Genesis 42 (ZAJP)

1Yakobo viyahulike kamba kuna mandia Misili, kawalongela wanage, “Habali mgendelela kuilola?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Nihulika kamba kuna mandia muisi ya Misili, gendeni mkagule giladi sambitudanganhike.”“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.”

3Avo waja iwakulu zake Usufu longo dimwe wachola Misili kugula mandia.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4Ila Yakobo halondile Benjamini mdodo wake Usufu yachole na wayage, kwavija kadumba mbuli zihile zodaha kumvika.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Avo wana wa Yakobo wakala mmwanza wa awo wacholile kugula vakuja kwavija vivija nzala ingila muisi ya Kanaani.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Usufu kakala mkulu wa isi ya Misili, na heyo iyo yakalile yoguza vakuja ha wanhu wose wa isi ija. Avo wakulu zake Usufu viwavikile, wafugama mavindi wainamila mbaka hasi.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.

7Usufu viyawawene wakulu zake, kawatanga ila kaitenda kamba hawatangile, kawauza mkukalika, yowalongela, “Mweye molawa kwahi?” Wamwidika, “Tweye tolawa Kanaani, twiza kugula mandia.”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.”

8Usufu kawatanga wakulu zake, ila hewo hawamtangile.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Abaho kaikumbukila nzozi yake iyawalotile hewo na kuwalongela, “Mweye mwa visepi, mwiza hano kulola hanhu halekile kwimilizwa muisi yetu.”Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10Wamulongela, “Si vivo, mndewa wangu, watumigwa zako twiza hano kugula mandia.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Tweye tose twa wana wa munhu imwe, watumigwa zako hatuli wavwizi. Tweye hatuli visepi.”We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Usufu kawalongela, “Si vivo, mwiza hano kulola hanhu halekile kwimilizwa muisi yetu.”“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Wamulongela, “Watumigwa zako tukala longo dimwe na wabili, wana wa munhu imwe yokala muisi ya Kanaani, ija ikizuwanda kasigala na tataetu, na imwe kadanganhika.”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.”

14Usufu kawalongela, “Kamba viniwalongele, mweye mwa visepi!Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Vino vivo vondatuwanamate, noiduila ha Falao, hamchola kumwenu mbaka kizuwanda wenu yavike hano.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.

16Mtumeni imwe mmwanza wenu yachole kumuwinza kizuwanda wenu. Mweye msigale towagela mkifungo giladi mbuli zenu zumulonga tuzigeze tone kamba molonga kweli ama sio. Kamba si kweli avo noiduila mditwaga da Falao kamba, kweli mweye mwa visepi.”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!”

17Na kawagela mkifungo wose hamoja mmazua madatu.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Mdizua da ikadatu, Usufu kawalongela, “Muhatenda gondaniwalongele, mowa na ugima kwavija nie nomdumba Mulungu.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Kamba mweye hamuli wavwizi, imwe mmwanza wenu nayakale mkifungo muja mumkalile mweye, na mweye msigale gendeni mkasole vakuja mkawagalile wanhu wa mng'anda yenu awo wene nzala,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.

20na nigalileni kizuwanda wenu hano, giladi yoneke kamba hamnivwizile, na mkutenda avo hamdanganhika.” Watogola kutenda avo.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Wakiilongela, “Kweli tolanhigwa sama ya mdodo wetu. Tumona viyakalile yogela bazi, viyakalile yotuyalalila tumonele bazi, ila tweye hatumtegeleze, kino kicho kilamso mgayo uno wiza kumwetu.”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.”

22Lubeni kawalongela, “Nie siwalongele kamba sambimumtendele gehile imwana? Ila hamunitegeleze! Sambi topata maliho ga mulopa wake.”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!”

23Hawavitangile kamba Usufu kakala yowahulika avija viyakalile yolonga nao kubitila mtapita.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Usufu kainega na hewo na kusonga kulila, abaho kabweleganya na kulonga nao kabili. Kamsola Simioni na kumfunga hameso gao.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.

25Usufu kawalagiza watumigwa zake wagamemeze vakuja magunia gao, na wawabwezele hela zao mmagunia gao, na wawagwelele mhamba. Na gano gose watendeligwa.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,

26Avo waja iwakulu zake Usufu wakweleza vakuja vao mmhunda zao na kuchola.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Kilo viingile wema, imwe mmwanza wao kafungula gunia jake yasole mandia yamgwelele mhunda wake, kona hela zake hamulomo wa gunia jake.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.

28Kawalongela wandugu zake, “Hela zangu zibwela azino hano mdigunia jangu.” Mioyo yao ibogoyoka wakiihindukila kuno wogudema, wolonga, “Kinhu chaki kino Mulungu kiyatutendele?”“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?”

29Viwavikile ha Yakobo tataao muisi ya Kanaani, wamulongela gose gawalawilile. Wamulongela,When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30“Munhu imwe yali mkulu wa isi yose ya Misili katulonga mkutukalikila na katutenda kamba vija tweye tukala tucholile kuisepa isi yao.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Ila tweye tumulongela, ‘Tweye hatuli wavwizi, tweye sio visepi.But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32Tweye tukala wanhu longo dimwe na wabili wana wa tata imwe, imwe mmwanza wetu kadanganhika na ikizuwanda kasigala na tataetu ako Kanaani.’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.’

33Abaho ija imkulu wa isi katulongela, ‘Vino vivo vondanimtangeni kamba mweye mwa wanhu mulibule wavwizi. Nilekeleni imwe wa ndugu zenu hano na msole mandia mchole mkawagalile wanhu wa mng'anda yenu awo wene nzala.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.

34Ila nigalileni kizuwanda wenu giladi nivitange kamba mweye sio visepi ila mwa wanhu mulibule uvwizi. Abaho nowabwezela ndugu yenu, na mweye modaha kutenda uchuluzi muisi ino.’ ”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.’”

35Viwakalile wobakula magunia gao, kila munhu kavika kibweta chake cha hela. Hewo na tataao viwaviwene ivibweta va hela, wadumba.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.

36Yakobo tataao kawalongela, “Molonda niwagize wanangu wose? Usufu kapotela, Simioni kapotela, na sambi molonda kumsola Benjamini. Kila kinhu chochola mbali na vija vinilonda nie!”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!”

37Abaho Lubeni kamulongela tataake, “Kamba sim'bwezile Benjamini kumwako, basi wakome wanangu wano wabili, mwike mmakono gangu nie na nie nom'bweza kumwako.”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.”

38Ila Yakobo kalonga, “Mwanangu hadaha kuchola na mweye, mkulu wake kadanganhika na heyo iyo yeiyeka yasigale. Kamba gaham'vika gehile mnzila, na uvyele uno unilinao, mong'homa na giogio.”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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