¹And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?`

¹¶ Na ka kite a Hakopa he witi kei Ihipa, ka mea a Hakopa ki ana tama, He aha koutou i tirotiro ai ki a koutou ano?

²he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;`

²I mea ano ia, Nana, kua rongo ahau he witi kei Ihipa: haere iho ki reira, ki te hoko i tetahi ma tatou i reira; kia ora ai tatou, kei mate.

³and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

³Na ka haere nga tuakana kotahi tekau o Hohepa ki raro, ki Ihipa, ki te hoko witi.

⁴and Benjamin, Joseph`s brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.`

⁴Ko Pineamine ia, teina o Hohepa, kihai i tonoa e Hakopa i roto i ona tuakana; i mea hoki ia, Kei pono tetahi aitua ki a ia.

⁵And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

⁵A ka haere nga tama a Iharaira ki te hoko i roto i te hunga i haere: he matekai hoki to te whenua o Kanaana.

⁶and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph`s brethren come and bow themselves to him — face to the earth.

⁶Na ko Hohepa te kawana o te whenua, ko ia te kaihoko ki nga tangata katoa o te whenua: na ka haere mai nga tuakana o Hohepa, a ka piko o ratou kanohi ki te whenua i tona aroaro.

⁷And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?` and they say, `From the land of Canaan — to buy food.`

⁷¶ A, i te kitenga o Hohepa i ona tuakana, ka mohio ia ki a ratou, otiia ka whakatangata ke ia ki a ratou, ka korero whakatuma ki a ratou; ka mea hoki ki a ratou, I haere mai koutou i hea? A ka mea ratou, I te whenua o Kanaana, ki te hoko kai.

⁸And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

⁸A i mohio a Hohepa ki ona tuakana, ko ratou ia kihai i mohio ki a ia.

⁹and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.`

⁹Na ka mahara a Hohepa ki nga moe i moe ai ia mo ratou, a ka mea ki a ratou, He tutei koutou; he whakataki i te wateatanga o te whenua i haere mai ai koutou.

¹⁰And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

¹⁰A ka mea ratou ki a ia, Kahore, e toku ariki, engari i haere mai au pononga ki te hoko kai.

¹¹we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;`

¹¹He tama katoa matou na te tangata kotahi; he hunga pono matou, ehara au pononga i te tutei.

¹²and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;`

¹²A ka mea ia ki a ratou, Kahore, engari he whakataki i te wateatanga o te whenua i haere mai ai koutou.

¹³and they say, `Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.`

¹³A ka mea ratou, Kotahi tekau ma rua au pononga, he teina, he tuakana matou, he tama na te tangata kotahi, no te whenua o Kanaana; ko te whakaotinga kei to matou papa inaianei, ko tetahi kua kahore.

¹⁴And Joseph saith unto them, `This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,

¹⁴Na ko te meatanga a Hohepa ki a ratou, Ko ia taku i korero ai ki a koutou, i mea ai, He tutei koutou:

¹⁵by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither;

¹⁵Ma konei ka mohiotia ai koutou: e ora ana a Parao e kore koutou e haere atu i konei, ki te kahore to koutou whakaotinga e haere mai ki konei.

¹⁶send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not — Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;`

¹⁶Tukua atu tetahi o koutou ki te tiki i to koutou teina, ko koutou hoki, ka herea koutou, kia mohiotia ai a koutou korero, he pono ranei ta koutou: a ki te kahore, e ora ana a Parao, ina, he tutei koutou.

¹⁷and he removeth them unto charge three days.

¹⁷Na ka huihuia ratou e ia kia tiakina, e toru nga ra.

¹⁸And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

¹⁸A i te toru o nga ra ka mea a Hohepa ki a ratou, Ko tenei ta koutou e mea ai kia ora ai koutou; he tangata wehi hoki ahau i te Atua:

¹⁹if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses,

¹⁹Ki te mea he hunga pono koutou, me here tetahi o o koutou tuakana i roto i te whare i tiakina ai koutou: otiia me haere koutou ki te kawe witi mo te matekai o o koutou whare:

²⁰and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;` and they do so.

²⁰A me kawe mai to koutou teina, te whakaotinga, ki ahau; kia whakatikaia ai a koutou kupu; a e kore koutou e mate. A pena ana ratou.

²¹And they say one unto another, `Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.`

²¹¶ A ka mea ratou tetahi ki tetahi, He pono kua whai hara tatou i to tatou teina; i kite hoki tatou i te mamae o tona wairua, i a ia i inoi ai ki a tatou, a kihai tatou i whakarongo atu; na reira hoki i puta mai ai tenei he ki a tatou.

²²And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.`

²²Na ka whakahoki a Reupena ki a ratou, ka mea, Kahore ianei ahau i ki atu ki a koutou, i mea, Kaua e hara ki te tamaiti; a kihai koutou i rongo? na, ko ona toto ano hoki tenei te whakatakina nei.

²³And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;

²³A kihai ratou i mohio e rongo ana a Hohepa; no te mea he kaiwhakamaori hoki i waenganui i a ratou.

²⁴and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

²⁴Na ka tahuri ke atu ia i a ratou, a ka tangi: ka hoki ano ia ki a ratou, ka korero ki a ratou, ka tango hoki i a Himiona i roto i a ratou, a herea ana e ia ki to ratou aroaro.

²⁵And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

²⁵Na ka whakahaua e Hohepa kia whakakiia a ratou peke ki te witi, kia whakahokia atu nga moni a tenei, a tenei, ki a ratou peke, kia hoatu ano hoki ki a ratou he o ki te ara; na pera ana ia ki a ratou.

²⁶And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

²⁶Na ka utaina e ratou a ratou witi ki a ratou kaihe, a haere atu ana i reira.

²⁷and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,

²⁷A, i te whakatuwheratanga a tetahi o ratou i tana peke kia hoatu he kai ma tana kaihe i te whare tira, ka kitea e ia tana moni; na, kei te waha tonu o tana peke.

²⁸and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:` and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What [is] this God hath done to us!`

²⁸A ka mea ia ki ona tuakana, Kua whakahokia mai taku moni; a tenei ano kei roto i taku peke; na kore ake o ratou ngakau, a ka tahuri ratou me te wiri, ka mea tetahi ki tetahi, He mahi aha tenei a te Atua ki a tatou?

²⁹And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

²⁹¶ Na ka tae ratou ki a Hakopa, ki to ratou papa, ki te whenua o Kanaana, a ka korerotia ki a ia nga mea katoa i pono ki a ratou; ka mea,

³⁰`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

³⁰I korero whakatuma mai te rangatira o te whenua ki a matou; i kiia ano matou e ia he tutei mo te whenua.

³¹and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

³¹A ka mea matou ki a ia, He tangata pono matou; ehara matou i te tutei.

³²we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³²Kotahi tekau ma rua matou, he tuakana, he teina, he tama na to matou papa; kotahi kua kore, kei to matou papa hoki te whakaotinga inaianei, kei te whenua o Kanaana.

³³`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men — one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go,

³³Na ko te meatanga mai a taua tangata, a te rangatira o te whenua, ki a matou, Ma tenei e mohio ai ahau he hunga pono koutou; me waiho e koutou tetahi o o koutou tuakana ki ahau, a me mau atu e koutou he kai mo te matekai o o koutou whare, a ka h aere:

³⁴and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.`

³⁴A me kawe mai to koutou teina, te whakaotinga, ki ahau: kia mohio ai ahau ehara koutou i te tutei, engari he hunga pono koutou: penei ka hoatu e ahau to koutou tuakana ki a koutou, a ka hokohoko koutou ki tenei whenua.

³⁵And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man`s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

³⁵A, i a ratou e ringiringi ana i a ratou peke, na, ko te moni a tenei, a tenei e takai ana i roto i a ratou peke: a, ka kite ratou ko to ratou papa i nga moni e takai ana, na ka wehi ratou.

³⁶and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take — against me have been all these.`

³⁶Na ka mea a Hakopa, to ratou papa, ki a ratou, Ka whakapania ahau e koutou: ko Hohepa kua kahore, ko Himiona hoki kua kahore, a ka tangohia nei e koutou a Pineamine: he pehi moku enei mea katoa.

³⁷And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I — I bring him back unto thee;`

³⁷Na ka korero a Reupena ki tona papa, ka mea, Whakamatea aku tama tokorua, ki te kahore ia e kawea mai e ahau ki a koe: homai ia ki toku ringa, a maku ia e whakahoki mai ki a koe.

³⁸and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.`

³⁸A ka mea ia, E kore taku tama e haere tahi i a koutou ki raro: kua mate hoki tona tuakana, a ko ia anake ka mahue nei; a ki te pono he aitua ki a ia i te ara e haere nei koutou, katahi ka meinga toku koroheketanga e koutou kia heke tangi atu ki te po.