< Genesis 41 >
1 A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
Nígbà tí odindi ọdún méjì sì ti kọjá, Farao lá àlá: ó rí ara rẹ̀ tó dúró ní etí odò Naili.
2 He saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
Nígbà náà ni màlúù méje jáde láti inú odò, wọ́n dára láti wò, wọ́n sì sanra, wọ́n sì ń jẹ koríko.
3 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.
Lẹ́yìn àwọn wọ̀nyí, ni àwọn màlúù méje mìíràn tí kò lẹ́wà tí ó sì rù jáde wá láti inú odò Naili, wọ́n sì dúró ti àwọn méje tí ó sanra tí ó wà ní bèbè odò náà.
4 Then the ugly, skinny cows ate the well-fed, healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
Àwọn màlúù tí ó rù, tí kò sì lẹ́wà sì gbé àwọn tí ó lẹ́wà tí ó sanra jẹ. Nígbà náà ni Farao jí.
5 Pharaoh fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven heads of grain were growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
Ó sì tún padà sùn, ó sì lá àlá mìíràn: ó rí síírí ọkà méje tí ó kún, ó yómọ, ó sì dára, ó sì jáde lára igi ọkà kan ṣoṣo.
6 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, thin and dried by the east wind.
Lẹ́yìn wọn ni síírí ọkà méje mìíràn yọ, wọn kò yómọ, afẹ́fẹ́ ìlà-oòrùn ti rẹ̀ ẹ́ dànù.
7 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.
Àwọn síírí ọkà méje tí kò yómọ (ọmọ rẹ̀ kò tóbi) wọ̀nyí sì gbé àwọn tí ó yómọ (ọmọ rẹ̀ tóbi) mì. Nígbà náà ni Farao jí lójú oorun, ó sì rí i pé àlá ni.
8 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.
Ní òwúrọ̀, ọkàn rẹ̀ dàrú, nítorí náà, ó ránṣẹ́ pe gbogbo àwọn onídán àti ọ̀mọ̀ran ilẹ̀ Ejibiti. Farao rọ́ àlá rẹ̀ fún wọn, ṣùgbọ́n kò rí ọ̀kan nínú wọn tí ó le sọ ìtumọ̀ àlá náà fún un.
9 But then the chief cupbearer spoke up. “Today I've just remembered a bad mistake I've made,” he explained.
Nígbà náà ni olórí agbọ́tí wí fún Farao pé, “Lónìí ni mo rántí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
10 “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.
Nígbà kan tí Farao bínú sí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, tí ó sì fi èmi àti olórí alásè sínú ẹ̀wọ̀n ní ilé olórí ẹ̀ṣọ́.
11 We each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.
Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wa lá àlá, àlá kọ̀ọ̀kan sì ní ìtumọ̀ tirẹ̀.
12 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.
Ọmọkùnrin ará Heberu kan tí ó jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ olórí ẹ̀ṣọ́ wà níbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú wa. A rọ́ àwọn àlá wa fún un, ó sì túmọ̀ wọn fún wa, ó sọ ìtumọ̀ àlá ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan fún un.
13 Everything happened just as he said it would—I was given back my job and the baker was hanged.”
Bí ó sì ti túmọ̀ àlá wọ̀nyí náà ni ohun gbogbo rí. A dá mi padà sí ipò mi, a sì so ọkùnrin kejì kọ́ sórí ọ̀wọ̀n.”
14 Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the prison. After he'd shaved and changed his clothes, he was presented to Pharaoh.
Nítorí náà Farao ránṣẹ́ pe Josẹfu, wọn sì mú un wá kíákíá láti inú ìhámọ́. Nígbà tí ó fá irun rẹ̀, tí ó sì pààrọ̀ aṣọ rẹ̀, ó wá síwájú Farao.
15 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.”
Farao wí fún Josẹfu, “Mo lá àlá kan, kò sì sí ẹni tí o le è túmọ̀ rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n mo ti gbọ́ nípa rẹ pé bí o bá ti gbọ́ àlá, o le è túmọ̀ rẹ̀.”
16 “It's not me who can do this,” Joseph replied. “But God will explain its meaning to set Your Majesty's mind at rest.”
Josẹfu dá Farao ní ohùn pé, “Kì í ṣe agbára mi, ṣùgbọ́n, Ọlọ́run ni yóò fi ìdáhùn àlàáfíà fún Farao ní ìtumọ̀ àlá náà.”
17 Pharaoh explained to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.
Nígbà náà ni Farao wí fún Josẹfu pé, “Ní inú àlá mi, mo dúró ni etí bèbè odò Naili,
18 I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
sì kíyèsi i, màlúù méje tí ó sanra tí o sì lẹ́wà jáde wá, wọ́n sì ń jẹ koríko ní tòsí ibẹ̀.
19 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!
Lẹ́yìn wọn, màlúù méje mìíràn jáde wá, wọ́n rù hángógó, wọn kò sì lẹ́wà tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí n kò tí ì rí irú màlúù tí ó ṣe àìlẹ́wà tó bẹ́ẹ̀ rí ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
20 These skinny, ugly cows ate the first seven healthy-looking cows.
Àwọn màlúù tí ó rù tí kò sì lẹ́wà sì jẹ àwọn màlúù tí ó sanra tí ó kọ́ jáde nínú odò.
21 But afterwards you couldn't tell they'd eaten them because they looked just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.
Ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n jẹ́ wọ́n tan, kò sì ẹni tí ó le mọ̀ pé wọ́n jẹ ohunkóhun, nítorí wọn kò sanra sí i, wọn sì bùrẹ́wà síbẹ̀. Nígbà náà ni mo tají.
22 Then I fell asleep again. In my second dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
“Ní ojú àlá mi, mo tún rí síírí ọkà méje tí ó yó ọmọ tí ó sì dára, wọ́n jáde láti ara igi ọkà kan.
23 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.
Lẹ́yìn wọn, àwọn méje mìíràn yọ jáde, tí kò yó ọmọ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni afẹ́fẹ́ ìlà-oòrùn ti rẹ̀ ẹ́ dànù tán.
24 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.”
Àwọn síírí ọkà méje tí kò yómọ sì gbé àwọn méje tí ó dára wọ̀nyí mì. Mo sọ àlá yìí fún àwọn onídán mi, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó le túmọ̀ rẹ̀ fún mi.”
25 “Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
Nígbà náà ni Josẹfu wí fún Farao, “Ìtumọ̀ kan náà ni àwọn àlá méjèèjì ní. Ọlọ́run fi ohun tí ó fẹ́ ṣe hàn fún Farao.
26 The seven good cows and the seven good heads of grain represent seven good years of harvest. The dreams mean the same thing.
Àwọn màlúù méje ti ó dára jẹ́ ọdún méje, síírí ọkà méje tí ó dára náà sì jẹ́ ọdún méje: ọ̀kan ṣoṣo ni wọn, àlá kan náà ni.
27 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.
Àwọn màlúù méje tí kò sanra, tí kò sì rẹwà tí ó jáde gbẹ̀yìn jẹ́ ọdún méje, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni síírí ọkà méje tí kò dára, tí afẹ́fẹ́ ìlà-oòrùn ti rẹ̀ dànù tan, wọn jẹ́ ọdún méje tí ìyàn yóò fi mú.
28 It's just as I told Your Majesty—God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
“Bí mo ti wí fún Farao ní ìṣáájú náà ni: Ọlọ́run fi ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ han Farao.
29 There are going to be seven years with plenty of food produced throughout the whole country of Egypt.
Ọdún méje tí oúnjẹ yóò pọ̀ yanturu ń bọ̀ wà ní Ejibiti.
30 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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ọdún méje mìíràn tí ìyàn yóò mú ń bọ̀, nígbà náà ni a ó tilẹ̀ gbàgbé gbogbo ọ̀pọ̀ ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, ìyàn yóò sì run gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà.
31 The time of plenty will be completely forgotten because the famine that follows it will be so terrible.
A kò ní rántí àsìkò ọ̀pọ̀ oúnjẹ yanturu náà mọ́ nítorí pé ìyàn tí yóò tẹ̀lé e yóò pọ̀ púpọ̀.
32 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.
Ìdí tí Ọlọ́run fi fi àlá náà han fún Farao ní ọ̀nà méjì ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ ni pé, Ọlọ́run ti pinnu pé yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ dandan, àti pé kò ni pẹ́ tí Ọlọ́run yóò fi ṣe é.
33 So Your Majesty should choose a man with insight and wisdom, and put him in charge of the whole country of Egypt.
“Ìmọ̀ràn mi ni wí pé, jẹ́ kí Farao wá ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn kan ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, kí ó sì fi ṣe alákòóso iṣẹ́ àgbẹ̀ ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
34 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.
Kí Farao sì yan àwọn alábojútó láti máa gba ìdámárùn-ún ìkórè oko ilẹ̀ Ejibiti ní àsìkò ọdún méje ọ̀pọ̀.
35 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.
Kí wọn kó gbogbo oúnjẹ ilẹ̀ náà ni àwọn ọdún méje ọ̀pọ̀ yìí, kí wọn sì kó àwọn ọkà tí wọn jẹ ṣẹ́kù pamọ́ lábẹ́ àṣẹ Farao. Kí a kó wọn pamọ́ ni àwọn ìlú fún jíjẹ.
36 This will be a food reserve for the country during the seven years of famine so that the people won't die of starvation.”
Kí wọn kó oúnjẹ náà pamọ́ fún orílẹ̀-èdè yìí, kí a ba à le lò ó ni ọdún méje tí ìyàn yóò fi jà ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, kí ìyàn náà má ba à pa orílẹ̀-èdè yìí run.”
37 Pharaoh and all his officials thought Joseph's proposal was a good idea.
Èrò náà sì dára lójú Farao àti àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀.
38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Where can we find a man like this who has the spirit of God in him?”
Farao sì bi wọ́n pé, “Ǹjẹ́ a le rí ẹnikẹ́ni bi ọkùnrin yìí, nínú ẹni tí ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run ń gbé?”
39 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,
Nígbà náà ni Farao wí fún Josẹfu, “Níwọ́n bí Ọlọ́run ti fi gbogbo èyí hàn ọ́, kò sí ẹni náà tí ó gbọ́n tí ó sì mọ̀ràn bí i tìrẹ ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti yìí,
40 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.”
ìwọ yóò ṣe àkóso ààfin mi gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn gbọdọ̀ tẹríba fún àṣẹ ẹ̀ rẹ. Ìtẹ́ mi nìkan ni èmi yóò fi jù ọ́ lọ.”
41 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Look, I'm putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Farao wí fún Josẹfu pé, “Mo fi ọ́ ṣe alábojútó gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.”
42 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.
Farao sì bọ́ òrùka èdìdì ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì fi wọ Josẹfu ó wọ̀ ọ́ ní aṣọ ọ̀gbọ̀ dáradára, ó sì fi ẹ̀gbà tí ó dára sí i lọ́rùn.
43 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.
Ó sì mú un kí ó gun kẹ̀kẹ́-ẹṣin bí igbákejì ara rẹ̀, àwọn ènìyàn sì ń pariwo níwájú rẹ̀ pé, “Ẹ yàgò lọ́nà.” Báyìí ni ó sì fi ṣe alábojútó gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
44 Then Pharaoh told Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody will lift a hand or a foot anywhere in the whole country.”
Nígbà náà ni Farao wí fún Josẹfu pé, “Èmi ni Farao. Ṣùgbọ́n láìsí àṣẹ rẹ, ẹnikẹ́ni kò gbọdọ̀ ṣe ohunkóhun ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.”
45 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.
Farao sì sọ Josẹfu ní orúkọ yìí Safenati-Panea (èyí tí ó túmọ̀ sí ẹni tí ó ni agbára ikú àti ìyè ní ìkáwọ́ bí òrìṣà). Ó sì fun un ní Asenati ọmọ Potifẹra, alábojútó òrìṣà Oni, gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya. Josẹfu sì rin gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti já.
46 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.
Ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni Josẹfu nígbà tí ó wọ iṣẹ́ Farao ọba Ejibiti. Josẹfu sì jáde kúrò níwájú Farao, ó sì ṣe ìbẹ̀wò káàkiri gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
47 During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.
Ní ọdún méje ọ̀pọ̀, ilẹ̀ náà so èso lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.
48 He collected all the food during the seven good years, and he stored the grain produced in the local fields in each town.
Josẹfu kó gbogbo oúnjẹ tí a pèsè ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti ní ọdún méje ọ̀pọ̀ yìí, ó sì pa wọ́n mọ́ sí àwọn ìlú. Ní ìlú kọ̀ọ̀kan ni ó kó gbogbo oúnjẹ tí wọ́n gbìn ní àyíká ìlú wọn sí.
49 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!
Josẹfu pa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọkà mọ́ bí iyanrìn Òkun; ó pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́ẹ́ tí kò ṣe àkọsílẹ̀ mọ́ nítorí, ó tayọ kíkà.
50 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.
Kí ó tó di pé ọdún ìyàn dé, Asenati ọmọ Potifẹra alábojútó Oni bí ọmọkùnrin méjì fún Josẹfu.
51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”
Josẹfu sọ orúkọ àkọ́bí rẹ̀ ni Manase, ó sì wí pé, “Nítorí tí Ọlọ́run ti mú mi gbàgbé gbogbo ìdààmú mi àti gbogbo ilé baba mi.”
52 His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the country of my misery.”
Ó sì sọ orúkọ èkejì ní Efraimu, ó sì wí pé, “Nítorí pé Ọlọ́run fún mi ní ọmọ ní ilẹ̀ ìpọ́njú mi.”
53 The seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end,
Ọdún méje ọ̀pọ̀ oúnjẹ sì wá sí òpin ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti,
54 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.
ọdún méje ìyàn sì bẹ̀rẹ̀, bí Josẹfu ti wí gan an. Ìyàn sì mú ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tókù, ṣùgbọ́n oúnjẹ wà ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
55 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.”
Nígbà tí àwọn ará Ejibiti bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní rí ipá ìyàn náà, wọ́n kígbe sí Farao. Nígbà náà ni Farao wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ lọ bá Josẹfu, ẹ ṣe ohun tí ó bá wí fún un yín.”
56 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,
Nígbà tí ìyàn sì ti tàn ká gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà, Josẹfu ṣí inú àká, ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní ta ọkà fún àwọn ènìyàn, nítorí ìyàn náà mú gan an ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
57 in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.
Gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè sì ń wá sí Ejibiti láti ra oúnjẹ lọ́wọ́ Josẹfu, nítorí ìyàn náà pọ̀ gidigidi káàkiri gbogbo ayé.