Gênesis 45

1 Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?"

His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence. 4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."

They came near. He said, "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait. 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."’ 12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here." 14 He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, "Joseph’s brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan. 18 Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ 19 Now you are commanded to do this: Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours."

21 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. 23 He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don’t quarrel on the way."

25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father. 26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them. 27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived. 28 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

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."