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Yusufu akamwangukia babaye usoni, akamlilila, akambusu.
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
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Yusufu akawaagiza watumishi wake waganga, kwamba wampake baba yake dawa asioze. Waganga wakampaka dawa Israeli.
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
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Siku zake arobaini zikaisha, maana hivyo hutimizwa siku za kupaka dawa. Wamisri wakamlilia siku sabini.
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
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Siku za kumlilia zilipopita, Yusufu alisema na watu wa nyumba ya Farao, akinena, Kama nimeona neema machoni penu, tafadhalini mkaseme masikioni mwa Farao, mkinena, Baba yangu aliniapisha, akisema,
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
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Mimi ni katika kufa, unizike katika kaburi langu nililojichimbia katika nchi ya Kanaani. Basi tafadhali uniruhusu niende sasa nikamzike babangu, nami nitarudi.
my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
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Farao akasema, Uende, ukamzike baba yako, kama alivyokuapisha.
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
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Basi Yusufu akaenda amzike babaye, na watumwa wote wa Farao wakaenda pamoja naye, wazee wa nyumbani mwake, na wazee wote wa nchi ya Misri.
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
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Na nyumba yote ya Yusufu, na nduguze, na nyumba ya babaye; wakawaacha watoto wao tu, na kondoo zao, na ng'ombe zao, katika nchi ya Gosheni.
along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
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Kisha wakaenda pamoja naye wapanda farasi, na magari; wakawa jeshi kubwa sana.
Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
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Wakaja mpaka sakafu ya Atadi, iliyo ng'ambo ya Yordani. Wakaomboleza huko maombolezo makuu, mazito sana. Akafanya matanga ya babaye siku saba.
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
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Nao waliokaa katika nchi, wale Wakanaani, walipoyaona matanga katika sakafu ya Atadi, wakasema, Matanga haya ya Wamisri ni makuu kwa hiyo mahali pale paliitwa Abel-Misri, iliyo ng'ambo ya Yordani.
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
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Wanawe wakamfanyia kama alivyo waagiza;
So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
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kwa kuwa wanawe wakamchukuwa mpaka nchi ya Kanaani, nao wakamzika katika pango ya shamba la Makpela, iliyo mbele ya Mamre, aliyoinunua Ibrahimu pamoja na shamba kwa Efroni Mhiti, pawe milki yake pa kuzikia.
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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Yusufu akarudi Misri, yeye na ndugu zake, na wote waliyokwenda pamoja naye kumzika babaye, baada ya kumzika babaye.
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
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Ndugu zake Yusufu walipoona ya kwamba baba yao amekufa, walisema, Labda Yusufu atatuchukia; naye atatulipa maovu yetu tuliyomtenda.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
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Wakapeleka watu kwa Yusufu, kunena, Baba yako alitoa amri kabla ya kufa kwake, akasema,
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
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Mwambieni Yusufu hivi, Naomba uwaachilie ndugu zako kosa lao na dhambi yao, maana walikutenda mabaya; sasa twakuomba utuachilie kosa la watumwa wa Mungu wa baba yako. Yusufu akalia waliposema naye.
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
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Nduguze wakaenda tena, wakamwangukia miguu, wakasema, Tazama, sisi tu watumwa wako.
His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
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Yusufu akawaambia, Msiogope, je! Mimi ni badala ya Mungu?
But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
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Nanyi kweli mlinikusudia mabaya, bali Mungu aliyakusudia kuwa mema, ili itokee kuokoa taifa kubwa, kama ilivyo leo.
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
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Basi sasa msiogope; mimi nitawalisha na watoto wenu. Akawafariji, na kusema nao vema.
Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
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Akakaa Yusufu katika Misri, yeye na nyumba ya babaye. Akaishi Yusufu miaka mia na kumi.
Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
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Yusufu akaona wana wa Efraimu hata kizazi cha tatu; na wana wa Makiri, mwana wa Manase, walizaliwa magotini mwa Yusufu.
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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Yusufu akawaambia nduguze, Mimi ninakufa, lakini Mungu atawajia ninyi bila shaka, atawapandisha toka nchi hii, mpaka nchi aliyowaapia Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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Yusufu akawaapisha wana wa Israeli, akasema, Bila shaka Mungu atawajia ninyi, nanyi mtaipandisha huko mifupa yangu.
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
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Basi Yusufu akafa, mwenye miaka mia na kumi; wakampaka dawa, wakamtia katika sanduku, huko Misri. </p>
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.