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Genesis 44
44
Genesis
Joseph
Kituba Bible
Joseph
, person
Judah
, person
Benjamin
, person
Canaan
, place
Pharaoh
, person
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Na manima, Yosefi tumisaka ntwadisi ya yinzo ya yandi, yandi tubaka mutindu yayi: «Fulusa basaki ya bantu yayi na bima ya kudya yina bawu lenda nata, mpe vutula mbongo ya mosi-mosi na kati ya saki ya yandi, mpe tula yawu na zulu ya bima yina ya kudya.
BSB
BSB:
Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
2
MKW
Tula na kati ya saki ya leki ya bawu mbungu ya munu ya palata, na mbongo ya yandi ya madya.» Ntwadisi ya yinzo ya Yosefi salaka mutindu Yosefi tubaka na yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
3
MKW
Na suka-suka ya kilumbu yina landaka, ntangu bwisi kutsyaka, ba pesaka bawu luve ya kukwenda, bawu na bambuluku ya bawu.
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BSB:
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
4
MKW
Bawu basikaka na mbanza. Bawu kumaka ntete ntama ve, Yosefi tubaka na ntwadisi ya yinzo ya yandi: «Telama nge landa bantu yina, nge kwenda kuzwa bawu, mpe nge yufula bawu: “Samu na yinki beno me vutula yimbi na bumbote yina ba me sadila beno?
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BSB:
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
5
MKW
Samu na yinki beno me laba mbungu yina mfumu ya munu ke nwininaka mpe ke tadilaka mambu yina ke kwiza? Mambu beno me sala kele yimbi!”»
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BSB:
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
6
MKW
Yandi kwendaka kuzwa bawu mpe yandi zabisaka na bawu mambu nyonso yina.
BSB
BSB:
When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
7
MKW
Bawu vutulaka na yandi: «Mfumu ya beto, samu na yinki nge me tuba dyambu ya mutindu yina? Zaba ti beto bisadi ya nge, beto lenda sala dyambu ya mutindu yina ve!
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“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
8
MKW
Ntangu beto kumaka na Kaana, beto talaka mbongo na kati ya basaki ya beto. Mpe ntangu beto vutukaka kwaku, beto vutulaka nge yawu. Na yina, wapi mutindu beto lenda laba dyaka palata to wolo na yinzo ya mfumu ya nge?
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BSB:
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9
MKW
Kana beno kuzwa mbungu yina na mosi na kati na beto, beno kufwa yandi! Mpe beto bayina ke bikana, beno ke kumisa beto bandongo ya nge mfumu ya beto.»
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BSB:
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
10
MKW
Ntwadisi ya yinzo ya Yosefi vutulaka: «Bika ti yawu kusalama mutindu beno me zonza. Kasi beno zaba ti, na muntu yina beto ke kuzwa mbungu yango, yandi zaba ti, yandi ke kuma mundongo ya beto, kasi ba ya nkaka ke vwanda na kimpwanza.»
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BSB:
“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
11
MKW
Na nswalu, mosi-mosi tulaka saki ya yandi na ntoto mpe fungulaka yawu.
BSB
BSB:
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12
MKW
Ntwadisi ya yinzo ya Yosefi sosaka na basaki ya bawu nyonso, kubanda na saki ya yaya ya ntete mpe yandi sukaka na saki ya leki. Kasi mbungu talanaka na saki ya Bezame.
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BSB:
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13
MKW
Dyambu yina salaka bampangi ya Yosefi kyadi, mpe bawu pasulaka bilele ya bawu. Mosi-mosi vutulaka saki ya yandi na zulu ya mbuluku mpe bawu vutukaka na mbanza.
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BSB:
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
14
MKW
Yuda na bampangi ya yandi kumaka na yinzo ya Yosefi. Yosefi vwandaka ntete kuna na yinzo. Bawu fukamaka kizizi na ntoto na mantwala ya yandi.
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BSB:
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
15
MKW
Yosefi tubaka na bawu: «Yayi wapi mambu beno me sala? Beno zaba ve ti muntu mutindu munu, mu kele na lulendo ya kuzaba mambu yina ke kwiza?»
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“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
16
MKW
Yuda vutulaka: «Mfumu ya munu, yinki beto lenda zonza? Wapi dyambu beto lenda tuba dyaka na kuzwa mpemba na meso ya nge? Samu ti Nzambi me talisa yimbi ya beto na pwelele. Beto bawu yayi mindongo ya nge, kintwadi na mpangi yina vwandaka na mbungu yango.»
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“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
17
MKW
Yosefi vutulaka: «Ve! Mu lenda sala mutindu yina ve. Kaka yandi yina vwandaka na mbungu muntu ke vwanda mundongo ya munu. Kasi samu na beno, beno lenda vutuka na kizunu na sika ya tata ya beno.»
BSB
BSB:
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
18
MKW
Yuda kwendaka pene-pene ya Yosefi mpe tubaka na yandi: «Mulemvo ya nge mfumu ya munu, pesa na munu kisadi ya nge, luve ya kuzabisa nge mwa dyambu mosi. Kasi kudasukila ve munu, kisadi ya nge. Mu zaba ti nge kele kwandi mutindu Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti.
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BSB:
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19
MKW
Mfumu ya beto, nge yufulaka beto bisadi ya nge kana beto kele na tata to leki ya nkaka.
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BSB:
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20
MKW
Beto vutulaka na mfumu ya munu ti: “Beto kele na tata ya kiboba, na mwana yina yandi butaka na buboba ya yandi. Tata ya beto ke zolaka yandi mingi samu ti yandi me bikana yandi mosi na kivumu ya mama ya yandi. Yaya ya yandi kufwaka.”
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BSB:
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21
MKW
Nge tubaka na beto: “Beno natina munu yandi, mu kele na nsatu ya kutala yandi.”
BSB
BSB:
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
22
MKW
Beto vutulaka na nge mfumu ti: “Mwana yina lenda bika ve tata ya yandi, samu ti tata ya yandi lenda kufwa kana mwana yina bika yandi.”
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BSB:
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
23
MKW
Nge tubaka dyaka na beto: “Kana beno kwiza ve na leki ya beno, beno zaba ti mu ke yamba dyaka beno ve.”
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BSB:
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24
MKW
Mpe ntangu beto vutukaka na sika ya tata ya beto, kisadi ya nge, beto zabisaka yandi nyonso yina nge, mfumu ya beto, nge tubaka na beto.
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BSB:
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
25
MKW
Mpe ntangu yandi zabisaka na beto na kuvutuka kwaku samu na kusumba mwa ndambu ya bima ya kudya,
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BSB:
Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
26
MKW
beto vutulaka na yandi ti: “Ve! Beto lenda vutuka kuna ve, kana leki ya beto kwenda na beto ve. Kuna, beto lenda vutuka. Samu ti, mfumu ke yamba beto ve, kana leki ya beto kuvwanda ve na beto.”
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BSB:
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
27
MKW
Tata ya beto, kisadi ya nge, tubaka na beto: “Beno me zaba ti, kento ya munu, Lasele, butilaka munu kaka bana zole.
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BSB:
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28
MKW
Mosi me zimbanaka, mpe mu banza ti ba kudyaka yandi na kibulu ya nsisi, samu ti mu ke talaka dyaka yandi ve.
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BSB:
When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
29
MKW
Mpe beno zola baka dyaka yandi yayi me bikanaka na munu! Kana dyambu ya yimbi kumina yandi, beno zaba ti mu ke kufwa na manyongo nyonso, mpe lufwa ya munu ke kubwa na bayintu ya beno.”
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BSB:
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
30
MKW
Na yina, wapi mutindu mu lenda vutuka na sika ya tata ya munu kana mwana yayi kele ve na beto? Luzingu ya yandi kele ya kukangama na mwana yayi.
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So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
31
MKW
Kana yandi tala mwana yayi ve, yandi ke kufwa na manyongo nyonso. Mpe lufwa ya yandi ke kubwa na bayintu ya beto.
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sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
32
MKW
Na yina, na mantwala ya tata, mu ndimaka kizitu ya mwana na yintu ya munu. Mu tubaka ti kana mu vutuka ve na yandi, mu ke futa masumu na mantwala ya tata ya munu luzingu ya munu nyonso.
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BSB:
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
33
MKW
Ntangu yayi, mulemvo ya nge, bika ti munu kisadi ya nge, mu bikana kwaku na kisika ya mwana yayi mutindu mundongo ya nge, mfumu ya munu. Samu ti, yandi kuvutuka na sika ya tata kintwadi na bayaya ya yandi.
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BSB:
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
34
MKW
Mu lenda vutuka ve na sika ya tata ya munu kana mwana yayi kele ve na munu. Samu ti, mu zola ve kutala na meso, yimbi yina ke kumina tata ya munu.»
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BSB:
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
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