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Genesis 37
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Genesis
Joseph
Gofa
Joseph
, person
Jacob
, person
Egypt
, place
Reuben
, person
Shechem
, place
Judah
, person
Gilead
, place
Canaan
, place
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Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ያይቆብ እያ አዋይ ይሳቅ ደእዳ ካናነ ቢታን ደእስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
2
GOFE
ያይቆባ የለተꬃ ታርከይ ሀይሳፈ ካልድ ፃፈትዳይሳ። ዮሰፍ ታማነ ላፑን ላይꬃ ናአ ግድዳ ዎደ ባ አዋ ማቸታፐ፥ ባልፐነ ዝልፓፈ የለትዳ ባ እሻታራ መሄ ሄሜስ። እ ባ አዋስ ባ እሻት ኦꬅዳ ኢታባታ ኦዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
3
GOFE
እስራኤለይ ዮሰፋ ጭምድ የልዳ ግሾ፥ ባ ሀራ አደ ናይታ ኡባፈ አꬅድ ዶሴስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ እያዉ አሌቀትዳ ማኦ ጊግስስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
4
GOFE
እያ እሻት ኤንታ አዋይ እያ ኤንታፈ አꬅድ ዶሰይሳ በእዳ ዎደ እያ እፅዶሶና። ማልኦ ቃላካ እያኮ ኦደታናዉ ዳንዳእቦኮና።
BSB
BSB:
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.
5
GOFE
እስ ዎደ ዮሰፍ አሙሆ አሙህድ፥ ባ እሻታስ ኦድን ኤንቲ እያ ካሰይሳፈ አꬅድ እፅዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
6
GOFE
እ ኤንታኮ፥ “ታኒ አሙህዳ አሙሁዋ ስእተ።
BSB
BSB:
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7
GOFE
ኑኒ ጋደን ግስተ ምርቅሽን ታ ምርቀይ ደንድድ ሉለ ኤቅስ። ህንተ ምርቀት ዩይ አꬍድ ታ ምርቅያስ ዝግዶሶና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
8
GOFE
እያ እሻት፥ “ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ካዎታዳ ኑና ሃራናዉ ቆፓይ?” ያግድ ኦይችዶሶና። ኤንቲ እያ አሙሁዋ ግሾነ እያ ኦዳ ግሾ፥ ካሰይሳፈ አꬅድ እፅዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
“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.
9
GOFE
ቃስካ ዮሰፍ ሀራ አሙሆ አሙህድ ባ እሻታስ ኦድስ። “ሄኮ፥ ታኒ ሀራ አሙሆካ አሙሀስ። ሄ አሙሁዋን አው፥ አጌንነ ታማነ እስ ፆልንቶት ታዉ ዝጎሶና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
10
GOFE
ባ እሻታስ ኦድዳ አሙሁዋ ባ አዋስ ኦድዳ ዎደ እያ አዋይ፥ “ሀይስ ዋንዳ አሙሆ? ቱማ ታኒ፥ ነ አያነ ነ እሻት ይድ፥ ነ ስንꬃን ዝጋነዬ?” ያግድ ሀንቀትስ።
BSB
BSB:
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?”
11
GOFE
እያ እሻት እያ ቃናትዶሶና፥ ሽን እያ አዋይ ሄ ኦዳ ባ ዎዛናን ዎꬅስ።
BSB
BSB:
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
12
GOFE
እስ ጋላስ እያ እሻት ሴከማን ባንታ አዋ መሄታ ሄማናዉ ብዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
13
GOFE
እስራኤለይ ዮሰፋ፥ “ነ እሻት ሴከማን መሄታ ሄመይሳ ኤራሳ። ሃያ፥ ታኒ ነና ኤንታኮ ኪታና” ያግስ። ዮሰፍካ፥ “ኤሮ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
14
GOFE
እ እያኮ፥ “ባዳ ነ እሻትነ መሄይ ሳሮ ግደይሳ በአዳ ኤንታባ ታዉ ያዳ ኦዳ” ያግድ ዮሰፋ ከብሮና ዛንጋራፐ ኪትስ። ዮሰፍ ኪተትድ ሴከማ ብስ።
BSB
BSB:
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,
15
GOFE
ያን ደምባ በሳን ኤንታ ኮሻን ያ ሃ ስመረትሽን፥ እስ አስ እያ ደምድ፥ “ላ ናአዉ፥ አይ ኮያይ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ።
BSB
BSB:
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
16
GOFE
እ፥ “ታ እሻታ ኮያይስ፤ ኤንቲ መህያ ሄምያ በሳ በእዳኮ፥ ሀያና ታዉ ኦዳርኪ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
17
GOFE
ኡራይ፥ “ሀይሳፈ ብዶሶና፤ ኤንቲ፥ ‘ኑኒ ዶታነ ባና’ ግሽን ስአስ” ያግስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ዮሰፍ ባ እሻታ ጌዶ ካል ብድ፥ ኤንታ ዶታነን ደምስ።
BSB
BSB:
“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.
18
GOFE
ሽን እ ሃሆን ደእሽን፥ ኤንቲ እያ በእዶሶና። እ ኤንታኮ ጋኮና ደእሽን፥ ኤንቲ እያ ዎꬋናዉ ማቀትዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
19
GOFE
ኤንቲ እሶይ እሱዋኮ፥ “ህን በእተ፥ አሙሁዋ ጎዳይ ዬስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
20
GOFE
ሃይተ፥ እያ ዎꬍድ፥ ሀ ኦላታፐ እሱዋን የጎስ። ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ‘ዶእ እያ ምስ’ ያጋና። ያትድ፥ እያ አሙሁዋ ዉርሰꬃ በአና” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
“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!”
21
GOFE
ሮቤል ሄሳ ስእዳ ዎደ፥ ኤንታ ኩሸፐ እያ አሻናዉ ኮይድ፥ “እያ ዎꬎኮ፤
BSB
BSB:
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
22
GOFE
እያ ዎꬋናፐ መላ ቢታን ደእያ ሀ ኦላን የግተ፤ እያ ቦላ ኩሸ ዎꬆፍተ” ያግስ። ሮቤል ሄሳ ግዳይ፥ እያ ኤንታ ኩሸፐ አሽድ ጉየ አዋኮ ዛራናሳ።
BSB
BSB:
“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.
23
GOFE
ዮሰፍ ባ እሻታኮ ጋክዳ ዎደ እ ማእዳ አሌቀትዳ ማኡዋ እያፐ ቃር ኤክዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
24
GOFE
እያ ኤፍድ ሃꬅ ባይና መላ ኦላን የግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
25
GOFE
ኤንቲ ካ ምሽን ሀሳዮና እስማኤላ አሳት ጋላዳፐ ግብፀ ብሽን፥ ꬎቁ ግድ በእዶሶና። ኤንቲ ባንታ ግማለታ ቦላ ሳዉዋ፥ ማድያነ ካርብያ ጫንዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
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.
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GOFE
ይሁድ ባ እሻታ፥ “ኑኒ ኑ እሻ ዎꬍድ፥ እያ ሱꬃ ቆትኮ ኑና አይ ማዳኔ?
BSB
BSB:
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27
GOFE
ሃይተ፥ እያ እስማኤላ አሳስ ባይዞስ። እ ኑ እሻ፥ ኑ ሱꬁነ ኑ አሾ ግድያ ግሾ እያ ቦላ ኑ ኩሽያ ዎꬆኮ” ያግስ። እያ እሻት እያ ኦዳ ማእዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
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.
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GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ምድያመ ቢታ ዛልአንቾት ያራ አꬍሽን፥ እያ እሻት ዮሰፋ ኦላፈ ከስድ፥ እስማኤላ አሳታስ ላታሙ ብራ ሳንትመን ባይዝዶሶና። ኤንቲ ዮሰፋ ግብፀ ቢታ ኤፍዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
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.
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GOFE
ሮቤል ኦላኮ ስሚድ፥ ዮሰፍ ያን ባይናይሳ በእዳ ዎደ፥ አዛንድ ባ ማኡዋ ዳክስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
30
GOFE
እ ጉየ ባ እሻታኮ ብድ፥ “ናአይ ያን ባዋ፤ ህዛ፥ ታኒ አይ ሀኖሻ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
31
GOFE
ኤንቲ ዮሰፋ ማኡዋ ኤክድ፥ እስ ዴሸ ሹክድ፥ ሄ ሱꬃን ናቅዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
32
GOFE
አሌቀትዳ እያ ማኡዋ ባንታ አዋኮ ኤፍድ “ኑኒ ሀይሳ ደምዳ፤ ሀይስ ነ ናአ ማኡዋኮነ አነ በአ” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
33
GOFE
ያይቆብ ማኡዋ ኤርድ፥ “ሀይስ ታ ናኣ ማኡዋ፤ ታ ናኣ ዶእ ምስ። ዮሰፍ ቱማካ ዛዘትስ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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!”
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GOFE
ያይቆብ አዛንድ፥ ባ ማኡዋ ፔꬍስ። ካዮ ማኦ ማእድ፥ ባ ናኣስ ዳሮ ጋላስ ዬክስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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እያ አደ ናይትነ ማጫ ናይት ኡባይ እያ ምንꬃናዉ ይዶሶና። ሽን እ ምነቶና እፅድ፥ “አካይ፥ ታኒ ዬሆይ ዬሆሽን ዱፎ ገላና” ያግድ፥ ዮሰፋስ ዬክስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
36
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ ምድያመ ቢታ አሳት ዮሰፋ፥ ግብፀ ካዋ ሞርናታነ ካዋ ናገይሳታ ሀላቃ ግድዳ ጶፅፋራስ ባይዝዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
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