Suencuek 37
1 Jakob ngawn tah a napa kah lampahnah khohmuen Kanaan kho ahkhoa sak.
And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.
2 Jakob kah a rhuirhong he tah, Joseph kum hlai rhiha lo ca vaengah a mayarhoek taengah boivaa luem puei. Te vaengah anihte a napa yuu Bilhah ca rhoek nen khaw, Zilpah ca rhoek nen khaw cadong hmaih van. Tedae Joseph loh amih kah theetnah te a napa taengaha thaelaa puen pah.
And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.
3 Tedae Joseph te tah a patong soi kah a ca van oeh dongah a carhoek boeih lakah anih te Israelloh a lungnah tih pendum angkidung khaw a saii pah.
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
4 Tedae a mayarhoek boeih lakah a napa loh aniha lungnah te a maya rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah amaha hmuhuet uh. Te dongah anih rhoepnah neh voek ham khaw coeng uh pawh.
And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 Te vaengah Joseph loh manga man tih a mayarhoek taenglaa puen hatah a maya rhoek kah a hmuhuet uh te koepa khoep.
Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.
6 Te vaengaha mayarhoek la, “Hnatun uh laeh, he tlam he mang ka man.
And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.
7 Lohma li kah cangpate mamih loh n'tum uh hatah kai kah cangpate thoo tih pai. Te vaengah nangmih kah cangpaloh a vael uh tih kai kah cangpa taengah bakop uh,” a ti nah
I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.
8 Te dongah anih te a mayarhoek loh, “Kaimih soah manghai la na manghai vetih kaimih soahna boei khaw na boei tang venim?,” a ti na uh. Aniha hmuhuet uh te a mang, a olka neh koepa khoep.
His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.
9 Te phoeiah manga tloe koepa man tih a mayarhoek taengah, “Mang koep ka man hatah khomik neh hla neh aisi hlai at loh kai taengah tarha bakop uh,” a ti nah tih a doek.
He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.
10 A napa neh a mayarhoek taengaha doek bal dongah amah vik te a napa loh, “Mangna man te ba ham lae? Nang hmaiah diklai la bakop ham kai neh na nu neh na maya rhoek loh ka lo khaw ka lo uh a ya?,” a ti nah tih a ho.
And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?
11 Te dongah anih te a mayarhoek thatlai uh. Tedae a napa long tah olka tea kuem.
His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
12 Tedae a maya rhoek tah Shekhem ah a napa kah boiva luem sak hama caeh cet.
And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,
13 Te vaengah Israel loh Joseph la, “Na maya rhoek, te Shekhem ah luem uh pawt nim? Halo lamtah nang man amih taengla kan tueih pawn ve,” a ti nah. Te dongah amah te, “Ka om ngawn he,” a ti nah.
Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:
14 Te dongah Joseph la,” Tahaeah cet lamtah, na maya rhoek kah sading sathal neh boiva kah sading sathal khaw na hmuh phoeiah kai taengah ol koep ham voei,” a ti nah. Te phoeiah Hebron kol lamkah Shekhem laa tueih tih Joseph khaw cet van.
I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:
15 Te vaengah lohma ah aka khohmang hlang te lawta hmuh hatah tekah hlang loh, “Balaena tlap dae? a tinah tiha dawt.
And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.
16 Te vaengah Joseph loh, “Ka maya rhoek ni ka tlap. Mela a luem uh khaw han thui lah saw,” a ti nah.
But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks.
17 Te dongah tekah hlang long te, “He lamloh puen uh, “Dothan la cet sih,” a ti uh khaw ka yaak ta,” a ti nah. Te dongah Joseph loh a mayarhoek hnukah cet tih amihte Dothan aha hmuh.
And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
18 Tedae anih tea hla lamkaha hmuh uh tih amih taenga pha hlan ah mah ngawn ham anih tea rhaithi uh.
And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
19 Te dongah a maya rhoek loh khat neh khat taengah, “Mang boei halo ke!
And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.
20 Halo uh laeh, anih ke ngawn uhsih lamtah tangrhom pakhat khuila voei uh sih. 'Boethae mulhingloh a ngaeh coeng,’ ti na uh sih. A mangte metlam nim a om ve so uh sih,” a ti uh.
Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:
21 Tedae Reubenloh a yaak vaengah amih kut lamkah Joseph te a huul tih, “A kah hinglu he ngawn uh boel sih,” a ti nah.
And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:
22 Reuben loh amih taengah, “Anih te thii long sak boeh, khosoek kah tangrhom khuila voei uh mai, anih soah kut hlah uh boel mai,” a ti nah. Te vaengah anih te amih kut lamloh huul ham neh a napa taengla mael puei ham a ngaih.
Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
23 Te dongah Joseph loh a mayarhoek taengla apha vaengah Joseph kah angkidung neh a pum dongkah pendum angkidung tea pit pauh.
And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
24 Te phoeiah Joseph te a khuen uh tih tangrhom khuiaha voeih uh. Tangrhom te khaw hoengtih tui om pawh.
And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
25 Tedae buh ca laa ngol uh vaengah a dan uh hatah Gilead lamkah Ishmael lambong aka lote lawta hmuh uh. Te vaengah Ishmael rhoek loh Egypt la suntlak puei ham kalauk dongah anhoi, thingpi neh myrrha phueih uh tih cet uh.
And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
26 Tedae Judah loh a manucarhoek la, “Mah manuca te mueluemnah neh n'ngawn uh mai cakhaw a thii loh m'bueih ni.
And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Halo uh, anih he Ishmael taengah yoi uh sih. Ning kah a saa, manuca oeh dongah anih soah kut hlah thil boel sih,” a tinah hatah a manuca rhoek long khaw a rhoi uh.
It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
28 Te dongah Median hlang, thimpomrhoek halo neh Joseph tea doek uh tih tangrhom lamloha khuen uh. Te phoeiah Joseph te Ishmael taengah tangka baelthong laa yoih uh. Te dongah Joseph te Egypt laa khuen uh.
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
29 Tedae Reuben loh tangrhom taenglaa bal vaengah tangrhom khuikah Josephte haha sawt dongah a himbai tea phen.
And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:
30 Te phoeiah a manucarhoek tea paan tih, “Camoe te a om pawt dongah kai melam ka mael eh?,” a ti nah.
And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?
31 Te phoeiah Joseph kah angkidung tea loh uh. Maae tala ngawn uh kah thii dongah angkidung tea nuem uh.
And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:
32 Pendum angkidung te khawa loh uh tih a napa taenglaa khuen uh phoeiah, “Hekah angkidung ka hmuh uh he na capa kah himbai neh himbai pawt khaw hmat lah,” a ti na uh.
Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.
33 Te vaengah himbai te a hmat tih, “Ka capa kah angkidung la he, Josephte mulhing boethae loh pat pata ngaeh coini,” a ti.
And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.
34 Jakob loh a himbai te a phen, a cinghen ah tlamhnia naak tih a capa ham hnin takuem puet nguekcoi.
And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
35 Te phoeiah anih aka hloep la a ca tongpa rhoek boeih neh a ca huta rhoek boeih khaw halo uh daea hloep ham khaw a aal. “Ka capa taengah saelkhui la rhahdoe cangpoem neh ka suntla ni,” a tinah tih Joseph kah a napate rhap. (Sheol h7585)
And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping, (Sheol h7585)
36 Median hoel long khaw Joseph te Egypt kah imtawt mangpa Pharaoh imkhoem Potiphar taenglaa yoih uh.
The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.
