Genesis 37 (JUM)

1Aŋ wïca Yaagüüp ŋuccin cääynä ŋommañ mä Kanaan ti nänṭ'a cääynene kä wäyen bata boorgon ye.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2A perrä yen kaaynä Yaagüüp ikki. Yuucip a minneni oone cääygene yuungu kä caay witken kä ŋaṭükel, i kääjï ḍiik ke merkä yek määngä wäyen Bila ke Jïlpa. Aŋ Yuucip wäyen äckene jiik yaackä kä nääŋk'a naŋtä mädgen yejgaŋ ye.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.

3Aŋ Yaagüüp Yuucip ken bilge kä yaac kä mädgen, nääŋka ike agee minneni yen ḍüŋkïtïn yeene ye, aŋ näŋgene burŋu ŋerrä.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.

4Aŋ wääna mädgen muure yuṭṭene ike bilgene daa wäyen kä yaac kä iken ye, putki jï kä yaac, aŋ batta jääckätä kä jon ñammä.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.

5Aŋ Yuucip cääyge lääggï aŋ wääna päkkenee daa mädgen ye, i iken ike putki jï kä yaac.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6Aŋ kiinne ogo, “Tiiŋe lääggï yaaka läkkä kä yaakki.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7Ïkïïn müürïnaan cääyïn yiil jï ḍïïkïn päk witken aŋ wääna ḍeggon yeeni yuutte ñaalok ye, yeekic muure witken ḍüülï ti yeeni ti, aŋ ḍüŋjïn ïñï yeeni ti.”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.”

8Aŋ taaji mädgen ogo, “Ïkï ḍuucu ogo ïkï bi wäätcey ogo yätkä yoono aŋ ikoon mügdonda?” Aŋ putki jï mädgen kä yaac kä lääggï ke jiik yeeke.“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.

9Aŋ Yuucip läkkä lääggï yakkalaŋ aŋ nüütkene mädgen aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Tiiŋe ika läkkä lääggï yakkalaŋ. Äŋ ke paan ke kiṭṭäni kä caay wiñen kä keelok ḍüŋjïn ïñï ika ti.”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.”

10Aŋ wääna nüütkeneeda wäyen ke mädgen ye, ike geri wäyen aŋ kiinne ogo, “A lääggï yaaka wali ye ika läkkii kä yaakka? Ïkï paydä ogo ika ke miic ke mädgic äätoon aŋ ḍüŋjoon ïñï ïkï ti?”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?”

11Aŋ mämgï jï mädgen aŋ wäyen jiik yaakka tïïññe jone ti.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Aŋ mädgen attä kääjï ḍiik wäyen Cakïïm kä cokal.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13Aŋ Yaagüüp Yuucip kiinne ogo, “Ika ṭäkä ïkï atä Cakïïm nänṭä yaana kääjene mädgic ḍiik ye.” Aŋ luugi Yuucip ogo, “Ŋeraŋ wäyo.”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.

14Aŋ kiini wäyen ogo, “Atä tiññaaŋŋi naana iken ke ḍiik cäyok ṭeṭaŋ ye, i ḍuuku aŋ nüütkaa jiik.” Aŋ tucce woo ḍääñgon yen mä Hiburoon jï nänṭ'a cääyene kä ye, aŋ ike attä Cakïïm.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,

15Aŋ kañi oon yaŋkalaŋ wiñe a ḍïïktïnï woo käpet, aŋ taaji oon ogo, “Ïkï määjä ŋaaka?”a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Aŋ luuŋŋe ogo, “Ika määjä mädgo. Kura nüütkaa nänṭä yaana kääjene kä ḍiik ye.”“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Aŋ oon jaajjin ogo, “Iken baŋŋä, iken tiiŋŋä jayok ogo, ‘Juwe atïn Duutaan.’” Aŋ Yuucip bäätcin mädgen ti, aŋ kaññe Duutaan.“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.

18Aŋ yooṭi kä utar, aŋ i batta mor ḍägä ti iken ti kä cokal, iken lääljin pugin ogo nägjï ḍok.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19Aŋ iken luugjin pääken ogo, “Yooṭe män lääggï ïya äätä.“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20Juwe näkïn ḍok aŋ yeepïn ïñï jïïn kalaŋ jï, aŋ ïkïïn jaaccïn ogo, ‘Ammïï gin kurkuŋgu yaŋkalaŋ.’ Aŋ ïkïïn bi yüṭïn a ŋaaka ken bi äbänä lääggï yeeke.”“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!”

21Aŋ wääna Robïïn tiiŋŋee kä aŋan ye, ike puccin ogo Yuucip määgee woo aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Ŋana näkïn ḍok.”When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Aŋ Robïïn jaajjin ogo, “Ŋana yïmge püükïtïn woo, ääte yeepïn jïïdük woo teettälaŋ winni, ŋana ïnko äccïtïn ike ti.” Aŋ Robïïn jaajjin kä waŋ yaana ṭäkee määgedeeda woo iken ti, aŋ tuce ŋäjäk wäyen ti ye.“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.

23Aŋ wääna Yuucip ḍäägenee kä ti mädgen ti ye, i gütï yokïn woo kä burŋu yaana ŋeraŋ eŋde yaanna.So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24Aŋ koowi aŋ yeepi jïïdük. Aŋ jïïn jïñe a ïwon kä piik.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Aŋ wääna cääjjene ïñï ämene kä ye, iken däämjin woo aŋ yurcin yääjoni a yek mä Icämayiil ätä ŋommañ mä Jïlaat ti, ke kälämgä yeeken ḍürït ḍuk yaaka a päkkiṇṇi ye ke yek pïlkä äcä Macïr.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.

26Aŋ Yahüüja mädgen taaññe ogo, “A ŋaaka ken bi kañïn naana määdo näŋŋïn ḍok ye, aŋ yïmge paannïn yokïn ye?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Juwe yääckïn mä Icämayiil, aŋ ïnko ŋana äccïtïn ike ti, ike a määdo aŋ a yïmgä yooko.” Aŋ Yahüüja tiiŋgi mädgen.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.

28Aŋ wääna yääjoni yek mä Icämayiil kaajdene kä ye, i Yuucip äbi woo mädgen jïïdük, aŋ yääjgi mä Icämayiil tiilgä gälkä waŋgen caykä kä yew. Aŋ Yuucip iji Macïr.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.

29Aŋ wääna Robïïn ḍukcenee kä jïïdük, aŋ Yuucip batta agee kä kañgon kä ye, ike buruŋgu yeeke jiiññe gïtï kä nüüjdüŋ.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30Aŋ ḍukcin mädgen ti, aŋ kiinne ogo, “Yuucip baati jïïdük, aŋ ika bi näŋjä ogoo?”returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Aŋ iken burŋu Yuucip koowi aŋ iṭṭä ñooŋ, aŋ burŋu büücï ti yïmgä gïtï.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Aŋ iken burŋu ŋerrä äcki wäyen aŋ kiini ogo, “Yooru gin'a kaññon ye. Yaanni batta a burŋu yen minneni yüünü?”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.”

33Aŋ ŋïjï Yaagüüp, aŋ jaajjin ogo, “A burŋu minneni yeeni. A amgon kä gin kurkuŋgu yaajgonḍe yaŋkalaŋ. Minneni yeeni jiijtin gïtï aŋŋa pïlkä.”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!”

34Aŋ Yaagüüp buruŋgu yeeke jiiññe gïtï aŋ iiŋcin cuukul teye ti nüütï nüüjdüŋ yeene, aŋ nüüññü kä minneni yeene nïïnkä kä ḍiräk.Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Aŋ merkä yeeke oogen ke ṭulgu yeeke äätin ike lüüytü jok, aŋ ike yaakkä kä lüüynü jok, aŋ jaajjin ogo, “U'u ika bi ceeñä kä nüüjdüŋ ke ḍakä ti minneni yeeni ti käälok.” Aŋ wäyen weeŋŋä kä ike kä yaac.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.

36Aŋ wina mä Icämayiil Yuucip yääjgi Poṭïpaar Macïr. Ike a ḍuuŋgon kääygä yen yätkä Parahuun yaana a ḍuuŋgon tïïconi ye.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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