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.
Israel made his journey with all that he had and went to Beersheba. There he 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.”
God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” 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 fear to go down to Egypt, for there I will make 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 go down with you into Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again and Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”
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.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba. The sons of Israel transported Jacob their father, their children, and their wives, in the carts that 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.
They took their livestock and their possessions that they had accumulated in the land of Canaan. They came into 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.
He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants.
8 Ndị a bụ aha ụmụ ndị ikom Izrel, ya bụ Jekọb na ụmụ ụmụ ya, ndị sooro ya gaa Ijipt. Ruben, ọkpara Jekọb
These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
9 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ruben bụ, Hanok, na Palu, na Hezrọn na Kami.
the sons of Reuben, Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi;
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, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, 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.
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Ma ụmụ ndị ikom Isaka bụ, Tola, na Puva, na Jashub, na Shịmrọn.
The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Lob, and Shimron;
14 Ụmụ ndị ikom Zebụlọn bụ, Sered, na Elọn, na Jaliil.
The sons of Zebulun were Sered, 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 were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered 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 were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, 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 were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were 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 were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all.
19 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jekọb site na Rechel nwunye ya bụ, Josef na Benjamin.
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Nʼala Ijipt, a mụụrụ Josef Manase na Ifrem, site na nwunye ya Asenat nwa nwanyị Pọtifera, onye nchụaja nke On.
In Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.
21 Ụmụ ndị ikom Benjamin bụ, Bela, Beka, Ashbel, Gera, Neeman, Ehi, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim na Aad.
The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Ndị a bụ ndị ikom nke Rechel mụụrụ Jekọb. Ha dị iri na anọ.
These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
23 Nwa nwoke nke Dan mụrụ bụ, Hushim.
The son of Dan was Hushim.
24 Ụmụ ndị ikom Naftalị bụ, Jaziil, na Guni, na Jeza, na Shilem.
The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, 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 were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.
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 those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.
27 Tinyere ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ amụtara nye Josef nʼIjipt, ndị si nʼezinaụlọ Jekọb gara Ijipt dị iri asaa.
With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
28 Jekọb zipụrụ Juda ka jekwuru Josef ịjụta ya ụzọ Goshen. Mgbe ha rutere nʼala Goshen,
Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to 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.
Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He saw him, hugged his neck, and wept on his neck 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.”
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.
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, saying, '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.’
The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their flocks, 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?’
It will come about, when Pharaoh calls you and asks, '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 should say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our forefathers.' Do this so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
