Genesis 46
1 Jacob el apweni ma lal nukewa ac som nu Beersheba, ac orek kisa we nu sin God lal Isaac, papa tumal.
And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,
2 God El kaskas nu sel in sie aruruma ke fong sac ac pangnol, “Jacob, Jacob!” El topuk, “Nga pa inge.”
he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.”
3 Ac God El fahk, “Nga pa God, God lun papa tomom. Nik kom sangeng in som nu Egypt. Nga fah oru tuh fwilin tulik nutum in sie matunfacl lulap in acn we.
God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Nga ac wi kom som nu Egypt, ac nga fah folokonma fwilin tulik nutum nu in facl se inge. Joseph el ac fah oasr yurum ke pacl se kom ac misa.”
I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.
5 Jacob el mukuila liki acn Beersheba. Wen natul ah srakulang Jacob, tulik srisrik natulos, ac mutan kialos fin wagon ma tokosra Egypt el supwama.
Then Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And his sons took him, with their little ones and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry the old man,
6 Elos us un kosro natulos ac ma lalos nukewa ma elos eisani in acn Canaan, ac som nu Egypt. Jacob el us fwilin tulik natul nukewa welul:
along with all that he possessed in the land of Canaan. And he arrived in Egypt with all his offspring:
7 wen natul, wen nutin natul, acn natul, ac acn nutin natul nukewa.
his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.
8 Mwet in sou lal Jacob su welul som nu Egypt pa Reuben, wen se meet natul,
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben.
9 ac wen natul Reuben nukewa: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, ac Carmi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.
10 Simeon ac wen natul kewa: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, ac Shaul, wen nutin mutan Canaan se.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ac wen natul kewa: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah ac wen natul kewa: Shelah, Perez, ac Zerah. (Wen luo saya natul Judah, Er ac Onan, eltal misa Canaan.) Wen natul Perez pa Hezron ac Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah. Now Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And sons were born to Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
13 Issachar ac wen natul kewa: Tola, Puah, Jashub, ac Shimron.
The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron.
14 Zebulun ac wen natul kewa: Sered, Elon, ac Jahleel.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
15 Pa inge nukewa tulik natul Leah ma el oswela nu sel Jacob in acn Mesopotamia, welulang Dinah acn sefanna. Fita natul sel Leah, nufonna mwet tolngoul tolu.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore, along with his daughter Dinah, in Mesopotamia of Syria. All the souls of her sons and daughters are thirty-three.
16 Gad ac wen natul kewa: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, ac Areli.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, and Shuni and Ezbon, and Eri and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher ac wen natul kewa: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, ac Sarah, tamtael se lalos. Wen natul Beriah pa Heber ac Malchiel.
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Jesua, and Jessui and Beriah, and also their sister Sarah. The sons of Beria: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Mwet singoul onkosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Zilpah, mutan kulansap se su Laban el sang nu sel Leah, acn natul.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. And these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.
19 Rachel, mutan kial Jacob, el oswela wen luo na nu sel: Joseph ac Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Oasr wen luo natul Joseph: Manasseh ac Ephraim, su Asenath, acn natul Potiphera mwet tol lun Heliopolis, el osweang nu sel in Egypt.
And sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him: Manasseh and Ephraim.
21 Kewana wen natul Benjamin pa Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppin, ac Ard.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel and Gera, and Naaman and Ehi, and Rosh and Moppim, and Huppim and Ard.
22 Mwet singoul akosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Rachel.
These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all these souls are fourteen.
23 Dan ac Hushin, wen natul.
The sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naphtali ac wen natul kewa: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, ac Shillem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
25 Mwet itkosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Bilhah, mutan kulansap se su Laban el sang nu sel Rachel, acn natul.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob: all these souls are seven.
26 Pisen tulik na pwaye natul Jacob su som nu Egypt uh oasr ke mwet onngoul onkosr. Tia oaoa mutan kien wen natul uh.
All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.
27 Wen luo natul Joseph ma isusyang nu sel in Egypt ah fin weang pisa lulap se inge, ac oasr tulik itngoul nufon natul Jacob pa som nu Egypt.
Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Jacob el supwalla Judah meet lukel in tuh siyuk Joseph elan osun nu selos in acn Goshen. Ke elos sun acn we,
Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.
29 Joseph el sroang nu fin chariot natul, ac som nu Goshen in osun nu sin papa tumal. Ke eltal osun, Joseph el kausma papa tumal ah nu yorol, ac tung ke pacl na loes se.
And when he had arrived there, Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to meet his father at the same place. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and, amid embraces, he wept.
30 Jacob el fahk nu sel Joseph, “Inge ke nga liye kom tari ac etu lah kom srakna moul uh, nga mansis na ngan misa.”
And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”
31 Na Joseph el fahk nu sin mwet lel ac mwet saya nukewa in sou lun papa tumal, “Nga enenu in som ac fahk nu sel tokosra lah mwet wiuk, ac mwet nukewa in sou lun papa tumuk su tuh muta Canaan, elos tuku nu yuruk.
And he said to his brothers and to all his father’s house: “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him: ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Nga ac fahk nu sel lah komtal mwet liyaung sheep ac karingin un kosro, ac nga ac fahk pac lah komtal us un kosro nutumtal ac ma lomtal nukewa saya.
And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.’
33 Ke tokosra el ac pangon komtal nu yorol ac siyuk lah orekma fuka lomtal,
And when he will call you and will say, ‘What is your work?’
34 aklohya na fahkang nu sel lah komtal mwet karingin kosro in moul lomtal nufon, oana mwet matu lomtal meet ah. Komtal fin fahk ouinge, na el ac lela komtal in muta in acn Goshen.” Joseph el fahk ouinge mweyen mwet liyaung kosro uh ma srungayuk se sin mwet Egypt.
You will respond, ‘Your servants are pastors of honor, from our infancy even to the present time, both we and our fathers.’ Now you will say this so that you may be able to live in the land of Goshen, because the Egyptians detest all pastors of sheep.”
