Aamwahe yaJosef taa ka landa iilya kuEgipiti
1 Jakob sho a kundana kutya kuEgipiti oku na iilya, okwa lombwele oyana a ti: “Otamu talathana ngiini? 2 Ondu uvu kutya kuEgipiti oku na iilya. Indeni ko, mu ka lande iilya, opo twaa se kondjala.” 3 Aamwahe yaJosef omulongo oya ka landa iilya kuEgipiti, 4 ihe Jakob ina tuma onkelo Benjamin, omumwayina gwaJosef, oshoka a li a tila, pamwe ota adhika koshiponga.
5 Aana yaJakob pamwe nayalwe wo oye ya, ya lande iilya, oshoka muKaanan omwa li mu na ondjala. 6 Josef okwa li omupangeli gwoshilongo nokwa landitha po iilya kaantu yomuuyuni auhe. Aamwahe yaJosef oye ya e taa inyongamene kuye ya tsa iipala mevi. 7 Josef sho a mono aamwahe, okwe ya dhimbulula, ihe okwe ya idhimbike a fa kee ya shi. Okwe ya pula nomagandambadhi a ti: “Otamu zi peni?”
Oya yamukula ya ti: “Otwa zi kuKaanan, twe ya okulanda iilya.”
8 Josef okwa dhimbulula aamwahe, ihe yo inaye mu dhimbulula. 9 Okwa dhimbulukwa oondjodhi ndhoka a yagumine e ta ti kuyo: “One oondaadhi; omwe ya okutala, oshilongo ngele osha nengena.”
10 Oya yamukula ya ti: “Aawe, tatekulu. Tse aapika yoye twe ya okulanda iilya. 11 Tse atuhe aantu naamwayina. Katu shi oondaadhi; tse aantu aayinekelwa.”
12 Josef okwa ti: “Aawe, omwe ya owala mu tale, oshilongo shetu ngele osha nengena.”
13 Oya ti: “Otwa li atuhe kumwe aantu naamwayina omulongo nayaali, aana yomusamane gumwe mevi lyaKaanan. Mukwetu okwa sa, nonkelo oyi li putate kegumbo.”
14 Josef okwa yamukula a ti: “Osho naanaa, ngaashi nda ti: one oondaadhi. 15 Natu taleni, ngele otamu popi oshili. Ote gana medhina lyomukwaniilwa kutya itamu zi po mpaka, manga ondenge yeni onkelo inee ya mpaka. 16 Gumwe gwomune na ye e ke mu tale, yamwe manga taa kala po ya dhigininwa, sigo oshili tayi holoka, ngaashi mwa ti. Ngele hasho, one oondaadhi. Osho oshili, ngaashi omukwaniilwa e na omwenyo.” 17 Nena okwe ya tula mondjedhililo e taa kala mo omasiku gatatu.
18 Mesiku etitatu Josef okwa ti kuyo: “Ngame omutilikalunga nonda hala okuhupitha oomwenyo dheni, ngele otamu ningi ngeyi: 19 Opo tu mone kutya one aantu aayinekelwa, gumwe gwomune na kale mondjedhililo moka mu li, manga yalwe tamu faalele aanaluhepo iilya mbyoka mwa landa. 20 Nena omu na okweetela ndje omumwanyoko onkelo, opo shi ninge ekoleko kutya omwa lombwela ndje oshili, ne mwaa dhipagwe.”
21 Oya zimine e taa lombwelathana taa ti: “Eeno, otatu hepekwa naanaa molwashoka twa ningile omumwamene. Otwa mwene uudhigu we uunene, sho a li e tu indile ohenda, ihe tse inatu pulakena ko. Omolwashoka tu li muudhigu wa tya ngaaka.”
22 Reuben okwa ti: “Inandi mu lombwela, mwaa ehameke omunona, ihe inamu pulakena? Ngashingeyi otatu pulwa ombinzi ye.” 23 Josef oku uvu shoka taa ti, ihe yo inaye shi tseya, oshoka oya popile naye nomutoloki. 24 Josef okwa zi puyo e ta lili. Sho a fudha po, okwa galuka e ta kutha Simeon mokati kawo e te mu mangitha montaneho yawo.
Aamwahe yaJosef taa shuna kuKaanan
25 Josef okwa ti, oompunda dhawo nadhi udhithwe iilya, iimaliwa yawo yi tulwe mompunda yashaa ngoka, yo ya pewe onguta yomondjila. Shika osha ningwa. 26 Aamwahe oya kutile uusino wawo iilya mbyoka ye yi landa e taa yi. 27 Montanda gumwe okwa dhitulula ompunda ye, a paluthe okasino ke e ta mono iimaliwa mokana kompunda. 28 Okwa lombwele aamwayina a ti: “Iimaliwa yandje oya galukila ndje, oyo mbika mompunda yandje!” Omitima dhawo odha kukuka, nomuumbanda oya lombwelathana ya ti: “Akwetu, Kalunga okwe tu ningi ngiini?”
29 Sho ya thiki kuhe kuKaanan, oye mu hokololele ayihe mbyoka ya ningilwa ya ti: 30 “Omupangeli gwaEgipiti okwe tu popitha nomagandambadhi e te tu pe oombedhi dhokundaadha oshilongo she. 31 Otwa yamukula twa ti: ‘Tse katu shi oondaadhi, tse aantu aainekelwa. 32 Otwa li aantu naamwayina omulongo nayaali, aana yahe gumwe. Omumwameme gumwe okwa sa, nonkelo oku li kuKaanan putate.’ 33 Omulumentu omupangeli okwa yamukula a ti: ‘Ningeni ngeyi, opo ku monike kutya ne aantu aainekelwa: Gumwe gwomune na kale pungame, manga yalwe taa ka faalela aanaluhepo iilya. 34 Etelii ndje omumwanyoko onkelo, nena otandi ka tseya kutya ne kamu shi oondaadhi, ihe aayinekelwa. Otandi mu galulile omumwanyoko, opo tamu vulu okweenda noshilongo ashihe.’ ” 35 Sho taa pimpi oompunda dhawo, shaa ngoka okwa mono okampunda ke kiimaliwa. Sho ya mono uumpunda wiimaliwa, oyo pamwe nahe Jakob oya li ya tila. 36 He okwa ti kuyo: “Omwa hala mu yuge ndje aamwandje? Josef ke po; Simeon ke po; ngashingeyi omwa hala mu kuthe ndje Benjamin. Ayihe otayi ehameke ndje.”
37 Reuben okwa ti kuhe: “Ngele itandi ku galulile Benjamin, oto vulu okudhipaga po aamwandje aamati yaali. Mu tula mesiloshimpwiyu lyandje, notandi mu galulile kungoye.” 38 Ihe Jakob okwa ti: “Omumwandje ita yi nane. Omumwayina okwa sa, oye awike a kala po. Ota ningi a adhike koshiponga mondjila. Onda kulupa, noluhodhi ndoka tamu etele ndje, otalu dhipaga ndje.”
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 ¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men , thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: 19 If ye be true men , let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 ¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 ¶ Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them , and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 ¶ And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
