Suencuek 37
1 Jakob ngawn tah a napa kah lampahnah khohmuen Kanaan kho ah kho a sak.
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
2 Jakob kah a rhuirhong he tah, Joseph kum hlai rhih a lo ca vaengah a maya rhoek taengah boiva a luem puei. Te vaengah anih te a napa yuu Bilhah ca rhoek nen khaw, Zilpah ca rhoek nen khaw cadong hmaih van. Tedae Joseph loh amih kah theetnah te a napa taengah a thae la a puen pah.
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
3 Tedae Joseph te tah a patong soi kah a ca van oeh dongah a ca rhoek boeih lakah anih te Israel loh a lungnah tih pendum angkidung khaw a saii pah.
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4 Tedae a maya rhoek boeih lakah a napa loh anih a lungnah te a maya rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah amah a hmuhuet uh. Te dongah anih rhoepnah neh voek ham khaw coeng uh pawh.
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
5 Te vaengah Joseph loh mang a man tih a maya rhoek taengla a puen hatah a maya rhoek kah a hmuhuet uh te koep a khoep.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
6 Te vaengah a maya rhoek la, “Hnatun uh laeh, he tlam he mang ka man.
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
7 Lohma li kah cangpa te mamih loh n'tum uh hatah kai kah cangpa te thoo tih pai. Te vaengah nangmih kah cangpa loh a vael uh tih kai kah cangpa taengah bakop uh,” a ti nah
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
8 Te dongah anih te a maya rhoek loh, “Kaimih soah manghai la na manghai vetih kaimih soah na boei khaw na boei tang venim?,” a ti nauh. Anih a hmuhuet uh te a mang, a olka neh koep a khoep.
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
9 Te phoeiah mang a tloe koep a man tih a maya rhoek taengah, “Mang koep ka man hatah khomik neh hla neh aisi hlai at loh kai taengah tarha bakop uh,” a ti nah tih a doek.
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
10 A napa neh a maya rhoek taengah a doek bal dongah amah vik te a napa loh, “Mang na man te ba ham lae? Nang hmaiah diklai la bakop ham kai neh na nu neh na maya rhoek loh ka lo khaw ka lo uh a ya?,” a ti nah tih a ho.
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
11 Te dongah anih te a maya rhoek thatlai uh. Tedae a napa long tah olka te a kuem.
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
12 Tedae a maya rhoek tah Shekhem ah a napa kah boiva luem sak ham a caeh cet.
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13 Te vaengah Israel loh Joseph la, “Na maya rhoek, te Shekhem ah luem uh pawt nim? Halo lamtah nang man amih taengla kan tueih pawn ve,” a ti nah. Te dongah amah te, “Ka om ngawn he,” a ti nah.
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 Te dongah Joseph la,” Tahae ah cet lamtah, na maya rhoek kah sading sathal neh boiva kah sading sathal khaw na hmuh phoeiah kai taengah ol koep ham voei,” a ti nah. Te phoeiah Hebron kol lamkah Shekhem la a tueih tih Joseph khaw cet van.
And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Te vaengah lohma ah aka khohmang hlang te lawt a hmuh hatah tekah hlang loh, “Balae na tlap dae? a ti nah tih a dawt.
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
16 Te vaengah Joseph loh, “Ka maya rhoek ni ka tlap. Mela a luem uh khaw han thui lah saw,” a ti nah.
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17 Te dongah tekah hlang long te, “He lamloh puen uh, “Dothan la cet sih,” a ti uh khaw ka yaak ta,” a ti nah. Te dongah Joseph loh a maya rhoek hnukah cet tih amih te Dothan ah a hmuh.
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18 Tedae anih te a hla lamkah a hmuh uh tih amih taeng a pha hlan ah mah ngawn ham anih te a rhaithi uh.
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19 Te dongah a maya rhoek loh khat neh khat taengah, “Mang boei halo ke!
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20 Halo uh laeh, anih ke ngawn uh sih lamtah tangrhom pakhat khuila voei uh sih. 'Boethae mulhing loh a ngaeh coeng,’ ti na uh sih. A mang te metlam nim a om ve so uh sih,” a ti uh.
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21 Tedae Reuben loh a yaak vaengah amih kut lamkah Joseph te a huul tih, “A kah hinglu he ngawn uh boel sih,” a ti nah.
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22 Reuben loh amih taengah, “Anih te thii long sak boeh, khosoek kah tangrhom khuila voei uh mai, anih soah kut hlah uh boel mai,” a ti nah. Te vaengah anih te amih kut lamloh huul ham neh a napa taengla mael puei ham a ngaih.
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23 Te dongah Joseph loh a maya rhoek taengla apha vaengah Joseph kah angkidung neh a pum dongkah pendum angkidung te a pit pauh.
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24 Te phoeiah Joseph te a khuen uh tih tangrhom khuiah a voeih uh. Tangrhom te khaw hoeng tih tui om pawh.
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25 Tedae buh ca la a ngol uh vaengah a dan uh hatah Gilead lamkah Ishmael lambong aka lo te lawt a hmuh uh. Te vaengah Ishmael rhoek loh Egypt la suntlak puei ham kalauk dongah anhoi, thingpi neh myrrh a phueih uh tih cet uh.
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26 Tedae Judah loh a manuca rhoek la, “Mah manuca te mueluemnah neh n'ngawn uh mai cakhaw a thii loh m'bueih ni.
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27 Halo uh, anih he Ishmael taengah yoi uh sih. Ning kah a saa, manuca oeh dongah anih soah kut hlah thil boel sih,” a ti nah hatah a manuca rhoek long khaw a rhoi uh.
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28 Te dongah Median hlang, thimpom rhoek halo neh Joseph te a doek uh tih tangrhom lamloh a khuen uh. Te phoeiah Joseph te Ishmael taengah tangka baelthong la a yoih uh. Te dongah Joseph te Egypt la a khuen uh.
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
29 Tedae Reuben loh tangrhom taengla a bal vaengah tangrhom khuikah Joseph te hah a sawt dongah a himbai te a phen.
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
30 Te phoeiah a manuca rhoek te a paan tih, “Camoe te a om pawt dongah kai melam ka mael eh?,” a ti nah.
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
31 Te phoeiah Joseph kah angkidung te a loh uh. Maae tal a ngawn uh kah thii dongah angkidung te a nuem uh.
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
32 Pendum angkidung te khaw a loh uh tih a napa taengla a khuen uh phoeiah, “Hekah angkidung ka hmuh uh he na capa kah himbai neh himbai pawt khaw hmat lah,” a ti nauh.
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
33 Te vaengah himbai te a hmat tih, “Ka capa kah angkidung la he, Joseph te mulhing boethae loh pat pat a ngaeh coini,” a ti.
And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
34 Jakob loh a himbai te a phen, a cinghen ah tlamhni a naak tih a capa ham hnin takuem puet nguekcoi.
Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
35 Te phoeiah anih aka hloep la a ca tongpa rhoek boeih neh a ca huta rhoek boeih khaw halo uh dae a hloep ham khaw a aal. “Ka capa taengah saelkhui la rhahdoe cangpoem neh ka suntla ni,” a ti nah tih Joseph kah a napa te rhap. (Sheol h7585)
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Median hoel long khaw Joseph te Egypt kah imtawt mangpa Pharaoh imkhoem Potiphar taengla a yoih uh.
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
