Senesi 37
1 Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Sēkope ʻi he fonua naʻe ʻāunofo ki ai ʻene tamai, ʻio, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani.
And he dwelt Jacob in [the] land of [the] sojournings of father his in [the] land of Canaan.
2 Ko e hako eni ʻo Sēkope naʻe hongofulu ma fitu ʻae taʻu ʻo Siosefa, pea naʻe tauhi ʻe ia ʻae fanga manu, ʻo fakataha mo hono ngaahi taʻokete; pea naʻe nofo ʻae tama mo e ongo tama ʻa Pila, pea mo e fānau ʻa Silipa, ko e ongo sinifu ʻo ʻene tamai: pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Siosefa ki heʻene tamai ʻenau ongoongo kovi.
These - [are] [the] accounts of Jacob Joseph [was] a son of seven-teen year[s] he was shepherding with brothers his the flock and he [was] a youth with [the] sons of Bilhah and with [the] sons of Zilpah [the] wives of father his and he brought Joseph report their bad to father their.
3 Pea naʻe ʻofa lahi hake ʻa ʻIsileli kia Siosefa ʻi heʻene fānau kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ko hono foha ia ʻi heʻene motuʻa; pea ne ngaohi maʻana ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule.
And Israel he loved Joseph more than all sons his for [was] a son of old age he for him and he made for him a long garment of palms and soles.
4 Pea kuo mamata hono ngaahi taʻokete, ʻoku ʻofa lahi hake ʻenau tamai kiate ia, ʻi hono taʻokete kotoa pē, naʻa nau fehiʻa ai kiate ia, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau lea lelei kiate ia.
And they saw brothers his that him he loved father their more than all brothers his and they hated him and not they were able to speak to him to welfare.
5 Pea misi ʻe Siosefa ʻae misi, pea ne tala ia ki hono ngaahi taʻokete; pea naʻe ʻāsili ai ʻenau fehiʻa kiate ia.
And he dreamed Joseph a dream and he told [it] to brothers his and they increased again to hate him.
6 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ou kole ke mou fanongo ki he misi ni, kuo u misi ʻaki;
And he said to them hear please the dream this which I have dreamed.
7 He naʻa tau nonoʻo ʻae ngaahi u koane ʻi he ngoue, pea vakai, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻeku u koane, ʻo tuʻu totonu; pea vakai, ko hoʻomou ngaahi u koane naʻa nau tutuʻu hake ʻo takatakai ia, ʻo nau punou ki heʻeku u koane.”
And there! we [were] binding sheaves in [the] middle of the field and there! it arose sheaf my and also it stood upright and there! they gathered round sheaves your and they bowed down to sheaf my.
8 Pea pehē ʻe hono ngaahi taʻokete kiate ia, “He ko e moʻoni te ke pule kiate kimautolu? Pea te ke mālohi kiate kimautolu?” Pea ʻāsili ai ʻenau fehiʻa kiate ia ʻi heʻene misi, mo ʻene ngaahi lea.
And they said to him brothers his ¿ really will you reign over us or? certainly will you rule over us and they increased again to hate him on dreams his and on words his.
9 Pea misi ia ʻae misi ʻe taha, pea ne tala ia ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, kuo u misi ʻae misi ʻe taha, pea vakai, ko e laʻā mo e māhina, mo e fetuʻu ʻe hongofulu ma taha, naʻa nau punou kiate au.”
And he dreamed again a dream another and he recounted it to brothers his and he said here! I have dreamed a dream again and there! the sun and the moon and one [plus] ten stars [were] bowing down to me.
10 Pea ne fakahā ki heʻene tamai, mo hono ngaahi taʻokete: pea valoki ia ʻe heʻene tamai, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻae misi ni kuo ke misi ʻaki? Ko e moʻoni ʻe pehē au mo hoʻo faʻē, mo ho ngaahi taʻokete, ke mau punou ʻakimautolu kiate koe, ki he kelekele?”
And he recounted [it] to father his and to brothers his and he rebuked him father his and he said to him what? [is] the dream this which you have dreamed ¿ really will we come I and mother your and brothers your to bow down to you [the] ground towards.
11 Pea naʻe meheka ʻa hono ngaahi taʻokete kiate ia; ka naʻe tokanga ʻene tamai ki he lea.
And they were jealous of him brothers his and father his he kept the matter.
12 Pea naʻe ʻalu hono ngaahi taʻokete ki Sikemi, ke fafanga ʻae fanga manu ʻa ʻenau tamai.
And they went brothers his to pasture [the] flock of father their at Shechem.
13 Pea pehē ʻe ʻIsileli kia Siosefa, “ʻIkai ʻoku fafanga ʻe ho ngaahi taʻokete ʻae fanga manu ʻi Sikemi?” Haʻu, pea te u fekau koe kiate kinautolu. Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au eni.”
And he said Israel to Joseph ¿ not [are] brothers your pasturing at Shechem come! and I will send you to them and he said to him here [am] I.
14 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke ke ʻalu, ʻo vakai pe ʻoku lelei ʻa ho ngaahi taʻokete, pea lelei mo e fanga manu; pea ke haʻu ʻo tala mai.” Pea ne fekau ia mei he teleʻa ʻo Hepeloni ʻo ne hoko ki Sikemi.
And he said to him go please see [the] welfare of brothers your and [the] welfare of the flock and bring to me word and he sent him from [the] valley of Hebron and he came Shechem towards.
15 Pea naʻe ʻilo ia ʻe he tangata ʻe taha, pea vakai, naʻe ʻalu he pe ia ʻi he fonua; pea fehuʻi ʻae tangata kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke kumi?”
And he found him a man and there! [he was] wandering in the open country and he asked him the man saying what? are you seeking.
16 Pea ne pehē, “ʻOku ou kumi hoku ngaahi taʻokete; ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, fakahā kiate au ʻae potu ʻoku nau fafanga ai ʻae fanga manu.”
And he said brothers my I [am] seeking tell! please to me where? [are] they pasturing.
17 Pea pehēange ʻe he tangata, “Kuo nau ō, he naʻaku fanongo ki heʻenau pehē, Tau ō ki Totani.” Pea naʻe muimui ʻa Siosefa ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, pea ne ʻilo ʻakinautolu ʻi Totani.
And he said the man they have departed from here for I heard [them] saying let us go Dothan towards and he went Joseph after brothers his and he found them at Dothan.
18 Pea kuo nau mamata kiate ia, ʻi heʻene kei mamaʻo, ʻi he teʻeki ke ne ofi kiate kinautolu, naʻa nau alea fakataha, ke tāmateʻi ia.
And they saw him from a distance and just before he drew near to them and they dealt deceptively with him to kill him.
19 Pea naʻa nau fealēleaʻaki, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae faʻa misi ni.”
And they said each to brother his there! [the] master of dreams this [is] coming.
20 Pea ko ia ke tau tāmateʻi ia pea lī ia ki ha luo, pea te tau pehē, kuo kai ia ʻe ha manu fekai; pea te tau vakai, pe ʻe hoko ʻo fēfē ʻene ngaahi misi.
And now - come and let us kill him and let us throw him in one of the pits and we will say an animal wild it has eaten him and we may see what? will be dreams his.
21 Pea fanongo ki ai ʻa Lupeni, ʻo ne fakahaofi ia mei honau nima; ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOua naʻa tau tāmateʻi ia.”
And he heard Reuben and he rescued him from hand their and he said not let us strike him life.
22 Pea pehē ʻe Lupeni kiate kinautolu, “ʻOua naʻa lingi toto, kae lī ia ki he luo ni, ʻoku ʻi he toafa, pea ʻoua naʻa ala ha nima kiate ia;” naʻa ne pehē koeʻuhi ke ne toʻo ia mei honau nima, ke toe ʻatu ia ki heʻene tamai.
And he said to them - Reuben may not you shed blood throw him into the pit this which [is] in the wilderness and a hand may not you stretch out on him so as to rescue him from hand their to restore him to father his.
23 Pea kuo hoko atu ʻa Siosefa ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, pea pehē, naʻa nau toʻo ʻae kofutuʻa ʻo Siosefa meiate ia, ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule naʻe ʻiate ia;
And it was just when he came Joseph to brothers his and they stripped Joseph long garment his [the] long garment of the palms and soles which [was] on him.
24 Pea nau ʻave ia ʻo lī ki he luo; pea naʻe maha pe ʻae luo, naʻe ʻikai ʻi ai ha vai.
And they took him and they threw him the pit towards and the pit [was] empty there not in it [was] water.
25 Pea nau nofo ki lalo ke kai mā: pea ʻi he hanga hake honau mata ʻo sio, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ʻae fononga ʻoe kakai ʻIsimeʻeli, naʻe haʻu mei Kiliate, mo e nau fanga kāmeli, naʻe fakaheka ki ai ʻae ngaahi ʻakau namu lelei, mo e pulu mo e pulu nanamu, ko e nau fetuku ia ki ʻIsipite.
And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up eyes their and they saw and there! a caravan of Ishmaelites [was] coming from Gilead and camels their [were] carrying spice and balm and myrrh traveling to take [them] down Egypt towards.
26 Pea lea ʻa Siuta, ʻo pehē ki hono ngaahi taʻokete, “Ko e hā hono ʻaonga, ʻo ʻetau tāmateʻi hotau tehina, pea fufū hono toto?
And he said Judah to brothers his what? [is the] profit if we will kill brother our and we will conceal blood his.
27 Haʻu, ke tau fakatau ia ki he kau ʻIsimeʻeli, kaeʻoua naʻa ʻiate ia hotau nima: he ko hotau tehina ia mo hotau kakano.” Pea loto ki ai ʻa hono ngaahi taʻokete.
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and hand our may not it be on him for [is] brother our flesh our he and they listened brothers his.
28 Pea ʻalu ʻo ofi ki ai ʻae kakai Mitiani ko e kau fakatau: pea naʻa nau toho hake ʻa Siosefa mei he luo, pea nau fakatau ʻa Siosefa ki he kau ʻIsimeʻeli, ʻaki ʻae konga siliva ʻe uofulu; pea naʻa nau ʻave ʻa Siosefa ki ʻIsipite.
And they passed by men Midianite[s] traders and they drew and they brought up Joseph from the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver and they brought Joseph Egypt towards.
29 Pea toe ʻalu ʻa Lupeni ki he luo pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai ʻi he luo ʻa Siosefa pea haehae ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu.
And he returned Reuben to the pit and there! not Joseph [was] in the pit and he tore clothes his.
30 Pea toe haʻu ia ki hono ngaahi tokoua, ʻo ne pehē, “Kuo ʻikai ʻae tama; pea ko au, te u ʻalu ki fē?”
And he returned to brothers his and he said the boy not [is] he and I where? [am] I going.
31 Pea naʻa nau toʻo ʻae kofutuʻa ʻo Siosefa, ʻo nau tāmateʻi ʻae ʻuhikiʻi kosi, ʻo nau unu ʻae kofutuʻa ʻi he toto:
And they took [the] long garment of Joseph and they slaughtered a male goat of goats and they dipped the long garment in the blood.
32 Pea nau fekau ke ʻave ʻae kofutuʻa pulepule ki heʻenau tamai; ʻo nau pehē, “Kuo mau ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni; pea ke vakai, pe ko e kofutuʻa ʻo ho foha pe ʻikai.”
And they sent [the] long garment of the palms and soles and they brought [it] to father their and they said this we have found investigate please ¿ [the] long garment of son your [is] it or? not.
33 Pea ne ʻilo ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e kofutuʻa ia ʻo hoku foha; kuo kai ia ʻe he manu fekai; kuo haehae nai, ʻo fakaikiiki ʻa Siosefa.”
And he recognized it and he said [it is] [the] long garment of son my an animal wild it has eaten him certainly he has been torn to pieces Joseph.
34 Pea haehae ʻe Sēkope hono ngaahi kofu, pea ne ai ʻae tauangaʻa, pea ne tēngihia hono foha ʻo ʻaho lahi.
And he tore Jacob clothes his and he put sackcloth on loins his and he mourned on son his days many.
35 Pea tuʻu hake hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine ke nau fakafiemālieʻi ia; ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali ʻae fakafiemālie; pea ne pehē, “He te u ʻalu hifo tangi pe ki he faʻitoka ki hoku foha.” Naʻe pehē ʻae tangi ʻa ʻene tamai koeʻuhi ko ia. (Sheol h7585)
And they arose all sons his and all daughters his to comfort him and he refused to be comforted and he said that I will go down to son my mourning Sheol towards and he wept for him father his. (Sheol h7585)
36 Pea naʻe fakatau ia ʻe he kakai Mitiani ki ʻIsipite, kia Potifa, ko e matāpule ʻa Felo, ko e pule ʻoe kau leʻo.
(And the Medanites *L(E)*) they sold him into Egypt to Potiphar an official of Pharaoh [the] commander of the bodyguards.
