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Joseph Dreams of Greatness

¹Now Jacob dwelt in the land ⚓where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. ²This is the history of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a ⚓bad report of them to his father.
³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was⚓the son of his old age. Also he ⚓made him a tunic of many colors. ⁴But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they ⚓hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
⁵Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. ⁶So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷⚓There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
⁸And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
⁹Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, ⚓the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
¹⁰So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and ⚓your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” ¹¹And ⚓his brothers envied him, but his father ⚓kept the matter in mind.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

¹²Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. ¹³And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in ⚓Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.”
So he said to him, “Here I am.”
¹⁴Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of ⚓Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
¹⁵Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
¹⁶So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. ⚓Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”
¹⁷And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in ⚓Dothan.
¹⁸Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, ⚓they conspired against him to kill him. ¹⁹Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! ²⁰⚓Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
²¹But ⚓Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” ²²And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
²³So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they ⚓stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. ²⁴Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
²⁵⚓And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of ⚓Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, ⚓balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. ²⁶So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and ⚓conceal his blood? ²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ⚓let not our hand be upon him, for he is⚓our brother and⚓our flesh.” And his brothers listened. ²⁸Then ⚓Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ⚓and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ⚓twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
²⁹Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he ⚓tore his clothes. ³⁰And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad ⚓is no more; and I, where shall I go?”
³¹So they took ⚓Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. ³²Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
³³And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A ⚓wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” ³⁴Then Jacob ⚓tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and ⚓mourned for his son many days. ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters ⚓arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For ⚓I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
³⁶Now ⚓the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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Yosepv Caux Ninh Nyei Gorx Mbuo

¹Yaakopv corc yiem jienv zinh ndaangc ninh nyei die yiem wuov norm deic-bung, se Kaa^naa^an Deic-Bung.
²Yiem naaiv mingh gorngv Yaakopv nyei dorn-jueiv nyei jauv-louc.
Yosepv benx mienh lunx mienh, duqv ziepc cietv hnyangx wuov zanc, ninh caux ninh nyei gorx, se ninh nyei die nyei auv, Mbin^haa caux Sinx^baa, nyei dorn mbuo bungx ba'gi yungh caux yungh. Yosepv dorh ninh nyei gorx mbuo zoux maiv benx nyei jauv mingh gorngv mbuox ninh nyei die.
³I^saa^laa^en⚓ hnamv Yosepv gauh camv jiex ninh nyei yietc zungv dorn, weic zuqc ninh gox aqv, cingx duqv Yosepv daaih. Ninh lunh deix lui-ndaauv, lui-mueiz yaac ndaauv,⚓ bun Yosepv. ⁴Yosepv nyei gorx mbuo buatc ninh mbuo nyei die hnamv Yosepv gauh camv hnamv ninh mbuo, ninh mbuo ziouc nzorng Yosepv. Caux ninh gorngv waac yaac maiv maaih waac longx aqv.
⁵Maaih nzunc Yosepv mbeix buatc, yaac gorngv ninh nyei mbeix bun ninh nyei gorx mbuo muangx. Ninh mbuo ziouc gauh fatv nzorng ninh aqv. ⁶Yosepv gorngv, “Gorx mbuo muangx yie gorngv yie nyei mbeix oc. ⁷Yie mbeix buatc mbuo yiem ndeic sai mbiauh zeiv. Yie nyei mbiauh zeiv ganh jiez sin daaih don jienv. Gorx mbuo nyei mbiauh zeiv yaac jiez daaih weih gormx yie nyei mbiauh zeiv baaix.”
⁸Ninh nyei gorx mbuo naaic gaax ninh, “Meih gengh oix zoux yie mbuo nyei hungh? Oix gunv yie mbuo?” Laaix Yosepv mbeix nyei mbeix caux ninh gorngv nyei waac, ninh nyei gorx mbuo gauh fatv nzorng ninh aqv.
⁹Nqa'haav Yosepv aengx mbeix buatc nzunc yaac gorngv bun ninh nyei gorx mbuo muangx. Ninh gorngv, “Yie aengx mbeix buatc. Naaiv nzunc yie buatc mba'hnoi caux hlaax caux ziepc yietv norm hleix yietc zungv baaix yie.”
¹⁰Ninh aengx gorngv naaiv norm mbeix bun ninh nyei die, ninh nyei gorx mbuo muangx. Ninh nyei die gorngv-hemx ninh, “Naaiv haaix nyungc mbeix laeh? Meih hnamv daaih meih nyei maa caux yie caux meih nyei gorx mbuo yietc zungv oix zuqc puoqv njiec taux ndau baaix meih?”
¹¹Yosepv nyei gorx mbuo gengh mueic jieqv ninh,⚓ mv baac ninh nyei die haaix zanc yaac jangx jienv naaiv deix jauv-louc.

Yosepv Zuqc Maaic Mingh I^yipv

¹²Yosepv nyei gorx mbuo dorh ninh mbuo nyei die nyei ba'gi yungh caux yungh guanh mingh Sekem bungx. ¹³I^saa^laa^en ziouc gorngv mbuox Yosepv, “Meih nyei gorx mbuo yiem Sekem bungx yungh. Meih mingh meih nyei gorx wuov oc.”
Yosepv dau, “Mingh nyei.”
¹⁴Ninh nyei die mbuox ninh, “Yie oix meih mingh mangc gaax meih nyei gorx mbuo longx nyei fai? Yungh longx nyei fai? Mangc liuz nzuonx daaih mbuox die oc.” Ninh nyei die ziouc mbuox ninh mingh, ninh ziouc yiem He^mbo^lon Horngc cuotv jauv mingh Sekem.
Yosepv mingh taux Sekem, ¹⁵Maaih dauh mienh buangh zuqc ninh yiem lomc-huaang jiex naaiv jiex wuov nyei, ziouc naaic gaax ninh, “Meih lorz haaix nyungc?”
¹⁶Yosepv dau, “Yie lorz yie nyei gorx mbuo. Meih hiuv duqv ninh mbuo yiem haaix bungx yungh, tov mbuox yie oc.”
¹⁷Wuov dauh mienh gorngv, “Ninh mbuo suiv dorngx mi'aqv. Yie haiz ninh mbuo gorngv oix suiv mingh Ndotaan.” Yosepv ziouc mingh lorz ninh nyei gorx mbuo, lorz buatc yiem Ndotaan.
¹⁸Ninh nyei gorx mbuo buatc Yosepv corc yiem go nyei. Daaih maiv gaengh taux, ninh mbuo ziouc lomh nzoih caangh laangh daav za'eix daix. ¹⁹Laanh mbuox laanh, “Wuov dauh ga'naaiv-mbeix mbeix daaih aqv loh! ²⁰Mbuo lomh nzoih mingh zorqv ninh daix guangc aqv. Daix dapv jienv wuom-kuotv-nqaai. Mbuo ziouc gorngv ga'naaiv ngaatc mi'aqv. Mbuo mangc gaax ninh nyei mbeix ndongc haaix lingh?”
²¹Lu^mben haiz ninh youz mbuo hnangv naaiv nor gorngv, ninh oix lorz jauv njoux Yosepv cuotv ninh mbuo nyei buoz-ndiev. Ninh ziouc gorngv, “Mbuo maiv dungx daix ninh.” ²²Lu^mben aengx mbuox ninh mbuo, “Maiv dungx bun yietc deix nziaamv cuotv. Zorqv ninh dapv naaiv deic-bung-huaang nyei wuom-kuotv-nqaai duqv aqv. Mv baac maiv dungx zoux haaix nyungc hoic ninh.” Lu^mben hnangv naaiv nor gorngv weic oix njoux Yosepv cuotv ninh youz mbuo nyei buoz-ndiev aengx fungx nzuonx bun ninh nyei die.
²³Yosepv daaih taux, ninh nyei gorx mbuo ziouc caa jienv zorqv ninh nyei lui ndaauv, dongh maaih lui-mueiz-ndaauv wuov deix lui, ciev guangc mingh, ²⁴aengx zorqv ninh fongv ndortv wuom-kuotv. Wuov norm kuotv maiv maaih wuom.
²⁵Yosepv nyei gorx mbuo zueiz jienv nyanc hnaangx wuov zanc, ninh mbuo cau hmien mangc buatc guanh I^saa^maa^en Mienh yiem Gi^le^aatc daaih oix mingh I^yipv Deic-Bung. Ninh mbuo nyei lorh torh tor jienv ndiangx-zung ndaang caux ndie-ndaang caux ⟨mu^yorc.⟩ ²⁶Yu^ndaa gorngv mbuox ninh nyei muoz-doic, “Se gorngv mbuo daix guangc mbuo nyei youz aengx lorz jauv bingx yie mbuo zoux nyei sic,⚓ mbuo duqv haaix nyungc? ²⁷Mbuo oix zuqc maaic bun naaiv deix I^saa^maa^en Mienh gauh longx daix guangc. Ninh zoux mbuo nyei youz, caux mbuo juangc nziaamv-fei.” Ninh nyei muoz-doic buatc horpc nyei.
²⁸Wuov deix zoux saeng-eix nyei Mi^ndien Mienh jiex jauv taux wuov. Yosepv nyei gorx mbuo ziouc cie Yosepv cuotv kuotv daaih maaic bun naaiv deix I^saa^maa^en Mienh, ⚓ duqv luoqc lungz⚓ nyaanh. Wuov deix saeng-eix mienh ziouc dorh Yosepv mingh I^yipv Deic-Bung aqv.
²⁹Lu^mben daaih taux wuov norm kuotv, yaac maiv buatc Yosepv mi'aqv. Ninh nzauh haic ziouc betv ganh nyei lui. ³⁰Ninh nzuonx ninh nyei youz mbuo wuov gorngv, “Wuov dauh dorn maiv yiem naaiv aqv loh! Yie oix zuqc hnangv haaix nor zoux?”
³¹Ninh mbuo ziouc daix dauh yungh gouv aengx zorqv Yosepv nyei lui-ndaauv, dongh maaih lui-mueiz-ndaauv wuov deix, ziemx yungh nyei nziaamv, ³²aengx dorh nzuonx bun ninh nyei die mangc. Ninh mbuo gorngv, “Yie mbuo lorz buatc naaiv deix lui. Die mangc gaax, meih nyei dorn nyei lui saah?”
³³Yaakopv zieqv duqv nyei. Ninh gorngv, “Naaiv za'gengh! yie nyei dorn nyei lui. Za'gengh! ga'naaiv ngaatc, ga'naaiv betv mi'aqv lorqc.”
³⁴Yaakopv nzauh haic, ⟨betv ninh ganh nyei lui⟩ aengx zorqv la'maah ndie-cou sai jienv jaaiv. Ninh nzauh haic, nyiemv ninh nyei dorn ziex laaic lauh. ³⁵Ninh nyei dorn ninh nyei sieqv mbuo yietc zungv kuinx ninh, “Maiv dungx nyiemv,” mv baac ninh maiv muangx. Ninh gorngv, “Maiv dungx gorngv aqv. Yie oix zuqc nzauh taux daic mingh caux yie nyei dorn yiem yiemh gen.” Ninh corc nzauh jienv, weic ninh nyei dorn nyiemv.
³⁶Dongh wuov zanc yiem I^yipv Deic-Bung wuov deix zoux saeng-eix nyei Mi^ndien Mienh aengx maaic Yosepv bun hungh diex nyei yietc dauh jien, se goux hungh dinc nyei domh baeng-bieiv, Bo^ti^faa, mi'aqv.