IOSEPA ME ASENATA Ua ʻimi ʻia ʻo ʻAsenata e ke keiki a ke aliʻi a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui e mare. 1. I ka makahiki mua o ka momona, i ka lua o ka malama, i ka la alima o ka malama, hoouna aku la o Parao ia Iosepa e kaapuni i ka aina a pau o Aigupita; a i ka ha o ka malama o ka makahiki mua, i ka la umikumamawalu o ka malama, hiki aku la o Iosepa i ka mokuna o Heliopoli, a e hoiliili ana ia i ka ai o ia aina e like me ke one o ke kai. Aia ma ia kūlanakauhale kekahi kanaka, ʻo Penetepera kona inoa, he kahuna no Heliopoli, he aliʻi hoʻi no Paraʻo, a he poʻokela o nā aliʻi a me nā aliʻi a pau o Paraʻo; a ua waiwai loa keia kanaka, a he naauao loa, a he akahai, a he kakaolelo no hoi ia no Parao, no ka mea, ua oi aku kona akamai mamua o na'lii a pau o Parao. A he kaikamahine puupaa kana, o Asenata kona inoa, he umikumamawalu na makahiki, he loihi a he maikai, he maikai ke nana aku, mamua o na wahine puupaa a pau ma ka honua. ʻAʻole i hānau ʻo ʻAsenata i ke ʻano like me nā kaikamāhine puʻupaʻa o nā kaikamāhine a ko ʻAigupita, akā, ua like ia me nā kaikamāhine a ka poʻe Hebera ma nā mea a pau, ua lōʻihi e like me Sara, ua maikaʻi hoʻi e like me Rebeka, a he maikaʻi hoʻi e like me Rāhela; laha aku la ka kaulana o kona nani ma ia aina a pau, a hiki i na kukulu o ka honua, no ia mea, makemake na keiki a pau a na'lii a me na alii e hoowalewale ia ia, aole, a me na keiki a na'lii kekahi. na kanaka ui a pau, a me na kanaka ikaika, a ua nui ka hakaka iwaena o lakou nona, a hoao lakou e kaua kekahi i kekahi. A lohe ae la ka makahiapo a Parao e pili ana ia ia, a nonoi aku la ia i kona makuakane e haawi ia ia i wahine nana, i aku la, E haawi mai oe ia Asenata i wahine na'u, e ka makua, ke kaikamahine a Penetepera, ke kanaka mua o Heliopoli. ʻĪ maila ʻo Paraʻo kona makua kāne iā ia, No ke aha lā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i wahine haʻahaʻa iā ʻoe, ʻoiai ʻoe ke aliʻi o kēia ʻāina a pau? Aole, aka, aia hoi! Ua hoopalauia ke kaikamahine a Ioakima ke alii o Moaba nau, a he alii wahine hoi ia, a he nani loa ke nana aku. E lawe oe i keia i wahine nau. Ua wehewehe ʻia ka hale kiaʻi e noho ai ʻo ʻAsenata. 2. Aka, ua hoowahawaha o Asenata, a ua hoowahawaha i kela kanaka keia kanaka, me ka hookiekie a me ka hookiekie, aole loa i ike ke kanaka ia ia, oiai o Pentepera ma kona hale he halekiai e pili ana, he nui a kiekie loa, a maluna ae o ka halekiai he umi. nā keʻena. A ʻo ke keʻena mua, he nui ia a he nani loa, a ua paʻi ʻia me nā pōhaku poni, a ʻo kona mau paia i alo i nā pōhaku makamae a me nā waihoʻoluʻu, a ʻo ke kaupaku o ia keʻena he gula. A maloko o ua keena la, ua kukuluia na akua o ko Aigupita, he gula a me ke kala i helu ole ia; A ma ka lua o ke keena, aia na mea kahiko a pau o Asenata, a me na pahu, a he gula maloko, a he nui ke kala a me na aahu i ulana ole ia i ke gula, a me na pohaku maikai a maikai ke kumu kuai, a me na aahu olona maikai a pau, a me na mea e nani ai kona puupaa. aia ma laila. A ʻo ke kolu o ke keʻena, ʻo ia ka hale kūʻai o ʻAsenata, me nā mea maikaʻi a pau o ka honua. A ʻo nā keʻena ʻehiku i koe, noho ihola nā wāhine puʻupaʻa ʻehiku i lawelawe iā ʻAsenata, hoʻokahi keʻena ko kēlā me kēia kanaka, no ka mea, ua like ko lākou mau makahiki, i hānau ʻia i ka pō hoʻokahi me ʻAsenata, a aloha nui ʻo ia iā lākou; a ua nani loa no hoi lakou e like me na hoku o ka lani, aohe kanaka i kamailio pu me lakou, aole hoi he keiki kane. A ʻo ke keʻena nui o ʻAsenata kahi i hānai ʻia ai kona puʻupaʻa, ʻekolu mau puka makani; a o ka puka makani mua, ua nui loa ia, e nana ana i ka pahale ma ka hikina; a nana ka lua i ka hema, a nana ke kolu ma
ke alanui. A he wahi moe gula e ku ana ma ke keena e nana ana i ka hikina; a ua waihoia ka moena me ka lole poni i huiia me ke gula; Ma keia wahi moe i moe ai o Asenata wale no, aole he kane a wahine e ae i noho maluna. A he pahale nui no hoi e pili ana i ka hale a puni, a he pa kiekie loa a puni ka pahale, i hanaia me na pohaku huinahalike nui; a he mau ipuka eha no hoi ma ka pahale i uhiia i ka hao, a ua malamaia keia mau mea pakahi e na kanaka opio ikaika he umikumamawalu, me na mea kaua; a ua kanuia no hoi ma ka pa, na laau maikai o na ano a pau, a me na mea a pau e hua ana i ka hua, ua oo ko lakou hua, no ka mea, o ke kau ia o ka ohi ana; a he punawai waiwai no hoi e puka mai ana mai ka aoao akau mai o ka pahale hookahi; a malalo o ka punawai he luawai nui e loaa ana ka wai o ua punawai la, me he mea la, he muliwai mawaena o ka pahale, a hookahe i na laau a pau o ia pahale. Ua hai mai o Iosepa i kona hele ana mai i Penetepera. 3. A i ka makahiki mua o na makahiki momona ehiku, i ka malama eha, i ka la iwakaluakumamawalu o ka malama, hele aku la o Iosepa i ka mokuna o Heliopoli e ohi ana i ka ai o ia aina. A kokoke aku la o Iosepa i ua kulanakauhale la, hoouna aku la ia i na kanaka he umikumamalua mamua ona io Penetepera la, ke kahuna o Heliopoli, i aku la, E komo aku au i ou la i keia la, no ka mea, o ka hora o ke awakea, a me ka ahaaina awakea; i ka wela nui o ka la, a i hooluolu au ia'u iho malalo o ka hale o kou hale." A lohe ʻo Penetepera i kēia mau mea, ʻoliʻoli ihola ia me ka ʻoliʻoli nui loa, ʻī aʻela ia: "E hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Iēhova ke Akua o Iosepa, no ka mea, ua manaʻo koʻu haku ʻo Iosepa he pono wau." Kahea aku la o Penetepera i ka luna o kona hale, i aku la ia ia, E wikiwiki oe e hoomakaukau i ko'u hale, a e hoomakaukau i ahaaina nui; A lohe aʻela ʻo ʻAsenata, ua hele mai kona makua kāne a me kona makuahine mai ka ʻāina mai o ko lāua ʻāina hoʻoili, ʻoliʻoli nui ihola ia, ʻī akula, E hele au e ʻike i koʻu makua kāne a me koʻu makuahine, no ka mea, ua hele mai lākou mai ka ʻāina mai o ko mākou ʻāina hoʻoili. ʻo ia ka wā ʻohi ʻai). A komo ʻo ʻAsenata i loko o kona keʻena, kahi i waiho ai kona ʻaʻahu, a hoʻokomo i ka ʻaʻahu olonā keʻokeʻo i ulana ʻia me ke gula, a kāʻei iā ia iho i ke kāʻei gula, a me nā kūpeʻe lima a puni kona mau lima; a ma kona mau wawae, ua hookomo oia i na ili gula, a ma kona a-i i hoolei ai i na pohaku makamae, i hoonaniia ma na aoao a pau, a ua kahakahaia na inoa o na akua o ko Aigupita ma na kupee a pau. a me na pohaku; a kau iho la ia i ka lei ma kona poo, a nakii i ka papalealii a puni kona mau maka, a uhi iho la i kona poo i ka aahu. Manaʻo ʻo Pentepera e hāʻawi iā ʻAsenata iā Iosepa i male. 4. A iho koke iho la ia ma ke alapii mai kona keena aku, a hiki i kona makuakane a me kona makuwahine, a honi iho la ia laua. A olioli o Pentepera a me kana wahine no ka laua kaikamahine o Asenata me ka olioli nui loa, no ka mea, ua ike laua ia ia i hoonaniia a i hoonaniia e like me ka wahine mare na ke Akua; a lawe mai la lakou i na mea maikai a pau a lakou i lawe mai ai mai ka waiwai mai o ko lakou hooilina, a haawi aku la na ka lakou kaikamahine; A ʻoliʻoli ʻo ʻAsenata i nā mea maikaʻi a pau, i nā hua o ke kauwela hope loa, a me nā hua waina, a me nā lā, a me nā manu nūnū, a me nā silika, a me nā fiku; I aku la o Penetepera i kana kaikamahine ia Asenata, E ke keiki. ʻĪ maila kēlā, Eia nō wau, e kuʻu haku. ʻĪ maila kēlā iā ia, E noho ʻoe i waena o kāua, a e haʻi aku au iā ʻoe i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo. Aia hoʻi, ke hele mai nei ʻo Iosepa, ka mea mana o ke Akua, i o kākou nei i kēia lā, a ʻo ia ke aliʻi o ka ʻāina a pau o ʻAigupita, a ua hoʻonoho ʻo Paraʻo iā ia i aliʻi ma luna o ko kākou ʻāina a pau, a ʻo ia hoʻi i hāʻawi mai