Mui 41
1 Ode aduna asili, Felou da simasia ba: i. E da Naile Hano bega: lelebe dawa: i galu.
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
2 Amalalu, bulamagau sefena bagade amo fesuale gala da hano yolesili, saga: ganodini gisi nanebe ba: i.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
3 Amalalu, bulamagau eno fesuale gala be geloga: idafa agoane, da hano yolesili eno bulamagau gadenene lelebe ba: i.
Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
4 Amola bulamagau geloga: i da bulamagau sefena gala amo fane mai dagoi. Amalalu, Felou da nedigi.
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 E da bu eno golale, bu simasia ba: i. E da gagoma fage fesuale gala amo nabai, yoi amola noga: iwane ba: su gagoma da: i afadafa amoga legebe ba: i.
The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
6 Amalalu, e da gagoma eno fesuale gala, amo foga fabeba: le, wadela: i amola faselai ba: i.
After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
7 Amalalu, faselai gagoma da misini, gagoma noga: iwane na dagoi. Felou da nedigili, amola amo da simasia ba: su fawane dawa: i galu.
Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.
8 Hahabe e da da: i dioiwane dawa: lalu. Amaiba: le, e da Idibidi bagade dawa: su dunu amola fefedoasu dawa: dunu huluane ema misa: ne sia: i. Ea simasia ba: i amo ilima olelei. Be amo ea bai ema olelemu da ilima hamedei.
But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
9 Amalalu, waini hano ouligisu dunu da Felouma amane sia: i, “Na da wali na wadela: i hou bu dawa: lala.
Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
10 Di da musa: bisili agi hamosu dunu amola na, anima ougi galu. Di da ani se iasu diasu ouligisu dunu amo ea diasu ganodini sanasi.
One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
11 Gasi afaega ani da simasia ba: i. Amo da bai hisu hisu galu.
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
12 Hibulu goi amo da se iasu diasu ouligisu dunu, ea hawa: hamosu dunu, da amogai esalu. Ania da ania simasia ba: su ema olelebeba: le, e da amo ea bai hisu hisu anima moloiwane olelei.
There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 Amalalu, ea hou olelei defele ba: i dagoi. Di da na musa: hawa: hamosu nama bu i dagoi be bisili agi hamosu dunu di da medole legei.”
And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
14 Felou da Yousefe misa: ne sia: i. Ilia da e se iasu diasuga fisili, Felou ea diasuga oule misi. E da mayabo waga: ne, abula afadenene, Felouma doaga: i.
When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
15 Felou da ema amane sia: i, “Na da simasia ba: i be dunu huluane da amo ea bai hame dawa: Dunu eno da nama adoi, di da simasia ba: su bai bagade dawa:”
The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
16 Yousefe da bu adole i, “Nisu hame! Be Gode da amo ea bai noga: le olelemu.”
But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
17 Felou da amane sia: i, “Na da simasia ba: i agoane. Na da Naile Hano bega: lelebe dawa: i galu.
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
18 Amalalu, bulamagau sefena bagade amo fesuale gala da hano yolesili, saga: ganodini gisi nanebe ba: i.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
19 Amalalu, bulamagau eno fesuale gala be sefena hamedafa, geloga: i agoane, da hano yolesili, heda: i. Bulamagau amo wadela: i defele na da Idibidi amo ganodini hamedafa ba: su.
Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Geloga: i bulamagau da bulamagau eno, sefena gala, amo fane mai dagoi.
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
21 Be ilia da sefena bulamagau mai dagoi, amo dawa: mu da hamedei. Ilia bu noga: i hame amola geloga: i agoane ba: i. Amalalu, na da nedigi.
But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
22 Amola na da simasia eno ba: i. Na da gagoma fage fesuale gala amo nabai, yoi amola noga: iwane da: i afadafa amoga legebe ba: i.
Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
23 Amalalu, na da gagoma fage eno fesuale gala, amo foga fabeba: le, wadela: i amola faselai ba: i.
Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
24 Amola faselai gagoma da misini, gagoma noga: iwane na dagoi. Na da amo fefedoasu dawa: dunu ilima olelei. Be ilia da bai olelemu gogolei.”
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
25 Yousefe da Felouma amane sia: i, “Amo simasia ba: su aduna da bai afadafa olelesa. Gode da Ea fa: no hamomu dima olelei dagoi.
Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do.
26 Bulamagau sefena gala fesuale da ode fesuale gala. Gagoma fage noga: idafa fesuale amola da ode fesuale gala. Bai da afadafa.
The seven healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
27 Bulamagau geloga: i gala amola gagoma fage faselai fesuale gala da ode fesuale gala amo ganodini osobo bagade da ha: i bagade ba: mu.
The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
28 Na da dima sia: i defele - Gode da Ea fa: no hamomu dima olelei.
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 Ode fesuale amoga, ha: i manu legei Idibidi soge ganodini da bagadedafa ba: mu.
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
30 Be amo fa: no ninia da ode fesuale gala amoga ha: i bagadedafa ba: mu. Osobo bagade da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu. Ode noga: iwane da gogolei dagoi ba: mu.
but after that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
31 Ha: i da bagadeba: le, osobo bagade da se nabimu, amola ode noga: i da gogolei dagoi ba: mu.
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 Gode da aduna olelebeba: le, E da amo hou hame afadenene, dafawanedafa hamomu, amo olelesa.
The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
33 Amaiba: le, di da dunu afae amo bagade dawa: su dunu amola ba: la: lusu dawa: dunu amo soge ouligimusa: ilegemu da defea.
“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
34 Eno ouligisu dunu amola ilegemu da defea. Ode noga: iwane amoga, ha: i manu legei amoga biyale fifili, fifi afadafa Felou hi lamu da defea.
You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
35 Di ouligisu dunuma ilia da ode noga: iwane ganodini amo ha: i manu huluane lidili, diasu ganodini ligisili, noga: le ouligima: mu.
They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities.
36 Amo ha: i manu da ode wadela: i fesuale gala Idibidima misunu, amoga dunu ili mae bogoma: ne amo manu. Amasea, dunu da hame ha: ga bogogia: mu.”
This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
37 Felou amola ea ouligisu dunu da amo hou hahawane ba: i.
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 Felou da ilima amane sia: i, “Dunu eno da Yousefe ea hou baligimu ninia da hame ba: mu. Bai Gode Ea A: silibu da ea dogo ganodini esala.”
So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
39 Felou da Yousefema amane sia: i, “Gode da amo hou dima olelei dagoi. Amaiba: le, dia dawa: su amola ba: la: lusu hou da dunu huluane ilia hou baligi dagoi amo ninia dawa:
Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
40 Na da di Idibidi soge ouligima: ne ilegesa. Na fi dunu huluane da dia sia: nabimu. Dia hina hou da dunu huluane ilima baligimu. Na fawane, di da hame baligimu.
So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
41 Di da Idibidi soge huluane ouligima: ne, na da dima ouligisu hina ilegesa.”
Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
42 Felou da ea lobo sogo gasisalasu (amoga ea gobele ga: su da dedei) amo gisa: i, Yousefe ea lobo sogo amoga gasisali. E da abula ida: iwane Yousefema idinigisi amola gouli sia: ine amo Yousefe ea galogoaga sisiga: le sanasi.
The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around his neck.
43 E da ea No. 2 ‘sa: liode’ hosiga hiougi amo Yousefe da ahoanoma: ne, ema i. Amola ea dadi gagui dunu da Yousefema bisili asili, amane welalu, “Gasigama! Logo fodoma!” Amola Yousefe da Idibidi soge huluane ouligima: ne, ouligisu hina hamoi dagoi ba: i.
Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
44 Felou da ema amane sia: i, “Na da Idibidi hina bagade. Be Idibidi soge ganodini, dunu huluane da dia sia: fawane nabimu.”
The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
45 E da Yousefema eno Idibidi dio asuli amo Sa: bina: de Bania. Amola e da Boudifela (ogogosu ‘gode’ One amoma gobele salasu dunu Hilioubalisi moilai bai bagadega esalu) amo idiwi A: sena: de, amo Yousefe lama: ne ema i. Amola, Yousefe da Idibidi soge huluane amoga lalu.
The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land of Egypt.
Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 Yousefe da ea lalelegei ode30amoga Felou (Idibidi hina bagade) amo ea hawa: muni hamosu. E da Felou ea diasua fi gilisisu fisili, Idibidi soge huluane amoga lalu. Ode noga: iwane amoga, ha: i manu legei da bagade ba: i.
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
48 Amo huluane Yousefe da lale, moilai bai bagadega gaguli misini, amoga liligi ligisisua salasu. Ha: i manu soge moilai bai bagade sisiga: i dialu, amo ea ha: i manu fai e da amo moilai bai bagade ganodini sali.
As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.
49 Widi amola gagoma bagadedafa laiba: le, Yousefe da amo ea defei ba: mu yolesi. Gagoma da sa: i amo hano wayabo bagade bega: diala, amo ea defei defele ba: i.
Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
50 Ha: bagade da osobo bagadega mae doaga: le, Yousefe da A: sena: dema dunu mano aduna lai.
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
51 E amane sia: i, “Gode da na se nabasu na ada amola fi fisiba: le, amo E da na gogolema: ne fadegai dagoi.” Amaiba: le, e da ea magobo mano ema Ma: na: se (gogolema: ne hamosa) dio asuli.
Joseph named the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.”
52 E eno amane sia: i, “Gode da na se nabasu soge amo ganodini mano nama i.” Amaiba: le, e da ea magobo bagia mano ema Ifala: ime (manolali iaha) dio asuli.
He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
53 Ode ida: iwane fesuale gala Idibidi soge ganodini da gidigi dagoi.
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
54 Amola ha: i bagade ode, Yousefe ea sia: i defele da mui. Soge huluanedafa da ha: i bagade ba: i. Be Idibidi soge ganodini, ha: i manu defele dialebe ba: i.
Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
55 Idibidi dunu da degabo ha: i nabaloba, ilia da Felouma e da ilima ha: i manu ima: ne wei dagoi. Amalalu, e da ili Yousefema ha: i manu lama: ne masa: ne sia: i.
When all the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
56 Ha: bagade da bu bagade ba: i. Soge huluane da ha: bagade ba: i. Amaiba: le, Yousefe da liligi legesu doasili, Idibidi dunuma widi amola gagoma bidi lai.
When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
57 Osobo bagade fifi asi gala dunu huluane da ha: i manu bidi lamusa: , Idibidi sogega Yousefema misi. Bai ha: bagade da osobo bagade soge huluane amoga doaga: i dagoi.
And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
