¹Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

¹Nak laj Jacob quirabi resil nak cuan li trigo aran Egipto, quixye reheb li ralal: —Lâex mâcßaß yôquex chixbânunquil. ¿Cßaßut nak yal yôquex chixcaßyanquil êrib chi ribil êrib?

²And 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.

²Lâin xcuabi resil nak aran Egipto cuan li trigo. Ayukex lâex ut têlokß chak caßchßinak ke re nak incßaß tocâmk xban katzßocajic, chan laj Jacob.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

³Ut li lajêb li ras laj José queßcôeb chixlokßbal li trigo aran Egipto.

⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

⁴Abanan laj Jacob incßaß quixtakla laj Benjamín chirixeb li ras xban nak cßajoß lix cßaßux chirix. Cuan saß xchßôl nak mâre cßaßru tixcßul saß be nak yôkeb chi xic.

⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁵Eb li ralal laj Jacob, li nayeman ajcuiß aj Israel re, queßcuulac saß xyânkeb li yôqueb chi lokßoc trigo aran Egipto xban nak yô ajcuiß li cueßej saß li tenamit Canaán.

⁶And 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.

⁶Laj José, aßan li nataklan saß li tenamit Egipto ut saß rukß aßan quicana xcßayinquil li trigo. Eb li ras laj José queßcuulac riqßuin ut queßxxulub rib saß chßochß chiru.

⁷And 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.

⁷Nak laj José quirileb ru, aßan ticto quixnau ruheb nak aßaneb li ras, abanan quixbânu rib nak incßaß naxnauheb ru. Kßetkßet caßchßin laj José nak quirâtinaheb li ras. Quixpatzß reheb: —¿Bar xexchal chak lâex? chan reheb. Eb aßan queßchakßoc ut queßxye re: —Lâo xochal Canaán. Xochal arin chixlokßbal caßchßinak li katzacaêmk, chanqueb re.

⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

⁸Laj José quixnau ruheb li ras, abanan eb aßan incßaß queßxqßue retal nak aßan laj José.

⁹And 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.

⁹Ut quinak saß xchßôl laj José chanru nak quimatqßuec chirixeb li ras. Quixye reheb: —Lâex moco yâl ta nak chi lokßoc xexchal arin. Lâex yal qßuehoc etal xexchal arin re nak têril li cßaßru cuan arin, chan laj José.

¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹⁰Eb aßan queßxye re: —Chacuy taxak li kamâc, at Kâcuaß. Lâat nim lâ cuanquil. Li cßaßru xochal xbânunquil arin yal xlokßbal caßchßinak li katrigo re tâcßanjelak chokß re li katzacaêmk.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

¹¹Lâo kas kib. Junaj kayucuaß. Saß xyâlal nococuan. Lâo mâcuaßo aj qßuehol etal, chanqueb re.

¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

¹²Laj José quixye cuißchic reheb: —Moco yâl ta li nequeye. Lâex xexchal chixqßuebal retal cßaßru cuan saß li tenamit aßin, chan.

¹³And 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.

¹³Eb aßan queßxye re: —Lâo cablajuho chikajunil. Ralalo jun chi cuînk aj Canaán. Li îtzßinbej xcana chak riqßuin li kayucuaß. Ut li jun chic mâ ani chic saß kayânk, chanqueb re laj José.

¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

¹⁴Ut laj José quixye reheb: —Yâl ajcuiß li xinye êre nak lâex aj qßuehol etal.

¹⁵Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

¹⁵Chi joßcaßin tâtzßilmânk âtin chêrix ma relic chi yâl li cßaßru yôquex chixyebal. Tinye êre saß xcßabaß laj faraón nak lâex incßaß naru tex-êlk arin toj tâchâlk lê rîtzßin.

¹⁶Send 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.

¹⁶Xicak junak li cuan saß êyânk chixcßambal chak lê rîtzßin. Ut lâex texcanâk arin saß tzßalam. Chi joßcan tinnau ma relic chi yâl li cßaßru yôquex chixyebal cue. Cui incßaß nequecßam chak lê rîtzßin, tânaumânk saß xcßabaß laj faraón nak lâex aj qßuehol etal, chan.

¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days.

¹⁷Laj José quixtaklaheb chixjunileb saß tzßalam re oxib cutan.

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

¹⁸Saß rox li cutan laj José quixye reheb: —Lâin ninqßue xcuanquil li Dios. Têbânu li cßaßru tinye êre re nak texcolekß.

¹⁹If 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:

¹⁹Cui yâl nak saß xyâlal nequexcuan, canâk junak lê ras arin saß tzßalam. Ut li belêb chic târûk teßxcßam li trigo saß lê rochoch xban nak yô ajcuiß li cueßej aran.

²⁰But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

²⁰Ut texsukßîk cuißchic chak ut têcßam chak arin lê rîtzßin. Chi joßcan tinnau nak yâl li cßaßru xeye cue ut lâex texcolekß chêjunilex. Cui incßaß yâl, lâex texcâmk, chan. Ut queßoc chixcßoxlanquil chanru teßxbânu.

²¹And 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.

²¹Ut queßxye chi ribileb rib: —Relic chi yâl nak xomâcob riqßuin li cßaßru kabânu chak junxil re laj José, li kîtzßin. Lâo quikil nak quirahoß saß xchßôl riqßuin li kabânu re. Lâo incßaß quikil xtokßobâl ru nak quixtzßâma chiku nak takatokßoba ru. Xban aßan nak xchal li raylal aßin saß kabên, chanqueb chi ribileb rib.

²²And 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.

²²Ut laj Rubén quixye reheb: —¿Ma incßaß ta biß quinye êre nak incßaß têbânu raylal re laj José li kîtzßin? Ut lâex incßaß xex-abin chicuu. Ut anakcuan tento nak tâcuânk rêkaj lix camic. Aßan na li cßaßru yôco chixtojbal anakcuan riqßuin li xkabânu chak junxil, chan laj Rubén.

²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

²³Eb aßan incßaß queßxnau nak laj José yô chixtaubal ru li râtinobâleb xban nak cuan jun laj jalol âtin na-ochbenin re ut aßan najaloc re li âtin li naxye laj José.

²⁴And 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.

²⁴Ut laj José quixcanabeb junpât ut cô chi yâbac xjunes xban xsahil saß xchßôl. Quisukßi ut quiâtinac riqßuineb. Laj José quixchap laj Simeón ut quixbacß li rukß chiruheb li ras.

²⁵Then 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.

²⁵Ut quixtakla xbutßbal li trigo saß eb lix coxtal. Ut saß li junjûnk chi coxtal quixkßajsi li tumin li queßxtoj cuiß li trigo. Ut quixqßueheb ajcuiß xtzacaêmk re nak teßcuaßak saß be. Joßcan quixbânu reheb.

²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

²⁶Ut eb aßan quilajeßxbacß li jûnk coxtal chi trigo chirixeb lix bûr, ut queßcôeb.

²⁷And 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.

²⁷Eb aßan queßoc chi hilânc saß jun li muhebâl bar teßxnumsi cuiß li kßojyîn. Ut jun reheb qui-oc chixqßuebal xcua lix bûr. Nak quixhit lix coxtal, quisach xchßôl chirilbal nak cuan peß li tumin chi saß lix coxtal.

²⁸And 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?

²⁸Ut aßan quixye reheb li ras: —Ilomak li cßaßru xintau saß lin coxtal. Xeßxkßajsi chak xtzßak li trigo li xkatoj cuiß. ¿Cßaßut nak xeßxbânu ke chi joßcaßin? chan. Ut queßsach xchßôleb. Nequeßsicsot nak queßxye: —¿Cßaß xak ru nak xbânu ke li Dios chi joßcaßin? chanqueb.

²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

²⁹Ut queßcuulac Canaán riqßuin lix yucuaßeb ut queßxserakßi re chixjunil li cßaßru queßxcßul.

³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

³⁰Ut queßxye re: —Cßoxla, li cuînk nataklan saß li tenamit Egipto kßaxal kßetkßet nak xorâtina. Ut xye ke nak lâo aj qßuehol etal.

³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

³¹Lâo xkaye re: “Lâo saß xyâlal nococuan. Lâo incßaß cßaynako chi qßuehoc etal.”

³²We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³²Ut xkaye ajcuiß re, “Lâo cablajuho chikajunilo. Jun ajcuiß li kayucuaß. Jun li kîtzßin mâ ani chic. Ut li îtzßinbej xcana chak saß li tenamit Canaán riqßuin li kayucuaß,” chanco re.

³³And 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:

³³Tojoßnak li cuînk li nataklan saß li tenamit Egipto quixye ke, “Re nak tinpâb ma relic na chi yâl nak lâex tîc lê chßôl, tâcanâk junak êre arin. Ut li jun chßôl chic teßxcßam lix trigo reheb lê rechßalal li câmqueb re xban cueßej.

³⁴And 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 traffic in the land.

³⁴Ayukex ut cßamomak chak lê rîtzßin li xeye cue. Chi joßcan lâin tinnau nak lâex mâcuaßex aj qßuehol etal. Ut tinnau nak lâex tîc êchßôl. Ut lâin tinkßaxtesi êre lê ras ut naru texlokßok cuißchic saß li tenamit aßin,” chan. Joßcaßin xye ke, chanqueb re lix yucuaßeb.

³⁵And 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.

³⁵Ut nak coxeßxte li junjûnk chi coxtal quilajeßxtau li jun jôb chi tumin saß eb lix coxtal. Ut nak queßril li tumin, cßajoß nak queßxucuac, joß ajcuiß li yucuaßbej.

³⁶And 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.

³⁶Ut laj Jacob quixye reheb: —Anakcuan cßajoß yôquex chak chixbânunquil cue. Mâ ani chic li cualal laj José. Ut anakcuan incßaß chic xsukßi chak laj Simeón. Ut toj têraj cuißchic xmakßbal laj Benjamín chicuu. ¿Cßaßut nak chixjunil natßaneß saß inbên? chan laj Jacob reheb.

³⁷And 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.

³⁷Ut laj Rubén quixye re lix yucuaß: —Kßaxtesi saß cuukß laj Benjamín. Matcßoxlac. Lâin tincßam cuißchic chak âcuiqßuin. Cui incßaß tincßam chak laj Benjamín ut tinkßaxtesi saß âcuukß, lâat târûk tâcamsi xcaßbichaleb li cualal, chan laj Rubén.Ut laj Jacob quixye re: —Mâ jaruj târûk tâxic li cualal chêrix. Cßoxla, camenak li cualal jun ut caßaj chic laj Benjamín nacuan cuiqßuin. Mâre cßaßru tixcßul saß be nak yôkex chi xic. Cui mâ anihak chic laj Benjamín cuiqßuin, lâin naru nincam xban xrahil saß inchßôl xban nak lâin tîxin chic. Lâex cuan êmâc cui nincam xban xrahil inchßôl, chan laj Jacob.

³⁸And 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.

³⁸Ut laj Jacob quixye re: —Mâ jaruj târûk tâxic li cualal chêrix. Cßoxla, camenak li cualal jun ut caßaj chic laj Benjamín nacuan cuiqßuin. Mâre cßaßru tixcßul saß be nak yôkex chi xic. Cui mâ anihak chic laj Benjamín cuiqßuin, lâin naru nincam xban xrahil saß inchßôl xban nak lâin tîxin chic. Lâex cuan êmâc cui nincam xban xrahil inchßôl, chan laj Jacob.