Suencuek 42
1 Egypt ah cangthama om te Jakobloh a hmuh vaengah a carhoek te Jakob loh, “Ba dongah lae sut na sawt uh thae? a ti nah.
When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?
2 phoeiah, “Egypt ah cangtham om tila ka yaak dongah he, n'duek uh pawt tih n'hing uh mak atah te lam khaw cet uh lamtah mah hamla koivawn uh saw,” a ti nah.
I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're going to die!”
3 Te dongah Joseph kah a maya hlang rha rhoek loh Egypt kah cang lai ham suntla uh.
So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
4 Tedae Joseph mana Benjamin te tah nganboh yook vea ti dongah a mayarhoek taengah Jakob loh tueih pawh.
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his other brothers, for he said, “I'm afraid something bad might happen to him.”
5 Kanaan kho te khokhaa om dongah koivawn ham aka cetrhoek lakli ah Israel carhoek khaw cet uh.
So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.
6 Te vaengah Joseph tah a kho kah boei neh diklai pilnam boeih ham cang a yoih. Te dongah Joseph kah a maya rhoek te a caeh uh vaengah anih taengaha maelhmai neh diklai la bakop uh.
Joseph was the governor of the country and he sold grain to all the people there. So Joseph's brothers went to him, and bowed low before him with their faces to the ground.
7 A hmuh vaengah Joseph loh a mayarhoek tea hmat ngawn dae amih taengah muet uh tih rhaprhapa voek phoeiah, “Me lamkah lae na lo uh,” a tinah hatah, “Caak lai ham Kanaan kho lamkah ka lo,” a ti na uh.
Joseph recognized them as soon as he saw them, but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke to them in a severe way, saying, “Where are you from?” “From the country of Canaan,” they replied. “We've come to buy food.”
8 Joseph loh a mayarhoek tea hmat ngawn dae amih loh Josephte hmat uh pawh.
Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
9 Te vaengah Joseph loh amih kawnga man vaengkah mueimang tea poek. Te dongah amih te, “Nangmih he rhalyuep ni, khohmuen kah a yah te sawt hamnina lo uh,” a ti nah.
Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come to discover our country's weaknesses!”
10 Tedae amah taengah “Pawh, ka boeipa, na salparhoek halo he caak lai ham ngawn ni.
“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
11 Kaimih he hlang pakhat kah a carhoek boeih ni. Kaimih hmantang rhoek ni, na sal kaimih ah he longyama om moenih,” a ti uh.
We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
12 Tedae amih te Joseph loh khohmuen kah a yah dongah sawt hamna lo uh pawt het nim,” a ti nah.
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
13 Na salrhoek kaimih boeinaphung he hlang pakhat kah a ca rhoek la Kanaan kho ah hlai nit ka lo uh tiha poeih tah tahaeah a pa neh om rhoi dae pakhat te om voelpawh,” a ti na uh.
“Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man living in the country of Canaan,” they explained. “The youngest is right now with our father, and one has passed away.”
14 Tedae amih te Joseph loh, “Nangmih taengah ka thui bangla nangmih he longyam ni ka ti,
“As I said before, you're spies!” Joseph declared.
15 Pharaoh kah a hingnah vanbangla he nen he kan noem ni. Na manaa poeih te he la halo pawt atah he lamlohna voei uh mahpawh.
“This is how your story will be checked. I swear on Pharaoh's life that you'll never leave this country unless your younger brother comes here.
16 Nangmih khuikah pakhatte tueih uh lamtah na mana te lo saeh. Nangmih ngawntah kang khoh uh vetih nangmih kah olkate na khuikah oltak la a om atah kan nuemnai pueng ni. Te pawt koinih Pharaoh kah a hingnah vanbangla nangmih he longyam ni,” a ti nah.
One of you go back and bring your other brother here. The others of you will be kept here in prison until it's clear that you're telling the truth. If not, then I swear on Pharaoh's life it proves you're spies!”
17 Te dongah amih te thongim ah hnin thuma khoh.
So Joseph put all of them in prison for three days.
18 Tedaea thum khohnin ah Josephloh a mayarhoek la he tlam he ka saii dae, kai khaw aka hing Pathen te ka rhih van.
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.
19 Na thuem uh atah na manuca khatte im kah thongim khuiah khoh saeh. Te vaengah nangmihte cet uh lamtah na im kah aka lamlum ham cang khuen pauh.
If you're truly honest, choose one of your brothers to stay here in prison. The rest of you can go back home with grain for your hungry families.
20 Tedae na manaa poeih te kai taengah nan khuen uh vaengah nangmih kah olka te khaw cak vetihna duek uh van mahpawh,” a tinah dongah te tlam te a rhoi uh.
But you must bring your youngest brother here to me to prove what you're saying is true. If not, you will all die.” They agreed to do this.
21 Te vaengah amah boeinaphung te khat khat ah, “Manuca a hinglu kah citcaite hmuh uh tih mamih taengah calcal a pang lalah n'yaak pah uh pawt dongah tekah citcai loh m'mah taengla ha thoeng tih mamih he rheprhep n'rhaem coeng,” a ti uh.
“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched him in agony pleading with us for mercy, but we refused to listen to him. That's why we're in all this trouble.”
22 Te vaengah Reuben loh amih tea doo tih, “Nangmih taengah ka thui moenih a? Camoe te veet uh boeh ka ti lalahna ya uh pawt tih a thii han suk coeng he,” a ti nah.
Reuben said to them, “Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't harm the boy!’ But you didn't listen to me. Now we're paying the price for what we did to him.”
23 Tedae amih lakloah oldoeaom dongah Josephloh a yakming te amih loh ming uh pawh.
They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.
24 Te dongah Joseph loh amih taeng lamkah mael tiha rhah phoeiah amih taengla koep halo. Tedae amih tea voek phoeiah amih khui kah Simeon tea loh tih amamih kah mikhmuh aha khoh pah.
Joseph stepped away from them because he started crying. He came back when he was able to speak to them again. He chose Simeon and had him tied up as they watched.
25 Tedae Josephloh a uen coeng dongah amih kah hnopai te canga sang thiluh. Te vaengah a tangka te khaw a tolkhui khuiah rhipa khueh ham khaw, amih hamte longpueng kah lampu khaw paek ham khaw, a saii pah.
Joseph gave the order to fill up their sacks with grain, and also to return the money they had paid by placing it in the sacks as well. He also ordered that they should be provided with food for their journey home. All this was done.
26 Te dongah amamih kah cang te laak donglaa pom hang uh tih pahoi cet uh.
The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.
27 Tedae rhaehim ah tah pakhat loh laak rhamcak loh ham a tolkhui tea hlam hatah a tangka te sungkoi kah a rhai ah lawta hmuh tarha.
On their way they stopped for the night, and one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey something to eat and saw his money there at the top of the sack.
28 Te dongah a manucarhoek taengah, “Kai kah sungkoi dongah kamah kah tangka koep ham mael bal he,” a tinah hatah amih lungbuei khaw mawt sut dongah lakueng uh tih a boeinaphung khat rhip loh, “Pathen loh mamih ham balaea saii he,” a ti uh.
He told his brothers, “My money's been returned to me. It's right here at the top of my sack!” They were horrified! Trembling with fear they asked each other, “What is this that God's done to us?”
29 Te dongah Kanaan kho kah a napa Jakob taenglaa pha uh vaengah amih taengah aka thoeng boeih te amah taengah puen uh.
When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
30 Tekah hlang, a kho kah boei te kaimih taengah rhaprhap cal tih kaimih tea kho kah longyam bangla n'khueh.
“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the land,” they explained.
31 Tedae anih taengah, 'hmantangah kaimih he longyam la ka om moenih.
“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
32 A pa kah a ca rhoek la ka boeinaphungah hlai nit ka lo uh dae pakhat om voelpawt tiha poeih ngawn tah tihnin ah khaw a pa neh Kanaan kho ah hmaih om,’ ka ti na uh.
We are twelve brothers, the sons of one father. One has passed away and the youngest is right now with our father in the country of Canaan.’
33 Tedae tekah hlang, a kho kah boei loh kaimih te, 'boeinaphung kah pakhat te kai taengahna caehtak uh tih te nente nangmihna thuem ka ming phoeiah na im kah aka lamlum ham caak khuen uh lamtah cet uh.
Then the man who is the country's governor said to us, ‘This is how I'll find out if you're telling the truth: you are to leave one of your brothers here with me while the rest take grain home for your hungry families.
34 Tedae na manaa poeih te kai taengah han khuen uh. Te daengah ni nangmihte longyamrhoek pawt tih na hmantang tila ka ming eh. Na manuca te nangmih taengla kan paek vetih khohmuen ah na thenpom uh bitni,’ a ti,” a ti uh.
Then bring your youngest brother to me. That way I'll know you're not spies but you're telling the truth. I'll release your brother to you, and you can stay in the country and trade.’”
35 Te dongah amamih kah tolkhui te a kong uh hatah a tangka cunte tolkhui dongah rhip tarha om tih tangka cuna hmuhuhvaengah amamih long khaw a napa long khawa rhih uh.
As they emptied their sacks, each one's money bag was there in his sack! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were horrified.
36 Te vaengah a napa Jakob loh amih te, “Kai taengah, Josephna hlong uh tih om voelpawh. Simeon khaw om voelpawh. Tahaeah Benjamin bal atah kai taengkah aka om boeih te lo loh ne,” a ti nah.
Jacob their father accused them, “You have taken Joseph from me—he's gone! Simeon is gone too! Now you want to take Benjamin away! I'm the one who's suffering from all of this!”
37 Te dongah Reuben loh a napa taengah, “Anihte namah taengla kan khuen pawt atah kai ca rhoi khaw ngawn mai. Ka kut dongah han tloeng lamtah kamah loh nang taengla kang khuen bit ni,” a ti nah tih a thui pah.
“You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you,” Reuben assured him. “Trust me with him, and I will bring him home to you myself.”
38 Tedae anih loh, “Ka cate a maya duek tih amah buenga sueng dongah nangmih taengla ha suntla boel saeh. Longpuengna caeh uh vaengah yoethae puei vetih kai sampok he saelkhui ah kothae la nan hla uh ve,” a ti nah. (Sheol h7585)
“My son won't go there with you!” Jacob declared. “His brother is dead, and he's the only one I have left. If anything bad happens to him on the journey you're planning, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.” (Sheol h7585)
