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.
So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices 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.”
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "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.
He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
4 Mayi Egipte kpli wò, eye magakplɔ wò agbɔe godoo, eye Yosef ŋutɔ ƒe asi amia wò ŋkuwo.”
I will go down with you into Egypt, and I myself will surely bring you up again, and Joseph will close 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 Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, and their little ones, and their wives on the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Wotsɔ woƒe lãwo kple nu siwo katã wokpɔ le Kanaanyigba dzi la ɖe asi yi Egipte.
So they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him,
7 Wokplɔ Yakob kple via ŋutsuwo, via nyɔnuwo, tɔgbuiyɔvia ŋutsuwo kple tɔgbuiyɔvia nyɔnuwo siaa yi Egipte.
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his descendants with him to Egypt.
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 went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 Ruben ƒe viwo: Hanok, Palu, Hezron kple Karmi.
And 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.
And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jakin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ƒe viŋutsuwo: Gerson, Kohat, Merari.
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, 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.
And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamuel.
13 Isaka ƒe viŋutsuwo: Tola, Puva, Yob, Simrɔn.
And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Jashub, and Shimron.
14 Zebulon ƒe viŋutsuwo: Sered, Elon, Yahlil.
And 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 to Jacob in Paddan Aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. All the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Gad ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Zefon, Hagi, Suni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi kple Areli.
And the sons of Gad: Zephon, 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.
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel.
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 persons.
19 Esiawoe nye Yakob ƒe viŋutsu siwo srɔ̃a Rahel dzi nɛ: Yosef kple Benyamin.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: 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.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Benyamin ƒe viŋutsuwo: Bela, Beker, Asbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Mupim, Hupim kple Ard.
And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beker, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ahiram, and Shuppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 Woawoe nye viŋutsu siwo Rahel dzi na Yakob; wo katã le ame wuiene.
These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the persons were fourteen.
23 Dan ƒe viŋutsue nye: Husim.
And the sons of Dan: Shuham.
24 Naftali ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yaziel, Guni, Yezer kple Silem.
And 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 the persons were 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 persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons were sixty-six.
27 Ne Yosef ƒe viŋutsu eveawo kpee la, Yakob ƒe aƒemetɔwo de blaadre le Egipte.
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came 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.
And he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of 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 Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. And he presented himself to him and he threw his arms around his neck and wept for a long time.
30 Israel gblɔ na Yosef be, “Azɔ la, mate ŋu aku faa, elabena megakpɔ wò agbagbee.”
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, that you are still 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.
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak with Pharaoh and will tell him, 'My brothers and my father's household 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.’
The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'
33 Eya ta ne Farao yɔ mi, eye wòbia be dɔ ka miewɔna hã la,
And it will come to pass, when Pharaoh summons you and says, 'What is your occupation?'
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.”
that you are to say, 'Your servants have looked after livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our fathers: 'in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen; since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
