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.
Israel traveled 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.”
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” 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. Don’t be afraid to go down 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 go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand 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.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in 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.
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring 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 offspring with him into Egypt.
8 Israel alo Yakob ƒe viwo kple eƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi siwo yi Egipte kplii la woe nye: Ruben, Yakob ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔ.
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Ruben ƒe viwo: Hanok, Palu, Hezron kple Karmi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, 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, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ƒe viŋutsuwo: Gerson, Kohat, Merari.
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.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Isaka ƒe viŋutsuwo: Tola, Puva, Yob, Simrɔn.
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Zebulon ƒe viŋutsuwo: Sered, Elon, Yahlil.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, 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, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Gad ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Zefon, Hagi, Suni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi kple Areli.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, 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, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: 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 Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, 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 souls were fourteen.
23 Dan ƒe viŋutsue nye: Husim.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naftali ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yaziel, Guni, Yezer kple Silem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, 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 Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls 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 souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Ne Yosef ƒe viŋutsu eveawo kpee la, Yakob ƒe aƒemetɔwo de blaadre le Egipte.
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls 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.
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into 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.
Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 Israel gblɔ na Yosef be, “Azɔ la, mate ŋu aku faa, elabena megakpɔ wò agbagbee.”
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.
Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell 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.’
These 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,
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘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 shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
