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 traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and 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 the visions of the night, and said, “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. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of 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. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
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, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which 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 goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
7 A capa hoi a pahringcanaw hoi a miphun a catoun pueng hah Izip vah a kâenkhai awh.
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.
8 Hetnaw heh Isarel catoun Izip ram ka kâen e Jakop hoi a canaw e minnaw doeh. Jakop e camin Reuben,
These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Reuben capanaw teh Hanok, Pallu, Hezron hoi, Karmi.
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon capanaw teh Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakhin, Zohar hoi Kanaan napui koehoi e a capa Saul,
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levih capanaw teh Gershon, Kohath hoi, Merari
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: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan 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: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14 Zebulun capanaw teh Sered, Elon hoi Jaheel,
The sons of Zebulun: 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 are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Gad capanaw teh Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi hoi Areli,
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, 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: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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 are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Jakop yu Rachel capa roi teh Joseph hoi Benjamin doeh.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: 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.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Benjamin capanaw teh Bela, Bekher, Ashbel Gera, Naaman Ehi, Rosh, Muppin, Huppim hoi Ard tinaw doeh.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, 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 are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Dan capa teh Hushim doeh.
The son of Dan: Hushim.
24 Naphtali capanaw teh Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer hoi Shillem doeh.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, 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 are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
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 the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
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.
The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
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 before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into 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 presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
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 speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘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.
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and 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 happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘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 shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
