Genesis 42
1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
Egypt ah cangtham a om te Jakob loh a hmuh vaengah a ca rhoek te Jakob loh, “Ba dongah lae sut na sawt uh thae? a ti nah.
2 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.”
phoeiah, “Egypt ah cangtham om tila ka yaak dongah he, n'duek uh pawt tih n'hing uh mak atah te lam khaw cet uh lamtah mah hamla koivawn uh saw,” a ti nah.
3 Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Te dongah Joseph kah a maya hlang rha rhoek loh Egypt kah cang lai ham suntla uh.
4 But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
Tedae Joseph mana Benjamin te tah nganboh yook ve a ti dongah a maya rhoek taengah Jakob loh tueih pawh.
5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Kanaan kho te khokha a om dongah koivawn ham aka cet rhoek lakli ah Israel ca rhoek khaw cet uh.
6 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.
Te vaengah Joseph tah a kho kah boei neh diklai pilnam boeih ham cang a yoih. Te dongah Joseph kah a maya rhoek te a caeh uh vaengah anih taengah a maelhmai neh diklai la bakop uh.
7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized 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.”
A hmuh vaengah Joseph loh a maya rhoek te a hmat ngawn dae amih taengah muet uh tih rhaprhap a voek phoeiah, “Me lamkah lae na lo uh,” a ti nah hatah, “Caak lai ham Kanaan kho lamkah ka lo,” a ti nauh.
8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
Joseph loh a maya rhoek te a hmat ngawn dae amih loh Joseph te hmat uh pawh.
9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
Te vaengah Joseph loh amih kawng a man vaengkah mueimang te a poek. Te dongah amih te, “Nangmih he rhalyuep ni, khohmuen kah a yah te sawt ham ni na lo uh,” a ti nah.
10 They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Tedae amah taengah “Pawh, ka boeipa, na salpa rhoek halo he caak lai ham ngawn ni.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
Kaimih he hlang pakhat kah a ca rhoek boeih ni. Kaimih hmantang rhoek ni, na sal kaimih ah he longyam a om moenih,” a ti uh.
12 He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
Tedae amih te Joseph loh khohmuen kah a yah dongah sawt ham na lo uh pawt het nim,” a ti nah.
13 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.”
Na sal rhoek kaimih boeinaphung he hlang pakhat kah a ca rhoek la Kanaan kho ah hlai nit ka lo uh tih a poeih tah tahae ah a pa neh om rhoi dae pakhat te om voelpawh,” a ti nauh.
14 Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
Tedae amih te Joseph loh, “Nangmih taengah ka thui bangla nangmih he longyam ni ka ti,
15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Pharaoh kah a hingnah vanbangla he nen he kan noem ni. Na mana a poeih te he la halo pawt atah he lamloh na voei uh mahpawh.
16 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.”
Nangmih khuikah pakhat te tueih uh lamtah na mana te lo saeh. Nangmih ngawntah kang khoh uh vetih nangmih kah olka te na khuikah oltak la a om atah kan nuemnai pueng ni. Te pawt koinih Pharaoh kah a hingnah vanbangla nangmih he longyam ni,” a ti nah.
17 He put them all together into custody for three days.
Te dongah amih te thongim ah hnin thum a khoh.
18 Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
Tedae a thum khohnin ah Joseph loh a maya rhoek la he tlam he ka saii dae, kai khaw aka hing Pathen te ka rhih van.
19 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.
Na thuem uh atah na manuca khat te im kah thongim khuiah khoh saeh. Te vaengah nangmih te cet uh lamtah na im kah aka lamlum ham cang khuen pauh.
20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
Tedae na mana a poeih te kai taengah nan khuen uh vaengah nangmih kah olka te khaw cak vetih na duek uh van mahpawh,” a ti nah dongah te tlam te a rhoi uh.
21 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.”
Te vaengah amah boeinaphung te khat khat ah, “Manuca a hinglu kah citcai te hmuh uh tih mamih taengah calcal a pang lalah n'yaak pah uh pawt dongah tekah citcai loh m'mah taengla ha thoeng tih mamih he rheprhep n'rhaem coeng,” a ti uh.
22 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.”
Te vaengah Reuben loh amih te a doo tih, “Nangmih taengah ka thui moenih a? Camoe te veet uh boeh ka ti lalah na ya uh pawt tih a thii han suk coeng he,” a ti nah.
23 They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Tedae amih laklo ah oldoe a om dongah Joseph loh a yakming te amih loh ming uh pawh.
24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
Te dongah Joseph loh amih taeng lamkah mael tih a rhah phoeiah amih taengla koep halo. Tedae amih te a voek phoeiah amih khui kah Simeon te a loh tih amamih kah mikhmuh ah a khoh pah.
25 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.
Tedae Joseph loh a uen coeng dongah amih kah hnopai te cang a sang thiluh. Te vaengah a tangka te khaw a tolkhui khuiah rhip a khueh ham khaw, amih ham te longpueng kah lampu khaw paek ham khaw, a saii pah.
26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
Te dongah amamih kah cang te laak dongla a pom hang uh tih pahoi cet uh.
27 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.
Tedae rhaehim ah tah pakhat loh laak rhamcak loh ham a tolkhui te a hlam hatah a tangka te sungkoi kah a rhai ah lawt a hmuh tarha.
28 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?”
Te dongah a manuca rhoek taengah, “Kai kah sungkoi dongah kamah kah tangka koep ham mael bal he,” a ti nah hatah amih lungbuei khaw mawt sut dongah lakueng uh tih a boeinaphung khat rhip loh, “Pathen loh mamih ham balae a saii he,” a ti uh.
29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
Te dongah Kanaan kho kah a napa Jakob taengla a pha uh vaengah amih taengah aka thoeng boeih te amah taengah puen uh.
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Tekah hlang, a kho kah boei te kaimih taengah rhaprhap cal tih kaimih te a kho kah longyam bangla n'khueh.
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
Tedae anih taengah, 'hmantang ah kaimih he longyam la ka om moenih.
32 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.’
A pa kah a ca rhoek la ka boeinaphung ah hlai nit ka lo uh dae pakhat om voelpawt tih a poeih ngawn tah tihnin ah khaw a pa neh Kanaan kho ah hmaih om,’ ka ti nauh.
33 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.
Tedae tekah hlang, a kho kah boei loh kaimih te, 'boeinaphung kah pakhat te kai taengah na caehtak uh tih te nen te nangmih na thuem ka ming phoeiah na im kah aka lamlum ham caak khuen uh lamtah cet uh.
34 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.’”
Tedae na mana a poeih te kai taengah han khuen uh. Te daengah ni nangmih te longyam rhoek pawt tih na hmantang tila ka ming eh. Na manuca te nangmih taengla kan paek vetih khohmuen ah na thenpom uh bitni,’ a ti,” a ti uh.
35 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.
Te dongah amamih kah tolkhui te a kong uh hatah a tangka cun te tolkhui dongah rhip tarha om tih tangka cun a hmuh uh vaengah amamih long khaw a napa long khaw a rhih uh.
36 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.”
Te vaengah a napa Jakob loh amih te, “Kai taengah, Joseph na hlong uh tih om voelpawh. Simeon khaw om voelpawh. Tahae ah Benjamin bal atah kai taengkah aka om boeih te lo loh ne,” a ti nah.
37 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.”
Te dongah Reuben loh a napa taengah, “Anih te namah taengla kan khuen pawt atah kai ca rhoi khaw ngawn mai. Ka kut dongah han tloeng lamtah kamah loh nang taengla kang khuen bit ni,” a ti nah tih a thui pah.
38 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 gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
Tedae anih loh, “Ka ca te a maya duek tih amah bueng a sueng dongah nangmih taengla ha suntla boel saeh. Longpueng na caeh uh vaengah yoethae puei vetih kai sampok he saelkhui ah kothae la nan hla uh ve,” a ti nah. (Sheol h7585)
