Suencuek 46
1 Te dongah Israel loh a taengkah aka om boeih neh cet uh tih Beersheba a pha vaengah a napa Isaak kah Pathen ham hmueih a ngawn pah.
Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 Te dongah amah tekah khoyin ah Isreal te Pathen loh mangthuinah neh a voek tih, “Jakob, Jakob,” a ti nah hatah, “Kai ka om he,” a ti nah.
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 Te vaengah kai Pathen he, na pa kah Pathen ni. Egypt la na suntlak thuk te rhih boeh. Nang te pilnu la pahoi kan khueh bitni.
He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Egypt lam khaw nang taengah kan suntlak puei vetih nang te koep kam bal puei bal ni. Joseph long khaw na mik dongah a kut a tloeng ni,” a ti nah.
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
5 Beersheba lamkah Jakob koep a thoh vaengah Israel ca rhoek loh a napa Jakob neh a ca rhoek khaw, a yuu rhoek khaw, anih aka phuei ham Pharaoh loh a pat leng nen te a khuen uh.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Te phoeiah amamih kah boiva neh Kanaan kho kah a dang uh khuehtawn te khaw a khuen uh tih Jakob neh amah taengkah a tiingan boeih loh Egypt la cet uh.
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
7 A ca tongpa rhoek neh a ca kah ca rhoek, amah taengkah a canu rhoek neh a ca rhoek kah canu rhoek khaw, a tiingan boeih te amah neh Egypt la a khuen.
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.
8 Jakob neh a ca rhoek loh Egypt la a caeh uh vaengkah Israel ca rhoek kah a ming tah, Jakob kah a caming Reuben,
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Reuben ca rhoek la Enok, Pallu, Khetsron neh, Karmee
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon ca rhoek la Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakhin, Zohar neh Kanaan nu kah a capa Saul,
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi ca rhoek la Gershon, Kohath neh, Merari
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah koca rhoek la Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, Zerah om daea Er neh Onan te Kanaan kho ah duek tih Perez ca rhoi la Khetsron neh Hamul om.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Issakhar ca rhoek la Tola, Puvah, Jashub neh Shimron,
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Zebulun ca rhoek la Sered, Elon neh Jaheel,
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Paddanaram ah Jakob ham a sak pah Leah koca rhoek te a canu Dinah nen tah a pum la huta tongpa hinglu thumkip pathum lo.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Gad ca rhoek la Ziphion, Hakki, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi neh Areli,
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher ca rhoek la Imnah, Ishua, Ishee, Beriah neh a ngannu Serah om tih Beriah ca la Heber neh Malkhiel om.
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Amih he Laban loh a canu Leah taengah a paek Zilpah koca rhoek ni. Te dongah anih loh Jakob ham a sak pah he hinglu la hlai rhuk lo.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Jakob yuu Rakhel ca rhoi la Joseph neh Benjamin om.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Joseph loh Egypt kho ah a om vaengkah a ca sak la Oni khosoih Potiphera canu Asenath loh Manasseh neh Ephraim a sak pah.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Benjamin ca rhoek khaw Bela, Bekher, Ashbel Gera, Naaman Ehi, Rosh Muppin, Huppim neh Ard om.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Jakob ham a sak pah Rakhel koca rhoek kah hinglu boeih he hlai li lo.
These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Dan ca la Hushim om.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naphtali ca rhoek la Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer neh Shillem om.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Laban loh a canu Rakhel a paek tih Jakob ham ca aka sak pah Bilhah koca kah hinglu boeih te parhih lo.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 Te dongah Jakob ca rhoek kah a yuu rhoek te a hoep phoeiah Jakob amah pum dongkah aka poe tih Egypt la a caeh puei hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhuk parhuk boeih louh.
All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Joseph loh Egypt kah a cun a ca rhoi hinglu panit nen ngawn tah a pum boeih la Egypt aka paan Jakob imkhui he hinglu sawmrhih lo.
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
28 Te vaengah Judah te Goshen hil a hmai ah thuinuet ham Joseph taengah a hmai la a tueih tih Goshen khohmuen te a pha uh.
Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Joseph khaw amah kah leng te a khih tih a napa Israel doe ham Goshen la cet. Te dongah a napa te a hmuh neh a rhawn ah a kop tih a rhawn dongah puet rhap.
Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 Te vaengah Israel loh Joseph la, “Na hing pueng tih na maelhmai ka hmuh coeng dongah ka duek thai pawn ni,” a ti nah.
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Te phoeiah Joseph loh a manuca rhoek taeng neh a napa cako taengah, “Pharaoh yaak sak ham ka cet vetih, 'Kanaan kho kah ka manuca rhoek neh a pa cako te kai taengla ha pawk uh coeng.
Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Tedae tekah hlang rhoek te boiva aka dawn hlang la om uh oeh tih boiva khaw a dawn uh dongah amamih kah boiva neh saelhung a khueh uh boeih te han khuen uh,’ ka ti nah ni.
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
33 Te vaengah Pharaoh loh nangmih n'uen tih, 'Na bibi balae,’ a ti ni.
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 Te vaengah, 'Na sal rhoek ngawn tah, a pa rhoek khaw, kamamih khaw ka camoe uh lamkah tahae due boiva hlang la om uh. Te dongah boiva aka dawn boeih he Egypt rhoek kah tueilaehkoi la a coeng dongah Goshen kho ah kho nan sak sak mai mako,'ti na uh,” a ti nah.
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
