Semtilbu 40
1 Hicheng thilsoh kichai nung chun Pharaoh lengpa natong ju vaihompa le an vai hompan apupa Egypt lengpa doumah abol lhon in achonse lhontai.
After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] and his baker sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· against their lord, the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
2 Hiche lamkai teni chunga hi Pharaoh nasatah in alunghang tan ahi.
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.
3 Chuin Pharaoh in amani chu Joseph umna lengpa songkul natong ho umna ah akoiyin ahi.
He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [May he add] was bound.
4 Songkul ngahpan amani chu Joseph thanei na noiya a umsah in Joseph in jong amani chu vetkolna anei jing in ahi.
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph [May he add], and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
5 Jan khat chun songkul insunga kihen teni Egypt lengpa juvaihompa le an vaihompa chun mang khat cheh, amang ledohna toh kilhon cheh-in anei lhon in ahi.
They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery], who were bound in the prison.
6 Hichun Joseph in amani chu jingkah lama amailhon lunglhai lou chu ahedohtan Joseph in amani chu adongin, ibola nang teni namai lhon kipah lou ham ati.
Joseph [May he add] came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.
7 Joseph in adong in, “Sopi teni ibola namai lhon lhailou ham,” ati.
He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Amanin adon but lhon in, “Janlhah in keinin mang kanei gel lhon in amavang koi machan kamang ipi kisei na ahi aledoh thei aumpoi ati lhon e, ahin Joseph in adonbut in,” mang in ipi ahetsah dichu Pathen kin ahi. Chule namang lhon chu neisei peh lhon in ati.
They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph [May he add] said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”
9 Hichun khon dom le a pang lamkai pa chun Joseph chu amang ho chu asei peh tai. Ka manga lengpi bah ka masanga ka mun.
The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph [May he add], and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
10 Hiche lengpi phunga chun abah thum ajam kamun, gang tah in ahung mum in chu in apah lha tai, hiche aga hochu lengpithei ga ahung hitai.
and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
11 Pharaoh chakhon chu ka khut chunga ana um'in, hichun keiman lengpi ga chu ka sujot in atwi chu Pharaoh khona ka sun peh e.
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
12 Joseph in hitin aseiye, “Lengpi bah thum hochu nithum tina ahi.
Joseph [May he add] said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
13 Nithum sunga hi Pharaoh in nithum jou teng nadom sang intin, chule masanga nana toh na a nanung koi kit ding ahi.
Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did before his judgement, when you were his cup bearer.
14 Chule nangma koma katao ahi, chanvou pha nahung chan teng neihin sumil hih beh in Pharaoh koma hitobang kathil bol hohi eina seipeh in, ajeh chu songkul'a kona eilha doh thei na ding in,” ati.
But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show chesed ·loving-kindness· to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
15 Ajeh chu Hebrew gam a ka in apat a eikiman doh tua hiche songkul'a kaum hi mona neilou bolkhel ka neipoi.
For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews [Immigrants], and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
16 Hichun changlhah hom'a lamkai pachu Joseph in amang hoitah a ale chu amu le ama jong atha anom lheh in; Joseph jah ah hitin aseiye, “Keiman jong jan mang kaneiye, ka manga chun paipeh thum changlhah dimset kalu chunga kapoi.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph [May he add], “I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
17 Paipeh achuna pa sunga chun changlhah ajat lhingsel in aum in, Pharaoh a ding ahi, ahin vacha ho ahung leng un ka luchunga changlhah ho chu ane doh tauve.”
In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
18 Joseph in amang chu ale pehtan, “Paipeh thum chun nithum ma avetsah ahin,
Joseph [May he add] answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
19 Nithum sunga hi Pharaoh in nalu adopsang ding thing phunga nakhai sang a, vachaten naphe anehchai ding'u ahi.”
Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
20 Pharaoh in nithum jou in ama penni kipapina in anoiya a semang pachonga pang jouse akou khom in hiche a pang dinga chu juvai hom lamkai pa le an vaihom lamkaipa chu alhadoh gel in,
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
21 Ju vaihom pachu aju vaihom na ma man apansah kit'in, aman jong jukhon chu Pharaoh khut a agapetai.
He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
22 Ahin an vaihom lamkaipa vang chu Joseph in amani henga mang alepeh bang chun akhai lih tan ahi.
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph [May he add] had interpreted to them.
23 Hichun ju vaihom lamkaipan Joseph chu ageldoh tapon asumil deltai.
Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph [May he add], but forgot him.
