Genesis 37 (EKA)

1Jekob lene ndi nyi nde jolo no, go ndi nyi Kenan.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2Ntoora nnyo mi li bade Jekob mi a. Josef jolo mmonjangkun no ma kang elku a nnya ebal, á jo jene toono abonanyehn, bo jo le atohkondi, abon ba nlum ba Bilha, a ba Jilpa akal ndea bo. Josef jo ba tooro asabsab nsol nya abonanyehn jo kono ellimi.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.

3Ana jolo o, Isreel nde, Josef wo jo ga-e kor sehnge abon ebe bako nlum, tibre Josef bo jele ka-e ngare nyi á ma kul; Owo wahnge á jahme ekpawobo ji jolo anyono anyono ka-e.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.

4Eji abonanyehn sebe kahn re Josef wo jo ga kor nde ebo sehnge bo kpee, bo ko-e ekv, bo joom kpe bung a ne yebe yebe.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.

5Josef kehm leeme nlem tooro tong abonanyehn, bo kpe-e ko na ekv budu.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6Á kehm tongo bo re, <<Wuungen atung wahn wuk nlem nyi n leeme no.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7E jolen go emahng jo gba agan nkohl, tvtv ngan nyˈnyame kehm mehle yiimi nsunsu, agan nya nyahne kehm bake ba yiimi sennge nyˈnyame kak, fere gong ka nyˈnyame.>>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.”

8Abonanyehn kehm-e tongo re, <Anv, a kpˈtiri re wo wo bahke jolo ntul ewahr-a? Wo bahke lohko jo fil-ra? Bo kpe-e jo ko na ekv budu tib go nlem nyia nyi á lake bo, a ji á tongo bo.“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.

9Josef kehm kpe leeme nlem nyehko tong abonanyehn re, <<Wuungen atung, me n kpe leeme nlem nyehka, anv jolo re njul a ebareka, go ewubu elonlo ajehng gongo ka-m.>>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.”

10Eji á tongo nde, fere tob tong abonanyehn, nde kehm-e nyame, fere tong-e re, <<Nlem nyi a ma leeme a, lohngo renan? Anv, nne a me, go abonane bahke bake ba gong go ndi ka-a?>>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?”

11Josef kpe sahb lˈli na abonanyehn ala, wo nde kuuru ejum ajehng ajehng go ege atahng.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Ngare nyia abonanyehn ebrod atohkondi ndea bo song kehme bo nsol alehke kaa kohlo Sekem,Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13Isreel kehm tongo Josef re, <<A kpˈkahne re abonane kpi atohkondi kpur kohlo go Sekem. Ba, me n tum-a tv bo.>> Á kehm faange re, <<Ebnob sehng.>>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.

14Isreel kehm-e tongo re, <<Song wo song nyehn abonane joare bo baa go efel, afi atohkondi nyaa tob li nseenge, wo feere ba tong-m.>> Owo Isreel kehm-e tumu, á mehl o edamme ji Hebron asongo. Eji Josef rehnge go Sekem,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,

15nne awohng kehm-e nyehne á kpˈdaale yannge go elka emahng, nne noo kehm-e bahbe re, <<Jenji a kpˈsebe?>>a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Á kehm-e faange re, <<N kpi abonanee kpur. A bahk-m ma tib edi ji bo li no kpˈkpuru atohkondi eboa?>>“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Nne noo kehm-e faange re, <<Bob mehl ao, n jo wuku eji bo jo bung re, <E tahmen go Dotan.>>> Owo Josef kehm tahme jo seb abonanyehn asongo, song nyehn bo kohlo go Dotan.“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.

18Eji bo sa nyehn-e go fee, re á kehm ba rehng o eji bo, bob toobo ana bo bahk-e wulu.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19Bo jo bungu tong atemtem re, <<Nyehn monleeme alem ga kpˈbake!>>“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20Nong wahr wulen ye ro kak ekpabingi ajehng a, fere bung re ebi nnyam nyi me-e li, wahr kehm nyehne ana ji alem enye bahke jolo.“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!”

21Eji Ruben wuku ano, á sebe re a á tahr-e yehke go ebo abo, á tongo bo re, <<Nong wahr ki-e wul.>>When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Kana faade alung amehng amehng, roon na ye kak ekpabingi a elka emahng, kana lak ye ebo abehng abehng. Ruben bungu jia re á tahr-e go ebo abo, feere a ne song ka nde.“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.

23Eji Josef ma rehng goji abonanyehn, bo kehm-e yehke ekpawobo eje ji jolo anyono anyono ji á kake no,So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24bo kehm-e rodo ro kak ekpabingi, ekpabingi jolo nnehme nehme, alahb jolem.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Eji bo ji no jo li nsol alehke, bo kehm nyehne ellong anebe Ismeel ba lohng go Giled, kun go ebo akamel kpˈbake, akamel solo nsol are, ana akehng ma kpo yebe abehne, a ajoobo akehng eltaame ma kpo lim ane nob ayam, a alahb eti esˈsvv ma lohng eti ji bo kpo lung re Merr, bo jo tahm go Ijib.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.

26Juda kehm tongo abonanyehn re, <<Anv nsehng anyii e bahke lehke, e lˈwul mmonannee ewahre fere bulu alung eme?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Nong wahr gungen na ye ka anebe Ismeel, wahr kiin ye abo lak, gana ye mmonannee ewahre wo, e kpi alung amehng.>>Abonanyehn soro taame.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.

28Eji anebe Ismeel ba lohng go Midia ba jo jen are ba no, abonanyehn kehm tohngo Josef yehke go ekpabingi jio, fere rod-e gungu anebe Ismeel go akpohko asilva eltahl, ane bao rod-e tahm a ne go Ijib.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.

29Eji Ruben feere no song kpur go ekpabingi jio, Josef o kpeem jol, á yare elne nsol nyi á kake no.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30Ruben kehm jeke goji abonanyehn kehm song bung re, <<Mmon njangkun noo o kpeem li, anv gan wo m bahke jeke?>>returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Bo kehm wulu mmombul, fere rod ekpawobo Josef behde go alung mao.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Bo kehm rodo ekpawobo anyono anyono song tib ndea bo, fere tong-e re, <<Wahr ebnyehn ekpawobo jia. Feede wo nyehn joare ekpawobo mmon ewa ji.>>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.”

33Á kehm liingi soro bung re, ekpawobo mmon ewame ji. Ebi nnyam me-e li. Josef bo me-e lohko jaake arohko arohko.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!”

34Owo Jekob kehm yare nsol nyi á kake no, fere kak anyake nsol, noongo elkv mmon ewe afung tvv.Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Abon ebe kpee, ba nlum a ba nkal ba re bo ba kak-e eltim, á ten fere bung re, <<Eˈee, m bahke soro asi noongo elkv tete n yel elahm toono mmon ewame.>> Jekob soro na asi jo ling mmon ewe.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.

36Eji ma jol ano, anebe Media rodo Josef gungu Potifa, ji jolo ntubesi awohng go ellong atubesi abalimeltum Fero. Potifa wo jolo ntubesi ababˈbaabe.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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