Genesis 37
1 Nagpuyo si Jacob sa dapit nga gipuy-an sa iyang amahan sa yuta sa Canaan.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 Mao kini ang mga panghitabo mahitungod kang Jacob. Si Jose, usa ka batan-on nga nag-edad ug 17 anyos, nagabantay siya ug karnero uban sa iyang mga igsoon. Kuyog niya ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Bilha ug anak nga lalaki ni Zilpa, mga asawa sa iyang amahan. Ginasumbong ni Jose ngadto sa iyang amahan ang mga dili maayo nila nga binuhatan.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 Karon gihigugma pag-ayo ni Israel si Jose labaw pa sa iyang mga anak nga lalaki tungod kay anak man siya sa iyang pagkatigulang. Tungod niini gibuhatan niya siya ug maanindot nga bisti.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Nakita sa iyang mga igsoon nga ang ilang amahan nahigugma pag-ayo kaniya labaw pa sa tanan nilang managsuon. Busa nasuko sila kaniya ug dili maayo ang ilang pagtagad ngadto kaniya.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Nagdamgo si Jose, ug gisuginlan niya ang iyang mga igsoon mahitungod niini. Nisamot ang ilang kasuko kaniya.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Miingon siya kanila, “Palihog paminawa kining akong nadamgohan.
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Tan-awa, nagbugkos kita ug mga trigo sa kaumahan, ug tan-awa, ang akong binugkos mitindog ug mipataas, ug tan-awa, ang inyong mga binugkos mipalibot ug miyukbo sa akong binugkos.”
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 Ang iyang mga igsoon miingon kaniya, “Maghari ka ba diay kanamo? Maghari ka ba gayod diay kanamo?” Misamot pa ang ilang kasuko kaniya tungod sa iyang damgo ug sa iyang mga gipamulong.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Nagdamgo na usab siya ug lain nga damgo ug iya kining gisugilon sa iyang mga igsoon. Miingon siya, “Tan-awa, nagdamgo ako ug lain na usab nga damgo: Ang adlaw ug bulan ug ang napulog usa ka mga bituon miyukbo kanako.”
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Gisugilon niya kini sa iyang amahan ingon man sa iyang mga igsoon, ug gibadlong siya sa iyang amahan. Miingon siya kaniya, “Unsa ba kining imong gidamgo? Moyukbo ba ako ug ang imong inahan, ingon man ang imong mga igsoon nganha kanimo?”
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 Nasina ang iyang mga igsoon kaniya, apan gitipigan sa hunahuna sa iyang amahan kining mga butanga.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Miadto sa Shekem ang iyang mga igsoon aron pagbantay sa mga karnero sa ilang amahan.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 Miingon si Israel kang Jose, “Dili ba nagbantay man sa mga karnero sa Shekem ang imong mga igsoon? Dali, ug ipadala ko ikaw ngadto kanila.” Miingon si Jose kaniya, “Andam ako.”
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Miingon siya kaniya, “Lakaw na karon, tan-awa kung maayo ba ang kahimtang sa imong mga igsoon ingon man ang mga karnero, ug suginli ako.” Busa gipaadto siya ni Jacob gawas sa walog sa Hebron ug miadto si Jose sa Shekem.
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 Adunay usa ka tawo nga nakakita kang Jose. Tan-awa, naglatagaw si Jose sa kaumahan. Miingon ang tawo kaniya, “Unsa man ang imong gipangita?”
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 Miingon si Jose, “Gipangita ko ang akong mga igsoon. Palihog sultihi ako, kung asa sila nagbantay sa mga karnero.”
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Miingon ang tawo, “Mibiya sila niini nga dapit, kay nadungog ko sila, nga nag-ingon, 'Moadto kita sa Dotan.'” Miapas si Jose sa iyang mga igsoong lalaki ug nakita niya sila didto sa Dotan.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Nakita nila siya sa layo, ug sa wala pa siya maabot duol kanila, naglaraw sila nga patyon siya.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Ang iyang mga igsoon miingon sa usag-usa, “Tan-awa, nagpaingon dinhi ang tigdamgo.
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Busa, dali kamo, patyon ta siya ug ihulog siya sa isa sa mga atabay ug moingon kita, 'Gilamoy siya sa ihalas nga mananap.' Tan-awon ta kung unsa ang mahitabo sa iyang mga damgo.'”
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Nakadungog si Ruben niini ug giluwas niya siya sa ilang mga kamot. Miingon siya, “Dili nato kuhaon ang iyang kinabuhi.”
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
22 Miingon si Ruben kanila, “Walay dugo nga angay moawas. Ihulog siya niining atabay nga anaa sa kamingawan, apan ayaw ninyo siya dapati”— aron luwason niya siya gikan sa ilang mga kamot ug dad-on siya pagbalik sa iyang amahan.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Sa dihang niabot na si Jose sa iyang mga igsoon, gigisi nila ang iyang maanindot nga bisti.
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 Ila siyang gikuha ug gihulog siya sa atabay. Walay tubig kadto nga atabay.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Nanglingkod sila aron mokaon ug tinapay. Sa dihang mihangad sila ug mitan-aw, tan-awa, ilang nakita ang panon sa mga Ismaelita nga gikan sa Gilead, uban sa ilang mga kamelyo nga nagkarga ug mga lamas ug balsamo ug mira. Nagpanaw sila aron ila kining dad-on paubos sa Ehipto.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Miingon si Juda sa iyang mga igsoon, “Unsa man ang atong makuha kung patyon ta ang atong igsoon ug tabonan ang iyang dugo?
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 Dali kamo, ibaligya ta siya sa mga Ismaelita ug dili nato siya dapatan. Tungod kay ato siyang igsoon, atong unod.” Ang iyang mga igsoon naminaw kaniya.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 Milabay ang Midianhon nga negosyanti. Gikuha sa iyang mga igsoon si Jose gawas sa atabay. Ug unya gibaligya nila si Jose ngadto sa mga Ismaelita sa 20 kabuok nga plata. Gidala si Jose sa mga Ismaelita ngadto sa Ehipto.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Mibalik si Ruben sa atabay, ug tan-awa, wala na didto si Jose sa atabay. Gigisi niya ang iyang bisti.
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Mibalik siya sa iyang mga igsoon ug miingon, “Asa na ang bata? Ug ako, asa na man ako moadto?”
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Nagpatay sila ug kanding unya gikuha ang bisti ni Jose ug gituslob kini sa dugo.
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 Unya gidala nila kini sa ilang amahan ug miingon, “Nakita namo kini. Palihog tan-awa kung bisti ba kini sa imong anak o dili.”
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 Nailhan kini ni Jacob ug miingon, “Bisti kini sa akong anak. Gitukob siya sa ihalas nga mananap. Sigurado gayod nga gikunis-kunis niini si Jose.”
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Gigisi ni Jacob ang iyang bisti ug nagsul-ob ug sako sa iyang hawak. Nagbangotan siya alang sa iyang anak sa daghang mga adlaw.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 Ang tanan niyang anak nga lalaki ug mga babaye miadto kaniya ug gihupay siya, apan wala siya mosugot nga ila siyang hupayon. Miingon siya, “Sa pagkatinuod, moadto ako sa seol ug magbangotan alang sa akong anak.” Mihilak ang iyang amahan alang kaniya. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 Gibaligya siya sa mga Midianhon didto sa Ehipto ngadto kang Potifar, usa ka opisyal ni Paraon, ang kapitan sa mga guwardiya.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
