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Joseph ana Meumeu
1 Kata Jacob tamana Canaan tanonai memena i mamana wai, Jacob yebo namai i mana.
2 Ba nikona wai Jacob ba ana rakaraka asi rurutuwa. Joseph wai sebare yarakina kana bodu 17. Ba tuwatuwana, tamana kaokaowana Bilha ba Zilpa natunatusi yabata, aba payapaya si potapota, ba wose goyogoyosi si wosewose wai i nenae tamasi i bi mamatarei.
3 Jacob wai, Joseph i nuwayauyauna sakiyei kega bage natunatuna mutusi, kairavina kona wai i morapa ba i tuwei. Kana gara rubisarusaruna veoromina ba ere yarona i wose. 4 Ba tuwatuwana si kitai kata tamasi wai, Joseph i nuwayuyauni wai si bomapumapuwei ba kega si bisisiya kabitam kurina.
5 Mara kesana Joseph i bomeumeu ba tuwatuwana i wonisi wai si yagisi saburere ba si subi sinikikiyei. 6 Kurisi i wona, “Niko au bomeumeu ko nonori. 7 Kota waere yai kwapu kamonai wheat keyamisi ta gedogedowa, ba au wheat gedowina i msiri totorina, ba ami gedowa si subibiri ba kurina si rudune.”
8 Ba tuwatuwana kurina si wona, “Kom ke nosinosi kuni taupauma ba kuni badikai?” Damanina ba ana meumeu ba sisiya kairavina, yagisi i su bobunuisi ba nakata naki kurina si yagisi.
Joseph si Gimonei
12 Mara kesana Joseph tuwatuwana si nae ku Shechem, tamasi ana aba payapaya namai si potapotaisi ba sita kam. 13 Ba Jacob, Joseph i wonei, “Au waina kuna nae ku Shechem tuwatuwam aba payapaya te potapotaisi wai kurisi.”
Joseph i kaobeyei, “I gaire saki.”
14 Kata tamana i wona, “Ke nae tuwatuwam, aba payapaya yabata kuna kinanisi, kata kosi damanina kona kega ba kuna veramaga kuni waraberiku.”
Damanina ba Hebron kawa sanaginai wata i pora taveyei i nae, ba i verakasibau ku Shechem wai, 15 sebare kesana Joseph waere yai i bubuwa neubuwa wai i panani ba, i toirubai, “Kom awaika ke nuwenuweni?”
16 Ba i kaobeyei, “Tuwatuwaku a nuwenuwenisi, kuta woniku memena asi aba payapaya te potapotaisi?”
17 Ba sebarena i wona, “Kosi wai a nonorisi si wona kata si nenae ku Dothan.” Kata Joseph i kibisi i nae Dothan gwabinai i pananisi.
18 Saba kosi rabarabai naki i botubotu si kinani, ba muri yai ita verakasibau kurisi wai, si tarapiri kata sita kasibunui. 19 Kosi si kaoboneyana, si wona, “Nao meumeu biyina nina, e botu wai. 20 Ko botu, tana kasibunui ba ku dogu tani garu kirei. Ba tana wona kata garagara aba payapayaya, bikokonina i kuta bunui ba mede ana meumeu basuna tana kitai.”
21 Reuben nikona i nonori wai kega i nuwagaire ba ana waina iti baisi wai i wona, “Kega tana kasibunui. 22 Kega tara tana bobisoroi. Ba nina kupura momnai ku dogu tani garu kirei. Ba kega kona kasibigoyoni.” Reuben nikona i sisiyei kata muri yai bibuni yai ita botu Joseph ita taina geyei ba ita urabai ita veramaga tamana kurina.
23 Kata Joseph i verakasibau tuwatuwana kurisi wai si botawani ba kana gara nuwarubarubana si sika taveyei, 24 ba si yauni ku dogu gasarina mena, si garu kirei.
25 Ba si makira sita kam ba si tarakata wai, Ishmael biyisi Gilead yai si botubotu wai si kinanisi. Asi camel wai spice, balm ba myrrh, si bonuvisi ba si kabara si gaigakira ku Egypt.
26 Damanina Judah tuwatuwana ba teiteina i wonisi, “Teita tana kasibunui ba tarana ba ata goyona tani buneyei wai awaika gairena kurita ina tupuwa. 27 Ko botu, Ishmael biyisi kurisi tani gimonei, ba kega goyona kurina tana wosei, kota mom ata tara.” Ba tuwateiteina si damanina. 28 Kata Midian bigimona biyisi si botu, wai teisi Joseph dogu ai si taina geyei, ba si gimonei wai silver asi 20 rubana si yauni, ba Ishmael biyisi si yauni si nae ku Egypt.* Acts 7:9
29 Maranai Reuben i veramaga ba dogu i kinani ba Joseph kega nai wai, i nuwapoya saki kana gara i taina sikeyana. 30 I veramaga teiteina kurisi ba i wona, “Teitaikei kega nai. Ageee! Kata awaika ana wosei?”
31 Joseph kana gara si yauni ba goat si kasibunui wai taranai si pakipaki. 32 Ba kana gara nuwarubarubana si yauni si nae tamasi kurina, ba si wona, “Ke kinani, nikona ka panani, ke kitai kata niko natum kana gara kona?”
33 I kita taveyei, ba i wona, “Aeee, kona mom kana gara! Natuku Joseph garagara aba payapaya bikokonina i sika bigarugarui!” 34 Jacob kana gara i rusika, ba kao pesarisi i keno karawaga. 35 Natunatuna ereonowasi sebasebare ba bibaine, si botu bimorumorubina kairavina saba kona kega ana waina siti morumorubi wai i wona, “Kega! Ana kenokeno karawaga yepo ana gakira ku dogu natuku kurina.” Damanina ba natuna kairavina i tou.