Yusufa la taroo Potifa yaa
1 Kabiriŋ Isimayila koomalankoolu ye Yusufa samba Misira, Misira kewo doo le ye a saŋ ì bulu, ì ka a fo meŋ ye ko, Potifa. Potifa mu Firawoona la mansakundaa dookuulaa le ti, a kantalaalu la ñaatonkoo. 2 Yusufa tarata a ñiŋ maarii Misirankoo le yaa. Yaawe* tarata a fee le, aduŋ a naata ke moo le ti, meŋ ye ñaatotaa soto. 3 Potifa ye a je le ko, Yaawe be Yusufa fee le, a ye kuu-wo-kuu ke, Yaawe ka a so mantaabeŋo le la jee. 4 Wo le ye a tinna Yusufa la kuwo diyaata a ye. A naata Yusufa katandi a faŋ ma, a ye a marandi a la bunkono feŋolu ma, aniŋ a ye a la sotofeŋo bee karafa a ma. 5 Ka bo waatoo meŋ na, a ye a marandi a la buŋo kuwo ma, aniŋ ka a marandi a sotofeŋo bee ma, Yaawe ye neema ke a la buŋo ma le Yusufa la kuwo kaŋ. Yaawe la neemoo tarata a sotofeŋo bee le kaŋ, buŋo kono aniŋ kunkoo to. 6 Bituŋ a ye a sotofeŋo bee tu Yusufa la maroo to, feŋ maŋ tara ate faŋo kaŋ fo domoroo.
Yusufa mu kee ñiimaa baa le ti, a lookuuta. 7 Bituŋ a maarii Potifa la musoo naata a ñaa loo Yusufa kaŋ, a ko a ye ko, “Ŋà n laa.” 8 Bari Yusufa maŋ soŋ. Bituŋ a ko musoo ñiŋ ye ko, “A juubee, m maarii daa te a la feŋ na kuu to ñiŋ buŋo kono, a ye ì bee ke nte le la maroo to. 9 A maŋ a faŋ wara n ti ñiŋ buŋo kono, aduŋ a maŋ feŋ siyaa n ti fo ite, kaatu i mu a la musoo le ti. Nte si ñiŋ kuu jawu baa ke noo ñaadii le, ŋa junube kuwo soto Alla la karoo la?”
10 Luŋ-wo-luŋ a si a kumoo fo Yusufa ye, bari a maŋ soŋ hani ka i laa a daala, waraŋ ka tara a fee. 11 Luŋ kiliŋ Yusufa naata buŋo kono ka a la dookuwo ke. Bari a ye a tara le bunkononkoolu bee fintita buŋo kono. 12 Bituŋ Potifa la musoo ñiŋ ye a ñafu a la waramboo to, a ko a ye ko, “Ŋà n laa!” Bituŋ Yusufa ye a la dendika santonkoo fili a bulu, a borita ka taa banta.
13 Kabiriŋ musoo ñiŋ ye a je ko, Yusufa ye a la dendikoo fili a bulu le, a borita banta, 14 a ye bunkononkoolu kamfayi ko, “Ali a juubee, n keemaa ye Hiburunkoo* le samba naŋ ntolu kono, ka naa ǹ neŋ! A naata n kaŋ ne ka laañooyaa ñini m ma, wo to le n wuurita santo. 15 Bituŋ kabiriŋ a ye a je, n ka n kaŋo wulindi santo, a ye a la dendikoo fili laariŋ n daala, a borita banta.”
16 Bituŋ a ye Yusufa la dendikoo muta a faŋ bulu, fo a keemaa naata suwo kono. 17 A ye ñiŋ bee saata wo ye, a ko a ye ko, “I ye Hiburu joŋo meŋ samba naŋ ǹ kaŋ, naata n kaŋ ne ka laañooyaa ñini m ma. 18 Kabiriŋ n wuurita ka n kaŋo wulindi santo, a ye a la dendikoo fili laariŋ n daala, a ye i bori banta.” 19 Kabiriŋ Potifa la musoo ye ñiŋ kumoo saata a ye, a la joŋo Yusufa ye meŋ ke a la, a jusoo bota baake. 20 Bituŋ a ye Yusufa muta, a ye a soroŋ bunjawoo kono, mansa la bunjawutonkoolu ka tara daameŋ, a tarata bunjawoo kono jee.
21 Yaawe tarata a fee le. A hiinata a ma, a ye a la kuwo diyandi bunjawuto maralaa kuntiyo ye. 22 Bunjawuto maralaa kuntiyo naata Yusufa marandi bunjawutonkoolu bee ma, mennu be bunjawoo ñiŋ kono jee. Feŋ-wo-feŋ ñanta ke la jee, a ka taa niŋ a la maafaŋo le la. 23 Feŋ-wo-feŋ be Yusufa la maroo to, bunjawuto maralaa kuntiyo ñiŋ buka bula wo la kuwo nooma. Yaawe be Yusufa fee le, a ye ñaatotaa dii a la kuu-wo-kuu le to, a barata meŋ na.
© Mandinka Bible © Bible Society in The Gambia, 2011
