Jenèz 47

1 Apre sa, Jozèf al avèti farawon an li di l': -Men papa m' ak frè m' yo rive soti nan peyi Kanaran, yo vini ak mouton yo, bèf yo ak tout sa yo genyen. Koulye a menm yo Gochenn.

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan. And look, they are in the land of Goshen."

2 Jozèf te pran senk nan frè l' yo avèk li, li prezante yo bay farawon an.

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.

3 Farawon an di yo konsa: -Ki metye nou? Yo reponn li: -Metye nou se gade bèt tankou zansèt nou yo.

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."

4 Apre sa, yo di farawon an: -Nou vin pou nou ka rete nan peyi a, paske pa gen manje ankò nan peyi nou pou bèt yo manje. Lèfini, grangou a rèd anpil nan peyi Kanaran. Tanpri, ban nou pèmisyon pou nou rete nan peyi Gochenn lan.

And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

5 Farawon an di Jozèf: -Men papa ou ak frè ou yo vin jwenn ou isit la.

Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you,

6 tout peyi Lejip la la devan ou. Chwazi pi bon tè nan peyi a, ba yo l' pou rete. Yo mèt rete sou tè Gochenn lan. Epi, si ou konnen gen nan mitan yo moun ki kapab pran swen bèt pa m' yo, ou mèt ba yo bèt mwen yo gade.

and the land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

7 Apre sa, Jozèf fè papa l' vini, li prezante l' bay farawon an. Lè Jakòb fin di farawon an bonjou,

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 farawon an mande l': -Ki laj ou?

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

9 Jakòb reponn li: -Mwen gen santrantan (130 an) depi m'ap moute desann sou latè. Men, mwen poko prèt pou m' rive laj zansèt mwen yo te rive lè yo t'ap fè moute desann pa yo. Mwen pa gen anpil laj, se vre. Men, mwen pa manke bat mizè.

So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are one hundred thirty years. Few and difficult have been the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

10 Jakòb di farawon an orevwa, epi li ale.

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from Pharaoh's presence.

11 Jozèf fè papa l' ak frè l' yo rete nan peyi Lejip. Li ba yo tè bò lavil Ranmsès, jan farawon an te mande l' la. Li ba yo yon bon tè nan peyi a.

Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 Jozèf te bay papa l', frè l' yo ak tout fanmi yo kantite manje yo te bezwen pou mezi timoun yo te genyen.

And Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, according to the number of their dependents.

13 Grangou a te rèd anpil toupatou. pa t' gen manje ankò. Moun peyi Lejip ak moun peyi Kanaran yo t'ap fin deperi anba grangou a.

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan grew weak because of the famine.

14 Jozèf te fin ranmase dènye lajan moun peyi Lejip ak moun peyi Kanaran te genyen nan vann yo ble. Li pote tout lajan an lakay farawon an.

Joseph gathered up all of the money to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain they were purchasing. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's treasury.

15 Lè tout lajan moun yo fini nan peyi Lejip ak nan peyi Kanaran, tout moun peyi Lejip yo vin jwenn Jozèf, yo di l': -Ban nou manje non, souple. Pa kite nou mouri. Fè kichòy pou nou, nou pa gen lajan ankò.

And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone."

16 Jozèf di yo: -Si nou pa gen lajan, mennen bèt nou yo vini, n'a boukante yo pou manje.

Then Joseph said, "Give me your livestock and I will give you food for your livestock, if your silver is gone."

17 Se konsa, yo mennen bèt yo bay Jozèf pou fè boukantay. Li ba yo manje, yo ba li chwal, bèf, mouton, bourik. Pandan tout lanne a, li boukante manje ak yo pou valè bèt yo te genyen.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

18 Apre lanne a fin pase, yo tounen bò kote Jozèf ankò. Yo di li: -Nou p'ap kapab kache ou sa, mèt. Lajan nou fini nèt. Nou deja ba ou tout bèt nou te genyen. Koulye a, mèt, se tè nou yo ak pwòp tèt nou ase ki rete pou n' ba ou.

When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that all our silver is spent and that the herds of livestock belong to my lord. There is nothing left, as my lord can see, except our bodies and our lands.

19 Pa kite nou mouri. Fè kichòy pou nou! Pa kite nou pèdi tè nou yo. Fè pri pou nou menm ansanm ak tout tè nou yo. N'ap tounen esklav farawon an. Tè nou yo va pou li tou. Men, ban nou plan pou nou simen nan jaden nou yo pou nou pa mouri, pou tè a pa fin tounen savann.

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land won't become desolate."

20 Se konsa Jozèf achte tout tè Lejip la pou farawon an. tout moun peyi Lejip yo te vann li tè yo paske grangou a t'ap fini ak yo. tout peyi a vini pou farawon an.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field, since the famine was severe on them. So the land became Pharaoh's.

21 Jozèf fè tout moun toupatou nan peyi a tounen esklav farawon an.

And as for the people, he subjugated them as slaves from one end of the border of Egypt to the other end of it.

22 Se te prèt yo ase li pa t' manyen. Prèt yo pa t' bezwen tè pou yo manje, paske, dapre yon lwa ki gen nan peyi a, se farawon an menm ki te toujou peye yo. Se ak lajan sa a yo te viv.

Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off their allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not have to sell their land.

23 Jozèf di pèp la: -Jòdi a, mwen achte nou ansanm ak tout tè nou yo pou farawon an. Men grenn m'ap ban nou pou nou plante nan jaden nou yo.

Then Joseph said to the people, "Look, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you so you can plant the seed in the land.

24 Lè sezon rekòt la va rive, n'a bay farawon an yon senkyèm (1/5) nan tou sa nou rekòlte. Rès la va pou nou, pou nou plante nan jaden nou yo, pou nou manje nou menm ansanm ak pitit nou yo ak tout moun ki lakay nou.

And it will come to pass at the harvests that you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours for seed for the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and as food for your little ones."

25 Yo reponn li: -Ou sove lavi nou! Sèl sa nou mande ou, se pou ou aji byen ak nou. N'ap rete esklav farawon an.

Then they said, "You have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

26 Se konsa, Jozèf te pase yon regleman pou tout peyi Lejip la: dapre regleman sa a ki la jouk koulye a toujou, se pou yo bay farawon an yon senkyèm sou chak rekòt. Se sèlman tè prèt yo ki pa t' pou farawon an.

So Joseph made it a statute still in effect for the land of Egypt, that a fifth must go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

27 Moun Izrayèl yo te rete nan peyi Lejip sou tè Gochenn lan. Yo vin gen anpil byen. Yo te fè anpil anpil pitit. Yo t'ap fè toujou.

So Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they acquired property in it and were fertile and became numerous.

28 Jakòb pase disèt lanne nan peyi Lejip. Li te rive gen sankarannsèt (147) lanne sou tèt li.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

29 Lè sa a, Izrayèl vin wè li pa t' gen lontan pou l' viv ankò. Li fè rele Jozèf, pitit li a, li di l' konsa: -Si ou renmen m' vre, tanpri, fè m' sèman. Mete men ou nan fant janm mwen, pwomèt mwen w'ap kenbe pawòl ou, ou p'ap janm trayi m'. Tanpri, pa antere m' nan peyi Lejip.

And the time approached for Israel to die, so he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

30 Mwen vle pou yo antere m' menm kote ak zansèt mwen yo, lè m aval jwenn fanmi mwen yo ki mouri deja a. Se pou ou pran kadav mwen, pote l' soti peyi Lejip, al antere l' nan kavo fanmi m' yo. Jozèf reponn li: -m'a fè jan ou mande m' lan.

but when I lie down with my fathers you must carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do what you have asked."

31 Men, Jakòb di Jozèf konsa: -Fè m' sèman w'ap fè sa pou mwen! Jozèf sèmante ba li. Apre sa, Izrayèl bese kouche nan kabann li.

Then he said, "Take an oath to me," and he took an oath to him. Then Israel bowed over the top of his staff.