1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Ndipo Yusufu akaja akamwarifu Farao, akasema, Baba yangu, na ndugu zangu, na kondoo zao, na ng'ombe zao, na yote waliyo nayo, wamekuja kutoka nchi ya Kanaani, nao wako katika nchi ya Gosheni.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
Akatwaa watu watano miongoni mwa nduguze, akawasimamisha mbele ya Farao.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
Farao akawauliza hao nduguze, Kazi yenu ni nini? Wakamwambia Farao, Watumwa wako tu wachunga wanyama, sisi, na baba zetu.
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Wakamwambia Farao, Tumekuja kukaa ugenini katika nchi hii, kwa sababu wanyama wa watumwa wako hawana malisho, maana njaa ni nzito sana katika nchi ya Kanaani. Basi, twakusihi, uturuhusu sisi watumwa wako tukae katika nchi ya Gosheni.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Farao akamwambia Yusufu, akisema, Baba yako na ndugu zako wamekujia;
6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
nchi ya Misri iko mbele yako, palipo pema pa nchi uwakalishe baba yako na ndugu zako; na wakae katika nchi ya Gosheni. Tena ukijua ya kuwa wako watu hodari miongoni mwao, uwaweke wawe wakuu wa wanyama wangu.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Yusufu akamleta Yakobo babaye ndani akamweka mbele ya Farao Yakobo akambariki Farao.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Farao akamwuliza Yakobo, Je! Siku za miaka ya maisha yako ni ngapi?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Yakobo akamjibu Farao, Siku za miaka ya kusafiri kwangu ni mia na thelathini; siku za miaka ya maisha yangu zimekuwa chache, tena za taabu, wala hazikufikilia siku za miaka ya maisha ya baba zangu katika siku za kusafiri kwao.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
Yakobo akambariki Farao, akatoka mbele ya Farao.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, 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.
Yusufu akawakalisha babaye na nduguze, na kuwapa milki katika nchi ya Misri, katika mahali pazuri pa nchi, katika nchi ya Ramesesi, kama Farao alivyoamuru.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Naye Yusufu akawalisha babaye na nduguze na nyumba yote ya babaye, kwa kadiri ya hesabu ya watoto wao.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Wala hapakuwa na chakula katika nchi yote, kwa kuwa njaa ilikuwa nzito sana, hata nchi ya Misri, na nchi ya Kanaani zikataabika, kwa sababu ya njaa.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Yusufu akakusanya fedha zote zilizoonekana katika nchi ya Misri na katika nchi ya Kanaani, kwa nafaka waliyoinunua. Yusufu akazileta zile fedha nyumbani mwa Farao.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
Fedha zote zilipokwisha katika nchi ya Misri na katika nchi ya Kanaani, Wamisri wote walimjia Yusufu, wakisema, Tupe sisi chakula, kwa nini tufe mbele ya macho yako? Maana fedha zetu zimekwisha.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
Yusufu akasema, Toeni wanyama wenu, nami nitawapa chakula badala ya wanyama wenu, kama fedha zenu zimekwisha.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
Wakaleta wanyama wao kwa Yusufu; Yusufu akawapa chakula badala ya farasi, na badala ya kondoo, na badala ya ng'ombe, na badala ya punda, naye akawalisha chakula badala ya wanyama wao wote mwaka ule.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Na mwaka ule ulipokwisha wakamjia mwaka wa pili, wakamwambia, Hatumfichi bwana wetu ya kwamba fedha zetu zimekwisha, na makundi ya wanyama ni mali ya bwana wetu, hakikusalia kitu mbele ya bwana wetu, ila miili yetu na nchi zetu.
19 wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Kwa nini tufe mbele ya macho yako, sisi na nchi yetu? Utununue sisi na nchi yetu kwa chakula, na sisi na nchi yetu tutakuwa watumwa wa Farao; kisha utupe mbegu, tuishi wala tusife, wala nchi yetu isipotee.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
Basi Yusufu akamnunulia Farao nchi yote ya Misri; maana Wamisri waliuza kila mtu shamba lake; kwa sababu njaa ilikuwa imewazidi sana, nchi ikawa mali yake Farao.
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Akawahamisha hao watu, akawaweka katika miji, tangu upande huu wa Misri hata upande huu.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Ila nchi ya makuhani hakuinunua; maana makuhani walikuwa na posho yao kutoka kwa Farao, wakala posho yao waliyopewa na Farao. Kwa hiyo hawakuuza nchi yao.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Yusufu akawaambia watu, Angalieni, nimewanunua leo, ninyi, na nchi yenu, kuwa mali ya Farao; basi mbegu zenu ni hizi, zipandeni katika nchi.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Itakuwa wakati wa mavuno mtampa Farao sehemu ya tano, na sehemu nne zitakuwa zenu wenyewe, kuwa mbegu za nchi, na chakula chenu, na chakula chao waliomo nyumbani mwenu, na chakula cha watoto wenu.
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Wakasema, Umetulinda hai, na tuone kibali machoni pa bwana wetu, nasi tutakuwa watumwa wa Farao.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part ; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Yusufu akaifanya sheria kwa habari ya nchi ya Misri hata leo, ya kwamba sehemu ya tano iwe mali ya Farao. Ila nchi ya makuhani tu haikuwa mali ya Farao.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Israeli akakaa katika nchi ya Misri, katika nchi ya Gosheni. Wakapata mali humo, wakaongezeka na kuzidi sana.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Yakobo akaishi katika nchi ya Misri miaka kumi na saba, basi siku za miaka ya maisha yake Yakobo ilikuwa miaka mia moja na arobaini na saba.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Siku za kufa kwake Israeli zikakaribia; akamwita mwanawe Yusufu, akamwambia, Kama nimeona kibali machoni pako, weka mkono wako chini ya paja langu, ukanifanyie rehema na kweli; nakusihi usinizike katika Misri.
30 but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Lakini nitakapolala pamoja na baba zangu, unichukue toka Misri, unizike katika kaburi lao. Akasema, Nitafanya kama ulivyosema.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Akanena, Niapie. Naye akamwapia. Israeli akajiinamisha kwenye mchago wa kitanda.
