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 traveled 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.”
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “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. Don’t be afraid to go down 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 go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand 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.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in 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.
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring 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 offspring with him into 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
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into 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: Hanoch, Pallu, 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, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, 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, 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, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan 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: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Ụmụ ndị ikom Zebụlọn bụ, Sered, na Elọn, na Jaliil.
The sons of Zebulun: 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 are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls 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.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, 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: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: 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 Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, 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 are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Nwa nwoke nke Dan mụrụ bụ, Hushim.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Ụmụ ndị ikom Naftalị bụ, Jaziil, na Guni, na Jeza, na Shilem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, 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 are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls 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 souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Tinyere ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ amụtara nye Josef nʼIjipt, ndị si nʼezinaụlọ Jekọb gara Ijipt dị iri asaa.
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls 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,
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into 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 presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
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 speak with Pharaoh, and will tell 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.’
These 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?’
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘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 shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
