His Brethren's Visits
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
Basi Yakobo akaona ya kuwa kuna nafaka katika Misri, Yakobo akawaambia wanawe, Kwa nini mnatazamana?
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.
Akasema, Angalia, nimesikia ya kuwa kuna nafaka Misri; shukeni huko mkatununulie chakula, tupate kuishi wala tusife.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Basi ndugu kumi wa Yusufu wakashuka Misri ili wanunue nafaka.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Walakini Benyamini, ndugu wa Yusufu, Yakobo hakumpeleka pamoja na ndugu zake, maana alisema, Mabaya yasimpate.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Wana wa Israeli wakaja wanunue chakula miongoni mwao waliokuja, kwa kuwa kulikuwa na njaa katika nchi ya Kanaani.
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.
Naye Yusufu alikuwa ni liwali juu ya nchi, ndiye aliyewauzia watu wote wa nchi. Nao ndugu zake Yusufu wakaja, wakainama kifudifudi mbele yake.
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.
Yusufu akawaona nduguze, akawatambua, lakini alijifanya kama mgeni kwao. Akasema nao kwa maneno makali, akawaambia, Mmetoka wapi ninyi? Wakasema. Tumetoka nchi ya Kanaani, ili tununue chakula.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Yusufu akawatambua nduguze, bali wao hawakumtambua yeye.
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.
Yusufu akazikumbuka zile ndoto alizowaotea. Akawaambia, Wapelelezi ninyi, mmekuja ili mwuone utupu wa nchi.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Wakamwambia, Hasha, bwana, watumwa wako tumekuja ili tununue chakula.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men , thy servants are no spies.
Sisi sote ni wana wa mtu mmoja tu watu wa kweli sisi; watumwa wako si wapelelezi.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Akawaambia, Sivyo, mmekuja ili mwuone utupu wa nchi.
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.
Wakamwambia, Sisi watumwa wako tu ndugu kumi na wawili, wana wa mtu mmoja katika nchi ya Kanaani; na mdogo wetu yuko pamoja na baba yetu leo, na mmoja hayuko.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
Yusufu akawaambia, Ndivyo nilivyowaambia, nikisema, Wapelelezi ninyi.
15 hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Mtabainika kwa njia hii; aishivyo Farao, hamtoki hapa, asipokuja huku huyo ndugu yenu mdogo.
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.
Mpelekeni mmoja wenu, aende akamlete ndugu yenu, na ninyi mtafungwa, hata maneno yenu yahakikishwe, kama mna kweli ninyi; ikiwa sivyo, aishivyo Farao, ninyi ni wapelelezi.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
Akawatia wote gerezani siku tatu.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Yusufu akawaambia siku ya tatu, Fanyeni hivi, mkaishi, maana mimi namcha Mungu.
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:
Kama ni wa kweli ninyi ndugu yenu mmoja na afungwe gerezani, nanyi nendeni mkachukue nafaka kwa njaa ya nyumba zenu,
20 but bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
mkamlete ndugu yenu mdogo kwangu; hivyo maneno yenu yatahakikishwa, wala hamtakufa. Ndivyo walivyofanya.
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.
Wakaambiana, Kweli sisi tulimkosa ndugu yetu, kwa kuwa tuliona shida ya roho yake, alipotusihi, wala hatukusikia kwa hiyo shida hii imetupata.
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.
Reubeni akajibu, akawaambia, Sikuwaambia, nikisema, msimkose kijana? Wala hamkusikia; kwa hiyo damu yake inatakwa tena.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Wala hawakujua ya kwamba Yusufu anawasikia, kwa sababu alikuwapo mkalimani kati yao.
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.
Akajitenga nao akalia. Kisha akawarudia, na kusema nao, akamtwaa Simeoni miongoni mwao, akamfunga mbele ya macho yao.
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.
Yusufu akaamuru kuvijaza vyombo vyao nafaka, na kumrudishia kila mtu fedha yake katika gunia lake, na kuwapa chakula cha njiani.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
Navyo ndivyo walivyofanyiwa. Wakaweka nafaka yao juu ya punda zao, wakatoka huko.
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.
Mmoja wao alipofungua gunia lake ili ampe punda wake chakula katika nyumba ya wageni, aliiona fedha yake; kumbe! Iko kinywani mwa gunia lake.
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?
Akawaambia nduguze, Fedha yangu imerudishwa, angalia, imo humo guniani mwangu. Mioyo yao ikazimia, wakageukiana wakitetemeka, wakasema, N'nini hii Mungu aliyotutendea?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
Wakaja kwa Yakobo, baba yao, katika nchi ya Kanaani, wakampasha habari za yote yaliyowapata, wakisema,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Mtu yule aliye bwana wa nchi alisema nasi kwa maneno makali, akatufanya tu wapelelezi wa nchi.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men ; we are no spies:
Tukamwambia, Tu watu wa kweli sisi, wala si wapelelezi.
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.
Sisi tu ndugu kumi na wawili, wana wa baba yetu. Mmoja hayuko, na mdogo wetu yuko pamoja na baba yetu leo katika nchi ya Kanaani.
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:
Yule mtu, bwana wa nchi, akatuambia, Kwa njia hii nitawajua kama ninyi ni watu wa kweli; ndugu yenu mmoja mwacheni huku kwangu, kachukueni nafaka kwa njaa ya nyumba zenu, mwende zenu.
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.
Mkaniletee ndugu yenu mdogo; ndipo nitakapojua kama ninyi si wapelelezi, bali ni watu wa kweli; basi nitawarudishia ndugu yenu, nanyi mtafanya biashara katika nchi hii.
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.
Ikawa walipomimina magunia yao, kumbe! Bahasha ya fedha ya kila mtu imo katika gunia lake. Nao walipoziona bahasha za fedha zao, wao na baba yao waliogopa.
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.
Yakobo baba yao akawaambia, Mmeniondolea watoto wangu; Yusufu hayuko, wala Simeoni hayuko, na Benyamini mnataka kumchukua naye; mambo hayo yote yamenipata mimi.
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.
Reubeni akamwambia babaye, akasema, Uwaue wanangu wawili nisipomrudisha kwako; mtie katika mikono yangu, nami nitamrudisha kwako.
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.
Akasema, Mwanangu hatashuka pamoja nanyi, maana nduguye amekufa, naye amesalia peke yake; mabaya yakimpata katika njia mtakayoiendea ndipo mtakaposhusha mvi zangu kwa sikitiko mpaka kaburini.
