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?
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
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 said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
3 Hichun Joseph sopite ho mi som neh cho ding in Egypt lama asuh chetauvin ahi.
Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from 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.
But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to 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.
The sons of Israel came to buy amongst those who came, for the famine was 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.
Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces 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.
Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognised them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
8 Joseph in asopiho chu ahet vang'in amahon ahe doh jou pouve.
Joseph recognised his brothers, but they didn’t recognise 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.
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamt about them, and said 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.
They said 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 one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not 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.
He said 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.”
They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
14 Joseph in adonbut in, “Keiman kasei banga nang ho hi michom miphalou na hiuve,” ati.
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told 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 shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes 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 get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
17 Hichun Joseph in amaho chu abonchauvin songkul'a nithum jen ahen in ahi.
He put them all together into custody 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.
Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and 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 are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry 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.
Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did 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.
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has 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.”
Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, 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.
They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter 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.
He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from amongst them, and bound 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.
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
26 Hichun asopi hon sangan chung a chun nehding chang chu ahengdoh un a inlamu ahin jon tauve.
They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed 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.
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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.”
He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that 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.
They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to 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, spoke roughly with us, and took us for 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.
We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no 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 no more, and the youngest 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.
The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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.
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in 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.
As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were 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!”
Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are 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.
Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
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)
He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
