Genesis 50
Magandang Balita Biblia
50 Niyakap ni Jose ang kanyang ama at umiiyak na hinagkan. 2 Pagkatapos, inutusan niya ang kanyang mga manggagamot na embalsamuhin ang bangkay. 3 Ayon sa kaugalian ng mga Egipcio, apatnapung araw ang ginugol nila sa paggawa nito. Pitumpung araw na nagluksa ang bansang Egipto.
4 Pagkatapos ng pagluluksa, sinabi ni Jose sa mga kagawad ng Faraon, “Pakisabi nga ninyo sa Faraon na 5 hiniling(A)ng aking ama bago namatay na doon ko siya ilibing sa libingan na kanyang inihanda sa Canaan. At aking naipangakong susundin ko ang kanyang bilin. Kaya, humihingi ako ng pahintulot na dalhin ko roon ang kanyang bangkay at babalik agad ako pagkatapos.”
6 Sumagot ang Faraon, “Lumakad ka na at ilibing mo ang iyong ama ayon sa iyong pangako sa kanya.”
7 Sumama kay Jose para makipaglibing ang lahat ng kagawad ng Faraon, ang mga may matataas na katungkulan sa palasyo at ang mga kilalang mamamayan sa buong Egipto. 8 Kasama rin ni Jose ang kanyang mga kapatid at ang buong sambahayan ng kanyang ama. Ang naiwan lamang sa Goshen ay ang maliliit na bata, mga kawan ng tupa, kambing at baka. 9 May mga nangangabayo, may mga sakay sa karwahe—talagang napakarami nila.
10 Pagsapit nila sa giikan sa Atad, sa silangan ng Ilog Jordan, huminto muna sila. Nagdaos sila roon ng luksang-parangal sa yumao, at pitong araw na nagdalamhati roon si Jose. 11 Nasaksihan ng mga taga-Canaan ang ginawang pagpaparangal na ito, kaya't nasabi nila, “Ganito palang magluksa ang mga taga-Egipto!” Dahil dito'y tinawag na Abelmizraim[a] ang lugar na iyon.
12 Sinunod nga ng mga anak ni Jacob ang hiling ng kanilang ama. 13 Dinala(B) nila sa Canaan ang bangkay at doon inilibing sa yungib na nasa kaparangan ng Macpela, silangan ng Mamre, na binili ni Abraham kay Efron na Heteo. 14 Matapos ilibing ang ama, si Jose'y nagbalik sa Egipto, kasama ang kanyang mga kapatid at lahat ng kasama sa paglilibing.
Binigyan ni Jose ng Kapanatagan ang mga Kapatid
15 Mula nang mamatay ang kanilang ama, nag-alala na ang mga kapatid ni Jose. Sabi nila, “Paano kung galit pa sa atin si Jose at gantihan tayo sa kalupitang ginawa natin sa kanya?” 16 Nagpasugo sila kay Jose at ipinasabi ang ganito: “Bago namatay ang ating ama, ipinagbilin niya na sabihin ito sa iyo, 17 ‘Nakikiusap ako na patawarin mo na ang iyong mga kapatid sa ginawa nila sa iyo.’ Kaya naman ngayon, nagsusumamo kami sa iyo na patawarin mo kaming mga lingkod ng Diyos ng iyong ama.” Napaiyak si Jose nang marinig ito.
18 Lumapit lahat ang kanyang mga kapatid at yumuko sa harapan niya. “Kami'y mga alipin mo,” wika nila.
19 Ngunit sinabi ni Jose, “Huwag kayong matakot! Maaari ko bang palitan ang Diyos? 20 Masama nga ang inyong ginawa sa akin, subalit ipinahintulot iyon ng Diyos para sa kabutihan, at dahil doo'y naligtas ang marami ngayon. 21 Kaya, huwag na kayong mag-alala. Ako ang bahala sa inyo at sa inyong mga anak.” Napanatag ang kanilang kalooban sa mga sinabing ito ni Jose.
Ang Pagkamatay ni Jose
22 Nanatili nga si Jose sa Egipto kasama ang kanyang mga kapatid. Umabot siya ng 110 taon bago namatay. 23 Inabot pa siya ng mga apo ni Efraim, gayundin ng mga apo niya kay Maquir na anak ni Manases. 24 Sinabi niya sa kanyang mga kapatid, “Malapit na akong mamatay, ngunit huwag kayong mag-alala. Iingatan kayo ng Diyos at ibabalik sa lupaing ipinangako niya kina Abraham, Isaac at Jacob.” 25 Pagkatapos,(C) ipinagbilin niya sa mga Israelita ang gagawin sa kanyang bangkay. Wika niya, “Isumpa ninyo sa akin na kapag kayo'y inilabas na ng Diyos sa lupaing ito, dadalhin ninyo ang aking mga buto.” 26 Namatay nga si Jose sa gulang na 110 taon. Siya'y inembalsamo sa Egipto at inilagay sa isang kabaong.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:11 ABELMIZRAIM: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Abelmizraim” at “pagluluksa ng mga taga-Egipto” ay magkasintunog.
Genesis 50
Revised Standard Version
50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel; 3 forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return.” 6 And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.” 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household; only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; it was a very great company. 10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named A′bel-mizraim;[a] it is beyond the Jordan. 12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them; 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field at Mach-pe′lah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a burying place. 14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
Joseph Forgives His Brothers
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, 17 ‘Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him, and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Fear not, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he reassured them and comforted them.
Joseph’s Last Days and Death
22 So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw E′phraim’s children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manas′seh were born upon Joseph’s knees. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, “God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:11 That is meadow (or mourning) of Egypt
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