Genesis 37 (BEO)

1Ya:igobe da soge amo ea eda da musa: amo ganodini esalu (Ga:ina:ne), amogawi esalu.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2Ya:igobe ea sosogo fi ilia hou dedei da agoane. Yousefe da lalelegele, ode 17 esalu, ayeligi ba:i. E amola yolalali (ilia da Ya:igobe ea gidisedagi uda Biliha amola Siliba elea mano), amo da gilisili Ya:igobe ea sibi amola goudi ouligisu. E da ea olalali ilia wadela:i hou ba:beba:le, ea edama sia:ne iasu olelei.This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

3Yousefe da Ya:igobe ea da:i hamoi esoga lalelegeiba:le, Ya:igobe ea asigi hou ema da ea asigi hou amo Yousefe yolalali ilima baligisu. E abula ida:iwane hamone, Yousefema i.Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

4Yousefe ea yolalali da Ya:igobe ea asigi hou Yousefema da ea asigi ilima baligi amo ba:beba:le, mudasu hamoi. Ilia da Yousefema bagade higasu. Ilia da ema asigiwane sia:mu hamedeiwane ba:i.When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5Eso afaega, Yousefe da simasia ba:i. Amo e da ea yolalalima olelebeba:le, ilia da bu baligili ema mi hanai galu.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6E da ilima amane sia:i, “Nabima! Na da agoane simasia ba:i.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7Ninia huluane da widi sagai amo ganodini widi la:gi dudalebe ba:i. Amalalu, na widi la:gi da wa:legadole moloiwane lelu. Amalalu, dilia widi la:gi da na widi la:gi amoga sisiga:le, begudui.”We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

8Ea yolalali da ema amane adole ba:i, “Di da ninima hina bagade esalumu dawa:bela:?” Amaiba:le, e da simasia ba:beba:le amola amoga sia:beba:le, ilia da ema baligili mi hanai galu.“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

9Amalalu, Yousefe da eno simasia ba:i. E da ea yolalali ilima amane sia:i, “Na da eno simasia ba:i. Amo ganodini, na da eso, oubi amola gasumuni gidayale gala, huluane nama begudulalebe ba:i.”Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

10Amo simasia ba:i e da ea adama olelei. Ea eda da ema gagabole sia:i, “Amo da adi simasia ba:sula:? Dia ame, dia yolalali amola na da dima misini, beguduma:bela:?”He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

11Yousefe ea yolalali da ema mudale dawa:i, be ea ada da amo liligi huluane ea asigi dawa:su ganodini dawa:lalu.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Eso afaega, Yousefe yolalali da Siegeme sogega ilia eda ea lai gebo fi amo ouligimusa: asi dagoi ba:i.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13Ya:igobe da Yousefema amane sia:i, “Dia yolalali ilia da Siegeme sogega lai gebo gilisisu ouligilala. Di amoga masa!” Yousefe da amane bu adole i, “Na masunu!”Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

14Ea ada da ema amane sia:i, “Defea! Masa! Dia yolalali da hahawane esalabala? Sibi gilisisu da hahawanela:? Amo huluane abodemusa: masa. Amasea, amo sia:ne iasu bu nama iamisa.” Ea eda da Hibalone Fago esalu. E da Yousefe asunasiba:le, Yousefe da asili, Siegeme sogega doaga:i.Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

15E da amo sogega udigili laloba, dunu afae da e ba:loba amane sia:i, “Di da adi hogosala:?”a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Yousefe da bu adole i, “Na da nolalali amo ilia lai gebo gilisisu ouligilala, amo hogosa. Di da ili ba:bela:?“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Amo dunu bu adole i, “Ilia da fisili asi dagoi. Ilia sia: na da nabi, amo ilia da Douda:ne sogega masusa: dawa:i galu.” Amaiba:le, Yousefe da ea yolalali ilima fa:no bobogele, Douda:ne sogega ilima doaga:i.“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

18Ilia da Yousefe sedagaga manebe ba:beba:le, e fane legemusa: gilisili sia: dasu.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19Ilia gilisili sia: dasu, amane, “Amo simasia ba:su dunu da manebe goea!“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20Defea! Ninia da medole legele amola ea da:i hodo amo hafoga:i hano uli dogoi amo ganodini ha:digimu. Ninia da gasonasu ohe fi da e medole legei sia:mu. Amasea, ea simasia ba:i liligi da hamedei liligi ba:mu.”“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

21Liubene da amo sia: nababeba:le, Yousefe gaga:musa: dawa:i galu. E amane sia:i, “Ninia da e hame fane legemu.When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Be udigili amo hafoga:i uli dogoi amo ganodini sanasimu. Be ema se mae ima.” E da Yousefe gaga:le, ea edama bu oule masusa: ilegei galu.“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

23Yousefe da ea yolalali ilima doaga:loba, ilia da ea nina: hamoi abula sedade amo fadegai.So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24Amalalu, ilia da Yousefe amo hafoga:i uli dogoi amo ganodini sanasi.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Ilia da ha:i nanoba, Isiama:ile (Midia:ne) fi dunu amo Gilia:de soge fisili Idibidi amoga doaga:musa: logoga ahoanebe ba:i. Ilia ga:mele da hedama:ne fodole nasu amola gamali agui ahoanebe ba:i.And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

26Yuda da ea eya ilima amane sia:i, “Ninia eya amo medole legele amola amo hou dedebomu da ninima fidisu liligi hame.Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Ninia da Yousefe amo Isiama:ile dunu ilima bidi lamu da defea. Amane hamosea, ninia da ema se hame imunu. E da ninia eya ninia hu amola maga:me afae hamoi.” Amane dawa:lalu, ea eya ilia da gilisili defea dawa:i.Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

28Amalalu, Midia:ne bidi lasu dunu da doaga:loba, Yousefe yolalali da Yousefe amo uli dogoiga fadegale, silifa 20 amoga Yousefe Isiama:ile dunu ilima bidi lai. Amalalu, Isiama:ile dunu da Yousefe Idibidi sogega afugili asi.So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

29Liubene da uli dogoiga bu misini, Yousefe da amo ganodini hame esalu ba:beba:le, bagadewane da:i dione, ea abula gadelai.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30E da yolalali ilima bu misini amane sia:i, “Goi da uli dogoiga hame. Na da adi hamoma:bela:?”returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Amalalu, ilia da goudi medole legele, Yousefe ea abula goudi ea maga:me amo ganodini gela sa:i.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Ilia da amo abula ilia adama gaguli asili, amane sia:i, “Ninia da amo ba:i dagoi. Amo da dia gofe ea abulala:?”They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

33Ya:igobe da amo abula dawa:i galu. E amane sia:i, “Amo da Yousefe ea:. Gasonasu ohe fi da nagofe Yousefe medole legele ea da:i dadegale fasi dagoi.”His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

34Ya:igobe da se bagade nababeba:le, ea abula gadelale, eboboi abula ea da:i amoga sali. E da ea manoma asigiba:le, eso bagohame digini lalalusu.Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Egefelali amola idiwi huluane da ema ea dogo denesima:ne doaga:i, be e da dogo denesimu amola olofomu hamedei ba:i. E amane sia:i, “Na da mae yolesili, da:i dione amola dinana bogomu.” Amaiba:le, ea da:i dioi e da mae yolesili da:i diolalu.All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

36Be Idibidi sogega, Midia:ne dunu da Yousefe amo Bodifa (hina bagade dunu ea sosodo aligisu dunu ilima hina dunu) ema bidi lai dagoi.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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