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Yauxej txhais Falau zaj npau suav
1Dhau ntawd los tau ob xyoos Falau txawm ua npau suav tias nws sawv ntawm ntug dej Nai,
2ciav txawm muaj xya tus maum nyuj rog rog zoo zoo nkauj tawm hauv tus dej Nai los noj tej nplooj tauj deg.
3Ces txawm muaj dua xya tus maum nyuj yuag yuag tshuav pob txha xwb tawm hauv tus dej Nai raws qab los, los sawv ntawm cov maum nyuj uas rog rog ntawm ntug dej Nai.
4Cov maum nyuj uas yuag yuag tshuav pob txha txawm muab xya tus maum nyuj rog rog zoo nkauj ntawd noj tag. Ces Falau txawm tsim dheev los.
5Nws rov tsaug zog ua dua ib zaj npau suav pom ib tsob nplej⚓ muaj xya hnab zoo thiab puv heev.
6Ces txawm muaj xya hnab nplej npluag thiab qhuav qhawv tawm raws qab tuaj vim yog raug cua sab hnub tuaj.
7Tej hnab nplej npluag ntawd txawm muab xya hnab nplej uas puv zoo nqos huvsi lawm thiab. Ces Falau txawm tsim dheev, thiab paub tias yog ua npau suav.
8Thaum kaj ntug nws txhawj heev, nws txawm hais kom hu cov txiv neeb txiv yaig huvsi thiab cov uas txawj ntse huvsi hauv Iyi tebchaws tuaj cuag nws, mas Falau piav nws tej npau suav rau lawv mloog, tiamsis tsis muaj leejtwg txhais tau tej npau suav ntawd rau Falau li.
9Thaum ntawd tus thawj uas thiab cawv txiv hmab thiaj hais rau Falau tias, “Hnub no kuv nco dheev txog kuv tej kev txhaum.
10Falau, thaum koj chim rau koj cov tub qhe es muab kuv thiab tus thawj uas ci ncuav kaw rau hauv tus thawj rog uas zov vajntxwv lub tsev,
11muaj ib hmos wb ob leeg ua npau suav, kuv thiab nws nyias ua nyias ib zaj npau suav thiab nyias muaj nyias lub ntsiab.
12Muaj ib tug hluas Henplais, yog tus thawj rog uas zov vajntxwv tus qhev, raug kaw ua ke. Thaum wb ob leeg piav npau suav rau nws mloog, nws kuj txhais tau wb li npau suav lub ntsiab, raws li nyias ua nyias zaj npau suav.
13Nws txhais wb ob leeg tej npau suav li cas kuj muaj tseeb li ntawd. Kuv thiaj raug tsa rov ua tes haujlwm qub, tiamsis tus uas ci ncuav raug muab dai tuag lawm.”
14Falau thiaj hais kom hu Yauxej los, mas lawv thiaj maj nroos mus coj Yauxej tawm hauv lub nkuaj av los. Thaum Yauxej chais hwj txwv thiab hloov ris tsho lawm, nws txawm los cuag Falau.
15Falau hais rau Yauxej tias, “Kuv ua npau suav tsis muaj leejtwg txhais tau li. Kuv hnov tias thaum koj hnov zaj npau suav lawm, koj kuj txhais tau.”
16Yauxej teb Falau tias, “Qhov uas txhais npau suav tsis yog nyob ntawm kuv. Tiamsis Vajtswv yog tus uas yuav txhais lub ntsiab zoo rau Falau.”
17Falau thiaj hais rau Yauxej tias, “Hauv kuv zaj npau suav ntawd kuv sawv ntawm ntug dej Nai,
18mas pom xya tus maum nyuj rog rog zoo nkauj tawm hauv tus dej Nai los noj nplooj tauj deg.
19Ces txawm muaj dua xya tus maum nyuj yuag yuag tshuav pob txha tawm tom qab los, thoob Iyi tebchaws kuv tsis tau pom dua nyuj yuag li no.
20Cov maum nyuj yuag yuag tshuav pob txha ntawd txawm muab xya tus maum nyuj rog rog noj tag.
21Thaum noj tag lawm tsis muaj leejtwg yuav paub tias muab noj tag lawm rau qhov tseem yuag yuag li qub. Ces kuv txawm tsim dheev los.
22Kuv rov ua dua ib zaj npau suav pom ib tsob nplej muaj xya hnab zoo thiab puv zoo.
23Thiab muaj dua xya hnab nplej npluag qhuav qhawv nkig nkuav tawm raws qab tuaj vim yog raug cua sab hnub tuaj.
24Cov hnab nplej npluag ntawd txawm muab xya hnab nplej puv zoo ntawd nqos tag lawm. Kuv piav tej npau suav no rau cov txiv neeb txiv yaig mloog, tiamsis tsis muaj leejtwg txhais tau.”
25Yauxej txawm hais rau Falau tias, “Koj ob zaj npau suav yog tib zaj. Twb yog Vajtswv qhia rau Falau paub txog tej uas Vajtswv yuav ua.
26Xya tus maum nyuj uas zoo ntawd yog xya xyoo, thiab xya hnab nplej puv zoo ntawd kuj yog xya xyoo. Yeej yog tib zaj npau suav xwb.
27Xya tus maum nyuj yuag yuag tshuav pob txha uas tawm raws qab tuaj ntawd kuj yog xya xyoo, thiab xya hnab nplej npluag uas raug cua sab hnub tuaj ntsawj qhuav qhawv kuj yog xya xyoo uas raug kev tshaib nqhis.
28“Muaj tseeb raws li kuv hais rau Falau no, yog Vajtswv qhia rau Falau paub txog tej uas Vajtswv yuav ua.
29Yuav muaj mov noj nplua mias thoob plaws Iyi tebchaws xya xyoo.
30Dhau ntawd yuav raug kev tshaib nqhis xya xyoo, ua kom tsis nco tias txeev muaj noj nplua mias hauv Iyi tebchaws. Txojkev tshaib nqhis ntawd yuav rhuav tshem lub tebchaws,
31yuav tsis paub tej kev noj nplua mias vim tias tej kev tshaib nqhis uas yuav tshwm tuaj no yuav txom nyem kawg nkaus.
32Qhov uas Falau ua ob zaj npau suav no lub ntsiab txhais hais tias Vajtswv twb npaj tej no cia lawm, Vajtswv yuav ua kom tshwm los sai sai no.
33“Vim li no cia Falau xaiv ib tug uas txawj xav thiab muaj tswvyim, muab tsa ua tus saib xyuas tag nrho Iyi tebchaws.
34Cia Falau npaj ib co neeg ua tub teg tub taws saib thoob plaws lub tebchaws thiab sau tej qoob loo hauv Iyi tebchaws ib feem hauv tsib feem rau ncua sijhawm xya xyoo uas qoob loo zoo ntau nplua mias no cia.
35Mas cia cov neeg ntawd sau tej qoob loo hauv xya xyoo zoo zoo uas tabtom yuav los ntawd cia, thiab muab tej qoob loo ntawd khaws cia hauv Falau lub hwjchim rau hauv tej moos thiab muab ceev cia.
36Tej qoob loo no yuav muab khaws cia faj seeb rau xya xyoo uas yuav muaj kev tshaib nqhis tshwm los rau Iyi tebchaws. Ua li no mas lub tebchaws thiaj tsis raug kev tshaib nqhis puam tsuaj tag.”
Tsa Yauxej saib xyuas tag nrho Iyi tebchaws
37Falau thiab nws cov tub teg tub taws sawvdaws pom zoo li uas Yauxej hais.
38Falau thiaj hais rau nws cov tub teg tub taws tias, “Peb yuav nrhiav ib tug uas muaj Vajtswv tus Ntsuj Plig nrog nraim nws ib yam li tus no tau thiab lov?”
39Falau thiaj hais rau Yauxej tias, “Vim Vajtswv qhia zaj xwm txheej no huvsi rau koj, mas tsis muaj ib tug uas txawj xav thiab muaj tswvyim zoo li koj.
40Koj yuav saib xyuas tag nrho kuv lub vaj tse thiab kuv tej pejxeem sawvdaws yuav tsum ua raws li koj hais kom lawv ua. Yog hais txog kuv lub zwm txwv kuv thiaj ua loj dua koj xwb.”
41Falau hais rau Yauxej tias, “Kuv tsa koj ua tus uas kav tag nrho Iyi tebchaws.”
42Falau thiaj hle nws lub nplhaib ntaus cim ntawm nws txhais tes rau Yauxej coj thiab muab ris tsho ntaub mag zoo zoo rau Yauxej hnav thiab muab saw kub rau Yauxej coj ntawm caj dab.
43Thiab kom Yauxej caij vajntxwv lub tsheb uas ob. Muaj neeg qw ua nws ntej hais tias, “Cia li txhos caug.” Falau twb tsa nws kav tag nrho Iyi tebchaws li no.
44Tsis tag li ntawd xwb Falau kuj hais rau Yauxej tias, “Kuv yog Falau, tag nrho Iyi tebchaws yuav tsis muaj ib tug twg tsa tes tsa taw tau, yuav tsum yog koj tso ncauj tso.”
45Falau thiaj muab Yauxej tis npe hu ua Xafena Pane‑a, thiab nws muab tus pov thawj Pautifela hauv lub moos Oo tus ntxhais Axena rau Yauxej yuav ua pojniam. Yauxej thiaj tawm mus saib thoob plaws Iyi tebchaws.
46Thaum Yauxej pib ua haujlwm rau Falau uas ua vajntxwv hauv Iyi tebchaws ntawd nws hnub nyoog muaj peb caug xyoo. Yauxej txawm tawm ntawm Falau xubntiag mus mus los los thoob plaws Iyi tebchaws.
47Xya xyoo uas qoob zoo zoo ntawd tej teb tau qoob loo ntau nplua mias.
48Xya xyoo ntawd Yauxej sau tej qoob loo huvsi ntau nplua mias thoob plaws Iyi tebchaws, thiab muab khaws cia rau hauv tej moos. Tej qoob loo uas tau ntawm lub moos twg kuj muab khaws cia rau hauv lub moos ntawd.
49Yauxej sau tau qoob loo ntau nplua mias yam li tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug hiavtxwv, ntau heev thiaj tseg tsis suav lawm vim yog suav tsis txheeb.
50Thaum tsis tau txog xyoo uas tshaib nqhis, tus pov thawj Pautifela hauv lub moos Oo tus ntxhais Axena yug ob tug tub rau Yauxej.
51Yauxej tis npe rau tus hlob hu ua Manaxe⚓ rau qhov nws hais tias, “Vajtswv ua rau kuv tsis nco qab tej kev txom nyem huvsi thiab tsis nco qab kuv txiv tsev neeg sawvdaws.”
52Nws tis npe rau tus tub yau hu ua Efa‑i.⚓ “Vim Vajtswv pub kuv muaj tub ki huaj vam coob rau hauv lub tebchaws uas kuv raug txom nyem nyuaj siab.”
53Xya xyoo uas qoob loo zoo ntau nplua mias hauv Iyi tebchaws kuj dhau lawm.
54Xya xyoo uas muaj kev tshaib nqhis txawm pib tshwm los raws li Yauxej tau hais tseg lawm. Tej kev tshaib nqhis ntawd muaj thoob plaws rau hauv txhua lub tebchaws, tiamsis hauv Iyi tebchaws tseem muaj mov noj.
55Thaum Iyi tebchaws sawvdaws tshaib plab, tej pejxeem kuj qw hu rau Falau thov mov noj, mas Falau hais rau cov neeg Iyi sawvdaws tias, “Cia li mus cuag Yauxej, nws hais li cas, nej ua li ntawd.”
56Thaum kev tshaib nqhis muaj thoob plaws tebchaws, Yauxej txawm qheb txhua lub txhab muag qoob rau cov Iyi, vim muaj kev tshaib nqhis loj heev rau hauv Iyi tebchaws.
57Tsis yog li ntawd xwb, tag nrho lub ntiajteb kuj tuaj cuag Yauxej hauv Iyi tebchaws thiaj yuav tau qoob, rau qhov muaj kev tshaib nqhis loj heev thoob plaws lub ntiajteb.
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Pharaoh’s Dreams
1Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that ⚓Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.
2Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
3Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
4And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.
6Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the ⚓east wind, sprang up after them.
7And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream.
8Now it came to pass in the morning ⚓that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all ⚓the magicians of Egypt and all its ⚓wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
9Then the ⚓chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day.
10When Pharaoh was ⚓angry with his servants, ⚓and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,
11⚓we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
12Now there was a young ⚓Hebrew man with us there, a ⚓servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he ⚓interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
13And it came to pass, just ⚓as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
14⚓Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they ⚓brought him quickly ⚓out of the dungeon; and he shaved, ⚓changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. ⚓But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”
16So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, ⚓“It is not in me; ⚓God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, ⚓in my dream I stood on the bank of the river.
18Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
19Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.
20And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.
21When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven heads came up on one stalk, full and good.
23Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.
24And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So ⚓I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; ⚓God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.
27And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are ⚓seven years of famine.
28⚓This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29Indeed ⚓seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt;
30but after them seven years of famine will ⚓arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine ⚓will deplete the land.
31So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe.
32And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the ⚓thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33“Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, ⚓to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.
35And ⚓let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land ⚓may not perish during the famine.”
Joseph’s Rise to Power
37So ⚓the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
38And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man ⚓in whom is the Spirit of God?”
39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
40⚓You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have ⚓set you over all the land of Egypt.”
42Then Pharaoh ⚓took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he ⚓clothed him in garments of fine linen ⚓and put a gold chain around his neck.
43And he had him ride in the second ⚓chariot which he had; ⚓and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him ⚓over all the land of Egypt.
44Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife ⚓Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46Joseph was thirty years old when he ⚓stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly.
48So 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 laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.
49Joseph gathered very much grain, ⚓as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.
50⚓And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my ⚓father’s house.”
52And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be ⚓fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended,
54⚓and the seven years of famine began to come, ⚓as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; ⚓whatever he says to you, do.”
56The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and ⚓sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
57⚓So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to ⚓buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.