Genesis 42 (JUM)

1Aŋ wääna Yaagüüp tiiŋŋee kä ogo päk bilto ti Macïr ye, i merkä yeeke kiinne ogo, “Ikee däämme ina?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Ika tiiŋŋä ogo päk bilto ti Macïr. Ate ïñï wïca aŋ kiije päk yaaka ütïn kä ye nuŋko ŋana tüwtïn kä.”“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.”

3Aŋ Yuucip mädgen yaaka kä caay ye attä Macïr kïïjïdï päk,So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4aŋ Yaagüüp Benyamïïn, Yuucip määden batta agee kä tucon ke meken, booc nuŋko ginkalaŋ näŋit ḍoŋe ike ti.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Aŋ merkälen Yaagüüp ḍakkä ti ke meken Macïr kïjï päk, kä yaana käñ biltee kä ti ŋommañ mä Kanaan ye.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Aŋ a Yuucip ken a mügdo yen mä Macïr. Aŋ ike yääjgïdï mä baan muure päk. Aŋ Yuucip mädgen äätin, aŋ ḍüŋjïn ïñï ike ti ŋommañ jï.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.

7Aŋ Yuucip mädgen yoorre aŋ ŋïññe, aŋ täkkene bata m'ana a pare ye, aŋ rütkene ŋïngïn tajde ogo, “Ikee ääte wa?” Aŋ iken jaajjin ogo, “Ikoon ääton ŋommañ mä Kanaan ti kijon päk.”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.”

8Aŋ Yuucip mädgen ŋïññe, aŋ ike batta agene kä ŋïcon.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Aŋ Yuucip päjjin lääggï yeeke yaaka läkkee kä ogo iken ye. Aŋ iken kiini Yuucip ogo, “Ikee age mä jommu! Aŋ ikee äätene dääme ellä baan yoono!”Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10Aŋ iken luukcin ike ti ogo, “U'u mügdo, kiinkä yüükü äätin kïjï päk.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Ikoon muuronaan agon merkä män keellä. Ikoon agon me wotken. Kiinkä yüükü batta a mä jommu.”We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Aŋ kiinne ogo, “U'u a ellä yen baan yoono ken umgene daame.”“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Aŋ iken jaajjin ogo, “Ikoon kiinkä yüükü agon mädin caay witken kä yew merkä män keellä ŋommañ yen mä Kanaan ti, aŋ tiññaŋ määdo ḍeerconḍe bilti cääy ke wäyo aŋ yaŋkalaŋ a yääyon.”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.”

14Aŋ iken kiini Yuucip ogo, “Bata yaana kiinne kä ye ikee age mä jommu.Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Aŋ kä yaanni ikee puuce, ikee lïïtke kä yäṇtäŋ Parahuun, ikee batta bi kaace woo nänṭä yaanni ti ke määdic ḍeerconḍe ääte winni.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.

16Tucce men kä keelok ikee ti aŋ dale ike atï määdic äbe i ikee kalaŋ age gaŋgar jï winni, nuŋko ukcon kä gïtï jiik yeekic naana ikee jaaye a gïtken ye. Naana batta gïtken ye, ikee lïïtke kä yäṇtäŋ Parahuun, ikee age mä jommu.”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!”

17Aŋ ḍoocce muure gaŋgar jï, aŋ nääkin nïïnkä kä ḍäk.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Aŋ nïïnnä ḍäk iken kiini Yuucip ogo, “Yaanni naŋe aŋ ikee bi üde, kä yaana booju kä Jooŋ ye.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Aŋ naana ikee age mä wotku ye, dale määdic yaŋkalaŋ cääy gaŋgar jï winni, aŋ ikee yakkalaŋ ate paa äce päk äärgä yeekic tüggen yaaka näkä käñ ye ti.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.

20Aŋ määdic ḍeerconḍe äckakä nuŋko jiik yeekic ŋïce daa me agene gïtken, nuŋko ŋana tüwde kä.” Aŋ iken yaakka gïmgï.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Aŋ iken luugjin ogo, “A gïtken jooññu yaanni kaññïn kä gin'a näŋgïnïn määdo Yuucip ina. Ïkïïn yüṭṭïn pillä yäwconḍe yeene wääna ñujee ïkïïn ti yüükkïn ti, aŋ batta agïn yüükkïnï ti. Ina ken pillä yaanni wäättee kä ïkïïn ti yaanna.”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.”

22Aŋ Robïïn luukcin ogo, “Ikee batta kolle ogo ŋana minneni näŋgede yiñ? Aŋ ikee batta tiŋde. Tiññaŋ yïmgä yeeke ken ikki joocïn kä me yaakki.”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!”

23Aŋ batta ŋäjjänä ogo jiiken ookcïdïï gïtï Yuucip, nääŋka ike jaay kä aŋ jiik yeeke ŋüülge daa gïtï kä mäŋkalaŋ ye.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Aŋ ike ñome ṭukke woo iken ti aŋ jujjin kä ïwok, aŋ wääna ḍaŋŋee kä ïwok ye, i ñome ṭuugene ti iken ti aŋ jaaynene ŋuca, aŋ Camoon koowne aŋ ḍiiŋŋe ñomgen ti.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.

25Aŋ Yuucip kiinkä yeeke iingene ogo kücümgü ook yaakka küümgïï ko päk, aŋ oon yaŋkalaŋ daa tiil yeeke ḍüükcï kücam yeene jï, aŋ ïñjï wakkä äämkä yek päy jïñe. Aŋ yaakka näŋgene daa kä me.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,

26Aŋ wäättan iken tüürüŋŋï yeeken kuucki ŋätkin päk yeeken aŋ attä.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Aŋ nänṭä yaana yuuttene ïñï nïïnene kä ye, yaŋkalaŋ kücam yeene kupkene ogo tüürüŋ yeene äämgee, aŋ tiil yeeke kaññe kücam tük.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.

28Aŋ mädgen kiinne ogo, “Yuure tiil yeeki a ḍuukin ti, ikki kücam jï.” Aŋ iken juuggen yejgin aŋ yoken tïïcïn aŋ luugjin ogo, “A ŋaaka ken naŋi Jooŋ ïkïïn ti aŋŋi?”“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?”

29Aŋ wääna iken ḍakkene ti wäyen Yaagüüp ti ŋommañ mä Kanaan ti ye, wäyen nüütkï waak'a näŋŋä ḍuuggen iken ti ye muure ogo,When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30“Oon yaana a men mooye yen mä baan yaanja ye, ikoon rüüṇṇon ŋïngïn, aŋ ikoon käkkonon witin ogo ikoon agjon mä jommu yek baan yeenen.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Aŋ kiinnon ogo, ‘Ikoon agon me wotken, ikoon batta agon mä jommu.But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32Ikoon mädin agon caay witken kä yew, aŋ wäyo a keelok, aŋ keelok a yääyon, aŋ ḍeerconḍe a paa ke wäyo ŋommañ mä Kanaan ti.’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.’

33Aŋ men mooye yen mä ŋommañ yaanja ikoon kiinnon ogo, ‘Aŋŋi ken bi ŋäjje kä ogo ikee agje me wotken. Määdic keelok dalje ïñï ika ti winni, aŋ kuje päk ije äcke äärgä tüggen yeekic yaaka näkä käñ ye ti.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.

34Aŋ määdicle äcka kä, nuŋko ŋäjje kä ogo ikee batta agje mä jommu, aŋ ogo mä wotken. Aŋ wäättan määdic ḍuukke kä, aŋ ikee bi kije aŋ yääje wakkä baan jï kä tettä.’”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.’”

35Aŋ wääna kücümgü yeeken pukte daa kä ye, iken muure yaŋkalaŋ daa ḍeggon yeene yen tiil bilti kücam yeene jï. Aŋ wääna iken ke wäyen ḍïïggï tiil yoorene daa ye, i iken bojgin.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.

36Aŋ iken kiini wäyen Yaagüüp ogo, “Ikee ṭäke merkä yeeki yääye muure? Yuucip baati, aŋ Camoon baati, aŋ tiññaŋ ikee ṭäke Benyamïïn koowde. Aŋ yaakki muure äätïdï a ika ti!”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!”

37Aŋ Robïïn wäyen kiinne ogo, “Merkälen yeeki yaaka kä yewwe ye nägä ḍugin, naana batta agä ḍüügïnï ïkï ti ye, müükkaa kä ïṇtï ti, aŋ bi ḍuukkenii kä.”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.”

38Aŋ Yaagüüp jaajjin ogo, “Minneni yeeni batta atï ke ikee wïca, määden tüwnü aŋ ike aŋŋa keelok yaana buccin ye. Ika agä daan aŋ naana ginkalaŋ näŋï ḍoŋe ike ti päy jï ye, ika bi äcka ḍok nüüjdüŋ, aŋ ika bi näga ḍok.”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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