Chakruok 41
1 Kane higni ariyo osekadho, Farao noleko lekni ochungʼ e bath aora Nael,
A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
2 kendo noneno dhok abiriyo mabeyo machwe kawuok ei aora kakwayo e kind odundu.
He saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
3 Bangʼ mano noneno dhok abiriyo mamoko maricho modhero kowuok ei aora Nael, kendo kochungʼ e bath mago mabeyo.
Then he saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked ugly and skinny as they stood beside the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
4 To dhok maricho kendo modherogo nochamo dhok mabeyo machwego. Eka Farao nochiewo.
Then the ugly, skinny cows ate the well-fed, healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 Nindo nochako otere mi ochako oleko lek machielo ni noneno wiye abiriyo mag cham machwe kendo beyo kochiek e tiangʼ achiel.
Pharaoh fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven heads of grain were growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
6 Bangʼ mano wi cham moko abiriyo motho kendo ma yamb oro otwoyo nowuok ewi tiangʼno.
Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, thin and dried by the east wind.
7 Wiye cham abiriyo mothogo nomwonyo wiye cham abiriyo machwe ka. Eka Farao nochiewo, moyudo ni en mana lek.
The seven thin and dried heads of grain swallowed up the ripe and healthy ones. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized he'd been dreaming.
8 Kinyne gokinyi pache nochandore, kuom mano nooro mondo oluongne ajuoke duto kod jorieko duto mag Misri. Farao nonyisogi lekne, to onge ngʼato angʼata mane nyalo lokone tiend lekgo.
The next morning Pharaoh was worried by his dreams, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men in Egypt. Pharaoh told them about his dreams, but no one could interpret their meaning for him.
9 Eka jatend jogam divai nowacho ne Farao niya, “Aparo kethona kawuono.
But then the chief cupbearer spoke up. “Today I've just remembered a bad mistake I've made,” he explained.
10 Chiengʼ moro kane iyi owangʼ kod wan ma jotichni, kendo ne irwakowa e od twech kaachiel gi jatend joted makati e od jatend askeche.
“Your Majesty was angry with some of your officials and you imprisoned me in the house of the commander of the guard, along with the chief baker.
11 Waduto ne waleko lek otieno moro achiel, kendo lek ka lek ne nigi tiende.
We each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.
12 To ne nitie ja-Hibrania moro matin kodwa, jatich jaduongʼ askeche. Ne wanyise lekwa, kendo nolokonwa tiendgi, ka omiyo ngʼato ka ngʼato tiend lekne.
A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the commander of the guard. When we told him our dreams, he interpreted for us the meaning of our different dreams.
13 Kendo notimore mana kaka ne olokonwa tiendgi kama: An niduoka e tija, to jatend joted makati nolierie yath.”
Everything happened just as he said it would—I was given back my job and the baker was hanged.”
14 Kane Farao owinjo kamano nooro wach mondo okelne Josef, kendo nokel Josef mapiyo nono koa e od twech. Kane Josef oselielo yie wiye kendo oloko lepe, nobiro e nyim Farao.
Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the prison. After he'd shaved and changed his clothes, he was presented to Pharaoh.
15 Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Nende aleko lek, kendo onge ngʼama nyalo loko tiende. To asewinjo ka iwacho ni ka iwinjo lek to inyalo loko tiend lek moro amora.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but no one can interpret its meaning. But I've heard that when someone tells you a dream you know how to interpret it.”
16 Josef nodwoko Farao niya, “Ok anyal time, to Nyasaye biro dwoki kaka odwaro.”
“It's not me who can do this,” Joseph replied. “But God will explain its meaning to set Your Majesty's mind at rest.”
17 Eka Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Ne aleko nine achungʼ e bath aora Nael,
Pharaoh explained to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.
18 kendo dhok abiriyo mabeyo kendo machwe nowuok ei aora ka gikwayo e kind odundu.
I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
19 Bangʼ-gi dhok abiriyo mamoko maricho kendo odhero nowuok. Ne pok anenoe dhok maricho kendo modhero kamano e piny Misri duto.
Then I saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked sickly and ugly and skinny—I've never seen such ugly cows in the whole of Egypt!
20 Dhok abiriyo maricho kendo odherogo nochamo dhok abiriyo machwe kendo mabeyo mane okwongo wuok.
These skinny, ugly cows ate the first seven healthy-looking cows.
21 To kata bangʼ kane gisechamogi, to onge ngʼato angʼata mane nyalo yie ni gin ema gichamo dhogo; ne ginenore modhero moloyo kaka ne gin mokwongo. Bangʼe ne achiewo.
But afterwards you couldn't tell they'd eaten them because they looked just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.
22 “Nachako aneno e lek wiye cham abiriyo mochiek maber kadongʼ e tiangʼ achiel.
Then I fell asleep again. In my second dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
23 Bangʼ-gi ne achako aneno wi cham abiriyo motho kendo yamb oro otwoyo.
Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.
24 Wiye cham abiriyo mothogo nomwonyo wiye cham abiriyo mochiek. Ne anyiso ajuoke, to onge ngʼato mane nyalo lokona tiendgi.”
The seven thin heads of grain swallowed up the healthy ones. I told all this to the magicians, but none of them could explain its meaning to me.”
25 Eka Josef nowacho ne Farao niya, “Leknigo tiendgi achiel kendo gichalre. Nyasaye osenyiso gima oikore timo.
“Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
26 Dhok abiriyo mabeyogo gin higni abiriyo, kendo wiye cham abiriyo mochiek mabeyogo bende gin higni abiriyo; giduto gin lek achiel kendo nyiso wach achiel.
The seven good cows and the seven good heads of grain represent seven good years of harvest. The dreams mean the same thing.
27 Dhok abiriyo maricho modhero mane obiro bangʼe nyiso higni abiriyo, kendo kamano e kaka wiye cham abiriyo motho ma yamb oro otwoyo; gin higni abiriyo mag kech.
The seven skinny and ugly cows that came after them and the seven thin heads of grain dried by the east wind represent seven years of famine.
28 “En mana kaka awachoni ni Nyasaye osenyiso Farao gima obiro timo.
It's just as I told Your Majesty—God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
29 Higni abiriyo biro betie ma piny Misri duto nobedie gi yiengʼo ahinya,
There are going to be seven years with plenty of food produced throughout the whole country of Egypt.
30 to bangʼ mano higni abiriyo moko nobedie mag kech kendo wi ji nowil gi higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo e piny Misri, kendo kech noketh piny.
But after them will come seven years of famine. People will forget the time when there was plenty of food throughout Egypt. Famine will ruin the country.
31 Higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo ok nopar, nikech kech mano luweno nobed malich miwuoro.
The time of plenty will be completely forgotten because the famine that follows it will be so terrible.
32 Gima omiyo lek nobiro ne Farao nyadiriyo en nikech Nyasaye osechano ratiro mar timo kamano. Kendo Nyasaye biro chope mapiyo.
The fact that the dream was repeated twice means that it has definitely been decided by God, and that God is going to do this soon.
33 “Koro mondo Farao oyier ngʼat mariek kendo molony e gik moko duto motimo mondo okete jatend piny Misri.
So Your Majesty should choose a man with insight and wisdom, and put him in charge of the whole country of Egypt.
34 Farao nyaka ket jotend gwenge e piny Misri duto mondo ochoki achiel kuom abich mag chamb Misri kuom higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo.
Your Majesty should also appoint officials to be in charge of the land, and have them collect one-fifth of the produce of the country during the seven years of plenty.
35 Nyaka gichok kendo gikan e mier madongo chiemo duto moyudi e higni abiriyo mag yiengʼogo e bwo chik Farao.
They should collect all the food during the good years that are soon coming, and store the grain under Pharaoh's authority, keeping it under guard to provide food for the towns.
36 Cham-go onego okan e kuonde keno mag pinyni, mondo obi otigo e higni abiriyo mag kech mabiro mako piny Misri, mondo mi kik kech keth piny.”
This will be a food reserve for the country during the seven years of famine so that the people won't die of starvation.”
37 Parono nonenore maber ni Farao kod jodonge duto.
Pharaoh and all his officials thought Joseph's proposal was a good idea.
38 Kuom mano Farao nopenjo jodonge niya, “Bende wanyalo yudo ngʼato moro machal gi ngʼatni, ma Roho mar Nyasaye ni kuome?”
So Pharaoh asked them, “Where can we find a man like this who has the spirit of God in him?”
39 Eka Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Nikech Nyasaye osenyisi wechegi duto, onge ngʼat man-gi ngʼeyo matut kendo riek ka in.
Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, telling him, “Since God has revealed to you all this, and there's no one like you with such insight and wisdom,
40 Abiro keti jatend od ruoth kendo joga duto biro winjo chikni kendo kom duongʼ mar ruoth ema nobed maduongʼ moloyi.”
you will be in charge of all my affairs, and all my people will obey your orders. Only I with my status as king will be greater than you.”
41 Kuom mano Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Ne, koro aseketi jatend piny Misri duto.”
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Look, I'm putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
42 Eka Farao nogolo tere mar loch e lwete morwako e lwet Josef. Ne orwako ne Josef law mayom mar duongʼ miluongo ni bafta kendo orwako ne tigo mar dhahabu e ngʼute.
Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothes and placed a golden chain around his neck.
43 Nomiyo oidho gach ruoth mar ariyo mar loch, kendo joritne nogoyo koko nyime kawacho niya, “Yawneuru e yo!” Kuom mano Josef noket jatend piny Misri duto.
He had Joseph ride in the chariot designated for his second-in-command while his attendants went ahead, shouting, “Bow down!” This is how Pharaoh gave Joseph authority over all of Egypt.
44 Eka Farao nomiyo Josef teko kowachone niya, “An e ruoth, kendo onge ngʼama notim gimoro kata nodonji e piny Misri ma ok in ema iyiene.”
Then Pharaoh told Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody will lift a hand or a foot anywhere in the whole country.”
45 Farao nochako Josef ni Zafenath-Panea kendo nomiye Asenath nyar Potifera jadolo mar On (ma nyinge machielo en Eliopolis), mondo obed chiege. Kendo Josef nowuotho e piny Misri duto.
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and arranged for him to marry Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. This is how Joseph rose to power over the whole of Egypt.
46 Josef ne en ja-higni piero adek kane ochako tich mane Farao ruodh Misri omiye. Kendo Josef nowuok ir Farao mowuotho e piny Misri duto.
Joseph was thirty when he started working for Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After he had left Pharaoh, Joseph traveled on an inspection tour throughout Egypt.
47 E kinde mag higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo, piny nochiek ahinya.
During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.
48 Josef nochoko chiemo duto mane ochiek e higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo e piny Misri kendo okanogi e mier madongo. Nokano cham mochiek e puothe molworogi e dala ka dala maduongʼ.
He collected all the food during the seven good years, and he stored the grain produced in the local fields in each town.
49 Josef nokano cham mathoth mana ka kuoyo mane dho nam; ne githoth mane ok onyal kwano nikech negikadho akwana.
Joseph piled up so much grain that it was like the sand of the seashore. Eventually he stopped keeping records because there was just so much!
50 Kane pok higni mag kech ochopo, Asenath nyar Potifera ma jadolo mar On nonywolone Josef yawuowi ariyo.
It was during this time, before the years of famine came, that Joseph had two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
51 Josef nochako wuode makayo ni Manase kendo nowacho niya, “Ma en nikech Nyasaye osemiyo wiya owil gi chandruokna duto kod jood wuora duto.”
Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”
52 Wuowi mar ariyo nochako ni Efraim kendo nowacho niya, “Ma en nikech Nyasaye osemiyo anya e piny mar chandruokna.”
His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the country of my misery.”
53 Higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo e piny Misri norumo,
The seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end,
54 kendo higni abiriyo mag kech nochakore, mana kaka Josef nosewacho. Ne nitie kech e pinje mamoko, to piny Misri duto ne nitie chiemo.
and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other countries but the whole of Egypt had food.
55 Ka kech nodonjo e piny Misri duto, ji noywak ne Farao mondo omigi chiemo. Eka Farao nonyiso jo-Misri duto niya, “Dhiuru ir Josef kendo utim gima owachonu.”
When all of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, and he told everyone, “Go and see Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
56 Kane kech koro oselandore e piny duto, Josef noyawo deche duto kendo nouso cham ne jo-Misri, nikech kech ne lich ahinya e pinyno Misri duto.
The famine had spread all over the country so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was very bad in Egypt,
57 Kendo pinje duto nobiro Misri mondo ongʼiew chiemo kuom Josef, nikech kech ne ngʼeny ahinya e piny mangima.
in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.
