Genesis 47
1 Joseph loe caeh moe, Faro khaeah, Kam pa hoi kam yanawk loe tuu, maitawnawk hoi a tawnh o ih hmuennawk boih phawh o moe, Kanaan prae hoiah angzoh o boeh, vaihi Goshen ah oh o, tiah a thuih pae.
So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
2 Anih mah amya pangato a qoih moe, nihcae to Faro khaeah caeh haih.
And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Faro mah anih ih amyanawk to lokdueng, Tih tok maw na sak o? tiah a naa. Nihcae mah Faro khaeah, Na tamnanawk loe kam pa mah sak ih tok baktih toengah, tuu toep kami ah ka oh o, tiah a naa o.
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
4 Nihcae mah Faro khaeah, Kanaan prae ah khokhahaih nung parai moe, pacah ih moinawk caak han ahmuen om ai boeh pongah, hae prae ah khosak hanah kang zoh o; to pongah vaihi na tamnanawk hae Goshen prae ah na omsak ah, tiah a naa o.
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
5 Faro mah Joseph khaeah, Nam pa hoi nam yanawk loe nang khaeah angzoh o boeh.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
6 Izip prae loe na hmaa ah ni oh; prae thung ih kahoih koek ahmuen ah nam pa hoi nam yanawk to omsak ah; Goshen prae ah om o nasoe; nihcae thungah hmuenmae sak kophaih tawn kami om nahaeloe, kai ih maitaw khenkung ah suem ah, tiah a naa.
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 To pacoengah Joseph mah ampa to zaeh moe, Faro to patuek; Jakob mah Faro tahamhoihaih paek.
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Faro mah Jakob khaeah, Saning nazetto maw na oh boeh? tiah a naa.
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
9 Jakob mah Faro khaeah, Kai loe angvin ah ka ohhaih saning cumvai, qui thumto oh boeh; ka hinghaih saning loe tamsi vop, toe raihaih paroeai ka tongh; angvin ah kaom kam panawk khosakhaih saning to ka pha ai, tiah a naa.
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
10 To pacoengah Jakob mah Faro to tahamhoihaih paek moe, a caehtaak.
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
11 Joseph mah ampa hoi amyanawk Izip prae ah ohsak moe, Faro ih lokpaekhaih baktih toengah, kahoih koek prae, Ramses ahmuen to a paek.
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 Joseph mah angmah ih ampa, amyanawk hoi ampa ih imthung takohnawk boih, kaom kami zetto caaknaek to a paek.
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
13 Khokha nung parai pongah, prae thung boih ah buh to om ai boeh; Izip prae hoi Kanaan prae doeh zaek sut boeh.
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
14 Izip hoi Kanaan prae thung ih cang qanhaih phoisa loe Joseph mah patung boih moe, Faro im ah thak pae.
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
15 Izip prae hoi Kanaan prae ah phoisa boeng naah loe, Izip kaminawk boih Joseph khaeah angzoh o moe, caak hanah buh na paek ah, phoisa ka tawn o ai boeh, to pongah na hmaa ah maw ka duek o han boeh? tiah a naa o.
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
16 To naah Joseph mah, Phoisa na tawn o ai boeh nahaeloe, maitaw to sin oh, maitaw zuengah cang to kang paek o han, tiah a naa.
“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
17 To pongah nihcae mah Joseph khaeah maitaw to sinh o; anih mah hrang, tuu, maeh, maitaw hoi laa hrangnawk to cang hoiah alaih pae; to na saning loe nihcae ih maitaw hoiah cang to alaisak boih.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 To saning to boeng pacoeng amlaa ah loe, anih khaeah, phoisa ka tawn o ai boeh, tito ka angraeng na hmaa ah kang phat o ai boeh; kaicae ih maitawnawk doeh nang khaeah ni oh boih boeh, ka angraeng mikhnuk ah kaimacae ih takpum hoi lawknawk khue ai ah loe, tidoeh ka tawn o ai boeh.
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
19 Na hmaa ah ka duek o moe, prae doeh kam ro o sak han boeh maw? Kaimacae hoi ka lawknawk hae cang hoiah qan ah; lawk hoi kaimacae hae Faro ih tamna ah ka oh o halat han boeh; ka hing o moe, prae angqai krang hanah ka duek o han ai ah, cang to na paek ah, tiah a hnik o let bae.
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
20 To pongah Joseph mah Faro hanah Izip prae ih lawknawk to qan pae boih; khokhahaih nung parai boeh pongah, Izip kaminawk loe lawk to zawh o boih; to pongah lawknawk loe Faro ih lawk ah angcoeng boih.
So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
21 Izip prae boenghaih maeto bang hoi maeto bang khoek to kaminawk to vangpui ah angpuensak.
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 Toe qaimanawk ih lawk loe qan pae ai; qaimanawk loe Faro khae hoi caaknaek khawt ah hnuk o; Faro mah nihcae han caaknaek khawt ah paek pongah, lawk to zaw o ai.
However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
23 Joseph mah prae kaminawk khaeah, Khenah, vaihi nangcae ih lawk Faro han ka qan pae boeh, hae ih cangtii hae la oh loe, lawk ah tuh oh, tiah a naa.
Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
24 Toe cang na aah o naah pangato thungah maeto Faro han paek oh; kalah palito loe nangmacae han la oh loe, lawk ah tuh oh; nangmacae, na imthung takoh hoi na caanawk mah caak hanah cang to la oh, tiah a naa.
At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
25 Nihcae mah, Kaicae hinghaih nang pahlong; ka angraeng na mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh o nahaeloe, Faro ih tamna ah ka oh o halat han boeh, tiah a naa o.
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 To pongah qaimanawk ih lawk khue ai ah loe, Faro mah pangato thung ah maeto la nasoe, tiah Joseph mah sak ih lawk tawnkung nuiah lok takroekhaih to Izip prae thungah vaihni ni khoek to patoh o.
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
27 Israelnawk loe Izip prae Goshen ah oh o; to prae to toep o moe, qoeng o tahang pacoengah, paroeai pung o.
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
28 Jokob loe Izip prae thungah saning hatlai sarihto oh, a hinghaih saning loe sangqum boih ah cumvai qui pali, sarihto phak.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
29 Israel duek tom naah, a capa Joseph to kawk moe, anih khaeah, Na mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh nahaeloe, na ban to ka phaih tlim ah hawt ah loe, tahmenhaih hoi palungthin tang hoiah kai hoi nawnto lokkamhaih sah ah; tahmenhaih hoi kai hae Izip prae ah na phum hmah;
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
30 kai loe kam panawk khaeah ni kang song han, Izip prae thung hoiah na phaw ah loe, nihcae aphumhaih ahmuen ah na phum ah, tiah a naa. Anih mah, Na thuih ih baktih toengah ka sak han hmang, tiah a naa.
but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
31 Anih mah, Kai khaeah lokkamhaih sah ah, tiah a naa. To naah Joseph mah anih khaeah lokkamhaih to a sak; Israel loe angmah iihkhum lu bang ah lu akuep tathuk.
“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
