1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
Hapo Yusufu hakuweza kujizuia mbele yao wote waliosimama karibu naye. Akapiga kelele, na kusema, Mwondoeni kila mtu mbele yangu. Wala hakusimama mtu pamoja naye, Yusufu alipojitambulisha kwa nduguze.
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Akapaza sauti yake akalia, nao Wamisri wakasikia. Watu wa nyumba ya Farao nao wakasikia.
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Yusufu akawaambia ndugu zake, Mimi ndimi Yusufu; baba yangu angali hai bado? Wala ndugu zake hawakuweza kumjibu, maana waliingiwa na hofu mbele yake.
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Yusufu akawaambia ndugu zake, Karibuni kwangu; basi, wakakaribia. Akasema, Mimi ni Yusufu, ndugu yenu, ambaye mliniuza kwenda Misri.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Basi sasa, msihuzunike, wala msiudhike nafsi zenu, kwa kuniuza huku; maana Mungu alinipeleka mbele yenu kuhifadhi maisha ya watu.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Maana miaka hii miwili njaa imekuwa katika nchi, na iko tena miaka mitano isiyo na kulima wala kuvuna.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Mungu alinipeleka mbele yenu kuwahifadhia masazo katika nchi, na kuwaokoa ninyi kwa wokovu mkuu.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Basi si ninyi mlionipeleka huku, ila Mungu; naye ameniweka kama baba kwa Farao, na bwana katika nyumba yake yote, na mtawala katika nchi yote ya Misri.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Fanyeni haraka, mmwendee baba yangu, mkamwambie, Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mwanao Yusufu, Mungu ameniweka kuwa bwana katika Misri yote, basi unishukie, usikawie.
10 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Nawe utakaa katika nchi ya Gosheni, utakuwa karibu nami, wewe, na wanao, na wana wa wanao, na wanyama wako, ng'ombe zako, na yote uliyo nayo. Nami nitakulisha huko;
11 and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
maana bado imesalia miaka mitano ya njaa; usije ukaingia katika uhitaji, wewe, na nyumba yako, na yote uliyo nayo.
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Na tazama, macho yenu yanaona, na macho ya ndugu yangu Benyamini, ya kwamba ni kinywa changu mimi kinachosema nanyi.
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Nanyi mtamwarifu baba yangu habari za fahari yangu yote katika Misri, na za vyote mlivyoviona; mkafanye haraka kumleta huku baba yangu.
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Akaanguka shingoni mwa ndugu yake Benyamini, akalia; Benyamini naye akalia shingoni mwake.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
Akawabusu ndugu zake wote, akalia nao, baada ya hayo, nduguze wakazungumza naye
Pharaoh's Invitation
16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Habari ikasikika nyumbani mwa Farao kusema, Ndugu zake Yusufu wamekuja. Ikawa vema machoni pa Farao, na machoni pa watumwa wake.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
Farao akamwambia Yusufu, Uwaambie ndugu zako, Fanyeni hivi; wachukuzeni mizigo wanyama wenu, mwondoke mwende nchi ya Kanaani;
18 and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
kisha mkamtwae baba yenu, na watu wa nyumbani mwenu, mkanijie; nami nitawapa mema ya nchi ya Misri, nanyi mtakula unono wa nchi.
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
Nawe umeamriwa; fanyeni hivi, mjitwalie magari katika nchi ya Misri kwa watoto wenu wadogo na wake zenu, mkamchukue baba yenu mje.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's.
Wala msivisumbukie vyombo vyenu, maana mema ya nchi yote ya Misri ni yenu.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Ndivyo walivyofanya wana wa Israeli. Yusufu akawapa magari kama Farao alivyoamuru, akawapa na chakula cha njiani.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
Akawapa kila mtu nguo za kubadili; lakini Benyamini, alimpa fedha mia tatu na mavazi matano ya kubadili.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
Na babaye akampelekea kama hivi, punda kumi waliochukua mema ya Misri, na punda wake kumi waliochukua nafaka, na mikate, na chakula kwa babaye njiani.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
Akaagana na ndugu zake, wakaenda zao; naye akawaambia, Msigombane njiani.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Wakatoka Misri, wakafika nchi ya Kanaani kwa Yakobo, baba yao.
26 and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
Wakampasha habari, wakisema, Yusufu angali hai; naye ndiye mtawala katika nchi yote ya Misri. Moyo wake ukazimia, kwa sababu hakuwasadiki.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Wakamwambia maneno yote ya Yusufu, aliyowaambia; na alipoona magari aliyoyapeleka Yusufu, ili kumchukua, roho ya Yakobo baba yao ikafufuka.
28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Israeli akasema, Yatosha! Yusufu mwanangu angali hai; nitakwenda, nionane naye kabla sijafa.
