Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Sēkope ʻi he fonua naʻe ʻāunofo ki ai ʻene tamai, ʻio, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani.
2 This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Ko e hako eni ʻo Sēkope naʻe hongofulu ma fitu ʻae taʻu ʻo Siosefa, pea naʻe tauhi ʻe ia ʻae fanga manu, ʻo fakataha mo hono ngaahi taʻokete; pea naʻe nofo ʻae tama mo e ongo tama ʻa Pila, pea mo e fānau ʻa Silipa, ko e ongo sinifu ʻo ʻene tamai: pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Siosefa ki heʻene tamai ʻenau ongoongo kovi.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
Pea naʻe ʻofa lahi hake ʻa ʻIsileli kia Siosefa ʻi heʻene fānau kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ko hono foha ia ʻi heʻene motuʻa; pea ne ngaohi maʻana ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule.
4 When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Pea kuo mamata hono ngaahi taʻokete, ʻoku ʻofa lahi hake ʻenau tamai kiate ia, ʻi hono taʻokete kotoa pē, naʻa nau fehiʻa ai kiate ia, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau lea lelei kiate ia.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Pea misi ʻe Siosefa ʻae misi, pea ne tala ia ki hono ngaahi taʻokete; pea naʻe ʻāsili ai ʻenau fehiʻa kiate ia.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ou kole ke mou fanongo ki he misi ni, kuo u misi ʻaki;
7 “We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
He naʻa tau nonoʻo ʻae ngaahi u koane ʻi he ngoue, pea vakai, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻeku u koane, ʻo tuʻu totonu; pea vakai, ko hoʻomou ngaahi u koane naʻa nau tutuʻu hake ʻo takatakai ia, ʻo nau punou ki heʻeku u koane.”
8 “Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
Pea pehē ʻe hono ngaahi taʻokete kiate ia, “He ko e moʻoni te ke pule kiate kimautolu? Pea te ke mālohi kiate kimautolu?” Pea ʻāsili ai ʻenau fehiʻa kiate ia ʻi heʻene misi, mo ʻene ngaahi lea.
9 Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
Pea misi ia ʻae misi ʻe taha, pea ne tala ia ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, kuo u misi ʻae misi ʻe taha, pea vakai, ko e laʻā mo e māhina, mo e fetuʻu ʻe hongofulu ma taha, naʻa nau punou kiate au.”
10 He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Pea ne fakahā ki heʻene tamai, mo hono ngaahi taʻokete: pea valoki ia ʻe heʻene tamai, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻae misi ni kuo ke misi ʻaki? Ko e moʻoni ʻe pehē au mo hoʻo faʻē, mo ho ngaahi taʻokete, ke mau punou ʻakimautolu kiate koe, ki he kelekele?”
11 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Pea naʻe meheka ʻa hono ngaahi taʻokete kiate ia; ka naʻe tokanga ʻene tamai ki he lea.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hono ngaahi taʻokete ki Sikemi, ke fafanga ʻae fanga manu ʻa ʻenau tamai.
13 Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
Pea pehē ʻe ʻIsileli kia Siosefa, “ʻIkai ʻoku fafanga ʻe ho ngaahi taʻokete ʻae fanga manu ʻi Sikemi?” Haʻu, pea te u fekau koe kiate kinautolu. Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au eni.”
14 So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke ke ʻalu, ʻo vakai pe ʻoku lelei ʻa ho ngaahi taʻokete, pea lelei mo e fanga manu; pea ke haʻu ʻo tala mai.” Pea ne fekau ia mei he teleʻa ʻo Hepeloni ʻo ne hoko ki Sikemi.
15 and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Pea naʻe ʻilo ia ʻe he tangata ʻe taha, pea vakai, naʻe ʻalu he pe ia ʻi he fonua; pea fehuʻi ʻae tangata kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke kumi?”
16 “I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
Pea ne pehē, “ʻOku ou kumi hoku ngaahi taʻokete; ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, fakahā kiate au ʻae potu ʻoku nau fafanga ai ʻae fanga manu.”
17 “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
Pea pehēange ʻe he tangata, “Kuo nau ō, he naʻaku fanongo ki heʻenau pehē, Tau ō ki Totani.” Pea naʻe muimui ʻa Siosefa ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, pea ne ʻilo ʻakinautolu ʻi Totani.
18 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Pea kuo nau mamata kiate ia, ʻi heʻene kei mamaʻo, ʻi he teʻeki ke ne ofi kiate kinautolu, naʻa nau alea fakataha, ke tāmateʻi ia.
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
Pea naʻa nau fealēleaʻaki, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae faʻa misi ni.”
20 “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
Pea ko ia ke tau tāmateʻi ia pea lī ia ki ha luo, pea te tau pehē, kuo kai ia ʻe ha manu fekai; pea te tau vakai, pe ʻe hoko ʻo fēfē ʻene ngaahi misi.
21 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Pea fanongo ki ai ʻa Lupeni, ʻo ne fakahaofi ia mei honau nima; ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOua naʻa tau tāmateʻi ia.”
22 “Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
Pea pehē ʻe Lupeni kiate kinautolu, “ʻOua naʻa lingi toto, kae lī ia ki he luo ni, ʻoku ʻi he toafa, pea ʻoua naʻa ala ha nima kiate ia;” naʻa ne pehē koeʻuhi ke ne toʻo ia mei honau nima, ke toe ʻatu ia ki heʻene tamai.
23 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Pea kuo hoko atu ʻa Siosefa ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, pea pehē, naʻa nau toʻo ʻae kofutuʻa ʻo Siosefa meiate ia, ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule naʻe ʻiate ia;
24 grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
Pea nau ʻave ia ʻo lī ki he luo; pea naʻe maha pe ʻae luo, naʻe ʻikai ʻi ai ha vai.
25 They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
Pea nau nofo ki lalo ke kai mā: pea ʻi he hanga hake honau mata ʻo sio, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ʻae fononga ʻoe kakai ʻIsimeʻeli, naʻe haʻu mei Kiliate, mo e nau fanga kāmeli, naʻe fakaheka ki ai ʻae ngaahi ʻakau namu lelei, mo e pulu mo e pulu nanamu, ko e nau fetuku ia ki ʻIsipite.
26 “What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
Pea lea ʻa Siuta, ʻo pehē ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, “Ko e hā hono ʻaonga, ʻo ʻetau tāmateʻi hotau tehina, pea fufū hono toto?
27 Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
Haʻu, ke tau fakatau ia ki he kau ʻIsimeʻeli, kaeʻoua naʻa ʻiate ia hotau nima: he ko hotau tehina ia mo hotau kakano.” Pea loto ki ai ʻa hono ngaahi taʻokete.
28 So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
Pea ʻalu ʻo ofi ki ai ʻae kakai Mitiani ko e kau fakatau: pea naʻa nau toho hake ʻa Siosefa mei he luo, pea nau fakatau ʻa Siosefa ki he kau ʻIsimeʻeli, ʻaki ʻae konga siliva ʻe uofulu; pea naʻa nau ʻave ʻa Siosefa ki ʻIsipite.
29 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Pea toe ʻalu ʻa Lupeni ki he luo pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai ʻi he luo ʻa Siosefa pea haehae ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu.
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
Pea toe haʻu ia ki hono ngaahi tokoua, ʻo ne pehē, “Kuo ʻikai ʻae tama; pea ko au, te u ʻalu ki fē?”
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Pea naʻa nau toʻo ʻae kofutuʻa ʻo Siosefa, ʻo nau tāmateʻi ʻae ʻuhikiʻi kosi, ʻo nau unu ʻae kofutuʻa ʻi he toto:
32 Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
Pea nau fekau ke ʻave ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule ki heʻenau tamai; ʻo nau pehē, “Kuo mau ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni; pea ke vakai, pe ko e kofutuʻa ʻo ho foha pe ʻikai.”
33 His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
Pea ne ʻilo ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e kofutuʻa ia ʻo hoku foha; kuo kai ia ʻe he manu fekai; kuo haehae nai, ʻo fakaikiiki ʻa Siosefa.”
34 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
Pea haehae ʻe Sēkope hono ngaahi kofu, pea ne ai ʻae tauangaʻa, pea ne tēngihia hono foha ʻo ʻaho lahi.
35 All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
Pea tuʻu hake hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine ke nau fakafiemālieʻi ia; ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali ʻae fakafiemālie; pea ne pehē, “He te u ʻalu hifo tangi pe ki he faʻitoka ki hoku foha.” Naʻe pehē ʻae tangi ʻa ʻene tamai koeʻuhi ko ia. (Sheol h7585)
36 In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
Pea naʻe fakatau ia ʻe he kakai Mitiani ki ʻIsipite, kia Potifa, ko e matāpule ʻa Felo, ko e pule ʻoe kau leʻo.
