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Genesis 44
Magandang Balita Biblia
Genesis 44
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Nawawalang Kopa
44 Inutusan ni Jose ang kanyang katiwala, “Punuin mo ng trigo ang kanilang mga sako at bago mo isara ay ilagay mo ang salaping ibinayad nila. 2 At sa sako ng pinakabunso, ilagay mo pa ang aking kopang pilak.” Ginawa naman ng katiwala ang iniutos sa kanya. 3 Kinabukasan, maaga pa'y umalis na ang magkakapatid, sakay ng kanilang mga asno. 4 Hindi pa sila nakakalayo sa lunsod, inutusan ni Jose ang kanyang katiwala, “Habulin mo ang mga taong iyon, at sabihin mo sa kanila, ‘Bakit naman ginantihan ninyo ng masama ang kabutihang ipinakita namin sa inyo? 5 Bakit ninyo ninakaw ang kopang pilak ng aking panginoon? Iyon ang iniinuman ng aking panginoon, at ginagamit din niya iyon sa panghuhula. Napakalaking kasalanan ang ginawa ninyong ito!’”
6 Inabutan sila ng katiwala, at gayon nga ang sinabi sa kanila. 7 Sumagot naman sila, “Ano pong ibig ninyong sabihin? Bakit kayo nagsalita ng ganyan? Ni sa isip ay hindi namin magagawa iyan! 8 Nakita naman ninyo, nakarating na kami sa Canaan, gayunma'y ibinalik pa rin namin sa inyo ang salaping nakita namin sa loob ng aming sako. Bakit kami magnanakaw ng pilak o ginto sa tahanan ng inyong panginoon? 9 Ginoo, kung makita po ninyo sa sinuman sa amin ang kopang sinasabi ninyo ay dapat mamatay, at alipinin ninyo kaming lahat.”
10 “Mabuti,” tugon ng katiwala. “Kung kanino makita ang kopa, siya ang gagawing alipin; makakalaya na ang iba.” 11 Ibinabâ nila ang kanilang mga sako at pinagbubuksan. 12 Isa-isa itong hinalughog ng katiwala mula sa pinakamatanda hanggang sa pinakabata, at natagpuan ang kopa sa sako ni Benjamin. 13 Pinunit nila ang kanilang damit sa tindi ng kalungkutan, ikinargang muli sa asno ang kanilang mga sako, at bumalik sa lunsod.
14 Nasa bahay pa si Jose nang magbalik si Juda at ang kanyang mga kapatid. Pagdating doon, sila'y yumukod sa kanyang harapan. 15 Sinabi ni Jose, “Ano itong ginawa ninyo? Hindi ba ninyo alam na marunong akong manghula? Wala kayong maitatago sa akin!”
16 “Wala na po kaming masasabi,” sagot ni Juda. “Wala po kaming maikakatuwiran sa mga pangyayari. Diyos na po ang nagbunyag ng aming pagkakasala. Kaya, hindi lamang ang kinakitaan ng kopa, kundi lahat kami'y alipin na ninyo ngayon.”
17 Sinabi ni Jose, “Hindi! Hindi ko gagawin iyon. Kung kanino nakita ang kopa, siya ang gagawin kong alipin; ang iba ay makakauwi na sa inyong ama.”
Nagmakaawa si Juda
18 Lumapit si Juda kay Jose at ang sabi, “Nakikiusap po ako, ginoo, kung inyong mamarapatin. Huwag sana ninyong ikagagalit. Ang turing ko sa inyo'y para na kayong Faraon. 19 Ginoo, tinanong ninyo kung mayroon pa kaming ama at kapatid. 20 Ang sabi po nami'y may ama kaming matanda na at bunsong kapatid na anak niya sa katandaan. Patay na ang kapatid nito at siya na lamang ang buháy na anak ng kanyang ina, kaya mahal na mahal siya ng aming ama. 21 Iniutos ninyong dalhin namin siya rito upang inyong makita. 22 Ipinaliwanag po naming mahirap ilayo sa aming ama ang bata sapagkat maaaring ikamatay niya ito. 23 Ngunit ang sabi naman ninyo'y hindi na ninyo kami tatanggapin dito kung hindi namin siya maihaharap sa inyo.
24 “Ang lahat ng ito'y sinabi namin sa aming ama nang umuwi kami. 25 Muli kaming inutusan ng aming ama na pumarito upang bumili ng kaunting pagkain. 26 Ipinaalala namin sa kanya na hindi ninyo kami tatanggapin kung hindi kasama ang bunso naming kapatid. 27 Sinabi po niya sa amin, ‘Alam naman ninyong dalawa lamang ang anak ng kanilang ina. 28 Wala na ang isa; maaaring siya'y niluray ng mabangis na hayop. 29 At kung ang natitira ay isasama pa ninyo, maaaring mamatay ako sa dalamhati.’
30 “Ang buhay po ng aming ama ay karugtong na ng buhay ng bata, kaya kung babalik kami na hindi ito kasama, 31 tiyak na siya'y mamamatay. Kapag nakita niyang hindi namin kasama ang bata, malalagutan siya ng hininga dahil sa kalungkutan. 32 Ang isa pa'y itinaya ko ang aking buhay para sa bata. Sinabi ko po na kung siya'y hindi ko maibabalik, ako ang buntunan niya ng sisi. 33 Kaya kung papayag kayo, ako na ang alipinin ninyo sa halip na itong aking bunsong kapatid. Pahintulutan na ninyong isama siya ng iba kong mga kapatid. 34 Hindi po ako makakauwi kung hindi kasama si Benjamin. Hindi ko po makakayanan ang matinding dagok na darating sa aming ama, kung iyon ang mangyayari.”
Genesis 44
New International Version
Genesis 44
New International Version
A Silver Cup in a Sack
44 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house:(A) “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.(B) 2 Then put my cup,(C) the silver one,(D) in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.
3 As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.(E) 4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward,(F) “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?(G) 5 Isn’t this the cup(H) my master drinks from and also uses for divination?(I) This is a wicked thing you have done.’”
6 When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them. 7 But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants(J) to do anything like that!(K) 8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan(L) the silver(M) we found inside the mouths of our sacks.(N) So why would we steal(O) silver or gold from your master’s house? 9 If any of your servants(P) is found to have it, he will die;(Q) and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.(R)”
10 “Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it(S) will become my slave;(T) the rest of you will be free from blame.”(U)
11 Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. 12 Then the steward(V) proceeded to search,(W) beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest.(X) And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.(Y) 13 At this, they tore their clothes.(Z) Then they all loaded their donkeys(AA) and returned to the city.
14 Joseph was still in the house(AB) when Judah(AC) and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.(AD) 15 Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done?(AE) Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?(AF)”
16 “What can we say to my lord?(AG)” Judah(AH) replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence?(AI) God has uncovered your servants’(AJ) guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves(AK)—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.(AL)”
17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing!(AM) Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave.(AN) The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”(AO)
18 Then Judah(AP) went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(AQ) let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry(AR) with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. 19 My lord asked his servants,(AS) ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’(AT) 20 And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age.(AU) His brother is dead,(AV) and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’(AW)
21 “Then you said to your servants,(AX) ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’(AY) 22 And we said to my lord,(AZ) ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’(BA) 23 But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’(BB) 24 When we went back to your servant my father,(BC) we told him what my lord(BD) had said.(BE)
25 “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’(BF) 26 But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’(BG)
27 “Your servant my father(BH) said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.(BI) 28 One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.”(BJ) And I have not seen him since.(BK) 29 If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave(BL) in misery.’(BM)
30 “So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father,(BN) and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,(BO) 31 sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die.(BP) Your servants(BQ) will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave(BR) in sorrow. 32 Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’(BS)
33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave(BT) in place of the boy,(BU) and let the boy return with his brothers. 34 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery(BV) that would come on my father.”(BW)
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