Chakruok 41
1 Kane higni ariyo osekadho, Farao noleko lekni ochungʼ e bath aora Nael,
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
2 kendo noneno dhok abiriyo mabeyo machwe kawuok ei aora kakwayo e kind odundu.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
3 Bangʼ mano noneno dhok abiriyo mamoko maricho modhero kowuok ei aora Nael, kendo kochungʼ e bath mago mabeyo.
Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
4 To dhok maricho kendo modherogo nochamo dhok mabeyo machwego. Eka Farao nochiewo.
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 Nindo nochako otere mi ochako oleko lek machielo ni noneno wiye abiriyo mag cham machwe kendo beyo kochiek e tiangʼ achiel.
The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
6 Bangʼ mano wi cham moko abiriyo motho kendo ma yamb oro otwoyo nowuok ewi tiangʼno.
After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
7 Wiye cham abiriyo mothogo nomwonyo wiye cham abiriyo machwe ka. Eka Farao nochiewo, moyudo ni en mana lek.
Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had 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.
But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
9 Eka jatend jogam divai nowacho ne Farao niya, “Aparo kethona kawuono.
Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
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.
One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
11 Waduto ne waleko lek otieno moro achiel, kendo lek ka lek ne nigi tiende.
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
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.
There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 Kendo notimore mana kaka ne olokonwa tiendgi kama: An niduoka e tija, to jatend joted makati nolierie yath.”
And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
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.
When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
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.”
The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
16 Josef nodwoko Farao niya, “Ok anyal time, to Nyasaye biro dwoki kaka odwaro.”
But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
17 Eka Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Ne aleko nine achungʼ e bath aora Nael,
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
18 kendo dhok abiriyo mabeyo kendo machwe nowuok ei aora ka gikwayo e kind odundu.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
19 Bangʼ-gi dhok abiriyo mamoko maricho kendo odhero nowuok. Ne pok anenoe dhok maricho kendo modhero kamano e piny Misri duto.
Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Dhok abiriyo maricho kendo odherogo nochamo dhok abiriyo machwe kendo mabeyo mane okwongo wuok.
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
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, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
22 “Nachako aneno e lek wiye cham abiriyo mochiek maber kadongʼ e tiangʼ achiel.
Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
23 Bangʼ-gi ne achako aneno wi cham abiriyo motho kendo yamb oro otwoyo.
Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
24 Wiye cham abiriyo mothogo nomwonyo wiye cham abiriyo mochiek. Ne anyiso ajuoke, to onge ngʼato mane nyalo lokona tiendgi.”
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
25 Eka Josef nowacho ne Farao niya, “Leknigo tiendgi achiel kendo gichalre. Nyasaye osenyiso gima oikore timo.
Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about 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 healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
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 thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
28 “En mana kaka awachoni ni Nyasaye osenyiso Farao gima obiro timo.
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 Higni abiriyo biro betie ma piny Misri duto nobedie gi yiengʼo ahinya,
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land 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 that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
31 Higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo ok nopar, nikech kech mano luweno nobed malich miwuoro.
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 Gima omiyo lek nobiro ne Farao nyadiriyo en nikech Nyasaye osechano ratiro mar timo kamano. Kendo Nyasaye biro chope mapiyo.
The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
33 “Koro mondo Farao oyier ngʼat mariek kendo molony e gik moko duto motimo mondo okete jatend piny Misri.
“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
34 Farao nyaka ket jotend gwenge e piny Misri duto mondo ochoki achiel kuom abich mag chamb Misri kuom higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo.
You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
35 Nyaka gichok kendo gikan e mier madongo chiemo duto moyudi e higni abiriyo mag yiengʼogo e bwo chik Farao.
They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities.
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 grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
37 Parono nonenore maber ni Farao kod jodonge duto.
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 Kuom mano Farao nopenjo jodonge niya, “Bende wanyalo yudo ngʼato moro machal gi ngʼatni, ma Roho mar Nyasaye ni kuome?”
So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
39 Eka Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Nikech Nyasaye osenyisi wechegi duto, onge ngʼat man-gi ngʼeyo matut kendo riek ka in.
Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
40 Abiro keti jatend od ruoth kendo joga duto biro winjo chikni kendo kom duongʼ mar ruoth ema nobed maduongʼ moloyi.”
So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
41 Kuom mano Farao nowacho ne Josef niya, “Ne, koro aseketi jatend piny Misri duto.”
Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now 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.
The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold 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.
Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
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.”
The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
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.
The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land 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 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 E kinde mag higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo, piny nochiek ahinya.
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was 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.
As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.
49 Josef nokano cham mathoth mana ka kuoyo mane dho nam; ne githoth mane ok onyal kwano nikech negikadho akwana.
Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
50 Kane pok higni mag kech ochopo, Asenath nyar Potifera ma jadolo mar On nonywolone Josef yawuowi ariyo.
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
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 the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to 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.”
He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
53 Higni abiriyo mag yiengʼo e piny Misri norumo,
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
54 kendo higni abiriyo mag kech nochakore, mana kaka Josef nosewacho. Ne nitie kech e pinje mamoko, to piny Misri duto ne nitie chiemo.
Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
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 the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
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.
When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
57 Kendo pinje duto nobiro Misri mondo ongʼiew chiemo kuom Josef, nikech kech ne ngʼeny ahinya e piny mangima.
And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
