1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 ¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker: 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 ¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself , and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 ¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this , and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 ¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is , a man in whom the Spirit of God is ? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he , hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 ¶ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Josef ta fatulula oondjodhi dhomukwaniilwa
1 Sho pwa piti omimvo mbali, omukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti okwa lala ondjodhi a thikama pomulonga Niili. 2 Oonzinzi heyali dho ondoka odha anduka momulonga nodha napa omwiidhi. 3 Nena omwa anduka ishewe oonzinzi oonkwawo heyali oonshona nodha nanga. Odhe ya e tadhi thikama poonzinzi oonkwawo pomunkulo gwomulonga, 4 noonzinzi dha nanga odha li po ndhoka dho ondoka. Nena omukwaniilwa okwa papudhuka. 5 Okwa kothulula ishewe e ta lala ondjodhi onkwawo. Oonyapi heyali dha mena moshihenguti shimwe dha vala nawa. 6 Mudho omwa tsapuka oonyapi oonkwawo heyali. Odha li oonshona nodha thetekwa kombepo yokuuzilo. 7 Oonyapi dha theta odha nina po ndhoka dha vala nawa. Omukwaniilwa okwa papudhuka e ta dhimbulula kutya nani okwa lala oondjodhi. 8 Ongula sho kwa shi, okwa li u uvite nayi. Okwi ithana oompulile noonkulungu dhomuEgipiti. Okwe dhi hokololele oondjodhi dhe, ihe inadhi vula oku dhi mu fatululila.
9 Omupindi gwomaviinu okwa lombwele omukwaniilwa a ti: “Ngashingeyi otandi dhimbulukwa kutya onda yona. 10 Owa li wa geela ndje tse nomuteleki omukuluntu gwiikwiila e to tu tula mondjedhililo megumbo lyomulangeli omukuluntu. 11 Uusiku umwe otwa lala oondjodhi dhi ili nodhi ili. 12 Omumati Omuhebeli okwa li putse, omupika gwomulangeli gwondjedhililo. Otwe mu hokololele oondjodhi dhetu, e te dhi tu fatululile. 13 Iinima oya ningwa, ngaashi a tile; owa shuna ndje muulenga wandje, ihe owa dhipaga omuteleki gwiikwiila.”
14 Omukwaniilwa okwa tumu Josef e ki ithanwe. Oye mu pititha mo mbala mondjedhililo. Okwi ikululitha e ta zala nawa e te ya komukwaniilwa. 15 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti kuye: “Onda lala ondjodhi, nokape na ngoka ta vulu oku yi fatulula. Onda hokololelwa kutya ngoye oho fatulula oondjodhi.”
16 Josef okwa yamukula a ti: “Ngame itandi vulu, Nkeyama, ihe Kalunga ota pe omukwaniilwa eyamukulo lyo opala.”
17 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti: “Onda lala ondjodhi nda li nda thikama pomunkulo gwomulonga Niili, 18 oonzinzi heyali dho ondoka nodho opala dha anduka momulonga e tadhi napa omwiidhi. 19 Nena momulonga omwa anduka oonzinzi oonkwawo heyali oombwinayi dha nanga nodha nama. Inandi mona nale muEgipiti alihe oongombe oombwinayi dha fa ndhoka. 20 Ndhika odha li po oongombe ndhoka dhotango dho opala, 21 ihe kapwa li ngoka e shi ndhindhilike, oshoka odha li natango oombwinayi dha fa shito. Opo mpoka onda papudhuka. 22 Onda lala ondjodhi ishewe. Ondi wete oonyapi heyali dho opala nodha vala nawa dha tsapuka moshihenguti shimwe. 23 Konima opwa tsapuka oonyapi heyali dha theta noonshona. 24 Ndhoka dha theta odha nina po ndhoka dha vala nawa. Oondjodhi onde dhi hokololele oompulile, ihe kape na nando oyimwe ya vulu oku dhi fatululila ndje.”
25 Josef okwa ti komukwaniilwa: “Oondjodhi adhihe mbali otadhi popi oshinima shimwe; Kalunga ote ku lombwele shoka ta ka ninga. 26 Oonzinzi heyali dho ondoka odho oomvula heyali, oonyapi heyali dha vala odho oomvula heyali. Otadhi popi oshinima shimwe. 27 Oonzinzi heyali dha anduka mo konima yaandhoka dho ondoka noonyapi heyali dha theta odho oomvula heyali dhondjala yekomba. 28 Oshi li naanaa; ngaashi te ti — Kalunga okwe ku ulukile shoka ta ka ninga. 29 Otaku ya omimvo heyali dheloolo muEgipiti alihe. 30 Konima yaandhika otaku ya omimvo heyali dhondjala yekomba. Omimvo dheloolo otadhi ka dhimbiwa, oshoka ondjala otayi ka shundula oshilongo. 31 Omimvo dheloolo otadhi ka dhimbiwa thiluthilu, oshoka ondjala ndjoka ya landula ko, oyo ondhigundhigu. 32 Sho wa yaguma lwaali, otashi ti kutya Kalunga okwa tokola shili shoka ta ka longa.
33 “Hogolola ano omulumentu omunandunge e na owino, u mu langeke melelo lyaEgipiti alihe. 34 Langeka wo aambala yalwe, ya taambe oshititano shomateyo momimvo ndhoka heyali dheloolo. 35 Ya lombwela, ya gongele iilya momimvo dheloolo ndhoka tadhi ya, e to ya pe uuthemba wokupungula iilya miilando noku yi tonatela. 36 Iilya otayi ka hepulutha oshilongo pethimbo lyomimvo heyali dhondjala ndjoka tayi ya muEgipiti. Pamukalo nguka aantu itaa ka sa po kondjala.”
Josef ta ningwa omupangeli gwaEgipiti
37 Oohapu ndhika odho opalele omukwaniilwa nomalenga ge. 38 Oye nokwa ti kugo: “Itatu ka moneni omuntu omwaanawa e vule Josef, ngoka e na ombepo yaKalunga.” 39 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti kuJosef: “Oshoka Kalunga okwe ku ulukile ayihe mbika, kape na ngoka e ku vule muunongo nomowino. 40 Otandi ku lenge moshilongo shandje, naantu yandje ayehe otaa vulika kiipango yoye. Ongame awike tandi kala ndi ku vule. 41 Otandi ku langeke omupangeli gwaEgipiti alihe.” 42 Omukwaniilwa okwa hukula ko okalinga ke koshihako komunwe gwe e te ka zaleke komunwe gwaJosef. Okwe mu zaleke onguwo yoliina nelyenge lyoshingoli mothingo ye. 43 Okwe mu pe etemba lye etiyali meopalo, a londe mo, naalangeli mboka ye mu tetekelele, oyi igidha taa ti: “Isizimikeni! Isizimikeni!” Osho ngaaka Josef a langekwa omupangeli gwaEgipiti. 44 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti kuJosef: “Ngame omukwaniilwa, ihe muEgipiti inamu kala omuntu ta yelutha okwooko nenge ompadhi kee na ezimino lyoye!” 45-46 Okwe mu luku edhina lyOshiegipiti Zafenat Paneak e te mu pe omukiintu Asenat, omuna gwomuyambi Potifera gwokuOn.
Josef okwa li e na omimvo omilongo ndatu, sho a holoka koshipala shaFarao, omukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti. Okwa zi muuwa e te endaenda naEgipiti alihe. 47 Momimvo ndhoka heyali dheloolo oshilongo osha teya iilya oyindji. 48 Josef okwe yi gongele e te yi pungula miigandhi yomiilando. Moshilando kehe okwa pungula mo iilya ya zi momapya gopuushiinda. 49 Okwa li ku na iilya oyindjiyindji, noye etha oku yi yeleka — oya li ya fa ehekevi lyomooha dhefuta.
50 Ondjala manga inaayi ya, Josef okwa valelwa aamati yaali kuAsenat. 51 Okwa ti: “Kalunga okwa dhimbitha ndje okuhepekwa kwandje negumbo lyatate.” Okwa luku osheeli she Manasse. 52 Okwa ti ishewe: “Kalunga okwa pe ndje aanona mevi lyuudhigu wandje.” Okwe mu luku Efraim.
53 Omimvo heyali dheloolo ndhoka dha nyanyudha Egipiti, odha hulu po, 54 nomimvo heyali dhondjala odha tameke, ngaashi naanaa Josef a tile. Okwa li ku na ondjala miilongo ayihe, ihe muEgipiti omwa li mu na iilya. 55 Aayegipiti sho ya tameke okusa ondjala, noya pula omukwaniilwa iilya, okwe ya lombwele, ya ye kuJosef, e taa ningi shoka te ya lombwele. 56 Ondjala oya geye e tayi taandele noshilongo ashihe. Nena Josef okwa matula iigandhi ayihe e ta landitha po iilya kAayegipiti. 57 Aantu yomuuyuni auhe oye ya kuEgipiti, ya lande iilya kuJosef, oshoka ondjala oya li ya geya muuyuni auhe.
