Genesis

44 Later, e command the man wey be head for im house say: “Full the bags of the men with plenty food as them fit carry, and put the money of each of them for inside the mouth of im bag. 2 But you must put my cup, the silver cup inside the bag of the last boy, with im money for food.”* So e do wetin Joseph talk.

3 For morning, when everywhere don bright, them allow the men go with their donkeys. 4 Them never go far from the city when Joseph tell the man wey be head for im house say: “Ready! Pursue the men! When you meet them, ask them say, ‘Why una pay good thing with bad thing? 5 Una no know say this one na wetin my oga de use drink and de use talk wetin go happen for future well? Na wicked thing una do so.’”

6 So e meet them and tell them this things. 7 But them tell-am say: “Why my lord de talk like this? Your servants no fit even think-am say them want do anything like this. 8 Even the money wey we see for our bags, we bring-am back from the land of Ca′naan come give you. So how we go fit thief silver or gold from your oga house? 9 If you see-am with any of us wey be your slaves, make e die, and the rest of us go still be slaves to my oga.” 10 So e talk say: “Make e be as una talk-am: The person wey them see-am for im hand go be my slave, but the rest of una go dey free.” 11 So quick-quick, each of them carry im bag come down and open-am. 12 E sofri search their bags, e start with the senior brother till e reach the last boy. At last, e see the cup inside Benjamin bag.

13 Then, them tear their cloths, and each of them carry im load put ontop im donkey and go back to the city. 14 When Judah and im brothers enter Joseph house, e still dey there. Then, them lie down for ground for im front. 15 Joseph ask them say: “Which kind thing una do so? Una no know say person like me fit talk wetin go happen for future well?” 16 So Judah answer-am say: “Wetin we fit tell my oga? Wetin we fit talk? And how we fit prove say our hand clean? The true God don see the bad thing wey your slaves do. Now, we and the person wey them see the cup for im hand don be slaves to my oga!” 17 But, Joseph talk say: “I no fit even think-am say I go do this kind thing! Na the man wey them see the cup for im hand go be my slave. As for the rest of una, make una go well go meet una papa.”

18 Judah come meet-am and talk say: “I beg you my oga, abeg, allow me your slave make I talk to you, and make you no vex for me your slave, because you just be like Phar′aoh. 19 My oga be ask im slaves say, ‘Una get papa or brother?’ 20 So we answer my oga say, ‘We get papa wey don old and one boy wey e born when e don old. Na im be the last boy, but im brother don die, so this one na the only son of im mama wey remain, and im papa love-am.’ 21 After that one, you tell your slaves say, ‘Bring that one come so that I fit see-am.’ 22 But we tell my oga say, ‘The boy no go fit leave im papa. If e leave im papa, im papa go surely die.’ 23 Then you tell your slaves say, ‘If una last brother no follow una come, make una no try to see my face again.’

24 “So we go meet our papa your slave and tell-am the things wey you, our oga talk. 25 After, our papa talk say, ‘Make una go back and buy small food for us.’ 26 But we talk say, ‘We no go fit go down to that place. We go go down to that place if our last brother go with us, because we no fit see the man face if our last brother no go with us.’ 27 Then your slave my papa, tell us say, ‘Una know say na two sons my wife born for me. 28 But one of them leave me and I talk say: “One wicked bush animal go don surely tear-am and pieces-am!” and I never see-am till now. 29 If una carry this one go, and something happen to-am wey make-am die, then una go surely make me enter Grave* with pains for my old age.’

30 “And now, if I go back go meet your slave my papa and the boy no dey with us, since e really dey tight with the boy,* 31 then as e just see say the boy no dey, e go die, and we your slaves go don really make our papa, your slave, enter Grave* with pain for im old age. 32 Me your slave promise my papa say the boy go dey safe, when I tell-am say, ‘If I no bring the boy back and give-am to you, then I go don sin against my papa all my life.’ 33 So now, abeg my oga, make I stay as your slave instead of the boy, so that the boy go fit go back with im brothers. 34 How I go fit go back to my papa when the boy no dey with me? I no fit stand see as this kind bad thing de happen to my papa!”