Jenesis 47

1 Anante Josefe'a amanage huno Ferona ome asami'ne, Nafani'ane, nafuhe'zane maka sipisipi'zamine, Bulimaka'ozamine, maka zazmine Kenani mopa atre'za Goseni mopare emani'naze.

Joseph chose five of his [older] brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced his [older] brothers to the king, and then he said, “My father and my [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come from the Canaan region. They have brought all their sheep and goats and cattle and everything else that they own, and they are living now in Goshen region.”

2 Anage huteno afuhe'impinti Josefe'a 5fu'a vahe zamavareno Fero avure vigeno,

3 Fero'a ana afuhe'mokizmia anage huno zamantahige'ne, Nankna eri'za e'neriza nagare? Hige'za Ferona anage hu'za asami'naze, Tagehemofonteti'ma eno nerafante'ma eno tagrite'ma e'neana eri'za naga kamota tagra sipisipi afu kva nehu'na naga mani'none,

The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”

4 nehu'za Feronkura anage hu'naze, Osi'a gna ama mopare maninaku tagra e'none. Eri'za vahekamota afu'mofo ne'zana, trazana omanegeno aga'zamo Kenani mopare forehigu, menina muse (plis) hugantonanki, eri'za vahekamota tatregeta Goseni mopare umani maneno.

They also said to him, “We have come here to live for a while in this land, because the famine is very severe in Canaan, and our animals have no (pasture/grass to eat) there. So now, please let us live in the Goshen region.”

5 Anante Fero'a Josefena anage huno asmine, Negafa'ene, kafuhe'zanena kagritega e'naze.

The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come to you.

6 Hagi Isipi mopamo'a kegava hankeno me'neanki, negafane kafuhe'inena knare huno tre tre hu'nenia mopa zamige'za Goseni maniho. Hagi kegeno anampima knare vahe'ma mani'nesiana huge'za, nagri bulimakao afura kegava hiho.

They can live wherever you want in the whole country of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too.”

7 Anage higeno Josefe'a nafa'amofo avreno Feronte egeno, Jekopu'a asomu ke Ferona hunte'ne.

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob [into the palace] and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.

8 Fero'a anage huno antahige'ne, Kagra nama'a zagegafu hu'nane?

Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”

9 Higeno Jekopu'a Feronkura anage hu'ne, Nafahe'za zaza kna maniza e'nazanagi, nagra atupa'a knafi natagura huna ne-ena, 130'a zagegafu hu'noe.

Jacob replied, “I have been traveling around for 130 years. I have not lived as long as my ancestors, but my life has been full of troubles.”

10 Jekopu'a asomu ke Ferona hunteteno atreno vu'ne.

Then Jacob again [asked God to] bless the king, and left him.

11 Higeno Josefe'a nafa'amofone, afuhe'inena zamavareno Isipi mopamo'ma knare huno tretre hu'nerega, Rameses kaziga Fero'ma hu'nere mopa ome regori zamige'za mani'naze.

[That is how Joseph enabled his father and older] brothers [and younger brother] to start living in Egypt. As the king had commanded, he gave them property in the best part of the land, in [Goshen, which is now called] Rameses.

12 Josefe'a nefane, afuhe'ine, nefa nompima nemaniza vahe'ene, osi mofavre naga'enena, mani'naza avamente ne'zana zami'ne.

Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had.

13 Hianagi Isipi mopafine, Kenani mopare'enena tusi'a zagereno mikazana tefanane higeno, mika mopafina ne'zana omnetfa hu'ne.

There were no crops growing in the whole region, because the famine was very severe. The people of Egypt and Canaan [MTY] became weak because they did not have enough food to eat.

14 Josefe'a Isipi mopareti'ene Kenani mopareti'ma maka zagoma eri'za ne'zama eme mizasaza zagoa eritru huteno, erino Fero nompima zagoma nentazafi ana mika ome ante'ne.

Joseph collected all the money that the people in Egypt and Canaan paid for the grain they were buying from him, and he brought the money to the king’s palace.

15 Hagi Isipi vahe'mo'zane Kenani vahe'mo'zama zagozmima ne'zante'ma maka atre'za eri hanama hutage'za, Isipi vahe'mo'za Josefente e'za anage hu'naze, zagotia hago atreta erihna hu'nonanki, frisunki ne'zanaramio.

When the people of Egypt and Canaan had spent all their money for grain, they all kept coming to Joseph and saying, “Please give us some food! If you do not give us grain, we will die [RHQ]! We have used all our money to buy food, and we have no money left!”

16 Anante Josefe'a anage huno zamasami'ne, Zago tamima omanea nona'a, afu'zagatmi eme naminke'na afu tamimofo nona hu'na ne'zana refko hurami'neno.

Joseph replied, “Since your money is all gone, bring me your livestock. If you do that, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

17 Hige'za hosiramima, sipisipiramima, memekiramima bulimakaoramima, donki afu'zagaramima hu'za zamavare'za Josefena eme nemizageno nona huno, ana kafufima nesaza ne'zana zami'ne.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph. He gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle, and their donkeys.

18 Ana kafuma vagarege'za mago zagegafurera Josefente ete e'za anage hu'naze, rantimoka kavurera fra okigahune. Zagotia hago kagrite atreta eri hana nehuta, mika afutamina ranti'moka kagrite atre vagare'none. Hagi rantimoka menina tagrane mopatige asizanke me'ne.

The next year they came to him again and said, “We cannot hide this from you: We have no more money, and now our livestock belongs to you. We have only our bodies and our land to give to you. We have nothing else left.

19 Nahanigeta tagra frisunkeno mopatimo'a havizana hugahie? Tagri'ene mopatinena nezanteti miza hugeta, tagra Feronte kazokazo eri'za erinenteta manimneno. Nehunka avimza tamigeta tagra ofrita mani'nesunkeno, ama mopamo'a, trankino megusa avu'avara osino.

(If you do not give us some food, we will die!/Do you want to watch us die?) [RHQ] If you do not give us seeds, our fields will become useless [IDM]. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we will be the king’s slaves, and he will own the land. Give us seeds that we can plant and grow food, in order that we will not die, and in order that our land will not become like a desert.”

20 Hazageno Josefe'a mika Isipi mopa ne'zanteti mizaseno Ferona eri ami'ne. Mika Isipi vahe'mokizmia zamaga'zamo'a zamazeri havizantfa hige'za mopa zamia ne'zante atrageno, ana mika mopamo'a Fero mopa sevare'ne.

So Joseph bought all the farms in Egypt for the king. The people of Egypt each sold their land to him because the famine was very severe, [and they had no other way to get money to buy food]. So all the farms became the king’s farms.

21 Hagi Josefe'a ana mika vahetamina kazokazo eri'za vahere huno, Isipi mopamofo ruga raga atupa'aregati zamavareno, ranra kumatmimpi ome zamante'ne.

As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves.

22 Hianagi Josefe'a pristi vahe'mokizmi mopa miza osegeno, Fero'a ana pristi vahera ne'zana zamige'za nene'za mopa'zmia zagorera otre'naze.

But he did not buy the priests’ land, because they received food from the king regularly, so the food that the king gave them was enough for them. That is the reason they did not sell their land to him.

23 Hagi Josefe'a amanage huno maka veara zamasmi'ne, Keho, hago menina tamagri'ene mopatmi'nena Fero miza semi'noe. Menina mago'a avimza timinena tamagra hoza eritma hankregahaze.

Joseph said to the people [who sold themselves and their land to him], “Listen to me! Today I have bought you and your land for the king. So here are seeds for you so that you can plant them in the ground.

24 Hagi ne'zama hamare knarera 5fu'a ko'nama anaki'nuta, mago ko'na Fero nemita, 4'a ko'nafintira hozafi avi krisaza zane, nontamifi naga'ene ne'onse mofavre naga'mozanema nesazaza tamagra erigahaze.

But when you harvest the crop, you must give one-fifth of the crop to the king. The rest of the crop you can keep, to be seed to plant in the fields, and to be food for you and your children and for everyone else in your household to eat.”

25 Hige'za anage hu'naze, Kagra knare kavukava hurantanketa ofrita mani'none! Knare agampu ra'nimofo avurera hiankita, Fero kazokzo eri'za vahe manigahune.

They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.”

26 Anage hazageno, Josefe'a Isipi mopamofo tra kea anage huno ante'ne, Hozafi kave'ma hamare'za 5fu'a kevuma antesafintira mago kevua kini ne'mofo amitere hugahaze hu'nege'za, ana hume neazageno eno ama knarera ehanati'ne. Hagi pristi vahe'mo'zage mopazmia otre zamagra'a eri'naze.

So Joseph made a law about all the land in Egypt, stating that one-fifth of the crops that are harvested belongs to the king. That law still exists. Only the land that belonged to the priests did not become the king’s land.

27 Menina Israeli vahe'mo'za Isipi mopare, Goseni agu'afi mani'ne'za, mika zana erisanti nehare'za, rama'a vahe fore hu'naze.

Jacob and his family started to live in Egypt, in the Goshen region. They acquired property there. Many children were born to them there. As a result, their population increased greatly.

28 Jekopu'a Isipi moparera 17ni'a zagegafu mani'ne. Jekopu'ma manino'ma e'nea zagegafu'a ana maka'a 147ni'a zagegafu hu'ne.

Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years.

29 Israeli'ma (Jekopu) frisnia knamo atupa higeno, mofavre'a Josefe ke huno amanage huno asmi'ne, Muse (plis) hugantoanki kagrama nagriku'ma kave'ma sinante'sunka, menina kazana fenka namopi antenka musezana hunaverinka tamage hunka huo. Muse (plis) hugantoanki Isipia ase onantegahane.

When it was almost time for him to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have pleased you, make a solemn promise that you will be kind to me and faithfully do what I am now asking you: When I die, do not bury me here in Egypt.

30 Hianagi nagrama frisnugenka, kagra Isipitira erinka vunka vahe'niama asema nezmantafi ome asenanto. Higeno Josefe'a huno, kema hanaza hugahue.

Instead, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph replied, “I will do that.”

31 Agra anage hu'ne, Tamage hu'na hugahue hanunka, huvempa huo, higeno tamage hu'na ana hugahue huno Josefe'a asmi'ne. Anante Israeli'a (Jekopu) kepri huno sipare mani'neno Josefena muse hunte'ne.

Jacob said, “(Swear/Solemnly promise) to me that you will do it!” So Joseph swore to do it. Then Jacob turned over in bed, bowed his head, and worshiped God.