تكوين 47

١ 1 وَمَثَلَ يُوسُفُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ أَبِي وَإِخْوَتِي مَعَ قُطْعَانِهِمْ وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَكُلِّ مَالَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَهَا هُمُ الآنَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan. And look, they are in the land of Goshen."

٢ 2 وَأَخَذَ خَمْسَةً مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ وَقَدَّمَهُمْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ.

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.

٣ 3 فَسَأَلَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ: «مَا هِيَ حِرْفَتُكُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُ: «عَبِيدُكَ وَآبَاؤُهُمْ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ.

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."

٤ 4 وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَا لِنَتَغَرَّبَ فِي الأَرْضِ إِذْ لَيْسَ لِغَنَمِ عَبِيدِكَ مَرْعىً مِنْ جَرَّاءِ وَطْأَةِ الْجُوعِ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَدَعْ عَبِيدَكَ يُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

٥ 5 فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ إِلَيْكَ أَبُوكَ وَإِخْوَتُكَ،

Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you,

٦ 6 وَأَرْضُ مِصْرَ أَمَامَكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ أَبَاكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ الأَرْضِ. دَعْهُمْ يُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْرِفُ أَنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ ذَوِي خِبْرَةٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى مَوَاشِيَّ».

and the land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

٧ 7 ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَوْقَفَهُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

٨ 8 وَسَأَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: «كَمْ هُوَ عُمْرُكَ؟»

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ: «سَنَوَاتُ غُرْبَتِي مِئَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً، قَلِيلَةٌ وَشَاقَّةٌ، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ سِنِي غُرْبَةِ آبَائِي».

So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are one hundred thirty years. Few and difficult have been the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ بَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنِهِ.

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from Pharaoh's presence.

١١ 11 وَأَنْزَلَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ فِي مِصْرَ وَمَلَّكَهُمْ فِي رَعَمْسِيسَ أَجْوَدَ الأَرْضِ كَمَا أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ.

Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

١٢ 12 وَأَمَدَّ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِالطَّعَامِ عَلَى حَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَوْلادِهِمْ.

And Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, according to the number of their dependents.

١٣ 13 وَنَفَدَ الْخُبْزُ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبِلادِ لِشِدَّةِ الْمَجَاعَةِ، وَأَقْحَلَتْ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ وَأَرْضُ كَنْعَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ.

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan grew weak because of the famine.

١٤ 14 فَقَايَضَ يُوسُفُ الْقَمْحَ الَّذِي بِيعَ بِكُلِّ الْفِضَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَحَمَلَهَا إِلَى خَزِينَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

Joseph gathered up all of the money to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain they were purchasing. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's treasury.

١٥ 15 وَعِنْدَمَا نَفَدَتِ الْفِضَّةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ أَقْبَلَ جَمِيعُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ إِلَى يُوسُفَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطِنَا خُبْزاً، فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ؟ إِنَّ فِضَّتَنَا قَدْ نَفَدَتْ».

And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone."

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «إِنْ نَفَدَتْ فِضَّتُكُمْ، فَهَاتُوا مَوَاشِيَكُمْ أُقَايِضُكُمْ بِها طَعَاماً».

Then Joseph said, "Give me your livestock and I will give you food for your livestock, if your silver is gone."

١٧ 17 فَأَتَوْا بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ، فَقَايَضَهُمْ يُوسُفُ خُبْزاً بِالْخَيْلِ وَمَوَاشِي الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ. وَهَكَذَا قَايَضَ جَميِعَ مَوَاشِيهِمْ بِالْخُبْزِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

١٨ 18 وَعِنْدَمَا انْقَضَتْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةُ، أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّالِيَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «لا نُخْفِي عَنْ سَيِّدِي أَنَّ فِضَّتَنَا قَدْ نَفَدَتْ، وَأَنَّ مَوَاشِيَ الْبَهَائِمِ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ عِنْدَ سَيِّدِي، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَمَامَهُ إِلّا أَبْدَانُنَا وَأَرَاضِينَا،

When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that all our silver is spent and that the herds of livestock belong to my lord. There is nothing left, as my lord can see, except our bodies and our lands.

١٩ 19 فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ نَحْنُ، وَأَرْضُنَا أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ، اشْتَرِنَا نَحْنُ وَأَرْضَنَا لِقَاءَ الْخُبْزِ فَنُصْبِحَ نَحْنُ وَأَرَاضِينَا عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ. وَأَعْطِنَا بُذُوراً لِنَزْرَعَهَا فَنَحْيَا وَلا نَمُوتَ وَلا تَصِيرَ أَرَاضِينَا مُقْفِرَةً».

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land won't become desolate."

٢٠ 20 وَهَكَذَا اشْتَرَى يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ كُلَّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَاعُوا حُقُولَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي أَلَمَّتْ بِهِمْ، وَصَارَتْ كُلُّ الأَرْضِ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field, since the famine was severe on them. So the land became Pharaoh's.

٢١ 21 أَمَّا الشَّعْبُ فَقَدْ نَقَلَهُمْ إِلَى الْمُدُنِ مِنْ أَقْصَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا.

And as for the people, he subjugated them as slaves from one end of the border of Egypt to the other end of it.

٢٢ 22 إِلّا أَنَّ أَرْضَ الْكَهَنَةِ لَمْ يَشْتَرِهَا، إِذْ كَانَ لِلْكَهَنَةِ مُخَصَّصَاتٌ مُعَيَّنَةٌ أَجْرَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ، فَكَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا، فَلَمْ يَبِيعُوا أَرْضَهُمْ.

Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off their allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not have to sell their land.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَا قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنْتُمْ وَأَرْضَكُمْ فَصِرْتُمْ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ، فَإِلَيْكُم الْبِذَارَ لِتَزْرَعُوا الأَرْضَ.

Then Joseph said to the people, "Look, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you so you can plant the seed in the land.

٢٤ 24 وَيَكُونُ فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ أَنَّكُمْ تُقَدِّمُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ خُمْسَ الْغَلَّةِ وَتَحْتَفِظُونَ لَكُمْ بِالأَرْبَعَةِ الأَخْمَاسِ لِتَكُونَ بِذَاراً لِلْحَقْلِ وَطَعَاماً لَكُمْ وَلِمَنْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ وَلأَوْلادِكُمْ».

And it will come to pass at the harvests that you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours for seed for the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and as food for your little ones."

٢٥ 25 فَأَجَابُوا: «لَقَدْ أَنْقَذْتَ حَيَاتَنَا، فَيَا لَيْتَنَا نَحْظَى بِرِضَى سَيِّدِنَا فَنَكُونَ عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ»

Then they said, "You have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

٢٦ 26 وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ إِلَى يَوْمِنَا هَذَا جَعَلَ يُوسُفُ فَرِيضَةَ الْخُمْسِ هَذِهِ ضَرِيبَةً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، تُجْبَى لِفِرْعَوْنَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ أَرْضِ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصْبِحْ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

So Joseph made it a statute still in effect for the land of Egypt, that a fifth must go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

٢٧ 27 وَأَقَامَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مِصْرَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَاقْتَنَوْا فِيهَا أَمْلاكاً وَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَكَاثَرُوا.

So Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they acquired property in it and were fertile and became numerous.

٢٨ 28 وَعَاشَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حَتَّى بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَسَبْعَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ عَاماً.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

٢٩ 29 وَعِنْدَمَا قَرُبَ يَوْمُ وَفَاتِهِ، اسْتَدْعَى ابْنَهُ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ فَخْذِي، وَأَسْدِ لِي مَعْرُوفاً وَأَمَانَةً: لَا تَدْفِنِّي فِي مِصْرَ

And the time approached for Israel to die, so he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

٣٠ 30 بَلْ دَعْنِي أَضْطَجِعُ إِلَى جُوَارِ آبَائِي. انْقُلْنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ وَوَارِنِي فِي مَدْفَنِهِمْ»، فَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ».

but when I lie down with my fathers you must carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do what you have asked."

٣١ 31 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «احْلِفْ لِي». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ، فَسَجَدَ يَعْقُوبُ (شَاكِراً) عَلَى رَأْسِ السَّرِيرِ.

Then he said, "Take an oath to me," and he took an oath to him. Then Israel bowed over the top of his staff.