Genesis 46
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
1Pea fononga ʻa ʻIsileli mo e meʻa kotoa pē naʻa ne maʻu, pea haʻu ia ki Peasipa, pea ne ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻene tamai ko ʻAisake.
2And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.'
2Pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻOtua kia ʻIsileli ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻo ne pehē, “Sēkope, Sēkope;” pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au eni.”
3And He said: 'I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.
3Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e ʻOtua au, ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo tamai: ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē ke ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite, he te u ngaohi ʻaki koe ʻi ai ʻae puleʻanga lahi.
4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.'
4Pea te u ʻalu mo koe ki ʻIsipite; pea ko e moʻoni te u toe ʻomi koe mei ai; pea ʻe ʻai ʻe Siosefa hono nima ki ho mata.”
5And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
5Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Sēkope mei Peasipa: pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsileli naʻa nau ʻomi ʻa ʻenau tamai ko Sēkope, mo ʻenau fānau, mo honau ngaahi uaifi ʻi he ngaahi saliote naʻe fekau ʻe Felo ke fetuku ʻaki ʻakinautolu.
6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him;
6Pea naʻa nau ʻave ʻenau fanga manu mo ʻenau koloa, naʻa nau maʻu ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻo nau haʻu ki ʻIsipite, ʻa Sēkope, mo hono hako kotoa pē mo ia:
7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
7Ko hono ngaahi foha, mo e ngaahi foha ʻo hono ngaahi foha mo ia, mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo hono ngaahi foha, mo hono hako kotoa pē, naʻe haʻu mo ia ki ʻIsipite.
8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.
8¶ Pea ko e ngaahi hingoa eni ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli naʻe haʻu ki ʻIsipite, ko Sēkope mo hono ngaahi foha: ko Lupeni ko e ʻuluaki ʻo Sēkope.
9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
9Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Lupeni; ko Henoke, mo Falu, mo Hesiloni, mo Kalimi.
10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
10¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Simione; ko Semueli, mo Samini, mo ʻOhati, mo Sakini, mo Sohali, mo Saula, ko e tama ʻae fefine Kēnani.
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
11¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Livai, ko Kesoni, mo Kohate, mo Melali.
12And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
12¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Siuta; ko ʻEa, mo ʻOnani, mo Felesi, mo Selaa, ka naʻe mate ʻa ʻEa mo ʻOnani ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Felesi ko Hesiloni mo Hamuli.
13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
13¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsaka; ko Tola, mo Fufa, mo Sope, mo Similoni.
14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
14¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sepuloni; ko Seleti, mo ʻEloni, mo Salili.
15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
15Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Lia, naʻa ne fāʻeleʻi kia Sēkope ʻi Petanalami, mo hono ʻofefine ko Taina; ko e laumālie ʻo hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine naʻe toko tolungofulu ma toko tolu.
16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
16¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Kata; ko Sifioni, mo Haki, mo Suni, mo ʻEsiponi, mo ʻElai, mo ʻEloti, mo ʻAlili.
17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
17¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAseli; ko Simina, mo ʻIsua, mo ʻIsui, mo Pelia, mo Sela, ko honau tuofefine; pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Pelia; ko Hepa, mo Malikieli.
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
18Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Silipa, ʻaia ne foaki ʻe Lepani ki hono ʻofefine ko Lia, pea ne fanauʻi ʻakinautolu ni kia Sēkope, ko e laumālie ʻe hongofulu ma ono.
19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
19Pea ko e fānau ʻa Lesieli ko e uaifi ʻo Sēkope; ko Siosefa, mo Penisimani.
20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
20¶ Pea naʻe tupu ia Siosefa ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻa Manase, mo ʻIfalemi, ʻaia naʻe fanauʻi kiate ia ʻe ʻAsinate ko e ʻofefine ʻo Potifela ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo ʻOni.
21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
21¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Penisimani, ko Pela, mo Pekeli, mo ʻAsipeli, mo Kela, mo Neemani, mo ʻEhi, mo Losi, mo Mupimi, mo Hupimi, mo ʻAliti.
22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.
22Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Lesieli, naʻe tupu kia Sēkope; ko e laumālie kotoa pē, naʻe toko hongofulu ma toko fā.
23And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
23¶ Pea ko e foha ʻo Tani; ko Husami.
24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
24¶ Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Nafitali, ko Saseili, mo Kuni; mo Seseli, mo Silemi.
25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven.
25Ko e ngaahi tama eni ʻa Pila, ʻaia naʻe foaki ʻe Lepani, ki hono ʻofefine ko Lesieli, pea ne fānau ʻakinautolu ni kia Sēkope; ko e laumālie kotoa pē naʻe toko fitu.
26All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six.
26Ko e laumālie kotoa pē naʻe haʻu mo Sēkope ki ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe tupu ʻiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai lau ʻae ngaahi uaifi ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope; ko e laumālie ʻe toko onongofulu ma toko ono.
27And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
27Pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Siosefa naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻi ʻIsipite, ko e laumālie ʻe toko ua: pea ko e laumālie kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo Sēkope, naʻe haʻu ki ʻIsipite, naʻa nau toko fitungofulu.
28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
28¶ Pea naʻa ne fekau ʻa Siuta ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate ia, ke fakahinohino ia ki Koseni; pea naʻa nau hoko ki he fonua ko Koseni.
29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
29Pea teuteu ʻe Siosefa hono saliote, pea ʻalu ia ke fakafetaulaki ki heʻene tamai ʻi Koseni, ʻo ne fakahā ia kiate ia: pea ne fāʻufua ia ʻo faʻaki ki hono kia ʻo tangi fuoloa.
30And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.'
30Pea pehē ʻe ʻIsileli kia Siosefa, “Ko eni tuku ke u mate, he koeʻuhi kuo u mamata ki ho mata, pea ʻoku ke kei moʻui.”
31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house: 'I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him: My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
31Pea pehē ʻe Siosefa ki hono ngaahi tokoua mo e fale ʻo ʻene tamai, “Te u ʻalu hake ʻo fakahā kia Felo, ʻo tala kiate ia, ko hoku ngaahi tokoua, mo e fale ʻo ʻeku tamai ʻaia naʻe ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, kuo nau haʻu kiate au.
32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
32Pea ko e kau tauhi sipi ʻae kau tangata, he ko ʻenau ngāue ko e fafanga ʻae fanga manu; pea kuo nau ʻomi ʻenau fanga manu mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu.
33And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?
33Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka ui ʻa Felo kiate kimoutolu, ʻo ne fehuʻi pe ko e hā ʻa hoʻomou faiva;
34that ye shall say: Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.'
34Pea te mou pehē, ‘Ko e ngāue ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki talu ʻemau kei siʻi ʻo fai mai ni, ʻio ʻakimautolu mo ʻemau ngaahi tamai, ko e tauhimanu;’ koeʻuhi ke mou nofo ʻi he fonua ko Koseni,” he ʻoku fakalielia ki he kakai ʻIsipite, ʻae tauhi sipi kotoa pē.
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