Semtilbu 50
1 Hichun Joseph apa mai senan akineiyin apa chunga kap pum in akoi jin achop in ahi.
And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father’s face weeping and kissing him.
2 Chuin Joseph in asohte louthem ho chu apa longdamsa tom din thu apen, hichun louthem ho chun atom tauvin ahi.
And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
3 Hitobanga longdamsa kitom chu nisom li tobang lut jia ahi; chule Egypt miho ama chu nisom sagi alunghem pi vin ahi.
And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.
4 Hichun lunghem na nikho ho chu ahung kichai tan, Joseph in lengpa Pharaoh insung mite chu ahoulimpin, “Lungset tah in kadei khat neibol peh thei diu ham Pharaoh koma keima khel in neiga sei peh dingu kanom e,” ati.
And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:
5 Kapa in adamlai in eina kihahsel sah in hitin aseiye, “Keima ka hinkho beivah ding ahitai, hijeh chun keima tahsa hi Canaan gam'a nei nung lhut teiyin ati, chule keima kivui na dia lhan ka kisem na muna nei vui tei ding ahi ati. Hijeh chun lungset tah in neisol inlang kapa ga kivui ingting kin kivuina akichai teng tep son louva kahung kinungle ding ahi tai.
For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.
6 Chuin Pharaoh in adonbut in, “Napan nangma na kitep sah na bang in gachen lang napa chu gaki vuitan,” ati.
And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.
7 Hichun Joseph chu apa Israel vui din achetan ahile Pharaoh in alhon piding in Egypt gamsunga alen alal ho ahin asohte ahin, asemang pachong ho jouse toh asol than ahi.
So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 Joseph in a insung mite ahin asopite ahinpui in chule chapang neocha hole gancha hole kelcha ho ahin, sangan hole bongho le adang hose vang Goshem a ahin dalhau vin ahi.
And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.
9 Chuin amaho jouse toh sakol kangtalai toh sakol chunga atou un Joseph chu alhon piuvin ahi.
He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was a great company.
10 Hichun amaho Jordan vadunga Atad chang vohna mun ahung lhun un amaho gimna tah in a lunghem na aneiyun lhase tah in aum un Joseph in jong nisa gi jen lunghem tah in aum in ahi.
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.
11 Chuin hiche a cheng Canaan gam miten Atad chang voh na muna amaho lunghem tah a aumu chu amu uvin, hichun amahon hitin asei uve, “Tuhi Egypt mite dinga nasa taha lunghem lhaset phat ahin hijeh chun hiche mun chu Abel Mizraim asah tauvin ahi.”
And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.
12 Hichun Jacob chaten ama in athupeh bang bang in abolpeh'un ahi.
So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.
13 Ama hon apa longdamsa chu Canaan gam'a apolut tauvin Macphelah kotong phailei a Mamre koma Abraham'in hiche mun chu Ephron Hititte pa koma atonsot a kivui thei na dinga ana choh doh ahitai.
And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite over against Mambre.
14 Aman apa Jacob chu avui jou chun Joseph ahin asopite ho jouse chule midang akilhon pi jouse Egypt gam'a ahung ki nungle tauvin ahi.
And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.
15 Ahin tua hi amaho apao umtah luo jeh chun Joseph sopi ho chu hatah in ahung tija tauvin, amahon aseiyun, “Joseph chun alunghan na ho eihon inabolset nau jouse chu ahin phulah ding ahi,” atiuve.
Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.
16 Hijeh chun amahon hiche thucheng ho hi Joseph hetdin athot tauve, napa athi masang chun hiche thuguh ho eina seipeh uve.
And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
17 Joseph henga hiti hin sei peh uvin lang, “Na heng'a ka tao ahi, na sopiten na chunga thil gilou abol uva suhkhel anei nau chu ngaidam in,” ‘tin aseiye tiuvin,’ ati. Hijeh chun keiho na henga katao vui, na hingpa napa Pathen sohte suhkhel na chu ngaidam tan atiuve; ajah a athusei jeh-u chun Joseph akap tai.
That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
18 Hichun asopi ho ahung un ama masanga akun un hitin aseiyun, “keima ho hi nangma soh kahiuve.”
And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.
19 Ahin Joseph in amaho chu a houlimpi in, “Nangho tija hih un, keima Pathen khel a ka hipoi?”
And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
20 Nangma hon thil phalou nana gong un ahin Pathen in aphalam tah in ahin gong in tu tua mutheiya um mihem tamtah hinkho huhhing'a um thei ahi.
You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
21 Hijeh chun nangma ho kicha hih un, nangma ho ahin nachate hou ahin, ka ngailut na kajom jing ding ahi, chule Joseph in avel in angailut avetsah in thu ngeitah in ama ho chu ahoulim pin ahi.
Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
22 Joseph ahin asopite ho jouse Egypt ma acheng soh keiyin, Joseph chu atahsa kum ja khat le kum som alhing tan ahi.
And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father’s house: and lived a hundred and ten years.
23 Chuin Joseph in khang thum chan na geiya Ephraim chilhah ho jong amun chu jong leh Joseph thagui a peng Manasseh chapa Machir chate jong ana mupeh in ahi.
And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasses were born on Joseph’s knees.
24 Chuin Joseph in asopite jah a, “Keivang kathina ding anai lam tan, ahivang in Pathen in nangho nahungvil tei yun tin, hiche gam a kon hin Abraham, Isaac chule Jacob henga anaki hahsel nagama dingin nahin puitou vunte,” ati.
After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Hichun Joseph in Israel chate chu aki tepsah in chuin aman hitin aseiye, “Pathen in nahin kithopiuva hiche muna kona nahung pui teng ule hiche muna kona kagu kachang ho hi na nungpoh teitei diu ahi,” ati.
And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:
26 Hichun Joseph kum jakhat le kum som ahin ahinkho abeitai. Hichun Egypt miten Joseph long damsa chu atom un athi kong chu Egypt gam sunga thingkong sunga akoi tauve.
And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
