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1 Yosef tsɔ eɖokui ƒu fofoa ƒe kukua dzi, fa avi ɖe edzi, eye wògbugbɔ nu nɛ.
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him.
2 Emegbe la, eɖe gbe na eƒe atikewɔlawo be woasi atike na ye fofo Israel. Ale atikewɔlawo si atike nɛ.
And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
3 Atikesisi la xɔ ŋkeke blaene, eye Egipte dukɔ blibo la ƒe konyifafa xɔ ŋkeke blaadre.
And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.
4 Esi konyifaɣi la va yi la, Yosef te ɖe Farao ŋumewo ŋu, eye wòɖe kuku na wo be woaƒo nu na Farao na ye.
And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharao, saying, If I have found favour in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharao, saying,
5 Egblɔ na wo be, “Migblɔ na fia la be Yosef fofo na Yosef ka atam be yeatsɔ ye fofo ƒe kukua ayi Kanaanyigba dzi, eye yeaɖii ɖe afi ma. Mibia mɔfiala nam be wòaɖe mɔ mayi aɖaɖi fofonye. Mika ɖe edzi nɛ nam be matrɔ agbɔ enumake.”
My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there you shall bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.
6 Farao lɔ̃ hegblɔ be, “Yi nàɖi fofowò abe ale si nèka atam ene.”
And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury your father, as he constrained you to swear.
7 Ale Yosef yi kple Farao ƒe aɖaŋudelawo kple kpeɖeŋutɔwo
So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharao went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.
8 kple Yosef nɔviŋutsuwo kple woƒe ƒometɔwo. Ke wogblẽ wo vi suewo kple woƒe lãwo ɖe Gosenyigba dzi.
And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem.
9 Ale tasiaɖamwo kple sɔdola geɖewo kpakple ameha gã aɖe kplɔ Yosef yii.
And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a very great company.
10 Esi woɖo Atad, teƒe si le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe ɣetoɖoƒe lɔƒo, eye wòte ɖe Yeriko ŋu la, wode kusɔleme, eye wofa konyi ŋkeke adre sɔŋ le Yakob ƒe ku ta.
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11 Kanaantɔwo na ŋkɔ bubuteƒe si le afi si te ɖe Yɔdan ŋu la be, Abel Mizraim si gɔmee nye “Konyifalawo tso Egipte,” elabena wogblɔ be, “Teƒe sia Egiptetɔwo fa konyi le vevie.”
And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt, which is beyond Jordan.
12 Ale Yakob ƒe viwo wɔ nu siwo wòɖo na wo la.
And thus his sons did to him.
13 Wotsɔe yi Kanaanyigba dzi, eye woɖii ɖe kpeto si le Makpela ƒe anyigba dzi si te ɖe Mamre ŋu, abɔ si Abraham ƒle le Efrɔn, Hititɔ la si be wòanye ameɖiƒe la me.
So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre.
14 Yosef trɔ va Egipte kple nɔviawo kpakple ame siwo katã yi wo fofo ƒe kuteƒe la.
And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had gone up with him to bury his father.
15 Ke esi wo fofo ku azɔ la, Yosef nɔviwo de asi vɔvɔ̃ me. Wogblɔ be, “Azɔ la, Yosef aɖo nu vɔ̃ si míewɔ ɖe eŋu la teƒe na mí.”
And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, [Let us take heed], lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.
16 Ale woɖo ame ɖe Yosef be, “Fofowò gblẽ ɖoɖo siawo ɖi hafi ku.
And they came to Joseph, and said, Your father adjured [us] before his death, saying,
17 ‘Nya si miagblɔ na Yosef lae nye: Mebia tso asiwò be nàtsɔ nɔviwòwo ƒe nu vɔ̃ kple vodada siwo wowɔ ɖe ŋuwò la ake wo.’ Azɔ míeɖe kuku, tsɔ nu vɔ̃ ke fofowò ƒe Mawu la ƒe dɔlawo.” Esi nya siawo va ɖo Yosef gbɔ la, efa avi.
Thus say you to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done you evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.
18 Tete nɔviawo va dze klo, de ta agu nɛ, eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Míenye wò kluviwo.”
And they came to him and said, We, these [persons], are your servants.
19 Ke Yosef gblɔ na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ o, Mawue menye be madrɔ̃ ʋɔnu mi, ahe to na mia?
And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's.
20 Le nye ɖeka gome la, Mawu trɔ nu si mieɖo be wòanye nu vɔ̃ la wòzu nu nyui, elabena etsɔm ɖo teƒe kɔkɔ si mele egbe la be mate ŋu aɖe ame geɖewo ƒe agbe.
You took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that [the matter] might be as [it is] today, and much people might be fed.
21 Migavɔ̃ o, nye ŋutɔ makpɔ miawo kple miaƒe ƒometɔwo dzi.” Eƒo nu na wo kple gbe bɔbɔe, eye wòde dzi ƒo na wo.
And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
22 Ale Yosef kple nɔviawo kpakple woƒe ƒometɔwo ganɔ Egipte. Yosef xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka kple ewo hafi ku.
And Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his brethren, and all the family of his father; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
23 Enɔ agbe, kpɔ via Efraim ƒe viwo kple Makir, Manase ƒe vi ƒe viwo, ame siwo fena le Yosef ƒe afɔ nu.
And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the sides of Joseph.
24 Yosef gblɔ na nɔviawo be, “Esusɔ vie maku, ke Mawu ava aɖe mi tso Egiptenyigba sia dzi, eye wòakplɔ mi, miatrɔ ayi anyigba si ŋugbe wòdo na Abraham, Isak kple Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo la dzi.”
And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God sware to our fathers, Abraam, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Emegbe Yosef na Israel ƒe viwo ka atam nɛ be, “Mawu akpe ɖe mia ŋu be miatsɔ nye kukua tso afi sia ayi Kanaan.”
And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then you shall carry up my bones hence with you.
26 Ale Yosef ku esi wòxɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka kple ewo. Wosi atike na eƒe kukua, eye wodee aɖaka me le Egipte.
And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.
