Genesis 42 (LGA)

1Ego totonai sa gigilai i Jekopi sa na kiko sa sa kole pa Ijipi poni, sa pira sauniria sira na tuna marene, <<Ai sa vei ko qu kole gu toqo vaidoke tari lana?>> sauniria.When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Beto sauniria mule, <<Qa nongoria sa na kiko sa kole pa Ijipi qarigu. Ko mu gore vai vanigita kaki kiko ketakoi, ko ta toania ko take mate,>> sau.“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.”

3Poni sa ira ka manogaputa tugana i Josepa sa qai gore ko mai vai kiko pa Ijipi qarigu.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4Ba i Jekopi sake vatutiniria ira si Benisimani isa na tasina i Josepa ura kita vei ko mi gosoro tapata sau.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Ko ira na tuna marene i Izireli sa qai somana tutiiria sira kaki goto tinoni qai gore vai kiko pa Ijipi ura pa ia pa Kenani ba sa raja tugu sa na songe.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Ego i Josepa sa na tinoni mamata pa ia pa Ijipi, ko isa sa vavainiria tadira doru na tinoni pa ia sa na kiko. Ko totonai qai kamu pa Ijipi sira na tugana i Josepa, poni saqai lao titi opo gore pa peso pa moena isa.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.

7Isa tugu sa batiria na tugana si Josepa sa, sa gigalariaona ba sa roiti vei kai tinoni karovona sisa ko sa paranga sasasururia, pira sau, <<Pai qu koko lame vei sagou?>> sauniria. Poni pira qarigu sira, Koi! <<Agei na koko lame vei mei pa ia pa Kenani,>> <<Ko me vai kiko qeu,>> qarigunia.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.”

8I Josepa sa gigalariaona sa na tugana goto ira sa qaike gigalia sisa.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Beto isa sa sa roroqu kamua i Josepa sira nona putagita veveidi ira na tugana ko pira sauniria, <<Na tinoni qu tome golomo sagou. Mu tome ko mu doro poaria gu ketakoi mina boka pururu tome vei na kana qugu,>> sauniria.Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10Poni qai oea sisa, pira qarigu, Koi <<Dai! mei tinoni lavata.>> <<Agei na mua nabulu aipira sa qe kamu ko me vai kiko gu qeu sa.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Agei doru pira sa na tuna marene beto gu kai tinoni. Na sosotona sa qe pojanigo api ko nake tinoni me lame tome golomo doro poai na miu ia qeu,>> qarigunia.We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Ba pira sauniria mutugu sira, <<Dai!>> <<Qu seke. Qu lame ko mu batia ketakoi mina boka pururu tome vei na kana qugu,>> sauniria.“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Ba pira qarigu mutugu sira, <<Agei na mua nabulu aipira sa ka manogarua tamatasi na tuna marene beto gu kai tinoni sa suvere pa Kenani. Isa pa ligu bebeto sa sa korapa suvere tana tamamei goto kame sa tei kepore tu,>> qarigunia.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.”

14Sa pira sauniria i Josepa sira, <<Isa tugu vei qa tei pojanigou tu ara. Na tinoni qu tome golomo tugu sagou.Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Ba jongana, pira mana podeke veinigou ara sagou: Pa isongona i Pero na bangara toana sa, munake isongo taloa lani sagou tinganai mina kamu tu lani sa na tasimiu pa ligu.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.

16Ko mu garunia sa kame agou ko mi riu toni vakamua sa na tasimiu goto agou doru mule sa muna takopu pa ruma vaipiu ko ta doria vei sosoto tugu sa na paranga qu pojaria ba dai, sauniria. Vei munake vei sa pa isongona i Pero na bangara toana sa, na tinoni qu tome golomo tugu sagou.>>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!”

17Beto ko sa vatomeria pa ruma vaipiu ka ue rane.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Pa vinaue rane poni sa pira sauniria i Josepa sira, Jongana, <<Mu roitinia gu agou sa na sakasava ma pojanigou ara api qau ko mu toa ura ara ba qa matagutunia na Tamasa.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Vei mina tinoni tarangemiu sosoto sagou sa kame agou sa mina suvere jola pa ruma vaipiu goto agou doru mule sa mu pogoso muleniria na kiko pa miu gusu tadira na miu tatamana qai korapa burana vaivasevi.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.

20Ba muna isongo toni kamunia taqu sa na tasimiu pa ligu bebeto soni vei tu sa na sosotona tugu sa na miu vavakato managu sara beto vei tu sa munake tavamate,>> sauniria. Poni qai vaegoa gu ira sa na sakasava sa pojaniria isa.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Beto qai kole vaipaparanga mekadi sira ka manogaputa tamatasi, pira qarigu, <<Inana sa, taqe tekua na vinakilasa sa gita pa laena na tasida. Taqe batioda sa ai sa vitigi veinia isa sa na tapata taqe roiti laonia gita tana totonai sa tepa vivitigi gita ko take vaia sau, ba taqeke vainongoro ko sa vei sa taqe gosoronia na tapata gita sa na ginugua isa,>> qarigu mekadi.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.”

22Poni sa oeria i Rubeni sira, pira sauniria, <<Qa pojanigou tugu sara boko tasiqu, pira qaunigou, muke kotia na koburu qaunigou. Ba agou quke vainongoro. Ko kopira sa tana isongo laea tugu gita sa na orunguna isa,>> sau sisa.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!”

23Qaike gigilai ira sa i Josepa sa sa korapa nonongoriaona sa na sa qai korapa pojai ira ura isa sa kai goto tinoni tu sa sa ruruvata vakarovo vania.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Ko sa rijo vasou tadira ko sa podalai lukana, beto sa gabala muleria ko sa parangaria. Beto sa tekua si Simioni ko sa piua pa moedi ira.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.

25Ego beto sa vaigarunu si Josepa ko qai vapugeleni kiko sa na baiki tadira, qai kura muleniria pa leo baiki sa na dia poata siliva beto qai vatana vaniria na besa pa dia rerege mule. Pa liguna sa roiti veiniria isa inara,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,

26poni sa qai vamakeleria pa dia dongiki sa na dia kiko beto ko qai taloa riu.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Pa kai ia ketakoi qai vajola bongi, poni sa kame ira sa sa revangia nona baiki ko mi vagagania nona dongiki sau sa, sa batia sa nona poata siliva pa mangana nona baiki.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.

28Ko pira sauniria sira na tugana na tasina, Koi! <<Sa tavamule sa na poata siliva taqu.>> Dotu! <<Pa leo qua baiki api,>> sauniria. Poni sa tadungana na bulodi ko qai matagutu neneqere ko pira qarigu, <<Na sa pu vei pira ko na Tamasa sa roiti veinigita tu pira?>> qarigu.“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?”

29Totonai qai mule kamu tai Jekopi na tamadi pa ia pa Kenani sa, qai vavakato vania sa doru sakasaa sa taroiti tadira. Pira qarigu,When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30<<Na tinoni isa sa bangarania na ia isa sa sa paranga sasasurugei beto sa roiti veinigei tu kale agei qe korapa lao tome golomo doro poai na dia ia sau.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Ba pira qeunia, Na sosotona sa agei nake tinoni qe korapa tome golomo pa ia tamugou.But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32Ka manogarua tamatasi sagei na tuna beto gu kai tinoni. Kame sa tei kepore tu goto isa pa ligu bebeto sa sa korapa suvere tana tamamei pa ia pa Kenani qeunia,>> qarigu.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.’

33<<Beto pira saunigei sa na tinoni sa bangarania na ia isa, <Ego pa soana vei api sa mana gigilai ara sa na tinoni tarangemiu sagou: Kai tasimiu sa muna loai taqu goto agou doru sa mu pogoso mule vaniria na gagani na miu tatamana qai korapa burana vaivasevi.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.

34Ba muna tonia lame taqu sa na tasimiu pa ligu bebeto ko mana vasosotoa ara sa na tinoni tarangemiu sosoto tugu sagou beto nake tinoni sa tome golomo doro poai na ia. Poni mana ruvata vamule vanigou sa na tasimiu, beto muna boka rijo lao lame pa ia lani sau>,>> qarigu.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.’”

35Totonai qai kole vuvaniria na dia baiki sa, korapa kura koledia pa okoto dia baiki sa na kukurani poata sa kolea na siliva. Ko totonai qai batia ira beto na tamadi sa na kukurani siliva, poni sa qai matagutu.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.

36Poni sa parangaria i Jekopi na tamadi sira, pira sau, <<Qu tei teku beto paleniria tu sira na tuqu. I Josepa sa tei kepore tu, i Simioni sa tei kepore tu ko kopira mu tekua mutu si Benisimani qugu. Doru tapata sa qai raja gu taqu,>> sau sisa.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!”

37Poni sa parangia na tamana si Rubeni, pira sau, <<Vei maneke toni mulenia tamu sa na koburu sa muna boka vairia gu sa karu tuqu marene ara inara. Mu vakolea pa limaqu ara sisa beto kode ara mana toni mulenia tamu,>> saunia.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.”

38Ba pira tu sau si Jekopi, <<Na tuqu sa minake gore tavitigou ura na tugana ba sa tei mate tu ko mekana gu isa kopira sa suvere. Ko vei mina gosoro kalea kaki tapata pa soana totonai qu korapa gore sa, na takulanga gu sa kode muna vagorenisiu pa leo pou ara sagou,>> sauniria.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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