Assamese: তেওঁলোকে ক’লে, “সেই লোকজনে আমাৰ আৰু আমাৰ পৰিয়ালৰ সম্বন্ধে পুংখানুপুংখভাবে সুধিছিল; তেওঁ সুধিছিল, ‘তোমালোকৰ পিতা এতিয়াও জীয়াই আছে নে? তোমালোকৰ আৰু কোনো ভাই আছে নে?’ আমিও তেওঁৰ প্রশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ সেইদৰেই দিছিলোঁ; পাছত তেওঁ যে আমাক ‘তোমালোকৰ ভাইক লৈ আনা’ বুলি ক’ব অমি কেনেকৈ জানিম?”
AYT: Mereka menjawab, "Orang itu menanyai kami dengan mendetail tentang kami dan keluarga kita. Ia bertanya, 'Apakah ayah kalian masih hidup? Apakah ada saudaramu yang lain di rumah?' Kami hanya menjawab pertanyaannya. Kami tidak menyangka ia akan meminta kami membawa saudara kami kepadanya!
Bengali: তাঁরা বললেন, "তিনি আমাদের বিষয়ে ও আমাদের বংশের বিষয়ে বিস্তারিতভাবে জিজ্ঞাসা করলেন, বললেন, "তোমাদের বাবা কি এখনও জীবিত আছেন? তোমাদের কি আরো ভাই আছে?" তাতে আমরা সেই কথা অনুসারে উত্তর করেছিলাম। আমরা কিভাবে জানব যে, তিনি বলবেন, "তোমাদের ভাইকে এখানে আন?"
Gujarati: તેઓએ કહ્યું, "આપણા વિષે તથા આપણા કુટુંબ વિષે તે માણસે પૂછપરછ કરીને કહ્યું, 'શું તમારો પિતા હજુ હયાત છે? શું તમારો બીજો કોઈ ભાઈ છે?' અમે તેના પ્રશ્નો પ્રમાણે તેને ઉત્તર આપ્યો. અમને શું ખબર કે તે એમ કહેશે, 'તમારા ભાઈને અહીં લાવો?'"
Hindi: उन्होंने कहा, “जब उस पुरूष ने हमारी और हमारे कुटुम्बियों की दशा को इस रीति पूछा, ‘क्या तुम्हारा पिता अब तक जीवित है? क्या तुम्हारे कोई और भाई भी है?’ तब हमने इन प्रश्नों के अनुसार उससे वर्णन किया; फिर हम क्या जानते थे कि वह कहेगा, ‘अपने भाई को यहाँ ले आओ’।”
Kannada: ಅವರು, <<ನಮ್ಮ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಯವರ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದನು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಅವನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆಯು ಇನ್ನೂ ಬದುಕಿದ್ದಾನೋ? ನಿಮಗೆ ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ತಮ್ಮನಿದ್ದಾನೋ? ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದನು. ಆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ನಾವು ಉತ್ತರಕೊಟ್ಟೆವು. ಅವನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮನನ್ನು ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬನ್ನಿರಿ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುವನೆಂದು ನಮಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುವುದು>> ಎಂದರು.
Marathi: ते म्हणाले, “त्या माणसाने आमच्याविषयी व आपल्या परिवाराविषयी बारकाईने विचारपूस केली. त्याने आम्हांला विचारले, ‘तुमचा बाप अजून जिवंत आहे का? तुमचा आणखी दुसरा भाऊ आहे का?’ आम्ही तर त्याच्या ह्या प्रश्नाप्रमाणे त्याला उत्तरे दिली. ‘तुम्ही आपल्या भावाला घेऊन या’ असे सांगेल, हे आम्हांला कुठे माहीत होते?”
Odiya: ସେମାନେ କହିଲେ, "ସେ ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ଓ ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ଜ୍ଞାତିମାନଙ୍କ ବିଷୟ ସୂକ୍ଷ୍ମ ରୂପେ ପଚାରି କହିଲା, ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ପିତା କି ଆଜିଯାଏ ବଞ୍ଚିଅଛନ୍ତି ? ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର କି ଆଉ ଭାଇ ଅଛି ? ଏଣୁ ଆମ୍ଭେମାନେ ସେହି କଥା ପ୍ରମାଣେ ଉତ୍ତର ଦେଇଥିଲୁ; ସେ ଯେ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ଭାଇକି ଏଠାକୁ ଆଣ ବୋଲି କହିବ, ଏହା ଆମ୍ଭେମାନେ କିପ୍ରକାରେ ଜାଣି ପାରନ୍ତୁ ?"
Punjabi: ਤਦ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੇ ਤੰਗ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਰਿਸ਼ਤੇਦਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਖੇ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਕਿ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਅਜੇ ਤੱਕ ਜੀਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਭਰਾ ਵੀ ਹੈ ? ਤਦ ਅਸੀਂ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਸਿਆ । ਸਾਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਪਤਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਆਖੇਗਾ ਜੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਭਰਾ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲਿਆਓ ?
Tamil: அதற்கு அவர்கள்: அந்த மனிதன், உங்கள் தகப்பன் இன்னும் உயிரோடிருக்கிறாரா? உங்களுக்கு இன்னும் ஒரு சகோதரன் உண்டா? என்று எங்களையும் எங்களுடைய வம்சத்தையும் குறித்து விபரமாக விசாரித்தான்; அந்தக் கேள்விகளுக்குத் தக்கதாக உள்ளபடி அவனுக்குச் சொன்னோம்; உங்கள் சகோதரனை உங்களோடுகூட இங்கே கொண்டுவாருங்கள் என்று அவன் சொல்லுவான் என்பதை நாங்கள் அறிந்திருந்தோமா என்றார்கள்.
Telugu: వారు <<అతడు <మీ తండ్రి ఇంకా బతికే ఉన్నాడా? మీకు ఇంకో తమ్ముడు ఉన్నాడా?> అని మా గురించి, మన కుటుంబం గురించిన వివరాలు అడిగాడు. మేము ఆ ప్రశ్నలకు తగినట్టు జవాబిచ్చాము. <మీ తమ్ముణ్ణి తీసుకు రండి>అని అతడు అడుగుతాడని మాకెలా తెలుస్తుంది?>> అన్నారు.
Urdu: उन्होंने कहा, "उस शख़्स ने बजिद्द हो कर हमारा और हमारे ख़ान्दान का हाल पूछा कि 'क्या तुम्हारा बाप अब तक जीता है? और क्या तुम्हारा कोई और भाई है?' तो हम ने इन सवालों के मुताबिक़ उसे बता दिया। हम क्या जानते थे के वो कहेगा, 'अपने भाई को ले आओ'।"
NETBible: They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
NASB: But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?"
HCSB: They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family: 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring your brother here'?"
LEB: They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we possibly know he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?"
NIV: They replied, "The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?"
ESV: They replied, "The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"
NRSV: They replied, "The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?"
REB: They answered, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive?’ he asked, ‘Have you a brother?’ and we answered his questions. How were we to know he would tell us to bring our brother down?”
NKJV: But they said, "The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘ Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?"
KJV: And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
NLT: "But the man specifically asked us about our family," they replied. "He wanted to know whether our father was still living, and he asked us if we had another brother so we told him. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring me your brother’?"
GNB: They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?”
ERV: The brothers answered, “He asked lots of questions. He wanted to know all about us and about our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother at home?’ We only answered his questions. We didn’t know he would ask us to bring our brother to him!”
BBE: And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?
MSG: They said, "The man pressed us hard, asking pointed questions about our family: 'Is your father alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered his questions. How did we know that he'd say, 'Bring your brother here'?"
CEV: They answered, "He asked a lot of questions about us and our family. He wanted to know if you were still alive and if we had any more brothers. All we could do was answer his questions. How could we know he would tell us to bring along our brother?"
CEVUK: They answered, “He asked a lot of questions about us and our family. He wanted to know if you were still alive and if we had any more brothers. All we could do was answer his questions. How could we know he would tell us to bring along our brother?”
GWV: They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we possibly know he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?"
NET [draft] ITL: They replied <0559>, “The man <0376> questioned <07592> us thoroughly <07592> about ourselves <04138> and our family, saying <0559>, ‘Is <03426> your father <01> still <05750> alive <02416>? Do you have another brother <0251>?’ So we answered <05046> him in <05921> this <0428> way <01697> <06310>. How could we possibly know <03045> that <03588> he would say <0559>, ‘Bring <03381> your brother <0251> down <03381>’?”