Mwanzo 47

1 Kisha Yusufu akaingia kwa Farao na kumwambia, “Baba yangu na ndugu zangu, kondoo wao, mbuzi wao, na yote waliyonayo, wamefika kutoka katika nchi ya Kanaani. Tazama, wapo katika nchi ya Gosheni.”

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan. And look, they are in the land of Gesen."

2 Akawachukua watano katika ndugu zake na kuwatambulisha kwa Farao.

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.

3 Farao akawambia ndugu zake, “Kazi yenu ni nini?” Wakamwambia Farao, “Watumishi wako ni wafugaji, kama mababu zetu.”

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."

4 Kisha wakamwambia Farao, “Tumekuja kukaa kwa muda katika nchi. Hakuna malisho kwa ajili ya makundi ya watumishi wako, kwa maana njaa ni kali sana katika nchi ya Kanaani. Hivyo, tafadhari waache watumishi wako wakae katika nchi ya Gosheni.”

And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Gesen."

5 Kisha Farao akamwambia Yusufu, kusema, “Baba yako na ndugu zako wamekuja kwako.

Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you,

6 Nchi ya Misri iko mbele yako. Mkalishe baba yako na ndugu zako katika eneo zuri, nchi ya Gosheni. Ikiwa unafahamu watu wenye uwezo miongoni mwao, uwaweke kuwatunza wanyama wangu.”

and the land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. They may live in the land of Gesen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

7 Kisha Yusufu akamwingiza Yakobo baba yake na kumweka mbele ya Farao. Yakobo akambariki Farao.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 Farao akamwambia Yakobo, “Umeishi kwa muda gani?”

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

9 Yakobo akamwambia Farao, “Miaka ya safari zangu ni mia moja na thelathini. Miaka ya maisha yangu imekuwa mifupi na ya maumivu. Siyo kama miaka ya baba zangu.”

So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are one hundred thirty years. Few and difficult have been the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

10 Kisha Yakobo akambariki Farao na kuondoka mbele zake.

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from Pharaoh's presence.

11 Kisha Yusufu akamweka baba yake na ndugu zake. Akawapa eneo katika nchi ya Misri, sehemu nzuri sana ya nchi, katika eneo la Ramesesi, kama Farao alivyokuwa ameagiza.

Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 Yusufu akamhudumia baba yake kwa chakula, ndugu zake, na nyumba yote ya baba yake, kulingana na hesabu ya wahitaji wao.

And Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, according to the number of their dependents.

13 Basi hakukuwa na chakula katika nchi yote; kwani njaa ilikuwa kali sana. Nchi ya Misri na nchi ya Kanaani ikaharibika kwa sababu ya njaa.

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan grew weak because of the famine.

14 Yusufu akakusanya pesa yote iliyokuwa katika nchi ya Misri na nchi ya Kanaani, kwa kuwauzia wakaaji wake chakula. Kisha Yusufu akaleta ile pesa katika kasri la Farao.

Joseph gathered up all of the money to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain they were purchasing. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's treasury.

15 Pesa yote ya nchi za Misri na Kanaani ilipokwisha, Wamisri wote wakaja kwa Yusufu wakisema, “Tupe chakula! Kwa nini tufe mbele zako kwa maana pesa yetu imekwisha?”

And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone."

16 Yusufu akasema, “Ikiwa pesa yenu imekwisha, leteni wanyama wenu nami nitawapa chakula badala ya wanyama wenu.”

Then Joseph said, "Give me your livestock and I will give you food for your livestock, if your silver is gone."

17 Hivyo wakaleta wanyama wao kwa Yusufu. Yusufu akawapa chakula kwa kubadilishana na farasi, kondoo, mbuzi na kwa punda. Akawalisha kwa mkate kwa kubadilisha na wanyama wao mwaka ule.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

18 Mwaka ule ulipokwisha, wakaja kwake mwaka uliofuata na kumwambia, “Hatutaficha kwa bwana wangu kwamba pesa yetu yote imekwisha, na wanyama ni wa bwana wangu. Hakuna kilichobaki mbele za bwana wangu, isipokuwa miili yetu na nchi yetu.

When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that all our silver is spent and that the herds of livestock belong to my lord. There is nothing left, as my lord can see, except our bodies and our lands.

19 Kwa nini tufe mbele za macho yake, sisi na nchi yetu? Utununue sisi na nchi yetu badala ya chakula, na sisi na nchi yetu tutakuwa watumishi wa Farao. Tupe mbegu ili kwamba tuishi na tusife, na kwamba nchi isiwe tupu bila watu.

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land won't become desolate."

20 Hivyo Yusufu akamnunulia Farao nchi yote ya Misri. Kwani kila Mmisri akauza shamba lake, kwa sababu njaa ilikuwa kali sana. Kwa njia hii, nchi ikawa mali ya Farao.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field, since the famine was severe on them. So the land became Pharaoh's.

21 Na watu, akawafanya kuwa watumwa kutoka mpaka mmoja wa Misri hata mkapa mwingine.

And as for the people, he subjugated them as slaves from one end of the border of Egypt to the other end of it.

22 Ilikuwa ni nchi ya makuhani pekee ambayo Yusufu hakuinunua, kwa maana makuhani walikuwa wakipewa posho. Walikula katika sehemu aliyowapa Farao. Kwa hiyo hawakuuza nchi yao.

Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off their allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not have to sell their land.

23 Kisha Yusufu akawambia watu, “Tazama, nimewanunua ninyi na nchi yenu leo kwa ajili ya Farao. Basi mbegu hii hapa kwa ajili yenu, nanyi mtapanda katika nchi.

Then Joseph said to the people, "Look, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you so you can plant the seed in the land.

24 Wakati wa mavuno, mtampa Farao sehemu ya tano, na sehemu nne zitakuwa zenu, kwa mbegu za shamba na kwa chakula cha nyumba zenu na watoto wenu.”

And it will come to pass at the harvests that you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours for seed for the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and as food for your little ones."

25 Wakasema, “Umeokoa maisha yetu. Na tupate kibali machoni pako. Tutakuwa watumishi wa Farao.”

Then they said, "You have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

26 Hivyo Yusufu akaifanya kuwa sheria inayofanya kazi hata leo katika nchi ya Misri, kwamba moja ya tano ni ya Farao. Eneo la makuhani peke yake ndo halikufanywa kuwa la Farao.

So Joseph made it a statute still in effect for the land of Egypt, that a fifth must go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

27 Hivyo Israeli akaishi katika nchi ya Misri, katika eneo la Gosheni. Watu wake wakapata umiliki pale. Walikuwa wenye kuzaa na kuongezeka sana.

So Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Gesen. And they acquired property in it and were fertile and became numerous.

28 Yakobo akaishi katika nchi ya Misri miaka kumi na saba, kwa hiyo miaka ya maisha ya Yakobo ilikuwa miaka mia moja arobaini na saba.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

29 Wakati wa kufa kwake Yakobo ulipokaribia, alimwita Yusufu mwanaye na kumwambia, “Ikiwa nimepata kibali mbele zako, weka mkono wako chini ya paja langu, na unitendee kwa uaminifu na kweli. Tafadhari usinizike Misri.

And the time approached for Israel to die, so he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

30 Nitakapolala na baba zangu, utanitoa Misri na kunizika katika eneo la kuzikia la baba zangu.” Yusufu akasema, “Nitafanya kama ulivyosema.”

but when I lie down with my fathers you must carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do what you have asked."

31 Israeli akasema, “Niapie,” na Yusufu akamwapia. Kisha Israeli akainama chini mbele ya kitanda chake.

Then he said, "Take an oath to me," and he took an oath to him. Then Israel bowed over the top of his staff.