Suencuek 44

1 Te phoeiah a im kah te a uen tih, “Hlang rhoek kah sungkoi te cang a phueih rhoeh ah sang pa lamtah tangka te sungkoi kah a rhai ah rhip khueh pah.

Joseph commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's opening.

2 Tedae kai kah bunang khuikah ngun bunang te a poeih kah sungkoi khui ah khueh pah lamtah amah kah cang neh tangka khaw hmaih sang pah,” a ti nah dongah Joseph kah ol a thui bangla a saii van.

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's opening of the youngest, and also his money for the grain.” The steward did as Joseph had said.

3 Mincang khothaih nen tah hlang rhoek te amamih kah laak neh vawl a tueih uh.

The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

4 Amih loh khopuei te a hla lamkah hawt a khum vaengah Joseph loh a im om te, “Thoo, hlang rhoek te a hnukah hloem lamtah na kae vaengah amih te, ‘Balae tih a then te boethae neh na thuung uh?

When they were out of the city but were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you returned evil for good?

5 Ka boeipa kah a tui ok te he moenih a? Te lamkah la anih a hma khaw a hma dae. Anih taengkah na saii uh te na lolh uh coeng,’ ti nah,” a ti nah.

Is this not the cup from which my master drinks, and the cup that he uses for divination? You have done evil, this thing that you have done.'”

6 Te dongah amih te a kae vanneh hekah olka he a thui pah.

The steward overtook them and spoke these words to them.

7 Tedae amih loh, “Ka boeipa tebang olka te ba ham lae a thui. Na sal rhoek loh tebang hno a saii ham khaw savisava la.

They said to him, “Why does my master speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they would do such a thing.

8 Kaimih loh sungkoi so kah tangka ka hmuh uh te Kanaan kho lamkah nang taengla kam bal puei uh atah metlamlae na boei im kah ngun neh sui te tarha ka huen uh eh.

Look, the money that we found in our sacks' openings, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then could we steal out of your master's house silver or gold?

9 Na sal rhoek khuiah u taeng mai ah khaw a om atah duek saeh lamtah kaimih khaw ka boeipa taengah sal la ka om uh eh,” a ti uh.

With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my master's slaves.”

10 Te dongah Joseph im om loh, “Then, nangmih kah olthui vanbangla u khaw a taengah aka om hlang van te tah kai taengah sal la om saeh lamtah nangmih te ommongsitoe la na om uh ni,” a ti nah.

The steward said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom the cup is found will be my slave, and you others will be innocent.”

11 Te dongah sungkoi te a loe la diklai ah rhip a hal uh tih rhip a ong uh.

Then each man hurried and brought his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

12 Te dongah a ham taeng lamkah a tong tih a tlap te a poeih taengla a khah vaengah bunang te Benjamin kah sungkoi dongah a hmuh.

The steward searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13 Te vaengah a himbai te a phen uh tih laak dongah hno rhip a tloeng uh tih khopuei la koep bal uh.

Then they tore their clothes. Each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

14 Tedae Judah neh amah boeinaphung loh im a pha vaengah Joseph khaw a om pueng dongah a hmai ah diklai la bakop uh.

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house. He was still there, and they bowed before him to the ground.

15 Te vaengah Joseph loh, “Ba bibi lae na saii uh he. Kai bang hlang he hma khaw hma tila, na ming uh moenih a?” a ti nah.

Joseph said to them, “What is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me practices divination?”

16 Te vaengah Judah loh, “Ka boeipa taengah mebang ka thui tih metla ka cal vaengah lae ka tang uh eh. Na sal rhoek kah thaesainah khaw Pathen loh a yan oeh coeng dongah kaimih khaw, a kut dongkah bunang a hmuh pah hlang nen te ka boeipa taengah sal ka bi uh van mai pawn ni ta,” a ti nah.

Judah said, “What can we say to my master? What can we speak? Or how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Look, we are my master's slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup was found.”

17 Tedae Joseph loh, “Hekah he kai loh ka saii ham te savisava, a kut dongah bunang a hmuh hlang te kai taengah sal la om ngawn saeh lamtah nangmih te na pa taengah ngaimong la bal uh ngawn,” a ti nah.

Joseph said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup was found, that person will be my slave, but as for you others, go up in peace to your father.”

18 Tedae Judah te anih taengla thoeih tih, “Aw ka boeipa kai aih he, na salpa khaw ka boeipa kah hna kaep ah olka bet ka thui dae ni. Tedae nang tah Pharaoh banghui la na om dongah na salpa taengah na thintoek te sai sak boel mai.

Then Judah came near to him and said, “My master, please let your servant speak a word in my master's ears, and do let your anger burn against your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.

19 Ka boeipa loh a sal rhoek he, ‘Na pa neh na mana om a?’ a ti tih n'dawt.

My master asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

20 Te dongah, ‘Ka boeipa la a pa khaw patong coeng tih a patong soi kah a cun capa a poeih te om. Tedae a manu pakhat kah a cun hmaih khuiah a maya te duek tih anih amah bueng la te a cul dongah a napa loh a lungnah,’ ka ti uh.

We said to my master, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. But his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.'

21 Te vaengah na sal rhoek he, ‘Anih te ka mik ah ka khueh van ham khaw kai taengla han khuen thuk,’ na ti.

Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may see him.'

22 Te vaengah ka boeipa la, ‘Camoe loh a napa a caehtak ham tah coeng pawh. Caehtak koinih a napa te duek ni,’ ka ti uh.

After that, we said to my master, 'The boy cannot leave his father. For if he should leave his father his father would die.'

23 Tedae na sal rhoek la, ‘Na mana a poeih te nan suntlak puei pawt atah kai maelhmai hmuh ham khoep uh boeh,’ na ti.

Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

24 Te dongah na sal rhoek he a pa taengla ka pawk uh vanneh ka boeipa kah olka te anih taengla ka puen uh.

Then it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my master.

25 Te dongah a pa loh, ‘Mah ham khaw caak bet vawn uh bal dae,’ a ti.

Our father said, 'Go again, buy us some food.'

26 Te vaengah, ‘Kaimih taengah ka mana a poeih om pawt koinih hlang maelhmai hmuh ham a coeng pawt dongah, Ka mana a poeih loh kaimih taengah a om pawt mai ah ka caeh uh ham coeng pawh tedae halo atah ka cet uh ni,’ ka ti uh.

Then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down, for we will not be able to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

27 Te vaengah na sal rhoek he a pa loh, ‘Ka yuu loh kai ham panit han sak te nangmih long khaw na ming uh.

Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.

28 Tedae pakhat he kai taeng lamloh cet coeng. Te dongah, a ngaeh ngawn a ngaeh tang coeng, ka ti. Te dongah ni tahae due anih te ka hmu pawh.

One of them went out from me and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since.”

29 Anih he khaw ka mikhmuh lamkah na khuen uh tih anih loh yoethae puei bal koinih kai sampok he saelkhui ah a thae la nan hla uh ve,’ a ti. (Sheol h7585)

Now if you also take this one from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol.' (Sheol h7585)

30 Te dongah na sal kai loh a pa taeng ka pha tih kaimih taengah camoe amah te om pawt koinih a hinglu neh a hinglu te a hlaengtang uh rhoi dongah,

Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the boy's life,

31 camoe te hah a sawt vaengah duek koinih na sal rhoek loh a pa sampok na sal te saelkhui ah kothae la ka hlak uh la vik poeh ni. (Sheol h7585)

it will come about, when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

32 Na salpa loh camoe te a pa taengah rhi ka khang tih, ‘Anih he nang taengla kam pawk puei pawt atah a pa taengah hnin takuem ka tholh ka phueih bitni,’ ka ti nah.

For your servant became a guarantee for the boy to my father and said, 'If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the guilt to my father forever.'

33 Te dongah na salpa he camoe yueng ah ka boeipa kah sal la ka om mai saeh lamtah camoe te a maya rhoek neh bal sak mai.

Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy as slave to my master, and let the boy go up with his brothers.

34 Camoe he kamah nen pawt koinih a pa taengah metlam ka caeh eh? A pa taengah yoethae a hmuh man ka hmuh ve,” a ti nah.

For how can I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I am afraid to see the evil that would come on my father.”