Suencuek 43
1 Tedae diklai ah khokhaa nah pueng dongah,
And the famine was grievous in the land.
2 Egypt lamkaha khuen cang te khaw bawta khawk uh. Te dongah a napa Jakob loh a ca rhoek la, “Cet lamtah mah caak ham bet vawn uh dae,” a ti nah.
And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 Te vaengah Judah loh a napa te, “Hlang loh kaimih taengah, 'Na manate namah neh na pawk pawt atah kai maelhmaina hmuh uh mahpawh,’ a ti tih n'hih la n'hih.
And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
4 Ka mana te nan tueih mai koinih ka cet uh vetih namah ham man caak ka lai uh ve.
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;
5 Nan tueih van pawt atah hlang loh kaimih taengah, 'Na manate namah neh na pawk pawt atah kai maelhmai hmu uh mahpawh,’ a ti oeh dongah ka cet uh mahpawh, a ti nah.
but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
6 Te dongah Israel loh, “Na mana khat te khaw ba ham lae hlang taenglana puen uh tih kai he nan talh uh,” a ti nah.
And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7 Te dongah a ca rhoek loh, “Hlang loh mamih kawng neh pacaboeina kawng te n'dawt n'dawt tih, 'Na pa hing pueng a? Na mana om a? a ti dongaha ka dongkah olka te ni ka doo uh dae, 'Na mana han khuen,’ a ti ni tila ka ming khaw ka ming uh huek a,” a ti na uh.
And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
8 Tedae Judah loh a napa Israel la, “Camoe te kamah neh n'tueih lamtah caeh hamla ka hlah uh pawn ni. Te daengah ni n'hing uh vetih kaimih khaw, namah khaw, camoerhoek khaw n'duek pawt eh.
And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and our little ones.
9 Anihte kamah loh ka kaem. Nang taengla kam bal puei tih kamah kut lamkah nang hmai ah kan khueh pawt atah han suk. Khohnin takuem nang taengah tholh ka phueih bit ni.
I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
10 Tedae ka uelh uh pawt koinih he la koep ka voei uh pawn ni,” a ti nah.
For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.
11 Te daengah a napa Israel loh, “He tlam he saii laeh, tolrhum kah thaihthen, thingpi khaw, khoitui khaw, anhoi khaw, myrrh khaw yungkha mu khaw, noepai mu khaw, a yola yol tah na hno dongah rhip sang uh lamtah hlang hamte khosaa la khuen uh.
And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.
12 Na kut dongah tangka rhaepnit la khuen uh lamtah na sungkoi so kah tangka te khaw mael puei uh. Na kut dongahna loh tholh khaming.
And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.
13 Na mana khaw khuen uh. Hlah uh lamtah hlang taengla ha cet uh laeh.
And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.
14 Hlang hmai ah khaw Pathen Tlungthang loh nangmih taengah haidamnah han khueh saeh lamtah na mana neh Benjamin te han hlah saeh. Ka loh cakol khaw ka cakol mai eh?,” a ti nah.
And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.
15 Te dongah tekah hlang rhoek loh khosaa tea khuen uh. Te phoeiah a kut dongkah tangkate rhaepnitlaa khuen uh tih aka thoo uh te Benjamin khaw Egyptlaa suntlak puei uh tih Joseph hmai ah pai uh.
And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
16 Joseph loh amih neh Benjamin tea hmuh vaengah a im aka khut taengah, “Hlangrhoek te im la khuen. Te phoeiah maeh ngawn lamtah kamah neh khothun buh caak ham sai,” a ti nah.
And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the [man] who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.
17 Tekah hlang long khaw Joseph kah a thui banglaa saii van tih hlangrhoek te Joseph im laa khuen.
And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
18 Tedae Joseph imlaa khuen uh vaengah hlang rhoek loh a rhih uh. Te dongah, “A moecuek ah mamih kah sungkoi khuiah koep a khueh tangka kawng dongah mamih palet ham neh mamih aka cungku sak ham ni. Te dongah mamih khaw laakrhoek khaw sal la tuuk ham n'khuen coeng,” a ti uh.
And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
19 Te dongah Joseph im kah hlang taengla thoeih uh tih im kah thohka aha voek uh.
And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
20 Te phoeiah, “Ka boeipa aw, a moecuek vaengah ni caak lai ham ka suntlak khaw ka suntlak uh coeng.
and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
21 Tedae rhaehim ka pha uh vaengah kamamih kah sungkoi te ka hlam uh hatah sungkoi kah a rhai ah tangkate rhipa om tarha dongah amah tarhing la ka kut dongah ka tangka te kan khuen uh.
And it came to pass when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, [every] man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money according to its weight; and we have brought it again in our hand.
22 Te phoeiah caak lai hamte ka kut dongah tangkaa hloeh la kang khuen uh ngawn. Unim kaimih kah sungkoi dongah tangkaa khueh dae ka ming uh pawh,” a ti uh.
And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.
23 Tedae Joseph im om loh, “Nangmih taengah rhoepnah om saeh, rhih uh boeh. Na Pathen neh na pa kah Pathen loh na sungkoi dongah nangmih ham kawna khuehtih na tangka loh kai taeng ham pha coeng,” a tinah tih Simeon te amih taenglaa mawt pah.
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; your money came to me. And he brought Simeon out to them.
24 Tekah hlang loh hlangrhoek te Joseph im laa khuen. Tuia paek tih a khoa yuh phoeiah laak ham rhamcak khaw a tloeng pah.
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.
25 Tedae khothun buh caak pahoi ham Joseph ha pawk ni tilaa yaak uh dongaha khosaa tea soepboe uh.
And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.
26 Te dongah im la Joseph halo van neh a kut dongkah khosaa te im khuilaa khuen uh tih a hmaiah diklai la bakop uh.
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 Te phoeiah amih te sading kawnga dawt tih, “Na pa patongna ti uh te sading la hing pueng a?,” a ti nah.
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well — the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
28 Te vaengah, “Na salrhoek khaw ka sading uh tih a pa khaw hing pueng,” a ti nah uh phoeiah buluk uh tiha bawklaa bawk uh coeng.
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
29 Te vaengah a mika huel hatah a manu ca, a mana Benjamin tea hmuh tih, “Na manaa poeihna ti uh te anih a?,” a tinah tih, “Ka ca Pathen loh nang n'rhen saeh,” a ti nah.
And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!
30 Tedae Joseph loh a manucarhoek taengah a haidamnah pahoi tloo tiha rhah thaa la huut. Te dongah imkhui la cet tih pahoi rhap.
And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought [a place] to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.
31 Tedae a hmaia hlak phoeiah halo tih thiim uh. Te phoeiah, “Buh poep laeh,” a ti nah.
And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.
32 Te dongah Joseph khaw amah loh, a manuca te khaw amah amah loh, Joseph taengkah aka ca Egypt rhoek long khaw amah amah loha poep uh. Te Egypt ham tueilaehkoi la a om dongah Hebrew taengah buh caak ham Egypt ham tah coeng pawh.
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 Te vaengah caming tah amah caminghamsum bangla, a capoeih khaw a capoeih hamsum bangla a mikhmuh ah ngol uh. Te dongah hlang rhoek tah pakhat loh a hui taengaha ngaihmang uh.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.
34 Te vaengah Joseph loh amah hmai kah buhamte amih hama poep pa thil hatah Benjamin kah buham ngawtah amih boeih kah buham lakaha pueh panga la yet. A ok uh tih a taengah rhuihmil uh.
And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.
