¹Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

¹Huan, Jakob a pa mikhuala a omna gam, Kanan gamah, a om a.

²This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

²Hiaite Jakob suante ahi uh: Joseph, kum sawm leh kum sagih a upa ahihin, a ute toh ganhon a khak ua; amah naupang ahi laia, a pa jite Bilha leh Zilpa tapate kiangah a om a; huan, Joseph in a gitlouh thuthang uh a pa uh kiangah a tun a.

³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

³Huan, Israel in Joseph, a teklam ta ahihjiakin a tate tengteng sangin a it jaw a: huchiin, puannak tual ze tuamtuam a gial abawl saka.

⁴His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

⁴Huan, a pa un amah bel a ute tengteng sangin a it jaw chih a uten ana theita ua; huchiin, amah amudah mahmah uh, kam hoih himhim in a houpih thei takei uhi.

⁵Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

⁵Juan, Joseph in mang a neia, a ute a hilha: huchiin, amah a mudah semsem uh.

⁶He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

⁶Huan, aman, a kiang uah, hehpihtakin ka mang thu ngai dih uh:

⁷for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

⁷Ngai un, lou ah buhphalte I na gak ua, huan, ngai un, kei buhphal a hong thou a, a ding nemnom a; huan, ngai un, nou buhphalten a hong um ua, kei buhphal chibai a buk chiat uh, achia.

⁸His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁸Huan, a uten, a kiangah, nang soplaiin ka tunguah vai na hawm mahmah ding maw? Nang soplaiin ka tunguah thu na nei mahmah ding maw? achi ua. Huchiin, a mang jiakin amah a mudah semsem uh.

⁹He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

⁹Huan, mang dang a nei nawn a, a ute ahilh nawna, ngai un, mang ka nei nawna; ngai un, ni khawng, kha khawng, aksi sawm leh khat ten chibai a honna buk zenhouh uh ka chi, achia.

¹⁰He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?”

¹⁰Huan, a pa a hilh a, a ute leng; huchiin, a pan a tai a, akiangah, mang na neih bangchi mang ahia? Kei leh na nu leh na uten leisiin chibai kon buk mahmah ding u maw? Achia.

¹¹His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

¹¹Huan, a uten amah a haja ua; a pa bel a thugen a lungsim in apai nilouh hi.

¹²His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

¹²Huan, a ute Sekem ah apa uh ganhon khak in ahoh ua.

¹³Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

¹³Huan, Israel in, Joseph kiangah, na uten Sekem ah a hina maw ganhon a khak uh? Hongpai dih, a kiang uah ka honsawl ding, achia.

¹⁴He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

¹⁴Huan, aman, a kiangah, na ute a dam dam na uhiam, ganhon leng a dam dam na uhiam ve en inla, a tanchin uh honghilh nawnin, achia. Huchiin, Hebron guam a kipan a sawl khia a, huan, aman Sekem a vapha hi.

¹⁵A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

¹⁵Huan, mi kuahiam in amah a mua, ngaiin, pawn ah a vakvak a: huchiin, miin, bang zong na hia? chiin, a donga.

¹⁶He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”

¹⁶Huan, aman, Ka ute zong ka hi: hehpihtakin, ganhon a khah na uh honhilh ve, a chi a.

¹⁷The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

¹⁷Huan, miin, hiai akipana pawt hive un: Dothan ah I hoh ding uh, a chih uh ka ja, achia. Huan, Joseph in a ute a delh a, Dothan ah a vamu hi.

¹⁸They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

¹⁸Huan, amau, gamla pia kipan a na gal muh ua, huchiin, a kiang nai uh a tun main, amah thah ding thu a phial uhi.

¹⁹They said one to another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

¹⁹Huan, amau, En un, mang neipa a hong.

²⁰Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

²⁰Khai, I that dia, kokhuk khatah I khe ding uh, huan, sahangin a kei, chi nani; huchiin a mangte bangchi bangin a oma chih I thei mai ding uh, a kichi ua.

²¹Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

²¹Reuben in huai a na jaa, a khut ua kipanin a hong kheta; a thah jaw I that tel kei ding uh, a chi a.

²²Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

²²Huan, Reuben mahin, apa uh kianga pi theihna dinga a khut ua kipana a hotkhiak theihna dingin, a kiang uah, sisan jaw suah kei un, gamdai ah kokhuk ah khia unla, khut jaw a tungah kha kei un, a chi hi.

²³It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

²³Huan, hichi ahi a, Joseph a ute kiang a tunin, Joseph a puannaktual, a puannaktual ze tuamtuama gial a silh, a na suahsak uh;

²⁴and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

²⁴Huan, a pi ua, kokhuk ah a kheta uhi: kokhuk a vuak ahi, tui om nawn louhna ahi.

²⁵They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

²⁵Huan, an ne dingin a tu chiat ua: huan, a dak ua, a en ua; huan, ngaiin, Ismael khualzinte Gilead gam akipana a sangawngsau ua banghiam namtui leh singnai damdawi leh murra pua Aigupta gam a paisuk dingte a hong pai ua.

²⁶Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

²⁶Huan, Juda in a unaute kiangah, I nau uh I thah ua, a sisan suak I im un bang phattuamna om ding ahia?

²⁷Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

²⁷Khai, a tunga khut kha louin, Ismael te kiangah I juak zo ding uh; amah lah I nau uh, I sa ngeingei uh lah ahi ngala, a chi a. Huan, a unauten a thu a juita uh.

²⁸Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

²⁸Huan, Midiante, sumsinte, a hong pai ua; huchiin Joseph kokhuk akipan a dok khia ua, Ismael te kiangah Joseph dangka sawm nih in a khawngta uhi. Huan, Joseph Aigupta gamah a pi uh.

²⁹Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

²⁹Huan, Reuben kokhuk ah a hongpai nawna, huan, ngaiin, Joseph kokhuk ah a na om ta kei a: huchiin, a puansilhte a botkekta hi.

³⁰He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

³⁰Huan, a naute kiangah a hoh nawna, I nau uh a om nawn kei; kei koi a paita ding ka hia oi? A chi a.

³¹They took Joseph’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

³¹Huan, Joseph puannaktual a la ua, keltal a gou ua, a si-ah a puannaktual a diah uh;

³²They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son’s coat or not.”

³²Huan, puannaktual ze tuamtuama gial akhak ua, a pa uh kiangah a honla ua; huan, hiai lel ka mu ua, na tapa puannaktual ahi hia, hi lou en dih, a chi ua.

³³He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

³³Huan, aman a na thei paha, Ka tapa puannaktual ei ve; sahangin kei eive; Joseph boh nen veka om hi mahmah ding eive, a chi a.

³⁴Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁴Huchiin, Jakob in a puansilhte a bot kek a, saiip puan a tenga, ni sawtpi a tapa a sun hi.

³⁵All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.

³⁵Huan, a tapate tengteng leh tanute tengteng amah lungmuang dingin a thou ua; himahleh aman lungmuang a ut kei a; sun kawmin han ah ka tapa kiangah mual ka khum ding, a chi a.Huchiin, amah ngaiin apa a kapkap hi. Huan, Midian ten Joseph bel Aigupta gamah a lut pih ua, Pharo nuaia heutu khat vengmi pawl heutu Potiphar kiangah a khawng uh.

³⁶The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.

³⁶Huchiin, amah ngaiin apa a kapkap hi. Huan, Midian ten Joseph bel Aigupta gamah a lut pih ua, Pharo nuaia heutu khat vengmi pawl heutu Potiphar kiangah a khawng uh.