< Suencuek 34 >

1 Leah canu Dinah, Jakob hama cun pah te tolrhum kah tanurhoek te sawt hamla cet.
Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.
2 Tedae khohmuen kah khoboei Khivee Hamor capa Shekhem loh anih tea hmuh dongaha loh tih a yalh puei phoeiaha tholh puei.
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated her.
3 Te phoeiah Jakob canu Dinah taengah a hinglu tlun tih hula tea lungnah dongah hula kah lungbuei te doelh a voek.
Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.
4 Te dongah Shekhem loh a napa Hamor la, “Hekah hutaca he kai ham ka yuu la han lo,” a ti nah tih a thui pah.
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."
5 A canu Dinaha poeih pah te Jakobloh a yaak dae kohong ah a carhoek neh boiva te a om pueng dongah amih halo uh due Jakob loh hil a phah.
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob remained silent until they came.
6 Jakob te voekhlak ham Shekhem napa Hamorte cet.
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7 Jakob carhoek khaw pong lamkaha pai uh vaengah a yaak uh. Tongpa tongpa rhoek te a kothae uh tih amih te muep sai uh. Jakob canu taengaha yalh te Israel taengah boethaehalang ni a saii. Tedae he he a saii tueng moenih.
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter; a thing that should not be done.
8 Tedae Hamor loh amih taengah, “Ka capa Shekhem loh nang canu soah a hingluloh a ven oeh tih a yuu la m'pae mai.
Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
9 Te phoeiah nangmih nute kaimih taengah vasak sak ham kaimih m'pae lamtah namamih ham kaimih nuna loh uh mako.
Arrange marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 Kaimih taengah khosa uh mai. Na mikhmuh ah khohmuen om coeng. Khosa uh lamtah thimpom neh a khuikahte bawn uh,” a ti nah.
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it."
11 Te vaengah Shekhem loh Dinah kah a napa neh a nganparhoek taengah, “Nangmih mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ka dang atah kai taengahna kuek uh vanbangla kan paek uh bitni.
Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will give.
12 Kai soah maan neh kutdoe muepna kuek uh akhaw kai taengahna kuek uh te tah kan paek bitni. Tedae hula te ka yuu la kai taengah paek uh,” a ti nah.
Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife."
13 Tedae a ngannu Dinah tea poeih pah dongah Jakob ca rhoek loh Shekhem neh a napa Hamor tea doo uh vaengah thailatnah neha voek uh.
The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
14 Amih rhoi te, “Hlang yanghli taengah ka ngannu paek ham hno saii he kaimih ham kokhahnah la om tih coeng pawh.
And they said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.
15 Nangmih taengkah tongpa boeih te yahhmui a rhettih kaimih banglana om uh atah he nen bueng ni nangmih te kan rhoi uh eh.
Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;
16 Te daengah ni kaimih nurhoek te nangmih kan paek uh phoeiah kamamih ham nangmih nurhoek te ka loh uh vetih nangmih taengah kho ka sak uh vaengah pilnam pakhat la n'coeng uh eh.
then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
17 Tedae yahhmui rhet ham kaimih neh nan rhoi uh pawt atah ka canu he ka loh uh vetih ka bal uh ni,” a ti uh.
But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away."
18 Te dongah amih kah olkate Hamor mikhmuh ah khaw, Harmor capa Shekhem mikhmuh ah khaw then.
Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
19 Tedae cadong loh Jakob canu tea ngaih coeng dongah hno saii ham te uelh pawh. Te dongah anihte a napa imkhui boeih soaha thangpom.
The young man did not delay to do this thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important of anyone in his father's house.
20 Te dongah Hamor neh a capa Shekhem loh amah khopuei vongka la cet tih amah khopuei kah hlangrhoek taengah,
Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
21 Hekah hlang rhoek he mamih neh baerhoep la tolrhum ah khaw khosa uh saeh. Te phoeiah amih kah nongcen rhoeh la khotuk khaw amih hama dang ka mungkung mai. Mamih kah yuu la amih nurhoek te lo sih lamtah mah nu te amih pae uh sih.
"These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land and travel in it. For look, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives for ourselves, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Tedae tongpa boeih loh yahvin a rhet uh vanbangla mamihah pilnam pakhat la om ham atah ning taengkah aka om tongpa rhoek kah yahhmui a rhet nen bueng he ni mamih te n'rhoi uh eh.
Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us as one people: that every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Amih kah boiva neh hnopai, rhamsa boeih khaw mamih ham moenih a? Te dongah amih te rhoi uh mai sih lamtah mamih taengah khosa uh saeh,” a ti uh.
Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, so they will settle among us."
24 Te dongah a khopuei kah vongka ah aka cet boeih loh Hamor neh a capa Shekhem tea ngai uh tih tongpa boeih khukah a khopuei vongka aka pha boeih loh yahhmui a rhet uh.
All who went out of the gate of his city agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25 Tedae hnin thum a lo vaengah amih te a tlohpah. Te dongah Dinah nganpa Simeon neh Levi, Jakob ca rhoi loh cunghang rhirha a muk rhoi tih ngaikhuek la khopuei te a paan rhoi. Te vaengah tongpa boeih te a ngawn rhoi.
It happened on the third day, when they were still in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came into the unsuspecting city and killed all the males.
26 Hamor neh a capa Shekhem te cunghang ha neha ngawn rhoi. Dinah te khaw Shekhem im lamloha lat rhoi tih bal rhoi.
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.
27 A ngannua poeih pa uh dongah Jakob ca rhoek loh rhok tea paan uh tih khopuei tea poelyoe uh.
Jacob's sons entered over the dead and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 Amih kah boiva neh saelhung khaw, laak khaw, khopuei khui neh lohma kah tea mawt pauh.
They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and was in the field,
29 Amih kah tatthai boeih neh a yuu, a ca boeih tea sol pa uh tih im kah aka om boeih te khawa poelyoe uh.
and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the houses.
30 Te dongah Jakob loh Simeon neh Levi taengah, “Khohmuen kah kho aka sa Kanaan neh Perizzirhoek taengah ka bo nan rhim sak rhoi tih kai nan lawn rhoi coeng. Tahaeah kai hlang sii taengah tingtun uh tih kai he n'ngawn uh koinih kamah neh ka imko loh ka mit uh ni ta he,” a ti nah.
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and attack me, and I and my household will be destroyed."
31 Tedae, “Ka ngannu te pumyoi banglaa saii ham om a?” a ti uh.
But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"

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