Semtilbu 42
1 Hichun Egypt ma anneh anendan chu Jacob in ahe tan, achate jah a asei tai, “Ibola na din chet chut uva kiveto nahiu ham?
And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?
2 Keiman thusoh kajan Egypt gam lama chang aum e, hijeh chun nangho cheuvin lang neh ding gacho tauvin, eima ho ikihinso thei nadingu vin,” ati.
I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.
3 Hichun Joseph sopite ho mi som neh cho ding in Egypt lama asuh chetauvin ahi.
So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:
4 Hinlah Jacob in vang Joseph sopipa Benjamin chu amaho lah a asol tapoi, aman aseiyin, “Keima katiya lheh tai ajole kisuh khah na le boina toh khante,” ati.
Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.
5 Canaan gam kel hah aum tah jeh chun Israel (Jacob) chate chu Egypt lama anneh hol din mijouse toh ahung lhung khom tauve.
And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
6 Tua hi Joseph chu Egypt gam'a chu gam vaihom ahitan, chule chang john a dinga thanei na jouse Joseph kipe ahi tan, hiche pettah chun asopite ahung lhung tauvin, amaho ahung lhun lhun un, hikoma chun tol'a ama ho abohkhup un akunsoh tauve.
And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,
7 Joseph'in asopite chu amuphat in abonchauvin ahe soh keiyin, ahi vang in amaho chu hetphah lou bol in, hutot tah-in ahouvin, chule ajah uva, “Hoiya kona hung na hiuvem ong?” atile amahon jong “Canaan gam'a kon kahiuvin, puhsui dinga hung kahiuve,” atiuvin ahi.
And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.
8 Joseph in asopiho chu ahet vang'in amahon ahe doh jou pouve.
And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.
9 Hichun Joseph in kum tamtah masang a asopi ho mang ana mat ho chu ahin geldoh in asopi ho koma hitin aseiye, “Nangho hi mipha lou le migucha nahiuve, keima ho gam hi lah mangthei ham ahiloule akihongbit joupouve, tia neihung khol leu ahi,” ati.
And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.
10 Ahipoi ka Pakai tin ama hon a donbut uvin, “Nasoh teho hi puhsui anneh hol a choh ding joh ka hi bouve.
But they said: It is not so, my lord, but thy servants are come to buy food.
11 Keiho jouse hi pa khat a hung peng cheh kahi bouve, milung theng ka hiuve, nasoh hohi miphalou kahi pouve!”
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.
12 Ahin Joseph in a sei kit leuvin, “Ahipoi nangho hi ka gam'u hi gam ong kivaipoh achavaiye tia nei hung khol leu ahi,” ati.
And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.
13 Hinlah ama hon a donbut uvin, “nasoh teho hi ucha pasal som le ni kahiuvin, pa khatna hung peng ka hiuvin, Canaan gam'a incheng tuchung hin aneopen pa hi ka paotoh ka hin dalha uvin, chule mi khatpa vang aum tapoi.”
But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.
14 Joseph in adonbut in, “Keiman kasei banga nang ho hi michom miphalou na hiuve,” ati.
He saith: This is it that I said: You are spies.
15 Hichea hi nangma ho kapatep ding na hiuve, Pharaoh hinlahi sea hiche mun hi nada lhah lou ding'u, chule nasopi pau a lhumpen pa na hinpui kah seuva ati.
I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.
16 Nangho lah a mikhat kisol uvin lang amapa chun na sopi pau chu hinpui henlang, chule adangho se hilaiya na um ding'u, na thusei'u hi dihnam tia ka khol chil ding ahi; amavang hichu ahi loule Pharaoh ahin laisea nang ho hi michom, miphalou kiti chu na hiuve.
Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.
17 Hichun Joseph in amaho chu abonchauvin songkul'a nithum jen ahen in ahi.
So he put them in prison three days.
18 Nithum lhin nin Joseph in aseiyin, “Hiche hi bol uvin nahin thei nading uvin, ajeh chu keiman Pathen ka ging lheh jeng'e ati.
And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.
19 Nangho hi milung theng na hiu leh nangho lah a mikhat hi songkul'a umden uvin lang, ahin adangse se vang ki nungle cheh uvin, na insung mite din chang le mim kipoh un che tauvin ati.
If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.
20 Chule na sopi pau alhumpen pachu keima koma nahin pui dingu, na thusei houchu dihnam tia kakhol chil ding ahi. Chule nangho nathi lou dingu,” hiti chun amahon jong akisei chu abol'un ahiye.
And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.
21 Hichun amaho khat le khat akihou lim un, “Adih tah a sei dinga eiho hi isopi pau Joseph ibolset jeh uva gotna ichan'u ahi tai atiuve. Ajeh chu eihon imusoh kei jun aman ahinkho huhdoh na ding in a taovin, hinlah eihon inahsah pouve, hiche ho jeh a chu tua hi gotna ho hi eiho chunga hung chu ahitai atiuve.
And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.
22 Hichun Reuben in amaho chu hitin adonbut in, “Keiman kasei hilou ham, chapang chu imachan bolse hih un, ahin ka thusei nangai pouvin, tua eihon ama thisan man chu isah diu ahitai.”
And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.
23 Ahin amahon Joseph thusei chu ahe doh pouve, ajeh chu amaho ki kah lah a paole apan jeh jal ahi.
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
24 Hinlah Joseph a kihei doh in achom lang angan akap tai, ahin ama ahung kinung hei kitin avel in amaho jah thei dingin ahoulim in, hichun amaho lah a Simeon chu alheng doh in amaho mitmu tah in akan tup tai.
And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.
25 Hichun Joseph in thu apen, amaho dipsunga chun chang khum peh uvin, chule sum ho jong chu ama ama dipsunga nung hetpeh un, chule lampia aneh dingu jong gonpeh uvin hiti chun amaho din thil gontup in aumtai.
And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man’s money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.
26 Hichun asopi hon sangan chung a chun nehding chang chu ahengdoh un a inlamu ahin jon tauve.
But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way.
27 Ahin jan na akingah naova amaho lah a mikhat pa chun sangan an neh peh ding agotan adipsung chu agah hon doh le adip sunga sum dangka chu ahin mudoh tan ahi.
And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack’s mouth;
28 Veuvin tin asopiho jah a aseiyin, “Kasum hohi ka dipsunga eiki nungkoi peh kit tai,” hichun amaho chu alungu alhadeh tauvin kithing pum pum in khat le khat akihou khom un, “Pathen in ipi eito sah u hi tante atiuve.”
And said to his brethren: My money is given me again, behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 Hichun amahon apao Jacob heng Canaan gamsung ahung lhung kit tauvin, hichun ama hon Jacob koma thil ahinto hou chu aseipeh un, hitin aseiyui.
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:
30 “Gamneipa chun hiti hin aw sangtah in keiho jah din asam in, chule keiho hi miphalou gamsunga thilse bol ding in eigingmo un ahi.
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
31 Hinlah keihon amapa chu ka donbut un, keiho hi milung theng miki tah ka hi bouve ka tiuvin, chule keiho miphaloute ka hipouve.
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
32 Chule keima hohi ucha sopi som le ni solam a hung kon ka hiuvin, Pakhat in eihin'u ahin, mikhat vang ahing tapon chule aneo pen pa vang tuhin ka pao toh Canaan gamsunga ka hin dalha uve.
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.
33 Hichun gamsung a lamkai pipu pa chun hitin eisei peh uve, nangma ho hi hitia ka bol ding mipha milung theng nahiu kahet doh nadin, nangho lah a khat ki dalhau vin, chule adanghon an neh ding chang le mim pouvin lang na inkote kom lang nung che tauvin.
And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways.
34 Hinlah na sopipau alhumpen pachu ka henga na hin puilut tei ding'u ahi ati, chule keiman hiche jou teng chule nang hohi mipha midih tah nahiu, michom le mikhol na hi pouve tichu kahet chet ding ahitai. Hiche teng chule nasopi pau chu kanung peh kit diu chule nanghon boina umlouva navah sel a an jong nakihol theiyu ahi,” ati.
And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.
35 Adip'u chu alhei lha uvin ahile vetan amitakip in asum chun cheh chu ama ama dip sung cheh a ana umsoh keiyin; ama hon jong apaovin jong a sumchun chengseu chu amudoh phat uvin akihot lhul gam tauve.
When they had told this, they poured out their corn and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together,
36 Jacob chu tijatah'in ahoulim in, “Nangho hin ka chate ho neiguh mang peh cheh dingu ahi tai, Joseph jong aum ta pon, Simeon jong aum ta pon, chule tua nang hon Benjamin jong nei puimang peh kigo kit'un, na thil bol jouseu hi keima douna jeng ahi tai!”
Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.
37 Hichun Reuben in apa Jacob chu a donbut in, “Benjamin chu ka hin nungpui louleh ka chate ni hi na deidei nalo thei ahitai, chule keiman Benjamin na ding in mopo nang kate ati, chule thonlouva kahin nungpui kit teitei ding ahi,” ati.
And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.
38 Ahin Jacob in a donbut in, “Ka chapa chu nangma toh chelou ding ahi, ajeh chu aupa Joseph jong athi tan, tua kanei ka lungmonpi ama bou ahi tai; ijem tin lamkim lang nagei tengu le lamkah lah a toset tohkha ta hen lang hile kasam kan nung jenga jong lunghema thikhol khul a neilhoh lut pai tah bah dingu ahibouve,” ati. (Sheol h7585)
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell. (Sheol h7585)
