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Hapo Yusufu hakuweza kujizuia mbele yao wote waliosimama karibu naye. Akapiga kelele, na kusema, Mwondoeni kila mtu mbele yangu. Wala hakusimama mtu pamoja naye, Yusufu alipojitambulisha kwa nduguze.
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
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Akapaza sauti yake akalia, nao Wamisri wakasikia. Watu wa nyumba ya Farao nao wakasikia.
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
3
Yusufu akawaambia ndugu zake, Mimi ndimi Yusufu; baba yangu angali hai bado? Wala ndugu zake hawakuweza kumjibu, maana waliingiwa na hofu mbele yake.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
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Yusufu akawaambia ndugu zake, Karibuni kwangu; basi, wakakaribia. Akasema, Mimi ni Yusufu, ndugu yenu, ambaye mliniuza kwenda Misri.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
5
Basi sasa, msihuzunike, wala msiudhike nafsi zenu, kwa kuniuza huku; maana Mungu alinipeleka mbele yenu kuhifadhi maisha ya watu.
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
6
Maana miaka hii miwili njaa imekuwa katika nchi, na iko tena miaka mitano isiyo na kulima wala kuvuna.
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
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Mungu alinipeleka mbele yenu kuwahifadhia masazo katika nchi, na kuwaokoa ninyi kwa wokovu mkuu.
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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Basi si ninyi mlionipeleka huku, ila Mungu; naye ameniweka kama baba kwa Farao, na bwana katika nyumba yake yote, na mtawala katika nchi yote ya Misri.
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9
Fanyeni haraka, mmwendee baba yangu, mkamwambie, Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mwanao Yusufu, Mungu ameniweka kuwa bwana katika Misri yote, basi unishukie, usikawie.
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
10
Nawe utakaa katika nchi ya Gosheni, utakuwa karibu nami, wewe, na wanao, na wana wa wanao, na wanyama wako, ng'ombe zako, na yote uliyo nayo. Nami nitakulisha huko;
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
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maana bado imesalia miaka mitano ya njaa; usije ukaingia katika uhitaji, wewe, na nyumba yako, na yote uliyo nayo.
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
12
Na tazama, macho yenu yanaona, na macho ya ndugu yangu Benyamini, ya kwamba ni kinywa changu mimi kinachosema nanyi.
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
13
Nanyi mtamwarifu baba yangu habari za fahari yangu yote katika Misri, na za vyote mlivyoviona; mkafanye haraka kumleta huku baba yangu.
Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14
Akaanguka shingoni mwa ndugu yake Benyamini, akalia; Benyamini naye akalia shingoni mwake.
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15
Akawabusu ndugu zake wote, akalia nao, baada ya hayo, nduguze wakazungumza naye
Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
16
Habari ikasikika nyumbani mwa Farao kusema, Ndugu zake Yusufu wamekuja. Ikawa vema machoni pa Farao, na machoni pa watumwa wake.
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
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Farao akamwambia Yusufu, Uwaambie ndugu zako, Fanyeni hivi; wachukuzeni mizigo wanyama wenu, mwondoke mwende nchi ya Kanaani;
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
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kisha mkamtwae baba yenu, na watu wa nyumbani mwenu, mkanijie; nami nitawapa mema ya nchi ya Misri, nanyi mtakula unono wa nchi.
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
19
Nawe umeamriwa; fanyeni hivi, mjitwalie magari katika nchi ya Misri kwa watoto wenu wadogo na wake zenu, mkamchukue baba yenu mje.
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
20
Wala msivisumbukie vyombo vyenu, maana mema ya nchi yote ya Misri ni yenu.
But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21
Ndivyo walivyofanya wana wa Israeli. Yusufu akawapa magari kama Farao alivyoamuru, akawapa na chakula cha njiani.
So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
22
Akawapa kila mtu nguo za kubadili; lakini Benyamini, alimpa fedha mia tatu na mavazi matano ya kubadili.
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
23
Na babaye akampelekea kama hivi, punda kumi waliochukua mema ya Misri, na punda wake kumi waliochukua nafaka, na mikate, na chakula kwa babaye njiani.
And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
24
Akaagana na ndugu zake, wakaenda zao; naye akawaambia, Msigombane njiani.
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
25
Wakatoka Misri, wakafika nchi ya Kanaani kwa Yakobo, baba yao.
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26
Wakampasha habari, wakisema, Yusufu angali hai; naye ndiye mtawala katika nchi yote ya Misri. Moyo wake ukazimia, kwa sababu hakuwasadiki.
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
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Wakamwambia maneno yote ya Yusufu, aliyowaambia; na alipoona magari aliyoyapeleka Yusufu, ili kumchukua, roho ya Yakobo baba yao ikafufuka.
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
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Israeli akasema, Yatosha! Yusufu mwanangu angali hai; nitakwenda, nionane naye kabla sijafa.</p>
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”