1  Tedae hekah olka a om phoeiah Joseph la, “Na pa te nue coeng ne,” a ti na uh hatah a ca rhoi Manasseh neh Ephraim te a caeh puei . 2 Te vaengah Jakob la, “Na capa Joseph nang taengla ha pawk ke,” a ti nah tih a puen pah vaengah Isreal khaw thaa a huel tih baiphaih dongah ngol.

3 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Joseph la, “Pathen Tlungthang loh Kanaan kho kah Luz ah kai taengla ha phoe tih kai yoethen m'paek vaengah, 4  kai taengah, “Kamah loh nang kam pungtai sak vetih kam ping sak vaengah pilnam hlangping la kan khueh ni. Khohmuen he khaw nang hnukah na tiingan taengah kumhal khohut la ka paek ni, ' a ti. 5 Te dongah nang taengah Egypt la ka pawk hlankah, nang loh Egypt kho kah na cun, na ca rhoi te, kai kah ni. Ephraim neh Manasseh khaw Reuben neh Simeon bangla kamah ca boeiloeih ni. 6  Tedae amih rhoi phoeikah na sak na pacaboeina te tah namah ham om saeh lamtah a maya rhoi kah a ming neh a rho te thui thil saeh. 7  Kai khaw Paddan lamkah ka bal vaengah kamah taengkah Rakhel loh Kanaan kho kah longpueng ah duek. Te vaengah Epharath la caeh ham khaw kho te a lak om pueng. Te dongah anih te Bethlehem Epharath long ah pahoi ka up,” a ti nah.

8 Te phoeiah Israel loh Joseph ca rhoi te a sawt tih, “Amih rhoi he ulae?,” a ti nah.

9 Te dongah Joseph loh a napa te, “Amih rhoi he Pathen loh he rhoek ah kai ham a khueh ka ca rhoi ni,” a ti nah.

Te dongah, “Kai taengla han khuen rhoi lamtah yoethen ka pae rhoi pawn ni,” a ti nah.

10  Israel mik khaw kum loh a talh tih a hmuh hamla noeng voel pawh. Te dongah camoe rhoi te a taengla a thoeih pah. Te vaengah amih rhoi te a mok tih a kop. 11 Te vaengah Israel loh Joseph te, “Nang kah maelhmai hmuh ham pataeng ka thangthui voel pawt dae na ca rhoek khaw Pathen loh kai n'tueng coeng he,” a ti nah.

12 Te phoeiah Joseph loh a napa khuklu dong kah a ca rhoi te a loh tih a tal neh diklai la bakop.

13  Tedae Joseph loh camoe rhoi te a khuen. Isreal kah banvoei benla khueh ham amah kah bantang kut dongah Ephraim, Isreal kah bantang benla a banvoei kut dongah Manasseh a mawt tih thoeih phai. 14  Tedae Israel taengah a pha vaengah a noe Ephraim kah a lu vik te bantang kut a tloeng thil. Manasseh te a caming daeta a kut a cungvaeh tih Manasseh kah lu dongah banvoei kut a tloeng. 15 Te phoeiah Joseph te yoethen a paek tih,

“A pa rhoek Abraham neh Isaak hmai ah aka caeh puei Pathen,

tahae khohnin due ka hingnah boeih neh kai aka dawn Pathen,

16  Yoethaenah cungkuem lamkah kai aka tlan puencawn loh camoe rhoi he yoethenpae saeh lamtah, kai ming khaw, a pa Abraham neh Isaak ming khaw amih rhoi dongah phuk thil saeh. Diklai hman ah pungtai rhoi saeh lamtah ping rhoi saeh,” a ti nah.

17  Tedae Ephraim kah a lu ah a napa loh bantang kut a tloeng te Joseph loh a hmuh vaengah a mik lolh tih Ephraim lu dong lamkah Manasseh kah lu dong la thoeih ham a napa kut te a doek pah tih, 18  Joseph loh a napa la, “A pa tlam moenih, anih caming kah a lu dongah na bantang kut tloeng saw ,” a ti nah.

19  Tedae a napa loh a aal tih, “Ka ca ka ming, anih he pilnam la a om khaw ka ming. Te dongah anih khaw rhoeng ni. Tedae a mana a noe he anih lakah rhoeng vetih a tiingan te namtom hlangping la om ni,” a ti nah.

20  Tekah khohnin ah amih rhoi te yoethen a paek hatah,

“Nang rhang neh Pathen loh Isreal te a yoethen sak saeh,

nang he Ephraim neh Manasseh bangla khueh saeh,” a ti nah tih Manasseh hmai ah Ephraim a khueh.

21 Te phoeiah Israel loh Joseph la, “Kai ka duek cakhaw nang taengah Pathen om vetih na pa kho la nang n'khuen bit ni ne. 22 Te dongah kamah loh Amori kut lamkah cunghang palaa neh ka lat khokong pakhat te na manuca rhoek kah a soah nang kan paek thil,” a ti nah.