Genesis 39

39 ¹Dem bring Joseph come down Egypt; Potiphar, wey be Pharaoh Egyptian officer and oga of di guard, buy am from di Ishmaelite people wey carry am come down there. ²Our Papa dey with Joseph; e dey prosper, e dey serve for im Egyptian master house. ³Im master see say our Papa dey with am, our Papa dey make everything wey e do succeed for im hand. ⁴Joseph find favor for im eye and serve am; im master put Joseph over im house, e hand am everything wey e get. ⁵From di time wey e put Joseph over im house and everything wey e get, our Papa bless di Egyptian house because of Joseph; our Papa blessing dey on top everything wey e get, for house and for field. ⁶Potiphar leave everything wey e get for Joseph hand, e no dey mind anything except di food wey e dey chop. Joseph body fine well-well and im face sweet.

⁷After all dis things, im master wife put her eye on Joseph and say, “Come sleep with me.”

⁸E refuse, e tell im master wife, “See, wit me for here, my master no dey mind anything for di house; everything wey e get, e don put am for my hand. ⁹E no big pass me for dis house; e no hold anything back from me except you, because you be im wife. How I go take do dis big evil and sin against our Papa?” ^a a v9 Joseph call sin di real thing wey e be — no be say e break rule, but say e go wound di heart of one Papa wey don love am reach dis very moment.

¹⁰Day after day she dey talk to Joseph, but e refuse to hear her, to lie down near her, or to dey with her. ¹¹One day Joseph enter di house to do im work, and no man of di house dey inside. ¹²She catch am by im cloth, she say, “Sleep with me!” E leave di cloth for her hand and run comot outside.

¹³When she see say e don leave im cloth for her hand and run comot outside, ¹⁴she call di men of her house and say, “See am—e bring one Hebrew man come to make us look like fool. E come meet me to sleep with me, and I shout loud-loud. ¹⁵When e hear me shout, e leave im cloth near me and run comot outside.” ¹⁶She keep im cloth near her until im master come home. ¹⁷She tell am di same story: “Di Hebrew servant wey you bring us come meet me to make me look like fool. ¹⁸But when I shout, e leave im cloth near me and run comot outside.”

¹⁹When im master hear im wife words to am—“Na so your servant do me”—im vex catch fire.

²⁰Joseph master take am and put am for di prison where dem dey keep di king prisoners. E stay there for di prison. ²¹But our Papa dey with Joseph, e show am Covenant love and favor for di eye of di prison warden. ²²Di prison warden put Joseph in charge of all di prisoners for there; whatever dem do there, na e dey do am. ²³Di warden no dey check anything wey dey for Joseph hand, because our Papa dey with am—whatever e do, our Papa dey make am succeed.