Genesis 42
1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Izip prae ah cang oh, tito Jakob mah thaih naah, a caanawk khaeah, Tikhoe nangmacae hoi nangmacae to nang khet o khing loe?
2 “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Khenah, Izip prae ah cang oh, tiah ka thaih; caeh o tathuk loe, a duek o han ai a hing o thai hanah, cang to qan oh, tiah a naa.
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
To pongah Joseph ih amya hatonawk loe cang qan hanah Izip prae ah caeh o tathuk.
4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
Toe Jakop mah raihaih tong moeng tih, tiah zithaih tawnh pongah, Joseph ih amnawk, Benjamin loe patoeh ai.
5 So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
Kanaan prae ah khokha pongah, cang qan han caeh kaminawk thungah, Israel ih caanawk athum o toeng.
6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Joseph loe prae ukkung ah oh moe, kaminawk khaeah cang zawkung ah oh; Joseph ih amyanawk loe caeh o moe, anih hmaa ah long ah akuep o.
7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
Joseph mah amyanawk to hnuk naah, nihcae to maat boih, toe kami kalah baktiah angsak pae moe, nihcae to lok kaham hoiah tapring; nihcae khaeah, Nangcae loe naa hoiah maw nang zoh o? tiah a naa. Nihcae mah, Cang qan hanah Kanaan prae hoiah kang zoh o, tiah a naa o.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Joseph mah amyanawk to panoek, toe nihcae mah anih to panoek o ai.
9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Joseph mah nihcae kawng thuih koehhaih amang to a poek moe, nihcae khaeah, Nangcae loe tamquta hoi misa khen kami ni, prae thung thazokhaih oh maw, om ai tiah khet han ih ni nang zoh o, tiah a naa.
10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Nihcae mah, To tih na ai ni, ka angraeng, na tamnanawk loe cang qan han ih ni kang zoh o.
11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Kaicae loe kami maeto ih caa ni, kaicae loe kahoih kami ah ni ka oh o, na tamnanawk loe minawk khen paqu kami na ai ni, tiah a naa o.
12 “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Nihcae khaeah, To tih na ai ni; prae thung thazokhaih oh maw, om ai tiah khet han ih ni nang zoh o, tiah a naa.
13 But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
Toe nihcae mah, Kaicae loe nawkamya hatlai hnetto ka oh o moe, Kanaan prae ah kaom kami maeto ih caa ah ni ka oh o boih; khenah, asoi koek loe kam pa khaeah oh moe, maeto loe om ai boeh, tiah a naa o.
14 Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
Joseph mah nihcae khaeah, Kang thuih o ih baktiah ni na oh o; nangcae loe tamquta hoi misa khen kami ni, tiah a naa.
15 And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
To tih boeh loe nangcae tanoek hanah hae tiah om nasoe, nam nawk asoi koek to haeah angzo ai nahaeloe, Faro hing thung hae ahmuen hoiah na tacawt o thai mak ai.
16 Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Nangcae loktang thuih maw, thui ai tito tanoek hanah, nangmacae thung ih kami maeto patoeh oh, anih mah nam nawk kanawk koek to haeah angzo haih nasoe; to tih ai nahaeloe, Faro hing thung nangcae loe tamquta hoi misa khen kami ah ni na om o tih, tiah a naa.
17 So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
To pacoengah nihcae to ni thumto thung thongim pakhrak.
18 and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Ni thumto naah loe Joseph mah nihcae khaeah, Kai loe Sithaw ka zit, nangcae na hing o thai hanah, hae tiah sah oh;
19 If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
kahoih kami ah na oh o nahaeloe, nangcae thung ih kami maeto thongim thungah caeh o taak ah; kalah kaminawk loe im ah kaom zok kamthlam kaminawk hanah cang to phaw pae oh;
20 Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
nam nawk asoi koek to kai khaeah nang hoih o nahaeloe, nang thuih o ih lok baktih toengah katoeng kami ah na om o ueloe, na hing o tih, tiah a naa. To tiah a thuih pae ih lok baktih toengah nihcae mah sak o.
21 Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
To naah nihcae mah, aimacae ih amnawk nuiah zaehaih a tawnh o boeh; anih mah tahmenhaih ang hnik naah, anih loe kawkruk maw poek angpho, tito a panoek o, toe aicae mah a thuih ih lok tahngai pae o ai; to pongah vaihi aicae nuiah tasoehhaih phak boeh, tiah maeto hoi maeto a thuih o.
22 And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
Reuben mah nihcae khaeah, Nawkta nuiah zaehaih sah o hmah, tiah kang thuih o naah na tahngai o ai to loe? To pongah khenah, vaihi loe anih ih athii tho a hnu o tih boeh, tiah a naa.
23 They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
Lok lehkung to patoh pongah, Joseph mah nihcae ih lok to thaih kop, tiah nihcae mah panoek o ai.
24 And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
Joseph loe nihcae khae hoi kalah bangah angqoi moe qah; toe angqoi let moe, nihcae khaeah lokthuih pae let, nihcae mikhnuk ah Simeon to naeh moe, qui hoiah pathlet.
25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
Joseph mah nihcae ih dip thungah cang to thaengh pae moe, a paek o ih phoisa doeh angmacae ih dip thungah pacaeng pae let pacoengah, loklam ah caak koi hmuennawk pacaeng pae hanah, lok a thuih pae; to tiah nihcae hanah a sak pae.
26 and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
Angmacae ih laa hrang nuiah cang to thuengh o moe, a caeh o.
27 At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
Ataihaih ahmuen ah phak o naah, kami maeto mah angmah ih laa hrang to rawkcak paek hanah dip to paongh, to naah phoisa to dip thungah a hnuk.
28 “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
Angmah ih nawkamyanawk khaeah, Khenah, phoisa ang pakut let, kai ih dip thungah oh, tiah a naa. To naah palungboeng o moe, tasoehhaih hoiah oh o; tipongah Sithaw mah aicae nuiah hae tiah hmuen a sak vai? tiah maeto hoi maeto ang thuih o.
29 When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
Kanaan prae ah ampa Jakob khae phak o naah, a tongh o ih hmuennawk boih a thuih pae o; nihcae mah,
30 “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
to prae ukkung angraeng mah lok kaham hoiah kaicae to ang tapring; kaicae loe tamquta hoi prae thazokhaih khen kami ah a poek.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
Kaicae mah anih khaeah, Kaicae loe kahoih kami ni, tamquta hoi minawk khen kami na ai ni;
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
kaicae loe nawkamya hathai hnetto ka oh o moe, ampa maeto ih caa ni, maeto loe om ai boeh; kanawk koek loe Kanaan prae ah kam pa khaeah oh, tiah ka thuih pae o.
33 Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
To naah to prae ukkung angraeng mah, kaicae khaeah, Kami kahoih ah na oh o, tiah ka panoek thai hanah, nangcae thung ih kami maeto kai khaeah na caeh o taak ah, kalah kaminawk loe na imthung takoh zok kamthlam kaminawk hanah cang to phaw pae oh;
34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
nangcae loe tamquta hoi misa khen kami na ai, kahoih kami ni, tiah ka panoek thai hanah, nangcae ih amnawk asoi koek to kai khaeah angzo o haih ah; to pacoengah haeah kaom nam nawk hae kang paek o let han; to naah ni prae thungah hmuenmae na zaw o thai vop tih, tiah ang naa, tiah a thuih pae o.
35 As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
Angmacae dip thung ih cang to pakong o boih naah, khenah, angmacae ih phoisa bawm loe dip thungah oh boih let; angmacae hoi ampa mah phoisa tabunawk to hnuk naah, tasoeh o.
36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
Ampa Jakob mah nihcae khaeah, Ka caanawk to nang tahmat pae o boih boeh; Joseph loe om ai boeh moe, Simeon doeh om ai boeh; vaihi Benjamin lak hanah na thuih o let bae vop; hae hmuennawk hae ka koeh baktiah om thai ai, tiah a naa.
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
To naah Reuben mah ampa khaeah, Anih nang khaeah kang zo o haih let ai nahaeloe, ka caa hnik hae hum hmaek ah; ka ban ah na paek ah, kai mah kang hoih let han hmang, tiah a naa.
38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
Toe Jakob mah, Ka capa hae na caeh haih mak ai; amya duek boeh moe, anih loe angmabueng ah ni oh boeh, loklam ah kasae tongh moeng nahaeloe, palungset loiah ka lu ih sampok hoi nawnto ah ni taprong thungah nang caeh o sak tih boeh, tiah a naa. (Sheol h7585)
