Genesis

42 When Jacob hear say food* dey for Egypt, e tell im sons say: “Why una just de look each other?” 2 E still talk say: “I don hear say food dey for Egypt. Make una go down there go buy food for us, so that we go fit dey alive, make we no die.” 3 So ten of Joseph brothers go down to buy food for Egypt. 4 But Jacob no gree say make Benjamin wey be Joseph brother follow im other brothers go, because e talk say: “Make something no go happen wey go make-am die.”

5 So Israel sons come with other people wey de come buy food, because the hunger don reach the land of Ca′naan. 6 Na Joseph be the man wey de control the land, and na im de sell food to all the people for the earth. So Joseph brothers come and bow down to-am. 7 When Joseph see im brothers, e just know say na them, but e no make them know who e be. So e talk to them with vex say: “Where una come from?” Them talk say: “We come from the land of Ca′naan to buy food.”

8 So Joseph know say them be im brothers, but them no know say na Joseph be that. 9 Joseph quick-quick remember the dreams wey e dream about them, and e tell them say: “Una be people wey hide come check the land! Una come see the weak parts for our land!” 10 Then, them tell-am say: “No my oga, na food your servants come buy. 11 Na one man born all of us. Our hand dey clean. Your servants no hide come check the land.” 12 But e tell them say: “That one no be true! Una come see the weak parts for our land!” 13 So them talk say: “Your servants na 12 brothers. Na one man born us for the land of Ca′naan. The last one dey with our papa now, but the other one no dey again.”

14 But Joseph tell them say: “Na as I tell una na so e be—‘Una hide come check our land!’ 15 I go use this one know whether una de talk true: As Phar′aoh dey alive, una no go comot from this place until una last brother come here. 16 Make una send one of una go bring una brother, and the rest of una go dey here for prison. And this one go show whether wetin una de talk na true. If una no do like that, then, I de use the life of Phar′aoh swear say una hide come check our land.” 17 So e put them together for prison for three days.

18 For the third day, Joseph tell them say: “I be person wey de fear God. So make una do wetin I talk, so that una no go die. 19 If una hand clean, make one of una brothers still dey for inside the prison wey una dey, but make the rest of una go carry food go give una family wey serious hunger de affect. 20 Then make una bring una last brother come meet me, so that I go know say wetin una de talk na true, and una no go die.” So them do as e talk.

21 Them come de tell each other say: “E clear say na wetin we do our brother de make us suffer like this, because we see how the thing pain-am reach* when e de beg us say make we pity-am, but we no listen. Na im make we de suffer like this.” 22 Then Reu′ben tell them say: “I no tell una say, ‘Make una no do the boy any bad thing’* but una no listen? Now we de surely pay back for im blood.” 23 But them no know say Joseph understand wetin them talk, because anytime wey them de talk with Joseph, na person de interpret-am. 24 So e comot from where them dey, and start to cry. When e come back come talk to them again, e take Sim′e·on from them, and tie-am as them de look. 25 Then Joseph command im servants say make them full their bags with food and put each man money back inside im bag and say make them still give them things wey them go need as them de travel. Na wetin them do for them.

26 So them carry their food put ontop their donkeys and comot from there. 27 When one of them open im bag to give food to im donkey for the place wey them want sleep, e see say im money dey for inside the mouth of im bag. 28 Then e tell im brothers say: “Them put my money back, e dey inside my bag!” Then their heart cut, and as their body de shake, them turn face each other and talk say: “Wetin be this thing wey God don do us?”

29 When them come meet Jacob their papa for the land of Ca′naan, them tell-am all the things wey happen to them. Them talk say: 30 “The man wey be the oga for the country talk to us with vex, and e talk say we hide come check the country. 31 But we tell-am say, ‘Our hand clean, we no hide come check the country. 32 We be 12 brothers, na the same papa born us. One of us no dey again, and the last one dey with our papa now for the land of Ca′naan.’ 33 But the man wey be the oga for the country tell us say, ‘Na this one go make me know say una hand clean: Make una leave one of una brother with me. Then make una carry food wey una go give una family wey serious hunger de affect and go. 34 And make una bring una brother wey be the last one come meet me, so that I go know say una no hide come check our land, but say una hand clean. Then I go give una brother back to una, and una go fit buy wetin una need for the land.’”

35 As them de comot things from their bag, them see say each person bundle of money dey inside im bag. When them and their papa see their bundle of money, fear catch them. 36 Jacob their papa come shout and tell them say: “Una don finish me! Joseph no dey again, Sim′e·on no dey again, and una want still carry Benjamin go! Na me de suffer all this things wey de happen!” 37 But Reu′ben tell im papa say: “You fit kill my two sons if I no bring-am back to you. Allow me make I carry-am go. I go bring-am back to you.” 38 But Jacob talk say: “My son no go go with una, because im brother don die and na only im remain. If something happen to-am wey fit make-am die as una de travel, then una go surely make me enter Grave* with pain for my old age.”