Genesis 50
1 Joseph went and hugged his father, weeping over him and kissing him.
Yosef tow ne ho hwee nʼagya so suu no, na ofew nʼano.
2 Then Joseph instructed the physicians who worked for him to embalm his father's body. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Ɛno akyi no, Yosef maa ne duruyɛfo bɛhyɛɛ nʼagya Israel akyenkyennuru, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔrensɛe. Enti oduruyɛfo no hyɛɛ no akyenkyennuru.
3 This took a full 40 days, the normal time for the process, and the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Wɔde adaduanan na ɛhyɛɛ Israel akyenkyennuru no, efisɛ saa nna dodow no na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde hyɛ no aduru no. Misraimfo suu no nnafua aduɔson.
4 Once the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to Pharaoh's officials, “If you'd be so kind, please speak to Pharaoh on my behalf, and explain to him that
Wosuu no wiee no, Yosef kasa kyerɛɛ Farao fifo se, “Sɛ manya mo anim anuonyam a, monka nkyerɛ Farao mma me se,
5 my father made me swear an oath, telling me, ‘You must bury me in the tomb I've prepared for myself in Canaan. Please allow me to go and bury my father and then I'll return.’”
‘Mʼagya ma mekaa ntam,’ na ɔkae se: Hwɛ, aka kakra na mawu. Enti sɛ miwu a, ɔboda a mʼankasa mitwaa wɔ Kanaan asase so no mu na munkosie me. ‘Enti momma me kwan mma minkosie mʼagya, na mɛsan aba.’”
6 Pharaoh replied, “Go and bury your father as he made you swear to do.”
Farao penee akwansrɛ no so, kae se, “Kɔ na kosie wʼagya, sɛnea ɔmaa wo kaa no ntam no.”
7 Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh's officials went with him—all Pharaoh's senior advisors and all the leaders of Egypt—
Enti Yosef kɔ kosiee nʼagya. Farao asomfo nyinaa ne ne mpanyimfo ne nʼatenankongua ne Misraim nnipa titiriw nyinaa kogyaa Yosef ayi
8 as well as Joseph's family, his brothers, and his father's family. They only left the small children and their flocks and herds back in Goshen.
kaa Yosef fifo nyinaa a ne nuabarimanom ne nʼagya fifo no ho. Wɔn mma ne wɔn nguan ne wɔn anantwi nko ara na wogyaw wɔn wɔ Gosen asase so hɔ.
9 They were accompanied by chariots and horsemen—a really large procession.
Nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔsotefo nso kaa wɔn ho kɔɔ ayi no bi. Nnipadɔm pa ara na wɔkɔe.
10 When they got to the threshing floor of Atad, on the other side of the Jordan, they wept loudly in sorrow. Joseph held a seven-day ceremony of mourning for his father there.
Woduu Atad a ne nkyerɛase ne baabi a wɔpo atoko, a ɛbɛn Asubɔnten Yordan no, wɔde nnanson twaa agyaadwo, yɛɛ Yosef agya Israel ayi kɛse wɔ hɔ.
11 The Canaanites who lived there watched the ceremony of mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. They said, “This is a very sad time of mourning for the Egyptians,” so they renamed the place Abel-mizraim, which is on the other side of the Jordan.
Bere a Kanaanfo a na wɔte asase no so huu sɛnea wosi yɛɛ ayi no wɔ Atad no, wɔkae se, “Eyi yɛ ayi kɛse bi a Misraimfo ayɛ.” Ɛno nti, Kanaanfo a wɔte asase no so no too hɔ din Abel-Misraim, a ne nkyerɛase ne Misraimfo reyɛ ayi kɛse.
12 Jacob's sons did what he had instructed them to do.
Enti Yakob mmabarima no yɛɛ sɛnea wɔn agya kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
13 They carried his body to Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Wɔsoaa no, de no kɔɔ Kanaan asase so, kosiee no wɔ ɔboda a ɛwɔ Makpela a ɛbɛn Mamrɛ afuw a na Abraham atɔ afi Hetini Efron nkyɛn de ayɛ amusiei no mu.
14 After they had buried their father, Joseph and his brothers returned to Egypt along with all those who had gone with them.
Yosef siee nʼagya wiee no, ɔne ne nuanom ne wɔn a wokogyaa no ayi no nyinaa san baa Misraim.
15 However, now that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers became worried, saying, “Maybe Joseph is holding a grudge against us, and he'll pay us back for all the bad things we did to him.”
Yosef agya wu akyi no, ne nuanom no de ehu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Sɛ ɛba sɛ Yosef da so wɔ yɛn ho menasepɔw, na otua yɛn bɔne ahorow a yɛayɛ no nyinaa so ka a, na yɛreyɛ no dɛn?”
16 So they sent a message to Joseph to tell him, “Before your father died, he gave this order,
Enti wotuu nnipa kɔɔ Yosef hɔ kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wʼagya kaa saa asɛm yi ansa na ɔrewu.
17 ‘This is what you are to tell Joseph: Forgive your brothers their sins, the bad things they did to you, treating you in such a nasty way.’ Now please forgive us our sins, we who are servants of the God of your father.” When Joseph received their message, he cried.
‘Asɛm yi na ɛsɛ sɛ moka kyerɛ Yosef: Mesrɛ wo, fa bɔne ahorow a wo nuanom ayɛ wo no nyinaa kyɛ wɔn.’ Enti afei mesrɛ wo, fa Onyankopɔn a wʼagya som no no nkoa bɔne kyɛ wɔn.” Bere a Yosef tee asɛm a ne nuanom no kae no, osui.
18 Then his brothers themselves came and fell down before Joseph and said, “We are your slaves!”
Yosef nuabarimanom no bɛtotow wɔn ho guguu nʼanim, kae se, “Yɛyɛ wo nkoa.”
19 “You don't need to be afraid!” he told them. “I don't stand in the place of God, do I?
Nanso Yosef ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munnsuro me! Meyɛ Onyankopɔn a metumi abu mo atɛn, atwe mo aso ana?
20 While you planned bad things for me, God planned it for good so that in the end many lives could be saved.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ moyɛɛ mo adwene sɛ mobɛyɛ me bɔne de, nanso na Onyankopɔn adwene ne sɛ, ɛbɛdan ade pa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obetumi agye nnipa dodow nkwa, sɛnea ɔreyɛ no nnɛ yi.
21 So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.
Enti munnsuro! Mʼankasa mede biribiara a ehia mo ne mo mma nyinaa bɛma mo.” Yosef nam saa kasakyerɛ yi so hyɛɛ wɔn bɔ sɛ, ɔrenyɛ wɔn bɔne biara.
22 Joseph remained in Egypt, together with his father's whole family. He lived to be 110,
Yosef ankasa ne ne nuanom ne nʼagya abusuafo nyinaa tenaa Misraim asase so. Odii mfe ɔha ne du ansa na ɔrewu.
23 and saw three generations of his son Ephraim, and the sons of Makir, Manasseh's son, were placed in his lap when they were born.
Yosef huu Efraim mma nena ne Manase ba Makir mma nso. Wɔwoo wɔn guu ne srɛ so.
24 “I'm going to die soon,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will be with you, and he will lead you out of this country to the land that he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Na, Yosef ka kyerɛɛ ne nuabarimanom no se, “Ɛrenkyɛ biara na mawu. Nanso Onyankopɔn bɛboa mo, ayi mo afi saa asase yi so, de mo akɔ bɔhyɛ asase a ɔkaa ho ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no so.”
25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, saying, “When God comes to be with you, you must take my bones with you when you leave.”
Yosef maa Israel mmabarima no kaa ntam, na Yosef kae se, “Nokware, Onyankopɔn bedi aboa mo. Sɛ miwu nso a, monsoa me nnompe mfi ha nkɔ Kanaan asase so.”
26 Joseph died when he was 110. After his body was embalmed, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Yosef dii mfe ɔha ne du, na owui. Wɔhyɛɛ no akyenkyennuru de no too funnaka mu wɔ Misraim.
