1-2 Joseph took five of his brothers to the king and told him, “My father and my brothers have come from Canaan. They have brought their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else they own to the region of Goshen.”
Then he introduced his brothers to the king, 3 who asked them, “What do you do for a living?”
“Sir, we are shepherds,” was their answer. “Our families have always raised sheep. 4 But in our country all the pastures are dried up, and our sheep have no grass to eat. So we, your servants, have come here. Please let us live in the region of Goshen.”
5 The king said to Joseph, “It's good that your father and brothers have arrived. 6 I will let them live anywhere they choose in the land of Egypt, but I suggest that they settle in Goshen, the best part of our land. I would also like for your finest shepherds to watch after my own sheep and goats.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and introduced him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing, 8 and the king asked him, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob answered, “I have lived only 130 years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.” 10 Then Jacob gave the king his blessing once again and left. 11 Joseph obeyed the king's orders and gave his father and brothers some of the best land in Egypt near the city of Rameses. 12 Joseph also provided food for their families.
A Famine in Egypt
13 The famine was bad everywhere in Egypt and Canaan, and the people were suffering terribly. 14 So Joseph sold them the grain that had been stored up, and he put the money in the king's treasury. 15 But when everyone had run out of money, the Egyptians came to Joseph and demanded, “Give us more grain! If you don't, we'll soon be dead, because our money's all gone.”
16 “If you don't have any money,” Joseph answered, “give me your animals, and I'll let you have some grain.” 17 From then on, they brought him their horses and donkeys and their sheep and goats in exchange for grain.
Within a year Joseph had collected every animal in Egypt. 18 Then the people came to him and said:
Sir, there's no way we can hide the truth from you. We are broke, and we don't have any more animals. We have nothing left except ourselves and our land. 19 Don't let us starve and our land be ruined. If you'll give us grain to eat and seed to plant, we'll sell ourselves and our land to the king. We'll become his slaves.
20 The famine became so severe that Joseph finally bought every piece of land in Egypt for the king 21 and made everyone the king's slaves, 22 except the priests. The king gave the priests a regular food allowance, so they did not have to sell their land. 23 Then Joseph said to the people, “You and your land now belong to the king. I'm giving you seed to plant, 24 but one fifth of your crops must go to the king. You can keep the rest as seed or as food for your families.”
25 “Sir, you have saved our lives!” they answered. “We are glad to be slaves of the king.” 26 Then Joseph made a law that one fifth of the harvest would always belong to the king. Only the priests did not lose their land.
Jacob Becomes an Old Man
27 The people of Israel made their home in the land of Goshen, where they became prosperous and had large families. 28 Jacob himself lived there for 17 years, before dying at the age of 147. 29 When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, “If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt. 30 Instead, bury me in the place where my ancestors are buried.”
“I will do what you have asked,” Joseph answered.
31 “Will you give me your word?” Jacob asked.
“Yes, I will,” Joseph promised. After this, Jacob bowed down and prayed at the head of his bed.
Yaakuba niŋ a dinkewolu la taroo Firawoona ñaatiliŋo la
1 Wo le to Yusufa taata a fo Firawoona ye ko, “M faamaa niŋ n kotoo kewolu niŋ n doomaa naata le ka bo Kanaani bankoo kaŋ, ì niŋ ì la saajiyolu le naata, baalu, ninsoolu aniŋ ì la sotofeŋ toomaalu bee. Ì futata Koseni tundoo kaŋ ne saayiŋ.”
2 A ye kee luulu tomboŋ a faadiŋolu kono, a ye ì yitandi Firawoona la. 3 Firawoona ko a ñiŋ faadiŋolu ye ko, “Ali la dookuwo mu muŋ ne ti?” Bituŋ ì ko Firawoona ye ko, “Ntolu, ì la joŋolu, mu beeyaŋ kantalaalu le ti, ko ŋà a tara ǹ na moo foloolu la ñaameŋ.” 4 Ì ko Firawoona ye ko, “Ǹ naata le ka sabati ñiŋ bankoo kaŋ, jaa be warariŋ Kanaani bankoo kaŋ baake le. Wo ye a tinna ǹ na saajiyolu niŋ baalu maŋ domori soto kotenke, ì be meŋ domo la. Ntolu i la joŋolu, i si yamfa ǹ ye ŋà sabati Koseni tundoo kaŋ.”
5 Bituŋ Firawoona ko Yusufa ye ko, “I faamaa niŋ i baadiŋolu naata ite le yaa. 6 Misira bankoo be i la maroo le to, i faamaa niŋ i baadiŋolu sindi bankoo dulaa kendoo to. Ì bula ì ye tara sabatiriŋ Koseni tundoo kaŋ. Niŋ i laata ko kantarilaa kendoolu be ì kono le, ì marandi n na beeyaŋolu ma.”
7 Bituŋ Yusufa naata a faamaa Yaakuba samba naŋ, a ye a yitandi Firawoona la. Wo le to Yaakuba naata neemoo daani Firawoona ye. 8 Firawoona ko Yaakuba ye ko, “I ye sanji jelu le soto?” 9 Yaakuba ko a ye ko, “N na baluwo be sanji keme sanji taŋ saba le, aduŋ ŋa a bee ke tumarankeeyaa le kono. A maŋ siyaa, a koleyaa warata. A niŋ ǹ na moo foloolu siyolu te laa noo la, mennu tarata baluuriŋ fo waati jaŋ tumarankeeyaa kono.” 10 Bituŋ Yaakuba ye neemoo daani Firawoona ye, a bota a ñaatiliŋo la.
11 Yusufa ye a faamaa niŋ a baadiŋolu sindi Misira banku betoo le to, Ramesesi saatewo daala. A ye ì fansuŋ kenoo dii ì la jee, ko Firawoona ye a yaamari ñaameŋ. 12 Bituŋ Yusufa naata domoroo dii a faamaa la, aniŋ a faadiŋolu, niŋ a faamaa la dimbaayaa toomaalu bee, ko ì la dimbaayaa hapoo be ñaameŋ.
Konko jawoo Misira bankoo kaŋ
13 Konkoo ñiŋ warata baake, aduŋ domori maŋ soto dulaa to. Konkoo ye Misirankoolu niŋ Kanaaninkoolu batandi baake le. 14 Yusufa ye siimaŋ kodoo bee kafu ñoo ma, meŋ sotota Misira bankoo kaŋ, aniŋ Kanaani bankoo kaŋ, a ye a samba Firawoona yaa.
15 Kabiriŋ kodoo banta domo la Misira bankoo kaŋ, aniŋ Kanaani, Misirankoolu bee naata Yusufa kaŋ, ì ko a ye ko, “Domoroo dii ǹ na. Muŋ ne be a tinna la ntolu be faa la konkoo la ì ñaatiliŋo la? Ǹ na kodoo bee le banta.” 16 Yusufa ye ì jaabi ko, “Niŋ ali la kodoo banta, wo to ali ali la beeyaŋolu dii n na, ŋa ì faliŋ ali ma siimaŋo la.” 17 Bituŋ ì ye ì la beeyaŋolu samba naŋ, Yusufa ka a faliŋ ì ma siimaŋo la: suwoolu, saajiyolu, baalu, ninsoolu aniŋ faloolu. Wo saŋo la, ì ye ì la beeyaŋolu bee faliŋ a ma siimaŋ kesoo la.
18 Kabiriŋ wo saŋo banta, ì naata a kaŋ wo jaaroo, ì ko a ye ko, “M̀ maarii, ǹ te n nukuŋ na i ma ka a yitandi i la ko, ǹ na kodoo bee le banta, aduŋ ǹ na beeyaŋ koorewolu bee be ite le bulu. Feŋ maŋ tu m̀ bulu, m̀ be meŋ dii la i la, fo m̀ balajaatoolu, aniŋ ǹ na senekunkoolu. 19 Kana m̀ bula ŋà faa i ñaatiliŋo la, ǹ na kunkoolu ye kasaara. Ǹ na kunkoolu saŋ m̀ bulu, ka ì faliŋ m̀ ma siimaŋo la. Ntolu niŋ ǹ na bankutiiyaa bee, m̀ be naa ke la Firawoona ye joŋo le ti. Siimaŋo dii ǹ na, fo ǹ si baluu noo, ǹ kana faa. Turoo dii ǹ na, ǹ na kunku kenseŋolu kana tu.”
20 Konkoo naata Misirankoolu jarabi fo labaŋo, feŋ maŋ tu jee, fo ka ì la kunkoolu waafi. Yusufa ye ì la kunkoolu bee saŋ ì bulu, a bee naata tara Firawoona taayaa to. 21 A ye moolu ke joŋolu ti ka bo Misira tonkoŋ fo a tonkoŋ. 22 Piriisoolu* la kunkoolu, a maŋ wolu doroŋ ne saŋ, kaatu itolu ka joo doo le soto Firawoona la mansakundaa kono, aduŋ wo joo, ì ka i baluu wo le la. Wo kamma la, itolu maŋ ì la kunkoolu waafi.
23 Bituŋ Yusufa ko moolu ye ko, “Bii tiloo la, ŋa ali niŋ ali la bankoolu saŋ ne Firawoona ye. Saayiŋ siimaŋ kesoolu fele, ali ì fii bankoo kaŋ. 24 Niŋ sanjaanoo waatoo siita, ali si ali la siimaŋ kesoo talaadaa luulunjaŋo dii Firawoona la. Ali si talaadaa naanoo taa ka ke ali ye turoo ti aniŋ domotaa, ali niŋ ali la dimbaayaalu ka taa ali la dindiŋ meseŋolu.” 25 Ì ko a ye ko, “M̀ maarii, i ye ǹ niyolu le tanka. Niŋ ŋà a soto i la, m̀ be ke la Firawoona ye joŋolu le ti.”
26 Bituŋ Yusufa naata ñiŋ luwaa duŋ Misira bankoo kaŋ ko, sanjaanoo waatoo, siimaŋ kesoo talaadaa luulunjaŋo, wo ñanta ke la Firawoona le taa ti. Ñiŋ luwaa be taama kaŋ ne hani bii. Piriisoolu la kenoolu dammaa le maŋ ke Firawoona taa ti.
Yaakuba la kanindiri labaŋo
27 Banisirayilankoolu naata sii Misira bankoo kaŋ, Koseni tundoo la. Bituŋ ì ye niyo soto bankoo ñiŋ to. Ì jiidita jee, ì siyaata famfaŋ.
28 Yaakuba sabatita Misira le fo sanji taŋ niŋ woorowula, a siyo taata fo sanji keme sanji taŋ naani niŋ woorowula. 29 Kabiriŋ saayaa sutiyaata naŋ Isirayila la, a ye a dinkewo Yusufa kumandi, a ko a ye ko, “Niŋ ŋa a soto i la, i buloo laa n kenoo kaŋ ka laahidoo taa n ye ko, i be tiliŋo niŋ tooñaa le yitandi la n na. Kana m baadee Misira bankoo kaŋ. 30 Niŋ m faata, m furewo fintindi Misira bankoo kaŋ, i ye m baadee m bonsuŋolu be laariŋ daameŋ.” Yusufa ye a jaabi ko, “I ye a fo ñaameŋ, m be a ke la wo le ñaama.” 31 Isirayila ko a ye ko, “I kali n ye.” Yusufa ye i kali a ye. Bituŋ Isirayila ye a kuŋo jimi a la laaraŋo kaŋ ka Alla tentu.
