Genesis 4949GenesisJosephPortions of the Holy Bible in the Yalë language of Papua New Guinea

Portions of the Holy Bible in the Yalë language of Papua New GuineaBerean Standard Bible

1. 1NCEJekop bubë nëbaleme gali telokwakeme, “Sobo esijome na bome lolime tafa eletëname. Fli wesibi some tokwafe fata mëgletëyobëme gëgali nanëglelëyome.BSBBSB: Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
2. 2NCEO bobë nëbale, sobo bobë li mëta loko elelëyo, bobë gali aholokwane naegloname. Bo sobobë blijaya, Israel.BSBBSB: Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
3. 3NCERuben, ju bobë abwa nëba. Bo falakeme nëgena, sebo bitana jume mana fu tëto. Ju flesu ho fata tle na ju tako afutukuna homu. Jubë afutuku jubë iniwa blijamonibë afutukume boblo lalotome.BSBBSB: Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4. 4NCEJubë lowene haliji tuha sësëbo lëletë. Ho lëkle hana lëgëtatëme. Kwe, ju auto mago ho tafa hana egleme. Ju bobë mëseme atome fa tëgëtamëme nëgeme. Na bo tako tiniji latletë. Ju tëbo lowenemu esogo tlelële.BSBBSB: Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
5. 5NCESimeon bolijamo Livaina bu wame wesibi glo mëtlekefo na fli home wame motlokwefëmo.BSBBSB: Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
6. 6NCEBu wame lowene fa mogotokweflona, bu ho flime mogo nalë memëlagekefo. Na bu wame jwa tafa mëgelona, bu tuja ato bulmakau klelibë elebo salëme fwa hihli mototokwefëtemo. Këme nëgeme, bo bume ehe hana nolomë. Blalo kë sle motokweflobë galibëme, bo kë aholokwanebëme tole hana nëlekefëtemë.BSBBSB: May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
7. 7NCEBubë wame lowene bume fwa tëbo nalogotomeme. Bubë wame lowene takomu nëgeme, na wame lowene tëbowa tëbetëme. Bo bume hehë nanëletemë. Na bo bu tlemalë name na bubë nëbale name fufu nëbetokwakëmëme. Na bu Israel life mago onehona bwa bwa tafa namëglelëmame. Bo bume flëke hana yo noglomëme.BSBBSB: Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
8. 8NCEJuda, jubë blijamoni na blijahani jume bibita mëgëtagujome. Jume fli oneho wame moglëyona, ju mou mëta fwa fafa egleme. Na jubë blijamoni na blijahani jume sëkefo bubusu motometëyome.BSBBSB: Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
9. 9NCEJuda, bu afeku laion kleliha. Bu kleli fa fa lëlekëfe, na hihi lëlekëfe. Na bu kalëlegona këme tafa lëgleme. Bu elili elili lële na alabujuwa tafa lële, laion kleli fenene. Na ho li bume hana lëlelu logotleme.BSBBSB: Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
10. 10NCEBu eso home kë lëlekuju eglatlebë atobeila lehwamë. Na bu eso home unaunalëme natafa lëkoume. Bu kë atobeila mana lehwaguime na bu Silo lifewa mana fwa luleme. Na bu iniwa onehome tafa lugulelëmeme.BSBBSB: The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
11. 11NCEBubë wain taba feilawamu hulu lokoutle na bu lalemu. Na bubë donki kleli takuliji logotlena, bu wain taba mëta fwa takuliji lotokwefële. Bu feilawa wain taba liji tu kiki lotokwefëme. Këme nëgeme bubë ëho kë wain taba liji tuna këme swa lotokwefëme bu feilawa wain taba liji tuna nëgeme.BSBBSB: He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12. 12NCEBubë naba kowa këme fata meletle, wain taba liji tu hi lëglekëfeme nëgeme. Na bubë enino tatiwamu mëbetle, bulmakau kleli maba fo hi lëglekefëme nëgeme.BSBBSB: His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
13. 13NCESebulun bu nutu li mëta tafa lëgleme. Na bubë tu ku takomu lëgëbetleme. Këme nëgeme sibu lo tëbo hana mëgleme. Na bubë flëke meluguju tleme, Saidon life li mëta tou lokoutleme.BSBBSB: Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
14. 14NCEIsakar bu kalëlego donki kleliha. Bu tële wesibi ku mëta fwa manawa meniniwa lëbekëfe.BSBBSB: Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
15. 15NCEBubë lale life lëselëwagule na melowene fa lotle, ‘O lale lifefe, bo këme tafa nanegelë.’ Na kë mëta bubë iniwa afutukuna wege lële. Kwe tokwafe, bu fli hobë manawa wege fa lëgëtatëmeme.BSBBSB: He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
16. 16NCETokwafe, Dan bubë ilawa mago onehome eso home tafa lëgletëmeme, na bu Israel life mago fli oneho fene tafa mëla.BSBBSB: Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. 17NCEDan bu mefata lëgleme, taiju tëbo, alëge mëglëbo mëta fene sei lëlële. Hos kleli bu alëge elë fëka lokweina, kwe taiju hokweinawa okli lëkaketlebë na sëgetuju mëta latëtouwa lëlëleme. Na ho kë hos kleli matawa tafa logoletlena, kwe lalugujuwetigowa.BSBBSB: He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
18. 18NCETako Ho, bo jume ekë hwi nëletë, ju bome egaitanë naegleme na jubë lale lifewa no enënëme.BSBBSB: I await Your salvation, O LORD.
19. 19NCEGat, tokli ho jume wame mëglelëkakëjome. Kwe, ju kofayame yafe wame elomeme kwe bu mëglëboujame.BSBBSB: Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
20. 20NCEAser, jubë nuju mëta lale lale hi wesibi feilawa hulu mokoutëme. Eso ho kë hi hi mëglabë hi wesibi ahujume ahujume eglekëfeme.BSBBSB: Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
21. 21NCENaptali, bu waluju mago dia kleli ha. Bubë tolenawa fëka fëka lëbelëfa. Na bu lale lale nëbalemu nëbaneni lëlekëfe.BSBBSB: Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
22. 22NCEJosep bu lale wain taba. Bu yefi tu li mëta hulu lële na bu feilawa liji lowalë. Bubë tikefo hele heletanëno nëgeme, na lëglesi lamu mototle.BSBBSB: Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
23. 23NCEWame ho bume nemona wame motlola, na sëfana mëtemila na tëbo mototla.BSBBSB: The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
24. 24NCEJosep bu nemo hana tlëkële na bubë toba elili hana mëtletle. Jekopbë kalëlegona Goto, bume tëgaitaleme nëgeme na bume afutuku tëglëleme nëgeme. Kë Goto, Israel life mago onehome tafa lëlelëmeme na bubë kalëlego wame jiboha title lëletëmeme.BSBBSB: Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25. 25NCEBu blijayabë Goto na bu tako kalëlego Gotomu. Buwa jume ululu sle lëgëtakefëme na laitakefëme. Na bu jume feilawa lale wesibimu lëglëkefëme. Bu jume tako tlibutu lëglëme, na jume life lokwalëfelë mago tu mata lëglëme. Na jubë ilawa mago oneho feilawa nëbaneni mëglame.BSBBSB: by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
26. 26NCEBo jubë blijaya. Bo jume lale gali nëlë, Goto jume ululu sle nalëtaguime na lëgaitawagume nalëgleme. Bo metole nanelë, ju lale wesibi kë glo eglebë, tako fatini lamu namëgëtatëme. Na kë wesibi, jubë afunino kë glo mëtëglabë wesibime boblo mogotomememu. Iniwa kë wesibi Josep ju mëta fata mëgleme. Ebë ho ju kënëgebë ëtani ju blijahani na blijamonibë naba li mëta eso ho fata tletëme.BSBBSB: The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
27. 27NCEBenjamin, bu waluju ama ha. Bu kleli mogo nalë tëtëkle lëtakefë. Na iniwa olobalë bu kë tëtëkle lëtakefëbë kleli hihi lëlekëfe. Na taboklë ye, bu kë tëtëkle lëtakefëbë hi wesibi sa lëtakefëtëme.”BSBBSB: Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
28. 28NCETa ebë kënegebë, Israelbë we ita tële enënebë. Na bubë bolijaya bu gli lëgleme kwene bubë nëbaleme kë lëgaitawagumeme anebo gali tlelëme. Na bume lale gali tlome, Goto bume fwa ululu sle nalëgëtagumeme na laitawagumeme.BSBBSB: These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
29. 29NCENa Jekop bu boweneninome lale gali wagali tlome, Goto bume ululu sle nalëgëtagumeme na lëgaitawagume nalëgleme. Na bubë nëbaleme megali latlome, “Bo gli nëgelëme nounou ekë nelë na bobë ilawa mago lebo hona tafa nanugulame, alibaho life mëta. Sobo bome bobë afuninobë aniji fuluju mëta gwa egëtaname, Efronbë life mëta kë lo eglabë. Efron Hitbë bolijafuju.BSBBSB: Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
30. 30NCEKë aniji fuluju bu Makpela life mëta lo elamë. Makpela life bu Kenan lifatebë tokwëfo life, Mamre life li mëta lo elamë. Ëtani Abraham bu aniji fuluju Efronna balitina hihijika mëtelo. Bubë matëmatë lëgëbetle na lëgleme.BSBBSB: The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
31. 31NCEBu Abrahamna bubë mëse Saraname, kë aniji fuluju mëta gogwa mëtla. Na Aisakna bubë mëse Rebekaname mata kë mëta gogwa mëtla. Na bobë mëse Leame mata kë mëta gwa tëtë.BSBBSB: There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
32. 32NCEËtani Abraham bu kë aniji fuluju Hitbë ilawa mago hona balitina hihijika mëtelo.”BSBBSB: The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
33. 33NCEJekop bu yaweme gëgali tlelëmee na ni labuku mëta ni tëbe na lagliwa tle. Na bubë ilawa mago lebo enënena tafa mëtla, alibaho life mëta.BSBBSB: When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.