Suencuek 34
1 Leah canu Dinah, Jakob hama cun pah te tolrhum kah tanurhoek te sawt hamla cet.
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area.
2 Tedae khohmuen kah khoboei Khivee Hamor capa Shekhem loh anih tea hmuh dongaha loh tih a yalh puei phoeiaha tholh puei.
Shechem, one of the sons of Hamor, the ruler of that area who was descended from the Hiv people-group, saw her. He wanted her. So he grabbed her and forced her to have sex [EUP] with him.
3 Te phoeiah Jakob canu Dinah taengah a hinglu tlun tih hula tea lungnah dongah hula kah lungbuei te doelh a voek.
He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.
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.
So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Please get this girl for me. I want her to become 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.
Jacob very soon found out that his daughter Dinah had been disgraced/defiled. But his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he did nothing about it until they returned home.
6 Jakob te voekhlak ham Shekhem napa Hamorte cet.
In the meantime, Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk with Jacob.
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.
While they were still talking, Jacob’s sons came in from the field. When they found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry. They said, “Shechem has done something that is very disgraceful among us Israeli people, something that never should 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.
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem really likes this girl. Please allow him to marry her.
9 Te phoeiah nangmih nute kaimih taengah vasak sak ham kaimih m'pae lamtah namamih ham kaimih nuna loh uh mako.
Let’s make an agreement: You will give your daughters to our young men to be their wives, and we will give our daughters to your young men to be their wives.
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 can live among us, and live anywhere in our land that you wish. You can buy and sell things (OR, travel around) and if you find land that you want, then you can buy 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.
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “If you feel good toward me and do what I am asking for, I will give you whatever you ask for.
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.
Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my 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.
But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor
14 Amih rhoi te, “Hlang yanghli taengah ka ngannu paek ham hno saii he kaimih ham kokhahnah la om tih coeng pawh.
by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.
15 Nangmih taengkah tongpa boeih te yahhmui a rhettih kaimih banglana om uh atah he nen bueng ni nangmih te kan rhoi uh eh.
We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.
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 we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group.
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 agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.”
18 Te dongah amih kah olkate Hamor mikhmuh ah khaw, Harmor capa Shekhem mikhmuh ah khaw then.
What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
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.
Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.
20 Te dongah Hamor neh a capa Shekhem loh amah khopuei vongka la cet tih amah khopuei kah hlangrhoek taengah,
Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, 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 friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry 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.
But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are.
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.
But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours [RHQ]! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live 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.
Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised.
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 after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men.
26 Hamor neh a capa Shekhem te cunghang ha neha ngawn rhoi. Dinah te khaw Shekhem im lamloha lat rhoi tih bal rhoi.
They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city.
27 A ngannua poeih pa uh dongah Jakob ca rhoek loh rhok tea paan uh tih khopuei tea poelyoe uh.
Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They (looted/took everything in) the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister.
28 Amih kah boiva neh saelhung khaw, laak khaw, khopuei khui neh lohma kah tea mawt pauh.
They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside.
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.
They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away 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.
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will (hate me/say my name stinks)! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!”
31 Tedae, “Ka ngannu te pumyoi banglaa saii ham om a?” a ti uh.
But they replied, “(Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!)” [RHQ]
