Genesis 41 (GMVE)

1ናምኡ ላይꬅ ኩሜꬅ ኣꬊዳ ዎዴ ጊብጼ ካዎይ ኣጉሞ ኣጉሜቲዴስ፤ ኣጉሞራ ኢዚ ኣባዬ ሻፋ ዶናን ኤቂ ዲሺን፥After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

2ላፑን ኦርዴኔ ሞꬎ ሚዛቲ ኣባዬ ሻፋፔ ኬዚዲ ሻፋ ኣቻን ማታ ሚሺን ቤኢዴስ።when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

3ኢስታፌ ካሊዲ ሃራ ላፑን ማላ ኢታኔ ጊልቃ ሚዛቲ ኣባዬ ሻፋፔ ኬዚዲ ሻፋዛ ዶናን ዲዛ ሞꬎ ሚዛታ ኣቻን ኤቂዳ።After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

4ሄ ሜꬎ ኢታኔ ጊልቃ ሚዛቲ ላፑን ኦርዴኔ ሞꬎ ሚዛታ ሚቲሺን ቤኢዴስ። ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካዎይ ꬊስኮፌ ቤጊዴስ።And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,

5ኢዚ ቃሴካ ꬊስኪዲ ናምኣንꬆ ኣጉሜቲዲ ላፑን ሎኦኔ ሙሩታ ቲያቲ ኢሲ ማቃ ቦላ ዲጪዳይሳ ቤኢዴስ።but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

6ኢስታፌ ካሊዲ ኣይፌ ላፋኔ ጫርኮን ሹሊዲ ሜሊዳ ላፑን ቲያቲ ኬዚዳ።After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

7ሄ ላፋ ኣይፌ ቲያቲ ሎኦኔ ሙሩታ ቲያታ ሚቲዳ። ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካዎዚ ቤጊዲ ኣጉሞ ጊዲዳይሳ ኤሪዴስ።And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

8ጋዴይ ዎንቲሺን ኢዛ ዎዚናይ ሺሮትዴስ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ጊብጼን ዲዛ ቢታንቻታሲኔ ኤራ ኣሳታ ኡባስ ኪቲዲ ጼይጊሲዴስ፤ ካዎይ ኢስታስ ባ ኣጉሞዛ ዮቲዴስ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዛስ ሄ ኣጉሞዛ ቢርሻናስ ዳንዳይዛ ኣሲ ቤቲቤና።In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

9ሄ ዎዴ ኡሹ ዱቂዛይታ ሃላቃይ ጊብጼ ካዎስ፥ «ታኒ ታ ሞሮ ሃች ቆፓይስ።Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

10ኢሲቶ ካዎይ ባ ኣይሌስ ሃንቄቲዲ ታናኔ ካꬅ ካꬂዛይታ ሃላቃዛ ቃሾ ኬꬃን ዬጊዴስ።Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

11ኑኒ ሄን ዲሼ ኑስ ኑስ ኣጉሞ ኣጉሜቲዶስ፤ ኣጉሞዛስካ ዱማ ዱማ ቢርሼꬂ ዴስ።One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.

12ሄ ዎዴ ዛቤታ ሃላቃዛ ኣይሌ ጊዲዳ ኢሲ ኢብራዌ ፓንꬂ ኑናራ ቃሾ ኬꬃን ዴስ። ኑኒ ኑ ኣጉሞ ኢዛስ ዮቲን ኢዚ ኑስ ሁኤን ሁኤን ኑ ኣጉሞ ቢርሺዴስ።Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

13ሂስቲን ሄ ዮኦቲ ኢዚ ኑስ ቢርሺዳ ማላ ሃኒዳ። ሄሲ ኣዜ ጊኮ ታኒ ካሴ ታ ኣላፌቴꬃን ሲማዲስ፤ ሃንኮይሲ ጊዲኮ ካቄቲዴስ» ጊዴስ።And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

14ሂስቲን ጊብጼ ካዎይ ዮሴፌ ኪቲዲ ጼይጊሲዴስ። ኢስቲ ኢዛ ቃሾ ኬꬃፌ ኤሶን ኤኪ ዪን ባ ሁኤ ሜዴቲዲ ማይኦ ላሚዲ ካዎዛኮ ጌሊዴስ።So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

15ካዎይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ታ ኣጉሜቲዳ ኣጉሞዛ ቢርሻናስ ኦኒካ ዳንዳይቤና። ጊዶ ኣቲን ታኒ፥ ‹ዮሴፌይ ኣጉሞ ሲዪኮ ቢርሻናስ ዳንዳዬስ› ጊዛዝ ሲያዲስ» ጊዴስ።Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

16ሂስቲን ዮሴፌይ፥ «ታኒ ሄሳ ዳንዳይኬ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ጾሳይ ካዎስ ሎኦ ቢርሼꬅ ኢማና» ጊዴስ።“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

17ካዎይካ፥ «ታኒ ታ ኣጉሞን ኣባዬ ሃꬃ ሻፋ ዶናን ኤቂዲሺን፥Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

18ላፑን ጊታኔ ሞꬎ ሚዛቲ ኣባዬ ሻፋፔ ኬዚዲ ሃꬃ ዶናን ማታ ሚሺን።when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

19ቃሴካ ኢስታፌ ሃራ ላፑን ሜꬋ ኢታ፥ ጊልቃኔ ላፋ ሚዛቲ ሻፋፔ ኬዚዳ፤ ታኒ ሄሳ ማላ ሜꬋ ኢታ ሚዝ ጊብጼ ቢታን ሙሌካ ቤኣ ኤሪኬ።After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

20ሜꬋ ኢታኔ ላፋ ሚዛቲ ኮይሮይታ ላፑን ሞꬎ ሚዛታ ሚቲ ኣጊዳ።Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.

21ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢስቲ ሚቲዳፔ ጉዬካ ኢስታ ሜꬋይ ካሴ ማላካ ኢቲ ኡቲዳ ጊሻስ ኢስቲ ሚቲዳይሳ ኣሲ ኤራናስ ዳንዳይቤና። ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ታኒ ꬊስኮፌ ቤጋዲስ።When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.

22«ቃሴካ ኣጉሞራ ላፑን ሎኦኔ ሙሩታ ቲያቲ ኢሲ ማቃ ቦላ ዲጪዳይታ ቤኣዲስ።In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

23ቃሴካ ኢስታፌ ሃራ ኣይፌ ላፋኔ ጫርኮን ሹሊዳ ላፑን ቲያቲ ኬዚዳ።After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

24ሄ ሹሊ ኡቲዳ ቲያቲ ላፑን ሎኦ ቲያታ ሚቲዳ። ታኒ ሃ ኣጉሞዛ ማሮታስ ዮታዲስ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ታስ ኣጉሞዛ ቢርሺዛ ኣሲ ቤቲቤና» ጊዴስ።And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

25ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ዮሴፌይ ጊብጼ ካዎዛ፥ «ናምኣይካ ኔ ቤኢዳ ኣጉሞታ ቢርሼꬃይካ ኢሲኖ። ጾሲ ባ ኦꬃና ሃኒዛይሳ ካዎስ ቆንጪሲዴስ።At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

26ሄ ላፑን ሎኦ ሚዛቲ ላፑን ላይꬃታ፤ ቃሴ ላፑን ሎኦ ቲያቲ ላፑን ላይꬃታ፤ ናምኣይካ ኢሲ ማላ።The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

27ሄ ላፑን ሜꬋ ኢታኔ ላፋ ሚዛቲ ላፑን ላይꬃታ፤ ቃሴ ጫርኮን ሹሊዳ ፓꬆንታ ላፑን ቲያቲ ላፑን ኮሻ ላይꬃታ።Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

28«ታኒ ካዎስ ዮቲዳ ማላካ ጾሲ ባ ኦꬃና ሃኒዛይሳ ካዎስ ቤሲዴስ።It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

29ላፑን ዳሮ ካሎ ላይꬃቲ ጊብጼ ቢታስ ኡባስ ያና፤Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

30ጊዶ ኣቲን ላፑን ኮሻ ላይꬃቲ ኢዛፔ ካሊዲ ያና። ሄ ዎዴ ጊብጼ ካሎይ ዉሪ ዶጌታና፤ ቢታይ ኮሻን ሾጬታና።but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

31ካሎ ላይꬃታፔ ጉዬ ዪዛ ጋፋ ላይꬃቲ ኬሂ ኢታ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ካሴ ካሎይ ሙሌካ ቆፌቶንታ ኣታና።The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

32ናምኡቶ ካዎስ ሄ ኣጉሞይ ቤቲዳይ ኣዛሴ ጊኮ ሃይሳ ዮኦዛ ጾሲ ሚንꬂዲ ኩዪዳ ጊሻሳ፤ ጾሲ ሄሳ ኤሶን ኦꬃና።Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

33«ሃኢ ሄኮ ኤሶን ካዎይ ኣꬎ ኤራቴꬂኔ ኣኬካይ ዲዛ ኣስ ኮዪዲ ጊብጼ ቢታን ሱንꬆ።Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

34ሄሳꬆካ ላፑን ካሎ ላይꬃታፔ ኢቻሻንꬆ ኩሼ ሺሺዛ ኣላፌታ ካዎይ ሹሞ።Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

35ኢስቲ ዪዛ ካሎ ላይꬃታን ካꬅ ሺሺዲ ካዎ ኣዋቴꬃን ሚንጄቶ፤ ሄ ካꬃካ ካታማታን ናጌቶ።Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

36ቢታይ ኮሻን ቆሄቶንታ ማላ ሃ ካꬃይ ጊብጼ ቢታን ላፑን ላይꬃን ዴንዳና ኮሻስ ሚንጄቲዲ ዴኦ» ጊዴስ።This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

37ሂስቲን ሃ ዮኦዚ ጊብጼ ካዎሲኔ ኢዛ ኦሳንቻታስ ሎኦ ጊዲዲ ቤቲዴስ።This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

38ሄሳ ጊሻስ ካዎይ ኢስታስ፥ «ኑኒ ጾሳ ኣያናራ ዲዛ ሃይሳ ማላ ሃራ ኣስ ኦና ዴማኔ?» ጊ ኦይቺዴስ።So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

39ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካዎይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ጾሲ ሃይሳ ኡባ ኔና ኤሪሲዳ ጊሻስ ኔ ማላ ኣꬎ ኤራቴꬂኔ ኣኬካይ ዲዛ ኣሲ ኦኒካ ባዋ።Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

40ታኒ ኔና ታ ኬꬃን ሹማይስ፤ ታ ኣሳይ ዉሪ ኔስ ኣዛዜታና፤ ታኒ ኔፔ ኣꬋናይ ታ ካዎቴꬃ ኣልጋን ጻላ ጊዳና» ጊዴስ።You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

41ሄሳ ጊሻስ ካዎይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ቤያ! ታኒ ኔና ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባ ቦላን ሹማዲስ» ጊዴስ።Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”

42ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካዎይ ባ ካዎቴꬃ ቃላባቴ ባ ቢራꬌፌ ኬሲዲ ዮሴፌ ቢራꬌን ኣꬂዴስ፤ ቃሴካ ላይኖፔ ዳዴቲዳ ማይኦ ማይዚዲ ኢዛ ቆꬌንካ ዎርቃ ሎታ ኣꬂዴስ።Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

43ካዎይ ባ ናምኣንꬆ ፓራ-ጋሬዛ ዮሴፌ ቶጊሲዴስ፤ ኣይሌቲካ፥ «ዚጊቴ! ዚጊቴ!» ጊዲ ኢዛፔ ሲንꬃራ ቢዳ። ሄሳꬆ ኦꬂዲ ካዎይ ኢዛ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባ ቦላ ሹሚዴስ።He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

44ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካዎይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ታኒ ካዎ! ጊዶ ኣቲን ኔኒ ቃጻ ጎንታ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባን ኦኒካ ኩሼ ዎይኮ ቶሆ ቃꬄና» ጊዴስ።And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”

45ካዎይ ዮሴፌ፥ «ጻፊናቴ-ፓኢናሄ» ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ፤ ኢዚ ኢዛስ ኦና ጌቴቲዛ ካታማ ቄሴ ጲጺፋራ ናዮ ኣሲናቶ ማቾ ኢሚዴስ። ሂስቲን ዮሴፌይ ኩሜꬃ ጊብጼ ቢታ ዩዪ ጼሊዴስ።Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.

46ዮሴፌይ ጊብጼ ካዎስ ኦꬃናስ ዶሚዛ ዎዴ ኢዛስ ላይꬃይ ሄꬑ ታማ። ቃሴ ዮሴፌይ ካዎ ሲንꬃፌ ኬዚዲ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባ ዩዪ ጼሊዴስ።Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

47ሄ ላፑን ካሎ ላይꬃታን ቢታይ ኬሂ ዳሮ ካꬅ ኢሚዴስ።During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

48ዮሴፌይ ጊብጼ ቢታን ሄ ላፑን ካሎ ላይꬃ ካꬅ ኡባ ሺሺዲ ካታማታን ሚንጂዴስ። ኢሲ ኢሲ ካታማታ ዩሾን ካጺዳ ካꬅ ኡባ ሄ ካታማን ካታማን ሚንጂዴስ።During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

49ዮሴፌይ ኣባ ሻሚንታ ማላ ዳሮ ካꬅ ሚንጂዴስ፤ ካꬃይ ዎጋፔ ዳሪን ማካናስ ዳንዳይቤና ጊሻስ ማኪ ማኪ ቆሊዛይሳ ኣጋጊዴስ።So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

50ላፑን ኮሻ ላይꬃይ ያናፔ ካሴ ኦና ጌቴቲዛ ካታማ ቄሴ ጲጺፋራ ናዮ ኣሲናቲፔ ዮሴፌይ ናምኡ ኣቱማ ናይታ ዬሊዴስ።Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

51ዮሴፌይ፥ «ጾሲ ታና ታ ሜቶኔ ታ ኣዋ ሶ ኣሳ ኡባ ዶጊሲዴስ» ጊሼ ባ ኮይሮ ናዛ ሚናሴ ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ።Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

52ናምኣንꬆ ናዛካ፥ «ጾሲ ታስ ታ ቱጋቲዳ ቢታን ታና ኣይፊሲዴስ» ጊሼ ኤፍሬሜ ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ።And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53ጊብጼ ቢታን ዲዛ ሄ ላፑን ካሎ ላይꬃቲ ዉሪዳ።When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

54ቃሴ ዮሴፌይ ካሴቲ ዮቲዳ ማላ ላፑን ኮሻ ላይꬃቲ ዶሚዳ። ሃራ ቢታ ኡባን ኮሻይ ዴንዲዴስ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባን ካꬂ ዴስ።the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

55ጊብጼ ዴሬይ ዉሪ ኮሻቲዳ ዎዴ ኣሳይ፥ «ካꬅ ኢማ» ጊ ካዎስ ዋሲን ካዎዚ ጊብጼ ኣሳ ኡባ፥ «ዮሴፌኮ ቢዲ ኢዚ ዮቲዛይሳ ኦꬂቴ» ጊዴስ።When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

56ኮሻይ ጊብጼ ቢታ ኡባ ጋኪዳ ዎዴ ዮሴፌይ ካꬅ ሚንጂዳ ኬꬃታ ኡባ ዶይዲ ካꬅ ጊብጼ ኣሳስ ባይዚሲዴስ፤ ጋሶይካ ኮሻይ ኩሜꬃ ጊብጼን ሚኒዴስ።When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

57ሳኣ ኡባን ኮሻይ ሱሊዳ ጊሻስ ቢታን ዲዛ ኣሳይ ዉሪ ካꬅ ዮሴፌፔ ሻማናስ ጊብጼ ዪዴስ።And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

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