Uumama 37
1 Yaaqoob biyya abbaan isaa ture, Kanaʼaan keessa jiraate.
Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
2 Seenaan maatii Yaaqoob kana. Yoosef yeroo dargaggeessa waggaa kudha torba turetti obboloota isaa, ilmaan niitota abbaa isaa jechuunis ilmaan Bilihaatii fi Zilfaa wajjin bushaayee tiksa ture; innis waaʼee obboloota isaa oduu hamaa abbaa isaatiif fide.
This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
3 Israaʼel waan bara dullumaa keessa isa dhalcheef ilmaan isaa hunda caalaa Yoosefin jaallata ture; innis qoloo faayeffame hojjeteef.
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
4 Obboloonni isaas yommuu akka abbaan isaanii isaan hunda caalaa isa jaallate hubatanitti Yoosefin jibban; afaan nagaas itti dubbachuu hin dandeenye.
When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
5 Yoosef abjuu abjootee obboloota isaatti hime; isaanis ittuma caalchisanii isa jibban.
Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6 Innis akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Mee abjuu ani arge kana dhagaʼaa:
“Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
7 Nu lafa qotiisaa keessatti bissii midhaanii hidhaa ture; kunoo, bissiin koo ol jedhee dhaabate; bissiiwwan keessan immoo bissii kootti naannaʼanii gad jedhanii sagadaniif.”
“We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
8 Obboloonni isaas, “Ati nu irratti mootii taʼuu barbaaddaa? Dhugumaan situ nu bulchaa?” jedhaniin. Isaanis sababii abjuu isaatii fi sababii waan inni dubbateetiif ittuma caalchisanii isa jibban.
“Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
9 Ergasiis abjuu biraa abjootee obboloota isaatti hime. Akkanas jedheen; “Kunoo, ani abjuu biraa abjoodheera; aduu fi jiʼi, urjiiwwan kudha tokkos gad jedhanii naa sagadu.”
Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
10 Yommuu inni waan kana abbaa isaatii fi obboloota isaatti himetti abbaan isaa, “Abjuun ati abjootte kun maali? Ani, haati keetii fi obboloonni kee dhugumaan dhufnee fuula kee duratti gad jennee siif sagadnaa?” jedhee isatti dheekkame.
He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 Obboloonni isaa isatti hinaafan; abbaan isaa garuu waan kana garaatti qabate.
Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
12 Gaaf tokko obboloonni isaa bushaayee abbaa isaanii Sheekem bira dheechisuu dhaqan;
One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
13 Israaʼelis Yoosefiin, “Akkuma ati beektu obboloonni kee Sheekem bira bushaayee dheechisaa jiru. Mee kottu ani gara isaaniitti si ergaa” jedhe. Yoosefis, “Kunoo asan jira” jedheen.
Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
14 Israaʼel immoo, “Mee dhaqiitii akka obboloonni kee, bushaayeenis nagaa taʼanii fi akka hin taʼin ilaaliitii deebiʼii natti himi” jedheen. Innis akkasiin Sulula Kebrooniitii Sheekemitti isa erge. Yoosefis Sheekem gaʼe;
So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
15 namichi tokko isa arge; kunoo inni dirree irra jooraa ture; namichi sunis, “Ati maal barbaadda?” jedhee isa gaafate.
and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 Yoosefis deebisee, “Ani obboloota koon barbaada. Ati iddoo isaan bushaayee isaanii dheechisan mee natti himi” jedheen.
“I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
17 Namichis deebisee, “Isaan asii deemaniiru; ani ‘Gara Dootaan haa dhaqnu’ jechuu isaanii dhagaʼeera” jedhe. Yoosefis obboloota isaa duukaa buʼee Dotaayin biratti isaan argate.
“They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
18 Isaan garuu fagootti isa arganii isa ajjeesuuf utuu inni isaan bira hin gaʼin mariʼatan.
But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
19 Isaanis akkana waliin jedhan; “Kunoo abbaan abjuu sun dhufaa jira!
“Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
20 Kottaa ajjeefnee boollawwan as jiran keessaa tokkotti isa gannee bineensa hamaatu isa nyaate jenna. Ergasii immoo abjuun isaa maal akka taʼu ilaalla.”
“Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
21 Ruubeen waan kana dhageenyaan isaan harkaa isa baase. Innis akkana jedhe; “Lakkii isa hin ajjeefnu;
When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
22 dhiiga hin dhangalaasinaa. Gammoojjii keessatti boolla kana keessa isa buusaa malee harka keessaniin isa hin tuqinaa.” Ruubeen isaan harkaa isa baasee gara abbaa isaatti isa deebisuuf akkana jedhe.
“Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
23 Yeroo Yoosef obboloota isaa bira gaʼetti isaan qoloo inni uffate, qoloo miidhagaa sana isa irraa baasanii,
So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
24 isa fuudhanii boollatti gad darbatan. Boolli sunis duwwaa ture; bishaanis hin qabu ture.
grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
25 Obboloonni isaa buddeena nyaachuuf tataaʼan; ol jedhaniis kunoo, daldaltoota warra Ishmaaʼeel kanneen Giliʼaadii dhufaa jiran argan. Isaanis urgooftuu, haphee dibataatii fi qumbii gaalawwan isaaniitti feʼatanii Gibxitti geessaa turan.
They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
26 Yihuudaanis obboloota isaatiin akkana jedhe; “Obboleessa keenya ajjeefnee dhiiga isaa dhoksuun buʼaa maalii nuu qaba?
“What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
27 Kottaa Ishmaaʼeelootatti isa gurgurra malee harka keenyaan isa hin tuqnuu; inni obboleessa keenyaa fi foon keenya.” Obboloonni isaas yaada kana fudhatan.
Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 Yommuu daldaltoonni Midiyaan achiin darbuuf dhufanittis obboloonni Yoosef boolla keessaa harkisanii ol isa baasanii meetii saqilii digdamaatti Ishmaaʼeelootatti isa gurguratan; jarris Gibxitti isa geessan.
So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
29 Ruubeen gara boolla sanaatti deebiʼe; Yoosef boolla sana keessa hin turre; innis uffata ofii isaa tarsaase.
When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
30 Innis gara obboloota isaa dhaqee, “Gurbichi achi hin jiru! Egaa ani eessan dhaqa?” jedheen.
He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
31 Isaanis qoloo Yoosef fuudhanii reʼee tokko qalanii qoloo sana dhiiga keessa cuuphan.
They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
32 Qoloo miidhagaa sanas abbaa isaaniitti geessanii, “Nu qoloo kana arganneerra; mee qoloo ilma keetii taʼuu fi taʼuu baachuu isaa ilaali” jedhan.
Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
33 Innis qoloo sana beekee, “Kun qoloo ilma kootii ti! Bineensa hamaatu isa nyaate. Dhugumaan Yoosef ciccirameera” jedhe.
His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
34 Kana irratti Yaaqoob uffata ofii isaa tarsaase; wayyaa gaddaa mudhiitti hidhatee guyyaa baayʼee ilma isaatiif gadde.
Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
35 Ilmaan isaatii fi intallan isaa hundinuu isa jajjabeessuuf kaʼan; inni garuu jajjabaachuu didee, “Lakkii ani gaddaa gara ilma koo siiʼoolitti gad buʼa” jedhe. Akkasiin abbaan isaa ni booʼeef. (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Gidduu sana warri Midiyaan sun Gibxi keessatti Phoxiifaaraa namicha qondaaltota Faraʼoon keessaa tokko ture kan ajajaa waardiyyaa taʼe tokkotti Yoosefin gurguratan.
In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
