Suencuek 37
1 Jakob ngawn tah a napa kah lampahnah khohmuen Kanaan kho ah kho a sak.
Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
2 Jakob kah a rhuirhong he tah, Joseph kum hlai rhih a lo ca vaengah a maya rhoek taengah boiva a luem puei. Te vaengah anih te 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 taengah a thae la a puen pah.
This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
3 Tedae Joseph te tah a patong soi kah a ca van oeh dongah a ca rhoek boeih lakah anih te Israel loh a lungnah tih pendum angkidung khaw a saii pah.
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
4 Tedae a maya rhoek boeih lakah a napa loh anih a lungnah te a maya rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah amah a hmuhuet uh. Te dongah anih rhoepnah neh voek ham khaw coeng uh pawh.
When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
5 Te vaengah Joseph loh mang a man tih a maya rhoek taengla a puen hatah a maya rhoek kah a hmuhuet uh te koep a khoep.
Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6 Te vaengah a maya rhoek la, “Hnatun uh laeh, he tlam he mang ka man.
“Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
7 Lohma li kah cangpa te mamih loh n'tum uh hatah kai kah cangpa te thoo tih pai. Te vaengah nangmih kah cangpa loh a vael uh tih kai kah cangpa taengah bakop uh,” a ti nah
“We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
8 Te dongah anih te a maya rhoek loh, “Kaimih soah manghai la na manghai vetih kaimih soah na boei khaw na boei tang venim?” a ti na uh. Anih a hmuhuet uh te a mang, a olka neh koep a khoep.
“Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
9 Te phoeiah mang a tloe koep a man tih a maya rhoek 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.
Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
10 A napa neh a maya rhoek taengah a doek bal dongah amah vik te a napa loh, “Mang na 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.
He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 Te dongah anih taengah a maya rhoek thatlai uh. Tedae a napa long tah olka te a kuem.
Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
12 Tedae a maya rhoek tah Shekhem ah a napa kah boiva luem sak ham cet uh.
One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
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 told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
14 Te dongah Joseph la, “Tahae ah 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 la a tueih tih Joseph khaw cet van.
So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
15 Te vaengah lohma ah khohmang hlang te lawt a hmuh hatah tekah hlang loh, “Balae na tlap dae?” a ti nah tih a dawt.
and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 Te vaengah Joseph loh, “Ka maya rhoek ni ka tlap. Mela a luem uh khaw han thui lah saw,” a ti nah.
“I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
17 Te dongah tekah hlang long te, “‘He lamloh puen uh sih, Dothan la cet sih,’ a ti uh khaw ka yaak ta,” a ti nah. Te dongah Joseph loh a maya rhoek hnukah cet tih amih te Dothan ah a hmuh.
“They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
18 Tedae anih te a hla lamkah a hmuh uh tih amih taeng a pha hlan ah mah ngawn ham anih te a rhaithi uh.
But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
19 Te dongah a maya rhoek loh khat neh khat taengah, “Mang boei halo ke!
“Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
20 Halo uh laeh, anih ke ngawn uh sih lamtah tangrhom pakhat khuila voei uh sih. ‘Boethae mulhing loh a ngaeh coeng,’ ti na uh sih. A mang te metlam nim a om ve so uh sih,” a ti uh.
“Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
21 Tedae Reuben loh a yaak vaengah amih kut lamkah Joseph te a huul tih, “Anih kah hinglu he ngawn uh boel sih,” a ti nah.
When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
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.
“Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
23 Te dongah Joseph loh a maya rhoek taengla a pha vaengah Joseph kah angkidung neh a pum dongkah pendum angkidung te a pit pa uh.
So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
24 Te phoeiah Joseph te a khuen uh tih tangrhom khuiah a voeih uh. Tangrhom te khaw hoeng tih tui om pawh.
grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
25 Tedae buh ca la a ngol uh vaengah a dan uh hatah Gilead lamkah Ishmael lambong aka lo te lawt a hmuh uh. Te vaengah Ishmael rhoek loh Egypt la suntlak puei ham kalauk dongah anhoi, thingpi neh myrrh a phueih uh tih cet uh.
They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
26 Tedae Judah loh a manuca rhoek la, “Mah manuca te mueluemnah neh n'ngawn uh mai cakhaw a thii loh m'bueih ni.
“What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
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 ti nah hatah a manuca rhoek long khaw a rhoi uh.
Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 Te dongah Median hlang, thenpom rhoek halo neh Joseph te a doek uh tih tangrhom lamloh a khuen uh. Te phoeiah Joseph te Ishmael taengah tangka baelthong la a yoih uh. Te dongah Joseph te Egypt la a khuen uh.
So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
29 Tedae Reuben loh tangrhom taengla a bal vaengah tangrhom khuikah Joseph te hah a sawt dongah a himbai te a phen.
When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
30 Te phoeiah a manuca rhoek te a paan tih, “Camoe te a om pawt dongah kai melam ka mael eh,” a ti nah.
He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
31 Te phoeiah Joseph kah angkidung te a loh uh. Maae tal a ngawn uh kah thii dongah angkidung te a nuem uh.
They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
32 Pendum angkidung te khaw a loh uh tih a napa taengla a khuen uh phoeiah, “Hekah angkidung ka hmuh uh he na capa kah himbai neh himbai pawt khaw hmat lah,” a ti na uh.
Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
33 Te vaengah himbai te a hmat tih, “Ka capa kah angkidung la he, Joseph te mulhing boethae loh pat pat a ngaeh coini,” a ti.
His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
34 Jakob loh a himbai te a phen, a cinghen ah tlamhni a naak tih a capa ham hnin takuem puet nguekcoi.
Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
35 Te phoeiah anih aka hloep la a ca tongpa rhoek boeih neh a ca huta rhoek boeih khaw halo uh dae a hloep ham khaw a aal. “Ka capa taengah saelkhui la rhahdoe cangpoem neh ka suntla ni,” a ti nah tih Joseph kah a napa te rhap. (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Median hoel long khaw Joseph te Egypt kah imtawt mangpa Pharaoh imkhoem Potiphar taengla a yoih.
In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
