Genesis 37
1 Ug nagpuyo si Jacob sa yuta 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 Kini mao ang mga kaliwatan ni Jacob; si Jose sa may panuigon nga napulo ug pito ka tuig, nagpasibsib siya ug mga carnero uban sa iyang mga igsoon nga lalake, ug batan-on siya uban sa mga anak nga lalake ni Bilha ug sa mga anak nga lalake ni Zilpha, nga mga asawa sa iyang amahan; ug si Jose nagdala sa dautan nga taho ngadto sa iyang amahan mahitungod kanila.
(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 Ug si Jose gihigugma ni Israel nga labaw sa tanan niya nga mga anak, kay siya gianak sa iyang pagkatigulang: ug iyang gibuhatan siya ug usa ka sinina nga sa nagakalainlaing bulok.
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 Ug nakita sa iyang mga igsoon nga ang ilang amahan nahigugma kaniya labaw kay sa tanan niya nga mga igsoon; ug sila nagdumot kaniya, ug wala makahimo sa pagsulti kaniya sa makigdaiton gayud.
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 Ug si Jose nagdamgo ug usa ka damgo ug gisugilon niya kini sa iyang mga igsoon; ug milabi ang ilang pagdumot kaniya.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Ug siya miingon kanila: Patalinghugi ninyo karon kining damgo nga akong gidamgo:
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Kay, ania karon, nagabugkos kita ug mga binangan sa kapatagan, ug tan-awa, ang akong binugkos mitindog ug mituy-od, ug ang inyong mga binugkos ming-alirong, ug mingyukbo kini 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 Ug mingtubag kaniya ang iyang mga igsoon: Magahari ba diay ikaw kanamo? Kun magaginoo ba diay ikaw kanamo? Ug milabi pa gayud ang ilang pagdumot kaniya tungod sa iyang mga damgo, ug sa iyang mga pulong.
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 Ug nagdamgo pa gayud siya ug lain na usab nga damgo, ug gisugilon niya kini sa iyang mga igsoon: Ania karon, nagdamgo ako ug lain na usab nga damgo: ug, ania karon, ang adlaw ug ang bulan, ug ang napulo ug usa ka bitoon nanglubod 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 Ug kini gisugilon niya sa iyang amahan ug sa iyang mga igsoon; ug ang iyang amahan nagbadlong kaniya, ug miingon kaniya: Unsa ba nga damgoha kini nga imong gidamgo? Manganhi ba diay kami, ako ug ang imong inahan, ug ang imong mga igsoon sa pagluhod kanimo sa yuta?
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 Ug ang iyang mga igsoon nasina kaniya; apan kini nga pulonga gitagoan sa hunahuna sa iyang amahan.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Ug ang iyang mga igsoon nanagpangadto sa pagpasibsib sa kahayupan sa ilang amahan sa Sichem.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 Ug miingon si Israel kang Jose. Wala ba magpasibsib ang imong mga igsoon sa mga carnero didto sa Sichem? Umari ka, ug sugoon ko ikaw ngadto kanila. Ug siya mitubag kaniya: Ania 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 Ug siya miingon kaniya. Umadto ka karon, tan-awon mo kong maayo ba ang imong mga igsoon, ug kong maayo ba ang kahayupan; ug balitaan mo ako. Niini gipaadto siya gikan sa walog sa Hebron, ug napaingon siya ngadto sa Sichem.
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 Ug hingkaplagan siya sa usa ka tawo; ug ania karon, nga nagasalaag siya didto sa kapatagan; ang tawo nangutana kaniya nga nagaingon: Unsay ginapangita mo?
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 Ug mitubag siya: Nangita ako sa akong mga igsoon. Ginapangaliyupo ko kanimo, nga suginlan mo ako kong diin nila pasibsiba ang panon.
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Ug miingon ang tawo: Mingpahawa sila dinhi ug hingdunggan ko sila nga nanag-ingon: Mangadto kita sa Dotham. Ug si Jose misubay sa iyang mga igsoon, ug sila hingkaplagan niya sa Dotham.
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 Apan siya hingkit-an nila didto sa halayo, ug sa wala pa siya moabut kanila, nanagsabut sila batok kaniya, sa pagpatay kaniya.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Ug nanag-ingon ang usa ug usa kanila: Ania karon, nagapadulong nganhi kining hinamgo.
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Busa, moadto kita ug patyon nato siya ug ihulog nato siya sa usa nianang mga gahong; ug ingnon ta lamang unya: May usa ka mananap nga mapintas mitukob kaniya; ug tan-awon ta, kong unsa ang madangat 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 Ug nakadungog niini si Ruben, ug siya giluwas niya sa ilang mga kamot, nga nagaingon: Dili nato siya pagpatyon.
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 Ug miingon kanila si Ruben: Dili kamo magpatulo ug dugo; ihulog siya niining gahong nga anaa sa kamingawan, apan ayaw ninyo pagbakyawa ang kamot batok kaniya. Kini ginaingon niya sa pagluwas kaniya gikan sa ilang mga kamot, aron siya ikabalik 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 Ug nahitabo nga sa pag-abut ni Jose sa iyang mga igsoon, nga gihuboan siya nila sa iyang sinina, sa sinina nga nagkalainlain bulok, nga iyang ginasul-ob.
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 Ug siya gidakup ug siya gihulog nila sa gahong; apan ang gahong walay sulod, kay kini walay tubig.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Ug nanglingkod sila sa pagkaon sa tinapay, ug giyahat ang ilang mga mata ug nanagtan-aw sila, ug ania karon ang usa ka panon sa mga Ismaelihanon nga nagapadulong kanila gikan sa Galaad uban ang ilang mga camello, nga nagatangkil sa pahumot, haplas ug mirra, nga ginadala nila ngadto sa Egipto.
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 Ug si Juda miingon sa iyang mga igsoon: Unsay kapuslanan kong mapatay nato ang atong igsoon ug matago nato 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 Umari kamo, ug ibaligya nato siya niining mga Ismaelihanon, ug dili nato pagbakyawon ang atong mga kamot batok kaniya; kay atong igsoon siya, ato usab nga unod. Ug nagpatalinghug kaniya ang iyang mga igsoon.
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 Ug may minglabay nga mga magpapatigayon nga Mediahanon; ug gikuha ug gipasaka nila si Jose, gikan sa gahong; ug ilang gibaligya si Jose sa mga Ismaelihanon, sa kaluhaan ka book nga salapi. Ug ilang gidala si Jose ngadto sa Egipto.
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 Ug mibalik si Ruben sa gahong; ug ania karon, si Jose wala na sa gahong, ug gigisi niya ang iyang mga 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 Ug mibalik siya sa iyang mga igsoon, ug siya miingon kanila: Ang bata wala na: ug ako asa man ako paingon?
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Apan gikuha nila ang sinina ni Jose; ug nagpatay sila ug usa ka kanding nga lake, gitunlob nila sa dugo ang sinina.
[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 gipadala nila ang sinina nga nagkalainlaing bulok, ug kini gidala nila ngadto sa iyang amahan, ug ming-ingon: Kini mao ang among hingkaplagan. Ilha karon kong mao ba kini ang sinina 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 Ug kini naila niya ug miingon: Mao ang sinina sa akong anak, usa ka mananap nga mapintas mitukob kaniya; sa walay duhaduha giwatas-watas 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 Ug gigisi ni Jacob ang iyang mga bisti, ug misul-ob sa bisti sa kasubo, ug nagbalata tungod sa iyang anak sulod sa hataas nga 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 Ug mingtindog ang tanan niya nga mga anak nga babaye sa paglipay kaniya: apan siya wala bumuot nga pagalipayon, ug siya nagaingon: Kay mokanaug ako ngadto sa lubnganan nga magabalata tungod sa akong anak. Ug mihilak ang iyang amahan tungod 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 Ug si Jose gibaligya sa mga Mediahanon didto sa Egipto kang Potiphar, ang sinaligan ni Faraon, ang pangulo sa bantay nga harianon.
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.
