1 Mose 46
1 Enti Israel de nʼahode nyinaa sii mu koduu Beer-Seba. Ɔbɔɔ Onyankopɔn a na nʼagya Isak som no no afɔre wɔ hɔ.
And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
2 Anadwo anisoadehu mu no, Onyankopɔn frɛɛ Yakob se, “Yakob! Yakob!” Yakob gyee so se, “Me ni.”
and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, “Jacob, Jacob”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
3 Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mene Onyankopɔn. Onyankopɔn a wʼagya som no. Nsuro sɛ wobɛkɔ Misraim, efisɛ mɛma wʼase adɔ ayɛ ɔman kɛse wɔ hɔ.
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 Mʼankasa ne wo bɛkɔ Misraim, na masan de wo aba ha. Edu bere a worebewu a, wubewu wɔ Yosef nsam.”
I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.”
5 Na Yakob sii mu fii Beer-Seba. Israelmma no de wɔn agya Yakob, wɔn yerenom ne wɔn mma tenatenaa nteaseɛnam a Farao soma ma wɔde bɛfaa wɔn no mu.
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 Wɔfaa wɔn mmoa ne wɔn agyapade a wɔanya wɔ Kanaan asase so no nyinaa kaa wɔn ho kɔɔ Misraim. Yakob ne nʼasefo nyinaa sii mu kɔɔ Misraim.
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 Israel de ne mmabarima, ne nenanom, ne mmabea ne wɔn mma a wɔn nyinaa yɛ nʼasefo kaa ne ho kɔɔ Misraim.
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 Din a edidi so yi yɛ Israelfo, Yakob asefo a ɔde wɔn kɔɔ Misraim. Ruben yɛ Yakob abakan.
And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.
9 Ruben nso mmabarima din na edidi so yi: Hanok, Palu, Hesron ne Karmi.
And sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon nso mmabarima yɛ: Yemuel, Yamin, Ohad, Yakin, Sohar ne Saulo a ne na yɛ Kanaanni.
And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanite.
11 Lewi mmabarima din na edidi so yi: Gerson, Kohat ne Merari.
And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Yuda nso mmabarima yɛ: Er, Onan, Sela, Peres ne Serah. Nanso Er ne Onan de, wowuwuu wɔ Kanaan asase so ansa na Israel reba Misraim asase so. Peres mmabarima yɛ: Hesron ne Hamul.
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 Isakar mmabarima nso yɛ: Tola, Puwa, Hiob ne Simron.
And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 Sebulon mmabarima nso yɛ: Sered, Elon ne Yakleel.
And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Wɔn a wɔabobɔ wɔn din yi yɛ Lea mma a ɔne Yakob woo wɔ Paddan-Aram a ne babea Dina nso ka ho. Saa mmabarima ne ne babea yi nyinaa dodow si nnipa aduasa abiɛsa.
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 Gad nso mma din na edidi so yi: Sifion, Hagi, Suni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi ne Areli.
And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Aser nso mma din na edidi so yi: Yimna, Isua, Isui ne Beria ne wɔn nuabea Sera. Beria nso mma yɛ: Heber ne Malkiel.
And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Eyinom nso ne Silpa, afenaa a Laban de no maa ne babea Lea a ɔno nso de no maa ne kunu Yakob waree no mma. Wɔn nyinaa dodow ano si nnipa dunsia.
These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bears these to Jacob—sixteen persons.
19 Yakob yere Rahel mma yɛ: Yosef ne Benyamin.
Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Yosef ne ne yere Asnat, a ɔyɛ Potifera a ɔyɛ On bosomfo babea woo Manase ne Efraim wɔ Misraim.
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 Benyamin nso mmabarima din na edidi so yi: Bela, Beker, Asbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Mupim, Hupim ne Ard.
And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 Saa nnipa a wɔabobɔ wɔn din yi yɛ Rahel mmabarima a ɔne Yakob woe. Wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ nnipa dunan.
These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen.
23 Dan babarima yɛ Husim.
And sons of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naftali nso mmabarima din na edidi so yi: Yahseel, Guni, Yeser ne Silem.
And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Bilha a ɔyɛ Laban afenaa a ɔde no maa ne babea Rahel mmabarima a ɔne Yakob woo no na wɔabobɔ wɔn din yi. Na wɔn dodow yɛ nnipa baason.
These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and she bears these to Jacob—all the persons [are] seven.
26 Nnipa a Yakob de wɔn kɔɔ Misraim nyinaa, a wɔyɛ nʼasefo ankasa, a ne mmabarima yerenom nka ho dodow yɛ aduosia asia.
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 Sɛ wɔde Yosef mmabarima baanu a ɔwoo wɔn wɔ Misraim no ka ho a, na Yakob asefo a ɔde wɔn kɔɔ Misraim no nyinaa dodow yɛ nnipa aduɔson.
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 Israel somaa Yuda ma odii kan kɔɔ Yosef hɔ kobisaa no Gosen kwan. Akyiri no, wokoduu Gosen.
And Judah he has sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
29 Yosef siesiee ne nteaseɛnam ma wɔkɔɔ Gosen kohyiaa nʼagya Israel. Yosef duu nʼagya Yakob anim pɛ na ɔbam no, sui ara kwansin.
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 Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef se, “Ohu a mahu wo sɛ wote ase yi nti, sɛ owu bɛfa me nnɛ koraa a, mepɛ.”
and Israel says to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you [are] yet alive.”
31 Yosef ka kyerɛɛ ne nuanom no ne nʼagya fifo no se, “Mɛkɔ akɔka akyerɛ Farao se, ‘Me nuabarimanom ne mʼagya fifo a na anka wɔte Kanaan asase so nyinaa aba ha abɛka me ho.
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 Mmarima no yɛ nguanhwɛfo. Wɔhwɛ mmoa so. Na wɔde wɔn nguan ne wɔn anantwi ne biribiara a wɔwɔ aba.’
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 Sɛ Farao frɛ mo, na obisa mo se, ‘Adwuma bɛn na moyɛ a,’
And it has come to pass, when Pharaoh calls for you and has said, What [are] your works?
34 momma no mmuae se, ‘Wo nkoa ayɛn mmoa fi wɔn mmofraase, te sɛ nea yɛn agyanom yɛe no ara pɛpɛɛpɛ.’ Sɛ moka saa kyerɛ no a, ɔbɛma mode Gosen ayɛ mo atenae, efisɛ Misraimfo kyi nguanhwɛfo kɔkɔɔkɔ.”
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.”
