< Mark 4 >

1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
Tuili kaengah khaw thuituen ham koep a tong tih hlangping loh a taengah a kumngai a tingtun pah. Te dongah amah te tuili kah lawng khuiah ngol hamla kun. Te vaengah hlangping tah tuili taengkah lan soah boeih om uh.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Te vaengah amih te nuettahnah neh muep a thuituen tih a thuituennah dongah amih te,
3 “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
“Hnatun uh lah, cangti aka tuh tah cangti tuh ham cet ne.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
A tuh la a om vaengah a ngen tah long ah tla. Te dongah vaa loh a paan tih a kueh.
5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Te phoeiah a tloe tah laimen muep aka om pawh lungrhong soah tla tih laimen a dung la a om pawt dongah tlek poe.
6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Tedae khomik a thoeng vaengah a kaeng atah a yung a om pawt dongah koh.
7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Te phoeiah a tloe tah hling khuiah tla. Hling te a rhoeng vaengah cangti te a thing tih a thaih thaii pawh.
8 Others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
Te phoeiah a tloe rhoek tah lai then dongah tla. Te dongah a poe vaengah rhoeng tih a thaih thaii tih a ngen thumkip, a ngen sawmrhuk, a ngen yakhat lo,” a ti nah.
9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Te dongah, “Yaak nah hna aka khueh loh ya saeh,” a ti nah.
10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Te dongah amah bueng a om vaengah, a taengvai rhoek neh hlainit rhoek loh nuettahnah te a dawt uh.
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Te dongah amih te, “Pathen ram kah olhuep te nangmih m'paek coeng. Tedae poengben kah rhoek ham tah soeprhaep boeih te nuettahnah la a om pah.
12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”
Te daengah ni a hmuh tah a hmuh uh sui dae a hmat uh pawt eh, a yaak tah a yaak uh sui dae a hmuhming uh pawt eh. Ha mael uh vetih amih te vik hlah ve,” a ti nah.
13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
Te phoeiah amih te, “Hekah nuettahnah he na ming uh pawt atah nuettahnah boeih te metlam na ming uh eh?
14 The farmer sows the word.
Aka tuh loh olthangthen ni a tuh.
15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
He tah longpuei kaep kah a soem ol te ni. A yaak vaengah Satan tlek cet tih amih khuiah a soem ol a loh pah.
16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Te phoeiah he rhoek tah lungrhong sokah a haeh rhoek ni. Te rhoek loh ol te a yaak uh vaengah omngaihnah neh tlek a doe.
17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Tedae a khuiah a yung om uh pawt tih kolkalh bueng om uh. Te phoeiah olka kongah phacip phabaem neh hnaemtaeknah a om atah voeng a khah uh.
18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
A tloe rhoek hling lakli ah a tuh khaw om. Te rhoek khaw ol aka ya rhoek ni.
19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
Tedae diklai kah mawntangnah, khuehtawn kah hmilhmaknah neh a tloe boeih ham hoehhamnah ha pawk vaengah ol te a thing tih a tlongtlai la poeh. (aiōn g165)
20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
Tedae lai then ah tuh la aka om rhoek tah ol te a yaak uh vaengah a doe uh tih a ngen tah thumkip, a ngen tah sawmrhuk, a ngen tah yakhat la thaihtak,” a ti nah.
21 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
Te phoeiah amih te, “Hmaiim te voh hmui neh thingkong hmuiah khueh ham a hang khuen? Hmaitung soah a khueh ham moenih a?
22 For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.
Te dongah a huephael akhaw a phoe mueh la a om moenih. A huep te a thoeng mueh moenih. Te van daengah ni mingpha la a om eh.
23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Yaak nah hna aka khueh long te tah ya saeh,” a ti nah.
24 He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.
Te phoeiah amih te, “Na yaak uh te poek uh, na nueh nah cungnueh nen te nangmih n'nueh van vetih nangmih taengah han thap ni.
25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”
Aka khueh te tah a paek thil vetih aka khueh pawt te a khueh duen te anih taeng lamloh a lat pah ni,” a ti nah.
26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
Te phoeiah, “Pathen ram tah diklai dongah cangtii aka haeh hlang bangla om tangloeng.
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
Tedae khoyin khothaih ip vaeng thoo vaeng cakhaw cangtii daih tih a rhoeng te a ming moenih.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Diklai amah loh a thaihtak sak tih lamhma la cangkung, te phoeiah cangvuei, cangvuei khuiah cangyen a bae sak.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Tedae cangvuei loh hmin tih cangah a pha atah vin tlek a pom,” a ti nah.
30 He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Te phoeiah Jesuh loh, “Pathen ram he metlam n'thuidoek vetih mebang nuettahnah nen n'nueh lah ve?
31 It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
Pathen ram tah mukang mu bangla om. Te te diklai dongah a haeh vaengah tah diklai hmankah a tii boeih lakah a yit koek la om.
32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
A haeh phoeiah rhoeng tih toian boeih lakah a tanglue la coeng, a hlaeng khaw a len la cawn. Te dongah vaan kah vaa khaw a hlipkhup ah bu a tuk thai,” a ti nah.
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
A yaak thai la hebang nuettahnah neh amih taengah ol muep a thui pah.
34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Nuettahnah pawt atah amih taengah a thui moenih. Tedae a hnukbang rhoek ham bueng ni boeih a thuicaih pah.
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”
Te khohnin hlaem a pha vaengah amih te, “Rhalvangan la lan uh sih,” a ti nah.
36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
Te phoeiah hlangping te a hlah uh tih lawng khuiah aka om Jesuh te pahoi a khuen uh. Lawng tloe rhoek khaw Jesuh taengah om uh.
37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
Te vaengah khohli aka tlo hlipuei te hli. Te dongah tuiphu loh lawng te a boh dongah lawng dalh buek.
38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”
Tedae Jesuh tah a maicaem ah om tih luhoe dongah ip. Te vaengah amah te a thoh uh tih, “Saya, m'poci coeng he, na ngaihuet moenih a?” a ti na uh.
39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.
A haeng vaengah khohli te a ho tih tuili te, “Paa lamtah duem laeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah khohli te paa tih suepduem la boeih om.
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
Te phoeiah amih te, “Balae tih rhalyawp la na om uh? Tangnah na khueh uh hlan a?” a ti nah.
41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Tedae a rhih uh tih a rhihnah uh khaw khosava. Te dongah khat neh khat, “Unim he, tuili neh khohli long pataeng boe a ngai pah he?” a ti uh.

< Mark 4 >