Genesisy 47
1 Ary Josefa nankao amin’ i Farao ka nilaza taminy hoe: Ny raiko sy ny rahalahiko ary ny ondry aman’ osiny sy ny ombiny mbamin’ izay rehetra ananany dia efa tonga avy tany amin’ ny tany Kanana; ka, indreo, ao amin’ ny tany Gosena izy.
Joseph went to report to Pharaoh and told him, “My father and brothers, along with their flocks and herds and all their possessions, have arrived from the land of Canaan and now they're here in Goshen.”
2 Ary ny dimy lahy tamin’ ny rahalahiny no nalainy ka nentiny teo anatrehan’ i Farao.
Joseph took five of his brothers to go with him and introduced them to Pharaoh.
3 Ary hoy Farao tamin’ ireo rahalahin’ i Josefa: Inona moa no raharaha fanaonareo? Dia hoy izy tamin’ i Farao: Mpiandry ondry izahay mpanomponao hatramin’ ny razanay.
Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” “Your servants are shepherds, just like our fathers before us,” they replied.
4 Ary hoy koa izy tamin’ i Farao: Mba hivahiny eto amin’ ity tany ity no nihavianay; fa tsy misy ahitra ho an’ ny ondry aman’ osin’ ny mpanomponao, fa mafy ny mosary any amin’ ny tany Kanana; koa ankehitriny, trarantitra ianao, aoka mba honina ao amin’ ny tany Gosena ny mpanomponao.
“We have come to live in Egypt because there's no grass left in Canaan for our flocks to eat,” they explained. “The famine is really bad in Canaan. So we would like to please ask permission to live in Goshen.”
5 Ary Farao dia niteny tamin’ i Josefa ka nanao hoe: Ny rainao sy ny rahalahinao efa tonga atỳ aminao;
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have arrived to join you,
6 ny tany Egypta dia eo anoloanao; koa amin’ izay tany tsara indrindra no amponeno ny rainao sy ny rahalahinao; aoka honina ao amin’ ny tany Gosena izy ary raha fantatrao fa misy lehilahy mahay eo aminy, tendreo izy ho lehiben’ ny mpiandry ny omby aman’ ondriko.
you can choose wherever you like in Egypt, the best place, for them to live. Let them live in Goshen. If you know any of them who are good at what they do, put them in charge of my livestock as well.”
7 Dia nentin’ i Josefa ho eo anatrehan’ i Farao Jakoba rainy; ary Jakoba dia nisaotra an’ i Farao.
Then Joseph went with his father Jacob and introduced him Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
8 Ary hoy Farao tamin’ i Jakoba: Firy taona moa no andro niainanao?
Pharaoh asked him, “So how long have you lived?”
9 Dia hoy Jakoba tamin’ i Farao: Telo-polo amby zato taona no andro nivahiniako; sady vitsy no ratsy ny andro niainako ka tsy nahatratra ny andro niainan’ ny razako tamin’ ny andro nivahiniany.
“I have been wandering for 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My life has been short and difficult—I have not lived as long as my forefathers who also wandered from place to place.”
10 Ary Jakoba, rehefa nisaotra an’ i Farao, dia lasa niala teo anatrehany.
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh again before leaving him.
11 Dia namponenin’ i Josefa ny rainy sy ny rahalahiny ka nomeny zara-tany tao amin’ ny tany Egypta, dia tao amin’ ny tany tsara indrindra, tao amin’ ny tany Ramesesa, araka izay efa nandidian’ i Farao.
So Joseph arranged for his father and brothers to live in Egypt and gave them land in the best part near Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.
12 Dia novelomin’ i Josefa tamin’ ny hanina ny rainy sy ny rahalahiny mbamin’ ny ankohonan’ ny rainy rehetra, araka ny isan’ ny zanany avy.
He also provided food for all of them—his father, his brothers, and his father's whole household—depending on family size.
13 Ary tsy nisy hanina teo amin’ ny tany rehetra; fa mafy indrindra ny mosary, ka efa reraka ny tany Egypta sy ny tany Kanana noho ny mosary.
No food was left in the whole country because the famine had become so bad. Throughout Egypt and Canaan people were starving.
14 Dia nangonin’ i Josefa ny vola rehetra izay hita tany amin’ ny tany Egypta sy tany amin’ ny tany Kanana, dia izay vidin’ ny vary novidin’ ny olona, ka nampidirin’ i Josefa tao an-tranon’ i Farao ny vola.
By selling grain Joseph collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and placed it in Pharaoh's treasury.
15 Ary rehefa lany avokoa ny vola tany amin’ ny tany Egypta sy tany amin’ ny tany Kanana, dia nankeo amin’ i Josefa ny Egyptiana rehetra ka nanao hoe: Omeo hanina izahay; fa nahoana no dia ho faty eto anatrehanao izahay? fa efa lany avokoa ny vola.
Once the money from Egypt and Canaan had run out, the Egyptians all came to Joseph and demanded, “Give us food! Do you want us to die right in front of you? All our money is gone!”
16 Ary hoy kosa Josefa: Omeo ny omby aman’ ondrinareo hotakalozako, raha lany ny vola.
“Bring me your livestock,” Joseph told them. “I'll give you grain in exchange for your livestock if you've run out of money.”
17 Dia nentiny tany amin’ i Josefa ny omby aman’ ondriny, ka notakalozan’ i Josefa hanina ny soavaliny sy ny ondry aman’ osiny ary ny ombiny sy ny borikiny; dia nomeny hanina izy tamin’ izany taona izany ho takalon’ ny bibiny rehetra.
So they brought Joseph their livestock, and he provided them with grain in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. He gave them grain in return for their livestock during that year.
18 Ary rehefa tapitra izany taona izany, dia nankeo aminy indray ny olona tamin’ ny taona faharoa ka nanao taminy hoe: Tsy azonay afenina amin’ itompokolahy fa efa lany ny vola, ary efa lasan’ itompokolahy avokoa ny biby fiompy; tsy misy na inona na inona intsony eto imason’ itompokolahy afa-tsy ny tenanay sy ny taninay;
But when that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, “My lord, we can't hide from you the fact that our money is gone and that you now own our livestock. All we have left to give you are our bodies and our land.
19 nahoana no dia ho faty izahay eto anatrehanao, dia izahay sy ny taninay? Takalozy hanina ny tenanay sy ny taninay, dia ho mpanompon’ i Farao izahay sy ny taninay: ary omeo voa hafafy izahay, mba ho velona, fa tsy ho faty, ary mba tsy ho lao ny tany.
Do you want us to die right in front of you? So buy us and our land in return for food. Then our land will belong to Pharaoh, and we'll be his slaves. Just give us grain so we can live and won't die, and so the land won't be abandoned.”
20 Dia notakalozan’ i Josefa ho an’ i Farao ny tany Egypta rehetra; fa ny Egyptiana samy nanakalo ny sahany avy, satria resy mosary izy; ary dia lasan’ i Farao ny tany.
So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. Each and every Egyptian sold their fields, because the famine was hurting them so badly. The land ended up being owned by Pharaoh,
21 Ary ny olona dia nafindrany ho ao amin’ ny tanàna hatramin’ ny faran’ ny faritr’ i Egypta rehetra.
and all the people became his slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 Ny tanin’ ny mpisorona ihany no tsy mba natakalony; fa nanana anjara tamin’ i Farao ny mpisorona ka nihinana ny anjara izay nomen’ i Farao azy; izany no tsy nanakalozany ny taniny.
The only land he didn't buy belonged to the priests because they had a food allowance provided to them by Pharaoh, so they didn't have to sell their land.
23 Dia hoy Josefa tamin’ ny olona: Indro, efa voavidiko androany ianareo sy ny taninareo ho an’ i Farao; koa indreny ny voa hafafinareo, dia hofafazanareo ny tany.
Then Joseph told the people, “Listen to me! Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, I'm giving you some seed for you to sow the fields.
24 Ary rehefa misy vokatra, dia haterinareo ho an’ i Farao ny ampahadiminy; ary ho anareo kosa ny efa-toko, ho voa hafafy any an-tsaha sy hohaninareo mbamin’ izay ao an-tranonareo ary hohanin’ ny zanakareo.
However, when it's harvested, you have to give one fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you can keep as seed for the fields and as food for you, your households, and your children.”
25 Ary hoy izy: Efa namonjy ny ainay ianao; aoka mba hahita fitia eto imason’ itompokolahy izahay, dia ho mpanompon’ i Farao.
“You've saved our lives,” they declared. “May you continue to treat us well, my lord, and we'll be Pharaoh's slaves.”
26 Dia nataon’ i Josefa ho lalana tany amin’ ny tany Egypta mandraka androany izany; fa ho an’ i Farao ny ampahadiminy; fa ny tanin’ ny mpisorona ihany no tsy mba lasan’ i Farao.
So Joseph made it a law for Egypt which is still is in effect today that one fifth of all produce from the land belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land was exempt since it did not belong to Pharaoh.
27 Ary nonina tao amin’ ny tany Egypta ny Isiraely, dia tao amin’ ny tany Gosena; ary nahazo zara-tany tao izy, dia nihamaro anaka ka nihabetsaka indrindra.
The Israelites settled in Goshen in Egypt where they became prosperous landowners and rapidly increased in number.
28 Ary ny andro niainan’ i Jakoba tao amin’ ny tany Egypta dia fito ambin’ ny folo taona; koa ny andro rehetra niainan’ i Jakoba dia fito amby efa-polo amby zato taona.
Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, so he lived in total 137 years.
29 Ary rehefa antomotra ny andro hahafatesan’ Isiraely, dia nampaka an’ i Josefa zanany izy ka nanao taminy hoe: Raha mba nahita fitia eo imasonao aho, masìna ianao, ataovy ato ambanin’ ny feko ny tananao, ka ataovy amiko izay soa sy izay marina; masìna ianao aza alevina atỳ Egypta aho.
When the time came for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If you think well of me, place your hand under my thigh and promise to treat me with trustworthy love and faithfulness. Don't bury me here in Egypt.
30 Fa rehefa lasa mody mandry any amin’ ny razako aho, dia ho entinao hiala atỳ Egypta ka halevinao ao amin’ ny fasany. Dia hoy Josefa: Hanao araka ny teninao aho.
When I die, bury me with my forefathers. You must take my body from Egypt to the family tomb and bury me with them.” “I will do as you say,” Joseph promised.
31 Ary hoy Jakoba: Mianiana ary amiko. Dia nianiana taminy izy. Dia niankohoka teo an-dohan’ ny farafara Isiraely.
“Swear to me that you will,” he said. Joseph swore that he would. Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
