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Nagkadto sa Egipto ang mga Utod ni Jose agod Magbakal sang Pagkaon

42 Pagkahibalo ni Jacob nga may ginabaligya nga pagkaon[a] sa Egipto, ginsilingan niya ang iya mga anak nga lalaki, “Ano pa ang ginahulat ninyo? Nakabati ako nga may ginabaligya kuno nga pagkaon sa Egipto, gani magkadto kamo didto kag magbakal agod indi kita mapatay sa gutom.” Gani naglakat ang napulo ka utod ni Jose sa Egipto agod magbakal sang pagkaon. Pero wala pagpaupda ni Jacob si Benjamin nga manghod ni Jose kay nahadlok siya nga basi may malain nga matabo sa iya.

Gani nagkadto ang mga anak ni Jacob[b] sa Egipto kaupod sang mga taga-iban nga lugar agod magbakal sang pagkaon, kay naglapnag na ang gutom sa duta sang Canaan. Bilang gobernador sang Egipto, responsibilidad ni Jose ang pagbaligya sang pagkaon sa bug-os nga duta. Gani pag-abot sang iya mga utod, nagluhod sila kay Jose bilang pagtahod sa iya. 7-9 Pagkakita ni Jose sa ila, nakilala niya dayon sila, pero sila iya wala makakilala sa iya. Wala lang siya nagpahalata nga siya si Jose. Nagpakigsugilanon siya sa ila sing masakit. Nagpamangkot siya, “Taga-diin kamo?” Nagsabat sila, “Taga-Canaan kami, kag nagkadto kami diri agod magbakal sang pagkaon.” Nadumduman dayon ni Jose ang iya damgo parte sa ila nga nakapaakig sa ila. Nagsiling siya, “Mga espiya kamo! Nagkadto kamo diri agod tan-awon kon sa diin nga parte sang amon nasyon ang maluya sang depensa.”

10 Nagsabat sila, “Indi, sir! Indi kami mga espiya. Nagkadto kami diri agod magbakal sang pagkaon. 11 Mag-ulutod kami tanan sa isa lang ka amay, kag nagasugid kami sing matuod. Indi kami mga espiya.” 12 Pero nagsiling si Jose, “Indi ako magpati! Nagkadto kamo diri agod tan-awon kon sa diin nga parte sang amon nasyon ang maluya sang depensa.” 13 Nagsabat sila, “Sir, dose kami tanan ka mag-ulutod, kag isa lang ang amon amay nga ara subong sa Canaan. Ang amon kamanghuran didto nabilin sa iya. Ang isa namon ka utod wala na.”

14 Nagsiling si Jose, “Pareho sa akon ginsiling, mga espiya gid kamo. 15 Pero testingan ko kamo kon matuod gid inang inyo ginasiling. Ginasumpa ko sa ngalan sang hari sang Egipto[c] nga indi kamo makahalin diri hasta indi ninyo madala diri ang inyo kamanghuran. 16 Magpauli ang isa sa inyo agod kuhaon ang inyo utod. Ang mabilin sa inyo prisohon hasta mapamatud-an ninyo ang inyo ginasiling, kay kon indi gani, matuod gid nga mga espiya kamo.” 17 Ginpapriso niya sila sa sulod sang tatlo ka adlaw.

18 Sa ikatlo nga adlaw, nagsiling si Jose sa ila, “Nagatahod ako sa Dios, gani hatagan ko pa kamo sang kahigayunan nga mabuhi kon tumanon lang ninyo ang akon isugo sa inyo. 19 Kon nagasugid kamo sing matuod, magpabilin diri ang isa sa inyo kag magpauli kamo kag magdala sang pagkaon para sa ginagutom ninyo nga mga pamilya. 20 Pagkatapos dal-on ninyo diri sa akon ang inyo kamanghuran agod mapamatud-an ko nga wala kamo nagabutig kag agod indi ko kamo pag-ipapatay.” Kag ginhimo nila ini.

21 Sang wala pa sila makahalin, nagsiling sila sa isa kag isa, “Ginasilutan na kita sa ginhimo naton sa aton utod. Nakita ta ang iya kasakit sang nagpakitluoy siya sa aton, pero wala gid naton siya ginkaluoyan. Amo ina ang kabangdanan kon ngaa nag-abot ini nga kalisod sa aton.” 22 Nagsiling si Reuben, “Indi bala nga ginsilingan ko kamo sadto nga indi ninyo pag-anha ang bata? Pero wala gid kamo nagpamati sa akon. Gani ginasukot na kita subong sang iya kamatayon.” 23 Wala sila nakahibalo nga maintiendihan ni Jose ang ila ginahambal tungod kay kon magpakighambal siya sa ila may manugsaysay siya. 24 Naghalin anay si Jose sa ila kag naghibi. Pero sang ulihi nagbalik siya kag nagpakigsugilanon sa ila. Ginpain niya si Simeon sa ila kag ginpagapos sa ila atubangan.

Nagbalik sa Canaan ang mga Utod ni Jose

25 Dayon nagsugo si Jose nga pun-on sang pagkaon ang mga sako sang iya mga utod kag ibalik sa ila mga sako ang ila bayad, kag pabalunan sila sang ila mga kinahanglanon sa ila pagpanglakaton. Natuman ang tanan nga ginsugo ni Jose. 26 Ginkarga dayon sang mga utod ni Jose ang ila mga sako sa ila mga asno kag naglakat.

27 Sang nagpalipas sila sang kagab-ihon sa isa ka lugar, may isa sa ila nga nagbukas sang iya sako agod pakan-on ang iya asno. Pagbukas niya, nakita niya didto ang kuwarta nga iya ginbayad. 28 Nagsinggit siya sa iya mga utod, “Gin-uli ang akon ginbayad! Ari diri sa akon sako.” Nagpalangluya sila tanan kag kinulbaan.[d] Nagpinamangkutanay sila, “Ano bala ining ginhimo sang Dios sa aton?”

29 Pag-abot nila sa Canaan, ginsugid nila sa ila amay nga si Jacob ang tanan nga natabo sa ila. 30 Siling nila kay Jacob, “Ginhambalan kami sing masakit sang gobernador sang Egipto kag ginpasibangdan nga mga espiya kuno kami. 31 Pero ginsabat namon siya nga indi kami mga espiya kag nagasugid kami sing matuod. 32 Nagsiling man kami nga dose kami ka mag-ulutod kag isa lang ang amon amay. Ginsugid man namon sa iya nga ang isa namon ka utod patay na kag ang amon nga kamanghuran ari diri sa imo sa Canaan. 33 Pero amo ini ang iya ginsiling sa amon, ‘Testingan ko kamo kon matuod ang inyo ginasiling. Magpabilin diri ang isa sa inyo kag magpauli kamo nga may dala nga pagkaon para sa inyo mga pamilya nga ginagutom. 34 Pero dal-on ninyo diri sa akon ang inyo kamanghuran agod mahibaluan ko nga nagasugid kamo sing matuod kag indi kamo mga espiya. Pagkatapos ibalik ko sa inyo ang inyo utod nga si Simeon, kag tugutan ko kamo nga magpakadto-pakari diri sa Egipto.’ ”

35 Sang ginbubo na nila ang unod sang ila mga sako, nakita nila didto sa ila mga sako ang kuwarta nga ila ginbayad. Pagkakita nila sini kag sang ila amay, kinulbaan sila tanan.

36 Nagsiling si Jacob sa ila, “Gusto bala ninyo nga madulaan ako sang mga kabataan? Wala na si Jose, wala na si Simeon kag karon gusto naman ninyo nga kuhaon si Benjamin. Ako iya ang nagaantos.” 37 Nagsiling si Reuben, “Tay, ako ang bahala kay Benjamin. Patya ang duha ko ka anak nga lalaki kon indi ko siya mabalik sa imo.” 38 Pero nagsabat si Jacob, “Indi ko pagpaupdon sa inyo ang akon anak. Patay na ang iya utod kag siya na lang isa ang nabilin. Basi malain pa ang matabo sa iya sa dalan, kag sa katigulangon ko nga ini mapatay na lang ako nga nagapangasubo.”

Footnotes

  1. 42:1 pagkaon: sa literal, uyas. Amo man sa masunod nga mga bersikulo.
  2. 42:5 Jacob: sa Hebreo, Israel.
  3. 42:15 hari sang Egipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon.
  4. 42:28 Kinulbaan sila kay basi pasibangdan sila nga gintago nila ang kuwarta kag wala sila nagbayad.

Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt,(A) he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us,(B) so that we may live and not die.”(C)

Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain(D) from Egypt. But Jacob did not send Benjamin,(E) Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.(F) So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain,(G) for there was famine in the land of Canaan(H) also.(I)

Now Joseph was the governor of the land,(J) the person who sold grain to all its people.(K) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.(L) As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.(M) “Where do you come from?”(N) he asked.

“From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”

Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.(O) Then he remembered his dreams(P) about them and said to them, “You are spies!(Q) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(R)

10 “No, my lord,(S)” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.(T) 11 We are all the sons of one man. Your servants(U) are honest men,(V) not spies.(W)

12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(X)

13 But they replied, “Your servants(Y) were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan.(Z) The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”(AA)

14 Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!(AB) 15 And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives,(AC) you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.(AD) 16 Send one of your number to get your brother;(AE) the rest of you will be kept in prison,(AF) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.(AG) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!(AH) 17 And he put them all in custody(AI) for three days.

18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(AJ) 19 If you are honest men,(AK) let one of your brothers stay here in prison,(AL) while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.(AM) 20 But you must bring your youngest brother to me,(AN) so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.

21 They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother.(AO) We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress(AP) has come on us.”

22 Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?(AQ) But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting(AR) for his blood.”(AS) 23 They did not realize(AT) that Joseph could understand them,(AU) since he was using an interpreter.

24 He turned away from them and began to weep,(AV) but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.(AW)

25 Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain,(AX) to put each man’s silver back in his sack,(AY) and to give them provisions(AZ) for their journey.(BA) After this was done for them, 26 they loaded their grain on their donkeys(BB) and left.

27 At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey,(BC) and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.(BD) 28 “My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.”

Their hearts sank(BE) and they turned to each other trembling(BF) and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”(BG)

29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan,(BH) they told him all that had happened to them.(BI) They said, 30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us(BJ) and treated us as though we were spying on the land.(BK) 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.(BL) 32 We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’(BM)

33 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.(BN) 34 But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men.(BO) Then I will give your brother back to you,(BP) and you can trade[a] in the land.(BQ)’”

35 As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver!(BR) When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.(BS) 36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more,(BT) and now you want to take Benjamin.(BU) Everything is against me!(BV)

37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care,(BW) and I will bring him back.”(BX)

38 But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead(BY) and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him(BZ) on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave(CA) in sorrow.(CB)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:34 Or move about freely

42 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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.

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.

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

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.