Suencuek 50

1 Te vaengah Joseph loh a napa maelhmaia bakop thil tih a soaha rhah neha mok.

And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing 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.

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

3 Sihluknah khohninte khohnin lipkipa di hamaom dongah khohnin a soep vanneh rhokte Egypt rhoek loh khohnin sawmrhiha rhah uh.

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians 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.

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

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 take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

6 Pharaoh long khaw, “Na toemngam vanbangla cet lamtah na pa te up dae,” a ti nah.

And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

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,

So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs 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.

And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

9 Te dongah anih taengah aka cette leng khaw, marhang caem khaw lambong yet la muep om.

And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army.

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.

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for 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.

And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

12 Te dongaha uen vanbangla Isreal ham a ca rhoek loh a saii uh tih,

So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:

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 they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at 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.

And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

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.

Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment 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,

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, 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 are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

18 Te dongah a manucarhoek khaw cet uh tih a hmai ah bakop uh tih kaimih he nang kah sal ni hea ti uh.

Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

19 Tedae Joseph loh, “kai he Pathen hnukthoi a? Rhih uh boeh saw.

And Joseph said, Have no fear: 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, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see 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.

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

22 Joseph khaw Egypt ah a napa kah a cako nehkhoa sak. Te vaengah Josephte kum pasoi neh kum rha hing.

Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

23 Te dongah Joseph loh Ephraim ca rhoek a khongthum duelaa hmuh. Manasseh capa Makir carhoek khaw Joseph khuklu dongaha cun uh.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth 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.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and 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.

Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away 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 came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.