Genesis
45 Afei deɛ na Yosef ntumi nhyɛ ne ho so bio wɔ n’asomfoɔ no nyinaa anim.+ Enti ɔteaam sɛ: “Momma obiara mfiri me nkyɛn!” Obiara firii Yosef nkyɛn ansa na ɔreda ne ho adi akyerɛ ne nuanom.+
2 Ɛnna ɔmaa ne nne so suu dendeenden, na Egyptfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Farao fie mpo teeɛ. 3 Afei Yosef ka kyerɛɛ ne nuanom sɛ: “Mene Yosef. Me papa da so te ase anaa?” Nanso ne nuanom antumi ankasa, ɛfiri sɛ na asɛm no atɔ wɔn so. 4 Enti Yosef ka kyerɛɛ ne nuanom sɛ: “Montwe mmɛn me.” Na wɔbɛn no.
Afei ɔkaa sɛ: “Mene mo nua Yosef a motɔn no baa Egypt no.+ 5 Nanso mommma no nnha mo, na mommma obiara mmmɔ ne yɔnko soboɔ sɛ motɔn me baa ha, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa me dii mo anim sɛ memmɛkora nkwa so.+ 6 Mfeɛ mmienu nie a ɛkɔm no baa asaase yi so,+ na asan aka mfeɛ nnum a obiara rentumi nnɔ* anaa ɔntwa. 7 Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa me dii mo anim sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔde nkwagyeɛ kɛseɛ bɛkora mo so+ wɔ asaase so, na mo ase anhye.* 8 Enti ɛnyɛ mo na mode me baa ha, na mmom nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no na ɔde me baa sɛ memmɛyɛ Farao fotufoɔ panin* ne ne fie nyinaa so wura, na madi Egypt asaase nyinaa so.+
9 “Enti monyɛ ntɛm nkɔ me papa hɔ, na monka nkyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Deɛ wo ba Yosef aka nie: “Onyankopɔn de me ayɛ Egypt nyinaa so panin.+ Tu bra me nkyɛn. Ntwentwɛn wo nan ase koraa.+ 10 Bɛtena Gosen+ asaase so, na woabɛn me; wo ne wo mma, wo nananom, wo nnwan, w’anantwie, ne deɛ wowɔ nyinaa. 11 Mɛma wo aduane adi, ɛfiri sɛ aka mfeɛ nnum ansa na ɛkɔm no to atwa.+ Anyɛ saa a, ohia bɛka wo ne wo fie ne deɛ wowɔ nyinaa.”’ 12 Seesei mo ne me nua Benyamin nyinaa de mo ani ahu sɛ me ara na me ne mo rekasa yi.+ 13 Monka animuonyam a manya wɔ Egypt asaase so ne deɛ moahunu nyinaa nkyerɛ me papa. Momma mo ho nyɛ hare nkɔfa me papa mmra.”
14 Ɛnna ɔbam ne nua Benyamin na ɔsui, na Benyamin nso de ne nsa too ne kɔn mu sui.+ 15 Na ɔfee ne nuanom nyinaa ano de ne tiri too wɔn kɔn ho sui; afei ne nuanom ne no bɔɔ nkɔmmɔ.
16 Farao fiefoɔ tee sɛ nkurɔfoɔ reka sɛ: “Yosef nuanom aba!” Na Farao ne ne nkoa ani gyee asɛm no ho. 17 Enti Farao ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: “Ka kyerɛ wo nuanom sɛ, ‘Monhyehyɛ nneɛma ngu mo mmoa so mfa nkɔ Kaanan asaase so, 18 na monkɔfa mo papa ne mo fiefoɔ mmra me nkyɛn. Mede Egypt asaase no so nneɛma pa bɛma mo, na asaase no fã a ɛso aba pii* no, moadidi so.’*+ 19 Na wo nso ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ:+ ‘Momfa Egypt asaase so nteaseɛnam+ nkɔfa mo mma ne mo yerenom, na momfa mo papa ntena baako mu mmra.+ 20 Monnnwene mo agyapadeɛ ho,+ ɛfiri sɛ Egypt asaase nyinaa so nneɛma pa yɛ mo dea.’”
21 Ɛnna Israel mma no yɛɛ saa, na Yosef maa wɔn nteaseɛnam sɛdeɛ Farao kaa sɛ wɔnyɛ no, na ɔmaa wɔn akwansoduane. 22 Ɔmaa obiara ataadeɛ foforɔ baako, na Benyamin deɛ, ɔmaa no nnwetɛbena 300 ne ntaadeɛ foforɔ nnum.+ 23 Deɛ ɔde soma kɔmaa ne papa nso nie: mfunumu du a wɔsoso Egypt nneɛma pa ne mfunumu abedeɛ du a wɔsoso hwiit ne paanoo ne aduane foforɔ a ne papa bɛdi wɔ kwan so. 24 Afei ɔgyaa ne nuanom kwan ma wɔsiim. Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Mommma obiara bo mmfu ne yɔnko wɔ kwan so.”+
25 Enti wɔfirii Egypt, na nkakrankakra wɔkɔduruu wɔn papa Yakob nkyɛn wɔ Kaanan asaase so. 26 Ɛnna wɔbɔɔ no amanneɛ sɛ: “Yosef da so te ase, na ɔno na ɔdi Egypt asaase nyinaa so!”+ Nanso asɛm no ampusu no,* ɛfiri sɛ wannye wɔn anni.+ 27 Afei berɛ a wɔkaa deɛ Yosef kaeɛ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn papa Yakob, na ɔhuu nteaseɛnam a Yosef de asoma sɛ wɔmfa mmɛfa no no, n’ani gyeeɛ.* 28 Israel teaam sɛ: “Ɛyɛ, deɛ mateɛ no ara dɔɔso! Me ba Yosef te ase ampa! Ɛsɛ sɛ mekɔhu no ansa na mawu!”+