| Vers | English: King James Version | Tamajaq Portions |
| 1 | Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? | |
| 2 | And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. | «Nak əsleɣ as Masar ih'et alkama, ərəsat tat, zanzat ana du daɣ-as a dana wər anɣu laz.» |
| 3 | And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. | Ərasan ṃaraw məqqaran ən Yusəf sas Masar ad d azzanzin daɣ-as alkama. |
| 4 | But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. | Yaqub wər dər-san iššedaw Benyamin wa n amaḍray ən Yusəf fəlas iṇṇa iksud a tu təgrəw təkma iyyat əntada. |
| 5 | And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. | Əglan maddanəs n Israyil əddewan d aytedan wiyyaḍ əntanay da əgmaynen alkama fəlas akal ən Kanan əntada ewad t'in laz. |
| 6 | And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. | Yusəf ənta azzaran y akal, ənta a innəṭṭafan əd taɣawšay ta n nazzan n alkama y aytedan kul win n akal. Iməqqaran-net as t'in oṣan əssəjadan dat-əs daɣ aṃadal. |
| 7 | And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. | Inay Yusəf iməqqaran-net ɣas izday tan mišan iṣṣəkn'en as wər tan izday, iharaššat tan iṇṇ'aṣan: «Məni du təfalam?» Əjjəwwaban as, əṇṇan as: «Akal wa n Kanan a du nəfal fəl a du nəzzanzu isudar.» |
| 8 | And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. | Yusəf izday iməqqaran-net mišan əntanay wər t'əzdayan. |
| 9 | And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. | Iktad du Yusəf targəten ši ṇad itag sər-san, təzzar iṇṇ'aṣan: «Kawanay inaṣṣasaman a təṃosam, toṣam du fəl ad tənəyam idaggan win ərkamnen daɣ akal.» |
| 10 | And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. | Əṇṇan as: «Kala kala əmizwar, eklan nak nakkanay, aṣṣa ɣas a du nəga ad nazzanzu isudar. |
| 11 | We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. | Nakkanay ket nana abba nnana iyyanda, nakkanay aytedan ən təfləst a nəṃos, wər nəṃos inaṣṣasaman.» |
| 12 | And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. | «Kala, kala, iṇṇ-asan, toṣam du fəl ad tənəyam idaggan win ərkamnen daɣ akal!» |
| 13 | And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. | Əjjəwwaban as: «Nakkanay eklan nak ṃaraw-ena d əššin eraw ana aləs iyyanda ən Kanan. Amaḍray nnana wa ənḍərran noyyay in ɣur abba nnana, aṃaran wa das waššaran aba tu.» |
| 14 | And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: | Iṇṇ-assan Yusəf: «Nak adi da a dawan əṇṇe kawanay inaṣṣasaman a təṃosam. |
| 15 | Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. | Aṃaran a kawan ajjarraba: " Əhadaɣ awan s eṣəm ən Firɣawna kud təfalam da iket wər di d oṣa amaḍray nnawan. |
| 16 | Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. | Saglat iyyan daɣ wan a t'id'awəy, kawanay aṃaran at takkim kasaw, a kawan ajjarraba har əṣṣəna kud a wa di təgannam tidət wala bahu, as wər iga di əhada s eṣəm ən Firɣawna as kawanay inaṣṣasaman.» |
| 17 | And he put them all together into ward three days. | Ig'en daɣ kasaw har əgan karad aḍan. |
| 18 | And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: | As ig'əzəl wa n karad, iṇṇ'asan Yusəf: «Agat a wa dawan z aṇṇa, a kawan ayya təddaram, fəlas Məššina a əksuda. |
| 19 | If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: | Kud tidət as təṃosam aytedan ən təfləst ayyaq qawan, aqqam du iyyan daɣ wan daɣ kasaw, kawanay taglim tawəyam alkama y aɣaywan nawan iha laz. |
| 20 | But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. | Təzzar tawəyam i du amaḍray nnawan ad əṣṣənaɣ as tidət a di təgam aṃaran wər za taṃṃatim.» Ərdan s a wen da. |
| 21 | And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. | Ad ətinəməṇṇin gar-essan, tidət as nətawaddab fəl əddəlil n amaḍray nnana. Tərəmmeq ta iga as daɣ-na igammay a tu nayyu mišan wər das nəṣṣəsam, tərəmmeq tədi da a nəga azal a. |
| 22 | And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. | Iššewal Ruben iṇṇ-asan: «Wərge əmalaɣ awan as dawan əṇṇeɣ ad wər tagim abakkaḍ iṃosan təkma ən barar di? Mišan wər di təṣṣəsamam. Əmərədda azni-net a daɣ-na itawaran.» |
| 23 | And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. | Iməqqaran-net wər əṣṣenan as Yusəf igra a wa əgannan, fəlas əməššewəl a illan gar-es dər-san. |
| 24 | And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. | Igguk kan in ad ihallu. adi iqqal du fəl ad asan iššiwəl, obaz daɣ-san Šimehon issəɣfal tu dat šiṭṭawen nasan. |
| 25 | Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. | Omar Yusəf y a dasan təwəṭkəran sumad nasan alkama, itəwəssuɣəl tan əzrəf nasan, akk iyyan itəwəgget as əzrəf-net daɣ əsaməd-net. Omar tolas a tan itəwəkfu allaw. Itawagg'asan a wen da. |
| 26 | And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. | Əṭṭərken isumad nasan fəl əzdan nasan, əglan. |
| 27 | And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. | As oṣan edag iyyan a daɣ z aṇsin ora iyyan daɣ-san əsaməd wa-net fəl ad d'ikkəs y ajad-net a itša təzzar inay azrəf-net daɣ əmi n əsaməd. |
| 28 | And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? | Iṇṇa i midawan-net: «Ənəyat azrəf in itawasaɣal i du, ənta da ihan əsaməd in da,» təzzar təggaz tan ṭasa, təṇdaw tan taysəst, ad ətinəməṇṇin gar-essan: «Ma dana itag Məššina da?» |
| 29 | And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, | As din oṣan abba nnasan Yaqub daɣ Kanan əmalan as arat wa tan igrawan kul, əṇṇan as: |
| 30 | The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. | «Aləs wa iṃosan əmizwar ən Masar as din noṣa iharaššat ana, iṇṇa:" Kawanay inaṣṣasaman a təṃosam. " |
| 31 | And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: | Nəṇṇ'as nakkanay aytedan ən təfləst, wər nəṃos inaṣṣasaman. |
| 32 | We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. | Nakkanay ṃaraw-ena d əššin nədraw abba, iyyan daɣ-na aba tu, wa daɣ-na ənḍarran iqqim in ɣur abba nnana daɣ akal ən Kanan. Təzzar iṇṇ-ana əmizwar ən Masar: " Arat w'as z əṣṣəna kud aytedan ən təfləst a təṃosam, |
| 33 | And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: | wədi a du tayyim ɣur-i iyyan daɣ-wan tətkəlam alkama tawəyam tu y iɣawnatan nawan a əlluznen. |
| 34 | And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. | As din toṣam tawəyam i du aṃadray nnawan wa n alallawa ad əṣṣənaɣ as wər təṃosam inaṣṣasaman mišan aytedan ən təfləst, amaran əssuɣəlaq qawan amaḍray nnawan, akfaq qawan turagat ad təssəɣləyam i təɣawšiwen nawan daɣ akal."» |
| 35 | And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. | As əggazan šin n ikus n alkama akk iyyan oṣ'in daɣ əsaməd-net əsəkməs n əzrəf-net. As ənnayan isəkmas n əzrəf nasan təggaz tan ṭasa əntanay əd ši-ssan. |
| 36 | And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. | Iṇṇ'asan abba nnaṣan Yaqub: «Bararan in a dər-i təzammazzayam, Yusəf abas t'illa, ilkam as Šimehon, amaran taram ad tawəyam Benyamin. Adi kul nak ad d iqqal.» |
| 37 | And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. | Iṇṇ'as Ruben: «As dak du wər ewaya Benyamin tanɣa bararan in ann əššin. Əfləs i sər-əs, a dak k'id'əssuɣəla.» |
| 38 | And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. | Iṇṇ'as Yaqub: «Barar in wər dər-wan iddew, fəlas amaqqar-net aba tu iqqim du ɣas-net. As tu təgraw təkma daɣ əšikəl nawan nak a waššaran a a di tawəyam s alaxirat fəl tayyant-net.» |