Luka 19
1 Jerikho te a kun thil tih a hil.
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 Te vaengah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Zakkhaeus la a khue te lawt om. Anih tah mangmu boei neh kuirhang la om.
There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a commissioner of taxes and a rich man.
3 Anih long khaw Jesuh te hmuh hamla a toem. Tedae a pumrho he merheh la a om dongah hlangping te aep thai pawh.
He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.
4 Tedae a khum ham te a om coeng dongah a hmai la a khal tih amah hmuh ham thaibah dongla yoeng.
So he ran on ahead and climbed into a mulberry tree, to see Jesus, for he knew that he must pass that way.
5 Tekah hmuen la a pha vaengah Jesuh tah oeloe tih anih te, “Zakkhaeus, a loe la rhum, tihnin ah nang im ah ka naeh ham a kuek,” a ti nah.
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him: “Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I must stop at your house to-day.”
6 Te dongah suntla tok tih Jesuh a doe te omngaih coeng.
So Zacchaeus got down quickly, and joyfully welcomed him.
7 Boeih a hmuh uh vaengah cai uh tih, “Hlang tholh taengah pah hamla kun,” a ti uh.
On seeing this, every one began to complain: “He has gone to stay with a man who is an outcast.”
8 A pai neh Zakkhaeus loh Boeipa taengah, “Boeipa, Ka khuehtawn he rhakthuem he khodaeng rhoek ka paek. Hlang khat khat kah hno khat khat ni ka rhawt pah bal atah rhaepli la ka thuung coeng he,” a ti nah.
But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: “Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much.”
9 Te dongah anih te Jesuh loh, “Anih tah Abraham capa la a om van dongah tihnin ah tah khangnah loh he imkhui la pai coeng.
“Salvation has come to this house to-day,” answered Jesus, “for even this man is a son of Abraham.
10 Hlang Capa ha pawk he aka poci te toem ham neh khang ham rhoe pai ni,” a ti.
The Son of Man has come to ‘search for those who are lost’ and to save them.”
11 Jerusalem a pha tom vaengah a yaak neh Pathen kah ram a tueng hamla cai tomlael coeng tila a poek dongah nuettahnah pakhat te a thap tih a thui.
As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the Kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.
12 Te dongah, “Tongpa hlangtang pakhat tah, a ram loh ham kho hla la cet tih ha voei hamla cai.
He said: “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a Kingdom and then return.
13 Te dongah a sal hlangrha te a khue tih mina lungrha te amih taengah a paek. Te phoeiah amih te, ‘Amah ka pawk hil thenpom uh,’ a ti nah.
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.
14 Tedae a pilnam rhoek loh anih te a hmuhuet uh. Te dongah amah hnukah laipai tloep a tueih uh tih, ‘Kaimih soah a manghai ham he ka ngaih uh moenih,’ a ti na uh.
But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say ‘We will not have this man as our King.’
15 Ram te a loh tih amah ha mael vaengah tah tangka a paek a sal rhoek te amah taengla a khue tih metla a thenpom uh khaw ming hamla a dawt.
On his return, after having been appointed King, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.
16 Te vaengah aka pawk lamhma loh, ‘Boeipa, nang kah mina pakhat te mina parha ka kum thil,’ a ti nah.
The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’
17 Te vaengah anih te, ‘Then, sal then a yit dongah uepom la na om tih, kho parha soah saithainah aka khueh la om laeh,’ a ti nah.
‘Well done, good servant!’ exclaimed the master. ‘As you have proved trustworthy in a very small matter, I appoint you governor over ten towns.’
18 Aka pawk pabae long khaw, ‘Nang kah, mina loh mina panga a sak boeipa,’ a ti nah.
When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’
19 Anih khaw, ‘Nang loh kho panga om thil van,’ a ti nah.
So the master said to him ‘And you I appoint over five towns.’
20 Te phoeiah pakhat loh ha pawk tih, ‘Boeipa, nang kah mina tah himbaica khuiah ka khueh tih ka tung he.
Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.
21 Dikkhih dikkhaeh hlang la na om dongah namah khaw kang rhih. Na khueh pawt te na phueih tih na tuh pawt te na ah,’ a ti nah.
For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.’
22 Anih te tah, ‘Na ka lamkah vanbangla nang taengah ol ka tloek ni, sal thae aw, kai he dikkhih dikkhaeh hlang la ka om te na ming coeng. Ka khueh pawt te ka poh tih ka tuh pawt te ka ah het a?
The master answered ‘Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?
23 Te vaengah balae tih ka tangka te caboei dongla na tloeng pawh. Kai ka pawk vaengah a casai neh ka dang kolo mako,’ a ti nah.
Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.
24 Te phoeiah aka pai rhoek te, ‘Anih taengkah mina te lo uh lamtah mina lungrha aka khueh te pae uh,’ a ti nah.
Take away from him the ten pounds,’ he said to those standing by, ‘and give them to the one who has the hundred.’
25 Te vaengah anih te, ‘Boeipa, mina parha a khueh ta,’ a ti na uh.
‘But, Sir,’ they interposed, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’
26 Nangmih taengah ka thui, Aka khueh boeih te a paek thil vetih, aka khueh pawt tah a khueh te khaw a loh pahni.
‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 Tedae amih soah kai manghai sak ham aka ngaih pawh ka rhal rhoek te pahoi hang khuen uh lamtah ka hmaiah ngawn uh,’ a ti nah,” te a thui pah.
But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their King, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.’”
28 Te te a thui phoeiah a hmai la cet tih Jerusalem la luei.
After saying this, Jesus went on in front, going up to Jerusalem.
29 Olives tlang a ti uh taengkah Bethphage neh Bethany te vat a pha vaengah hnukbang panit te a tueih tih,
It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.
30 “Rhaldan kah kho la cet rhoi, a khuila na kun rhoi vaengah laakca a pael te na hmuh rhoi ni. Te soah hlang ngol noek pawt dae hlam lamtah hang khuen rhoi.
“Go to the village facing us,” he said, “and, when you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has yet ridden; untie it and lead it here.
31 khat loh nangmih rhoi te, ‘Ba ham lae na hlam?’ tila n'dawt atah, ‘Boeipa loh a ngoe,’ ti nah,” a ti nah.
And, if anybody asks you ‘Why are you untying it?,’ you are to say this — ‘The Master wants it.’”
32 Te dongah a tueih rhoi loh a caeh rhoi vaengah a ti nah bangla a hmuh rhoi.
So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.
33 laak ca te a hlam rhoi vaengah a boei loh amih rhoi te, “Balae tih laak ca te na hlam rhoi,” a ti nah.
While they were untying the foal, the owners asked them — “Why are you untying the foal?”
34 Te rhoi long khaw, “Boeipa loh a ngoe,” a ti nah.
And the two disciples answered — “The Master wants it.”
35 Te te Jesuh taengla a khuen rhoi. Te phoeiah laak ca te a himbai neh a khuk uh tih Jesuh te a soah a ngol sak uh.
Then they led it back to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on the foal and put Jesus upon it.
36 A caeh vaengah a himbai te long ah a phaih uh.
As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.
37 Olives tlang kah singling te a pha tom vaengah a thaomnah te hnukbang rhaengpuei loh pahoi boeih a hmuh uh. Te boeih nen te omngaih uh tih Pathen te ol neh rhuprhup a thangthen uh.
When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, every one of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:
38 “Boeipa ming neh aka pawk manghai tah a yoethen, vaan ah ngaimongnah, thangpomnah tah a sangkoek ah om saeh,” a ti uh.
“Blessed is He who comes — Our King — in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, And glory on high.”
39 Te dongah hlangping lamkah Pharisee hlangvang loh amah te, “Saya, na hnukbang rhoek te toel lah,” a ti nah.
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: “Teacher, reprove your disciples.”
40 Tedae a doo tih, “Nangmih taengah ka thui, amih paa uh koinih lungto rhoek loh pang uh ni,” a ti nah.
But Jesus answered: “I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out.”
41 Khopuei te a tueng tom vaengah a rhah thil.
When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:
42 “Tahae kah ngaimongnah he nang long khaw tihnin ah na ming koinih, tedae na mikhmuh lamloh a thuh coeng.
“Would that you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
43 Khohnin loh nang taengla ha pawk vetih na rhal rhoek loh nang te vaam n'too thil ni. Te vaengah nang te n'dum vetih voeivang ah nang te ng'et ni.
For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
44 Te phoeiah namah neh na khuikah na ca rhoek te a hnaa uh ni. Namamih kah hiphoelnah tue te na ming pawt yueng, na khuikah lungto sokah lungto pakhat pataeng hmaai uh mahpawh,” a ti nah.
they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”
45 Bawkim la a kun neh hno aka yoi rhoek te a vai.
Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46 Amih te, “‘Ka im tah thangthuinah im la om ni,’ tila a daek coeng dae nangmih loh dingca rhoek kah khuirhung la na saii uh,” a ti nah.
saying as he did so: “Scripture says — ‘My House shall be a House of Prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Te phoeiah hnin takuem bawkim khuiah om tih a thuituen. Tedae khosoihham rhoek, cadaek rhoek neh pilnam kah a congkhang long tah anih te poci sak ham a mae uh.
Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.
48 Tedae pilnam loh Jesuh te a hmaitoh tih boeih a hnatun dongah metla a saii uh ham khaw ming uh pawh.
Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung upon his words.
