Senesi 46
1 Pea fononga ʻa ʻIsileli mo e meʻa kotoa pē naʻa ne maʻu, pea haʻu ia ki Peasipa, pea ne ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻene tamai ko ʻAisake.
Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 Pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻOtua kia ʻIsileli ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻo ne pehē, “Sēkope, Sēkope;” pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au eni.”
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e ʻOtua au, ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo tamai: ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē ke ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite, he te u ngaohi ʻaki koe ʻi ai ʻae puleʻanga lahi.
He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Pea te u ʻalu mo koe ki ʻIsipite; pea ko e moʻoni te u toe ʻomi koe mei ai; pea ʻe ʻai ʻe Siosefa hono nima ki ho mata.”
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
5 Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Sēkope mei Peasipa: pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsileli naʻa nau ʻomi ʻa ʻenau tamai ko Sēkope, mo ʻenau fānau, mo honau ngaahi uaifi ʻi he ngaahi saliote naʻe fekau ʻe Felo ke fetuku ʻaki ʻakinautolu.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Pea naʻa nau ʻave ʻenau fanga manu mo ʻenau koloa, naʻa nau maʻu ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻo nau haʻu ki ʻIsipite, ʻa Sēkope, mo hono hako kotoa pē mo ia:
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
7 Ko hono ngaahi foha, mo e ngaahi foha ʻo hono ngaahi foha mo ia, mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo hono ngaahi foha, mo hono hako kotoa pē, naʻe haʻu mo ia ki ʻIsipite.
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.
8 Pea ko e ngaahi hingoa eni ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli naʻe haʻu ki ʻIsipite, ko Sēkope mo hono ngaahi foha: ko Lupeni ko e ʻuluaki ʻo Sēkope.
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Lupeni; ko Henoke, mo Falu, mo Hesiloni, mo Kalimi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Simione; ko Semueli, mo Samini, mo ʻOhati, mo Sakini, mo Sohali, mo Saula, ko e tama ʻae fefine Kēnani.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Livai, ko Kesoni, mo Kohate, mo Melali.
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Siuta; ko ʻEa, mo ʻOnani, mo Felesi, mo Selaa, ka naʻe mate ʻa ʻEa mo ʻOnani ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Felesi ko Hesiloni mo Hamuli.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsaka; ko Tola, mo Fufa, mo Sope, mo Similoni.
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sepuloni; ko Seleti, mo ʻEloni, mo Salili.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Lia, naʻa ne fāʻeleʻi kia Sēkope ʻi Petanalami, mo hono ʻofefine ko Taina; ko e laumālie ʻo hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine naʻe toko tolungofulu ma toko tolu.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Kata; ko Sifioni, mo Haki, mo Suni, mo ʻEsiponi, mo ʻElai, mo ʻEloti, mo ʻAlili.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAseli; ko Simina, mo ʻIsua, mo ʻIsui, mo Pelia, mo Sela, ko honau tuofefine; pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Pelia; ko Hepa, mo Malikieli.
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Silipa, ʻaia ne foaki ʻe Lepani ki hono ʻofefine ko Lia, pea ne fanauʻi ʻakinautolu ni kia Sēkope, ko e laumālie ʻe hongofulu ma ono.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Pea ko e fānau ʻa Lesieli ko e uaifi ʻo Sēkope; ko Siosefa, mo Penisimani.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Pea naʻe tupu ia Siosefa ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻa Manase, mo ʻIfalemi, ʻaia naʻe fanauʻi kiate ia ʻe ʻAsinate ko e ʻofefine ʻo Potifela ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo ʻOni.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Penisimani, ko Pela, mo Pekeli, mo ʻAsipeli, mo Kela, mo Neemani, mo ʻEhi, mo Losi, mo Mupimi, mo Hupimi, mo ʻAliti.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Lesieli, naʻe tupu kia Sēkope; ko e laumālie kotoa pē, naʻe toko hongofulu ma toko fā.
These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Pea ko e foha ʻo Tani; ko Husami.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Nafitali, ko Saseili, mo Kuni; mo Seseli, mo Silemi.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Pila, ʻaia naʻe foaki ʻe Lepani, ki hono ʻofefine ko Lesieli, pea ne fānau ʻakinautolu ni kia Sēkope; ko e laumālie kotoa pē naʻe toko fitu.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 Ko e laumālie kotoa pē naʻe haʻu mo Sēkope ki ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe tupu ʻiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai lau ʻae ngaahi uaifi ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope; ko e laumālie ʻe toko onongofulu ma toko ono.
All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Siosefa naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻi ʻIsipite, ko e laumālie ʻe toko ua: pea ko e laumālie kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo Sēkope, naʻe haʻu ki ʻIsipite, naʻa nau toko fitungofulu.
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Pea naʻa ne fekau ʻa Siuta ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate ia, ke fakahinohino ia ki Koseni; pea naʻa nau hoko ki he fonua ko Koseni.
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Pea teuteu ʻe Siosefa hono saliote, pea ʻalu ia ke fakafetaulaki ki heʻene tamai ʻi Koseni, ʻo ne fakahā ia kiate ia: pea ne fāʻufua ia ʻo faʻaki ki hono kia ʻo tangi fuoloa.
Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 Pea pehē ʻe ʻIsileli kia Siosefa, “Ko eni tuku ke u mate, he koeʻuhi kuo u mamata ki ho mata, pea ʻoku ke kei moʻui.”
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Pea pehē ʻe Siosefa ki hono ngaahi tokoua mo e fale ʻo ʻene tamai, “Te u ʻalu hake ʻo fakahā kia Felo, ʻo tala kiate ia, ko hoku ngaahi tokoua, mo e fale ʻo ʻeku tamai ʻaia naʻe ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, kuo nau haʻu kiate au.
Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Pea ko e kau tauhi sipi ʻae kau tangata, he ko ʻenau ngāue ko e fafanga ʻae fanga manu; pea kuo nau ʻomi ʻenau fanga manu mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu.
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
33 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka ui ʻa Felo kiate kimoutolu, ʻo ne fehuʻi pe ko e hā ʻa hoʻomou faiva;
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 Pea te mou pehē, ‘Ko e ngāue ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki talu ʻemau kei siʻi ʻo fai mai ni, ʻio ʻakimautolu mo ʻemau ngaahi tamai, ko e tauhimanu;’ koeʻuhi ke mou nofo ʻi he fonua ko Koseni,” he ʻoku fakalielia ki he kakai ʻIsipite, ʻae tauhi sipi kotoa pē.
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
