Suencuek 43
1 Tedae diklai ah khokha a nah pueng dongah,
But the famine prevailed in 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 it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.
3 Te vaengah Judah loh a napa te, “Hlang loh kaimih taengah, 'Na mana te namah neh na pawk pawt atah kai maelhmai na hmuh uh mahpawh,’ a ti tih n'hih la n'hih.
And Judas spoke to him, saying, The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.
4 Ka mana te nan tueih mai koinih ka cet uh vetih namah ham man caak ka lai uh ve.
If, then, you send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy you food;
5 Nan tueih van pawt atah hlang loh kaimih taengah, 'Na mana te namah neh na pawk pawt atah kai maelhmai hmu uh mahpawh,’ a ti oeh dongah ka cet uh mahpawh, a ti nah.
but if you send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.
6 Te dongah Israel loh, “Na mana khat te khaw ba ham lae hlang taengla na puen uh tih kai he nan talh uh,” a ti nah.
And Israel said, Why did you harm me, inasmuch as you told the man that you had a 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.
And they said, The man closely questioned us about our family also, saying, Does your father yet live, and have you a brother? and we answered him according to this question: did we know that he would say to us, Bring your brother?
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, camoe rhoek khaw n'duek pawt eh.
And Judas said to his father Israel, Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you, and our store.
9 Anih te 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.
And I engage for him; at my hand do you require him; if I bring him not to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty towards you for ever.
10 Tedae ka uelh uh pawt koinih he la koep ka voei uh pawn ni,” a ti nah.
For if we had not tarried, we should now have returned twice.
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 ham te khosaa la khuen uh.
And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.
12 Na kut dongah tangka rhaepnit la khuen uh lamtah na sungkoi so kah tangka te khaw mael puei uh. Na kut dongah na loh tholh khaming.
And take double money in your hands, and the money that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest perhaps it is a mistake.
13 Na mana khaw khuen uh. Hlah uh lamtah hlang taengla ha cet uh laeh.
And take your brother; and arise, go down 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 my God give you favour in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.
15 Te dongah tekah hlang rhoek loh khosaa te a khuen uh. Te phoeiah a kut dongkah tangka te rhaepnit la a khuen uh tih aka thoo uh te Benjamin khaw Egypt la a suntlak puei uh tih Joseph hmai ah pai uh.
And the men having taken these presents, and the double money, took in their hands also Benjamin; and they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
16 Joseph loh amih neh Benjamin te a hmuh vaengah a im aka khut taengah, “Hlang rhoek te im la khuen. Te phoeiah maeh ngawn lamtah kamah neh khothun buh caak ham sai,” a ti nah.
And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and kill beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.
17 Tekah hlang long khaw Joseph kah a thui bangla a saii van tih hlang rhoek te Joseph im la a khuen.
And the man did as Joseph said; and he brought the men into the house of Joseph.
18 Tedae Joseph im la a 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 laak rhoek khaw sal la tuuk ham n'khuen coeng,” a ti uh.
And the men, when they perceived that they were brought into the house of Joseph, said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first; even in order to inform against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants, and our asses.
19 Te dongah Joseph im kah hlang taengla thoeih uh tih im kah thohka ah a voek uh.
And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,
20 Te phoeiah, “Ka boeipa aw, a moecuek vaengah ni caak lai ham ka suntlak khaw ka suntlak uh coeng.
saying, We pray [you], Sir; we came down at first to buy food.
21 Tedae rhaehim ka pha uh vaengah kamamih kah sungkoi te ka hlam uh hatah sungkoi kah a rhai ah tangka te rhip a om tarha dongah amah tarhing la ka kut dongah ka tangka te kan khuen uh.
And it came to pass, when we came to unlade, and opened our sacks, [there was] also this money of each in his sack; we have now brought back our money by weight in our hands.
22 Te phoeiah caak lai ham te 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 with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks.
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 khueh tih na tangka loh kai taeng ham pha coeng,” a ti nah tih Simeon te amih taengla a mawt pah.
And he said to them, [God deal] mercifully with you; be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money. And he brought Symeon out to them.
24 Tekah hlang loh hlang rhoek te Joseph im la a khuen. Tui a paek tih a kho a yuh phoeiah laak ham rhamcak khaw a tloeng pah.
And he brought water to wash their feet; and 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.
And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine 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.
And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they did him reverence with their face to the ground.
27 Te phoeiah amih te sading kawng a dawt tih, “Na pa patong na ti uh te sading la hing pueng a?,” a ti nah.
And he asked them, How are you? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom you spoke, well? Does he yet live?
28 Te vaengah, “Na sal rhoek khaw ka sading uh tih a pa khaw hing pueng,” a ti nah uh phoeiah buluk uh tih a bawk la a bawk uh coeng.
And they said, Your servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God; —and they bowed, and did him reverence.
29 Te vaengah a mik a huel hatah a manu ca, a mana Benjamin te a hmuh tih, “Na mana a poeih na ti uh te anih a?,” a ti nah tih, “Ka ca Pathen loh nang n'rhen saeh,” a ti nah.
And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom you spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on you, my son.
30 Tedae Joseph loh a manuca rhoek taengah a haidamnah pahoi tloo tih a rhah thaa la huut. Te dongah imkhui la cet tih pahoi rhap.
And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.
31 Tedae a hmai a hlak phoeiah halo tih thiim uh. Te phoeiah, “Buh poep laeh,” a ti nah.
And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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 they set on [bread] for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men looked with amazement every one at his brother.
34 Te vaengah Joseph loh amah hmai kah buham te 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.
And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as the portions of [the others]. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
