< Genesis 46 >

1 Naglakbay si Israel dala lahat ng mayroon siya at nagtungo sa Beer-seba. Nag-alay siya roon ng mga handog sa Diyos ng kanyang amang si Isaac.
So Jacob left [Canaan], taking with him all his family and possessions. When they arrived at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the one whom his father Isaac worshiped.
2 Nangusap ang Diyos kay Israel sa pamamagitan ng pangitain sa gabi, na sinasabing, “Jacob, Jacob.” Sinabi niya, “Narito ako.”
That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
3 Sinabi niya, “Ako ang Diyos, ang Diyos ng iyong ama. Huwag kang matakot na bumaba patungong Ehipto, dahil doon kita gagawing isang dakilang bansa.
God said, “I am God, the one your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation there.
4 Bababa ako kasama mo sa Ehipto at tunay na ibabalik kitang muli. Isasara ni Jose ang iyong mga mata sa pamamagitan ng kanyang sariling kamay.”
I will go down to Egypt with you, and later I will bring [your descendants] back to Canaan again. And Joseph will be with you [MTY] when you die.” [IDM]
5 Bumangon si Jacob mula sa Beer-seba. Isinakay ng mga anak na lalaki ni Israel si Jacob na kanilang ama, ang kanilang mga anak, at ang kanilang mga asawa sa mga kariton na ipinadala ng Paraon para magdala sa kanya.
Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
6 Dinala nila ang kanilang mga alagang hayop at mga ari-arian na naipon nila sa lupain ng Canaan. Pumunta si Jacob sa Ehipto at ang lahat ng kanyang mga kaapu-apuhan kasama niya.
So Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.
7 Dinala niya kasama sa Ehipto ang kanyang mga anak na lalaki, at kanyang mga apong lalaki, kanyang mga anak na babae at kanyang mga apong babae, at lahat ng kanyang mga kaapu-apuhan.
Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
8 Ito ang mga pangalan ng mga anak ni Israel na dumating sa Ehipto, si Jacob at ang kanyang mga anak na lalaki: si Ruben, panganay na anak ni Jacob;
(Here is/I will now give you) a list of the names of the members of Jacob’s family who went with him to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son; Reuben’s sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaan people-group woman; Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in Canaan); Perez and his two sons Hezron and Hamul; Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron; Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel; (Those were the sons of Jacob and Leah, and their daughter Dinah, who were born in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia: There were 33 of them, altogether.) They had Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah; Beriah’s sons Heber and Malkiel; (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah: There were 16 of them, altogether.) Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel; (Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph’s two sons. [They did not go down to Egypt] because they were already in Egypt. They were sons of Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in On [city].) Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard; (Those were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob: There were 14 people altogether.) Dan and his son Hushim; Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. (Those were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel: There were seven people altogether.)
9 mga anak na lalaki ni Ruben na sina Enoc, Fallu, Hezron at Carmi;
10 mga anak ni Simeon sina Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jaquin, Zohar at Saul, na mga anak na lalaki ng babaeng taga-Canaan;
11 mga anak na lalaki ni Levi na sina Gershon, Coat at Merari;
12 mga anak na lalaki ni Juda: sina Er, Onan, Sela, Fares at Zara, (pero namatay si Er at Onan sa lupain ng Canaan. At ang mga anak na lalaki ni Fares, sina Hezron at Hamul);
13 Ang mga anak na lalaki ni Isacar: sina Tola, Pua, Job, at Simron;
14 Ang mga anak na lalaki ni Zabulun: sina Sered, Elon, at Jahleel
15 (ito ang mga anak na lalaki ni Lea na ipinanganak kay Jacob sa Paddan Aram, kabilang ang anak niyang babae na si Dina. Ang bilang ng lahat ng kanyang mga anak na lalaki at mga anak na babae ay tatlumpu't tatlo);
16 ang mga anak na lalaki ni Gad, sina Zifion, Hagui at Suni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, at Areli;
17 ang mga anak na lalaki ni Aser, sina Jimna at Isua, Isui at Beria, at si Sera na kanilang kapatid na babae; ang mga anak na lalaki ni Beria, sina Heber at Malquiel
18 (ito ang mga anak na lalaki ni Zilpa, na ibinigay ni Laban sa kanyang anak na babae na si Lea. Ito ang mga ipinanganak niya kay Jacob— labing-anim lahat);
19 ang mga anak na lalaki ni Jacob kay Raquel na kanyang asawa—sina Jose and Benjamin.
20 (sa Ehipto ipinanganak sina Manases at Efraim kay Jose at Asenath, anak na babae ni Potifera na pari ng On);
21 ang mga anak na lalaki ni Benjamin, sina Bela, Bequer, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Mupim, Hupim, at Ard
22 (ito ang mga anak na lalaki ni Raquel na ipinanganak kay Jacob. Ang mga taong ito ay labing-apat lahat);
23 Ang anak na lalaki ni Dan, si Husim;
24 ang mga anak na lalaki ni Neftali, sina Jahzeel, Guni, Jeser, and Silem
25 (ito ang mga anak na lalaki ni Jacob kay Bilha na ibinigay ni Laban kay Raquel na kanyang anak na babae. Ang mga taong ito ay pito lahat.
26 Lahat ng mga taong dumating kasama ni Jacob sa Ehipto na kanyang mga kapu-apuhan, bukod sa kanyang mga manugang na babae ay animnapu't anim lahat.
Altogether there were 66 people who were Jacob’s descendants who went to Egypt with him. That number does not include his sons’ wives.
27 Ang dalawang lalaking anak ni Jose na ipinanganak sa kanya sa Ehipto ay dalawa. Lahat ng tao sa bahay ni Jacob na pumunta sa Ehipto ay pitumpo lahat.
Including Jacob and Joseph and Joseph’s two sons who were born in Egypt, there were 70 members of Jacob’s family when they were all there in Egypt.
28 Naunang ipinadala ni Jacob si Juda papunta kay Jose upang ituro sa kanya ang daan patungong Gosen at sila ay pumunta sa lupain ng Gosen.
Jacob sent Judah to go ahead of the rest of them to talk with Joseph and ask for directions on how to travel to Goshen. Then [Judah returned to the rest of his family and] they all traveled to the Goshen region. When they arrived there,
29 Inihanda ni Jose ang kanyang karwahe at umakyat para salubungin si Israel na kanyang ama sa Gosen. Siya ay nakita niya, niyapos ang kanyang leeg at humagulgol sa kanyang leeg ng matagal.
Joseph got his chariot ready and went to Goshen to meet his father. When Joseph arrived, he threw his arms around his father’s neck and cried a long time.
30 Sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, “Ngayon hayaan mo na akong mamatay, yamang nakita ko na ang iyong mukha, na ikaw ay buhay pa.”
Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
31 Sinabi ni Jose sa kanyang mga kapatid na lalaki at sa bahay ng kanyang ama, “Aakyat ako at sasabihin kay Paraon na, 'Ang aking mga lalaking kapatid at ang tahanan ng aking ama na nasa lupain ng Canaan ay pumunta sa akin.
Then Joseph said to his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and to the rest of his father’s family, “I will go to the king and say to him, ‘My [older] brothers [and younger brother] and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan land, have all come to me.
32 Ang mga lalaki ay mga pastol dahil sila ay tagapag-alaga ng kanilang mga alagang hayop. Dinala nila ang kanilang mga kawan, mga baka at lahat ng mayroon sila.'
The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’
33 Darating ang oras, kapag tinawag at tinanong kayo ng Paraon, 'Ano ang inyong hanap-buhay?'
When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
34 sabihin ninyo dapat na, 'Ang inyong mga lingkod ay tagapag-alaga ng mga hayop mula sa aming kabataan hanggang ngayon, kami at ang aming mga ninuno.' Gawin ninyo ito para kayo ay maaring manirahan sa lupain ng Gosen, dahil ang bawat pastol ay kasuklam-suklam sa mga taga-Ehipto.”
answer him by saying, ‘From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.’ If you tell him that, he will let you live in the Goshen region.” Joseph told them to say that because the people of Egypt despised all shepherds.

< Genesis 46 >