Hunger Catch di Land Well-Well
Na only hunger make Jacob release Benjamin, e commit am give our Papa Almighty, and Judah put im own life as guarantee for am. For Egypt, di brothers dey expect arrest but dem get feast instead, dem sit dem according to how dem born dem. Joseph see Benjamin and e must comot for di room go cry.
43 1For dat time, hunger be plenty for di land. 2Wen dem don chop finish di grain wey dem carry come from Egypt, dem papa tell dem, "Go back go buy small food for us."
3But Judah tell am, "Di man warn us well-well: 'Una no go see my face if una no bring una brother come.' 4If you send our brother go with us, we go go down go buy food for you. 5But if you no go send am, we no go go, because di man talk say, 'Una no go see my face if una no bring una brother.'"
6Israel talk, "Why you do me dis bad ting, wey you tell di man say una get anoda brother?"
7Dem answer, "Di man ask us plenty question about ourself and our family: 'Una papa still dey alive? Una get anoda brother?' Na so we answer am. How we for take know say e go talk, 'Bring una brother come down'?"
8Judah tell im papa Israel, "Send di boy make e follow me; make we stand up go, so we go live, we no go die—we, you, and our pikin dem. 9I go stand for am—make you hold me answer for am. If I no bring am come back put am for your front, make di blame dey for my head for your front forever. 10Because if we no bin waste time, for sure we for don go come back two times by now."
11Israel dem papa tell dem, "If na so e must be, do dis ting: put di best tins wey di land dey produce inside una bag, and carry gift go give di man—small balm, small honey, spices, myrrh, pistachio, almond. 12Carry money wey double, and carry back di money wey dem return put for di mouth of una sack—maybe na mistake. 13Carry una brother too, and stand up go back meet di man. 14Make El Shaddai—our Papa wey get all power—show una mercy for di man front, so e go release una oda brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I lose my pikin dem, make I lose dem."
15Di men carry di gift, di silver wey double, and Benjamin, dem go down go Egypt, and stand for Joseph front.
16Wen Joseph see Benjamin with dem, e tell di man wey dey run im house, "Carry dis men enter di house, kill animal, and prepare am—dem go chop with me for afternoon." 17Di man do wetin Joseph talk, and e carry di men enter Joseph house. 18Fear catch di men because dem carry dem enter Joseph house. Dem talk, "Na because of di money wey dem return put for our sack di first time, na im make dem bring us come—so dem go fight us, jump on us, catch us make us be slave, and collect our donkey dem." 19So dem come near di man wey dey run Joseph house and talk to am for di door, 20and dem talk, "Abeg, oga, na true we come down di first time to buy food. 21For di place wey we lodge, wen we open our sack, each man silver dey inside full-full, for di mouth of im sack. We don carry am come back with us. 22We carry more money too to buy food, but we no sabi who put di oda money inside our sack."
23E talk, "Peace dey with una, no fear. Your Papa and di God of your papa na im put treasure inside una sack; una payment reach me." Den e bring Simeon come out give dem. 24Di man carry dem enter Joseph house and give dem water, and dem wash dem leg; and e feed dem donkey dem. 25So dem prepare di gift, dey wait for Joseph to come for afternoon, because dem don hear say na dia dem go chop. 26Wen Joseph reach house, dem bring di gift wey dey dia hand give am and dem bow down for am, reach ground. 27E ask dem how dem dey, den e talk, "Una papa—di old man wey una tok about—e dey fine? E still dey alive?"
28Dem talk, "Your servant, our papa, dey fine, e still dey alive." Dem bow down and prostrate demself. 29E look up, e see im brother Benjamin, im mama pikin, and e ask, "Na dis one be una small-small brother wey una tell me about?" Den e talk, "Make our Papa show you favour, my pikin." 30Joseph rush comot, because im belle dey pain am for im brother, e dey find place to cry; e enter im room and cry dia. 31Den e wash im face and comot; and e hold imself well and talk, "Serve di food."
32Dem serve am alone, im brother dem alone, and di Egypt people wey dey chop with am alone—because Egypt people no fit chop bread with Hebrew people, e be abomination for dem. 33Dem sit down for im front: di firstborn by im birthright, di lastborn by im small age—di men dey wonder as dem dey look one anoda. 34E send portion give dem from im own table, and Benjamin portion na five times pass di oda ones. Dem drink and dem celebrate with am.
