1He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
1 Kal a ci nga windo jine funa se ka ne: «Ma borey wo hawgarey toonandi nda ŋwaari, haŋ kaŋ me i almaney ga hin ka jare. Ni m'i boro kulu nooro daŋ a hawgara me gaa.
2Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
2 Ni m'ay nzarfu gaasiya daŋ i koda hawgara me gaa, nga nda a ŋwaari nooro kulu.» A te mo danga mate kaŋ Yusufu ci nga se din.
3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
3 Kaŋ mo sintin ka bo, i na borey sallama, ngey da ngey farkayey.
4When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?
4 Kala saaya kaŋ i fatta kwaara ra, i mana baa mooray fo te jina, Yusufu ne nga jine funa se: «Tun ka borey din ce gana. Da ni to r'ey, ma ne i se: ‹Ifo se no araŋ na gomni bana nda laala?
5Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”
5 Manti a ra no ay koyo ga haŋ, da wo kaŋ a ga bayray ceeci nd'a mo Irikoy do? Araŋ na taali te, za kaŋ araŋ na woone te.› »
6He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
6 A n'i to, a na sanni woodin yaŋ ci i se mo.
7They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
7 I ne a se: «Ifo se no iri koyo ga sanni woone dumi te? Irikoy ma ni bannyey waa i ma hari woodin dumi te!
8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?
8 A go, noorey kaŋ iri gar iri hawgarey me gaa Kanaana laabu, iri ye ka kand'ey ni se. Mate se no iri ga wura wala nzarfu zay iri koyo windo ra?
9With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondservants.”
9 Ni bannyey wo ra boro kulu kaŋ i n'a gar a do, a ma bu. Iri ma ciya ay koyo se bannyayaŋ mo.»
10He said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless.”
10 A ne: «Naŋ a ma ciya yaadin, araŋ ciyaŋo boŋ: bora kaŋ do i n'a gar ma ciya ay bannya, amma araŋ wo, araŋ sinda taali.»
11Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.
11 Saaya din ra i waasu, boro kulu na nga hawgara zumandi ganda zama nga m'a fiti.
12He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
12 Kala jine funa soobay ka guna. A sintin za ibeero do ka kokor ikayna do. I na gaasiya gar Benyamin hawgara ra.
13Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.
13 Waato din gaa i na ngey bankaarayey tooru-tooru*. Boro kulu na nga jeja haw nga farka gaa. I ye kwaara do.
14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
14 Yahuda nda nga nya-izey kaa Yusufu windo ra. A go noodin jina. I ganda biri a jine.
15Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?”
15 Yusufu ne i se: «Ifo no araŋ te wo? Araŋ mana bay kaŋ boro danga ay cine, daahir a ga waani gunayaŋ bo?»
16Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”
16 Yahuda ne: «Ifo no iri ga ci iri koyo se? Ifo no iri ga ne? Mate no iri ga iri boŋ adilandi* nd'a koyne? Irikoy no ka ni bannyey laala kaa taray. A go, iri ya iri koyo bannyayaŋ no, iri nda nga kaŋ i na gaasiya gar a kambe ra.»
17He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
17 Kala Yusufu ne: «Irikoy m'ay waa ay ma woodin te! Bora day kaŋ i na gaasiya gar a kambe ra, nga no ga ciya ay bannya. Amma araŋ wo, kal araŋ ma to araŋ baabo do baani.»
18Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
18 Waato din gaa Yahuda maan a do ka ne: «Ya ay koyo, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ay, ni bannya ma salaŋ ay koyo hanga ra. Ni bina mo ma si futu ay, ni bannya se zama ni gonda beeray kaŋ ga hima Firawna wano.
19My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
19 Ay koyo na nga bannyey hã hala iri gonda baaba wala kayne.
20We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
20 Iri ne iri koyo se: ‹Iri gonda baaba zeeno d'a zeena ize, ikayna no. Day a nya izo bu. Kala nga hinne kaŋ cindi a nyaŋo wane, a baabo mo ga ba r'a.›
21You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
21 Ni ne mo iri, ni bannyey se: ‹Araŋ ma kand'a neewo, zama ay ma di a ay mo ra.›
22We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
22 Iri mo, iri ne iri koyo se: ‹A si du ka te arwaso ma nga baabo naŋ, zama d'a na nga baabo naŋ, kulu baabo ga bu.›
23You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
23 Ni ci ni bannyey se ka ne: ‹D'araŋ koda mana kaa araŋ banda, araŋ si ye ka di ay moyduma koyne.›
24It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
24 A ciya binde, saaya kaŋ iri to ni bannya, kaŋ ga ti iri baabo do, iri n'iri koyo sanney ci a se.
25Our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’
25 Iri baaba mo ne: ‹Wa ye ka koy ka ŋwaari kayna day iri se.›
26We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’
26 Iri ne: ‹Iri si hin ka koy. D'iri koda go iri banda kay, iri ga koy, zama a si te iri ma di bora moyduma kala nda iri koda go iri banda.›
27Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons:
27 Kala ni bannya, iri baaba, ne iri se: ‹Araŋ bay kaŋ ay wando na ize aru hinka hay ay se.
28and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces”; and I haven’t seen him since.
28 Afa fatta ay do, ay mo ne haciika i n'a kortu-kortu. Ay mana ye ka di a koyne hala hõ.
29If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .’
29 D'araŋ na woone mo sambu koyne, hala hasaraw fo du a, araŋ g'ay hamni kwaara candi nda bine saray nooya, ka kond'ay saara do.›
30Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;
30 Sohõ binde, d'ay koy ni bannya do, ay baaba nooya, zanka mo si iri banda, za kaŋ a fundo go ga haw zanka fundo gaa,
31it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .
31 a ga ciya, saaya kaŋ a di zanka si iri banda, kal a ma bu. Iri, ni bannyey binde ga ni bannya iri baaba hamni kwaara candi nda bine saray ka kond'a saara do.
32For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’
32 Ay mo, ni bannya, ay na arwaso fundo garaw sambu ay boŋ gaa, ka ne: ‹D'ay mana ye ka kand'a ni do, kal ay wo ma goro nda taali ay baabo do hal abada.›
33Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
33 Sohõ binde, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma yadda ay, ni bannya se, ay ma goro arwaso banandi. Ay ma te bannya ay koyo se, arwaso mo ma ye ka koy nga beerey banda.
34For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”
34 Zama mate n'ay ga te ka koy ay baaba do, da arwaso si ay banda? Naŋ ay ma si di hasaraw kaŋ ga kaa ay baabo gaa!»