Genesis 46
1 Jacob el apweni ma lal nukewa ac som nu Beersheba, ac orek kisa we nu sin God lal Isaac, papa tumal.
Israel travelled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 God El kaskas nu sel in sie aruruma ke fong sac ac pangnol, “Jacob, Jacob!” El topuk, “Nga pa inge.”
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 Ac God El fahk, “Nga pa God, God lun papa tomom. Nik kom sangeng in som nu Egypt. Nga fah oru tuh fwilin tulik nutum in sie matunfacl lulap in acn we.
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 Nga ac wi kom som nu Egypt, ac nga fah folokonma fwilin tulik nutum nu in facl se inge. Joseph el ac fah oasr yurum ke pacl se kom ac misa.”
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
5 Jacob el mukuila liki acn Beersheba. Wen natul ah srakulang Jacob, tulik srisrik natulos, ac mutan kialos fin wagon ma tokosra Egypt el supwama.
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 Elos us un kosro natulos ac ma lalos nukewa ma elos eisani in acn Canaan, ac som nu Egypt. Jacob el us fwilin tulik natul nukewa welul:
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 wen natul, wen nutin natul, acn natul, ac acn nutin natul nukewa.
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 Mwet in sou lal Jacob su welul som nu Egypt pa Reuben, wen se meet natul,
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 ac wen natul Reuben nukewa: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, ac Carmi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon ac wen natul kewa: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, ac Shaul, wen nutin mutan Canaan se.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ac wen natul kewa: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah ac wen natul kewa: Shelah, Perez, ac Zerah. (Wen luo saya natul Judah, Er ac Onan, eltal misa Canaan.) Wen natul Perez pa Hezron ac Hamul.
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 Issachar ac wen natul kewa: Tola, Puah, Jashub, ac Shimron.
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Zebulun ac wen natul kewa: Sered, Elon, ac Jahleel.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Pa inge nukewa tulik natul Leah ma el oswela nu sel Jacob in acn Mesopotamia, welulang Dinah acn sefanna. Fita natul sel Leah, nufonna mwet tolngoul 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 Gad ac wen natul kewa: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, ac Areli.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher ac wen natul kewa: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, ac Sarah, tamtael se lalos. Wen natul Beriah pa Heber ac Malchiel.
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Mwet singoul onkosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Zilpah, mutan kulansap se su Laban el sang nu sel Leah, acn natul.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Rachel, mutan kial Jacob, el oswela wen luo na nu sel: Joseph ac Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Oasr wen luo natul Joseph: Manasseh ac Ephraim, su Asenath, acn natul Potiphera mwet tol lun Heliopolis, el osweang nu sel in Egypt.
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 Kewana wen natul Benjamin pa Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppin, ac Ard.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Mwet singoul akosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Rachel.
These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Dan ac Hushin, wen natul.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naphtali ac wen natul kewa: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, ac Shillem.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Mwet itkosr inge pa fita natul Jacob sel Bilhah, mutan kulansap se su Laban el sang nu sel Rachel, acn natul.
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 Pisen tulik na pwaye natul Jacob su som nu Egypt uh oasr ke mwet onngoul onkosr. Tia oaoa mutan kien wen natul uh.
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 Wen luo natul Joseph ma isusyang nu sel in Egypt ah fin weang pisa lulap se inge, ac oasr tulik itngoul nufon natul Jacob pa som nu Egypt.
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 Jacob el supwalla Judah meet lukel in tuh siyuk Joseph elan osun nu selos in acn Goshen. Ke elos sun acn we,
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Joseph el sroang nu fin chariot natul, ac som nu Goshen in osun nu sin papa tumal. Ke eltal osun, Joseph el kausma papa tumal ah nu yorol, ac tung ke pacl na loes se.
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 Jacob el fahk nu sel Joseph, “Inge ke nga liye kom tari ac etu lah kom srakna moul uh, nga mansis na ngan misa.”
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Na Joseph el fahk nu sin mwet lel ac mwet saya nukewa in sou lun papa tumal, “Nga enenu in som ac fahk nu sel tokosra lah mwet wiuk, ac mwet nukewa in sou lun papa tumuk su tuh muta Canaan, elos tuku nu yuruk.
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 Nga ac fahk nu sel lah komtal mwet liyaung sheep ac karingin un kosro, ac nga ac fahk pac lah komtal us un kosro nutumtal ac ma lomtal nukewa saya.
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 Ke tokosra el ac pangon komtal nu yorol ac siyuk lah orekma fuka lomtal,
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 aklohya na fahkang nu sel lah komtal mwet karingin kosro in moul lomtal nufon, oana mwet matu lomtal meet ah. Komtal fin fahk ouinge, na el ac lela komtal in muta in acn Goshen.” Joseph el fahk ouinge mweyen mwet liyaung kosro uh ma srungayuk se sin mwet Egypt.
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.”
