Genesis 42
1 Izip prae ah cang oh, tito Jakob mah thaih naah, a caanawk khaeah, Tikhoe nangmacae hoi nangmacae to nang khet o khing loe?
Now Jacob became aware that there was grain in Egypt. He said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
2 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.
He said, “See here, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there so we may live and not die.”
3 To pongah Joseph ih amya hatonawk loe cang qan hanah Izip prae ah caeh o tathuk.
Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 Toe Jakop mah raihaih tong moeng tih, tiah zithaih tawnh pongah, Joseph ih amnawk, Benjamin loe patoeh ai.
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.
5 Kanaan prae ah khokha pongah, cang qan han caeh kaminawk thungah, Israel ih caanawk athum o toeng.
The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 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.
Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
7 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.
Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke harshly with them. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
8 Joseph mah amyanawk to panoek, toe nihcae mah anih to panoek o ai.
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
9 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.
Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the undefended parts of the land.”
10 Nihcae mah, To tih na ai ni, ka angraeng, na tamnanawk loe cang qan han ih ni kang zoh o.
They said to him, “No, my master. Your servants have come to buy food.
11 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.
We are all one man's sons. We are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
12 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.
He said to them, “No, you have come to see the undefended parts of the land.”
13 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.
They said, “We your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. See, the youngest is this day with our father, and one brother is no longer alive.”
14 Joseph mah nihcae khaeah, Kang thuih o ih baktiah ni na oh o; nangcae loe tamquta hoi misa khen kami ni, tiah a naa.
Joseph said to them, “It is what I said to you; you are spies.
15 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.
By this you will be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you will not leave here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 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.
Send one of yourselves and let him get your brother. You will remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you.”
17 To pacoengah nihcae to ni thumto thung thongim pakhrak.
He put them all in custody for three days.
18 Ni thumto naah loe Joseph mah nihcae khaeah, Kai loe Sithaw ka zit, nangcae na hing o thai hanah, hae tiah sah oh;
Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God.
19 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;
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in this prison, but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20 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.
Bring your youngest brother to me so your words will be verified and you will not die.” So they did so.
21 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.
They said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us and we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
22 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.
Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy,' but you would not listen? Now, see, his blood is required of us.”
23 Lok lehkung to patoh pongah, Joseph mah nihcae ih lok to thaih kop, tiah nihcae mah panoek o ai.
They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
24 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.
He turned from them and wept. He returned to them and spoke to them. He took Simeon from among them and bound him before their eyes.
25 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.
Then Joseph commanded his servants to fill his brothers' bags with grain, and to put every man's money back into his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. It was done for them.
26 Angmacae ih laa hrang nuiah cang to thuengh o moe, a caeh o.
The brothers loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.
27 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.
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the opening of his sack.
28 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.
He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back. Look at it; it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Kanaan prae ah ampa Jakob khae phak o naah, a tongh o ih hmuennawk boih a thuih pae o; nihcae mah,
They went to Jacob, their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them. They said,
30 to prae ukkung angraeng mah lok kaham hoiah kaicae to ang tapring; kaicae loe tamquta hoi prae thazokhaih khen kami ah a poek.
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us and thought that we were spies in the land.
31 Kaicae mah anih khaeah, Kaicae loe kahoih kami ni, tamquta hoi minawk khen kami na ai ni;
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are not spies.
32 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.
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
33 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;
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, take grain for the famine in your houses, and go your way.
34 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.
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you will trade in the land.'”
35 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.
It came about as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bag of silver was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid.
36 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.
Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children. Joseph is no longer alive, Simeon is gone, and you will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
37 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.
Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may kill my two sons if I do not bring Benjamin back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him to you again.”
38 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)
Jacob said, “My son will not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the road in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
