Mwanzo 46
1 Israeli akasafiri na yote aliyokuwa nayo na akaja Beersheba. Pale akatoa sadaka kwa Mungu wa Isaka baba yake.
And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
2 Mungu akamwambia Israeli katika ndoto usiku, akisema, “Yakobo, Yakobo.”
and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, “Jacob, Jacob”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
3 Akasema, “Mimi hapa.” Akasema, “Mimi ni Mungu, Mungu wa baba yako. Usiogope kushuka Misri, kwa maana nitakufanya taifa kubwa huko.
And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
4 Nitakwenda pamoja nawe huko Misri, Nami nitakupandisha huku tena bila shaka. Na Yusufu akayafunika macho yako kwa mikono wake.”
I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.”
5 Yakobo akainuka kutoka Beersheba. Wana wa Israeli wakamsafirisha Yakobo baba yao, watoto wao, na wake wao, katika mikokotene ambayo Farao alikuwa ameipeleka kuwachukua.
And Jacob rises from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel carry away their father Jacob, and their infants, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh has sent to carry him,
6 Wakachukua mifugo yao na mali zao walizokuwa wamezipata katika nchi ya Kanaani. Wakaja Misri, Yakobo na uzao wake wote pamoja naye.
and they take their livestock, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him,
7 Akaja Misri pamoja na wanawe na wana wa wanawe, binti zake na wana wa binti zake, na uzao wake wote.
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.
8 Haya ni majina ya watoto wa Israeli waliokuja Misri, Yakobo na wanawe: Rubeni, mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Yakobo;
And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.
9 wana wa Rubeni Hanoki na Palu na Hezroni na Karmi;
And sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 wana wa Simoni, Yemueli, Yamini, Ohadi, Yakini, Zohari, na Shauli, wana wa mwanamke Mkanaani;
And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanite.
11 wana wa Lawi Gershoni, Kohathi, na Merari.
And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Wana wa Yuda: Eri, Shela, Peresi, na Zera, (Lakini Eri na Onani walikufa katika nchi ya Kanaani). Na wana wa Peresi walikuwa Hezroni na Hamuli.
And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan). And sons of Perez are Hezron and Hamul.
13 Wana wa Isakari walikuwa Tola, Puva, Lobu, na Shimroni;
And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 Wana wa Zabuloni walikuwa Seredi, Eloni, na Yahleeli
And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Hawa walikuwa wana wa Lea aliomzalia Yakobo huko Padani Aramu, pamoja na na Dina binti yake. Wanawe na binti zake walikuwa thelathini na watatu.
These [are] sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah; all the persons of his sons and his daughters [are] thirty-three.
16 Wana wa Gadi walikuwa Zifioni, Hagi, Shuni, Ezboni, Eri, Arodi, na Areli.
And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Wana wa Asheri walikuwa Imna, Ishva, Ishvi, na Beria; na Sera alikuwa dada yao. Wana wa Beria walikuwa Heberi na Malkieli.
And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Hawa walikuwa wana wa Zilpa, ambaye Labani alikuwa amempa Lea binti yake. Wana aliomzalia Yakobo wote walikuwa kumi na sita.
These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bears these to Jacob—sixteen persons.
19 Wana wa Raheli mkewe Yakobo walikuwa Yusufu na Benjamini.
Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Huko Misri Manase na Efraimu walizaliwa kwa Yusufu na Asenathi, binti Potifera kuhani wa Oni.
And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him) [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.
21 Wana wa Benjamini walikuwa Bela, Bekeri, Ashbeli, Gera, Naamani, Ehi, Roshi, Mupimu, Hupimu, na Ardi.
And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 Hawa walikuwa wana wa Raheli waliozaliwa kwa Yakobo - jumla yao kumi na wanne.
These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen.
23 Mwana wa Dani alikuwa Hushimu.
And sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 Wana wa Naftali walikuwa Yahzeeli, Guni, Yezeri, na Shilemi.
And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Hawa walikuwa wana Bilha aliomzalia Yakobo, ambaye Labani alimpa Raheli binti yake - wote walikuwa saba.
These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and she bears these to Jacob—all the persons [are] seven.
26 Wate waliokwenda na Yakobo, waliokuwa uzao wake, bila kuhesabu wake wa wana wa Yakobo walikuwa sitini na sita.
All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons [are] sixty-six.
27 Pamoja na wana wawili wa Yusufu waliozaliwa kwake huko Misri, watu wa familia yake waliokwenda Misri walikuwa sabini jumla yao.
And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt [are] two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt [are] seventy.
28 Yakobo akamtuma Yuda kuwatangulia mbele kwa Yusufu kuonesha njia mbele yake kwenda Gosheni, nao wakaja katika eneo la Gosheni.
And Judah he has sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
29 Yusufu akaandaa kibandawazi chake na akaenda kumlaki baba yake huko Gosheni. Akamwona, akaikumbatia shingo yake, na akalia shingoni mwake kwa kitambo.
and Joseph harnesses his chariot, and goes up to meet his father Israel, to Goshen, and appears to him, and falls on his neck, and weeps on his neck again;
30 Israeli akamwambia Yusufu, “Basi na nife sasa, kwa kuwa nimeuona uso wako, kwamba bado uko hai.”
and Israel says to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you [are] yet alive.”
31 Yusufu akawambia ndungu zake na nyumba ya baba yake, “Nitakwenda na kumwambia Farao, kusema, 'Ndugu zangu na nyumba ya baba yangu, waliokuwa katika nchi ya Kanaani, wamenijia.
And Joseph says to his brothers, and to the house of his father, “I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come to me;
32 Watu hawa ni wafugaji, kwani wamekuwa watunza wanyama. Wamekuja na makundi yao ya kondoo, na mbuzi, na vyote walivyonavyo.'
and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of livestock; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.
33 Itakuwa, Farao atakapowaita na kuwauliza, 'Kazi yenu ni ipi?'
And it has come to pass, when Pharaoh calls for you and has said, What [are] your works?
34 mwambieni, 'Watumishi wako wamekuwa watunza wanyama tangu ujana wetu mpaka sasa, sisi, na baba zetu.' Fanyeni hivyo ili mweze kuishi katika nchi ya Gosheni, kwani kila mfugaji ni chukizo kwa Wamisri.”
That you have said, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is everyone feeding a flock.”
