Bilowgii 47
1 Markaasaa Yuusuf gudaha galay oo uu Fircoon u warramay, wuxuuna ku yidhi, Aabbahay iyo walaalahay, iyo adhigoodii, iyo lo'doodii, iyo waxay haystaan oo dhammu way ka yimaadeen dalkii Kancaan, oo bal eeg, haatan waxay joogaan dalka Goshen.
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 Oo walaalihiisna wuxuu ka kaxeeyey shan nin, oo wuxuu hor taagay Fircoon.
3 Markaasaa Fircoon wuxuu Yuusuf walaalihiis ku yidhi, Shuqulkiinnu waa maxay? Markaasay waxay Fircoon ku yidhaahdeen, Annagoo addoommadaada ah waxaannu nahay adhijirro, annaga iyo awowayaashayoba.
The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”
4 Oo waxay Fircoon ku yidhaahdeen, Inaannu qariib ahaan dhulka u joogno ayaannu u nimid, waayo, adhiga addoommadaadu daaq ma haysto, maxaa yeelay, abaartu aad bay ugu xun tahay dalkii Kancaan; haddaba waxaannu kaa baryaynaa inaannu annagoo addoommadaada ah degno dalka Goshen.
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 Markaasaa Fircoon la hadlay Yuusuf, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Aabbahaa iyo walaalahaa aday kuu yimaadeen.
The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come to you.
6 Dalka Masarna wuu ku hor yaal; haddaba dalka meesha ugu wanaagsan aabbahaa iyo walaalahaa deji, oo dalka Goshen ha degeen. Oo haddaad ku garanaysid rag karti leh, de ka dhig kuwo xoolahayga u taliya.
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 Markaasaa Yuusuf aabbihiis Yacquub gudaha soo geliyey, oo wuxuu soo hor taagay Fircoon; Yacquubna Fircoon wuu u duceeyey.
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob [into the palace] and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.
8 Fircoonna wuxuu Yacquub ku yidhi, Immisa jir baad tahay?
Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 Markaasaa Yacquub wuxuu Fircoon ku yidhi, Sannadihii aan qariibka ahaa waa boqol iyo soddon; cimrigaygu waa yaraa, wuuna xumaa, mana gaadhin cimrigii awowayaashay qariibka ahaayeen.
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 Yacquubna Fircoon wuu u duceeyey, markaasuu Fircoon hortiisa ka tegey.
Then Jacob again [asked God to] bless the king, and left him.
11 Markaasuu Yuusuf aabbihiis iyo walaalihiis dejiyey dalkii Masar oo uu ka siiyey meel hanti ah, taasoo ah meeshii dalka ugu wanaagsanayd oo ku tiil dalka la yidhaahdo Racmeses, sidii Fircoon ku amray.
[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 Yuusufna aabbihiis iyo walaalihiis, iyo reerkii aabbihiis oo dhan, sidii ay carruurtoodii tiradoodii ahayd, ayuu u quudiyey.
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 Dalkii oo dhanna cunto ma jirin; waayo, abaartu aad bay u xumayd, sidaas daraaddeed dalkii Masar iyo dalkii Kancaan abaartay la taag darnaadeen.
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 Yuusufna wuxuu ururiyey lacagtii dalka Masar tiil oo dhan, iyo tii dalka Kancaan tiil oo dhan, waayo, hadhuudh bay kaga iibsadeen; Yuusufna lacagtii wuxuu keenay gurigii Fircoon.
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 Oo markii lacagtii ka wada dhammaatay dalkii Masar iyo dalkii Kancaanba ayay Masriyiintii oo dhammu u yimaadeen Yuusuf, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Cunto na sii, waayo, maxaannu hortaada ugu dhimanaynaa? Maxaa yeelay, lacagtayadii way naga dhammaatay.
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 Markaasaa Yuusuf wuxuu ku yidhi, Haddii lacagtii idinka dhammaatay, xoolihiinna keena, oo anna xoolihiinna ayaan cunto idinka siin doonaa.
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 Markaasay xoolahoodii Yuusuf u keeneen, Yuusufna wuxuu iyagii cunto ugu beddelay fardihii, iyo adhigii, iyo lo'dii iyo dameerradii; oo sannaddaas ayuu quudiyey oo xoolahoodii oo dhan cunto ugu beddelay.
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 Oo markii sannaddaasi dhammaatay ayay sannaddii labaad u yimaadeen, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Sayidkaygiiyow, kaa qarin mayno in lacagtayadii oo dhammu naga idlaatay, ishkinkii lo'da ahaana adigaa leh, sayidkaygiiyow, waxba kuma hadhin hortaada, sayidkaygiiyow, jidhkayaga iyo dhulalkayaga mooyaane.
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 De haddaba maxaannu hortaada ugu dhimanaynaa annaga iyo dhulkayaguba? Annaga iyo dhulkayagaba cunto nagu iibso, oo annaga iyo dhulkayaguba Fircoon baannu addoommo u noqon doonnaa. Abuur la beero na sii inaannu noolaanno, oo aannan dhiman, dhulkayaguna uusan baabbi'in.
(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 Yuusufna dhulkii Masar oo dhan Fircoon buu u iibiyey, waayo, Masriyiintii nin waluba wuxuu iibiyey beertiisii, maxaa yeelay, abaartaa ku xumayd iyaga; dhulkiina waxaa yeeshay Fircoon.
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 Dadkiina wuxuu u wareejiyey magaalooyinka dhulka Masar darafkiisa ilaa darafka kale.
As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves.
22 Wuxuusan iibsan dhulkii wadaaddada oo keliya, waayo, wadaaddadu qayb bay ku lahaan jireen Fircoon, oo waxay cuni jireen qaybtii Fircoon siin jiray, oo sidaas daraaddeed ma ay iibsan dhulkoodii.
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 Markaasaa Yuusuf wuxuu dadkii ku yidhi, Bal eega, maantaan Fircoon idiin iibiyey idinka iyo dhulkiinnaba; haddaba abuurkan qaata oo dhulka ku beera.
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 Markii aad wax soo goosataan, waxaad Fircoon siisaan shan meelood meel, afarta kalena waxay idiin ahaan doonaan abuur aad beerta ku abuurtaan iyo cuntadiinna iyo cuntadii reerihiinna iyo cuntadii dhallaankiinnaba.
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 Markaasay iyana waxay yidhaahdeen, Adigu noloshayada waad badbaadisay, haddaba, sayidkayagiiyow, naga raalli ahow, oo annana waxaannu Fircoon u noqon doonnaa addoommo.
They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.”
26 Yuusufna wuxuu sameeyey qaynuun ku saabsan dhulka Masar in ilaa maantadan la joogo Fircoon lahaado shantii meeloodba meel, Fircoonna wuxuusan yeelan dhulkii wadaaddada oo keliya.
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 Reer binu Israa'iilna waxay degeen dalka Masar, xagga dhulka Goshen; oo halkaas bay maal ka heleen, wayna bateen, oo aad iyo aad bay u tarmeen.
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 Yacquubna wuxuu dalka Masar ku noolaa toddoba iyo toban sannadood, oo Yacquub cimrigiisu wuxuu ahaa boqol iyo toddoba iyo afartan sannadood.
Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years.
29 Wakhtigii Israa'iil dhiman lahaana waa soo dhowaaday, markaasuu wiilkiisii Yuusuf u yeedhay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Haddaba haddii aad raalli iga tahay, waan ku baryayaaye, gacantaada bowdadayda hoos geli, oo si raxmad leh oo daacad ah igu la dhaqan. Haddaba waan ku baryayaaye, Masar ha igu aasin,
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 laakiinse meydkaygu ha la jiifo awowayaashay; waa inaad Masar iga qaaddaa oo aad igu aastaa meeshii lagu aasay awowayaashay. Markaasuu isna yidhi, Waan yeeli doonaa sidaad igu tidhi.
Instead, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph replied, “I will do that.”
31 Markaasuu ku yidhi, Ii dhaaro, isna wuu u dhaartay. Markaasaa Israa'iil sariirta madaxeedii ku foororsaday.
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.
