Kamtawngnae 46
1 Isarel teh a tawn e pueng hoi a tâco. Beersheba vah a pha teh a na pa Isak Cathut koe thuengnae a sak.
Israel made his journey with all that he had and went to Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2 Cathut ni karum a mang lah Isarel koe lawk a dei teh, Jakop Jakop telah ati. Ahni ni, hivah ka o, telah ati.
God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” He said, “Here I am.”
3 Ahni ni, kai teh Cathut nange Cathut lah ka o. Izip ram lah na cei hane hah taket hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, miphun kalen lah na coung sak han.
He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.
4 Nang koe Izip lah ka cei van vaiteh, bout na hrawi han, hahoi Joseph ni na mit dawk na kut a hruek han telah ati.
I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again and Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”
5 Hottelah hoi Jakop teh, Beersheba hoi a tâco teh, Isarel e capanaw ni, a na pa Jakop hoi a canaw hoi a yunaw a kâcui nahanelah Faro ni na patawn e leng dawk na kâcui sak han.
Jacob rose up from Beersheba. The sons of Israel transported Jacob their father, their children, and their wives, in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Jakop hoi a catoun pueng Kanaan ram e a hmu awh e a saringnaw hoi a hnopainaw hoi a tâcokhai teh Izip vah a cei awh.
They took their livestock and their possessions that they had accumulated in the land of Canaan. They came into Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him.
7 A capa hoi a pahringcanaw hoi a miphun a catoun pueng hah Izip vah a kâenkhai awh.
He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants.
8 Hetnaw heh Isarel catoun Izip ram ka kâen e Jakop hoi a canaw e minnaw doeh. Jakop e camin Reuben,
These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
9 Reuben capanaw teh Hanok, Pallu, Hezron hoi, Karmi.
the sons of Reuben, Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi;
10 Simeon capanaw teh Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakhin, Zohar hoi Kanaan napui koehoi e a capa Saul,
the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;
11 Levih capanaw teh Gershon, Kohath hoi, Merari
and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah capanaw teh Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez hoi Zerah naw doeh. Hateiteh, Er hoi Onan teh Kanaan kho vah a due awh toe. Perez ca roi lah Hezron hoi Hamul ao.
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Issakhar capanaw teh Tola, Puvah, Jashub hoi Shimron,
The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Lob, and Shimron;
14 Zebulun capanaw teh Sered, Elon hoi Jaheel,
The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel
15 Hotnaw teh Leah capanaw a canu Dinah hoi Paddanaram vah Jakop hanlah a khe pouh e naw lah ao. A capanaw hoi a canunaw teh abuemlahoi 33 touh a pha awh.
These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
16 Gad capanaw teh Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi hoi Areli,
The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher capanaw teh Imnah, Ishua, Ishvi, Beriah hoi a tawncanu Serah hoi Beriah capa teh Heber hoi Malkhiel tinaw doeh.
The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel
18 Hotnaw teh Zilpah Laban ni a canu Leah koevah a poe e capanaw doeh. Ahnimanaw teh tami 16 touh, Jakop ni a khe e naw doeh.
These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all.
19 Jakop yu Rachel capa roi teh Joseph hoi Benjamin doeh.
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Joseph ni Izip kho vah ao navah Manasseh hoi Ephraim a sak, hotnaw teh On kho e vaihma Potiphar canu Asenath ni a khe pouh e doeh.
In Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.
21 Benjamin capanaw teh Bela, Bekher, Ashbel Gera, Naaman Ehi, Rosh, Muppin, Huppim hoi Ard tinaw doeh.
The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Hotnaw teh Rachel ni Jakop hanlah a khe pouh e capanaw doeh, 14 touh a pha awh.
These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
23 Dan capa teh Hushim doeh.
The son of Dan was Hushim.
24 Naphtali capanaw teh Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer hoi Shillem doeh.
The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Hotnaw teh Laban ni a canu Rachel koe a poe e Bilhah ni Jakop hanlah a khe pouh e naw doeh, abuemlahoi 7 touh a pha awh.
These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.
26 Jakop e a capanaw e yu hmai touksin laipalah Jakop koe Izip ram rei ka cet e tami abuemlah 66 touh a pha awh.
All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.
27 Joseph ni Izip ram e a capa a khe e naw teh kahni touh a pha Jakop imthung Izip ram dawk kâen e pueng teh 70 touh a pha awh.
With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
28 Jakop ni Goshen lam pâtue hanelah Judah teh Joseph koe hmaloe a ceisak teh, hottelah hoi Goshen ram lah a pha awh.
Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.
29 Joseph ni a leng hah coungkacoe a rakueng teh Goshen vah a na pa a dawn hanelah a cei. Ahni koe a kâpanuesak teh a lahuen dawk a tapam teh a tapam laihoi ngailawi a ka.
Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He saw him, hugged his neck, and wept on his neck a long time.
30 Isarel ni Joseph koevah, na hring rah dawkvah, na mei bout ka hmu toe, atuteh kadout lawi nakunghai yah, telah ati.
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Joseph ni a hmaunawngha a na pa imthung koevah, ka cei vaiteh, Faro koe ka dei pouh vaiteh, ahni koevah, ka hmaunawngha hoi apa imthung Kanaan ram kaawm e hah kai koe a pha awh toe.
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, saying, 'My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 Ahnimanaw teh saring kapacanaw lah ao teh tukhoumkung lah ao awh. Tuhu hoi maitohu hoi a tawn awh e pueng a thokhai awh toe telah ka dei han.
The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.'
33 Faro ni na kaw awh teh, bang thaw maw ouk na tawk awh na tet pouh pawiteh,
It will come about, when Pharaoh calls you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'
34 nangmouh ni na sannaw teh ka mintoenaw koehoi kamtawng teh camoca hoi atu totouh, saring ka paca awh e doeh, telah na ti awh han. Hottelah hoi Goshen ram dawk na o thai awh han, telah atipouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tu ka khoum e pueng teh Izip taminaw ni a panuet awh.
that you should say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our forefathers.' Do this so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
