Genesis 42 (MKW)

1Yakobi kuwaka ti bambuma ya faline kele na yinsi ya Ngipiti, yandi tubaka na bana ya yandi: «Samu na yinki beno me vwandaka ya beno awa kaka na kutalasanaka?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Mu me kuwa ti bambuma ya faline kele na Ngipiti. Beno kwenda kuna, mpe beno sumbila beto yawu, samu ti beto zinga, beto kufwa ve na nsatu.»“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.”

3Na yina, kumi ya bampangi ya Yosefi kwendaka sumba bambuma ya faline na Ngipiti.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4Kasi Yakobi fidisaka ve Bezame, leki ya Yosefi samu ti yandi kwenda na bayaya ya yandi. Samu ti yandi tubaka: «Mu kele na boma ti dyambu ya yimbi kukumina yandi.»But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Bana ya Isayeli kwizaka sumba bambuma ya faline na Ngipiti, nzila mosi na bisumbi ya nkaka yina vwandaka kwenda kuna. Samu ti nsatu ya nene vwandaka na yinsi ya Kaana.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Yosefi vwandaka mfumu ya nene na yinsi ya Ngipiti. Ni yandi vwandaka twadisa kisalu ya kutekisaka bambuma ya faline na bantu nyonso ya yinsi. Bampangi ya Yosefi kwizaka fukama kizizi na ntoto na mantwala ya Yosefi.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.

7Yosefi talaka bampangi ya yandi, mpe zabaka bawu. Yandi salaka ti bampangi ya yandi kuzaba yandi ve. Yandi zonzila bawu na ngolo nyonso: «Wapi sika beno me katuka?» Bawu vutulaka: «Beto me katuka na yinsi ya Kaana, mpe beto me kwiza sumba bima ya kudya.»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.”

8Yosefi zabaka bawu, kasi bawu vwandaka zaba dyaka yandi ve.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Yosefi bambukaka moyo na bandosi yina yandi lotaka samu na bawu. Mpe yandi tubaka na bawu: «Beno kele bambeni yina me kwiza samu na kuzaba lebakana ya yinsi ya beto.»Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10Bawu vutulaka: «Ve mfumu ya munu! Bisadi ya nge me kwiza kaka samu na kusumba bima ya kudya.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Beto nyonso kele bana ya tata mosi, mpe beto kele ya kudedama. Beto bisadi ya nge, beto kele ve bambeni yina me kwiza samu na kuzaba wapi mutindu beto lenda dyata kimfumu ya yinsi ya beno.»We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Yosefi vutulaka: «Ve! Luvunu! Beno me kwiza samu na kusosa kuzaba lembakani ya yinsi ya beto.»“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Bawu tubaka dyaka: «Beto bisadi ya nge, beto kele kumi na zole, bana ya tata mosi na yinsi ya Kaana. Bubu yayi, leki ya beto kele na tata ya beto, mpangi ya beto mosi kufwaka.»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.”

14Yosefi vutulaka: «Ni yina mu zabisaka beno, ti beno kele bambeni.Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Tala mutindu ke vwandila ntontolo ya beno: Ya tsyelika, na nkumbu ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, beno ke basika ve na yinsi yayi tekila ti leki ya beno kwiza kwaku.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.

16Beno fidisa mosi na kati ya beno na kwenda baka yandi mpe, ba ya nkaka, ke bikana na boloko. Ni kuna mu ke zaba kana mambu yina beno me zabisa munu kele ya tsyelika. Kana ya kele mutindu yina ve, na nkumbu ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, beno kele ya tsyelika bambeni.»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!”

17Yosefi tulaka bawu nyonso na boloko bilumbu tatu.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Na kilumbu ya tatu, Yosefi tubaka na bawu: «Tala mutindu beno ke sala, samu na kuvwanda moyo. Mu ke zitisaka Nzambi.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Kana beno kele bantu ya kudedama, beno ndima ti mosi na beno kubikana na boloko yayi beno kele. Ba ya nkaka kunata bambuma ya faline na makanda ya beno, yina kele na kufwa nsatu.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.

20Mpe beno natina munu leki ya beno. Ni kuna mu ke zaba ti yina beno me tuba kele ya tsyelika, mpe beno ke kufwa ve.» Ni mutindu yina bawu salaka.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Bawu tubaka bawu na bawu mutindu yayi: «Ya tsyelika! Beto me kuzwa masembo samu na mpangi ya beto. Beto talaka mpasi ya yandi ntangu yandi vwandaka lomba beto mulemvo, kasi beto wilaka yandi ve. Ni yawu yina, mpasi yayi kele na kukuminaka beto.»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.”

22Mpe Lubene vutulaka na bawu: «Mu zabisaka beno ti: “Beno sala ve yimbi na mwana yayi”, kasi beno wilaka munu ve. Awa beto ke na kufuta masumu ya lufwa ya yandi.»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!”

23Bawu zabaka ve ti Yosefi vwandaka kuwa mambu yina bawu vwandaka zonza. Samu ti, ya vwandaka na mubangudi yina vwandaka sadisa bawu na kuzonzaka na Yosefi.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Yosefi bikaka bawu mpe kwendaka dila na mansweki. Ntangu Yosefi vutukilaka bawu, yandi zonzaka na bawu ti, yandi ke kanga Simewone, mpe yandi kangaka yandi na meso ya bawu.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.

25Na manima, Yosefi pesaka ntumunu na bisadi ya yandi na kufulusa basaki ya bawu na bambuma ya faline, mpe na kuvutula mbongo ya mosi-mosi na saki ya yandi. Yandi pesa mpe bawu madya ya kudya na nzila. Ni mutindu yina ba salaka samu na bawu.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,

26Bawu tulaka basaki ya madya ya bawu na zulu ya bambuluku ya bawu, mpe bawu kwendaka.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Ntangu bawu kumaka na kisika ya kulutisila mpimpa, mosi na bawu zibulaka saki ya yandi samu na kupesa madya na mbuluku ya yandi, mpe yandi talaka mbongo ya yandi na kati ya saki.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.

28Yandi tubaka na bampangi ya yandi: «Ba me vutula mbongo ya munu, yawu yayi na kati ya saki ya munu!» Bawu pamukaka mpe boma kuzwaka bawu. Bawu tubaka bawu na bawu mutindu yayi: «Yayi yinki Nzambi me sala beto?»“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?”

29Ntangu bawu kumaka na sika ya tata ya bawu Yakobi, na yinsi ya Kaana, bawu zabisaka yandi mambu nyonso yina kuminaka bawu. Bawu tubaka:When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30«Muntu yina kele mfumu ya yinsi, me zonzila beto na ngolo nyonso. Yandi me zonza ti beto kele bambeni yina me kwiza samu na kuzaba lembakani ya yinsi ya beto.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Beto vutulaka na yandi: “Beto kele ve bambeni, kasi bantu ya kudedama.But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32Beto vwandaka kumi na zole, bana ya tata mosi. Mpangi ya beto mosi kufwaka, bubu yayi leki ya beto kele na tata ya beto na yinsi ya Kaana.”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.’

33Muntu yango, mfumu ya yinsi, tubaka na beto mutindu yayi: “Beno bikila munu mpangi ya beno mosi, ni kuna mu ke zaba kana beno kele ya kudedama. Mpe beno baka yina me fwanana, samu na kunatina makanda ya beno, yina kele na kufwa nsatu.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.

34Na yina, beno natina munu leki ya beno, ni kuna mu ke zaba ti beno kele ve bambeni, kasi bantu ya kudedama. Na manima, mu ke vutula mpangi ya beno, mpe mu ke bika beno kusala mumbungu na yinsi ya munu mutindu beno zola.”»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.’”

35Bawu vwandaka basisa madya na basaki ya bawu. Mpe na saki ya konso muntu, bawu vwandaka kuta saki ya yandi ya mbongo. Ntangu bawu talaka mbongo yango, bawu kuzwaka boma na Yakobi tata ya bawu.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.

36Mpe tata ya bawu, Yakobi, tubaka na bawu mutindu yayi: «Beno me zimbisa munu bana zole: Yosefi na Simewone kele dyaka ve. Mpe beno zola baka dyaka munu Bezame! Mambu nyonso yayi ke na kubwa ni na zulu ya munu!»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!”

37Lubene tubaka na tata ya yandi: «Nge lenda kufwa bana ya munu zole, kana mu vutula ve Bezame. Pesa yandi na maboko ya munu, mpe mu ke vutula yandi na sika ya nge.»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.”

38Yakobi vutulaka: «Ve! Mwana ya munu ke kwenda na beno ve. Yaya ya yandi me kufwa, kaka ni yandi me bikana na munu. Mu me kuma kiboba, kana dyambu ya yimbi kumina yandi na nzila, mu ke kufwa na manyongo, samu na beno.»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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