Suencuek 50
1 Te vaengah Joseph loh a napa maelhmaia bakop thil tih a soaha rhah neha mok.
Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
2 Te phoeiah Joseph loh a napa te sihluk ham a sal siboeirhoek tea uen tih siboei rhoek loh Isreal te si a hlukuh.
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 Sihluknah khohninte khohnin lipkipa di hamaom dongah khohnin a soep vanneh rhokte Egypt rhoek loh khohnin sawmrhiha rhah uh.
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
4 Rhahnah khohnina poeng vaengah Joseph loh Pharaoh im la, “Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ni ka dang atah Pharaoh kah hna kaep ah bet ka thui mai eh.
When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 A pa loh, 'Ka duek atah Kanaan kho ah kamah ham ka vueh tangtae phuel ah pahoi nan up ni, ' a titih kai he n'toemngam sak oeh dongah bet ka cet saeh lamtah a pa te ka up phoeiah ka bal mai eh?,” a ti nah.
‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
6 Pharaoh long khaw, “Na toemngam vanbangla cet lamtah na pa te up dae,” a ti nah.
Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
7 Te dongah Josephte a napa up hama caeh hatah Pharaoh kah sal boeih neh a im kah a hamca rhoek long khaw, Egypt kho kah a hamca boeih long khaw,
Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 Joseph cako boeih neh a manuca rhoek long khaw, a napa cako long khaw a thak puei uh. Camoe neh a boiva, saelhung buengte Goshen kho aha caehtak uh.
all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 Te dongah anih taengah aka cette leng khaw, marhang caem khaw lambong yet la muep om.
Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
10 Tedae Jordan rhalvangan kah Atad tea pha uh vaengah rhaengsaelung neh bungbung mata rhaengsae uh tih a napa ham nguekcoinahte hnin rhiha yaeh uh.
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
11 Tedae Atad ah a nguekcoinah te Kanaan kho kah khosa rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah, “Hekah he Egypt rhoek loh mat a nguekcoinah ni,” a ti uh dongah Jordan rhalvangan kah a ming te Abelmizaim la a khue.
When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
12 Te dongaha uen vanbangla Isreal ham a ca rhoek loh a saii uh tih,
His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
13 Kanaan kho laa khuen uh. Te phoeiah Abraham loh phuel khohut la Khitti Ephron kah khohmuen Mamre aha lai Makpelah lo kah lungko aha up uh.
for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
14 Joseph neh a manucarhoek khaw, a napa up ham anih taengah aka cet boeih long khaw a napa te aup phoeiah Egypt la bal uh.
Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 Tedae a napa a duek coeng dongah Joseph te a manuca rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah, “Joseph he mamih taengah a konaeh koinih anih taengah boethae n'saii uh boeih te n'thuung rhoe n'thuung ni,” a ti uh.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
16 Te dongah Joseph taengla ol a uenuh tih, “Na pa loh a duek hlan ah,
They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
17 'Joseph te, 'Na manuca rhoek kah dumlai khaw, nanga thae la n'saii uh vaengakah tholhnah te khaw phueih mai ti nah,’ a ti tih n'uen dongah na pa Pathen sal rhoek kah boekoeknah te phuei mai,” a ti nah uh tih a thui uh vaengah Joseph rhap.
‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
18 Te dongah a manucarhoek khaw cet uh tih a hmai ah bakop uh tih kaimih he nang kah sal ni hea ti uh.
His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
19 Tedae Joseph loh, “kai he Pathen hnukthoi a? Rhih uh boeh saw.
Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
20 Nangmih loh kai taengah boethae la nan taeng uh cakhaw Pathen loh tahae khohnin kah bangla pilnam muep hing sak ham tea then laa moeh coeng.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
21 Te dongah rhih uh boeh. Nangmih khaw, na carhoekkhaw kan cangbam bitni,” a tinah tih amih lungbuei te hloep ol a thui pah.
Now therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
22 Joseph khaw Egypt ah a napa kah a cako nehkhoa sak. Te vaengah Josephte kum pasoi neh kum rha hing.
Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
23 Te dongah Joseph loh Ephraim ca rhoek a khongthum duelaa hmuh. Manasseh capa Makir carhoek khaw Joseph khuklu dongaha cun uh.
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
24 Te vaengah Joseph loh a manucarhoek la, “Kai ka duek cakhaw Pathen loh nangmih n'hip khaw n'hip vetih nangmih te tahae kah kho lamkah Abraham, Isaak neh Jakob hama toemngam tangtae khohmuen la khuen bitni,” a ti nah.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
25 Te dongah Joseph loh Israel carhoek tea toemngam sak tih, “Nangmih te Pathen loh n'hip rhoe la n'hip vaengah he lamkah ka rhuhna khuen uh ni,” a ti nah.
Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
26 Joseph he kum pasoi neha lang a lo ca vaengah duek tih a rhok te si a hluk uh phoeiah Egypt kah thingkawng dongaha khueh uh.
So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
