Genesis 37 (TCZCHONG)

1Hichun Jacob Canaan chu apa khopemna Canaan gamsunga anung chen kit tai.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

2Hiche thusim ho hi Jacob insung mite a ahi, Joseph kum som le sagi alhinin apa kelngoi ho asopi ho toh achingtup jingin avahva jingun, asopi ho apa jithah chate ho Bilhah le Zilpah chate ho toh natong khom jing ahiuve. Ahin nikhat chu Joseph in asopiho umchan phatlou dan apa kom ahin lhut tan ahi.This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

4Amavang asopi te hon Joseph chu avetda cheh un ahi, ajeh chu apan midang ho sanga Joseph angailutna jeh in ama hon Joseph henga ngailut thucheng thupha seiding hahsa asa lheh un ahi.When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5Joseph in nikhat mang aneijin amang chu asopiho aseipeh le ama hon avetda cheh un ahi.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6Aman aseijin, “Hiche mang hi ngaiyun,” ati.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7“Ehon lou lama changphal ikan khom un, hiche tah chun hetman louvin keima changphal ho chu ading doh in, nangho changphal ho chu keima changphal masanga abohkhup uve,” ati.We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

8Hichun asopi hon adonbut un, “Amapa chun keiho chunga vaihom ding kigong nahim? Ahilouleh keiho chunga thanei ding kigo mong nahim,” atiuve. Hichun ama hon amang nei toh athusei doh ho jeh in hatah in avetda uvin ahi.“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

9Joseph in mang khat aneibe kit in chuin asopi ho chu aseipeh kit in aman aseiye, “Ngaijun mang khat kaneibe kit e,” ati. “Nisa, lha, chule ahsi som le khat ho jong keima masanga abohkhup cheh uve,” ati.Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

10Tua mang aneipa hi Joseph in apa chule asopi teho jouse jong abonchan aseipeh sohkeijin ahi. “Hiche mang chu ipi tina ham?” tin adongin, “Nanu toh kei chule nasopi te ho jouse atahbeh a kahung uva nang masanga kahung bohkhup dingu ham?” tin apan aphoh thip e.He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

11Amavang Joseph sopiho chu alunghang lheh un athangthip thei lheh un, apa vang chun hiche mang chu ipi tina ham tin alungdong lheh in ahi.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12Phat chomkhat jou chun Joseph sopiho chu Schechem lama apa kelngoi ching dingin achekit tauvin ahi.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13Amaho chedoh jou phat chomkhat jouvin, Jacob in Joseph kom'a aseiye, “Nasopi te hon Schechem lam a kelngoi hon ho aga vah un ahin, nangma naga chelou khoh ahi atin, Joseph in adonbut in, “Keima kaga che ding ahi,” ati.Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

14Jacob in adonbut in, “Nangma gache inlang na sopi te ho chule kelngoi ho iti hinauvem gaven ati. Amaho thusoh kajah nom kitne, Hebron phaicham apat in asol tan, hichun Joseph hiche Schechem chu ahunglhung tan ahi.Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

15Ahin vetan gamlah a lampi akimansah a avakoile na a mi khat in atoh khan mipa chun adongin “Ipi ham nahol le?” atile.a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16Joseph in adonbut in, “Ka sopi te ho kahol ahi atin, hoi langa gancha ho achin uham nei seipeh thei ding ham,” ati.“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17Mipa chun adonbut in, “Amaho kihoulimna kajan eiho Dothan lama chetau hite,” akitiuve.“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

18Joseph ahung chun asopi hon gamla thimtah ahivangin ahepai tauvin, ama ahung lhun masang'in asopi te hon Joseph thadohna ding tohgon anei tauvin ahi.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19“Tuhin mang neipa ahung tai,” atiuve.“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20“Hungun ama hi that doh taute, chule hiche kotong ho sung khat a paimang utin ipau kom'a hitin seiyu hite, “Gancha khat in Joseph chu a nedoh tai, chule eihon veu hite ama amang ho chu hunggui lhung nam,” atiuve.“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

21Ahin Reuben in amaho tohgon lungthim ho chu ahet phat in Joseph kithopi dingin ahungin, “Aman aseitai Joseph hi tha datau hite,” ati.When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

22Ibola thisan imoh lonsah ding'u ham? Hilai kotong gamgo lah a seplut leuhen ama chamin eihon that hih jong leuhen ama thi talou ding ham. Reuben chun alungthima Joseph chu huhdoh tei ding tichu ama dei ahi.“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

23Hichun Joseph ahung lhun chun asopi te hon a sangkhol chol hoitah chu asut lhah peh pai tauvin ahi.So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

24Hichun ama hon Joseph chu aman uvin kotong sunga aseplut tauvin, hiche kotong chu imacha umlou twi jong veilou ahi.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25Chule amaho anne dinga aum laitah un, aga dadoh uva ahile vetan Gilead a konna hung sumkol veile Ishmael miho a sangan ho toh hung kilhona bego le thingthao namtui toh chule lou namtui hinpoa Egypt gam lang jonsuh ding amu uvin ahi.And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

26Hichun Judah in a sopiho jah a aseijin, “Isopi pau itha doh uva ipi apha chom ding um ham? Chule athisan iselmang uva chu ipi phachom ding ham?Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Hung uvin Joseph hi Ishmael te kom'a johdoh tau hite, isopi nah nah iphe ivou nah nah chu achunga jong ikhut lhapou hite,” atile asopi ten jong asei angai cheh tauve.Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

28Hiti chun Egypt gam'a kivei miho chun apui tauvin Joseph chu asopi hon kotong a kon'in a kaidoh un, Ishmael miho Midian miho kom'a dangka somni in akijoh doh tauve.So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

29Phat chomkhat jouvin, Reuben chu kokhuh langa chun achekit in ahile Joseph chu kokhuh sunga ana um tapoi, hichun Reuben chu alung akham lheh jengtan asangkhol ho chu abottel in ahi.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30Hichun Reuben asopiho lah a akinungle kit in lungkham tah in, “Joseph chu aum tapoi! tua hi keiman ipi kabol ding hitam?” ati.returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31Hichun Joseph sopihon kelnou khat athat uvin, athisan chu Joseph sangkhol a chun anu tauve.Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32Ama hon hichu sangkhol thisan anu uchu apau Jacob athot un, mihon jong apau henga achoi uvin, “Hiche pihi ka mudoh uve, vetemin na chapa sangkhol chol hilou ham?” atiuve.They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

33Jacob in gangtah in ahedoh paijin, hitin aseitai, “Hiche hi kachapa sangkhol ahi monge gamsa khat in vang anehdoh ahitai, Joseph vang hi aphe avou lahthei hita ponte,” ati.His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

34Hichun Jacob in apon ho chu abottel in khaodip pon akikhu khum tan, Aman nisottah lunghemin genthei tah in achapa pul adoutan ahi.Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35Jacob chate jouse le achanute jousen lhepbi ding agong un, ahin amavang lhepbi jou ahi tapoi, hitin amapan aseiye, “Keiman lunghem pum in kachapa lhankhuh jon tang kate,” tin Jacob chu akap e.All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

36Phat chomkhat jou chun Midian miho chun Joseph chu Potiphar kitipa Pharaoh Egypt lengpa Semang Pachong pa kom'a ajoh doh tauve. Potiphar natoh chu ahile sepai lah a semang pachong ahi.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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