Miadto sa Ehipto ang mga Igsoon ni Jose
1Pagkahibalo ni Jacob nga may gibaligya nga pagkaon42:1 pagkaon: sa literal, lugas. Mao usab sa mosunod nga mga bersikulo. didto sa Ehipto, giingnan niya ang iyang mga anak nga lalaki, “Nganong gatinan-awanay lang kamo? 2Nakadungog ako nga may gibaligya nga pagkaon didto sa Ehipto, busa lakaw kamo didto ug pagpalit ug pagkaon aron dili kita mangamatay sa kagutom.” 3Busa milakaw ang napulo ka igsoon ni Jose ngadto sa Ehipto aron pagpalit ug pagkaon. 4Apan wala paubana ni Jacob si Benjamin nga manghod ni Jose kay nahadlok siya nga basin ug may daotan nga mahitabo kaniya.
5Miadto ang mga anak ni Jacob42:5 Jacob: sa Hebreo, Israel. sa Ehipto kuyog sa ubang mga tawo aron pagpalit ug pagkaon, kay miabot na man usab ang kagutom sa Canaan. 6Ingon nga gobernador sa Ehipto, si Jose ang namaligya ug pagkaon ngadto sa mga tawo. Busa pag-abot sa iyang mga igsoon, miyukbo sila agig pagtahod kaniya. 7-9Pagkakita ni Jose kanila, nailhan dayon niya sila apan nagpakaaron-ingnon siya nga wala makaila kanila. Pinasingka siya nga nakigsulti kanila. Nangutana siya, “Taga-asa kamo?” Mitubag sila, “Taga-Canaan kami, ug mianhi kami dinhi aron mopalit ug pagkaon.” Wala makaila kaniya ang iyang mga igsoon. Nahinumdoman dayon ni Jose ang iyang damgo mahitungod kanila. Miingon siya, “Mga espiya kamo! Mianhi kamo dinhi aron pagsusi kon asa nga bahin sa among nasod ang huyang ug depensa.”
10Mitubag sila, “Dili, sir! Dili kami mga espiya. Mianhi kami dinhi aron mopalit ug pagkaon. 11Managsoon kaming tanan, usa ray among amahan, ug nagasulti kami sa tinuod. Dili kami mga espiya.” 12Apan miingon si Jose, “Dili ako motuo! Mianhi kamo dinhi aron pagsusi kon asa nga bahin sa among nasod ang huyang ug depensa.” 13Mitubag sila, “12 kaming managsoon, usa ray among amahan ug atua siya sa Canaan. Atua uban kaniya karon ang among kamanghoran, ug wala na ang usa namo ka igsoon.”
14Miingon si Jose, “Sama sa akong giingon kaninyo, mga espiya kamo. 15Ug masayran ko kon tinuod kanang inyong gisulti pinaagi niini: Ipanumpa ko sa ngalan sa hari sa Ehipto42:15 hari sa Ehipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon. nga dili gayod kamo makabiya dinhi hangtod nga dili moanhi ang inyong kamanghoran. 16Papaulia ang usa kaninyo aron pagkuha sa inyong igsoon. Prisohon kamong mahibilin hangtod nga mapamatud-an nga tinuod ang inyong giingon, apan kon dili, tinuod gayod nga mga espiya kamo.” 17Busa gipapriso niya sila sulod sa tulo ka adlaw.
18Sa ikatulo ka adlaw, miingon si Jose kanila, “Nagatahod ako sa Dios, busa hatagan ko pa kamo ug higayon nga mabuhi kon tumanon lang ninyo ang akong isugo kaninyo. 19Kon nagasulti gayod kamo sa tinuod, ibilin sa prisohan ang usa kaninyo ug pamauli kamo ug pagdalag pagkaon alang sa gigutom ninyo nga mga pamilya. 20Unya, dad-a ninyo dinhi kanako ang inyong manghod aron mapamatud-an nga tinuod ang inyong gisulti kanako ug aron dili ko kamo ipapatay.” Ug gibuhat nila kini.
21Unya, miingon sila sa usag usa, “Nakasala gayod kita sa gibuhat nato sa atong igsoon. Nakita nato ang iyang pag-antos sa dihang nagpakilooy siya kanato, apan wala gayod nato siya kaloy-i, busa miabot kini nga kalisod kanato.” 22Miingon si Reuben, “Dili ba giingnan ko man kamo kaniadto nga dili ninyo pasipad-an ang bata? Apan wala gayod kamo namati kanako. Busa gipaninglan na kita karon sa iyang kamatayon.” 23Wala sila masayod nga nakasabot si Jose sa ilang gipanulti tungod kay aduna man siyay tighubad kon makigsulti siya kanila. 24Mibiya si Jose kanila ug mihilak. Unya mibalik siya ug nakigsulti kanila. Pagkahuman, gikuha niya si Simeon gikan kanila ug gipagapos diha sa ilang atubangan.
Mibalik sa Canaan ang mga Igsoon ni Jose
25Nagmando si Jose nga pun-on ug pagkaon ang mga sako sa iyang mga igsoon ug isulod sa ilang mga sako ang kuwarta nga ilang gibayad, ug pabalonan sila sa ilang paglakaw. Natuman ang tanang gimando ni Jose. 26Gikarga sa mga managsoon ang ilang mga sako didto sa ilang mga asno ug mibiya.
27Sa dihang nagpalabay sila sa kagabhion sa usa ka dapit, usa kanila ang miabli sa iyang sako aron pakan-on ang iyang asno, ug nakita niya diha sa sako ang kuwarta nga iyang gibayad. 28Misinggit siya sa iyang mga igsoon, “Giuli ang akong gibayad! Ania dinhi sa akong sako.” Nangaluya silang tanan ug nagkurog nga nagaingnanay, “Unsa kining gibuhat sa Dios kanato?”
29Pag-abot nila sa Canaan, gisulti nila sa ilang amahan nga si Jacob ang tanan nga nahitabo kanila. 30Miingon sila kang Jacob, “Gisingkahan kami sa gobernador sa Ehipto ug gipasanginlan nga gapang-espiya kuno kami. 31Apan gitubag namo siya nga dili kami mga espiya ug nagsulti kami sa tinuod. 32Miingon usab kami nga 12 kami ka managsoon ug usa ray among amahan. Gisultihan namo siya nga ang usa namo ka igsoon patay na ug ang among kamanghoran ania uban kanimo dinhi sa Canaan. 33Apan mao kini ang iyang giingon kanamo, ‘Masayran ko kon tinuod ang inyong gipanulti pinaagi niini: Ibilin dinhi kanako ang usa kaninyo ug pamauli kamo nga magdala ug pagkaon alang sa inyong mga pamilya nga gigutom. 34Unya dad-a ninyo dinhi kanako ang inyong manghod aron mahibaloan ko nga nagasulti kamo sa tinuod ug dili kamo mga espiya. Pagkahuman, ibalik ko kaninyo ang inyong igsoon nga si Simeon, ug tugotan ko kamo nga magbalik-balik dinhi sa Ehipto.’ ”
35Sa dihang gibubo na nila ang sulod sa ilang mga sako, nakita nila didto ang kuwarta nga ilang gibayad. Pagkakita nila ug sa ilang amahan niini, gibati silang tanan ug kahadlok.
36Miingon si Jacob kanila, “Gusto ba gayod ninyo nga mawad-an akog mga anak? Wala na si Jose, wala na si Simeon, ug karon gusto na usab ninyo nga kuhaon si Benjamin. Puro na lang kasakit ang miabot kanako.” 37Miingon si Reuben, “Tay, isalig kanako si Benjamin. Patya ang duha ko ka anak nga lalaki kon dili ko siya madala pagbalik kanimo.” 38Apan mitubag si Jacob, “Dili ko paubanon kaninyo ang akong anak. Patay na ang iyang igsoon ug siya na lang ang nahibilin kanako. Kon may daotan nga mahitabo kaniya sa inyong paglakaw, kamo unya ang mahimong hinungdan nga niining akong katigulangon, mamatay ako sa kasubo.”
Joseph’s Brothers Go Down to Egypt
1Jacob found out that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at one another?” 2He continued, “I’ve heard there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there. Buy some for us. Then we’ll live and not die.”
3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain there. 4But Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them. He was afraid Benjamin might be harmed. 5Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.
6Joseph was the governor of the land. He was the one who sold grain to all its people. When Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 7As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended to be a stranger. He spoke to them in a mean way. “Where do you come from?” he asked.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We’ve come to buy food.”
8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him. 9Then Joseph remembered his dreams about them. So he said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the places where our land isn’t guarded very well.”
10“No, sir,” they answered. “We’ve come to buy food. 11All of us are the sons of one man. We’re honest men. We aren’t spies.”
12“No!” he said to them. “You have come to see the places where our land isn’t guarded very well.”
13But they replied, “We were 12 brothers. All of us were the sons of one man. He lives in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is now with our father. And one brother is gone.”
14Joseph said to them, “I still say you are spies! 15So I’m going to test you. And here’s the test. You can be sure that you won’t leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. You can be just as sure of this as you are sure that Pharaoh lives. I give you my word that you won’t leave here unless your brother comes. 16Send one of you back to get your brother. The rest of you will be kept in prison. I’ll test your words. Then we’ll find out whether you are telling the truth. You can be sure that Pharaoh lives. And you can be just as sure that if you aren’t telling the truth, we’ll know that you are spies!” 17So Joseph kept all of them under guard for three days.
18On the third day, Joseph spoke to them again. He said, “Do what I say. Then you will live, because I have respect for God. 19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison. The rest of you may go and take grain back to your hungry families. 20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. That will prove that your words are true. Then you won’t die.” So they did what he said.
21They said to one another, “God is surely punishing us because of our brother. We saw how upset he was when he begged us to let him live. But we wouldn’t listen. That’s why all this trouble has come to us.”
22Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we’re being paid back for killing him.” 23They didn’t realize that Joseph could understand what they were saying. He was using someone else to explain their words to him in the Egyptian language.
24Joseph turned away from his brothers and began to weep. Then he came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken and tied up right there in front of them.
25Joseph gave orders to have their bags filled with grain. He had each man’s money put back into his sack. He also made sure they were given food for their journey. 26Then the brothers loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
27When night came, they stopped. One of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey. He saw his money in the top of his sack. 28“My money has been given back,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.”
They had a sinking feeling in their hearts. They began to tremble. They turned to one another and said, “What has God done to us?”
29They came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him everything that had happened to them. They said, 30“The man who is the governor of the land spoke to us in a mean way. He treated us as if we were spying on the land. 31But we said to him, ‘We’re honest men. We aren’t spies. 32We were 12 brothers. All of us were the sons of one father. But now one brother is gone. And our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
33“Then the man who is the governor of the land spoke to us. He said, ‘Here’s how I will know whether you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me. Take food for your hungry families and go. 34But bring your youngest brother to me. Then I’ll know that you are honest men and not spies. I’ll give your brother back to you. And you will be free to trade in the land.’ ”
35They began emptying their sacks. There in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were scared to death. 36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have taken my children away from me. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
37Then Reuben spoke to his father. He said, “You can put both of my sons to death if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. Trust me to take care of him. I’ll bring him back.”
38But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you. His brother is dead. He’s the only one left here with me. Suppose he’s harmed on the journey you are taking. Then I would die as a sad old man.”
