Mose 1 47
1 Esi wova ɖo la, Yosef yi Farao gbɔ, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Fofonye kple nɔvinyewo tso Kanaan va ɖo afii kple woƒe lãwo kpakple woƒe nuwo katã. Wodi be yewoanɔ Gosenyigba dzi.”
Joseph chose five of his [older] brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced his [older] brothers to the king, and then he said, “My father and my [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come from the Canaan region. They have brought all their sheep and goats and cattle and everything else that they own, and they are living now in Goshen region.”
2 Ekplɔ nɔvia ŋutsu atɔ̃ ɖe asi, eye wòɖe wo fia Farao.
3 Farao bia wo be, “Dɔ ka miewɔna?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Míenye alẽkplɔlawo abe mía tɔgbuiwo kple mía fofowo ene.
The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”
4 Míeva be míanɔ Egipte, elabena gbeɖuƒe mele Kanaanyigba dzi na míaƒe lãwo o; dɔwuame la nu sesẽ le afi ma ŋutɔ. Míele mɔ biam be nàna míanɔ Gosenyigba dzi.”
They also said to him, “We have come here to live for a while in this land, because the famine is very severe in Canaan, and our animals have no (pasture/grass to eat) there. So now, please let us live in the Goshen region.”
5 Farao gblɔ na Yosef be, “Fofowò kple nɔviwò ŋutsuwo va gbɔwò,
The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come to you.
6 eye Egiptenyigba le ŋkuwò me. Na fofowò kple nɔviwò ŋutsuwo nanɔ anyigba la ƒe akpa nyuitɔ dzi. Na woanɔ Gosen. Ne ènya wo dometɔ aɖe si ŋu ŋutete tɔxɛ aɖe le la, nàna wòakpɔ nye ŋutɔ nye lãhawo dzi.”
They can live wherever you want in the whole country of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too.”
7 Emegbe la, Yosef kplɔ fofoa, Yakob va Farao gbɔ, eye Yakob yra Farao.
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob [into the palace] and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.
8 Farao bia Yakob be, “Ƒe neni nèxɔ?”
Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 Yakob ɖo eŋu be, “Mexɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka blaetɔ̃, meto nu sesẽ geɖewo me, eye nyemetsi abe fofonyewo ene haɖe o.”
Jacob replied, “I have been traveling around for 130 years. I have not lived as long as my ancestors, but my life has been full of troubles.”
10 Yakob gayra Farao hafi dzo.
Then Jacob again [asked God to] bless the king, and left him.
11 Ale Yosef tsɔ anyigba nyuitɔ le Egipte, afi si nye Ramesesnyigba la na fofoa kple nɔviawo abe ale si Farao gblɔe ene.
[That is how Joseph enabled his father and older] brothers [and younger brother] to start living in Egypt. As the king had commanded, he gave them property in the best part of the land, in [Goshen, which is now called] Rameses.
12 Yosef na nuɖuɖu wo ɖe ame siwo dzi kpɔm wole la ƒe xexlẽme nu.
Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had.
13 Dɔwuame la nu ganɔ sesẽm ɖe edzi kokoko le Egipte kple Kanaan siaa.
There were no crops growing in the whole region, because the famine was very severe. The people of Egypt and Canaan [MTY] became weak because they did not have enough food to eat.
14 Yosef xɔ ga siwo katã le ame siwo le Egipte kple Kanaan la si, eye wòna nuɖuɖu wo ɖe woƒe ga teƒe. Etsɔ ga la de Farao ƒe gadzraɖoƒe.
Joseph collected all the money that the people in Egypt and Canaan paid for the grain they were buying from him, and he brought the money to the king’s palace.
15 Azɔ ga vɔ keŋkeŋ le ameawo si, gake wogava Yosef gbɔ kple kukuɖeɖe be wòagana nuɖuɖu yewo. Wogblɔ nɛ be, “Míaƒe ga vɔ keŋkeŋ, gake na nuɖuɖu mí, elabena mele be míaku o.”
When the people of Egypt and Canaan had spent all their money for grain, they all kept coming to Joseph and saying, “Please give us some food! If you do not give us grain, we will die [RHQ]! We have used all our money to buy food, and we have no money left!”
16 Yosef ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Enyo, mitsɔ miaƒe lãwo nam ne miaxɔ nuɖuɖu ɖe wo teƒe.”
Joseph replied, “Since your money is all gone, bring me your livestock. If you do that, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”
17 Ale wotsɔ woƒe nyiwo vɛ na Yosef, eye woxɔ nuɖuɖu ɖe wo teƒe. Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, Egiptetɔwo ƒe sɔwo, alẽwo, nyiwo kple tedziwo katã zu Farao tɔ.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph. He gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle, and their donkeys.
18 Esi ƒe trɔ la, wogayi Yosef gbɔ, eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Aƒetɔ, míate ŋu aɣla nya aɖeke ɖe wò o. Míaƒe ga vɔ, eye míaƒe lãhawo zu tɔwò; míaƒe nu siwo susɔ la koe nye míaƒe ŋutilãwo kple míaƒe agblenyigbawo.
The next year they came to him again and said, “We cannot hide this from you: We have no more money, and now our livestock belongs to you. We have only our bodies and our land to give to you. We have nothing else left.
19 Nu ka ta míaku ɖo? Ƒle mí kple míaƒe agblenyigbawo, eye míawo kple míaƒe agblenyigbawo siaa míazu Farao tɔ. Míadzra mía ɖokuiwo na wò axɔ nuɖuɖu, ekema míatsi agbe, eye anyigba la matsi yame o.”
(If you do not give us some food, we will die!/Do you want to watch us die?) [RHQ] If you do not give us seeds, our fields will become useless [IDM]. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we will be the king’s slaves, and he will own the land. Give us seeds that we can plant and grow food, in order that we will not die, and in order that our land will not become like a desert.”
20 Ale Yosef ƒle Egiptetɔwo ƒe agblenyigbawo katã na Farao. Egiptetɔwo katã dzra woƒe anyigbawo, elabena dɔwuame la nu sesẽ ŋutɔ. Ale anyigba la zu Farao tɔ.
So Joseph bought all the farms in Egypt for the king. The people of Egypt each sold their land to him because the famine was very severe, [and they had no other way to get money to buy food]. So all the farms became the king’s farms.
21 Ale Egiptetɔwo katã zu awɔbamewo na Farao.
As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves.
22 Anyigba si meƒle o la koe nye esi nye nunɔlawo tɔ, elabena Farao naa nuɖuɖu wo, eye mehiã be woadzra woƒe anyigba o.
But he did not buy the priests’ land, because they received food from the king regularly, so the food that the king gave them was enough for them. That is the reason they did not sell their land to him.
23 Yosef gblɔ na ameawo be, “Meƒle miawo ŋutɔ kple miaƒe anyigbawo na Farao. Blie nye esi, miyi miade agble.
Joseph said to the people [who sold themselves and their land to him], “Listen to me! Today I have bought you and your land for the king. So here are seeds for you so that you can plant them in the ground.
24 Mima nu sia nu si miaxa la ɖe akpa atɔ̃ me; ɖeka nanye Farao tɔ. Akpa ene nanye mia tɔ, wòanye nuƒaƒã le ƒe si gbɔna la me kple nuɖuɖu na miawo ŋutɔ miaƒe aƒemetɔwo kple mia viwo.”
But when you harvest the crop, you must give one-fifth of the crop to the king. The rest of the crop you can keep, to be seed to plant in the fields, and to be food for you and your children and for everyone else in your household to eat.”
25 Ameawo gblɔ be “Èɖe míaƒe agbe! Aƒetɔ, ne àlɔ̃ la, míanye awɔbamewo na Farao.”
They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.”
26 Eya ta Yosef wɔe wòzu se le Egiptenyigba blibo la dzi va se ɖe egbegbe be woadzɔ agblemenukuwo katã ƒe akpa atɔ̃lia na Farao. Nuku siwo woƒã ɖe nunɔlawo ƒe anyigba dzi la koe mele eme o.
So Joseph made a law about all the land in Egypt, stating that one-fifth of the crops that are harvested belongs to the king. That law still exists. Only the land that belonged to the priests did not become the king’s land.
27 Ale Israel nɔ Gosenyigba dzi le Egipte. Nuwo de asi nyonyo me na Israelviwo kabakaba, eye wodzi sɔ gbɔ fũu.
Jacob and his family started to live in Egypt, in the Goshen region. They acquired property there. Many children were born to them there. As a result, their population increased greatly.
28 Yakob ganɔ agbe ƒe wuiadre esime wòva ɖo Gosen, ale exɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka blaene-vɔ-adre hafi ku.
Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years.
29 Esi Israel ƒe kuɣi gogo la, eyɔ via Yosef gblɔ nɛ be, “Ka atam nam be yeawɔ nye didi mamlɛtɔ dzi nam: Mègaɖim ɖe Egipte o.
When it was almost time for him to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have pleased you, make a solemn promise that you will be kind to me and faithfully do what I am now asking you: When I die, do not bury me here in Egypt.
30 Ne meku la, tsɔm dzoe le Egipte, eye nàɖim ɖe tɔgbuinyewo xa.” Yosef ka atam sia.
Instead, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph replied, “I will do that.”
31 Israel ƒoe ɖe enu be, “Ka atam nam be yeawɔe.” Yosef ka atam la. Tete Israel gamlɔ eƒe aba dzi.
Jacob said, “(Swear/Solemnly promise) to me that you will do it!” So Joseph swore to do it. Then Jacob turned over in bed, bowed his head, and worshiped God.
