¹[Ny nandehanan'ny zanak'i Jakoba hividy vary tany Egypta, sy ny nihaonany tamin'i Josefa]Ary fantatr'i Jakoba fa nisy vary tany Egypta, dia hoy izy tamin'ny zananilahy: Nahoana no mifampijery foana ianareo ?

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

²Dia hoy koa izy: Indro, efa reko fa misy vary any Egypta; andeha midina any ianareo, ka mividia ho antsika, mba ho velona isika, fa tsy ho faty.

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;`

³Dia lasa nidina izy folo lahy rahalahin'i Josefa mba hividy vary tany Egypta.

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

⁴Fa Benjamina, rahalahin'i Josefa, tsy mba nampandehanin'i Jakoba niaraka tamin'ny rahalahiny; fa hoy izy: Andrao hisy loza hanjo azy.

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

⁵Dia tonga ny zanak'Isiraely mba hividy vary niaraka tamin'izay nankany; fa tratry ny mosary koa ny tany Kanana.

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

⁶Ary Josefa no mpanapaka ny tany, sady izy no mpivaro-bary tamin'ny tompon-tany rehetra; ary tonga ny rahalahin'i Josefa ka niankohoka tamin'ny tany teo anatrehany.

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.

⁷Ary hitan'i Josefa ny rahalahiny, dia fantany ihany izy, nefa nody olon-kafa taminy izy ka niteny mafy taminy nanao hoe: Avy aiza ianareo? Ary hoy kosa izy: Avy any amin'ny tany Kanana izahay mba hividy hanina.

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.`

⁸Ary fantatr'i Josefa ny rahalahiny, nefa izy ireo kosa tsy mba nahafantatra azy.

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

⁹Ary Josefa nahatsiaro ireo nofy nanofisany azy ka nanao taminy hoe: Mpisafo ianareo; hizaha ny fangadihadin'ny tany no nahatongavanareo.

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.`

¹⁰Fa hoy izy ireo taminy: Tsia, tompokolahy; fa tonga mba hividy hanina ny mpanomponao.

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

¹¹Zanaky ny lehilahy iray ihany izahay rehetra; olo-marina izahay, fa tsy mba mpisafo tsy akory ny mpanomponao.

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

¹²Ary hoy izy taminy: Tsia, fa hizaha ny fangadihadin'ny tany no nahatongavanareo.

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

¹³Fa hoy izy; Roa ambin'ny folo mirahalahy ny mpanomponao, zanaky ny lehilahy iray ihany any amin'ny tany Kanana; ary, indro, ny faralahy dia any amin'ny rainay ankehitriny, fa ny anankiray tsy ao intsony.

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.`

¹⁴Ary hoy Josefa taminy: Ilay voalazako taminareo ihany hoe: Mpisafo ianareo no marina;

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

¹⁵dia izao àry no hamantarana anareo: Raha velona koa Farao, tsy hiala atỳ ianareo, raha tsy tonga atỳ izany zandrinareo faralahy izany.

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

¹⁶Iraho ny anankiray aminareo, ary aoka izy haka ny zandrinareo, fa ianareo hafatotra, mba hofantarina ny teninareo, na marina na tsia; fa raha tsy izany, raha velona koa Farao, dia mpisafo tokoa ianareo.

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;`

¹⁷Dia nataony tao an-trano-maizina hateloana izy rehetra.

¹⁷and he removeth them unto charge three days.

¹⁸Ary nony tamin'ny andro fahatelo dia hoy Josefa taminy: Izao no ataovy, dia ho velona ianareo; fa izaho matahotra an'Andriamanitra:

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

¹⁹Raha olo-marina ary ianareo, dia aoka ny anankiray aminareo mirahalahy avy no hafatotra ao amin'ny trano-maizina nitoeranareo; ary mandehana ianareo hitondra vary noho ny mosary any amin'ny tranonareo;

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,

²⁰ary ny zandrinareo faralahy dia ento mankaty amiko; dia ho hita fa marina ny teninareo, ary tsy hovonoina ianareo. Ary nataony izany.

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

²¹Dia niresaka hoe izy: Efa meloka tokoa isika noho ny amin'ny rahalahintsika, satria nahita ny fahorian'ny fanahiny isika, raha nitaraina tamintsika izy, nefa tsy mba nihaino isika; koa izany no nahatongavan'izao fahoriana izao amintsika.

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.`

²²Dia namaly azy Robena ka nanao hoe: Moa tsy niteny taminareo va aho ka nanao hoe: Aza manota amin'ny zaza? nefa tsy mba nihaino ianareo; koa indro fa adinina ny ràny izao.

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.`

²³Ary izy ireo tsy mba nahalala fa Josefa nahafantatra ny teniny, satria nisy mpandika teny niresahany taminy.

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

²⁴Ary Josefa dia nihodina niala teo aminy ka nitomany; ary niverina nankeo aminy indray izy ka niteny taminy, ary dia naka an'i Simeona teo aminy izy ka namatotra azy teo imasony.

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.

²⁵Ary Josefa nanome teny hameno vary ny lasakany sady hamerina ny volan'ny isan-dahy ho ao anatin'ny lasakany avy ary hanome vatsy azy ho entiny eny an-dalana; dia nanao izany taminy izy.

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.

²⁶Ary natainginy tamin'ny borikiny ny vary, dia lasa nandeha izy.

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

²⁷Ary raha nosokafan'ny anankiray ny lasakany hampihinanany ny borikiny teo amin'izay handriany, dia hitany ny volany; fa, indro, teo am-bavan'ny lasakany izany.

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,

²⁸Dia hoy izy tamin'ireo rahalahiny: Naverina ny volako, ka, indro, eo anatin'ny lasakako izany; dia ketraka ny fony, ary nifampijery amin-tahotra izy ka niresaka hoe: Inona izao ataon'Andriamanitra amintsika izao ?

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!`

²⁹Ary tonga tany amin'i Jakoba rainy, tany amin'ny tany Kanana izy, dia nambarany taminy izay rehetra efa nanjo azy, ka hoy izy :

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

³⁰Mafy ny teny nataon-dralehilahy, tompon'ny tany, taminay, fa nataony ho mpisafo ny tany izahay.

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

³¹Ary hoy izahay taminy: Olo-marina izahay, fa tsy mba mpisafo tsy akory;

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

³²roa ambin'ny folo mirahalahy izahay no zanaky ny rainay; tsy ao intsony ny anankiray, ary ny faralahy dia any amin'ny rainay any amin'ny tany Kanana ankehitriny.

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.

³³Dia hoy ralehilahy, tompon'ny tany, taminay: Izao ary no hahafantarako fa olo-marina ianareo : ny anankiray aminareo mirahalahy avy dia avelao atỳ amiko, ka mitondra vary noho ny mosary any amin'ny tranonareo, dia mandehana;

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,

³⁴ary ento mankaty amiko ny zandrinareo faralahy, dia ho fantatro fa tsy mba mpisafo ianareo, fa olo-marina; dia homeko anareo ny rahalahinareo, ka dia hanao varotra eto amin'ny tany ianareo.

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.`

³⁵Ary raha nandraraka izay tao anatin'ny lasakany izy ireo, dia, indro, ny volany am-ponosana samy teo anatin'ny lasakany avy; ary rehefa nahita ny volany am-ponosana izy sy ny rainy, dia samy raiki-tahotra.

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;

³⁶Ary hoy Jakoba rainy taminy: Foananareo anaka aho: Josefa tsy eto intsony, Simeona koa tsy eto intsony, ary Benjamina indray halainareo; izaho ihany no ozoin'izany rehetra izany,

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.`

³⁷Ary Robena niteny tamin'ny rainy ka nanao hoe: Vonoy ny zanako roa lahy, raha tsy entiko miverina atỳ aminao izy; atolory eto an-tanako izy, dia izaho no hitondra azy mody ho atỳ aminao indray.Ary hoy Jakoba: Tsy hidina hiaraka aminareo ny zanako; fa maty ny rahalahiny, ary izy irery ihany no sisa, ary raha hisy loza hanjo azy any amin'ny lalana izay halehanareo, dia hampidininareo any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita amin'alahelo ny volo fotsiko.

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;`

³⁸Ary hoy Jakoba: Tsy hidina hiaraka aminareo ny zanako; fa maty ny rahalahiny, ary izy irery ihany no sisa, ary raha hisy loza hanjo azy any amin'ny lalana izay halehanareo, dia hampidininareo any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita amin'alahelo ny volo fotsiko.

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.`