< Genesis 47 >

1 And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, 'My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, 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 out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;
Jozèf te pran senk nan frè l' yo avèk li, li prezante yo bay farawon an.
3 and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, 'What [are] your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, 'Thy servants [are] feeders of a flock, 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 say unto Pharaoh, 'To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous [is] the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, 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 speaketh unto Joseph, saying, 'Thy father and thy brethren have come unto 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; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell — they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.'
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 bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.
Apre sa, Jozèf fè papa l' vini, li prezante l' bay farawon an. Lè Jakòb fin di farawon an bonjou,
8 And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, 'How many [are] the days of the years of thy life?'
farawon an mande l': -Ki laj ou?
9 And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojournings [are] an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'
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 blesseth Pharaoh, and goeth out from before Pharaoh.
Jakòb di farawon an orevwa, epi li ale.
11 And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh 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 nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.
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 is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because 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 gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.
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 the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, 'Give to us bread — why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?'
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 saith, 'Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.'
Jozèf di yo: -Si nou pa gen lajan, mennen bèt nou yo vini, n'a boukante yo pou manje.
17 And they bring in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph giveth to them bread, for the horses, and for the cattle of the flock, and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses; and he tendeth them with bread, for all their cattle, during 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 that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, 'We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle [is] unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;
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 do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not 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 And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh 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 as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end.
Jozèf fè tout moun toupatou nan peyi a tounen esklav farawon an.
22 Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.
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 And Joseph saith unto the people, 'Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,
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 hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who [are] in your houses, and for food for your infants.'
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 say, 'Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'
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 setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath 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 dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply 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 liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.
Jakòb pase disèt lanne nan peyi Lejip. Li te rive gen sankarannsèt (147) lanne sou tèt li.
29 And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calleth for his son, for Joseph, and saith to him, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and thou hast done with me kindness and truth; 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 and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.' And he saith, 'I — I do according to thy word;'
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 saith, 'Swear to me;' and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on 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.

< Genesis 47 >