Jenesis 46
1 Izrel biliri ije, ya na ihe niile o nwere rute Bịasheba. Ebe a, ọ chụrụ aja nye Chineke nke nna ya Aịzik.
And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,
2 Chineke gwara Izrel okwu nʼọhụ nke abalị. Ọ sịrị, “Jekọb! Jekọb!” Ọ zara sị, “Lee m nʼebe a.”
he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.”
3 Chineke gwara ya sị, “Abụ m Chineke, Chineke nke nna gị. Atụla egwu ịgbada Ijipt nʼihi na aga m eme gị ka ị ghọọ mba dị ukwuu nʼebe ahụ.
God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Mụ onwe m ga-eso gị agbada nʼala Ijipt. Mụ onwe m ga-akpọlatakwa gị ọzọ. Josef nʼonwe ya ga-eji aka ya ekpuchikwa gị anya.”
I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.
5 Jekọb mechara si na Bịasheba pụta. Ụmụ Izrel kuuru Jekọb nna ha, na ụmụaka ha na ndị nwunye ha, kubanye nʼụgbọala ahụ Fero zitere ka ha ji bute ya.
Then Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And his sons took him, with their little ones and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry the old man,
6 Ha buuru anụ ụlọ ha niile, na ihe onwunwe ha niile, nke ha kpatara nʼala Kenan, gaa Ijipt. Jekọb na agbụrụ ya niile so.
along with all that he possessed in the land of Canaan. And he arrived in Egypt with all his offspring:
7 Ụmụ ya ndị ikom niile, na ụmụ ụmụ ya ndị ikom niile, na ụmụ ya ndị inyom niile, na ụmụ ụmụ ya ndị inyom niile, na ndị niile bụ mkpụrụ afọ ya, ka ọ kpọrọ gaa Ijipt.
his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.
8 Ndị a bụ aha ụmụ ndị ikom Izrel, ya bụ Jekọb na ụmụ ụmụ ya, ndị sooro ya gaa Ijipt. Ruben, ọkpara Jekọb
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben.
9 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ruben bụ, Hanok, na Palu, na Hezrọn na Kami.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.
10 Ụmụ ndị ikom Simiọn bụ, Jemuel, na Jamin, na Ohad, na Jakin, na Zoha, na Shaul. Nne Shaul bụ nwanyị Kenan.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Ụmụ ndị ikom Livayị bụ, Geshọn, na Kohat, na Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari.
12 Ụmụ ndị ikom Juda bụ, Ịa, na Onan, na Shela, na Perez, na Zera. Ma Ịa na Onan nwụrụ nʼala Kenan. Ụmụ ndị ikom Perez bụ, Hezrọn na Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah. Now Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And sons were born to Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
13 Ma ụmụ ndị ikom Isaka bụ, Tola, na Puva, na Jashub, na Shịmrọn.
The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron.
14 Ụmụ ndị ikom Zebụlọn bụ, Sered, na Elọn, na Jaliil.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
15 Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Lịa mụụrụ Jekọb nʼala Padan Aram. Ọ mụtakwara otu nwanyị aha ya bụ Daịna. Ụmụ ndị ikom na ndị inyom ndị a dị iri atọ na atọ.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore, along with his daughter Dinah, in Mesopotamia of Syria. All the souls of her sons and daughters are thirty-three.
16 Ụmụ ndị ikom Gad bụ, Zefọn, na Hagi, na Shuni, na Ezbon, na Eri, na Arodi na Areli.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, and Shuni and Ezbon, and Eri and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Ụmụ ndị ikom Asha bụ, Imna, Ishva, Ishvi na Beriya. Nwanne ha nwanyị bụ Sera. Ụmụ Beriya bụ, Heba na Malkiel.
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Jesua, and Jessui and Beriah, and also their sister Sarah. The sons of Beria: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Ndị a bụ ụmụ a mụụrụ Jekọb site na Zilpa, odibo nwanyị ahụ Leban kpọnyere Lịa nwa ya nwanyị. Ha dị iri na isii nʼọnụọgụgụ.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. And these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.
19 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jekọb site na Rechel nwunye ya bụ, Josef na Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Nʼala Ijipt, a mụụrụ Josef Manase na Ifrem, site na nwunye ya Asenat nwa nwanyị Pọtifera, onye nchụaja nke On.
And sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him: Manasseh and Ephraim.
21 Ụmụ ndị ikom Benjamin bụ, Bela, Beka, Ashbel, Gera, Neeman, Ehi, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim na Aad.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel and Gera, and Naaman and Ehi, and Rosh and Moppim, and Huppim and Ard.
22 Ndị a bụ ndị ikom nke Rechel mụụrụ Jekọb. Ha dị iri na anọ.
These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all these souls are fourteen.
23 Nwa nwoke nke Dan mụrụ bụ, Hushim.
The sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 Ụmụ ndị ikom Naftalị bụ, Jaziil, na Guni, na Jeza, na Shilem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
25 Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom a mụụrụ Jekọb site na Bilha, odibo nwanyị ahụ Leban kpọnyere nwa ya nwanyị Rechel. Ha niile dị asaa.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob: all these souls are seven.
26 Ya mere, ndị niile so Jekọb gaa Ijipt, ndị bụ ụmụ ụmụ ya, na-agụghị ndị nwunye ụmụ Jekọb niile, dị iri mmadụ isii na isii.
All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.
27 Tinyere ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ amụtara nye Josef nʼIjipt, ndị si nʼezinaụlọ Jekọb gara Ijipt dị iri asaa.
Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Jekọb zipụrụ Juda ka jekwuru Josef ịjụta ya ụzọ Goshen. Mgbe ha rutere nʼala Goshen,
Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.
29 Josef kwadoro ịnyịnya ụgbọ ya gawa Goshen izute nna ya Izrel. Mgbe Josef bịara nʼihu nna ya, ọ makụrụ ya, bee akwa ogologo oge.
And when he had arrived there, Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to meet his father at the same place. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and, amid embraces, he wept.
30 Izrel gwara Josef sị, “Ugbu a ejikerela m ịnwụ, ebe m hụrụ ihu gị anya ọzọ, mata na ị ka dị ndụ.”
And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”
31 Mgbe ahụ, Josef gwara ụmụnne ya na ndị ezinaụlọ nna ya niile sị, “Ka m gaa kọọrọ Fero. Ka m gaa sị ya, ‘Ụmụnne m na ezinaụlọ nna m, ndị bi nʼala Kenan abịakwutela m.
And he said to his brothers and to all his father’s house: “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him: ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Ha bụ ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ, ndị na-elekọta anụ ụlọ. Ha chị igwe ewu na atụrụ ha, na igwe ehi ha, na ihe niile ha ji biri.’
And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.’
33 Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na Fero akpọ unu jụọ unu ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị bụ ọrụ aka unu?’
And when he will call you and will say, ‘What is your work?’
34 Unu ga-asị ya, ‘Ndị ohu gị bụ ndị ọzụzụ anụ ụlọ site na mgbe anyị bụ ụmụnta, dịka nna nna anyị ha bụ.’ Mgbe ahụ, ọ ga-ekwe ka unu biri nʼala Goshen. Nʼihi na ndị niile na-azụ ewu na atụrụ bụ ndị akpọrọ asị nʼala Ijipt.”
You will respond, ‘Your servants are pastors of honor, from our infancy even to the present time, both we and our fathers.’ Now you will say this so that you may be able to live in the land of Goshen, because the Egyptians detest all pastors of sheep.”
