Genesis 37 (GMVE)

1ያቆቤይ ካሴ ባ ኣዋይ ዴዪዳ ካናኔ ቢታን ኡቲዴስ።Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2ያቆቤ ናይቲ ሃኒዳይሲ ሃይሳፌ ካሊዲ ጻፌቲዳይሳ። ዮሴፌይ 17 ላይꬃ ና ጊዲዳ ዎዴ ባ ኣዋ ኣይሌታፔ፥ ቢሊሃፔኔ ዚልፊፌ ዬሌቲዳ ባ ኢሻታራ ባ ኣዋ ሜሄታ ሄሜስ፤ ሄ ዎዴ ኢዚ ባ ኣዋስ ኢስቲ ኦꬂዳ ኢታ ሚሽ ኤሂ ዮቴስ።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.

3ኢስራኤሌይ ዮሴፌ ጪማቴꬃን ዬሊዳ ጊሻስ ሃንኮ ኣቱማ ናይታ ኡባፌ ኣꬂ ሲቄስ፤ ኢዚ ኢዛስ ኣሌቆ ማይኦ ጊግሲዴስ።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.

4ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ኢስታ ኣዋይ ኢዛ ኢስታፌ ኣꬂ ሲቂዛይሳ ቤኢዲ ኢስቲ ኢዛ ኢጺዲ ሎኦ ቃላን ኢዛራ ሃሳያናስ ዳንዳይቤቴና።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.

5ዮሴፌይ ኣጉሞ ኣጉሜቲዲ ባ ኢሻታስ ዮቲዴስ፤ ኢስቲካ ኢዛ ጌዴ ጉጂ ኢጺዳ።Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6ኢዚ ኢስታስ፥ «ታኒ ኣጉሜቲዳ ኣጉሞ ሲዪቴ።He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7ኑኒ ጋዴ ጊዶን ካꬃ ሚርቄ ሚርቂሺን ታ ሚርቄያ ዴንዳዳ ሲቲ ጋ ኤቃዱስ፤ ኢንቴ ሚርቄቲ ጊዲኮ ዩዪ ኣꬊዲ ታ ሚርቄይሲ ዚጊዳ» ጊዴስ።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.”

8ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ኢዛ፥ «ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ካዎታና ሃናይ? ዎይኮ ኑና ቱሙ ሃራና ሃናይ?» ጊዳ፤ ኢስቲ ኢዛ ኣጉሞዛ ጊሻሲኔ ኢዚ ኢስታስ ዮቲዳ ቃላ ጊሻስ ካሴፔ ኢዛ ኣꬂ ኢጺዳ።“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.

9ቃሴካ ዮሴፌይ ሃራ ኣጉሞ ኣጉሜቲዲ ባ ኢሻንታስ ዮቲዴስ፤ «ሲዪቴ፤ ታኒ ሃራ ኣጉሞካ ኣጉሜታዲስ፤ ሄ ኣጉሞዛን ኣርሼይ፥ ኣጊናይኔ 11 ጾሊንቴቲ ታስ ዚጊሺን ቤኣዲስ» ጊዴስ።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.”

10ሄ ኢዚ ቤኢዳ ኣጉሞዛ ባ ኣዋሲኔ ባ ኢሻታስ ዮቲን ኢዛ ኣዋይ ኢዛ፥ «ሃይሲ ኔኒ ኣጉሜቲዳይሲ ኣይ ኣጉሞ? ቱሙ ታኒ፥ ኔ ኣዬያኔ ኔ ኢሻቲ ዪዲ ኔ ሲንꬃን ሳኣን ጉፋኒዲ ኔስ ዚጋኔ?» ጊ ሃንቄቲዴስ።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?”

11ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ኢዛ ሚቃይኒዳ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዛ ኣዋይ ሃ ዮኦዛ ባ ዎዚናን ዎꬂዲ ናጊዴስ።And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12ኢሲ ጋላስ ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ሴኬሜ ኣቻን ባ ኣዋ ሜሄታ ሄማናስ ቢን፥Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13ኢስራኤሌይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ኔ ኢሻቲ ሴኬሜን ሜሄ ሄሚዛይሳ ኔ ኤራሳ፤ ሃ ያ፤ ታ ኔና ኢስታኮ ኪታና» ጊዴስ። ዮሴፌይካ፥ «ኤሮ» ጊዴስ።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.

14ያቆቤይካ፥ «ባዳ ኔ ኢሻቲኔ ሜሄይ ሳሮ ዲዛኮ ቤኣ ያዳ ኢስታ ሃኖታ ታስ ዮታ» ጊዲ ኢዛ ኬብሮኔ ሾባ ኪቲን ኢዚ ሴኬሜ ቢዴስ።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,

15ሄን ዴምባ ጊዶን ኢዚ ጌዴ ሃ ሲሜሬቲሺን ኢሲ ኣሲ ኢዛ ዴሚዲ፥ «ናዞ! ኣይ ኮያይ?» ጊ ኦይቺዴስ።a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16ኢዚካ፥ «ታ ኢሻታ ኮያይስ፤ ኢስቲ ሜሄ ሄሚዛሶሆይ ኣዋኮ ታስ ዮታርኪ!» ጊዴስ።“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17ሂስቲን ኣዴዚ፥ «ሄሳፌ ዴንዲቺዳ፤ ኢስታስ፥ ‹ኑኒ ዶታኔ ቦስ› ጊሺን ሲያዲስ» ጊዴስ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻታ ጉዬ ቢዲ ኢስታ ዶታኔን ዴሚዴስ።“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.

18ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዚ ሃሆን ዲሺን ኢስቲ ኢዛ ቤኢዳ፤ ኢዚ ኢስታኮ ጋኮንታ ዲሺን ኢስቲ ኢዛ ዎꬋናስ ማቄቲዳ።Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19ኢሶይ ኢሳስ፥ «ቤኢቴ! ኣጉሞ ጎዳይ ዬስ።“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20ሃ ዪቴ! ኢዛ ዎꬊዲ ሃ ኦላታፔ ኢሳ ጊዶ ዬጎስ። ሄሳፌ ጉዬ፥ ‹ኢታ ዶኣይ ኢዛ ሚዴስ› ጋና፤ ሂስቲዲ ኢዛ ኣጉሞይ ፖሌቲን ኣኔ ቤኣና» ጊዳ።“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!”

21ኦሮቤሌይ ሄሳ ሲዪዲ ኢስታ ኩሼፔ ኢዛ ኣሻናስ ኮዪዲ፥ «ኢዛ ዎꬎ ዎꬎኮ፤When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22ሱꬅ ጉሶፍቴ፤ ኢዛ ኢንቴ ባዞን ዲዛ ሃ ኦላ ጊዶ ዬጊቴ፤ ኢዛ ቦላ ኩሼ ዎꬆፍቴ» ጊዴስ። ኦሮቤሌይ ኢዛ ኢስታ ኩሼፔ ኣሺዲ ጉዬ ኢዛ ኣዋኮ ዬዳናስ ቆፒዴስ።“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.

23ዮሴፌይ ባ ኢሻታኮ ጋኪዳ ዎዴ ኢዚ ማይኢዳ ኣሌቆ ማይኦ ኢዛፔ ቃሪ ኤኪዳ፤So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24ኢዛ ኤፊዲ ሃꬂ ባይንዳ ሜላ ኦላን ዬጊዳ።and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25ኢስቲ ባ ቁማ ማናስ ኡቲዳሼ ኢስማኤሌ ዴሬ ኣሳቲ ጊብጼ ባናስ ጋላኣዴፔ ዪዛይታ ꬎቁ ጊዲ ቤኢዳ፤ ኢስቲ ባ ጋሜላን ሳዎ፥ ባላሳኔ ጌቴቲዛ ꬋሌኔ ካርቤ ጫኒ ዎꬂዳ።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.

26ዩሁዳይ ባ ኢሻታ፥ «ኑኒ ኑ ኢሻ ዎꬊዲ ኢዛ ሱꬃ ቆቲኮ ኑና ኣይ ማዳኔ?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27ሃ ዪቴ፤ ኢዛ ኢስማኤሌታስ ባይዞስ፤ ኢዛ ቦላ ኑ ኩሼ ዎꬆኮ፤ ጋሶይካ ኢዚ ኑ ኢሻኔ ኑ ኣሾ።» ሂስቲን ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ዉሪካ ኤሮ ጊዳ።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.

28ሄሳ ጊሻስ ሚዲያሜ ቢታ ዛልኣንቻቲ ሄሳራ ኣꬊሺን ኢዛ ኢሻቲ ዮሴፌ ኦላፌ ኬሲዲ ኢስማኤሌ ኣሳታስ 20 ቢራስ ባይዚን ኢስቲ ዮሴፌ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኤፊዳ።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.

29ኦሮቤሌይ ኦላኮ ሲሚዲ ዮሴፌይ ሄን ባይንዳይሳ ቤኢዳ ዎዴ ጬጪዲ ባ ማይኦ ዳኪዴስWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30ኢዚ ጉዬ ባ ኢሻታኮ ቢዲ፥ «ናዚ ሄን ባዋ፤ ሃኢ ታ ኣዋ ሲማ ቦ!» ጊዴስ።returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኢስቲ ኢሲ ዴይሽ ኤኪ ሹኪዲ ዮሴፌ ማይኦ ሱꬃን ማꬊዳ።Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32ኢዛ ኣሌቆ ማይኦዛ ኣዋኮ ኤፊዲ ኣዋስ፥ «ኑኒ ሃይሳ ዴሚ ኤኪዶስ፤ ሃይሲ ኔ ናዛ ማይኦኮኔ ሃራኮ ኣኔ ጼላ» ጊዳ።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.”

33ኣዋይካ ማይኦዚ ዮሴፌይሳ ጊዲዳይሳ ኤሪዲ፥ «ኤ ሃይሲ ታ ናዛ ማይኦ! ኢታ ዶኣይ ኢዛ ሚቺዴስ፤ ቱሙካ ዮሴፌ ዶኣይ ፑዜሬꬂ ሞንታ ኣጌና» ጊዴስ።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!”

34ያቆቤይካ ሚሼቲዲ ባ ማይኦ ፔꬊ ዬጊዴስ፤ ማቃ ማይኢዲ ዳሮ ዎዴ ጋካናስ ባ ናዛስ ዬኪዴስ።Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35ኢዛ ኣቱማ ናይቲኔ ማጫ ናይቲ ዉሪ ኢዛ ሚንꬄꬃናስ ኢዛኮ ዪዳ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዚ ሚኔቶንታ ኢጺዲ፥ «ሃኔና! ታኒ ዬካዳ ታ ናኮ ባዳ ዱፎን ጌላና» ጊዲ ኢዛ ኣዋይ ኢዛስ ዬኪዴስ።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.

36ሄ ዎዴ ሚዲያሜ ቢታ ኣሳቲ ዮሴፌ ጊብጼ ካዎ ኦሳንቻ ጲጺፋራስ ጊብጼን ባይዚዳ፤ ጲጺፋራይካ ዛቤታ ሃላቃ።Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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