Genesis

42 Berɛ a Yakob tee sɛ aduane* wɔ Egypt no,+ ɔka kyerɛɛ ne mma no sɛ: “Adɛn na motete hɔ na obiara rehwɛ ne yɔnko anim yi?” 2 Na ɔtoaa so sɛ: “Mate sɛ aduane wɔ Egypt. Monkɔ hɔ nkɔtɔ bi mmra sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛtena ase, anyɛ saa a yɛbɛwuwu.”+ 3 Enti Yosef nuanom du+ siim kɔɔ Egypt sɛ wɔrekɔtɔ aduane. 4 Nanso Yosef nua Benyamin+ deɛ, Yakob amma no ankɔ bi, ɛfiri sɛ ɔkaa sɛ: “Anhwɛ a, na asiane bi akɔto no.”+

5 Enti Israel mma no kɔɔ Egypt sɛ wɔrekɔtɔ aduane, na wɔne ebinom boom kɔeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ na ɛkɔm no aduru Kaanan asaase so.+ 6 Ná Yosef ne asaase no so panin.+ Ɔno na na ɔtɔn aduane ma asaase sofoɔ nyinaa.+ Enti Yosef nuanom ba bɛkotoo no de wɔn anim butubutuu fam.+ 7 Berɛ a Yosef ani bɔɔ ne nuanom so no, ntɛm ara na ɔhuu wɔn, nanso wamma wɔanhu nipa ko a ɔyɛ.+ Enti ɔpoopoo n’ani kyerɛɛ wɔn bisaa wɔn sɛ: “Ɛhe na mofiri?” Ɛnna wɔbuaa sɛ: “Yɛfiri Kaanan asaase so, na yɛrebɛtɔ aduane.”+

8 Yosef huu ne nuanom, nanso wɔn deɛ, wɔanhu no. 9 Ɛhɔ ara na Yosef kaee daeɛ a ɔso faa wɔn ho no,+ na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Moyɛ akwansrafoɔ!* Moaba asaase yi so sɛ morebɛhwɛ baabi a mofa a, mobɛnya yɛn!”* 10 Ɛnna wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Me wura, ɛnte saa; mmom wo nkoa aba sɛ wɔrebɛtɔ aduane. 11 Yɛn nyinaa yɛ papa baako mma. Yɛnyɛ nnipabɔnefoɔ. Wo nkoa nyɛ akwansrafoɔ.” 12 Nanso ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Moboa! Moaba asaase yi so sɛ morebɛhwɛ baabi a mofa a, mobɛnya yɛn!” 13 Ɛnna wɔkaa sɛ: “Wo nkoa yɛ anuanom 12.+ Yɛyɛ papa baako mma,+ na ɔwɔ Kaanan asaase so; yɛn nua kumaa no wɔ yɛn papa nkyɛn,+ na deɛ ɔka ho no nni hɔ bio.”+

14 Nanso Yosef ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Ɛno ara na maka no, ‘Moyɛ akwansrafoɔ!’ 15 Deɛ mede bɛsɔ mo ahwɛ nie: Farao te ase yi, moremfiri ha nkɔ gye sɛ mo nua kumaa no aba ha.+ 16 Momma mo mu baako nkɔfa mo nua no mmra; mo a moaka no deɛ, merennyaa mo. Ɛno na yɛde bɛhu sɛ deɛ moreka no yɛ nokorɛ anaa. Anyɛ saa a, ɛnneɛ Farao te ase yi, yɛbɛbu mo akwansrafoɔ.” 17 Ɛnna ɔde wɔn nyinaa guu afiase nnansa.

18 Ne nnansa so no, Yosef ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Mesuro Onyankopɔn, enti mepɛ sɛ moyɛ wei na moanya mo tiri adidi mu. 19 Sɛ monyɛ nnipabɔnefoɔ a, momma mo mu baako nka afiase ha, na mo a moaka no mfa aduane nkɔma mo fiefoɔ a wɔredi kɔm no.+ 20 Mokɔ a, momfa mo nua kumaa no mmɛkyerɛ me na menhu sɛ asɛm a moaka no yɛ nokorɛ, na moanwu.” Na wɔyɛɛ no saa.

21 Afei wɔkeka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho sɛ: “Ampa ara, deɛ yɛde yɛɛ yɛn nua no ho asotwe na ɛreba yɛn so yi,+ ɛfiri sɛ yɛhuu sɛ ɔwɔ ahoyera mu,* nanso berɛ a ɔsrɛɛ sɛ yɛnhu no mmɔbɔ no yɛantie. Ɛno nti na yɛrehunu amane yi.” 22 Ɛnna Ruben ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Manka ankyerɛ mo sɛ monnyɛ abɔfra no bɔne, ɛnna moantie?+ Ne mogya ho akonta na afei yɛrebuo yi.”+ 23 Nanso na wɔnnim sɛ Yosef te deɛ wɔreka no nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ sɛ wɔne no kasa a, obi na ɔkyerɛ aseɛ ma no. 24 Ɛnna ɔfirii wɔn nkyɛn kɔsuiɛ.+ Berɛ a ɔsan ba ne wɔn bɛkasaeɛ no, ɔyii Simeon firii wɔn mu+ na ɔkyekyeree no wɔ wɔn anim.+ 25 Afei Yosef kaa sɛ n’asomfoɔ no mfa aduane nhyɛ obiara kotokuo ma, wɔmfa obiara sika nhyɛ ne kotokuo mu, na wɔmma wɔn akwansoduane. Na wɔyɛɛ saa maa wɔn.

26 Enti wɔhyehyɛɛ aduane no wɔ wɔn mfunumu so, na wɔfirii hɔ kɔeɛ. 27 Berɛ a wɔduruu ahomegyebea a wɔn mu baako sanee ne kotokuo sɛ ɔrema n’afunumu aduane no, ɔhuu sɛ ne sika no hyɛ ne kotokuo mu. 28 Ɛnna ɔka kyerɛɛ ne nuanom sɛ: “Wɔde me sika asan ama me; monhwɛ sɛ ɛhyɛ me kotokuo mu!” Afei wɔn akoma tuiɛ, na wɔde ahopopoɔ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho sɛ: “Ɛdeɛn na Onyankopɔn ayɛ yɛn yi?”

29 Berɛ a wɔkɔduruu wɔn papa Yakob nkyɛn wɔ Kaanan asaase so no, wɔkaa deɛ ɛtoo wɔn nyinaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: 30 “Ɔpanin a ɔhwɛ asaase no so no poopoo n’ani kyerɛɛ yɛn,+ na ɔbɔɔ yɛn soboɔ sɛ yɛyɛ akwansrafoɔ a yɛrebɛhwehwɛ asaase no so. 31 Nanso yɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Yɛnyɛ nnipabɔnefoɔ, na yɛnyɛ akwansrafoɔ.+ 32 Yɛkaa sɛ yɛyɛ anuanom 12+ a yɛfiri papa baako. Baako nni hɔ bio,+ na seesei, kumaa no wɔ yɛn papa nkyɛn wɔ Kaanan asaase so.’+ 33 Ɛnna ɔpanin a ɔhwɛ asaase no so no ka kyerɛɛ yɛn sɛ, ‘Deɛ ɛbɛma mahu sɛ monyɛ nnipabɔnefoɔ no, monnya mo mu baako wɔ me nkyɛn,+ na mo a moaka no mfa biribi nkɔma mo fiefoɔ a wɔredi kɔm no.+ 34 Na momfa mo nua kumaa no mmɛkyerɛ me na menhu sɛ ampa monyɛ akwansrafoɔ na mmom moyɛ nnipa pa. Afei mede mo nua no bɛsan ama mo, na mobɛtumi atɔ deɛ mopɛ biara wɔ asaase yi so.’”

35 Wɔhwiee wɔn kotokuo mu nneɛma no, wɔnkɔhwɛ a, obiara sika bɔtɔ hyɛ ne kotokuo mu. Berɛ a wɔne wɔn papa nyinaa huu sika no, wɔbɔɔ hu. 36 Na wɔn papa Yakob teaam sɛ: “Moama adeɛ atɔ m’ani!+ Yosef nni hɔ,+ Simeon nni hɔ,+ na morebɛfa Benyamin nso akɔ! Me so na wei nyinaa aba!” 37 Afei Ruben ka kyerɛɛ ne papa sɛ: “Sɛ mansan amfa no ammrɛ wo a, wotumi kum me mma mmienu.+ Fa no hyɛ me nsa, na mɛhwɛ de no abrɛ wo.”+ 38 Nanso ɔkaa sɛ: “Meremma momfa me ba no nkɔ, ɛfiri sɛ ne nua awu ama no aka ɔno nko ara.+ Sɛ asiane bi kɔto no kwan so a, mobɛma madi awerɛhoɔ+ ara kɔsi sɛ mede me tiri so dwene bɛkɔ Adamena* mu.”+