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.
So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices 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.”
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "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.
He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into 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 go down with you into Egypt, and I myself will surely bring you up again, and Joseph will close 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 Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, and their little ones, and their wives on the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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.
So they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him,
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 sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his descendants with him to Egypt.
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 went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ruben bụ, Hanok, na Palu, na Hezrọn na Kami.
And 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.
And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jakin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Ụmụ ndị ikom Livayị bụ, Geshọn, na Kohat, na Merari.
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, 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.
And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamuel.
13 Ma ụmụ ndị ikom Isaka bụ, Tola, na Puva, na Jashub, na Shịmrọn.
And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Jashub, and Shimron.
14 Ụmụ ndị ikom Zebụlọn bụ, Sered, na Elọn, na Jaliil.
And 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 to Jacob in Paddan Aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. All the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Ụmụ ndị ikom Gad bụ, Zefọn, na Hagi, na Shuni, na Ezbon, na Eri, na Arodi na Areli.
And the sons of Gad: Zephon, 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.
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel.
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 persons.
19 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jekọb site na Rechel nwunye ya bụ, Josef na Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Nʼala Ijipt, a mụụrụ Josef Manase na Ifrem, site na nwunye ya Asenat nwa nwanyị Pọtifera, onye nchụaja nke On.
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 Ụmụ ndị ikom Benjamin bụ, Bela, Beka, Ashbel, Gera, Neeman, Ehi, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim na Aad.
And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beker, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ahiram, and Shuppim, 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 who were born to Jacob: all the persons were fourteen.
23 Nwa nwoke nke Dan mụrụ bụ, Hushim.
And the sons of Dan: Shuham.
24 Ụmụ ndị ikom Naftalị bụ, Jaziil, na Guni, na Jeza, na Shilem.
And 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 the persons were 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 persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons were sixty-six.
27 Tinyere ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ amụtara nye Josef nʼIjipt, ndị si nʼezinaụlọ Jekọb gara Ijipt dị iri asaa.
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
28 Jekọb zipụrụ Juda ka jekwuru Josef ịjụta ya ụzọ Goshen. Mgbe ha rutere nʼala Goshen,
And he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of 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 Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. And he presented himself to him and he threw his arms around his neck and wept for a long time.
30 Izrel gwara Josef sị, “Ugbu a ejikerela m ịnwụ, ebe m hụrụ ihu gị anya ọzọ, mata na ị ka dị ndụ.”
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, that you are still 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.
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak with Pharaoh and will tell him, 'My brothers and my father's household 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.’
The 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 Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na Fero akpọ unu jụọ unu ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị bụ ọrụ aka unu?’
And it will come to pass, when Pharaoh summons you and says, 'What is your occupation?'
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.”
that you are to say, 'Your servants have looked after livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our fathers: 'in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen; since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
