Genesis 37 (MKW)

1Yakobi zingaka na yinsi ya Kaana, yinsi yina tata ya yandi kwendaka vwanda mutindu nzenza.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2Nongo ya bana ya Yakobi ni yayi: Yosefi vwandaka na bamvula kumi na nsambwadi. Yandi vwandaka muvungi ya mameme na bankombo kintwadi na bampangi ya yandi. Yandi vwandaka ntwenya, kintwadi na bana ya Bila mpe Zilepa, bakento ya tata ya yandi. Yandi vwandaka kumisa na tata ya yandi yimbi yina bampangi ya yandi vwandaka sala.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.

3Isayeli vwandaka zola Yosefi kulutila bana ya yandi nyonso, samu ti yandi butaka Yosefi na buboba ya yandi. Isayeli yidikilaka yandi kinkuti ya kitoko mingi, ya mutindu ya yandi mosi.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.

4Bampangi ya yandi talaka ti tata ya bawu vwandaka zola yandi kulutila bawu nyonso. Ni yawu yina, bawu bandaka na kuyina yandi, mpe bawu lendaka dyaka ve na kuzonzisa yandi na kizunu.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.

5Kilumbu mosi Yosefi lotaka ndosi. Yandi zabisaka yawu na bampangi ya yandi, mpe bawu yinaka dyaka yandi kulutila.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6Yandi tubaka na bawu ti: «Beno kuwa ntete ndosi yayi mu me lota.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7Beto vwandaka kanga bifunda ya matiti ya bambuma ya faline na kati ya bilanga. Mbala mosi kifunda ya munu vumbukaka mpe telamaka. Bifunda ya beno zungidilaka mpe fukiminaka yina ya munu.»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.”

8Bampangi ya yandi vutulaka: «Yinki! Nge ke yala beto, mpe nge ke vwanda mfumu ya beto?» Bawu lutilaka dyaka kuyina yandi samu na bandosi ya yandi, mpe samu na mambu yina yandi vwandaka zonza.“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.

9Yosefi lotaka dyaka ndosi ya nkaka, mpe yandi zabisaka yawu na bampangi ya yandi mutindu yayi: «Beno tala! Mu me lota dyaka ndosi: ntangu na ngonda, na bambwetete kumi na mosi, vwandaka fukimina munu.»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.”

10Yandi zabisaka yawu na tata ya yandi na bampangi ya yandi. Tata ngalaka yandi mpe tubaka ti: «Yayi mpe wapi ndosi nge me lota? Munu, na mama ya nge, na bampangi ya nge, beto ke kwiza fukimina nge?»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?”

11Bampangi ya Yosefi fulukaka na musoki na ntwala ya yandi, kasi tata ya yandi bumbaka dyambu yina na ntima.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Bampangi ya Yosefi kwendaka dikila mameme na bankombo ya tata ya bawu na kizunga ya Sekeme.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13Isayeli tubaka na Yosefi: «Bampangi ya nge kele na kudikila mameme na bankombo na kizunga ya Sekeme. Mu ke na kufidisa nge na sika ya bawu.» Yosefi ndimaka: «Ee! Mu ke kwenda.»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.

14Isayeli tubaka: «Kwenda tala kana bampangi ya nge, kele ya bawu mbote kuna, na mameme na bankombo mpe kana bawu kele mbote, mpe natina munu nsangu.» Isayeli fidisaka Yosefi katuka dibenga ya Ebelone, mpe Yosefi kwizaka kuma na kizunga ya Sekeme.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,

15Muntu mosi talaka yandi na kuyenga-yenga na matiti, mpe muntu yina yufulaka yandi: «Yinki nge ke na sosaka?»a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Yandi ti: «Mu ke na sosaka bampangi ya munu. Zabisa munu wapi sika ba ke na kudikila bibulu ya bawu.»“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Muntu yina vutulaka: «Bawu me katuka kwaku. Samu ti mu kuwaka bawu na kuzonza ti: “Beto kwendeno na kizunga ya Dotane.”» Yosefi landaka bampangi ya yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka kuta bawu na kizunga ya Dotane.“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.

18Bawu talaka yandi na ntama. Mpe, tekila yandi kuma pene-pene na bawu, bawu salaka mfundu samu na kufwa yandi.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19Bawu tubaka bawu na bawu: «Tala muntu ya bandosi, yandi yayi ke na kukwiza.“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20Ntangu ni yayi! Beto kufwa yandi, mpe beto losa yandi na kati ya dibulu mosi, na mabulu yayi ba timunaka samu na kuzwaka maza ya mvula. Beto ke tuba ti kibulu mosi ya nsisi me kudya yandi. Na manima, beto ke tala yinki bandosi ya yandi ke kuma.»“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!”

21Lubene kuwaka dyambu yina, mpe yandi sosaka na kukuula Yosefi na maboko ya bawu. Yandi tubaka ti: «Beto kufwa yandi ve.»When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Samu na kukuula Yosefi na maboko ya bawu, mpe kuvutula yandi na sika ya tata ya yandi, Lubene tubaka ti: «Beno kufwa ve muntu. Kasi beno losa kwandi yandi na kati ya dibulu yayi kele na yinsi ya kuyuma, yina ba timunaka samu na kuzwaka maza ya mvula. Beno kufwa yandi ve.»“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.

23Ntangu Yosefi kwizaka kuma na sika ya bampangi ya yandi, bawu botolaka yandi kinkuti ya yandi, kinkuti yina ya kitoko mingi, ya mutindu ya yandi mosi, yina yandi vwandaka ya kuvwata.So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24Bawu bakaka yandi, mpe bawu losaka yandi na kati ya dibulu. Ata kima vwandaka na dibulu yango, maza vwandaka ve na kati ya yawu.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Na manima, bawu vwandaka samu na kudya. Bawu vumbulaka meso mpe bawu talaka nkonga mosi ya bantu ya mumbungu, ba-Isemayele, yina katukaka na yinsi ya Ngalaade, mpe vwandaka kwenda na yinsi ya Ngipiti. Bibulu ya bawu, yina ba ke bokilaka samo, vwandaka nata maaka ya nsunga ya mutindu na mutindu.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.

26Yuda tubaka na bampangi ya yandi ti: «Wapi ndandu kele na kufwa mpangi ya beto mpe kubumba lufwa ya yandi?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Beto tekisa kwandi yandi na ba-Isemayele, kasi beto kusimba yandi na kusala yandi yimbi ve. Samu ti yandi kele mpangi ya beto, beto kele menga mosi.» Bampangi ya yandi kuwaka mambu yina.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.

28Bantu ya mumbungu ya yinsi ya Midyane lutilaka kuna. Bawu bendaka Yosefi, mpe basisaka yandi na dibulu. Bawu tekisaka yandi na ba-Isemayele, na ntalu ya makumi zole ya bikunku ya palata. Ba-Isemayele nataka Yosefi na Ngipiti.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.

29Ntangu Lubene vutukaka na dibulu yango, Yosefi vwandaka dyaka ve na kati ya yawu. Lubene pasulaka binkuti ya yandi.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30Yandi vutukaka na sika ya bampangi ya yandi, mpe tubaka: «Mwana kele ve kuna! Munu, wapi sika mu ke kwenda?»returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Bawu bakaka kinkuti ya Yosefi. Na manima ya kufwa nkombo mosi ya mbakala, bawu bolisaka kinkuti yango na menga ya nkombo yina.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Bawu fidisaka na tata ya bawu kinkuti ya Yosefi, mpe bawu tubaka: «Beto me kuzwa yayi. Tala ntete kana yawu kele ve kinkuti ya mwana ya nge.»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.”

33Yandi talaka mbote kinkuti yango mpe yandi tubaka ti: «Yawu kele kinkuti ya mwana ya munu. Kibulu mosi ya nsisi me kudya yandi. Ba me pasula Yosefi na bitini.»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!”

34Yakobi pasulaka binkuti ya yandi, mpe yandi vwataka saki na luketo. Yandi kotaka na bufwidi ya mwana ya yandi na bilumbu mingi.Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Bana ya yandi nyonso ya babakala na ya bakento vukanaka na kubomba yandi, kasi yandi mangaka ba bomba yandi. Yandi tubaka: «Ni na kati ya kifwidi mu ke kulumuka na sika ya mwana ya munu, kuna na yinsi ya bantu ya kufwa.» Mpe yandi tatamanaka kudila mwana ya yandi.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.

36Ba-Midyane tekisaka Yosefi na yinsi ya Ngipiti na Potifale, yina vwandaka muntu ya mfunu na kimfumu ya Falawo, mpe mfumu ya bankebi.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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