Mose 1 46
1 Ale Israel dze mɔ kple eƒe nuwo katã, eye esi wòva ɖo Beerseba la, esa vɔ na fofoa Isak ƒe Mawu.
And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,
2 Le zã me la, Mawu ƒo nu na Israel le ŋutega me. Mawu yɔe be, “Yakob! Yakob!” Yakob tɔ be, “Nyee nye esi.”
he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.”
3 Gbe la gblɔ be, “Nyee nye Mawu, fofowò ƒe Mawu, mègavɔ̃ na Egipte yiyi o, elabena mana nàzu dukɔ gã aɖe le afi ma.
God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Mayi Egipte kpli wò, eye magakplɔ wò agbɔe godoo, eye Yosef ŋutɔ ƒe asi amia wò ŋkuwo.”
I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.
5 Ale Yakob dzo le Beerseba, eye Israel ƒe viwo kɔe kple wo viwo kpakple wo srɔ̃wo ɖe tasiaɖam siwo Farao na wo la me yi Egipte.
Then Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And his sons took him, with their little ones and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry the old man,
6 Wotsɔ woƒe lãwo kple nu siwo katã wokpɔ le Kanaanyigba dzi la ɖe asi yi Egipte.
along with all that he possessed in the land of Canaan. And he arrived in Egypt with all his offspring:
7 Wokplɔ Yakob kple via ŋutsuwo, via nyɔnuwo, tɔgbuiyɔvia ŋutsuwo kple tɔgbuiyɔvia nyɔnuwo siaa yi Egipte.
his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.
8 Israel alo Yakob ƒe viwo kple eƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi siwo yi Egipte kplii la woe nye: Ruben, Yakob ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔ.
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben.
9 Ruben ƒe viwo: Hanok, Palu, Hezron kple Karmi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.
10 Simeon ƒe viŋutsuwo: Yemuel, Yamin, Ohad, Yakin, Zohar kple Saul. Kanaan nyɔnu aɖee nye Saul dada.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ƒe viŋutsuwo: Gerson, Kohat, Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari.
12 Yuda ƒe viŋutsuwo: Er, Onan, Sela, Perez, Zera. (Ke Er kple Onan ku le Kanaan do ŋgɔ na Israel ƒe ʋuʋu yi Egipte.) Perez ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Hezron kple Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah. Now Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And sons were born to Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
13 Isaka ƒe viŋutsuwo: Tola, Puva, Yob, Simrɔn.
The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron.
14 Zebulon ƒe viŋutsuwo: Sered, Elon, Yahlil.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
15 Esiawoe nye viŋutsu siwo Lea dzi na Yakob le Padan Aram, kpe ɖe via nyɔnuvi Dina ŋu. Viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu siawo katã le blaetɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore, along with his daughter Dinah, in Mesopotamia of Syria. All the souls of her sons and daughters are thirty-three.
16 Gad ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Zefon, Hagi, Suni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi kple Areli.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, and Shuni and Ezbon, and Eri and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Aser ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Imna, Isva, Isvi kple Beria. Wo nɔvinyɔnu ŋkɔe nye Sera. Beria ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Heber kple Malkiel.
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Jesua, and Jessui and Beriah, and also their sister Sarah. The sons of Beria: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Ame wuiade siawo nye Yakob kple Zilpa, kosi si Lea fofo Laban tsɔ na Lea la ƒe viŋutsuwo.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. And these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.
19 Esiawoe nye Yakob ƒe viŋutsu siwo srɔ̃a Rahel dzi nɛ: Yosef kple Benyamin.
The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Yosef ƒe viŋutsu siwo wòdzi le Egipte la woe nye: Manase kple Efraim. Wo dadae nye Asenat, Potifera, ame si nye nunɔla na On ƒe vinyɔnu la.
And sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him: Manasseh and Ephraim.
21 Benyamin ƒe viŋutsuwo: Bela, Beker, Asbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Mupim, Hupim kple Ard.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel and Gera, and Naaman and Ehi, and Rosh and Moppim, and Huppim and Ard.
22 Woawoe nye viŋutsu siwo Rahel dzi na Yakob; wo katã le ame wuiene.
These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all these souls are fourteen.
23 Dan ƒe viŋutsue nye: Husim.
The sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naftali ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yaziel, Guni, Yezer kple Silem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
25 Esiawoe nye Bilha, kosi si Laban tsɔ na via nyɔnu Rahel la ƒe viŋutsu siwo wòdzi na Yakob—wo katã le ame adre.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob: all these souls are seven.
26 Ale ame siwo katã yina Egipte, eye wonye Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo, ne Yakob ƒe viŋutsuwo srɔ̃wo mele eme o la, wode ame blaade-vɔ-ade.
All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.
27 Ne Yosef ƒe viŋutsu eveawo kpee la, Yakob ƒe aƒemetɔwo de blaadre le Egipte.
Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Yakob na Yuda do ŋgɔ be wòagblɔ na Yosef be yewole mɔa dzi gbɔna, eye esusɔ vie yewoaɖo Gosen. Eteƒe medidi o la, woɖo Gosen.
Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.
29 Yosef dzo ge ɖe eƒe tasiaɖam me, eye wòyi ɖakpe fofoa Israel le Gosen. Wokpla asi kɔ na wo nɔewo, eye wofa avi ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
And when he had arrived there, Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to meet his father at the same place. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and, amid embraces, he wept.
30 Israel gblɔ na Yosef be, “Azɔ la, mate ŋu aku faa, elabena megakpɔ wò agbagbee.”
And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”
31 Yosef gblɔ na nɔviawo kple woƒe aƒemetɔwo katã be, “Mayi aɖagblɔ na Farao be mieva ɖo, eye mietso Kanaanyigba dzi be miava anɔ afi sia kplim.
And he said to his brothers and to all his father’s house: “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him: ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Mana wòanya be, ‘Ame siawo nye alẽkplɔlawo. Wova kple woƒe lãwo kple nu siwo katã le wo si la.’
And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.’
33 Eya ta ne Farao yɔ mi, eye wòbia be dɔ ka miewɔna hã la,
And when he will call you and will say, ‘What is your work?’
34 migblɔ nɛ be, ‘Míenye alẽkplɔlawo tso keke míaƒe ɖekakpuime ke abe ale si mía fofowo hã nye alẽkplɔlawo ene.’ Ne miegblɔ nɛ alea la, ana mianɔ Gosenyigba dzi le afi sia, elabena wodoa vlo alẽkplɔlawo, eye wolé fu wo le Egipte ƒe akpa bubuawo.”
You will respond, ‘Your servants are pastors of honor, from our infancy even to the present time, both we and our fathers.’ Now you will say this so that you may be able to live in the land of Goshen, because the Egyptians detest all pastors of sheep.”
