1Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 2Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, 3taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5‘My father made me swear an oath and said, “I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”
6Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen. 9Chariots and horsemen50:9 Or charioteers also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. 11When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
12So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them: 13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” 16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: 17‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
18His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
The Death of Joseph
22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years 23and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.50:23 That is, were counted as his
24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” 25And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
1Yusuf kuwa ya fāɗa a kan mahaifinsa, ya yi kuka a kansa, ya kuma sumbace shi. 2Sa’an nan Yusuf ya umarci masu maganin da suke yin masa hidima, su shafe mahaifinsa Isra’ila da maganin hana ruɓa. Saboda haka masu maganin suka shafe shi da maganin hana ruɓa. 3Suka ɗauki kwana arba’in cif suna yin wannan, gama kwanakin da ake bukata ke nan don shafewa da maganin hana ruɓa. Masarawa kuwa suka yi makoki dominsa kwana saba’in.
4Sa’ad da kwanakin makoki suka wuce, sai Yusuf ya ce wa iyalin gidan Fir’auna, “In na sami tagomashi a idanunku, ku yi magana da Fir’auna domina. Ku faɗa masa, 5‘Mahaifina ya sa na yi rantsuwa, ya kuma ce, “Ina gab da mutuwa, ka binne ni a kabarin da na haƙa wa kaina a ƙasar Kan’ana.” Yanzu fa bari in haura in binne mahaifina, sa’an nan in dawo.’ ”
6Fir’auna ya ce, “Haura ka binne mahaifinka, kamar yadda ya sa ka rantse za ka yi.”
7Saboda haka Yusuf ya haura don yă binne mahaifinsa. Dukan hafsoshin Fir’auna suka yi masa rakiya tare da manyan mutanen gidan Fir’auna, da kuma dukan manyan mutanen Masar 8da kuma dukan membobin gidan Yusuf, da ’yan’uwansa da kuma waɗanda suke na gidan mahaifinsa. Yara kaɗai da garkunansu da kuma shanunsu ne aka bari a Goshen. 9Kekunan yaƙi da mahayan dawakai50.9 Ko kuwa mahayan kekunan yaƙi su ma suka haura tare da shi. Babbar ƙungiya jama’a ce ƙwarai.
10Sa’ad da suka kai masussukar Atad, kusa da Urdun, sai suka yi kuka da ƙarfi da kuma mai zafi, a can Yusuf ya yi makoki kwana bakwai saboda mahaifinsa. 11Sa’ad da Kan’aniyawa waɗanda suke zama a can suka ga makokin a masussukan Atad, sai suka ce, “Masarawa suna bikin makoki na musamman.” Shi ya sa ake kira wannan wurin da yake kusa da Urdun, Abel-Mizrayim.50.11 Abel-Mizrayim yana nufin makokin Masarawa.
12Haka fa ’ya’yan Yaƙub maza suka yi yadda ya umarce su. 13Suka ɗauke shi zuwa ƙasar Kan’ana suka kuma binne shi a kogon da yake cikin filin Makfela, kusa da Mamre, wanda Ibrahim ya saya tare da filin, ya zama makabarta daga Efron mutumin Hitti. 14Bayan ya binne mahaifinsa, sai Yusuf ya koma Masar, tare da ’yan’uwansa da kuma dukan waɗanda suka tafi tare da shi don binne mahaifinsa.
Yusuf ya sāke ba wa ’yan’uwansa tabbaci
15Sa’ad da ’yan’uwan Yusuf suka ga cewa mahaifinsu ya mutu, sai suka ce, “Mai yiwuwa Yusuf yana riƙe da mu a zuciya, wataƙila zai rama dukan abubuwa marasa kyau da muka yi masa?” 16Saboda haka suka aika wa Yusuf suna cewa, “Mahaifinka ya bar waɗannan umarnai kafin yă rasu. 17Ga abin da za ku ce wa Yusuf, ‘Na roƙe ka, ka gafarta wa ’yan’uwanka zunubai da laifofin da suka aikata na abubuwa marasa kyau da suka yi maka.’ Yanzu muna roƙonka ka gafarta zunuban bayin Allah na mahaifinka.” Sa’ad da saƙonsu ya zo masa, sai Yusuf ya yi kuka.
18’Yan’uwansa kuwa suka zo suka fāɗi a gabansa suka ce, “Mu bayinka ne.”
19Amma Yusuf ya ce musu, “Kada ku ji tsoro. Ni Allah ne? 20Kun yi niyya ku yi mini lahani, amma Allah ya nufe wannan ya zama alheri don yă cika abin da yanzu yake faruwa, ceton rayuka masu yawa. 21Saboda haka, kada ku ji tsoro. Zan tanada muku da kuma ’ya’yanku.” Ya sāke tabbatar musu, ya kuma yi musu magana ta alheri.
Mutuwar Yusuf
22Yusuf ya zauna a Masar tare da dukan iyalin mahaifinsa. Ya rayu shekara ɗari da goma. 23Ya kuma ga tsara ta uku ta ’ya’yan Efraim. Haka ma ’ya’yan Makir ɗan Manasse, an haife su aka sa a gwiwoyin Yusuf.50.23 Wato aka ɗauka su kamar nasa.
24Sai Yusuf ya ce wa ’yan’uwansa, “Ina gab da mutuwa. Amma tabbatacce Allah zai taimake ku, yă fid da ku daga wannan ƙasa zuwa ƙasar da ya alkawarta da rantsuwa wa Ibrahim, Ishaku da kuma Yaƙub.” 25Yusuf kuwa ya sa ’ya’yan Isra’ila maza suka yi rantsuwa, ya kuma ce, “Tabbatacce Allah zai taimake ku, ku kuma dole ku ɗauki ƙasusuwana, ku haura da su daga wannan wuri.”
26Yusuf kuwa ya rasu yana da shekara ɗari da goma. Bayan an shafe shi da maganin hana ruɓa, sai aka sa shi a akwatin gawa a Masar.
