Ukutendeka 46:1-34
46 E ico Israele asendele fyonse ifyo akwete no kuya aya. Ilyo afikile ku Beere-sheba,+ atuulile amalambo kuli Lesa wa kwa wishi Isaki.+
2 Lyena Lesa aitile Israele mu cimonwa ubushiku ati: “Yakobo, Yakobo!” na o ayaswike ati: “Mukwai!”
3 E lyo amwebele ati: “Nine Lesa wa cine, Lesa wa kwa wiso.+ Witiina ukuya ku Egupti, pantu kulya e ko nkalenga ukabe uluko ulukalamba.+
4 Nkaya na iwe ku Egupti kabili ine wine nkakubwesha,+ kabili ilyo ukafwa Yosefe akaba mupepi na iwe.”*+
5 Pa numa Yakobo afumine ku Beere-sheba, na bana ba kwa Israele basendeele Yakobo shibo, abana babo abanono, na bakashi babo mu maceleta ayo Farao atumine.
6 Basendele imikuni yabo ne fipe fyabo ifyo banonkele mu calo ca Kanaani. Awe Yakobo na bana bakwe bonse basukile bafika ku Egupti.
7 Aile ku Egupti pamo na bana bakwe abaume na bana bakwe abanakashi, na beshikulu bakwe bonse, e kutila ulupwa lwakwe lonse.
8 Nomba aya e mashina ya bana baume ba kwa Israele abaile ku Egupti,+ Yakobo na bana bakwe abaume: Ibeli lya kwa Yakobo ali ni Rubene.+
9 Abana baume ba kwa Rubene bali ni Hanoke, Palu, Hesrone na Karmi.+
10 Abana baume ba kwa Simeone+ bali ni Yemuele, Yamini, Ohadi, Yakini, Sohari na Shauli+ umwana mwaume uo umwanakashi umwina Kanaani afyele.
11 Abana baume ba kwa Lebi+ bali ni Gershone, Kohati na Merari.+
12 Abana baume ba kwa Yuda+ bali ni Ere, Onani, Shela,+ Perese,+ na Sera.+ Lelo Ere na Onani bafwiliile mu calo ca Kanaani.+
Abana baume ba kwa Perese bali ni Hesrone na Hamuli.+
13 Abana baume ba kwa Isakari bali ni Tola, Puva, Iyobu na Shimrone.+
14 Abana baume ba kwa Sebuluni+ bali ni Serede, Elone na Yaaleele.+
15 Aba e bana baume ba kwa Leya abo afyele mu Padani-aramu. Na Dina umwana mwanakashi+ na o amufyalile mu Padani-aramu mwine. Bonse abatuntwike muli Yakobo na Leya bali 33.
16 Abana baume ba kwa Gadi+ bali ni Sifyone, Hagi, Shuni, Esbone, Eri, Arodi na Areli.+
17 Abana baume ba kwa Ashere+ bali ni Imna, Ishba, Ishbi na Beria, kabili Sera e wali nkashi yabo.
Abana baume ba kwa Beria bali ni Hebere na Malkiele.+
18 Aba e batuntwike muli Silupa+ uo Labani apeele Leya umwana wakwe umwanakashi. Bonse abatuntwike muli Silupa na Yakobo bali 16.*
19 Abana baume ba kwa Rakele, muka Yakobo, bali ni Yosefe+ na Benjamini.+
20 Yosefe afyele Manase+ na Efraimu+ mu calo ca Egupti muli Asenati,+ umwana mwanakashi wa kwa Potifera shimapepo wa ku One.*
21 Abana baume ba kwa Benjamini+ bali ni Bela, Bekere, Ashbele, Gera,+ Naamani, Ehi, Roshe, Mupimu, Hupimu+ na Ardi.+
22 Aba e batuntwike muli Rakele na Yakobo. Bonse pamo bali 14.*
23 Umwana mwaume* wa kwa Dani+ ali ni Hushimu.+
24 Abana baume ba kwa Naftali+ bali ni Yaaseele, Guni, Yesere na Shilemu.+
25 Aba e batuntwike muli Bilha, uo Labani apeele Rakele umwana wakwe. Bonse abatuntwike muli Bilha na Yakobo bali 7.*
26 Bonse abatuntwike* muli Yakobo kabili abaile nankwe ku Egupti, bali 66, ukufumyako abakashi ba bana bakwe.+
27 Abana baume abo Yosefe afyele mu Egupti bali babili.* Abantu bonse abafumine* mu ng’anda ya kwa Yakobo abaile ku Egupti bali 70.+
28 Yakobo atumine Yuda+ ukuyaeba Yosefe ukuti ali mu nshila, aleya ku Goshene. Ilyo bafikile mu Goshene,+
29 Yosefe apekenye iceleta kabili aile ku Goshene mu kumonana na Israele wishi. Ilyo bamonene, ilyo line alimukumbatile* kabili alililile pa nshita iitali.*
30 Lyena Israele aebele Yosefe ati: “Nomba kuti nafwa, pantu namona icinso cobe, kabili naishiba ukuti ucili uwa mweo.”
31 E lyo Yosefe aebele bamunyina na ba mu ng’anda ya kwa wishi ati: “Lekeni ndeyaeba Farao+ ukuti, ‘Bamunyinane na ba mu ng’anda ya kwa tata abali mu calo ca Kanaani nabesa kuno.+
32 Aba bantu ni bakacema,+ balateka ifitekwa,+ kabili nabesa ne mikuni yabo ne ng’ombe shabo na fyonse ifyo bakwata.’+
33 Ilyo Farao akamwita no kumwipusha ati, ‘Mulimo nshi mubomba?’
34 mukasuke amuti, ‘Fwe babomfi benu tuli bakacema ukutula ku bwaice bwesu ukushinta na lelo, nga filya fine ifikolwe fyesu fyali.’+ Lyena Farao akamuleka mukekale mu calo ca Goshene,+ pantu abena Egupti balisuula onse uucema impaanga.”+
Amafutunoti
^ Mu ciHebere, “akabika iminwe yakwe pa menso yobe.”
^ Nelyo “imyeo 16.”
^ E kutila, Heliopolisi.
^ Nelyo “imyeo 14.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “abana baume.”
^ Nelyo “imyeo 7.”
^ Nelyo “imyeo yonse iyatuntwike.”
^ Nelyo “imyeo ibili.”
^ Nelyo “Imyeo yonse iyafumine.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “awile pa mukoshi wakwe.”
^ Nelyo “alilile pa mukoshi wakwe imiku iingi.”
