1فاتى يوسف واخبر فرعون وقال ابي واخوتي وغنمهم وبقرهم وكل ما لهم جاءوا من ارض كنعان. وهوذا هم في ارض جاسان.
1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2واخذ من جملة اخوته خمسة رجال واوقفهم امام فرعون.
2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3فقال فرعون لاخوته ما صناعتكم. فقالوا لفرعون عبيدك رعاة غنم نحن وآباؤنا جميعا.
3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4وقالوا لفرعون جئنا لنتغرب في الارض. اذ ليس لغنم عبيدك مرعى. لان الجوع شديد في ارض كنعان. فالآن ليسكن عبيدك في ارض جاسان
4They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5فكلم فرعون يوسف قائلا ابوك واخوتك جاءوا اليك.
5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6ارض مصر قدامك. في افضل الارض اسكن اباك واخوتك. ليسكنوا في ارض جاسان. وان علمت انه يوجد بينهم ذوو قدرة فاجعلهم رؤساء مواش على التي لي
6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
7ثم ادخل يوسف يعقوب اباه واوقفه امام فرعون. وبارك يعقوب فرعون.
7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8فقال فرعون ليعقوب كم هي ايام سني حياتك.
8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
9فقال يعقوب لفرعون ايام سني غربتي مئة وثلاثون سنة. قليلة وردية كانت ايام سني حياتي ولم تبلغ الى ايام سني حياة آبائي في ايام غربتهم.
9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10وبارك يعقوب فرعون وخرج من لدن فرعون
10Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11فاسكن يوسف اباه واخوته واعطاهم ملكا في ارض مصر في افضل الارض في ارض رعمسيس كما امر فرعون.
11Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12وعال يوسف اباه واخوته وكل بيت ابيه بطعام على حسب الاولاد
12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13ولم يكن خبز في كل الارض. لان الجوع كان شديدا جدا. فخوّرت ارض مصر وارض كنعان من اجل الجوع.
13There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14فجمع يوسف كل الفضة الموجودة في ارض مصر وفي ارض كنعان بالقمح الذي اشتروا. وجاء يوسف بالفضة الى بيت فرعون.
14Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15فلما فرغت الفضة من ارض مصر ومن ارض كنعان أتى جميع المصريين الى يوسف قائلين أعطنا خبزا. فلماذا نموت قدامك. لان ليس فضة ايضا.
15When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
16فقال يوسف هاتوا مواشيكم فاعطيكم بمواشيكم ان لم يكن فضة ايضا.
16Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17فجاءوا بمواشيهم الى يوسف. فاعطاهم يوسف خبزا بالخيل وبمواشي الغنم والبقر وبالحمير. فقاتهم بالخبز تلك السنة بدل جميع مواشيهم
17They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
18ولما تمت تلك السنة اتوا اليه في السنة الثانية وقالوا له لا نخفي عن سيدي انه اذ قد فرغت الفضة ومواشي البهائم عند سيدي لم يبق قدام سيدي الا اجسادنا وارضنا.
18When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19لماذا نموت امام عينيك نحن وارضنا جميعا. اشترنا وارضنا بالخبز فنصير نحن وارضنا عبيدا لفرعون. واعط بذارا لنحيا ولا نموت ولا تصير ارضنا قفرا
19Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”
20فاشترى يوسف كل ارض مصر لفرعون. اذ باع المصريون كل واحد حقله. لان الجوع اشتد عليهم. فصارت الارض لفرعون.
20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21واما الشعب فنقلهم الى المدن من اقصى حد مصر الى اقصاه.
21As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
22الا ان ارض الكهنة لم يشترها. اذ كانت للكهنة فريضة من قبل فرعون. فاكلوا فريضتهم التي اعطاهم فرعون. لذلك لم يبيعوا ارضهم
22Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
23فقال يوسف للشعب اني قد اشتريتكم اليوم وارضكم لفرعون. هوذا لكم بذار فتزرعون الارض.
23Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24ويكون عند الغلّة انكم تعطون خمسا لفرعون. والاربعة الاجزاء تكون لكم بذارا للحقل وطعاما لكم ولمن في بيوتكم وطعاما لاولادكم.
24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
25فقالوا احييتنا. ليتنا نجد نعمة في عيني سيدي فنكون عبيدا لفرعون.
25They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26فجعلها يوسف فرضا على ارض مصر الى هذا اليوم لفرعون الخمس. الا ان ارض الكهنة وحدهم لم تصر لفرعون
26Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.
27وسكن اسرائيل في ارض مصر في ارض جاسان. وتملكوا فيها واثمروا وكثروا جدا.
27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28وعاش يعقوب في ارض مصر سبع عشرة سنة. فكانت ايام يعقوب سنو حياته مئة وسبعا واربعين سنة.
28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
29ولما قربت ايام اسرائيل ان يموت دعا ابنه يوسف وقال له ان كنت قد وجدت نعمة في عينيك فضع يدك تحت فخذي واصنع معي معروفا وامانة. لا تدفني في مصر.
29The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,
30بل أضطجع مع آبائي. فتحملني من مصر وتدفنني في مقبرتهم. فقال انا افعل بحسب قولك.
30but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.”
31فقال احلف لي. فحلف له. فسجد اسرائيل على راس السرير
31He said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.