Genesis 47

1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

١ فَأَتَى يُوسُفُ وَأَخبَرَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَالَ: «أَبِي وَإِخْوَتِي وَغَنَمُهُمْ وَبَقَرُهُمْ وَكُلُّ مَا لَهُمْ جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَهُوَذَا هُمْ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

2 And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

٢ وَأَخَذَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ إِخْوَتِهِ خَمْسَةَ رِجَالٍ وَأَوْقَفَهُمْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ.

3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

٣ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «مَا صِنَاعَتُكُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «عَبِيدُكَ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا جَمِيعًا».

4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

٤ وَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «جِئْنَا لِنَتَغَرَّبَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، إِذْ لَيْسَ لِغَنَمِ عَبِيدِكَ مَرْعًى، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ شَدِيدٌ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَٱلْآنَ لِيَسْكُنْ عَبِيدُكَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

٥ فَكَلَّمَ فِرْعَوْنُ يُوسُفَ قَائِلًا: «أَبُوكَ وَإِخْوَتُكَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ.

6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

٦ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ قُدَّامَكَ. فِي أَفْضَلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَسْكِنْ أَبَاكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ، لِيَسْكُنُوا فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَإِنْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ بَيْنَهُمْ ذَوُو قُدْرَةٍ، فَٱجْعَلْهُمْ رُؤَسَاءَ مَوَاشٍ عَلَى ٱلَّتِي لِي».

7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

٧ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يُوسُفُ يَعْقُوبَ أَبَاهُ وَأَوْقَفَهُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ. وَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ.

8 And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

٨ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «كَمْ هِيَ أَيَّامُ سِنِي حَيَاتِكَ؟»

9 And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

٩ فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «أَيَّامُ سِنِي غُرْبَتِي مِئَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً. قَلِيلَةً وَ رَدِيَّةً كَانَتْ أَيَّامُ سِنِي حَيَاتِي، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ إِلَى أَيَّامِ سِنِي حَيَاةِ آبَائِي فِي أَيَّامِ غُرْبَتِهِمْ».

10 And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.

١٠ وَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ.

11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

١١ فَأَسْكَنَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ مُلْكًا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي أَفْضَلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فِي أَرْضِ رَعَمْسِيسَ كَمَا أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ.

12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

١٢ وَعَالَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِطَعَامٍ عَلَى حَسَبِ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ.

13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

١٣ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ خُبْزٌ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ كَانَ شَدِيدًا جِدًّا. فَخَوَّرَتْ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ وَأَرْضُ كَنْعَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْجُوعِ.

14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

١٤ فَجَمَعَ يُوسُفُ كُلَّ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ بِٱلْقَمْحِ ٱلَّذِي ٱشْتَرُوا، وَجَاءَ يُوسُفُ بِٱلْفِضَّةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

١٥ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ أَتَى جَمِيعُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ إِلَى يُوسُفَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطِنَا خُبْزًا، فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ قُدَّامَكَ؟ لِأَنْ لَيْسَ فِضَّةٌ أَيْضًا».

16 And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

١٦ فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ: «هَاتُوا مَوَاشِيَكُمْ فَأُعْطِيَكُمْ بِمَوَاشِيكُمْ، إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِضَّةٌ أَيْضًا».

17 So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

١٧ فَجَاءُوا بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ إِلَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ يُوسُفُ خُبْزًا بِٱلْخَيْلِ وَبِمَوَاشِي ٱلْغَنَمِ وَٱلْبَقَرِ وَبِٱلْحَمِيرِ. فَقَاتَهُمْ بِٱلْخُبْزِ تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةَ بَدَلَ جَمِيعِ مَوَاشِيهِمْ.

18 And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;

١٨ وَلَمَّا تَمَّتْ تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةُ أَتَوْا إِلَيْهِ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْثَّانِيَةِ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَا نُخْفِي عَنْ سَيِّدِي أَنَّهُ إِذْ قَدْ فَرَغَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ، وَمَوَاشِي ٱلْبَهَائِمِ عِنْدَ سَيِّدِي، لَمْ يَبْقَ قُدَّامَ سَيِّدِي إِلَا أَجْسَادُنَا وَأَرْضُنَا.

19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

١٩ لِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْنُ وَأَرْضُنَا جَمِيعًا؟ اِشْتَرِنَا وَأَرْضَنَا بِٱلْخُبْزِ، فَنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ وَأَرْضُنَا عَبِيدًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ، وَأَعْطِ بِذَارًا لِنَحْيَا وَلَا نَمُوتَ وَلَا تَصِيرَ أَرْضُنَا قَفْرًا».

20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

٢٠ فَٱشْتَرَى يُوسُفُ كُلَّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ، إِذْ بَاعَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَقْلَهُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ ٱشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَصَارَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

21 And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.

٢١ وَأَمَّا ٱلشَّعْبُ فَنَقَلَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمُدُنِ مِنْ أَقْصَى حَدِّ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَقْصَاهُ.

22 Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.

٢٢ إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ لَمْ يَشْتَرِهَا، إِذْ كَانَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ فَرِيضَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَأَكَلُوا فَرِيضَتَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ، لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يَبِيعُوا أَرْضَهُمْ.

23 Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.

٢٣ فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنِّي قَدِ ٱشْتَرَيْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَأَرْضَكُمْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. هُوَذَا لَكُمْ بِذَارٌ فَتَزْرَعُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ.

24 And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.

٢٤ وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ ٱلْغَلَّةِ أَنَّكُمْ تُعْطُونَ خُمْسًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ، وَٱلْأَرْبَعَةُ ٱلْأَجْزَاءُ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ بِذَارًا لِلْحَقْلِ، وَطَعَامًا لَكُمْ وَلِمَنْ فِي بْيُوتِكُمْ، وَطَعَامًا لِأَوْلَادِكُمْ».

25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

٢٥ فَقَالُوا: «أَحْيَيْتَنَا. لَيْتَنَا نَجِدُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي فَنَكُونَ عَبِيدًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ».

26 Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.

٢٦ فَجَعَلَهَا يُوسُفُ فَرْضًا عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ: لِفِرْعَوْنَ ٱلْخُمْسُ. إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُمْ لَمْ تَصِرْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

27 And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

٢٧ وَسَكَنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ، وَتَمَلَّكُوا فِيهَا وَأَثْمَرُوا وَكَثُرُوا جِدًّا.

28 And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

٢٨ وَعَاشَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ سَبْعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً. فَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ يَعْقُوبَ، سِنُو حَيَاتِهِ مِئَةً وَسَبْعًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

29 And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

٢٩ وَلَمَّا قَرُبَتْ أَيَّامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ دَعَا ٱبْنَهُ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ فَخْذِي وَٱصْنَعْ مَعِي مَعْرُوفًا وَأَمَانَةً: لَا تَدْفِنِّي فِي مِصْرَ،

30 But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.

٣٠ بَلْ أَضْطَجِعُ مَعَ آبَائِي، فَتَحْمِلُنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ وَتَدْفِنُنِي فِي مَقْبَرَتِهِمْ». فَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَفْعَلُ بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِكَ».

31 And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

٣١ فَقَالَ: «ٱحْلِفْ لِي». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ. فَسَجَدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلسَّرِيرِ.