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Jacob Flees from Laban

¹Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this ⚓wealth.” ²And Jacob saw the ⚓countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not ⚓favorable toward him as before. ³Then the Lord said to Jacob, ⚓“Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will ⚓be with you.”
⁴So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock, ⁵and said to them, ⚓“I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father ⚓has been with me. ⁶And ⚓you know that with all my might I have served your father. ⁷Yet your father has deceived me and ⚓changed my wages ⚓ten times, but God ⚓did not allow him to hurt me. ⁸If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ⚓‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked. ⁹So God has ⚓taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
¹⁰“And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted. ¹¹Then ⚓the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’ ¹²And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for ⚓I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. ¹³I am the God of Bethel, ⚓where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now ⚓arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”
¹⁴Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, ⚓“Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? ¹⁵Are we not considered strangers by him? For ⚓he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money. ¹⁶For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.”
¹⁷Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels. ¹⁸And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of ⚓Canaan. ¹⁹Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the ⚓household idols that were her father’s. ²⁰And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee. ²¹So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and ⚓headed toward the mountains of Gilead.

Laban Pursues Jacob

²²And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. ²³Then he took ⚓his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead. ²⁴But God ⚓had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you ⚓speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”
²⁵So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.
²⁶And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and ⚓carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword? ²⁷Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp? ²⁸And you did not allow me ⚓to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now ⚓you have done foolishly in so doing. ²⁹It is in my power to do you harm, but the ⚓God of your father spoke to me ⚓last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’ ³⁰And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you ⚓steal my gods?”
³¹Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was ⚓afraid, for I said, ‘Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.’ ³²With whomever you find your gods, ⚓do not let him live. In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
³³And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. ³⁴Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them. ³⁵And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot ⚓rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.” And he searched but did not find the household idols.
³⁶Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me? ³⁷Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both! ³⁸These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock. ³⁹⚓That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. ⚓You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. ⁴⁰There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes. ⁴¹Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I ⚓served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and ⚓you have changed my wages ten times. ⁴²⚓Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and ⚓the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. ⚓God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and ⚓rebuked you last night.”

Laban’s Covenant with Jacob

⁴³And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? ⁴⁴Now therefore, come, ⚓let us make a covenant, ⚓you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”
⁴⁵So Jacob ⚓took a stone and set it up as a pillar. ⁴⁶Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. ⁴⁷Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. ⁴⁸And Laban said, ⚓“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, ⁴⁹also ⚓Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another. ⁵⁰If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”
⁵¹Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me. ⁵²This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. ⁵³The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father ⚓judge between us.” And Jacob ⚓swore by ⚓the Fear of his father Isaac. ⁵⁴Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain. ⁵⁵And early in the morning Laban arose, and ⚓kissed his sons and daughters and ⚓blessed them. Then Laban departed and ⚓returned to his place.

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Yakôb Đuaĭ Kơdŏp Mơ̆ng Laban

¹Yakôb hơmư̆ arăng laĭ ƀing ană đah rơkơi Laban pơlaĭ tơdruă, “Yakôb hơmâo mă pơđuaĭ hĭ rĭm gơnam ama ta hơmâo, abih bang mŭk dram ñu jing mơ̆ng dram gơnam lŏm kơ ama ta soh sel.” ²Laih anŭn Yakôb thâo krăn kơnuih Laban pơrơđah hăng ñu ƀu mơak hrup hăng hlâo ôh. ³Giŏng anŭn, Yahweh pơhiăp hăng Yakôb, “Wơ̆t glaĭ bĕ pơ anih lŏn ama ih laih anŭn kơ kơnung djuai ih; Kâo či dŏ hrŏm hăng wai pơgang ih yơh.”
⁴Tui anŭn, Yakôb brơi laĭ pơthâo kơ HʼRačel laih anŭn HʼLeah tơbiă nao kơ đang hơma jing anih hlô mơnơ̆ng ñu dŏ pơ anŭn. ⁵Ñu laĭ kơ ƀing gơ̆, “Kâo ƀuh kơnuih ama ƀing ih pơrơđah hăng kâo ƀu mơak hrup hăng hlâo adih dơ̆ng tah, samơ̆ Ơi Adai ama kâo hơmâo dŏ hrŏm hăng kâo. ⁶Ƀing ih thâo laih kâo hơmâo mă bruă kơ ama ƀing ih hăng abih tơlơi kơtang kâo, ⁷samơ̆ ama ƀing ih pleč kơ kâo hăng pơplih hĭ nua apăh kâo lu wơ̆t laih. Wơ̆t tơdah tui anŭn, Ơi Adai ƀu brơi kơ ñu ngă sat kơ kâo ôh. ⁸Tơdah ñu laĭ, ‘Tơpul bơbe ƀlŭk ƀlăk či jing nua apăh kơ ih,’ tui anŭn abih tơpul pơtơbiă rai ană le̱ng kơ ƀlŭk ƀlăk; laih anŭn tơdah ñu laĭ, ‘Tơpul bơbe brung či jing nua apăh ih,’ tui anŭn abih tơpul bơbe tuh rai ană le̱ng kơ brung. ⁹Tui anŭn yơh, Ơi Adai hơmâo mă pơđuaĭ hĭ tơpul hlô mơnơ̆ng ama ƀing ih hăng brơi hĭ kơ kâo.
¹⁰“Amăng bơyan hlô mơnơ̆ng pơhlôm, hơmâo sa wơ̆t kâo rơpơi laih anŭn kâo lăng đĭ ƀuh tơpul bơbe tơno brung laih anŭn ƀlŭk ƀlăk pơhlôm hăng tơpul bơbe ania. ¹¹Ling jang Ơi Adai pơhiăp hăng kâo amăng tơlơi rơpơi, ‘Ơ Yakôb.’ Kâo laĭ glaĭ, ‘Kâo yơh anai.’ ¹²Laih anŭn ñu laĭ, ‘Lăng đĭ bĕ, Kâo hơmâo brơi laih abih bang bơbe tơno brung laih anŭn ƀlŭk ƀlăk pơhlôm hăng bơbe ania, yuakơ Kâo hơmâo ƀuh laih abih bang tơlơi sat Laban hơmâo ngă laih kơ ih. ¹³Kâo jing Ơi Adai pơƀuh rai laih hăng ih ƀơi anih Bêthêl, jing anih gơ̆ng boh pơtâo ih hơmâo trôč laih ia rơmuă, laih anŭn jing anih ih hơmâo ƀuăn rơ̆ng laih hăng Kâo. Ră anai đuaĭ bĕ mơ̆ng anih lŏn anai hăng wơ̆t glaĭ bĕ kơ anih lŏn kơnung djuai ih.’ ”⚓
¹⁴Giŏng anŭn, HʼRačel laih anŭn HʼLeah laĭ glaĭ, “Ƀing ta ăt dŏ hơmâo črăn mơ̆ng kŏng ngăn ama ta mơ̆n hă? ¹⁵Ñu ƀu lăng kơ ƀing ta hrup hăng ƀing tuai ôh hă? Ƀu djơ̆ kơnơ̆ng ñu sĭ lui hĭ ƀing ta ôh, samơ̆ ñu ăt yua mă nua blơi jing nua kla kơ ƀing ta mơ̆n. ¹⁶Tui anŭn yơh, abih bang mŭk dram Ơi Adai hơmâo mă laih mơ̆ng ama ta či lŏm kơ ƀing ta laih anŭn kơ ană bă ta yơh. Tui anŭn, ngă bĕ tui hăng hơget tơlơi Ơi Adai hơmâo pơtă laih kơ ih anŭn.”
¹⁷Giŏng anŭn, Yakôb pioh ană bă ñu laih anŭn ƀing bơnai ñu ƀơi rŏng aseh samô, ¹⁸laih anŭn ñu pơđuaĭ hĭ abih hlô mơnơ̆ng ñu nao gah anăp ñu laih anŭn mă ba wơ̆t hăng abih bang dram gơnam ñu hơmâo đĭ kơyar laih amăng anih Paddan-Aram kiăng kơ glaĭ pơ ama ñu Isa̱k amăng anih tring Kanaan.
¹⁹Hlâo kơ Yakôb hăng sang anŏ ñu tơbiă đuaĭ ataih, tơdang Laban rơkŭt nao khăt blâo triu ñu, HʼRačel klĕ mă hĭ ƀing yang sang anŏ ama ñu. ²⁰Hloh kơ anŭn dơ̆ng, Yakôb klĕ đuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng Laban jing ƀing Aram jing tơlơi ñu ƀu laĭ pơthâo ôh kơ gơ̆ kơ tơlơi ñu či tơbiă đuaĭ anŭn. ²¹Tui anŭn, ñu đuaĭ tơbiă hăng mă ba abih bang gơnam ñu hơmâo laih anŭn găn krong Huphrat, ñu anăp nao pơ khul čư̆ tring Gilead.

Laban Kiaŏ Tui Yakôb

²²Ƀơi hrơi tal klâo, arăng laĭ pơthâo kơ Laban, “Yakôb đuaĭ laih.” ²³Laban iâu ƀing kơnung djuai ñu đah rơkơi laih anŭn ƀing gơñu kiaŏ tui Yakôb amăng tơjuh hrơi laih anŭn kiaŏ hơma̱o Yakôb amăng khul čư̆ tring Gilead. ²⁴Samơ̆ hlâo kơ Laban bưp Yakôb, Ơi Adai pơƀuh rai kơ Laban jing ƀing Aram amăng tơlơi rơpơi mlam, hăng laĭ kơ ñu, “Răng bĕ, anăm pơhiăp tơlơi hơget kơ Yakôb ôh, wơ̆t tơdah tơlơi hiam ƀôdah tơlơi sat.”
²⁵Yakôb hơmâo pơdơ̆ng sang khăn ñu amăng khul čư̆ tring Gilead hlâo kơ Laban kiaŏ hơma̱o ñu. Laih anŭn Laban hăng ƀing kơnung djuai ñu pơdơ̆ng sang khăn gơñu jĕ pơ anŭn mơ̆n. ²⁶Tơdang Laban bưp Yakôb, ñu laĭ kơ gơ̆, “Hơget tơlơi ih hơmâo ngă laih lĕ? Ih klĕ đuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng kâo laih anŭn mă pơđuaĭ hĭ ƀing ană đah kơmơi kâo kar hăng mơnă amăng tơlơi pơblah. ²⁷Yua hơget ih đuaĭ hơgŏm laih anŭn pleč ƀlŏr kơ kâo lĕ? Yua hơget ih ƀu laĭ pơthâo kơ kâo ôh lĕ? Tui anŭn, kâo dưi brơi ih tơbiă nao hăng tơlơi mơak, tơlơi adoh hăng tơlơi ayŭ, hơgơ̆r laih anŭn go̱ng yơh. ²⁸Ih ăt ƀu brơi ôh kâo čum pơčơlah tơngan hăng ƀing ană đah kơmơi kâo, ƀing tơčô kâo. Ih hơmâo ngă laih sa tơlơi mlŭk biă mă. ²⁹Kâo hơmâo tơlơi dưi kiăng ngă sat kơ ih, samơ̆ mlam tơ̆m brơi Ơi Adai ama ih pơhiăp hăng kâo, ‘Răng bĕ, anăm pơhiăp hơget gĕt kơ Yakôb ôh, wơ̆t tơdah tơlơi hiam ƀôdah tơlơi sat.’ ³⁰Ră anai kâo thâo krăn ih đuaĭ ataih laih yuakơ ih kiăng kơ wơ̆t glaĭ kơ sang anŏ ama ih. Samơ̆ yua hơget ih klĕ ba ƀing yang kâo lĕ?” ³¹Yakôb laĭ glaĭ kơ Laban, “Kâo huĭ yuakơ kâo pơmĭn ih či pơgŏ̱ mă pơđuaĭ hĭ ƀing ană đah kơmơi ih mơ̆ng kâo. ³²Samơ̆ tơdah ih hơduah ƀuh hlơi pô klĕ ƀing yang ih, ñu anŭn khŏm djai yơh. Ƀơi anăp abih bang kơnung djuai ta, hơduah bĕ ih pô huĭdah hơmâo hơget gơnam hrŏm hăng kâo pơ anai jing lŏm kơ ih; tơdah tui anŭn, mă pơđuaĭ bĕ.” Hlak anŭn Yakôb ƀu thâo ôh HʼRačel hơmâo klĕ mă laih ƀing yang anŭn.
³³Tui anŭn, Laban mŭt nao amăng sang khăn Yakôb, HʼLeah laih anŭn sang khăn dua čô hlŭn đah kơmơi, samơ̆ ñu hơduah ƀu ƀuh ôh. Laih kơ ñu tơbiă mơ̆ng sang khăn HʼLeah, ñu mŭt nao amăng sang khăn HʼRačel. ³⁴Hlâo kơ anŭn HʼRačel mă ƀing yang sang anŭn pioh amăng lăm kơdŭng aseh samô ñu hăng dŏ be̱r gah ngŏ kơ gơñu. Laban hơduah kơsem djŏp anih amăng sang khăn samơ̆ ƀu thâo ƀuh hơget ôh. ³⁵HʼRačel laĭ kơ ama ñu, “Anăm hil kơ kâo ôh, ama ăh, kâo ƀu dưi tơgŭ ƀơi anăp ih ôh yuakơ kâo hlak ƀuh eng.” Tui anŭn, Laban hơduah kơsem samơ̆ ƀu dưi ƀuh ôh hơdôm yang sang ñu anŭn.
³⁶Yakôb hil biă mă kơ Laban laih anŭn ñu phŏng kơđi tui anai, “Hơget tơlơi kâo ngă sat ƀai lĕ? Hơget tơlơi soh kâo hơmâo ngă tơl ih kiaŏ mă kâo anai lĕ? ³⁷Ră anai ih hơmâo hơduah laih djŏp amăng dram gơnam kâo, hơget gơnam ih hơduah ƀuh jing gơnam lŏm kơ sang anŏ ih lĕ? Pioh bĕ gơnam rơngiă ih anŭn ƀơi anăp ƀing kơnung djuai ih laih anŭn ƀing kơnung djuai kâo, tui anŭn brơi bĕ ƀing gơñu phat kơđi tŏng krah dua ta hlơi pô djơ̆. ³⁸Kâo hơmâo dŏ hăng ih duapluh thŭn laih. Tơpul triu hăng bơbe ih ƀu pơlê̆ pơrăm hĭ ôh hlâo kơ tuh ană, kâo ăt kŏn mă ƀơ̆ng ană triu tơno mơ̆ng tơpul hlô mơnơ̆ng ih lơi. ³⁹Kâo kŏn ba nao hlô mơnơ̆ng ih kơ hlô mơnơ̆ng glai hek ƀơ̆ng lơi; tơdah hơmâo tơlơi truh kar hăng anŭn, kâo pô yơh glăm mă tơlơi anŭn. Laih anŭn ih khŏm brơi kơ kâo kla glaĭ kơ ih yơh hơget tơlơi hơmâo rơngiă laih amăng mlam ƀôdah hrơi. ⁴⁰Anai yơh jing tơlơi tơnap kâo: Pơđiă hơr kâo tơdang amăng hrơi laih anŭn rơŏt amăng mlam, laih anŭn kơƀah mơ̆ng tơlơi pĭt. ⁴¹Hrup hăng anŭn nanao amăng duapluh thŭn tơdang kâo dŏ amăng sang anŏ ih. Kâo mă bruă kơ ih pluh-pă̱ thŭn kơ dua čô ană đah kơmơi ih laih anŭn năm thŭn kơ tơpul hlô mơnơ̆ng ih, hloh kơ anŭn dơ̆ng, ih pơplih nua apăh kơ kâo lu wơ̆t laih. ⁴²Tơdah Ơi Adai ama kâo laih anŭn ơi kâo Abraham, jing Pô Isa̱k huĭ pơpŭ, ƀu dŏ hrŏm hăng kâo ôh, ih či brơi kơ kâo tơbiă đuaĭ hăng tơngan đôč đač yơh. Samơ̆ Ơi Adai ƀuh laih tơlơi tơnap tap kâo laih anŭn bruă gleh kâo mă, tui anŭn mlam tơ̆m brơi ñu pơhiăp laih kơ ih anŭn.”

Yakôb Pơjing Tơlơi Pơgop Hăng Laban

⁴³Laban laĭ glaĭ kơ Yakôb, “Ƀing đah kơmơi anai jing ƀing ană đah kơmơi kâo, ƀing ană bă anai jing ƀing ană bă kâo, laih anŭn tơpul hlô mơnơ̆ng anai jing tơpul hlô kâo. Abih bang le̱ng kơ jing gơnam kâo. Samơ̆ hrơi anai hơget kâo dưi ngă kơ ƀing ană đah kơmơi kâo, ƀôdah kơ ƀing ană bă gơñu hơmâo rai anŭn lĕ? ⁴⁴Nă, brơi bĕ ƀing ta pơjing sa tơlơi pơgop ih hăng kâo laih anŭn brơi bĕ tơlơi anŭn jing sa tơlơi ngă gơ̆ng jơlan kơ tŏng krah ƀing ta.”
⁴⁵Tui anŭn, Yakôb mă sa boh pơtâo pơdơ̆ng đĭ jing tơpơ̆ng djă̱ hơdơr. ⁴⁶Ñu pơhiăp hăng kơnung djuai ñu, “Pơƀut ƀiă boh pơtâo bĕ!” Tui anŭn, ƀing gơñu mă boh pơtâo pơƀut sa ƀu̱r laih anŭn ƀing gơñu ƀơ̆ng huă pơ anŭn jĕ ƀu̱r pơtâo anŭn. ⁴⁷Laban pơanăn anih anŭn jing Yegar Sahadutha, laih anŭn Yakôb iâu anih anŭn jing Galeed. ⁴⁸Laban laĭ, “Ƀu̱r boh pơtâo anai yơh jing sa tơlơi gơ̆ng jơlan tŏng krah ih hăng kâo hrơi anai.” Anŭn jing tơlơi yua hơget arăng iâu anih anŭn Galeed. ⁴⁹Arăng ăt iâu anih anŭn Mizpah, yuakơ Laban laĭ, “Rơkâo Yahweh gak wai brơi tŏng krah ih hăng kâo tơdang ƀing ta dŏ ataih hăng tơdruă. ⁵⁰Tơdah ih ngă sat kơ ƀing ană đah kơmơi kâo hăng dŏ bơnai pơkŏn rơngiao kơ ƀing ană kâo, wơ̆t tơdah ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô gơ̆ng jơlan kơ ƀing gơmơi ôh, samơ̆ hơdơr bĕ Ơi Adai yơh jing Pô gơ̆ng jơlan tŏng krah ih hăng kâo.”
⁵¹Laban ăt pơhiăp hăng Yakôb, “Anai jing ƀu̱r boh pơtâo laih anŭn anai yơh jing gơ̆ng pơtâo kâo hơmâo pơdơ̆ng đĭ laih tŏng krah ih hăng kâo. ⁵²Ƀu̱r pơtâo anai laih anŭn gơ̆ng pơtâo anai yơh jing gơ̆ng jơlan, kâo ƀu či găn rơgao hĭ ƀu̱r pơtâo anai nao ngă sat kơ ih ôh, ƀôdah ih kŏn či găn rơgao ƀu̱r pơtâo laih anŭn gơ̆ng pơtâo anai gah kâo lơi kiăng kơ ngă sat kơ kâo. ⁵³Rơkâo Ơi Adai Abraham laih anŭn Nahôr, jing Ơi Adai ama gơñu yơh phat kơđi tŏng krah ƀing ta.” Tui anŭn, Yakôb ƀuăn rơ̆ng ƀơi anăp Ơi Adai jing Pô ama ñu Isa̱k huĭ pơpŭ. ⁵⁴Ñu pơyơr sa gơnam ngă yang pơ anŭn ƀơi čư̆ anŭn laih anŭn jak iâu ƀing kơnung djuai dua gah rai ƀơ̆ng huă. Tơdơi kơ ƀing gơñu ƀơ̆ng huă laih, ƀing gơñu đŏm sa mlam pơ anŭn. ⁵⁵Mơguah ưm amăng hrơi tŏ tui, Laban čum pơčơlah tơngan hăng ƀing ană tơčô ñu laih anŭn bơni hiam kơ ƀing gơ̆. Giŏng anŭn, ñu đuaĭ mơ̆ng anŭn hăng wơ̆t glaĭ pơ anih ñu dŏ.