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 sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”
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.
He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;
3 Hichun Joseph sopite ho mi som neh cho ding in Egypt lama asuh chetauvin ahi.
and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain 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.
and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”
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 the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,
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 is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
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 Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp things with them, and says to them, “From where have you come?” And they say, “From the land of Canaan—to buy food.”
8 Joseph in asopiho chu ahet vang'in amahon ahe doh jou pouve.
And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
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 Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness 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.
And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have 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 of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
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 says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the 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.”
and they say, “Your servants [are] twelve brothers; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the young one [is] with our father today, and one is not.”
14 Joseph in adonbut in, “Keiman kasei banga nang ho hi michom miphalou na hiuve,” ati.
And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, 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.
by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;
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, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not, [as] Pharaoh lives, surely you [are] spies”;
17 Hichun Joseph in amaho chu abonchauvin songkul'a nithum jen ahen in ahi.
and he gathers them into confinement [for] 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 Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; 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 [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of 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 you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do so.
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 say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on 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 Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And you did not listen; and his blood also, behold, it 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 have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;
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 turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Simeon from them, and binds him before their eyes.
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 Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels [with] grain, also to put back the money of each of them into his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one does to them so.
26 Hichun asopi hon sangan chung a chun nehding chang chu ahengdoh un a inlamu ahin jon tauve.
And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
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 the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,
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 he says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their heart goes out, and they tremble, to one another saying, “What [is] this God has done to 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 come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting 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 man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
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 say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
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 brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one [is] today with our father in the land of Canaan.
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 the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go,
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 young brother to me, and I know that you [are] not spies, but you [are] right men; I give your brother to you, and you trade with the land.”
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.
And it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;
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!”
and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against 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 Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;
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)
and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
