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.
Some time later, two of the king of Egypt’s officials did things that displeased him. One was his chief (drink-server/man who prepared the wine and served it to the king), and the other was his chief (baker/man who baked bread for the king).
2 Hiche lamkai teni chunga hi Pharaoh nasatah in alunghang tan ahi.
The king became angry with both of them.
3 Chuin Pharaoh in amani chu Joseph umna lengpa songkul natong ho umna ah akoiyin ahi.
So he had them put in prison, in the house of the captain of the palace guards. That was the place where Joseph was being kept.
4 Songkul ngahpan amani chu Joseph thanei na noiya a umsah in Joseph in jong amani chu vetkolna anei jing in ahi.
The two men were in prison for a long time. And during that time the captain of the palace guards appointed Joseph to be their servant, to take care of their needs.
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.
One night while the king’s drink-server and his baker were there in the prison, each of them had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning.
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.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Joseph in adong in, “Sopi teni ibola namai lhon lhailou ham,” ati.
So he asked them, “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.
One of them answered, “We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.” Joseph said to them, “God is the only one who can [RHQ] tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.”
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.
So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, “In my dream I saw a grapevine 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.
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of 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.
I was holding the king’s cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to the king to drink the juice.”
12 Joseph in hitin aseiye, “Lengpi bah thum hochu nithum tina ahi.
[God immediately told Joseph what the dream meant]. So Joseph said to him, “This is the meaning of your dream: The three branches of the vine represent 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 days the king will release you from prison. He will let you do the work that you did before. You will take cups of wine to the king as you did before, when you were his drink-server.
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 when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
15 Ajeh chu Hebrew gam a ka in apat a eikiman doh tua hiche songkul'a kaum hi mona neilou bolkhel ka neipoi.
People took me away forcefully from the land where my fellow Hebrews live. [I did nothing wrong there], and also while I have been here in Egypt, I have done nothing for which I deserved to be put in prison. So be kind to me and tell the king about me, so that he will release me from this prison!”
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 heard that the meaning of the dream of the king’s drink-server was very favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. In the dream I was surprised to see three baskets of bread stacked 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 top basket there were many kinds of baked goods for the king, but birds were eating them from the top basket that was on my head!”
18 Joseph in amang chu ale pehtan, “Paipeh thum chun nithum ma avetsah ahin,
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Nithum sunga hi Pharaoh in nalu adopsang ding thing phunga nakhai sang a, vachaten naphe anehchai ding'u ahi.”
Within three days the king will command that your head be cut off. Then your body will be hung on a tree, and vultures will come and eat your flesh.”
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,
The third day after that was the (king’s birthday/day they celebrated when the king became one year older). On that day the king invited all his officials to celebrate his birthday. During the celebration, while they were all gathered there, the king summoned his chief drink-server and chief baker from the prison.
21 Ju vaihom pachu aju vaihom na ma man apansah kit'in, aman jong jukhon chu Pharaoh khut a agapetai.
He said that his chief drink-server could have his previous job again, so that again he took cups of wine to the king.
22 Ahin an vaihom lamkaipa vang chu Joseph in amani henga mang alepeh bang chun akhai lih tan ahi.
But he commanded that the chief baker should be killed by being hanged, just as Joseph had said would happen when he told the two men the meaning of their dreams.
23 Hichun ju vaihom lamkaipan Joseph chu ageldoh tapon asumil deltai.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
