Mwanzo 41
1 Ikawa mwishoni mwa miaka miwili mizima Farao akaota ndoto.
At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
2 Tazama, alikuwa amesimama kando ya Nile. Tazama, ng'ombe saba wakatoka katika mto Nile, wakupendeza na wanene, na wakajilisha katika nyasi.
Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
3 Tazama, ng'ombe wengine saba wakatoka katika Nile baada yao, wasiopendeza na wamekondeana. Wakasimama ukingoni mwa mto kando ya wale ng'ombe wengine.
Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
4 Kisha wale ng'ombe wasiopendeza na waliokonda wakawala wale waliokuwa wanapendeza na walionenepa.
The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 Kisha Farao akaamka. Kisha akalala na kuota mara ya pili. Tazama, masuke saba ya nafaka yalichipua katika mche mmoja, mema na mazuri.
He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
6 Tazama, masuke saba, membamba na yaliyokaushwa na upepo wa mashariki, yakachipua baada yake.
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
7 Masuke membamba yakayameza yale masuke saba mema yote. Farao akaamka, na, tazama, ilikuwa ni ndoto tu.
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
8 Ikawa wakati wa asubuhi roho yake ikafadhaika. Akatuma na kuwaita waganga na wenye hekima wote wa Misri. Farao akawasimlia ndoto zake, lakini hakuna aliyeweza kumtafsiria Farao.
In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Kisha mkuu wa wanyweshaji akamwambia Farao, “Leo ninayafikiri makosa yangu.
Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
10 Farao aliwakasirikia watumishi wake, na kutuweka kifungoni katika nyumba ya kapteni wa walinzi, mkuu wa waokaji na mimi.
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, with the chief baker.
11 Tuliota ndoto usiku huo mmoja, yeye na mimi. Kila mmoja aliota kwa kadili ya tafsiri yake.
We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 Pamoja nasi kulikuwa na kijana Mwebrania, mtumishi wa kapteni wa walinzi. Tulimwambia na akatutafsiria ndoto zetu. Alitutafsiria kila mmoja wetu kulingana na ndoto yake.
There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.
13 Ikawa kama alivyotutafsiria, ndivyo ilivyokuwa. Farao alinirudisha katika nafasi yangu, lakini akamtundika yule mwingine.”
As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
14 Ndipo Farao alipotuma na kumwita Yusufu. Kwa haraka wakamtoa gerezani. Akajinyoa mwenyewe, akabadili mavazi yake, na akaingia kwa Farao.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
15 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Nimeoda ndoto, lakini hakuna wa kuitafsiri. Lakini nimesikia kuhusu wewe, kwamba unaposikia ndoto unaweza kuitafsiri.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
16 Yusufu akamjibu Farao, kusema, “Siyo katika mimi. Mungu atamjibu Farao kwa uhakika.”
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Katika ndoto yangu, tazama, nilisimama katika ukingo wa Nile.
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;
18 Tazama, ng'ombe saba wakatoka ndani ya Nile, wanene na wakuvutia, nao wakajilisha katika nyasi.
and behold, seven fat and sleek cattle came up out of the river. They fed in the marsh grass;
19 Tazama, ng'ombe wengine saba wakapanda baada yao, dhaifu, wabaya, na wembaba. Sijawao kuona wabaya kama hao katika nchi yote ya Misri.
and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20 Wale ng'ombe wembamba na wabaya wakawala wale ng'ombe saba na wanene.
The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;
21 Walipokuwa wamemaliza kuwala wote, haikujulikana kama walikuwa wamewala, kwani walibaki wabaya kama mwanzo. Kisha nikaamka.
and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 Niliona katika ndoto yangu, na tazama, masuke saba yakatoka katika bua moja, jema na limejaa.
I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good;
23 Tazama, masuke saba zaidi, yaliyonyauka, membamba na yamekaushwa na upepo wa mashariki, yakachipua baada yake.
and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
24 Yale masuke membamba yakayameza masuke saba mema. Niliwaambia waganga ndoto hizi, lakini hakuna aliyeweza kunielezea.”
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Yusufu akamwambia Farao, “Ndoto za Farao ni moja. Mungu amemwambia Farao kuhusu jambo analokwenda kulifanya.
Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
26 Wale ng'ombe saba wema ni miaka saba, na masuke saba mema ni miaka saba. Ndoto ni moja.
The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
27 Na wale ng'ombe saba wembamba na wabaya waliokuja baadaye ni miaka saba, na pia masuke saba membamba yaliyokaushwa na upepo wa mashariki itakuwa miaka saba ya njaa.
The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
28 Hilo ni jambo nililomwambia Farao. Mungu amemfunulia Farao jambo analokwenda kulifanya.
That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Tazama, miaka saba yenye utele mwingi inakuja katika nchi yote ya Misri.
Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
30 Na miaka saba ya njaa itakuja baada yake, na utele wote katika nchi ya Misri utasahaulika, na njaa itaiaribu nchi.
Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
31 Utele hautakumbukwa katika nchi kwa sababu ya njaa itakayofuata, kwa kuwa itakuwa kali sana.
and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
32 Kwamb ndoto ilijirudia kwa Farao sababu ni kwamba jambo hili limeanzishwa na Mungu, na Mungu atalitimiza hivi karibuni.
The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Basi Farao atafute mtu mwenye maharifa na busara, na kumweka juu ya nchi ya Misri.
“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Farao na afanye hivi: achague wasimamizi juu ya nchi. Na wachukue sehemu ya tano ya mazao ya Misri katika miaka saba ya shibe.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.
35 Na wakusanye chakula chote cha hii miaka myema ijayo na kuitunza nafaka chini ya mamlaka ya Farao, kwa chakula kutumika katika miji. Wakiifadhi.
Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
36 Chakula kitakuwa matumizi ya nchi kwa miaka saba ya njaa itakayokuwa katika nchi ya Misri. Kwa njia hii nchi haitaaribiwa na njaa.”
The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine.”
37 Ushauri huu ukawa mwema machoni pa Farao na machoni pa watumishi wake wote.
The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 Farao akawambia watumishi wake, “Je tunaweza kumpata mtu kama huyu, ambaye ndani yake kuna Roho wa Mungu?”
Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
39 Hivyo Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Kwa vile Mungu amekuonesha yote haya, hakuna mtu mwenye ufahamu na busara kama wewe.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
40 Utakuwa juu ya nyumba yangu, watu wangu watatawaliwa kwa kadili ya neno lako. Katika kiti cha enzi peke yake mimi nitakuwa mkuu kuliko wewe.”
You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”
41 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Tazama, nimekuweka juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Farao akavua pete yake ya mhuri kutoka katika mkono wake na kuiweka katika mkono wa Yusufu. Akamvika kwa mavazi ya kitani safi, na kuweka mkufu wa dhahabu shingoni mwake.
Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
43 Akataka apandishwe katika kibandawazi cha pili alichokuwa nacho. Watu wakapiga kelele mbele yake, “Pigeni magoti.” Farao akamweka juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.
He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Farao akamwambia Yusufu, “Mimi ni Farao, mbali na wewe, hakuna mtu atakayeinua mkono wake au mguu wake katika nchi ya Misri.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45 Farao akamwita Yusufu jina la Zafenathi Panea.” Akampa Asenathi, binti wa Potifera kuhani wa On, kuwa mke wake. Yusufu akaenda juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.
Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 Yusufu alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini aliposimama mbele ya Farao, mfalme wa Misri. Yusufu akatoka mbele ya Farao, na kwenda katika nchi yote ya Misri.
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 Katika miaka saba ya shibe nchi ilipozaa kwa wingi.
In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
48 Akakusanya chakula chote cha miaka saba iliyokuwako katika nchi ya Misri na kukiweka chakula katika miji. Akaweka katika kila mji chakula cha mashamba yaliyokizunguka.
He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
49 Yusufu akahifadhi nafaka kama mchanga wa bahari, kingi kiasi kwamba akaacha kuhesabu, kwa sababu kilikuwa hakihesabiki.
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 Kabla miaka ya njaa kuingia Yusufu akapata wana wawili, ambao Asenathi, binti wa Potifera kuhani wa On, alimzalia.
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Yusufu akamwita mzaliwa wake wa kwanza Manase, kwani alisema, “Mungu amenisahaurisha shida zangu zote na nyumba yote ya baba yangu.”
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52 Akamwita mwanawe wa pili Efraimu, kwani alisema, Mungu amenipa uzao katika nchi ya mateso yangu.”
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Miaka saba ya shibe iliyokuwa katika nchi ya Misri ikafika mwisho.
The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
54 Miaka saba ya njaa ikaanza, kama alivyokuwa amesema Yusufu. Kulikuwa na njaa katika nchi zote, lakini katika nchi yote ya Misri kulikuwa na chakula.
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 Nchi yote ya Misri ilipokuwa na njaa, watu wakapiga kelele kwa Farao kwa ajili ya chakula. Farao akawambia Wamisri wote, “Nendeni kwa Yusufu na mfanye atakavyosema.”
When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
56 Njaa ilikuwa juu ya uso wote wa nchi. Yusufu akafungua ghala zote na kuuza chakula kwa Wamisri. Njaa ilikuwa kali sana katika nchi ya Misri.
The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
57 Dunia yote ikaja Misri kununua nafaka kutoka kwa Yusufu, kwani njaa ilikuwa kali katika dunia yote.
All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
