Jakob ta tembukile kuEgipiti
1 Jakob okwa manga po iinima ye ayihe e ta yi kuBeersheba, hoka a yamba oontselelandjambo kuKalunga kahe Isak. 2 Kalunga okwe mu popitha memoniko uusiku e te mu ithana ta ti: “Jakob, Jakobwee!”
Jakob okwa yamukula a ti: “Ee!”
3 Kalunga okwa ti: “Ongame Kalunga, Kalunga kaho. Ino tila okuya kuEgipiti; oluvalo lwoye otandi ke lu ninga oshigwana oshinene. 4 Otandi yi nangoye kuEgipiti notandi ka galulila oluvalo lwoye kevi huka. Josef oye te ku thithikilitha omeho goye, sho to si.”
5 Jakob okwa zi muBeersheba. Oyana oye mu londeke pamwe naanona naakulukadhi yawo momatemba ngoka ga zi komukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti. 6 Oya kutha iinima yawo ayihe mbyoka ye yi imonene muKaanan e taa yi kuEgipiti. Jakob okwa yi noluvalo lwe aluhe: 7 Oyana aamati, aatekulu ye aamati, oyana aakadhona naatekulu ye aakadhona.
8 Aaisraeli mboka ya yi kuEgipiti, oyo mbaka: Jakob nosheeli she Reuben, 9 aana yaReuben Hanok, Pallu, Hezron naKarmi. 10 Simeon noyana Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar naShaul, omuna gwomukulukadhi Omukaanani. 11 Levi noyana Gerson, Kohat naMerari. 12 Juda noyana Shela, Perez naSera. (Aana yaJuda yalwe Er naOnan oya sile muKaanan). Perez okwa li e na aanona Hezron naHamul. 13 Issaskar noyana Tola, Puwa, Jashub naShimron. 14 Sebulon noyana Sered, Elon naJahleel. 15 Mbaka aamati yaLea e ya valele Jakob muMesopotamia pamwe nomumwayina omukadhona Dina. Aantu ayehe kumwe aamati naakadhona omilongo ndatu nayatatu.
16 Gad noyana Zifjon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi naAreli. 17 Aser noyana Imna, Ishva, Ishvi, Beria nomumwayina omukadhona Sera. Aana yaBeria oyo Heber naMalkiel. 18 Mbaka omulongo nayahamano yomoluvalo lwaJakob ya valwa kuSilpa, omudhike ngoka Laban e mu pele omwana Lea.
19 Rakel, omukulukadhi gwaJakob, okwe mu valele aamati yaali, Josef naBenjamin. 20 Oyanamati yaJosef oyo Manasse naEfraim. Oye mu valelwa muEgipiti kuAsenat, omuna gwomuyambi Potifera gwokuOn. 21 Oyanamati yaBenjamin oyo Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naeman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim naArd. 22 Mbaka omulongo nayane oyo oluvalo lwaJakob yomuRakel.
23 Dan nomwana Hushim. 24 Naftali noyana Jakzeel, Guni, Jezer naShillem. 25 Mbaka yaheyali oyo oluvalo lwaJakob muBilha, omudhike ngoka Laban e mu pele omwana Rakel. 26 Oluvalo lwaJakob aluhe kumwe ndoka lwa yi kuEgipiti, olwo omilongo hamano nahamano, aakiintu yoyana inaa yalulilwa mo. 27 Josef okwa valelwa aamati yaali muEgipti. Nopo ihe, Aaisraeli ayehe muEgipiti oya ningi omilongo heyali.
Jakob negumbo lye muEgipti
28 Jakob okwa tetekelitha Juda, a ka tale Josef e mu tsakaneke muGoshen. Sho a thiki ko, 29 Josef okwa londo metemba lye e ta yi kuGoshen, a ka tsakaneke he. Sho ya tsakanene, Josef okwi idhingile omaako ge mothingo yahe e ta lili olule. 30 Jakob okwa lombwele Josef a ti: “Ngashingeyi otandi ka sa nenyanyu, sho nda mono oshipala shoye nondi shi kutya ou na omwenyo.”
31 Nena Josef okwa ti kaamwahe nokaanegumbo lyahe: “Otandi ka tseyithila omukwaniilwa kutya aamwameme natate negumbo lye alihe mboka ya kala muKaanan, oye ya kungame. 32 Otandi ke mu hokololela kutya one aasita yiimuna mwe etelela oonzi, iikombo, oongombe naayihe mu yi na. 33 Omukwaniilwa nge te mu ithana e te mu pula iilonga yeni, 34 tyeni kutya one aasita yiimuna mokukalamwenyo kweni akuhe, ngaashi naanaa oohokulu ya li haa litha. Nena ote mu pitika, mu kale moshikandjo shaGoshen.” Josef okwa popi ngaaka, oshoka aasita yiimuna oyo oshidhila kAaegipiti.
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