< Genesis 47 >
1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan. And, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Apre sa, Jozèf al avèti farawon an li di l': -Men papa m' ak frè m' yo rive soti nan peyi Kanaran, yo vini ak mouton yo, bèf yo ak tout sa yo genyen. Koulye a menm yo Gochenn.
2 And he took five men from among his brothers, and presented them to Pharaoh.
Jozèf te pran senk nan frè l' yo avèk li, li prezante yo bay farawon an.
3 And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
Farawon an di yo konsa: -Ki metye nou? Yo reponn li: -Metye nou se gade bèt tankou zansèt nou yo.
4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Apre sa, yo di farawon an: -Nou vin pou nou ka rete nan peyi a, paske pa gen manje ankò nan peyi nou pou bèt yo manje. Lèfini, grangou a rèd anpil nan peyi Kanaran. Tanpri, ban nou pèmisyon pou nou rete nan peyi Gochenn lan.
5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brothers have come to thee.
Farawon an di Jozèf: -Men papa ou ak frè ou yo vin jwenn ou isit la.
6 The land of Egypt is before thee. Make thy father and thy brothers to dwell in the best of the land; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. And if thou know any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
tout peyi Lejip la la devan ou. Chwazi pi bon tè nan peyi a, ba yo l' pou rete. Yo mèt rete sou tè Gochenn lan. Epi, si ou konnen gen nan mitan yo moun ki kapab pran swen bèt pa m' yo, ou mèt ba yo bèt mwen yo gade.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Apre sa, Jozèf fè papa l' vini, li prezante l' bay farawon an. Lè Jakòb fin di farawon an bonjou,
8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
farawon an mande l': -Ki laj ou?
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Jakòb reponn li: -Mwen gen santrantan (130 an) depi m'ap moute desann sou latè. Men, mwen poko prèt pou m' rive laj zansèt mwen yo te rive lè yo t'ap fè moute desann pa yo. Mwen pa gen anpil laj, se vre. Men, mwen pa manke bat mizè.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Jakòb di farawon an orevwa, epi li ale.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Jozèf fè papa l' ak frè l' yo rete nan peyi Lejip. Li ba yo tè bò lavil Ranmsès, jan farawon an te mande l' la. Li ba yo yon bon tè nan peyi a.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Jozèf te bay papa l', frè l' yo ak tout fanmi yo kantite manje yo te bezwen pou mezi timoun yo te genyen.
13 And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Grangou a te rèd anpil toupatou. pa t' gen manje ankò. Moun peyi Lejip ak moun peyi Kanaran yo t'ap fin deperi anba grangou a.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Jozèf te fin ranmase dènye lajan moun peyi Lejip ak moun peyi Kanaran te genyen nan vann yo ble. Li pote tout lajan an lakay farawon an.
15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence? For our money fails.
Lè tout lajan moun yo fini nan peyi Lejip ak nan peyi Kanaran, tout moun peyi Lejip yo vin jwenn Jozèf, yo di l': -Ban nou manje non, souple. Pa kite nou mouri. Fè kichòy pou nou, nou pa gen lajan ankò.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, if money fails.
Jozèf di yo: -Si nou pa gen lajan, mennen bèt nou yo vini, n'a boukante yo pou manje.
17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
Se konsa, yo mennen bèt yo bay Jozèf pou fè boukantay. Li ba yo manje, yo ba li chwal, bèf, mouton, bourik. Pandan tout lanne a, li boukante manje ak yo pou valè bèt yo te genyen.
18 And when that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent, and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
Apre lanne a fin pase, yo tounen bò kote Jozèf ankò. Yo di li: -Nou p'ap kapab kache ou sa, mèt. Lajan nou fini nèt. Nou deja ba ou tout bèt nou te genyen. Koulye a, mèt, se tè nou yo ak pwòp tèt nou ase ki rete pou n' ba ou.
19 Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land not be desolate.
Pa kite nou mouri. Fè kichòy pou nou! Pa kite nou pèdi tè nou yo. Fè pri pou nou menm ansanm ak tout tè nou yo. N'ap tounen esklav farawon an. Tè nou yo va pou li tou. Men, ban nou plan pou nou simen nan jaden nou yo pou nou pa mouri, pou tè a pa fin tounen savann.
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians, every man, sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. And the land became Pharaoh's.
Se konsa Jozèf achte tout tè Lejip la pou farawon an. tout moun peyi Lejip yo te vann li tè yo paske grangou a t'ap fini ak yo. tout peyi a vini pou farawon an.
21 And as for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
Jozèf fè tout moun toupatou nan peyi a tounen esklav farawon an.
22 Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land.
Se te prèt yo ase li pa t' manyen. Prèt yo pa t' bezwen tè pou yo manje, paske, dapre yon lwa ki gen nan peyi a, se farawon an menm ki te toujou peye yo. Se ak lajan sa a yo te viv.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Jozèf di pèp la: -Jòdi a, mwen achte nou ansanm ak tout tè nou yo pou farawon an. Men grenn m'ap ban nou pou nou plante nan jaden nou yo.
24 And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Lè sezon rekòt la va rive, n'a bay farawon an yon senkyèm (1/5) nan tou sa nou rekòlte. Rès la va pou nou, pou nou plante nan jaden nou yo, pou nou manje nou menm ansanm ak pitit nou yo ak tout moun ki lakay nou.
25 And they said, Thou have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Yo reponn li: -Ou sove lavi nou! Sèl sa nou mande ou, se pou ou aji byen ak nou. N'ap rete esklav farawon an.
26 And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.
Se konsa, Jozèf te pase yon regleman pou tout peyi Lejip la: dapre regleman sa a ki la jouk koulye a toujou, se pou yo bay farawon an yon senkyèm sou chak rekòt. Se sèlman tè prèt yo ki pa t' pou farawon an.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Moun Izrayèl yo te rete nan peyi Lejip sou tè Gochenn lan. Yo vin gen anpil byen. Yo te fè anpil anpil pitit. Yo t'ap fè toujou.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty-seven years.
Jakòb pase disèt lanne nan peyi Lejip. Li te rive gen sankarannsèt (147) lanne sou tèt li.
29 And the time drew near that Israel must die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt,
Lè sa a, Izrayèl vin wè li pa t' gen lontan pou l' viv ankò. Li fè rele Jozèf, pitit li a, li di l' konsa: -Si ou renmen m' vre, tanpri, fè m' sèman. Mete men ou nan fant janm mwen, pwomèt mwen w'ap kenbe pawòl ou, ou p'ap janm trayi m'. Tanpri, pa antere m' nan peyi Lejip.
30 but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as thou have said.
Mwen vle pou yo antere m' menm kote ak zansèt mwen yo, lè m aval jwenn fanmi mwen yo ki mouri deja a. Se pou ou pran kadav mwen, pote l' soti peyi Lejip, al antere l' nan kavo fanmi m' yo. Jozèf reponn li: -m'a fè jan ou mande m' lan.
31 And he said, Swear to me, and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.
Men, Jakòb di Jozèf konsa: -Fè m' sèman w'ap fè sa pou mwen! Jozèf sèmante ba li. Apre sa, Izrayèl bese kouche nan kabann li.