Jenesis 47
1 Josef gara gwa Fero sị, “Nna m na ụmụnne m ejirila igwe ewu na atụrụ ha, igwe ehi ha na ihe niile ha nwere site nʼala Kenan bịa nʼebe a. Ha nọ nʼala Goshen.”
So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
2 Mgbe ọ gara ịgwa Fero okwu, o duuru mmadụ ise nʼetiti ụmụnne ya ndị ikom gosi ha Fero.
And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Fero jụrụ ụmụnne ya ajụjụ sị ha, “Gịnị bụ ọrụ aka unu?” Ha zara sị ya, “Ndị ohu gị bụ ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ dịka nna nna anyị ha.”
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
4 Ha kwukwara sị, “Anyị bịara ịnọ dịka ọbịa nʼala a nʼihi na ụnwụ a siri oke ike nʼala Kenan. O nweghị nri igwe ewu na atụrụ anyị nwere iri nʼala ahụ. Ya mere, anyị na-arịọ ka i nye ndị ohu gị ike ka ha biri nʼala Goshen.”
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
5 Fero gwara Josef sị, “Nna gị na ụmụnne gị abịakwutela gị. Ha biri nʼala Goshen.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
6 Ala Ijipt dịkwa gị nʼihu. Họrọ ebe ọbụla masịrị gị nke dịkwa ezi mma nye nna gị na ụmụnne gị ka ha biri. Ka ha biri na Goshen. Ọ bụrụkwa na ị maara ndị ikom nʼetiti ha ndị nwere ike, mee ha ndị na-elekọta igwe anụ ụlọ m.”
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Josef kpọtara nna ya Jekọb, mee ka o guzo nʼihu Fero. Jekọb nọ nʼebe ahụ gọzie Fero.
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Fero jụrụ Jekọb sị, “Ị gbaala afọ ole ugbu a?”
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
9 Jekọb zara Fero sị ya: “Ebiela m dịka onye ọbịa narị afọ na iri afọ atọ. Ọnụọgụgụ afọ ndị a ehighị nne, ma ha jupụtara nʼahụhụ na nsogbu. Ma a nọrubeghị m ọnụọgụgụ afọ nna m ha gbara mgbe ha biri nʼụwa dịka ọbịa.”
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
10 Jekọb gọziri Fero, site nʼihu ya pụọ.
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
11 Ya mere, Josef mere ka nna ya na ụmụnne ya biri nʼala Ijipt. O nyere ha ala kachasị mma nʼala ahụ na mpaghara Ramesis, dịka Fero nyere nʼiwu.
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 Josef nyere nna ya na ụmụnne ya na ezinaụlọ nna ya nri dịka ọnụọgụgụ nke ụmụ ha si dị.
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
13 Ma nri adịghị nʼala ahụ niile nʼihi na ụnwụ ahụ dị nnọọ njọ. Ihe siri ike nʼala Ijipt ma nʼala Kenan nʼihi ụnwụ a.
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
14 Josef chịkọtara ego niile dị nʼala Ijipt, na nʼala Kenan, nke ndị mmadụ ji kwụọ ụgwọ nri ha zụrụ webata ha nʼụlọeze Fero.
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
15 Mgbe ego niile dị ndị mmadụ nʼaka gwụchara nʼala Ijipt ma nʼala Kenan, ndị Ijipt niile bịakwutere Josef sị ya, “Nye anyị nri, gịnị mere anyị ga-eji nwụọ nʼihu gị? Ego anyị agwụla.”
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
16 Mgbe ahụ Josef zara sị ha: “Jirinụ anụ ụlọ unu kwụọ ụgwọ nri m ga-enye unu, ebe ọ bụ na ego unu agwụla.”
“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
17 Ya mere, ha kpụtaara Josef anụ ụlọ ha. Josef nyere ha nri nʼọnọdụ ịnyịnya ha, na atụrụ ha, na ewu ha, na ehi, na ịnyịnya ibu ha. O were nri zụọ ha nʼafọ ahụ nʼọnọdụ anụ ụlọ ha niile.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 Mgbe afọ ahụ gafesịrị, ha bịakwutekwara ya nʼafọ nke ọzọ sị ya, “Anyị agaghị ezoro onyenwe anyị na ego anyị agwụla, na igwe anụ ụlọ anyị bụkwa nke gị. O nweghị ihe ọzọ fọdụrụ anyị karịa ahụ anyị na ala anyị.
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
19 Gịnị mere anyị ga-eji nọọ nʼagụụ nʼihu gị? Zụrụ anyị na ala anyị nʼọnọdụ ụgwọ anyị ga-akwụ maka nri ị ga-enye anyị. Ka anyị na ala anyị bụrụ ndị ohu Fero. Nye anyị mkpụrụ ubi ka anyị dịrị ndụ ghara ịnwụ, ka ala a ghara ịbụ ihe tọgbọrọ nʼefu.”
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
20 Ya mere, Josef zụtaara Fero ala Ijipt niile. Ndị Ijipt niile nʼotu nʼotu rere ala ha nʼihi oke ụnwụ ahụ dakwasịrị ha. Mgbe ahụ, ala ha niile ghọrọ nke Fero.
So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
21 Ya mere, Josef si otu a mee ka ndị Ijipt niile ghọọ ndị ohu Fero, site nʼotu obodo nʼala ahụ ruo na nke ọzọ ya.
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 Ala nke Josef na-azụtaghị nʼoge a bụ naanị ala ndị nchụaja. Nʼihi na ndị nchụaja si nʼaka Fero na-enweta nri ha site nʼoge ruo nʼoge. Ha nwekwara nri na-ezuru ha site na oke ahụ Fero na-enye ha. Ya mere ha ereghị ala ha.
However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
23 Mgbe ahụ, Josef gwara ndị mmadụ ahụ niile okwu sị, “Lee, azụọla unu taa, zụkwaa a ala unu nye Fero.
Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
24 Nʼoge owuwe ihe ubi, otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ihe unu nwetara nʼubi unu bụ nke Fero. Deberenụ onwe unu ụzọ anọ fọdụrụ ka ọ bụrụ ihe unu ga-akụ nʼubi na ihe unu ga-eri na ihe ndị ezinaụlọ unu, na nke ụmụntakịrị unu ga-eri.”
At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
25 Ha zara sị ya, “Ị zọpụtala ndụ anyị. Ka anyị hụta amara nʼihu nna anyị ukwu. Anyị ga-abụ ndị ohu Fero.”
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 Josef mere ka nke a bụrụ iwu nʼala Ijipt niile ruo taa, na Fero ga-ewe otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ihe ọbụla si nʼala. Naanị ihe si nʼala ndị nchụaja bụ nke na-esoghị nʼiwu a.
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
27 Izrel biri na Goshen nke dị nʼala Ijipt. Ha kpatara akụ hie nne, mụbaa nʼọmụmụ, ma nʼọnụọgụgụ.
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
28 Jekọb biri nʼala Ijipt afọ iri na asaa. Ya mere, afọ niile Jekọb gbara bụ narị afọ na iri afọ anọ na asaa.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
29 Mgbe ụbọchị ọnwụ Izrel na-abịaru nso, ọ kpọrọ Josef nwa ya sị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na m ahụtala amara nʼihu gị, tinye aka gị nʼokpuru apata m, kwee m nkwa na ị ga-egosi m obi ebere na ezi ntụkwasị obi. Elila m nʼala nʼIjipt.
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
30 Kama, mgbe m nwụrụ, site nʼala Ijipt bupụ m. Buru ozu m gaa lie ya ebe e liri nna m ha.” Ọ zara, “Aga m eme dịka i kwuru.”
but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
31 Ọ sịrị ya, “Ṅụọrọ m iyi na ị ga-eme ya.” Josef ṅụọrọ ya iyi. Izrel nʼonwe ya, kpọrọ isiala dịka ọ dabere nʼelu mkpanaka ya.
“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
