፋ ጋይታፐ ኤንታዉ ቁም ግሸቴስ፥ ሽን ብንያመስ ሀራታፐ አꬅድ እቻሹ ኩሸ እሚስ። ያንድ፥ ኤንቲ ዮሰፋራ ምድ ኡይድ ኡፋይትዶሶና።BSBBSB: 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.