¹Huan, Jakob in Aigupta gamah buh a om chih a theia, huchiin Jakob in a tapate kiangah, bang dia ki en maimah na hi ua? Achia.

¹Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

²Huan, amah mahin, ngai un, Aigupta gamah buh a om chih ka ja hi: silou a I hinkhiak theihna dingin huaiah vahoh suk unla, huai a kipanin ei a dingin valei un, achia.

²And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

³Huchiin, Joseph unau sawmte Aigupta a kipan a buh lei dingin a vahoh sukta uh a.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

⁴Joseph nau Benjamin bel Jakob in a ute kiangah a hohsak keia; tuahsia avatuak kha ding, achi hi.

⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

⁵Huchiin, Israel tapate mi hohte lakah buh lei dingin a hoh ua: Kanan gamah leng kial lah a ke sam ngala.

⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁶Huan, Joseph Aigupta gam tungah heutu ahia; amah lah huai gam mi tengteng kiangah a khawngpa ahi: huchiin Joseph ute a hongpai ua, lei siin amah chibai a buk chiat ua.

⁶And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

⁷Huan, Joseph in a ute ana mu a, amau ana theilai hi, himahleh a kiang uah midang bangin a kibawla, khauh takin amau a houpih a; huan, a kiang uah, koia kipana hong nahi ua? Achia. Huan, amau, buh lei dinga Kanan gam akipan a hongpai ka hi uh, a chi uh.

⁷And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

⁸Huan, Joseph in a ute ana thei lai a, amau bel amah a theikei uh.

⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

⁹Huan, Joseph in amau tungtang thu manga amat te a thei kheta a, a kiang uah, galgukte na hi uh; gam vuak dan en dinga hongpai na hi lim uh, achia.

⁹And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

¹⁰Huan, amau, a kiangah, Toupa, hilou e, na sikhate buh lei dinga hongpai ka hi uh.

¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹¹Mi khat ta vek ka hi uh; mi diktak ka hi ua, na sikhate jaw galguk ka hi zenzen kei uh, a chi ua.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

¹²Huan, aman a kianga uah, ka taksang kei, gam vuak dan en dinga hongpai hi mah uteh, achia.

¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

¹³Huan, amau, kou na sikhate jaw unau sawm leh nih, Kanan gama om mi khat ta ka hi uh; huan, ngaiin, ka nautumpen uh tuin ka pa uh kiangah a oma, khat ahihleh a om nawnta kei hi, achi ua.

¹³And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

¹⁴Huan, Joseph in a kiang uah, galguk te na hi uh ka honchih na hi mahmah uh:

¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

¹⁵Hichibanga ettel in na om ding uh: na nautumpen uh hiailaia a hongpai kei leh Pharo hinna kichiamin hiai a kipan na pawtkhe kei ding uh ka honchi ahi.

¹⁵Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

¹⁶Nou ah thutak a om hia omlou chetna dingin na lak ua khat sawl unla, na nau uh honpi hen, nou bel henin nana om phot ding uh: huchilou in jaw Pharo hinna a kichiam in, galguk te na hi mahmah uh, ka honchi ding hi, achia.

¹⁶Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

¹⁷Huan, a vek un ni thum a tangsak chiata.

¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days.

¹⁸Huan, a ni thum niin Joseph in a kiang uah, hichiin hih le uchin na hing ding uh; Pathian ka kihta ngala:

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

¹⁹Mi diktak na hih uleh na unau lak uah khat na suangkulh tanna in uah henin om hen:

¹⁹If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

²⁰Huan, na nautumpen uh ka kiangah honpi un; huchiin na thu uh a tel dinga, na si kei ding uhi, achia, Huchiin huchibang in a hihta uhi.

²⁰But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

²¹Huan, amau, I nau tunga I thilhih uh moh petmah I hi, hehpih dinga a hon nget ngitnget laia a lungtang mangbat dan mu napia I ngaihkhiak sak noplouh; huaijiak in hiai mangbatna in hon buak ahi, a kichi ua.

²¹And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

²²Huan, Reuben in, naupang tungah thi hihkhial kei un, chiin, na kiang uah ka gen kei maw? Na ngaikhe nuam kei ua ahi: huaijiakin, ngai un, a sisan phu la uh ahi, chiin, amau a dawnga.

²²And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

²³A kal ua pauletmi a om jiakin Joseph in a thugen uh a thei chih a theikei uh.

²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

²⁴Huan, aman amau a lehngat sana, a kapta hi; huan, a kiang uah a hong kik nawna, amau a houpih a, a lak ua kipanin Simeon a pi tuam a, a mitmuh un amah gakta hi.

²⁴And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁵Huan, Joseph in a ipte uh buha hihdim ding leh, a dangkate uh a ip ua koih nawn chiat dingin leh, lampi a dinga nek ding pe dingin thu a pia a: huchiin huchibangin a hihsak hi.

²⁵Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

²⁶Huan, a buh uh a sabengtung te uh a posak ua, huai a kipan a pawt kheta uhi.

²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

²⁷Huan, a lak ua mi khat in a giahbuk ua a sabengtung an pe dinga a ip a hon leh, a dangka a muta a; ngaiin, a ip gong bul ah a na omta hi.

²⁷And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

²⁸Huchiin, a unaute kiangah, ka dangka na koih nawn uh hi ve e; ngai un, ka ip ah na om zenhouh ve e, achia: huan, a lunglel ua, Pathianin hichi banga honbawl bangchidan ade aw? Chiin, ling kawmin a kien uhi.

²⁸And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

²⁹Huan, Kanan gama a pa uh kiang a hongtung ua, atung ua thil tung tengteng a hilh uh;

²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

³⁰Huai mi a gam heutupa un, khauh takin a honhoupih a, galguk hi dingin hon gingta.

³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

³¹Huan, kou bel, a kiangah, mi diktak ka hi uh; galguk ka hi zenzen kei uh:

³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

³²Unau sawm leh nih ka hi ua, ka pa uh tapate ka hi vek ua; khat bel a om nawn keia, ka nautumpen uh tuin Kanan gamah ka pa uh kiangah a om, ka chi uh.

³²We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³³Huan, huai mi, a gam heutupa un, ka kiang uah, hichiin mi diktak na hi uh chih ka honthei ding; na unau khat uh ka kiangah nusia unla, na inkuanpih kialte a dingin buh pua unla, paita un:

³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

³⁴Huan, na nautumpen uh ka kiangah honpi un: huchiin galguk na hi kei ua, mi diktak na hi jaw uh chih ka thei ding: huchiin na unaupa uh ka honpe nawn dinga, hiai gamah sum na sinta ding uhi, hon chia, a chi ua.

³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

³⁵Huan, hichi ahia, a ipte uh a butkhiak lai un, ngaiin, a dangka tun chiat uh a ip uah na om chiata: huan, amau leh apa uh a dangka tunte uh a muh un a lau mahmah uhi.

³⁵And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

³⁶Huan, a pa uh Jakob in, a kiang uah, nouten ka tate hon tansak na hi uh: Joseph a om nawn kei, Simeon lah a om nawn kei, Benjamin nasan lah pi mang na tum nawn jel ua: huai thil tengteng in hon kiakkhum eita ve, achia.

³⁶And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

³⁷Huan, Reuben in, apa kiangah, na kianga ka honpi nawnkei leh ka tapa nihte that maiin: amah ka khut ah honkem sak inla, na kiangah ka honpi nawn mai ding, chiin, a gena.Huan, aman, ka tapa jaw na kiang uah a hong suk kei ding; a u a sita a, amah kia lah ahita ngala: na paina lam lak uah tuahsia tuak leh, ka lu kang lungkhamna in han ah na tumsak ding uh ahi, achi hi.

³⁷And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

³⁸Huan, aman, ka tapa jaw na kiang uah a hong suk kei ding; a u a sita a, amah kia lah ahita ngala: na paina lam lak uah tuahsia tuak leh, ka lu kang lungkhamna in han ah na tumsak ding uh ahi, achi hi.

³⁸And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.