Genesis 34 (KOS)

1Sie len ah Dinah, acn natul Jacob ac Leah, el som in mutwata yurin kutu mutan Canaan.Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

2Oasr wen se natul Hamor, mwet Hiv su leumi facl sac. Inen wen se natul pa Shechem. Ke Shechem el liyalak Dinah, el sruinkuilya ac usalla akkolukyal.When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

3Tusruktu ke Shechem el liye lah mutan sac arulana oasku, el lungseyak el, ac el srike in oru mutan sac in lungse pac el.And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

4Ac el fahk nu sin papa tumal, “Nga ke kom in use mutan se inge kiuk.”So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

5Jacob el lohngak lah acn se natul ah akkolukyeyukla, tusruktu ke sripen wen natul ah kewa som oasr inimae yurin kosro natul, el tiana oru kutena ma nwe ke na elos foloko.Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

6Hamor, papa tumal Shechem, el som in pwapa nu sel Jacob,Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

7ke pacl se na ma wen natul Jacob elos foloko liki inimae. Ke wen natul Jacob inge lohngak ke ouiya koluk sac, elos lut ac arulana kasrkusrak lah Shechem el orala ouiya sac, ac aklusrongtenye mwet Israel ke el sruinkui ac akkolukye acn natul Jacob.When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

8Na Hamor el fahk nu sel Jacob, “Shechem, wen nutik, el lungseyak acn se nutum ingan. Nunak munas eisalang kial.”But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

9Ac el sifilpa fahk, “Wona kut in orala sie pwapa ah, ac insese tuh in oasr apayuki inmasrlon mwet lasr ac mwet lowos.Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

10Na kowos fah ku in wi kut na muta in facl sesr uh, ac muta yen na kowos lungse muta we. Kowos fah sukosok in moli ac in kuka yorosr, ac in oasr pac acn lowos sifacna inge.”You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

11Na Shechem el fahk nu sin papa tumal Dinah ac mwet lel, “Kowos fin oru enenu se luk inge, na nga ac fah sot kutena ma kowos lungse.Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

12Fahkma nu sik lah mwe kite fuka kowos lungse, ac sang pac in yohk molin mutan se inge ke lupa na kowos lungse. Nga ac sot kutena ma kowos siyuk kac, kowos fin fuhlela nga in payuk sel.”Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

13Wen natul Jacob arulana toasr lah Shechem el akkolukyalla Dinah, tamtael lalos, ouinge elos kikiap in topkol Shechem ac Hamor, papa tumal.But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

14Elos fahk, “Kut koflana fuhlela ma lousr in payuk sin mwet ma tia kosrala. Ma se ingan ac akmwekinye kut.“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

15Kut ac ku in insesela fin twe mukul nukewa lowos kosrkosrla oana kut.We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

16Ac kut ac fah oayapa insese in apayuki. Kut ac fah oakwuki muta inmasrlowos ac in ma sefannala nu suwos.Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.

17Tusruktu kowos fin tia insese nu ke ma kut fahk uh ac kosrkosrla, na kut ac eis ma lousr uh ac som.”But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”

18Kas inge wo sel Hamor ac Shechem, wen natul,Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19ac mukul fusr sac sulaklak na in oru ma elos fahk uh, mweyen el arulana lungse acn natul Jacob. El pa mukul se ma oa emeet in sou lun papa tumal.The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

20Hamor ac Shechem, wen natul, eltal som nu ke acn in tukeni ke mutunpot in siti uh ac sramsram nu sin mwet wialtal in acn sac.So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

21Eltal fahk, “Mwet inge elos kulang na. Lela nu selos in wi kut na muta fin acn uh, ac in sukosok in forfor. Acn sesr uh yohk, fal pac nu selos. Lela kut in payuk sin mutan natulos ac sang pac elos in payuk sin mutan natusr uh.“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

22Tusruktu elos ac insese in muta inmasrlosr, ac ma sefannala nu sesr, mukul nukewa lasr uh fin twe kosrkosrla oana elos.But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

23Ya kosro natulos nukewa ac ma lalos nukewa saya ac tia ma lac lasr? Ke ma inge lela kut in insesela mu elos in muta inmasrlosr.”Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

24Mwet nukewa ke siti sac insese nu ke pwapa lal Hamor ac Shechem, ouinge mukul nukewa we kosrkosrla.All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

25Tukun len tolu, ke mukul uh srakna maskin kosrkosrla lalos, luo sin wen natul Jacob, Simeon ac Levi tamulel lal Dinah, eltal us cutlass natultal, mahsrikla nu in siti uh, ac uniya mukul nukewa we,Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

26welulang Hamor ac Shechem, wen natul. Na etal eisal Dinah liki lohm sel Shechem ac som.They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

27Tukun anwukla mwet uh, wen saya natul Jacob elos utyak nu in siti sac, ac usla ma nukewa we in foloksak ke akmwekinyeyukla tamtael se lalos.Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

28Elos usla un kosro, cow, donkey, ac ma nukewa saya, in siti sac ac inimae.They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

29Elos eis ma saok nukewa, sruokya mutan ac tulik nukewa, ac usla ma nukewa in lohm sin mwet we ah.They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

30Jacob el fahk nu sel Simeon ac Levi, “Komtal ac pwanma ongoiya nu sik. Inge mwet Canaan, mwet Periz, ac mwet nukewa saya in acn se inge ac fah srungayula. Tia pus mwet luk, a elos nukewa fin toeni ac mweuniyu, sou nufon se lasr inge ac sikiyukla!”Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

31Tusruktu elos topuk ac fahk, “Kut tia ku in lela ma lousr in orek oana sie mutan kosro.”But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

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