Gênesis 37

1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. 2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors. 4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. 6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

8 His brothers asked him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words. 9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me." 10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?" 11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 13 Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

14 He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’"

Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. 18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 They said to one another, "Behold, this dreamer comes. 20 Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams."

21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let’s not take his life." 22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. 23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him; 24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him. 28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 30 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?" 31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not."

33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces." 34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol*37:35 Sheol is the place of the dead. to my son, mourning." His father wept for him. 36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.

Ngā Moemoeā o Hōhepa

1 Ā, i noho a Hākopa i te whenua i noho manene ai tōna pāpā, i te whenua o Kanaana.

2 Ko ngā whakatupuranga ēnei o Hākopa.

Kotahi tekau mā whitu ngā tau o Hōhepa, ā, i te whāngai hipi ia, rātou ko ōna tuākana; he taitama hoki ia i te taha o ngā tama a Piriha, o ngā tama a Tiripa, a ngā wāhine a tōna pāpā; ā, ka kawea e Hōhepa te kōrero kino mō rātou ki tō rātou pāpā.

3 Nā, i arohaina nuitia a Hōhepa e Īharaira i āna tama katoa, nō te mea ko te tama ia o tōna koroheketanga; ā, ka hangā e ia tētahi koti purepure mōna. 4 Ā, ka kite ōna tuākana e arohatia nuitia ana ia e tō rātou pāpā i ōna tuākana katoa, nā, ka kino rātou ki a ia, kīhai anō hoki i āhei te āta kōrero ki a ia.

5 Nā, ka moe a Hōhepa i tētahi moe, ā, ka kōrerotia e ia ki ōna tuākana; ka nui haere anō tō rātou kino ki a ia. 6 Ā, i mea ia ki a rātou, "Tēnā, whakarongo ki tēnei moe i moe nei ahau. 7 Nanā, i te paihere wīti tātou i waenga māra, nā, ka whakatika ake tāku paihere, ā, ka tū. Ko te tino karapotinga mai o ā koutou paihere, kei te piko iho ki tāku paihere."

8 Nā, ka mea ōna tuākana ki a ia, "Koia rānei ko koe hei kīngi mō mātou? Hei rangatira anō rānei koe mō mātou?" Nā, ka nui haere anō tō rātou kino ki a ia mō āna moe, mō āna kupu.

9 Ā, i moe anō ia i tētahi atu moe, ā, ka kōrerotia e ia ki ōna tuākana, ka mea ia, "Nanā, tēnei anō hoki tētahi moe i moe ai ahau; nā, ko te rā me te marama, me ngā whetū kotahi tekau mā tahi, e piko mai ana ki ahau."

10 Ā, ka kōrerotia e ia ki tōna pāpā rātou ko ōna tuākana; nā, ka whakatūpehupehu tōna pāpā ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha tēnei moe i moe nei koe? Tērā rānei mātou, ko tōu whaea, ko ōu tuākana, e haere mai ki te piko ki a koe, ki te whenua?" 11 Nā, ka hae ōna tuākana ki a ia; ko tōna pāpā ia i mahara ki te kupu.

Ka Hokona, ā, ka Haria a Hōhepa ki Īhipa

12 Nā, ka haere ōna tuākana ki te whāngai i ngā hipi a tō rātou pāpā i Hekeme. 13 Ā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a Hōhepa, "Kāhore ianei ōu tuākana i te whāngai hipi i Hekeme? Haere mai, me tono koe e ahau ki a rātou."

Ka mea ia, "Tēnei ahau."

14 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "Tēnā, haere, tirohia, kei te ora rānei ōu tuākana, kei te ora anō rānei ngā hipi; ka whakahoki mai ai i te kōrero ki ahau." Nā, ka tonoa atu ia e ia i te raorao o Heperona.

Ā, ka haere ia ki Hekeme, 15 ā, ka tūtaki tētahi tangata ki a ia, e pōhēhē ana hoki ia i te pārae, ā, ka ui taua tangata ki a ia, "He aha tāu e rapu nā?"

16 Nā, ka mea ia, "E rapu ana ahau i ōku tuākana. Tēnā koa, whakaaturia mai ki ahau, kei hea rātou e whāngai ana i te kāhui."

17 Ka mea taua tangata, "Kua riro atu rātou i konei; i rongo hoki ahau i a rātou e kī ana, ‘Kia haere tātou ki Rōtana.’ "

Nā, ka haere a Hōhepa ki te whai i ōna tuākana, ā, ka kitea rātou e ia ki Rōtana. 18 Nā, ka kite mai rātou i a ia tawhiti, ā, i te mea kāhore anō ia i tata noa ki a rātou, ka whakatakoto whakaaro rātou mōna kia whakamatea.

19 Ā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "Nanā, ko te moemoeā tēnei te haere mai nei. 20 Tēnā, tātou ka haere, ka patu i a ia, ka maka hoki i a ia ki tētahi o ngā poka, ā, ka mea tātou. Nā tētahi mohoao nanakia ia i kai; ā, ka kite tātou i te tukunga iho o āna moe."

21 Nā, i rongo a Reupena, ā, ka whakaorangia ia e ia i roto i ō rātou ringa; ka mea ia, "Kaua ia e patua e tātou." 22 Ka mea anō a Reupena ki a rātou, "Kaua e whakahekea he toto; makā atu ia ki roto ki tēnei poka i te koraha nei, kaua hoki tētahi ringa e pā ki a ia." He mea hoki kia whakaora ai ia i a ia i roto i ō rātou ringa, kia whakahoki ai ia i a ia ki tōna pāpā.

23 Ā, i te taenga o Hōhepa ki ōna tuākana, ka huia e rātou te koti o Hōhepa, te koti purepure e mau ana i a ia; 24 ā, mauria ana ia, makā ana e rātou ki te poka. He tuwhera kau anō te poka, kāhore he wai o roto.

25 Nā, ka noho rātou ki te kai taro, ā, ka anga ake ō rātou kanohi, nā, ko tētahi tira Ihimaeri e haere mai ana i Kireara me ā rātou kāmera, he waha i ngā mea kakara, i te pama, i te maira, e haere ana ki te kawe ki raro, ki Īhipa.

26 Nā, ka mea a Hūrā ki ōna tuākana rātou ko ōna tēina, "He aha te pai o tā tātou patu i tō tātou teina, o te huna hoki i ōna toto? 27 Tātou ka haere, ka hoko i a ia ki ngā Ihimaeri, ā, kaua ō tātou ringa e pā ki a ia; ko tō tātou teina nei hoki ia, ko tō tātou kikokiko." Ā, i whakaae ōna tuākana rātou ko ōna tēina.

28 Nā, ka haere mai ngā Miriani, he hunga hokohoko; ka hūtia ake e rātou a Hōhepa i roto i te poka, ā, ka hokona atu a Hōhepa e rātou ki ngā Ihimaeri, ki ngā hiriwa e rua tekau; ā, ka kawea a Hōhepa e rātou ki Īhipa.

29 Ā, ka hoki mai a Reupena ki te poka; nā, kāhore a Hōhepa i roto i te poka; ā, ka haea e ia ōna kākahu. 30 Nā, ka hoki ia ki ōna tēina, ka mea, "Kāhore nei te tamaiti; ā, ko ahau, me haere ahau ki hea?"

31 Nā, ka tango rātou i te koti o Hōhepa, ā, ka patua he koati toa, ka tukua hoki te koti ki te toto. 32 Nā, ka hoatu te koti purepure kia kawea ki tō rātou pāpā; ka mea rātou, "I kitea tēnei e mātou; tēnā, tirohia ko te koti rānei o tāu tama, ehara rānei?"

33 Ā, ka mōhiotia e ia, ā, ka mea ia, "Ko te koti tēnei o tāku tama; kua kainga ia e te kīrehe nanakia; kua tino haea rawatia a Hōhepa."

34 Nā, ka haea e Hākopa ōna kākahu, ka kākahuria e ia tōna hope ki te kākahu taratara, ā, he maha ngā rā i uhungatia ai e ia tāna tama. 35 Ka whakatika hoki āna tama katoa me āna tamāhine katoa ki te whakamārie i a ia; ā, kīhai ia i pai kia whakamārietia; ka mea ia, "Engari ka heke tangi atu ahau ki tāku tama ki te pō." Nā, ka uhungatia ia e tōna pāpā.

36 Nā, ka hokona atu ia e ngā Miriani ki Īhipa ki a Potiwhara, ki tētahi o ngā tāngata nui a Parao, ki te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki.