Gênesis 45

Hōhepa e Whakaatu ana i a ia ki Ōna Tuākana

1 Nā, kīhai i taea e Hōhepa te whakamanawanui i te aroaro o te hunga katoa e tū ana i tōna taha; ā, ka karanga ia, "Haere katoa atu ngā tāngata i tōku taha." Ā, kīhai i tū tētahi tangata i tōna taha, i a Hōhepa e whakaatu ana i a ia ki ōna tuākana. 2 Nā, he nui tōna reo ki te tangi; ā, ka rongo ngā Īhipiana, ka rongo anō hoki te whare o Parao.

3 Nā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki ōna tuākana, "Ko Hōhepa ahau; e ora ana anō rānei tōku pāpā?" Ā, kīhai ōna tuākana i āhei te whakahoki kupu ki a ia; i pororaru hoki rātou i tōna aroaro.

4 Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki ōna tuākana, "Whakatata mai rā ki ahau." Ā, ka whakatata rātou. Ā, ka mea ia, "Ko Hōhepa ahau, ko tō koutou teina i hokona nei e koutou ki Īhipa. 5 Nā, kaua rā e pōuri, kaua hoki e mumura ō koutou kanohi, mō koutou i hoko i ahau ki konei; nō te mea he mea tono mai ahau e te Atua ki mua i a koutou hei whakaora tāngata. 6 Ka rua hoki ēnei tau o te matekai ki te whenua; kei muri anō ētahi atu tau e rima, e kore ai e parau, e kore ai e kokoti. 7 Kua tonoa mai nei hoki ahau e te Atua ki mua i a koutou kia whai putanga ai koutou ki te ao, kia ora ai hoki koutou i runga i te whakaoranga nui.

8 "Inā, ehara i a koutou nāna ahau i tono mai ki konei, engari nā te Atua. Kua waiho hoki ahau e ia hei matua ki a Parao, hei ariki anō mō tōna whare katoa, hei kāwana hoki mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa. 9 Hohoro, haere ki runga, ki tōku pāpā, mea atu ki a ia, ‘He pēnei te kupu a tāu tama a Hōhepa, Kua meinga ahau e te Atua hei ariki mō Īhipa katoa; haere mai ki ahau, kaua e whakaroa. 10 Ā, me noho koe ki te whenua o Kohena, ā, ka tata koe ki ahau, koutou ko āu tama, ko ngā tama hoki a āu tama, me āu kāhui, me āu kau, me āu mea katoa. 11 Ā, ka atawhai ahau i a koe ki reira – e rima hoki ēnei tau matekai kei muri nei – kei rawakoretia koutou ko tōu whare me āu mea katoa.’

12 "Nā, ka kite nei ō koutou kanohi, me ngā kanohi o tōku teina, o Pineamine, ko tōku waha tēnei te kōrero nei ki a koutou. 13 Ā, mā koutou e kōrero ki tōku pāpā tōku korōria katoa i Īhipa, me ngā mea katoa i kite nei koutou; kia hohoro anō tā koutou kawe mai i tōku pāpā ki konei."

14 Nā, ka hinga ia ki runga ki te kakī o Pineamine, o tōna teina, ā, ka tangi, ka tangi anō a Pineamine i runga i tōna kakī. 15 Ā, ka kihi ia i ōna tuākana katoa, ka tangi hoki ki a rātou. Ā muri iho ka kōrero ōna tuākana ki a ia.

16 Nā, ka tae te rongo ki te whare o Parao, ka kōrerotia, "Kua tae mai ngā tuākana o Hōhepa." He mea pai anō tēnā ki te whakaaro o Parao, o āna tāngata hoki. 17 Nā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "Kōrero ki ōu tuākana, ‘Ko tēnei tā koutou e mea ai: whakawahā ā koutou kararehe, ā, whakatika, haere ki te whenua o Kanaana. 18 Tīkina hoki tō koutou pāpā, me ngā tāngata o ō koutou whare, ā, haere mai ki ahau; ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea papai o te whenua o Īhipa, ā, ka kai koutou i te mōmonatanga o te whenua.’

19 "Nā, kua whakahaua nei koe, meatia tēnei e koutou, ‘Mauria atu ētahi kāta mā koutou i te whenua o Īhipa mō ā koutou tamariki, mō ā koutou wāhine, ā, kawea mai tō koutou pāpā, haere mai hoki. 20 Ā, kaua e whakaaro ki ā koutou mea; mā koutou hoki ngā mea pai o te whenua katoa o Īhipa.’ "

21 Nā, ka pērā ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, ka hōmai he kāta e Hōhepa ki a rātou, ka pērā me tā Parao i kī ai, i hōmai anō e ia he ō mō rātou ki te ara. 22 I hōmai anō hoki e ia ki a rātou katoa he whakatakirua mō ngā kākahu o tētahi, o tētahi; ki a Pineamine ia i hōmai e ia e toru rau hiriwa, takirima anō hoki ngā kākahu. 23 Ā, ko ngā mea tēnei i hōmai e ia kia kawea ki tōna pāpā; kotahi tekau ngā kāihe e waha ana i ngā mea papai o Īhipa, me ngā kāihe uha kotahi tekau, ko tā rātou kawenga he wīti, he taro, hei kai mā tōna pāpā ki te ara. 24 Nā, ka tonoa atu e ia ōna tuākana, ā, haere ana rātou; ka mea hoki ia ki a rātou, "Kei ngangau koutou ki te ara."

25 Nā, haere ana rātou i Īhipa ki runga, ā, ka tae ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki a Hākopa, ki tō rātou pāpā, 26 ā, ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "E ora ana anō a Hōhepa, ko ia hoki te kāwana o te whenua katoa o Īhipa." Nā, ka whakapau te manawa o Hākopa, kīhai hoki ia i whakapono ki a rātou. 27 Nā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ki a ia ngā kupu katoa a Hōhepa i kōrero ai ia ki a rātou; ā, ka kite ia i ngā kāta i tukua mai e Hōhepa hei tiki mai mōna, nā, ka ora ake te wairua o Hākopa, o tō rātou pāpā; 28 ā, kātahi a Īharaira ka mea, "Heoi anō; e ora ana anō tāku tama, a Hōhepa. Ka haere ahau kia kite i a ia keiwhā mate ahau."

1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not; 10 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11 and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

16 And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18 and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21 And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.