Suencuek 34
1 Leah canu Dinah, Jakob hama cun pah te tolrhum kah tanurhoek te sawt hamla cet.
Dinah, the daughter of Leah [Weary], whom she bore to Jacob [Supplanter], went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 Tedae khohmuen kah khoboei Khivee Hamor capa Shekhem loh anih tea hmuh dongaha loh tih a yalh puei phoeiaha tholh puei.
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite [Wicked], the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
3 Te phoeiah Jakob canu Dinah taengah a hinglu tlun tih hula tea lungnah dongah hula kah lungbuei te doelh a voek.
His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob [Supplanter], and he 'ahav ·affectionately loved· the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
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 lady as a 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 [Supplanter] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob [Supplanter] held his peace until they came.
6 Jakob te voekhlak ham Shekhem napa Hamorte cet.
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob [Supplanter] to talk 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 [Supplanter] came in from the field when they sh'ma ·heard obeyed· it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel [God prevails] in lying with Jacob [Supplanter]’s daughter; a thing ought not to 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 soul of my son, Shechem, has chasak ·set his affection· 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.
Make 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 shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions 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 chen ·grace· in your eyes, and whatever you will tell 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 a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady 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 [Supplanter] answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
14 Amih rhoi te, “Hlang yanghli taengah ka ngannu paek ham hno saii he kaimih ham kokhahnah la om tih coeng pawh.
and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach 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 consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
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 us, and we will dwell with you, and we will 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 sh'ma ·hear obey· unto us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”
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 didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob [Supplanter]’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
20 Te dongah Hamor neh a capa Shekhem loh amah khopuei vongka la cet tih amah khopuei kah hlangrhoek taengah,
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with 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 peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, 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 consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is 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 give our consent to them, and they will dwell with 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 sh'ma ·heard obeyed· to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; 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.
On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob [Supplanter]’s sons, Simeon [Hearing] and Levi [United with], Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon 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 Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
27 A ngannua poeih pa uh dongah Jakob ca rhoek loh rhok tea paan uh tih khopuei tea poelyoe uh.
Jacob [Supplanter]’s sons came on 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, that which was in the city, that which 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 house.
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 [Supplanter] said to Simeon [Hearing] and Levi [United with], “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites [Descendants of Humbled] and the Perizzites [Descendants of Belonging to village]. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
31 Tedae, “Ka ngannu te pumyoi banglaa saii ham om a?” a ti uh.
They said, “Should we allow him to deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
