Jakob ta pewa oshikandjo Gosen
1 Opo nee Josef okwe uya ndee okwa shiivifila Farao ta ti: “Tate novamwatate ove uya needi davo neengobe davo noinima aishe ve kwete, va dja medu laKaanan, ndele vo ove li moshikandjo Gosen.” 2 Ndele ye okwa kufa mo ovamwaxe ovalumenhu vatano nokwe va eta koshipala shaFarao. 3 Opo nee Farao a pula ovamwaxe vaJosef ta ti: “Oshilonga sheni oshashike?” Ndele vo va nyamukula tava ti: “Ovapiya voye ovafita veedi ngaashi ootate.” 4 Natango vo ova lombwela Farao tava ti: “Fye otwe uya tu kale manga ngaashi ovanailongo moshilongo, osheshi kwinya kaku na oulifilo weedi dovapiya voye, shaashi ondjala idjuu oi li medu laKaanan. Itavela, fye ovapiya voye, tu tule moshikandjo Gosen.” 5 Opo nee Farao okwa popya naJosef ndele ta ti: “Xo novamwaxo ove uya kwoove. 6 Edu alishe laEgipiti oli li po la yeuluka moipafi yoye; xo novamwaxo nava kale momukunda muwa u dule adishe domoshilongo. Nava kale moshikandjo Gosen. Nongeenge wa shiiva nokutya mokati kovamwaxo omu na ovalumenhu ve shii okulineekelwa moshilonga shavo, va tula po va ninge ovapashukili voimuna yange.”
7 Opo nee Josef okwa eta mo xe Jakob nokwe mu kaleka koshipala shaFarao. Ndele Jakob okwa nangeka noupuna Farao. 8 Opo nee Farao okwa tya kuJakob: “Omido dokukala kwoye odi fike peni?” 9 Ndele Jakob okwa nyamukula Farao ndele ta ti: “Efimbo lounailongo wange omido efele nomilongo nhatu. Omuvalu womafiku okukala kwange omanini noku yadi oluhodi, olo inali hanga omuvalu wootatekulu va li ve u na mounailongo wavo.” 10 Opo nee Jakob okwa nangeka noupuna Farao, ndele va lekelafana naFarao. 11 Ndele Josef okwa nangeka xe novamwaxe nokwe va pa omapya oshilongo shaEgipiti, momukunda muwa u dule adishe moshilongo moshitukulwalongo shaRameses, ngaashi Farao a tonga. 12 Ndele Josef okwa palula xe novamwaxe neumbo alishe laxe nomingome pamuvalu woludalo.
Ondjala ya handuka
13 Ndele moshilongo ashishe inamu monika vali omungome, osheshi ondjala oya handuka unene moshilongo shaEgipiti nomedu laKaanan inamu monika vali oilya. 14 Ndele Josef okwa ongela oimaliwa aishe ya li muEgipiti nomuKaanan mokulandifa oilya oyo va landa, ndele Josef okwa twala oimaliwa mouhamba waFarao. 15 Ndele oimaliwa eshi ya pwa mo muEgipiti nomuKaanan, Ovaegipiti aveshe ve uya kuJosef ndele ova tya: “Tu pa omungome! Omolwashike tu na okufya koshipala shoye? Osheshi oimaliwa oya pwa po.” 16 Ndele Josef okwa nyamukula ta ti: “Eteni oimuna yeni, ndele ame ohandi mu pe oilya moimuna yeni, ngeenge oimaliwa oya pwa po.” 17 Opo nee vo ova eta oimuna yavo kuJosef e va pe oilya meenghambe davo nomeedi davo nomeengobe davo nomeendongi davo. Nomudo tuu ou ye okwe va palula noilya i fike pomuvalu woimuna yavo. 18 Omudo winya eshi wa pita, vo ove uya kuye momudo omutivali ndele ova tya kuye: “Fye itatu dulu oku shi ku holeka, omwene wetu nokutya, oimaliwa oya pwa po noimuna yetu yo oya ninga yomwene wetu. Fye katu na sha vali shimwe, omalutu etu nomapya etu. 19 Omolwashike fye tu na okuxulila apa momesho oye, fye vene nomapya etu? Tu landa fye vene nomapya etu moilya. Ofye vene nomapya etu hatu liyandje ovapika vaFarao. Tu pa ombuto, tu ka kale tu na omwenyo, fye tuha fye nomapya etu aha ninge omaputu.” 20 Osho ngaha hano Josef a landela Farao omapya aeshe omuEgipiti, osheshi Ovaegipiti aveshe va landifa po omapya avo, shaashi ondjala oya li inene unene. Osho ngaha hano oshilongo ashishe sha ninga shaFarao. 21 Ndele ye okwa tula ovanhu moilando okudja komunghulo umwe waEgipiti fiyo okomunghulo mukwao. 22 Omapya ovapristeli oo aeke, ina landa, osheshi ovapristeli ova pewa ondjabi yavo kuFarao ndele ove lixupififa naashi va pewa kuFarao. Onghee hano omapya avo inave a landifa po.
23 Opo nee Josef okwa lombwela ovanhu ta ti: “Taleni, onena eli ame nde mu landela Farao, nye vene nomapya eni. Tambuleni ombuto mu shiive okukuna omapya eni. 24 Ndele mokuteya kweni omu na okweetela Farao oshitukulwa shimwe shomutitano. Oitukulwa ine nai ninge yeni, i ninge ombuto yomapya neendja deni nodaava ve li momaumbo eni neendja doludalo leni.” 25 Ndele vo ve mu nyamukula, tava ti: “Ove we tu kaleka nomwenyo. Natu filwe onghenda momesho omwene wetu, opo nee hatu ka kala ovapiya vaFarao.” 26 NOvaegipiti Josef e va pa omhango fiyo onena kombinga yomapya omuEgipiti nokutya, vo ove na okuyandja kuFarao oshitukulwa shimwe shomutitano shomomapya avo. Omapya ovapristeli oo aeke inaa ninga aFarao.
Omafiku okufya kwaJakob taa fiki
27 Israel okwa kala moshilongo shaEgipiti, moshikandjo Gosen. Ndele vo ova li ve na omapya ndele va hapupala, va dalafana vahapu vahapu. 28 Ndele Jakob okwa kala e na omwenyo muEgipiti omido omulongo naheyali. Nomafiku aJakob omido daye kwa li e na omwenyo oda li omido efele limwe nomilongo nhee naheyali. 29 Omafiku okufya kwaIsrael eshi a ehena popepi, ye okwa ifana omona waye Josef ndele ta ti kuye: “Ame ngeenge nda filwa onghenda momesho oye, tula mo hano eke loye koshi yetundji lange ndele monifile nge ohole noudiinini: ino paka nge moshilongo shaEgipiti! 30 Ame nda hala okukala pootatekulu, onghee hano kufe nge muEgipiti u ka nangeke nge mombila yavo.” Oye okwa nyamukula ta ti: “Ame ohandi ningi ngaashi wa hala.” 31 Ye okwa tya: “Anene nge.” Ye okwe mu anena eano. Israel okwa ilikana nokwe linyongamena koshiwilo shomombete.
1 So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He told him, “My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. They are now in the region of Goshen.” 2 He then presented his brothers to the king. 3 The king asked them, “What is your occupation?”
“We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were,” they answered. 4 “We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.” 5 The king said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have arrived, 6 the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing, 8 and the king asked him, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob answered, “My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.” 10 Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left. 11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king had commanded. 12 Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest.
The Famine
13 The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere, and the people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger. 14 As they bought grain, Joseph collected all the money and took it to the palace. 15 When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Don't let us die. Do something! Our money is all gone.”
16 Joseph answered, “Bring your livestock; I will give you food in exchange for it if your money is all gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 The following year they came to him and said, “We will not hide the fact from you, sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands. 19 Don't let us die. Do something! Don't let our fields be deserted. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We will be the king's slaves, and he will own our land. Give us grain to keep us alive and seed so that we can plant our fields.”
20 Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for the king. Every Egyptian was forced to sell his land, because the famine was so severe; and all the land became the king's property. 21 Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other. 22 The only land he did not buy was the land that belonged to the priests. They did not have to sell their lands, because the king gave them an allowance to live on. 23 Joseph said to the people, “You see, I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields. 24 At the time of harvest you must give one-fifth to the king. You can use the rest for seed and for food for yourselves and your families.”
25 They answered, “You have saved our lives; you have been good to us, sir, and we will be the king's slaves.” 26 So Joseph made it a law for the land of Egypt that one-fifth of the harvest should belong to the king. This law still remains in force today. Only the lands of the priests did not become the king's property.
Jacob's Last Request
27 The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children. 28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old. 29 When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt. 30 I want to be buried where my fathers are; carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”
Joseph answered, “I will do as you say.”
31 Jacob said, “Make a vow that you will.” Joseph made the vow, and Jacob gave thanks there on his bed.
