Gênesis 41

1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river. 2 Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. 3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river. 4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. 6 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9 Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today. 10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, with the chief baker. 11 We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream. 13 As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh. 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river; 18 and behold, seven fat and sleek cattle came up out of the river. They fed in the marsh grass; 19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. 20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle; 21 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good; 23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh. 26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one. 27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine. 28 That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 29 Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming. 30 Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land, 31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous. 32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years. 35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine."

37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?" 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you." 41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." 42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt. 44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." 45 Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly. 48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city. 49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number. 50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,*41:51 "Manasseh" sounds like the Hebrew for "forget". "For", he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house." 52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim:*41:52 "Ephraim" sounds like the Hebrew for "twice fruitful". "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do." 56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

Ka Whakaaturia e Hōhepa te Moemoeā a te Kīngi

1 Ā, ka taka ngā tau e rua, ka moe a Parao; nā, i te taha ia o te awa e tū ana. 2 Nā, ko te putanga ake o ngā kau e whitu i roto i te awa, he āhua pai, e whai kiko ana; ā, ka kai rātou i roto i ngā wīwī. 3 Nā, ko te putanga ake anō o ētahi kau e whitu i muri i a rātou i roto i te awa, he āhua kino, he kikokore; ā, tū ana rātou i te taha o ērā kau i te pareparenga o te awa. 4 Nā, ka kainga e ngā kau āhua kino, kikokore, ngā kau āhua pai e whitu, ngā mea mōmona. Ā, ka ara ake a Parao.

5 Ā, ka parangia anō ia, nā, ko te rua o āna moe. Nā, ko te putanga ake o ngā puku wīti e whitu, kotahi anō hoki te kakau, he mea whai kiko, he pai. 6 Nā, ko ngā puku e whitu e tupu ake ana i muri i ērā, he mea kikokore, he mea ngingio i te marangai. 7 Ā, horomia ake ngā puku whai kiko e whitu, ngā mea whai kai, e ngā puku kikokore e whitu. Ko te aranga ake o Parao; nā, he moe!

8 Ā, i te ata; nā, ka pororaru tōna wairua; ā, ka tono tāngata ia ki te karanga i ngā tohunga māori katoa o Īhipa, me ngā mea mōhio katoa o reira. Ā, kōrerotia atu ana tāna moe e Parao ki a rātou, otiia, kīhai i taea e tētahi te whakaatu i te tikanga o aua moe ki a Parao.

9 Nā, ka kōrero te tino kaiwhakainu ki a Parao, ka mea, "Kātahi ahau ka mahara ki ōku hē. 10 I riri mai a Parao ki āna pononga, ā, i tuku i ahau kia puritia ki roto ki te whare o te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki, ahau me te tino kaihanga taro. 11 Ā, ka moe māua i tētahi moe i te pō kotahi, ahau, a ia hoki; i moe māua ahau, a ia, me te tikanga anō o ā māua moe. 12 Nā, i reira i a māua tētahi taitama Hiperu, he pononga nā te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki; ā, ka kōrerotia e māua ki a ia, ā, whakaaturia mai ana e ia te tikanga o ā māua moe ki a māua; rite tonu tāna whakaaturanga ki tā tērā moe, ki tāku. 13 Ā, tika tonu tāna i whakaatu ai ki a māua; ko ahau i whakahokia e ia ki tāku mahi, ko tērā i tāronatia."

14 Nā, ka tono tangata a Parao, hei karanga i a Hōhepa, ā, ka hohoro rātou te mau mai i a ia i roto i te whare herehere. Nā, ka heu ia i a ia, ka tango i ētahi kākahu kē mōna, ā, haere ana ki a Parao.

15 Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "I moe ahau i tētahi moe, ā, kāhore he tangata hei whakaatu i tōna tikanga. Nā, kua tae mai tōu rongo ki ahau, e kōrerotia ana ki te rongo koe i te moe ka taea e koe te whakaatu tōna tikanga."

16 Nā, ka whakahoki a Hōhepa ki a Parao, ka mea, "Ehara i ahau; mā te Atua e whakahoki te kupu pai ki a Parao."

17 Nā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "I ahau e moe ana, nā, e tū ana ahau i te pareparenga o te awa; 18 nā, ka puta ake i te awa ngā kau e whitu, he mea whai kiko, he āhua pai; ā, ka kai rātou i roto i ngā wīwī. 19 Nā, ko te putanga ake o ētahi atu kau e whitu i muri i ērā, he hīroki, he āhua kino noa iho, he kikokore, kāhore ahau i kite i tō rātou rite te kino i te whenua katoa o Īhipa. 20 Nā, ka kainga ngā kau e whitu ō mua, ngā mea mōmona, e ngā kau hīroki, e ngā mea kino; 21 ā, i tō rātou toremitanga ki roto i a rātou, e kore e mōhiotia kua toremi rātou ki roto i a rātou; he mau tonu hoki tō rātou āhua kino, he pērā me tō te tīmatanga. Nā, ka ara ahau.

22 "Nā, i kite anō ahau i ahau e moe ana, ko ngā puku wīti e whitu e tupu ake ana i te kakau kotahi, he mea whai kai, he mea pai. 23 Nā, ko ngā puku e whitu, he mea taramore, he mea kikokore, i ngingio nei i te marangai, e tupu ake ana i muri i aua puku; 24 ā, horomia ake ngā puku papai e whitu e ngā puku kikokore. Nā, ka kōrerotia e ahau ki ngā tohunga māori; ā, kāhore tētahi hei whakaatu ki ahau."

25 Nā, ko te meatanga a Hōhepa ki a Parao, "Ko te moe a Parao kotahi tonu; e whakaaturia ana e te Atua ki a Parao ngā mea e meatia ana e ia. 26 Ko ngā kau pai e whitu, e whitu ngā tau; ko ngā puku pai anō e whitu, e whitu ngā tau; kotahi anō te moe. 27 Ā, ko ngā kau hīroki e whitu, ko ngā mea kino i puta ake rā i muri i a rātou, e whitu ēnā ngā tau; ā, ko ngā puku wīti e whitu, ko ngā mea i ngingio i te marangai, e whitu ēnā ngā tau matekai.

28 "Ko te mea tēnā i kōrerotia e ahau ki a Parao; ko tā te Atua e mea ai e whakakitea ana e ia ki a Parao. 29 Nanā, e whitu ngā tau e haere mai nei e nui ai te hua o te whenua katoa o Īhipa; 30 ā, e whitu ngā tau matekai e ara ake i muri i ērā; ā, ka wareware katoa te hua i te whenua o Īhipa; ā, ka ngaro te whenua i te matekai. 31 Ā, e kore taua hua e mōhiotia e te whenua, i taua matekai hoki ō muri; nō te mea he tino nanakia. 32 Ā, i tuaruatia ai te moe a Parao, he mea pūmau nā te Atua, ka hohoro anō te meatia e te Atua.

33 "Nā, reira, me titiro e Parao tētahi tangata mōhio, whai whakaaro, kia tukua e ia ngā tikanga o te whenua o Īhipa ki a ia. 34 Kia meatia tēnei e Parao, kia whakaritea hoki e ia ētahi kaitirotiro mō te whenua, ā, kia tangohia e ia te rima o ngā wāhi o te whenua o Īhipa i ngā tau hua e whitu. 35 Kia kohia hoki ngā kai katoa o ēnei tau pai e haere ake nei, kia āmitia mai hoki he wīti ki raro i te ringa o Parao, kia tohungia anō hoki he kai i roto i ngā pā. 36 Nā, ka pae taua kai mā te whenua mō ngā tau matekai e whitu e puta mai ana ki te whenua o Īhipa; e kore ai e ngaro te whenua i te matekai."

Ka Whakarangatira i Īhipa a Hōhepa

37 Ā, he pai taua mea ki te titiro a Parao, ki te titiro hoki a āna tāngata katoa. 38 Nā, ka mea a Parao ki āna tāngata, "E kitea rānei e tātou he pēnei, he tangata kei a ia nei te Wairua o te Atua?"

39 Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "Nā, kua whakakitea nei e te Atua ēnei mea katoa ki a koe, kāhore hoki he tangata hei rite mōu, te mōhio, te whai whakaaro. 40 Ko koe hei rangatira mō tōku whare, ā, mā tāu kupu tōku iwi katoa e tohutohu; ko te torōna anake te mea e nui ake ai ahau i a koe."

41 Ā, ka mea a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "Titiro, kua waiho nei koe e ahau hei rangatira mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa." 42 Nā, ka tangohia e Parao tōna mōwhiti i tōna ringa, ā, kuhua ana e ia ki te ringa o Hōhepa, i whakakākahuria hoki ia e ia ki ngā kākahu rīnena pai, ā, whakaheia ana he hei kōura ki tōna kakī. 43 I whakaekea anō ia e ia ki runga ki te tuarua o ōna hāriata; ā, ka karangatia e rātou i mua i a ia, "Kia piko te turi!" Ka waiho ia e ia hei rangatira mō te whenua katoa o Īhipa.

44 I mea anō a Parao ki a Hōhepa, "Ko Parao ahau, ā, ki te kāhore koe, e kore e ara ake te ringa, te waewae rānei o tētahi i te whenua katoa o Īhipa." 45 Nā, ka huaina e Parao te ingoa o Hōhepa. Ko Tawhanatapaneaha; ā, i hōmai anō e ia hei wahine māna, a Ahenata, tamāhine a Potiwhera, tohunga o Ono. Nā, ka haere a Hōhepa ā puta noa i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.

46 E toru tekau ngā tau o Hōhepa i tōna tūranga i te aroaro o Parao, o te kīngi o Īhipa. Nā, ka puta atu a Hōhepa i te aroaro o Parao, ā, ka haere ā puta noa i te whenua katoa o Īhipa. 47 Ā, i ngā tau hua e whitu, me te mea he aohanga nā te ringa te hua o te whenua. 48 Nā, ka kohia e ia ngā kai katoa o ngā tau e whitu i puta ki te whenua o Īhipa, ā, rongoātia ana te kai ki ngā pā. Ko te kai o te māra i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha o te pā, i rongoātia e ia ki taua pā anō. 49 Heoi, āmitia ana e Hōhepa he wīti, me te mea ko te onepū o te moana, he hira whakaharahara; ā, whakarērea noatia iho e ia te tatau; kāhore hoki i taea te tatau.

50 Nā, ka whānau ngā tama tokorua a Hōhepa, i te mea kāhore anō kia puta noa ngā tau matekai, i whānau hoki i a rāua ko Ahenata tamāhine a Potiwhera tohunga o Ono. 51 Ā, i huaina e Hōhepa te ingoa o te mātāmua ko Mānahi, "Nō te mea," e kī ana ia, "kua meinga ahau e te Atua kia wareware ki tāku mahi nui katoa, ki te whare katoa anō hoki o tōku pāpā." 52 Ā, i huaina e ia te ingoa o te tuarua ko Ēparaima, "Mōku hoki i meinga e te Atua kia hua ki te whenua o tōku tangihanga."

53 Nā, ka taka ngā tau hua e whitu i puta mai rā ki te whenua o Īhipa, 54 ā, ka tīmata ngā tau matekai e whitu te puta ake, ka pērā hoki me tā Hōhepa i kōrero ai. Ā, i ngā whenua katoa te matekai; ko te whenua katoa ia o Īhipa i whai taro. 55 Nā, i te matenga o te whenua katoa o Īhipa i te kai, ka tangi te iwi ki a Parao ki te taro mā rātou; ā, ka mea a Parao ki ngā Īhipiana katoa, "Haere ki a Hōhepa; me mea e koutou tāna e mea ai ki a koutou."

56 Nā, i runga i te mata katoa o te whenua te matekai; ā, ka wāhia e Hōhepa ngā toa katoa, ā, hokona ana e ia ki ngā Īhipiana; he nanakia hoki te matekai i te whenua o Īhipa. 57 Ā, ka haere ngā whenua katoa ki Īhipa, ki a Hōhepa, ki te hoko wīti; nō te mea he nui rawa te matekai o ngā whenua katoa.