創世記 47
1 若瑟遂去呈報法郎說：「我父和我兄弟，帶著他們的牛羊和一切所有，從客納罕地來了，現今都在哥笙地方。」
Joseph went to report to Pharaoh and told him, “My father and brothers, along with their flocks and herds and all their possessions, have arrived from the land of Canaan and now they're here in Goshen.”
2 若瑟由他兄弟中選了五人，引他們去謁見法郎。
Joseph took five of his brothers to go with him and introduced them to Pharaoh.
3 法郎問若瑟的兄弟們說：「你們有何職業﹖」他們回答法郎說：「你的僕人們是放羊的人，我們和我們的祖先，都是如此。」
Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” “Your servants are shepherds, just like our fathers before us,” they replied.
4 繼而又對法郎說：「我們來僑居此地，因為客納罕地饑荒很凶，你僕人們的羊群找不到草地，所以請陛下讓你的僕人們住在哥笙地方。」
“We have come to live in Egypt because there's no grass left in Canaan for our flocks to eat,” they explained. “The famine is really bad in Canaan. So we would like to please ask permission to live in Goshen.”
5 法郎遂面對若瑟說：「你父親和你兄弟既來到了你這裏，
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have arrived to join you,
6 埃及國全在你面前，你可叫你父親和你兄弟住在最好的地方，叫他們住在哥笙地；你若知道他們中有能幹的可派他們管我的牲畜。」
you can choose wherever you like in Egypt, the best place, for them to live. Let them live in Goshen. If you know any of them who are good at what they do, put them in charge of my livestock as well.”
7 然後若瑟引他父親來謁見法郎；雅各伯向法郎請安。
Then Joseph went with his father Jacob and introduced him Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
8 法郎遂問雅各伯說：「請問高壽﹖」
Pharaoh asked him, “So how long have you lived?”
9 雅各伯回答法郎說：「我寄居人世，已一百三十年；我一生歲月又少又苦，不會達到我祖先寄居人世的年數。」
“I have been wandering for 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My life has been short and difficult—I have not lived as long as my forefathers who also wandered from place to place.”
10 雅各伯再向法郎請安，辭別法郎出來了。
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh again before leaving him.
11 若瑟依照法郎的吩咐，給他父親和兄弟安排了住處，將埃及國辣默色斯境內最好的地方，給了他們作產業。
So Joseph arranged for his father and brothers to live in Egypt and gave them land in the best part near Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.
12 若瑟並按照他們的人口，供給他父親和兄弟以及他父親全部家屬的食糧。
He also provided food for all of them—his father, his brothers, and his father's whole household—depending on family size.
13 那時因為饑荒十分嚴重，各地絕糧，連埃及國和客納罕地也因饑荒缺了糧。
No food was left in the whole country because the famine had become so bad. Throughout Egypt and Canaan people were starving.
14 若瑟因售糧與民眾，將埃及國和客納罕地內所有的一切銀錢，都聚斂了來，將這些銀錢盡歸入法郎王室。
By selling grain Joseph collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and placed it in Pharaoh's treasury.
15 當埃及國和客納罕地的銀錢都用盡了，埃及人前來見若瑟說：「銀錢已用完了，請給我們糧食，免得我們死在你面前! 」
Once the money from Egypt and Canaan had run out, the Egyptians all came to Joseph and demanded, “Give us food! Do you want us to die right in front of you? All our money is gone!”
16 若瑟回答說：「如果沒有銀錢，可將你們的家畜送來；我將糧食給你們，交換你們的家畜。」
“Bring me your livestock,” Joseph told them. “I'll give you grain in exchange for your livestock if you've run out of money.”
17 他們遂將家畜送來，交給若瑟；若瑟便以糧食換取了他們的馬、牛、羊、驢；那一年人們就以所有的家畜，換糧食生活。
So they brought Joseph their livestock, and he provided them with grain in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. He gave them grain in return for their livestock during that year.
18 這一年過後，第二年他們又來見他說：「我們實不瞞我主，銀錢都用盡了，畜養的家畜也全歸了我主，在我主面前什麼也沒有了，只剩下了我們自身和我們的田地。
But when that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, “My lord, we can't hide from you the fact that our money is gone and that you now own our livestock. All we have left to give you are our bodies and our land.
19 為什麼要我們死在你面前﹖讓田地荒蕪呢﹖你用糧食收買我們和我們的田地罷! 好叫我們的田地都歸法郎作主。請給我們穀種，好叫我們生活，不致於死，田地也不致於荒蕪。」
Do you want us to die right in front of you? So buy us and our land in return for food. Then our land will belong to Pharaoh, and we'll be his slaves. Just give us grain so we can live and won't die, and so the land won't be abandoned.”
20 埃及人為饑荒所迫，人人出賣了自己的農田；若瑟遂為法郎購得了埃及所有的田地，田地遂盡歸法郎所有。
So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. Each and every Egyptian sold their fields, because the famine was hurting them so badly. The land ended up being owned by Pharaoh,
21 並使埃及境內的人民，從這邊直到那邊，都成了農奴；
and all the people became his slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 只有司祭的田地他沒有買得，因為司祭有得自法郎的常糧，可藉法郎賜與他們的常糧生活，所以沒有賣他們的田地。
The only land he didn't buy belonged to the priests because they had a food allowance provided to them by Pharaoh, so they didn't have to sell their land.
23 那時若瑟對人民說：「今天我將你們和你們的田地，都已買下歸於法郎，這裏有你們的穀種，你們拿去播種；
Then Joseph told the people, “Listen to me! Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, I'm giving you some seed for you to sow the fields.
24 到了收穫的時候，五分之一應歸法郎，其餘四分歸你們自己，作為田地的穀種，作為你們和你們的家屬以及幼兒的食糧。」
However, when it's harvested, you have to give one fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you can keep as seed for the fields and as food for you, your households, and your children.”
25 他們答說：「你救了我們的性命! 唯願我們在我主前蒙恩，我們情願給法郎為奴! 」
“You've saved our lives,” they declared. “May you continue to treat us well, my lord, and we'll be Pharaoh's slaves.”
26 由此若瑟為埃及的田地立了法例，至今有效：五分之一應歸法郎；只有司祭的田地例外，不歸法郎。
So Joseph made it a law for Egypt which is still is in effect today that one fifth of all produce from the land belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land was exempt since it did not belong to Pharaoh.
27 以色列人住在埃及國哥笙地方，那裏置業繁殖，人數大為增加。
The Israelites settled in Goshen in Egypt where they became prosperous landowners and rapidly increased in number.
28 雅各伯在埃及國又活了十七年；雅各伯的一生歲月共計一百四十七年。
Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, so he lived in total 137 years.
29 以色列自知死期已近，便叫了他兒子若瑟來，對他說：「如果我在你眼內得寵，請將你的手放在我的胯下許下，以恩情和忠實對待我，不要將我埋在埃及。
When the time came for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If you think well of me, place your hand under my thigh and promise to treat me with trustworthy love and faithfulness. Don't bury me here in Egypt.
30 我與我的祖先同眠了，你應將我帶出埃及，葬在他們的墓地裏。」若瑟答說：「我必照你的話去行。」
When I die, bury me with my forefathers. You must take my body from Egypt to the family tomb and bury me with them.” “I will do as you say,” Joseph promised.
31 雅各伯接著說：「你對我發誓。」若瑟遂對他發了誓；以色列便靠著床頭屈身下拜。
“Swear to me that you will,” he said. Joseph swore that he would. Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
