Semtilbu 33
1 Hichun Jacob akhodah in avet a ahile “Ven Esau chu mihem jali jen to ahung amu tan,” chuin Jacob in jong achate chu Leah le Rachel chule asoh numei teni ahop peh soh keiyin,
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.
2 Hichun asoh numei le achate ho jouse amasat sah in, abanin Leah le achate achesah in, chule achaina in Rachel le Joseph apansah e.
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Chuin Jacob ama mong mong amaho jouse masanga chun achen, aupa heng ahin phah toh kahsen sagi vei jen tol'a abohkhup in ahi.
But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
4 Hichun Esau alhai phei jin apum koijeng in, chule angong koiya achop a ahile ani lhon in aki ka lhon tai.
And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
5 Hichun Esau in numei ho chule achate ho chu aven adong in, “Amaho hi koi hiuva ham,” ati. Jacob in adonbut in, “Hiche chapang hohi Pathen in na sohpa phatthei eibohna ahi,” ati.
And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
6 Hichun soh numei teni le achate hon ahin nailut un Esau masanga chun abohkhup tauvin ahi.
And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.
7 Leah le achate jong ahung nai lut uvin abohkhup'in asalam uve; chule anu khah pen in Joseph le Rachel ahung nailut lhon in abohkhup lhon in salam abol lhon tai.
And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.
8 Esau in adong tan, “Ahile hiche kahin kitopi gancha honpi chu ipi na bolna ham,” ati. Jacob'in adonbut in, “Nangma masang'a lunglhai na kamuna tei ding kati ahi,” ati.
And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
9 Esau in adonbut in, “Kanao keiman jong tamtah kanei nai ati, nangma thil chu nang ding in ki koi tan,” ati.
And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own.
10 Ahin Jacob in asei teiyin, “Nangman hiche kipa thilpeh hohi nalah louva hithei lou ahi, keiman nangma mai kamu hi Pathen mai mu tobang kahi, nangma mai kamu theiya nanui awgin kajah hi thina akona galkai kahitai,” ati.
And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.
11 Lungset tah in hiche thilpeh hohi neisan peh teiyin, Pathen in ka ngaichat jouse eipe tai, hichun Jacob'in ahasei behset jeh chun Esau chun thilpeh ho chu asang tai.
Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took [them].
12 Esau in aseiye, “Aphai atitai, keiman na lamkai jing ting eini che ta hite.”
And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward.
13 Jacob'in adonbut in, “Ka Pakai neihet them peh mai jin, chate ho hi alhasam thei lheh na laiyun, gancha bongnou hole kelnou ho jong api hontoh ki khen thei lou lai ahiuvin, nikhat sunga hatah in kihoi pai taleh gancha honte aboncha thigam jeng thei ahiuve.
And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
14 Hijeh chun lungset tah in na sohpa masanga kapu ana masa jeng in lang keiman olcha chan ka masanga gancha ho ki kalvan bang ule chapang te kikalvan bang bangu hin, Seir gam'a kapu heng kahin phah kah sen hung nange ati.
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
15 Apha lheh jenge tin Esau in adonbut in, “Hinlah ka miteho them khat tou dalhang kating nangho lam hil ding chule boina le hahsat na a pan lathei ding ati, Jacob in adonbut in, “Hiche hochu ngai ponte, lungset umtah'a kapu neina lamdot hi alhingset in ka sange,” ati.
And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, [my] lord.
16 Hichun Esau chu aki nunghei jin Seir gam jon ding chun hiche ni mama chun achekit tai.
And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
17 Jacob vang chu ahile Succoth lama achen hiche muna chun inlim gancha ho din asong in, chule ama chenna ding in jong in aki sahtai. Hiche jeh a chu hiche mun chu Succoth kiti ahi. (Succoth tichu chenna mun tina ahi).
And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.
18 Phat chomkhat jouvin Jacob chu Padan-Ram lammah kon in Shechem Canaan gam ahung lhung tan, hiche khopi phah masanga chun ngah mun khat asem kit tai.
And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
19 Jacob'in Shechempa Hamor chate khut akon chun gam leiset phabep sum (Qesitah) jakhat in aki choh in hikom achun ponbuh akison tai.
And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.
20 Hichun aman maicham atungdoh in amin chu El-Elohe Israel asah tai.
And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.
