Suencuek 47
1 Te phoeiah Joseph cet tih Pharaoh taengah, “A pa neh ka manucarhoek khaw, a boiva khaw, a saelhung khaw, amah taengkah aka om boeih te Kanaan kho lamkah halo uh tih Goshen kho ah om uh ke,” a ti nah tih a puen pah.
Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 Te phoeiah a manuca khui kah hlang pangaa khuen tih Pharaoh hmai aha khueh.
From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Te vaengah Pharaoh loh Joseph kah a manucarhoek te, “Nangmih kah bibite balae,” a tinah hatah amih loh Pharaoh la, “Na sal rhoek he kamamih khaw, a pa rhoek long khaw boiva ni ka dawn uh,” a ti na uh.
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4 Te phoeiah Pharaoh la, “Kanaan kho ah khokha tlung tih na salrhoek kah boiva hama luemnahaom pawt dongah hekah khohmuen ah bakuep ham ka lo uh. Te dongah na sal rhoek he Goshen kho ah kho n'sak sak uh mai,” a ti na uh.
They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 Te dongah Pharaoh loh Joseph la, “Na pa neh na manucarhoek nang taengah aka lo rhoek te,
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 'Na hmai kah Egypt kho khuikah khohmuen then Goshen kho ah na pa neh na manucarhoek te khosak sak. Te phoeiah amih khuikah tatthai hlangrhoek tena ming atah amihte kai kah boiva mangpa la khueh,” a ti nah tih a uen.
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
7 Te phoeiah Joseph loh a napa Jakob tea khuen tih Pharaoh hmai aha pai sak hatah Jakob loh Pharaoh te yoethen a paek.
Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Te vaengah Pharaoh loh Jakob la, “Nang kah hingnaha kum khohnin loh meyet a lo van coeng,” a ti nah.
Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 Te dongah Jakob loh Pharaoh la, “Ka lampahnah kum khohnin he kum pasoi neh thumkip vel a pha coeng. Tedae ka hingnah kum khohnin he yoethae yoehu la om tih a parhoek a lampahnah tue vaengkaha hingnah kum khohnin tea pha moenih,” a ti nah.
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Pharaoh te yoethen a paek tih Pharaoh taeng lamkah pahoi nong.
Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 Te phoeiah Pharaoh kah a uen vanbangla Joseph loh a napa neh a manucarhoek te Egypt kho ah khohut pakhat a paektih khohmuen then Raameses kho ah kho a sak sak.
Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 Te dongah Joseph loh a napa neh a manucarhoek khaw, a napa imkhui boeih neh camoe ka dongkah caak ham khaw a cangbam pah.
Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.
13 Tedae khokha bahoeng tlung tih Egypt kho neh Kanaan khote khokha loha khah dongah kho takuem ah caak om pawh.
There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 Te vaengah Joseph loh Egypt khohmuen neh Kanaan kho ah cangtham a lai ham rhoek kah tangkaa hmuh te boeiha coi. Te phoeiah Joseph loh tangka te Pharaoh im laa khuen.
Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15 Tedae Egypt kho neh Kanaan kho kah tangka tea khawk uh vaengah Egypt rhoek loh Joseph te boeiha paanuh tih, “Kaimih he caak m'pae laeh. Tangka ka khawk uh cakhaw ba ham lae nang hmaiah ka duek uh eh?,” a ti uh.
When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
16 Tedae Joseph loh, “Tangkaa boeih oeh atah na boiva te m'pae uh lamtah nangmih kah boiva te kan khueh mako,” a ti nah.
Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17 Te dongah amamih kah boiva te Joseph taenglaa khuen uh tih Joseph loh marhang khaw, boiva tuping khaw, saelhung boiva khaw, laak ham khaw caaka paek pah tih tekah kum ah ngawn tah amih kah boiva boeih te khaw caak neha khool.
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
18 Tedae tekah kum thok tiha kum bae atah Egypt rhoek loh Joseph taengla halo uh tih, “Ka boeipa taengah ka phah uh moenih. Tangka khaw boeih coeng tih boiva neh rhamsa loh ka boeipa taeng a pha coeng dongah kaimih pum neh ka khohmuen pawt atah ka boeipa hmai aha paih om voelpawh.
When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19 ba ham lae nang mikhmuh ah ka duek uh eh. Kaimih he khaw, ka khohmuen he khaw n'lai uh. Kaimih khaw ka khohmuen khaw caak neh ka thung coeng atah kamamih neh ka khohmuen loh Pharaoh sal la ka om uh bitni. Tedae cangti nan paek tih ka hing uh daengah man ka duek uh pawt sui tih tolrhumloh a pong pawt sue,” a ti uh.
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”
20 Tedae khokha te amih taengaha tlung pah vaengah Egypt rhoek loh a khohmuen rhipa yoih uh tih Egypt kho pum te Pharaoh ham Josephloh a lai pah coeng dongah Pharaoh kah khohmuen la poeh.
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 Te dongah Egypt khorhia bawt neh a khat ben lamkah pilnam te amah loh khopuei khuilaa puen.
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
22 Tedae khosoih rhoek kah khohmuen ngawn tah Pharaoh loh khosoihrhoek ham a paek khotlueh la a om dongah lai van pawh. Te vaengah khosoih rhoek loh Pharaoh kah a paek khotlueh tea caak uh tih a khohmuen te yoi uh pawh.
Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
23 Te phoeiah Josephloh a pilnam la, “Tihninah namamih khaw, na khohmuen khaw Pharaoh ham ka lai coeng he. Tedae cangti he namamih ham lo uh lamtah khohmuen te tawn uh ngawn.
Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24 A vuei a thaih a om vaengah pangate Pharaoh taengah pae uh lamtah palite namamih ham neh lohma kah cangti la, namah cakoa caak ham neh na carhoek loha caak ham khaw om saeh,” a ti nah.
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
25 Te vaengah, “Ka boeipa kah mikhmuh ah mikdaithen la m'hmuh uh tih mamih n'hlun atah Pharaoh taengah sal la ka om uh bitni,” a ti uh.
They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 Te dongah Josephloh a khueh oltlueh vanbangla tahae khohnin duela Egypt kho ah hlopngate Pharaoh hut la om. Khosoih rhoek kah khohmuen buengte amamih loh a hutnah tih Pharaoh hut la om pawh.
Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.
27 Te vaengah Israel loh Egypt kho kah Goshen khohmuen ahkhoa sak tih a kawt la a kawt dongah pungtai uh tih muep ping uh.
Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 Jakob khaw Egypt kho ah kum hlai rhih hing tih Jakob kah a hingnah kum khohnin long khaw kum pasoi likip neh kum rhih lo coeng.
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
29 Te vaengah Isreal kah a duek ham khohninloh a yoei coeng dongah a capa Joseph tea khue tih, “Nang mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ni ka dang atah ka phai hmuiah na kut tloeng laeh. Sitlohnah neh uepomnah khaw Kai hamna saii atah kai he Egypt kho n'up boel mai.
The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,
30 Te phoeiah a parhoek taengah ka yalh atah kai he Egypt lamkah nan khuen vetih amih kah phuel ah nan up ni,” a tinah hatah, “Na ol bangla kamah loh ka saii bitni,” a ti nah.
but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
31 Te vaengah, “Kamah taengah toemngam dae,” a tinah hataha toemngam tih Israelte baiphaih dongkah a lu taengah bakop.
Israel said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.
