Genesis 47 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Genesis 47:1-31

1Joseph went and told Pharaoh, ‘My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.’ 2He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

3Pharaoh asked the brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’

‘Your servants are shepherds,’ they replied to Pharaoh, ‘just as our fathers were.’ 4They also said to him, ‘We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.’

5Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.’

7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed47:7 Or greeted Pharaoh, 8Pharaoh asked him, ‘How old are you?’

9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.’ 10Then Jacob blessed47:10 Or said farewell to Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. 12Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.

Joseph and the famine

13There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace. 15When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, ‘Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.’

16‘Then bring your livestock,’ said Joseph. ‘I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.’ 17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.

18When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, ‘We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land. 19Why should we perish before your eyes – we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.’

20So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s, 21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude,47:21 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text and he moved the people into the cities from one end of Egypt to the other. 22However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allowance Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.

23Joseph said to the people, ‘Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground. 24But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.’

25‘You have saved our lives,’ they said. ‘May we find favour in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.’

26So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt – still in force today – that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.

27Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. 29When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, 30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.’

‘I will do as you say,’ he said.

31‘Swear to me,’ he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshipped as he leaned on the top of his staff.47:31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed

New Amharic Standard Version

ዘፍጥረት 47:1-31

1ዮሴፍም ወደ ፈርዖን ሄዶ፣ “አባቴና ወንድሞቼ በጎቻቸውን፣ ፍየሎቻቸውን እንዲሁም ያላቸውን ሁሉ ይዘው ከከነዓን አገር መጥተው በጌሤም ሰፍረዋል” አለው። 2ከወንድሞቹም መካከል አምስቱን መርጦ፣ ፈርዖን ፊት አቀረባቸው።

3ፈርዖን የዮሴፍን ወንድሞች፣ “ሥራችሁ ምንድን ነው?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።

እነርሱም ፈርዖንን፣ “እኛ አገልጋዮችህ ልክ እንደ አባቶቻችን ከብት አርቢዎች ነን” አሉት፤ 4ደግሞም፣ “በከነዓን ምድር ራቡ እጅግ የጸና በመሆኑ በጎችና ፍየሎች የሚሰማሩበት በማጣታቸው፣ ለጊዜው እዚህ ለመኖር መጥተናል፤ አሁንም ባሮችህ በጌሤም ምድር እንድንኖር እንድትፈቅድልን እንለምንሃለን” አሉት።

5ፈርዖንም ዮሴፍን እንዲህ አለው፤ “አባትህና ወንድሞችህ ወደ አንተ መጥተዋል፤ 6የግብፅ ምድር እንደ ሆነ በእጅህ ነው፤ አባትህንና ወንድሞችህን ምርጥ በሆነው ምድር አስፍራቸው፤ በጌሤም ይኑሩ። ከመካከላቸው ልዩ ችሎታ ያላቸው መኖራቸውን የምታውቅ ከሆነ፣ የከብቶቼ ኀላፊዎች አድርጋቸው።”

7ከዚህ በኋላ ዮሴፍ አባቱን ያዕቆብን ቤተ መንግሥት አስገብቶ በፈርዖን ፊት አቀረበው፤ ያዕቆብም ፈርዖንን ከመረቀው47፥7 ወይም ሰላምታ ካቀረበ በኋላ 8ፈርዖን፣ “ለመሆኑ ዕድሜህ ምን ያህል ነው?” ሲል ያዕቆብን ጠየቀው።

9ያዕቆብም ለፈርዖን፣ “በምድር ላይ በእንግድነት ያሳለፍሁት ዘመን 130 ዓመት ነው፤ ይህም አባቶቼ በእንግድነት ከኖሩበት ዘመን ጋር ሲነጻጸር ዐጭር ነው፤ ችግር የበዛበትም ነበር” ሲል መለሰለት። 10ከዚያም ያዕቆብ ፈርዖንን መርቆ፣ ተሰናብቶት ወጣ።

11ዮሴፍም አባቱንና ወንድሞቹን በግብፅ እንዲኖሩ አደረገ፤ ፈርዖን በሰጠውም ትእዛዝ መሠረት ምርጥ ከሆነው ምድር ራምሴን በርስትነት ሰጣቸው። 12ዮሴፍም ለአባቱ፣ ለወንድሞቹና ለመላው የአባቱ ቤተ ሰዎች በልጆቻቸው ቍጥር ልክ ቀለብ እንዲሰፈርላቸው አደረገ።

የራቡ ዘመንና የዮሴፍ አመራር

13በመላው ምድር እህል ባለመኖሩ ራቡ እየጸና ሄደ፤ ከዚህ የተነሣም ግብፅና ከነዓን በራብ እጅግ ተጐዱ፤ 14ዮሴፍ የግብፅና የከነዓን ሰዎች እህል በመሸመት የከፈሉትን ገንዘብ ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ፈርዖን ቤተ መንግሥት አስገባ። 15የግብፅና የከነዓን ሕዝቦችም ገንዘባቸው ባለቀ ጊዜ፣ ግብፃውያን ሁሉ ወደ ዮሴፍ ቀርበው፣ “የምንበላው እህል ስጠን፤ ገንዘባችን አልቆብናል፤ ዐይንህ እያየ እንዴት በራብ እንለቅ?” አሉት።

16ዮሴፍም፣ “ከብቶቻችሁን አምጡ፤ ገንዘባችሁ ካለቀ በከብቶቻችሁ ለውጥ እህል እሰጣችኋለሁ” አለ። 17ስለዚህ ከብቶቻቸውን ወደ ዮሴፍ አመጡ፤ እርሱም በፈረሶቻቸው፣ በበጎቻቸው፣ በፍየሎቻቸው፣ በከብቶቻቸውና በአህዮቻቸው ለውጥ እህል ሰጣቸው። በከብቶቻቸው ልዋጭ ባገኙት ምግብ የዚያን ዓመት ራብ እንዲወጡት አደረገ።

18ያም ዓመት ካለፈ በኋላ ሕዝቡ በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ወደ ዮሴፍ መጥተው እንዲህ አሉት፣ “እንግዲህ ከጌታችን የምንሰውረው ምንም ነገር የለም፤ ገንዘባችን አልቋል፤ ከብቶቻችንንም አስረክበንሃል፤ እንግዲህ ለጌታችን የምንሰጠው፣ ከመሬታችንና ከእኛ ከራሳችን በስተቀር አንዳች ነገር የለም። 19ታዲያ፣ እያየኸን እንዴት እንለቅ? መሬታችንስ ለምን ጠፍ ሆኖ ይቅር? እኛንና መሬታችንን ውሰድና በለውጡ እህል ስጠን፤ እኛ የፈርዖን ገባሮች እንሁን፤ መሬታችንም የእርሱ ርስት ይሁን፤ እኛም እንዳንሞት መሬታችንም ጠፍ ሆኖ እንዳይቀር የምንዘራው ዘር ስጠን።”

20ስለዚህ ዮሴፍ የግብፅን ምድር ሁሉ ለፈርዖን ገዛለት፤ ራቡም እጅግ ስለ ጸናባቸው ግብፃውያን ሁሉ አንዳቸውም ሳይቀሩ መሬታቸውን ሸጡ፤ ምድሪቱም የፈርዖን ርስት ሆነች። 21ዮሴፍም የግብፅን ሕዝብ ከዳር እስከ ዳር47፥21 ከኦሪተ ሳምራውያንና ከሰብዓ ሊቃናት ጋር ተመሳሳይ ሲሆን (ቩልጌትንም ይመ)፣ የማሶሬቲኩ ጽሑፍ ግን ሕዝቡን ወደ ከተሞች አጋዘ ይለዋል። የፈርዖን ገባር አደረገው። 22ሆኖም ዮሴፍ የካህናቱን መሬት አልገዛም፤ ምክንያቱም ካህናቱ ከፈርዖን ቋሚ ድርጎ ስለሚያገኙና ፈርዖን ከሚሰጣቸው ድርጎ በቂ ምግብ ስለ ነበራቸው ነው፤ ከዚህም የተነሣ መሬታቸውን አልሸጡም።

23ዮሴፍ ሕዝቡን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “እነሆ፣ ዛሬ እናንተንም መሬታችሁንም ለፈርዖን ገዝቻችኋለሁና ይህን ዘር ወስዳችሁ በመሬት ላይ ዝሩ። 24መከሩ በሚሰበሰብበት ጊዜ ግን ከአምስት እጅ አንዱን ለፈርዖን ታስገባላችሁ፤ ከአምስት እጅ አራቱን ደግሞ ለመሬታችሁ ዘር፣ እንዲሁም ለራሳችሁ፣ ለቤተ ሰቦቻችሁና ለልጆቻችሁ ምግብ ታደርጉታላችሁ።”

25እነርሱም፣ “እንግዲህ ሕይወታችንን አትርፈህልናል፤ በጌታችን ፊት ሞገስ ካገኘን፣ ለፈርዖን ገባሮች እንሆናለን” አሉት።

26ስለዚህ ዮሴፍ የምርቱ አንድ አምስተኛ ለፈርዖን እንዲገባ የሚያዝ የመሬት ሕግ አወጣ፤ ይህም ሕግ እስከ ዛሬ ይሠራበታል። በዚያን ጊዜ በፈርዖን እጅ ያልገባው መሬት የካህናቱ ብቻ ነበር።

27በዚህ ጊዜ እስራኤላውያን በግብፅ አገር በጌሤም ይኖሩ ነበር፤ በዚያም ሀብት ንብረት ዐፈሩ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ እየበዛ ይሄድ ጀመር።

28ያዕቆብ በግብፅ ዐሥራ ሰባት ዓመት ኖረ፤ ዕድሜውም አንድ መቶ አርባ ሰባት ዓመት ነበር። 29እስራኤልም የሚሞትበት ጊዜ መቃረቡን እንደ ተረዳ ልጁን ዮሴፍን አስጠርቶ እንዲህ አለው፤ “በአንተ ዘንድ ሞገስ ካገኘሁ እጅህን በጭኔ ላይ አኑረህ፣ በጎነትንና ታማኝነትን ልታደርግልኝ ቃል ግባልኝ፤ በምሞትበት ጊዜ በግብፅ አትቅበረኝ፤ 30እኔም ከአባቶቼ ጋር ሳንቀላፋ፣ ከግብፅ አውጥተህ እነርሱ በተቀበሩበት ቦታ ቅበረኝ።”

ዮሴፍም፣ “እሺ፣ እንዳልከኝ አደርጋለሁ” አለ።

31ያዕቆብም፣ “በል ማልልኝ” አለው። ዮሴፍም ማለለት፤ እስራኤልም በዐልጋው ራስጌ ላይ ሆኖ ጐንበስ አለ።47፥31 ወይም እስራኤልም በዐልጋው ራስጌ በኩል ሰገደ