Luka 14

1 Sabbath a pha vaengah Jesuh tah Pharisee boeilu pakhat im ah buh ca la cet. Te vaengah amah te a om thil uh tih a dawn uh.

And it happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

2 Te vaengah hlang pakhat bungthung aka khueh te a hmaiah pakcak a pawk pah.

And look, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

3 Te dongah Jesuh loh olming rhoek neh Pharisee rhoek te a doo tih a voek vaengah, “Sabbath hnin ah tloh hoeih sak ham tueng a, a tueng moenih a?” a ti nah.

Jesus, answering, spoke to the Law scholars and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

4 Tedae amih loh a hil a phah uh dongah a hoeih sak hlang te a mawt tih a tueih.

But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 Te phoeiah amih te, “Na ca mai khaw, vaito mai khaw tangrhom ah aka cungku te, Sabbath hnin ah pahoi a doek moenih a?” a ti nah.

He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

6 Tedae te te oelh uh thai pawh.

But they could make no reply to this.

7 Hmuensang te mat a laehdawn tih aka tuek, a cael rhoek te nuettahnah a thui pah.

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

8 Te vaengah amih te, “Yuluei kung la hlang khat khat loh n'khue uh vaengah, hmuensang ah ngol uh boeh, anih loh a khue te nang lakah a khoelh la vik om ve.

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

9 Te vaengah nang neh anih aka khue te ha pawk vetih nang te, ‘Anih he hmuen pae dae,’ a ti ni. Te vaengah yah te na poh van vetih a hmuen hnukkhueng te na dang ni.

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

10 Te dongah n'khue vaengah cet lamtah hnukkhueng hmuen ah ngol. Te daengah ni nang aka khue te ha pawk vaengah nang te, ‘Paya aw, thoo hang dae,’ a ti vetih na taengkah aka ngol rhoek boeih taengah nang hamla thangpomnah a om eh.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

11 Amah aka pomsang boeih tah tlarhoel vetih amah aka tlarhoel tah a pomsang ni,” a ti nah.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

12 Te phoeiah amah aka khue te khaw, “Buhkoknah neh hlaembuh na saii vaengah, na paya, na manuca, na huiko, na imben kuirhang rhoek te khue boeh. Amih loh namah te n'buhung van vetih kutthungnah loh namah taengla ha thoeng ve.

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

13 Tedae buhloei na tael vaengah khodaeng, kut ngun kho ngun, aka khaem, mikdael te khue.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

14 Yoethen la na om bitni, nang n'sah ham te khueh pawt cakhaw aka dueng rhoek kah thohkoepnah dongah nang ham a sah bitni,” a ti nah.

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

15 A yaak uh vaengah aka ngol rhoek khuikah pakhat loh, “Yoethen long te tah Pathen kah ram ah buh a caak ni,” a ti nah.

Now when one of those who were reclining with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will eat bread in the Kingdom of God."

16 Anih te khaw Jesuh loh, “Hlang pakhat loh hlaembuh muep a thong tih hlang muep a khue.

But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

17 Hlaembuh tue ah tah a sal te a khue rhoek taengla a tueih tih, ‘Ham paan uh laeh, sikim la om coeng,’ a ti nah.

And he sent his servant at the hour for supper to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

18 Tedae a bangtlang la boeih a thaanah uh tih, lamhma kah loh, ‘Lo ka lai tih aka hip la caeh ham a kueknah la ka om. Namah taengah kam bih mai eh, om mai saeh, kai tah ng'rhoe mai,’ a ti nah.

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

19 Pakhat loh, ‘Vaito a rhoi panga ka lai tih, nainong ham ka cet ni, Namah taengah kam bih mai eh, om mai saeh, kai tah ng'hoep mai,’ a ti nah.

"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

20 Pakhat bal loh, ‘Yuu ka loh tih ka lo ham coeng mahpawh,’ a ti nah.

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

21 Te dongah sal te a pawk vaengah tah a boeipa taengla a puen pah. Te vaengah imkung tah kosi a hong tih a sal te, ‘Khopuei kah toltung neh imhlai laklo ah a loe la cet lamtah, khodaeng, a kut a kho aka ngun, mikdael, aka khaem te pahoi hang khuen,’ a ti nah.

"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

22 Sal loh, ‘Boeipa, nan tueih bangla ka saii coeng dae a hmuen om pueng,’ a ti nah.

"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

23 Te dongah boei loh sal taengah, ‘Khohla longpuei neh vongtung taengah khaw cet lamtah ha kun ham tanolh dae, te daengah ni ka im ah hlang a bae eh.

"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 Nangmih taengah ka thui coeng, ka khue hlang rhoek loh kai kah hlaembuh ten uh boel saeh,’ a ti nah,” te a thui pah.

For I tell you that none of those individuals who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

25 Jesuh te hlangping loh muep a puei hatah, amih taengla mael tih,

Now large crowds were going with him. He turned and said to them,

26 “Khat khat te kai taengla ha lo vaengah a napa neh a manu, a yuu neh a ca, pacaboeina neh tanu takhong, amah kah a hinglu khaw a toeng thil bal pawt atah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.

"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 Amah kah thinglam a koh pawt ah kai hnukla aka lo te tah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.

Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 Nangmih khui lamkah loh imsang sak ham aka ngaih te unim? Lamhma la ngol tih a hnonah te a tae moenih a? Imcoeng ham khueh mai cakhaw?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 A khoengim a sut tih coeng thai pawt koinih aka hmu boeih loh anih te pahoi a tamdaeng ni.

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

30 hlang loh sak hamla a tong dae a coeng thai moenih,’ a ti uh ta.

saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'

31 Mebang manghai khaw manghai pakhat te a noem tih ni caem la a caeh. Te vaengah ngol lamhma tih a doe ham te thawng rha a om thai atah anih te thawng kul neh paan thil ham a moeh moenih a?

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 Te pawt koinih voelh a om vaengah rhoepnah ham laipai a tueih vetih a dawt ni.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

33 Te dongah nangmih boeih khaw, a khuehtawn boeih aka hlah pawt te tah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.

So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

34 Lungkaeh khaw tui, tedae lungkaeh te khaw a dap atah ba nen lae a hlihlim sak eh?

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

35 Laimen ham khaw om pawt tih, aek lam khaw hoeikhang laklo pawt dongah phawn a voeih uh. Yaak nah hna aka khueh rhoek loh yaa uh,” a ti nah.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."