Genesis 42 (TCZCHONG)

1Hichun Egypt ma anneh anen dan chu Jacob in ahetan, achate jah a aseitai, “Ibola nadin chet chut uva kiveto nahiu ham?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2Keiman thusoh kajan Egypt gam lama chang aum'e, hijeh chun nangho cheuvin lang neh ding gacho tauvin, eima ho ikihinso theina ding uvin,” ati.“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.”

3Hichun Joseph sopite mi som ho chu neh cho dingin Egypt lama achesuh tauvin ahi.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4Hinlah Jacob in vang Joseph sopipa Benjamin chu amaho lah a asol tapoi, aman aseijin, keima katija lheh tai ajoleh kisuhkhahna le boina toh khante, ati.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5Canaan gam kel hah aum tah jeh chun Jacob chate chu Egypt lama anneh hol din mijouse toh ahunglhung khom tauve.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

6Tua hi Joseph chu Egypt gam'a chu vaihom ahitan, chule chang johna dinga thaneina jouse kipe ahitan, hiche pettah chun asopite ahunglhung tauvin, amaho ahung lhun lhunun, hikom'a chun tol'a amaho abohkhup un akunsoh tauve.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.

7Joseph in asopite chu amu phat in abonchauvin ahe sohkeijin, ahivangin amaho chu hetphah lou bol in, hutot tah-in ahouvin, chule ajah uva, “Hoiya konna hung nahiuvem?” atile ama hon jong “Canaan gam'a kon kahiuvin, puhsui dinga hung kahiuve,” atiuvin ahi.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.”

8Joseph in asopiho chu ahet vang'in ama hon ahe doh jou pouve.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9Hichun Joseph in kum tamtah masanga asopi ho mang ana mat ho chu ahin geldoh in asopi ho kom'a hitin aseiye, “Nangho hi miphalou le migucha nahiuve, keima ho gam hi lahmang thei ham ahilou le akihongbit jou pouve, tia neihung khol leu ahi,” ati.Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

10“Ahipoi ka pakai!” tin ama hon asam un ahi. Nasoh te ho hi anneh cho ding bou kahi jouve.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11Keiho jouse hi pa khat a hung peng cheh kahi bouvui, milung theng kahiuve, nasoh ho hi miphalou kahi pouve!”We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12Ahin Joseph in aseikit leuvin, “Ahipoi nangho hin ka gam'u hi gam ong kivaipoh achavaiye tia nei hung khol leu ahi,” ati.“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13Hinlah ama hon adonbut uvin, “Nasoh te ho hi ucha pasal som le ni kahiuvin, pa khatna hung peng kahiuvin, Canaan gam'a incheng tuchung hin aneopen pa hi kapau toh kahin dalha uvin, chule mi khatpa vang aum tapoi.”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.”

14Joseph in adonbut in, “Keiman kasei banga nangho hi michom miphalou nahiuve!” ati.Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

15Hichea hi nangma ho kapatep ding nahiuve, Pharaoh hinlai sea kakitep ahin asopi pau alhumpen pa nahin puikah seuva Egypt hi na dalhah louding'u ah!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.

16Nangho lah a mikhat kisol uvin lang amapa chun na sopi pau chun hinpui henlang, chule adang ho se songkul'a na um ding'u, na thusei'u hi dihnam tia ka khol chil ding ahi; amavang hichu ahi louleh Pharaoh ahin laisea nangho hi michom, miphalou kiti chu nahiuve.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!”

17Hichun Joseph in amaho chu abonchauvin songkul'a nithum jen ahen in ahi.So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

18Nithum lhin nin Joseph in aseijin, “Keiman Pathen ging mi kahi. Kasei nabol uva ahileh nakihinso diu ahi.and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

19Nangho hi milung theng nahiu leh nangho lah a mikhat hi songkul'a umden uvin lang, ahin adangse vang kinungle cheh uvin, na insung mite din chang le mim kipoh un chetauvin.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.

20Chule na sopi pau alhumpen pa chu keima kom'a nahin pui dingu, na thusei hou chu dihnam tia kakhol chil ding ahi. Chule nangho nathi lou dingu ahi.” Hichu ama hon jong pha asauve.Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

21Hichun amaho khat le khat akihou limun, “Adihtah a sei dingin eiho hin isopi pau Joseph ibolset jeh uva gotna ichan'u ahitai. Ajeh chu eihon imusoh keijun aman ahinkho huhdohna dingin ataovin, hinlah eihon inahsah pouve, hiche ho jeh a chu tua hi gotna ho hi eiho chunga hung chu ahitai,” atiuve.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.”

22Hichun Reuben in amaho chu hitin adonbut in, “Keiman kasei hilou ham, chapang chu imachan bolse hih un, ahin ka thusei nangai pouvin, tua eihon ama thisan man chu isah diu ahitai.”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!”

23Amaho kikah a paole aum jeh chun Joseph in amaho ahetchet u ahilam chu ama hon ahedoh pouvin ahi.They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

24Hinlah Joseph akihei doh in achom lang angan akaptai, ahin ama ahung kinung hei kit in avelin amaho jah thei dingin ahoulim in, hichun amaho lah a Simeon chu alheng doh in amaho mitmu tah in akan tup tai.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.

25Hichun Joseph in thu apen, amaho dip sunga chun chang khum peh uvin, chule sum ho jong chu ama-ama dip sunga nung hetpeh un, chule lampia aneh dingu jong gonpeh uvin hiti chun amaho din thil gontup in aumtai.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,

26Hichun asopi hon sangan chunga chun neh ding chang chu ahengdoh un a inlamu ahin jon tauve.and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

27Ahin jan na akingah nauva amaho lah a mikhat pa chun sangan anneh peh ding agotan adip sung chu agah hondoh le adip sunga sum chu ahin mudoh tan ahi.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.

28“Veuvin!” tin asopiho jah a aseijin, “Kasum ho hi ka dip sunga eiki nungkoi peh!” Hichun amaho chu alungu alhadeh tauvin kithing pum pumin khat le khat akihou khom un, “Pathen'in ipi eito sah u hitante?” atiuve.”“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?”

29Hichun amaho apau Jacob heng Canaan gamsung ahunglhung kit tauvin, hichun ama hon Jacob kom'a thil ahinto hou chu aseipeh ui.When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

30“Gamneipa chun hiti hin aw sangtah in keiho jah din asam in, chule keiho hi miphalou gamsunga thilse bol dingin eigingmo un ahi.“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

31Hinlah keihon amapa chu ka donbut un, keiho hi milung theng mikitah kahi bouvui katiuvin, chule keiho miphaloute kahi pouve.But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

32Chule keima ho hi ucha sopi som le ni solam a hung kon kahiuvin, Pa khat in eihin'u ahin, mikhat vang ahing tapon chule aneopen pa vang tuhin ka pau toh Canaan gamsunga kahin dalha uve.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.’

33Hichun gamsung a lamkai pipu pa chun hitin eisei peh uve, nangma ho hi hitia kabol ding mipha milung theng nahiu kahet doh nadin, nangho lah a khat kidalha uvin, chule adang hon anneh ding chang le mim pouvin lang na inkote kom lang nung che tauvin.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.

34Hinlah na sopipau alhumpen pa chu kaheng'a nahin puilut tei ding'u ahi ati, chule keiman hiche jou teng chule nangho hi mipha midih tah nahiu, michom le mikhol nahi pouve tichu kahet chet ding ahitai. Hiche teng chule nasopi pau chu kanung peh kit diu chule nang hon boina um louva navahsel a an jong nakihol theiyu ahi,” ati.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.’”

35Adip u chu alhei lha uvin ahile vetan amitakip sum chun chu ama-ama dip sung cheh a ana umsoh keiyin; ama hon jong apauvin jong a sum chun chengseu chu amudoh phat uvin akihot lhul gam tauve.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.

36Jacob chu tijatah in ahoulim in, “Nangho hin ka chate ho neiguh mang peh cheh dingu ahitai! Joseph jong aum tapoi! Simeon jong aum tapoi! Tua nang hon Benjamin kisan nei puimang peh kit diu. Thil jouse hi keima douna jeng ahitai!”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!”

37Hichun Reuben in apa Jacob chu adonbut in, “Benjamin chu kahin nungpui louleh kacha teni hi nadei dei nalo thei ahitai, chule keiman Benjamin na dingin mopo nang kate ati, chule thon louva kahin nungpui kit tei-tei ding ahi,” ati.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.”

38Ahin Jacob in adonbut in, “Ka chapa chu nangma toh chelou ding ahi, ajeh chu aupa Joseph jong athi tan, tua kanei ka lungmonpi ama bou ahitai; ijem tin lamkim lang nagei tengu le lamkah lah a toset tohkha tahen lang hile kasam kan nung jenga jong lunghem a thikhol khul a nei lhohlut pai tahbah dingu ahi bouve,” ati.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.”

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