Olubereberye 46
1 Awo Isirayiri n’addira byonna bye yalina, n’atandika olugendo; bwe yatuuka e Beriseba n’awaayo ssaddaaka eri Katonda wa kitaawe Isaaka.
So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2 Katonda n’ayogera ne Isirayiri mu kwolesebwa ekiro, n’amuyita nti, “Yakobo, Yakobo?” N’amuddamu nti, “Nze nzuuno.”
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
3 Katonda n’amugamba nti, “Nze Katonda, Katonda wa kitaawo; totya kuserengeta Misiri, kubanga ndi kufuulirayo eyo eggwanga eddene.
He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
4 Nzija kuserengeta naawe e Misiri, era ndi kuggyayo; era olifiira mu mikono gya Yusufu.”
I will go down with you into Egypt, and I myself will surely bring you up again, and Joseph will close your eyes."
5 Awo Yakobo n’ava e Beriseba, batabani be ne bamutwalira wamu n’abaana baabwe abato, ne bakazi baabwe ne babassa mu magaali Falaawo ge yaweereza okumutwala.
Then Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, and their little ones, and their wives on the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Era ne batwala ebisibo n’ebintu byabwe bye baafunira mu nsi ya Kanani ne batuuka e Misiri, Yakobo wamu n’ezzadde lye.
So they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him,
7 Batabani be ne bazzukulu be, bawala be n’abaana ba bawala be; ezzadde lye lyonna n’alireeta mu Misiri wamu naye.
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his descendants with him to Egypt.
8 Gano ge mannya g’abazzukulu ba Isirayiri abaagenda e Misiri ne Yakobo: Lewubeeni mutabani wa Yakobo omubereberye,
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 ne batabani ba Lewubeeni: Kanoki, ne Palu, ne Kezulooni ne Kalumi.
And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Ne batabani ba Simyoni: Yamweri, ne Yamini, ne Okadi, ne Yakini, ne Zokali ne Sawuli omwana w’omukazi Omukanani.
And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jakin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Ne batabani ba Leevi: Gerusoni, ne Kokasi ne Merali.
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 N’aba Yuda: Eri, ne Onani, ne Seera, ne Pereezi ne Zeera; naye bo Eri ne Onani baafiira mu nsi ya Kanani. Batabani ba Pereezi baali: Kezulooni ne Kamuli.
And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamuel.
13 Bo aba Isakaali baali: Tola, ne Puva, ne Yobu ne Simuloni.
And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Jashub, and Shimron.
14 Batabani ba Zebbulooni baali Seredi, ne Eroni ne Yaleeri.
And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Abo be batabani ba Leeya be yazaalira Yakobo nga bali mu Padanalaamu, omuwala ye yali Dina. Abaana bonna aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala baali amakumi asatu mu basatu.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. All the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Batabani ba Gaadi baali Zifiyooni, ne Kagi, ne Suni, ne Ezuboni, ne Eri, ne Alodi ne Aleri.
And the sons of Gad: Zephon, and Haggi, and Shuni, and Ezbon, and Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Bo batabani ba Aseri be bano: Imuna, ne Isuva, ne Isuvi, ne Beriya awamu ne Seera mwannyinaabwe. Bo Batabani ba Beriya baali Keba ne Malukiyeeri.
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel.
18 Bano be batabani ba Zirupa, Labbaani gwe yawa Leeya muwala we, be yazaalira Yakobo; abantu kkumi na mukaaga.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and these she bore to Jacob, sixteen persons.
19 Batabani ba Laakeeri, mukazi wa Yakobo be bano Yusufu ne Benyamini.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Aba Yusufu ng’ali e Misiri baali Manase ne Efulayimu, Asenaasi muwala wa Potiferi kabona wa Oni be yamuzaalira.
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 Ne batabani ba Benyamini be ba: Bera, ne Bekeri, ne Asuberi, ne Gera, ne Naamani, ne Eki, ne Losi, ne Mupimu, ne Kupimu ne Aludi.
And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beker, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ahiram, and Shuppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 Abantu abasibuka mu Laakeeri mukazi wa Yakobo baali kkumi na bana.
These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the persons were fourteen.
23 Mutabani wa Ddaani ye Kusimu.
And the sons of Dan: Shuham.
24 Bo aba Nafutaali be ba: Yazeeri, ne Guni, ne Yezeri, ne Siremu.
And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Bano be baava mu Biira mukazi wa Yakobo, Labbaani gwe yawa Laakeeri muwala we; bonna be bantu musanvu.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and these she bore to Jacob: all the persons were seven.
26 Abantu bonna aba Yakobo abajja mu Misiri, ab’enda ye nga totaddeeko baka baana be, baali abantu nkaaga mu mukaaga.
All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons were sixty-six.
27 Batabani ba Yusufu abaamuzaalirwa ng’ali mu Misiri baali babiri. Abantu bonna ab’ennyumba ya Yakobo abajja e Misiri baali nsanvu.
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
28 Yakobo n’atuma Yuda eri Yusufu ajje amusisinkane mu Goseni, ne batuuka e Goseni.
And he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of Goshen.
29 Awo Yusufu n’ateekateeka eggaali lye n’agenda okusisinkana Isirayiri kitaawe e Goseni, n’amweraga, n’amugwa mu kifuba n’akaabira mu kifuba kye okumala akabanga.
And Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. And he presented himself to him and he threw his arms around his neck and wept for a long time.
30 Isirayiri n’agamba Yusufu nti, “Kale kaakano ka nfe, kubanga ndabye amaaso go ne ntegeera nti okyali mulamu.”
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
31 Yusufu n’agamba baganda be n’ab’ennyumba ya kitaawe nti, “Nzija kugenda eri Falaawo mugambe nti, ‘Baganda bange n’ennyumba ya kitange abaali mu nsi ya Kanani bazze gye ndi.
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak with Pharaoh and will tell him, 'My brothers and my father's household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
32 Kyokka balunzi; balunda ente era baleese amagana gaabwe n’ebisibo byabwe ne byonna bye balina.’
The 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 Kale Falaawo bw’abayita n’ababuuza nti, ‘Mukola mulimu ki?’
And it will come to pass, when Pharaoh summons you and says, 'What is your occupation?'
34 Mumuddemu nti, ‘Abaweereza bo kasookedde tuzaalibwa tuli balunzi, ffe ne bajjajjaffe.’ Mulyoke mubeere mu nsi ya Goseni, kubanga abalunzi baamuzizo eri Abamisiri.”
that you are to say, 'Your servants have looked after livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our fathers: 'in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen; since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
