Genesis 37 (LGA)

1Ego i Jekopi sa sa suvere pa ia sa suveria na tamana pa ia pa Kenani.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2Alepi sa na vavakatona i Jekopi. Ego i Josepa, kai koburu sae korega ka manogavitu aorona, sa kole kopuniria na gogodo sipi tavitiria na tugana, ira na tuna marene i Biliha beto ira na tuna marene i Zilipa ira karu maqotana na tamana beto i Josepa sa pogoso mule vania na tamadi sira na nongoro ikikeredi veveidi ira na tugana.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.

3Ego i Izireli sa sa roroqu vivitigia isa si Josepa jolaniria doru gogoto tuna marene, ura sa podo sisa totonai sa tei baragoso tu ko sa piti vania sa kai poko gojo kakala babata jonga.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.

4Totonai ira na tugana qai batia sa na tamadi sa roroqu vivitigia sisa jolaniria ira, poni sa qai kanai beto qaike boka paranga vabubule lao tana.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.

5Ego sa putagitania sa kai putagita si Josepa ko totonai sa vavakato vaniria sira na tugana, poni satotonai sa qai kanai tu lalaodia sisa.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6Pira sauniria, <<Mu vainongoronia na putagita qa putagitania ara.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7Ego taqe korapa kokoturia na gogou kiko pa inuma sa gita poni sa sa iolo votu sale vasiboro beto sa turu vatuvisi sae sa na gou kiko taqu beto ira na gogou kiko tamugou sa qai lame vaikamu vailivutainia sa taqu beto ko qai titi opo gore pa moena na gou kiko taqu,>> sau.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.”

8Poni pira qarigunia ira na tugana sisa, <<Na tinoni lavata ko muna bangaranigei agei sao? Na tinoni lalae ko muna lalaenigei agei sao?>> qarigunia. Ko qai kanai tu lalaodia ira sisa pa laena nona putagita beto na sakasava sa pojaria isa.“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.

9Ego beto sa putagitania mule kai putagita sisa ko sa ule vaniria sira na tugana. Pira sau, <<Mu vainongoro ko!>> <<Qa putagitania mule ara sa kai putagita, poni sa kopira na tapo, na popu beto ka manogameka seru sa qai titi opo gore pa moequ ara,>> sauniria.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.”

10Ego totonai sa vavakato vania na tamana beto ira na tugana, poni sa sa tokea na tamana sisa pira saunia, <<Na savana sa na putagita qu putagitania ao alepi? Ai vei? Ko ara, na tinamu beto ira ka manogameka tugamu sa mene lame sosoto tugu titi opo gore pa peso pa moemu ao?>> sau.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?”

11Ko qai konoa ira na tugana sisa, goto na tamana sa nongoro vakolea sa na paranga alepi.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Ego ira na tugana i Josepa sa qai tei riu tu vagaganiria na gogodo sipi tana tamadi pa Sekemu,Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13ko pira saunia i Izireli si Josepa, Tuqu, <<Qu gigilaimua sa ira na tugamu sa qai korapa riu vagaganiria na gogodo sipi pa Sekemu. Ko mei, ma garunu valaogo tadira,>> saunia. Poni pira sau sisa, <<Ego jongana,>> sau.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.

14Ko pira saunia sisa, <<Mu lao dororia ai qai korapa veveigadia sira na tugamu beto ai qai korapa vevei sira na gogodo sipi beto mu mule vavakato vanisiu,>> sau sisa. Beto sa garunu variua koko pa lolomo pa Heboroni. Totonai sa kamu pa Sekemu si Josepa,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,

15kai tinoni sa batia korapa vividulaiona pa ia isa sisa ko sa nanasia na tinoni isa sisa, <<Na sa qu korapa nyaqoa?>> saunia.a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Poni pira sau si Josepa, Koi, <<Qa korapa nyaqoria na boko tugaqu. Ai vei muna boka ule vanisiu pai qai korapa vagaganiria na sipi?>> saunia.“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Sa pira sau sa na tinoni isa, <<Koi! Qai tei taloa tu lani sa, ba qa nongororia sa mai lao pa Dotani qarigu,>> sau sisa. Ko sa tuti liguria i Josepa sira na tugana poni sa sa lao batiria pa Dotani.“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.

18Ego pa souna tu qai batinia sisa ko totonai sa oqoro lao kamuria, poni sa qai mekarai vaingodonia ko mai vamatea sisa qarigu.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19Ko qai vaiparanga laolame, pira qarigu, <<Sa lamegana alepi sa na tinoni puputagita.>>“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20<<Ariagada, ta vai vamate pale beto ta kurania pa kai baongo oqili api beto pira tanagu kai manugu piruna sa gani pipiaria tanagu. Beto tana doria ai mai vevei sira na putagita tana,>> qarigu.“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!”

21Totonai sa nongoria i Rubeni sapi sa sa podekia ko bi aloa sisa pa limadi ira sau. Ko pira sau, Boko tasiqu! <<Take kobua na toa tana.When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Take vaororungu kikisua. Ta gona kurania gu pa kai baongo oqili pa qega lani, goto take kotini limada,>> sau. I Rubeni sa paranga vei inara ko mi aloa tadira sisa ko mi toni mulenia tana tamana sau.“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.

23Ko totonai sa lame kamuria na tugana si Josepa sa, qai bako ririkatia sa nona poko gojo- na poko gojo kakala babata jonga sa korapa vasaea isa,So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24beto qai tekua ko qai gona kurania pa leo baongo oqil sisa. Na baongo oqili isa sa na pidili gagapuna, kepore kolo pa leona.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Totonai qai korapa toqo tetekudia poni, qai enga sae qarigu sa, qai batia sa kai puku minete tinoni Isimeli korapa mekarai lalamedia koko pa Qiliadi. Qai surana vapugeleni sakasa vavalingi gagani beto vavaumanga jonga- na sipaesi, na bami beto na moa- sa na dia Kameli ko mai surana goreniria pa Ijipi qarigu.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.

26Poni pira sauniria i Jiuda sira na tasina na tugana marene, <<Na sa tana isongoniagita vei tana vaia na tasida beto tana vapaea na orunguna?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Aria, ko ta vavai palenia tadira na tinoni Isimeli pira goto take kotini limada ura na tasida gu beto na tinida mekada sina,>> sauniria. Poni sa qai nongoria ira na tasina na tugana sisa.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.

28Ko totonai qai jola sira na tinoni roroiti teku poata pa Midia, poni sa qai kao votunia pa leona na baongo ogili ira na tugana si Josepa beto qai vavai palenia ka rabeteputa poata siliva tadira na tinoni Isimeli ko ira qai surana gorenia pa Ijipi si Josepa.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.

29Totonai sa mule kamu pa baongo oqili si Rubeni, poni satei kepore tu si Josepa pa baongo ko sa bako ririkata pale sa nona poko.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30Poni sa mule lao tadira na tasina sisa beto pira sauniria, Ei! <<Na koburu sa tei kepore tu. Pai mana lao sara kopira?>> sau.returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Beto sa qai tekua sa na poko gojo tai Josepa, qai kubolia kai qoti beto qai vasuvunia na orungu sa na poko gojo tana.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Qai pogoso mulenia tana tamana sa na poko gojo kakala babata jonga beto pira qarigu, <<Api gu sa qe batia agei, Doro vatalea moko! Na poko gojo tu tana tumu marene beka sapi ba dai,>> qarigunia.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.”

33Poni sa dogoro gigalia isa ko sa pira sau, <<Na poko gojo tugu tana tuqu ara sina. Kaki manugu pirudi qai tei garata pipiara pale tu si Josepa,>> sau sisa.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!”

34Poni sa bako ririkata pale nona poko si Jekopi, beto sa vasaea na baiki ruruajana beto na totoso kakasana sa lukania isa sa na tuna mareneThen Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Poni doru tuna marene na tuna rereko sa qai lame ko mai vamanotia qarigu ba sa daionania ko bai vamanotia sisa, pira sauniria, <<Daiqua!>> <<Mana kole tugu lulukanania qua ara sa na tuqu marene tinganai mana gore kamuqua pa ia tadira na tinoni matedi,>> sau. Ko na tamana sa lukania si Josepa.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.

36Ego ko ira na tinoni Midia sa qai vavainia pa Ijipi si Josepa lao tai Potipa pa Ijipi, kame ira na tinoni lalavata tai Pero isa na kuta tadira na tinoni kopu.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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