Suencuek 43
1 Tedae diklai ah khokha a nah pueng dongah,
In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
2 Egypt lamkah a khuen cang te khaw bawt a 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 when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again and 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.
Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.
4 Ka mana te nan tueih mai koinih ka cet uh vetih namah ham man caak ka lai uh ve.
If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee.
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 wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother.
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.
Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery in that you told him you had also another 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 dongah a 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 nauh.
But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?
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 Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.
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 take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.
10 Tedae ka uelh uh pawt koinih he la koep ka voei uh pawn ni,” a ti nah.
If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.
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 yol a yol tah na hno dongah rhip sang uh lamtah hlang hamte khosaa la khuen uh.
Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, 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 with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake.
13 Na mana khaw khuen uh. Hlah uh lamtah hlang taengla ha cet uh laeh.
And take also your brother, and go 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 may my almighty God make him favourable to you; and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children.
15 Te dongah tekah hlang rhoek loh khosaa te a 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.
So the men took the presents, and double money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
16 Joseph loh amih neh Benjamin te a 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 when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because they shall eat with me at noon.
17 Tekah hlang long khaw Joseph kah a thui bangla a saii van tih hlangrhoek te Joseph im la a khuen.
He did as he was commanded, and brought the men into the 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 they being much afraid, said there one to another: Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we are brought in: that he may bring upon us a false accusation, and by violence make slaves of us and our asses.
19 Te dongah Joseph im kah hlang taengla thoeih uh tih im kah thohka ah a voek uh.
Wherefore going up to the steward of the house, at the door,
20 Te phoeiah, “Ka boeipa aw, a moecuek vaengah ni caak lai ham ka suntlak khaw ka suntlak uh coeng.
They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food:
21 Tedae rhaehim ka pha uh vaengah kamamih kah sungkoi te ka hlam uh hatah sungkoi kah a rhai ah tangkate rhip a om tarha dongah amah tarhing la ka kut dongah ka tangka te kan khuen uh.
And when we had bought, and come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.
22 Te phoeiah caak lai hamte ka kut dongah tangka a hloeh la kang khuen uh ngawn. Unim kaimih kah sungkoi dongah tangka a khueh dae ka ming uh pawh,” a ti uh.
And we have brought other money besides, to buy what we want: we cannot tell who put it in our bags.
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 kawn a khuehtih na tangka loh kai taeng ham pha coeng,” a tinah tih Simeon te amih taengla a mawt pah.
But he answered: Peace be with you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father hath given you treasure in your sacks. For the money, which you gave me, I have for good. And he brought Simeon out to them.
24 Tekah hlang loh hlangrhoek te Joseph im la a khuen. Tui a paek tih a kho a yuh phoeiah laak ham rhamcak khaw a tloeng pah.
And having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.
25 Tedae khothun buh caak pahoi ham Joseph ha pawk ni tila a yaak uh dongah a khosaa te a soepboe uh.
But they made ready the presents, against Joseph came 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 khuila a khuen uh tih a hmaiah diklai la bakop uh.
Then Joseph came into his house, and they offered him the presents holding them in their hands, and they bowed down with their face to the ground.
27 Te phoeiah amih te sading kawng a dawt tih, “Na pa patongna ti uh te sading la hing pueng a?,” a ti nah.
But he, courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?
28 Te vaengah, “Na salrhoek khaw ka sading uh tih a pa khaw hing pueng,” a ti nah uh phoeiah buluk uh tih a bawklaa bawk uh coeng.
And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet living. And bowing themselves they made obeisance to him.
29 Te vaengah a mik a huel hatah a manu ca, a mana Benjamin te a hmuh tih, “Na mana a poeihna ti uh te anih a?,” a tinah tih, “Ka ca Pathen loh nang n'rhen saeh,” a ti nah.
And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin his brother, by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.
30 Tedae Joseph loh a manucarhoek taengah a haidamnah pahoi tloo tih a rhah thaa la huut. Te dongah imkhui la cet tih pahoi rhap.
And he made haste because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and going into his chamber he wept.
31 Tedae a hmai a hlak phoeiah halo tih thiim uh. Te phoeiah, “Buh poep laeh,” a ti nah.
And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table.
32 Te dongah Joseph khaw amah loh, a manuca te khaw amah amah loh, Joseph taengkah aka ca Egypt rhoek long khaw amah amah loh a poep uh. Te Egypt ham tueilaehkoi la a om dongah Hebrew taengah buh caak ham Egypt ham tah coeng pawh.
And when it was set on, for Joseph apart, and for his brethren apart, for the Egyptians also that ate with him, apart, (for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews, and they think such a feast profane):
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 taengah a ngaihmang uh.
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much:
34 Te vaengah Joseph loh amah hmai kah buhamte amih ham a poep pa thil hatah Benjamin kah buham ngawtah amih boeih kah buham lakah a pueh panga la yet. A ok uh tih a taengah rhuihmil uh.
Taking the messes which they received of him: and the greater mess came to Benjamin, so that it exceeded by five parts. And they drank, and were merry with him.
