Luka 2
1 A khohnin a pha vaengah Kaisar Augustus taengkah oltloek te lunglai pum ah a pat.
Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
2 Te hlangmi soepnah tah Syria Kurenius kah a taem vaengah lamhmacuek la om.
This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.
3 Te dongah hlang boeih loh minghlum ham amah kho la rhip cet uh.
And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
4 Te vaengah Joseph khaw Galilee, Nazareth kho lamloh Judea kah Bethlehem la a khue David khopuei la cet. Anih te David imkhui kah nurhui pahrhui la om.
And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
5 Minghlum ham vaengah amah ham a bae Mary te pumrhih la om pueng.
To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
6 A om rhoi kuelhuelh ah a caom tue loh a kae.
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
7 Tedae a capa camingomthang te a cun vaengah tah impahnah ah hmuen a om pawt dongah a yol tih khongduk dongah a soei.
And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
8 Te vaengah amah tekah pingpang ah tudawn rhoek om uh. A tuping te khoyin ah thongimla a khoem uh tih a rhaeh thiluh.
And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
9 Te vaengah Boeipa kah puencawn tah amih taengah a phoe pah. Amih te Boeipa kah thangpomnah loh a tue dongah rhihnah neh bahoeng a rhih uh.
And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.
10 Tedae amih te puencawn loh, “Rhih uh boeh, pilnam boeih taengah aka om ham omngaihnah tanglue te nangmih taengah olthangthen kan thui he.
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
11 Tihnin ah nangmih ham khangkung om coeng. Anih tah David khopuei ah Khrih Boeipa la om coeng.
For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
12 Nangmih ham miknoek pakhat om vetih, cahni te a yol phoeiah kongduk dongah a yalh te na hmuh uh ni,” a ti nah.
And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.
13 Te vaengah puencawn te vaan caempuei rhaengpuei loh tarha a om puei tih Pathen te a thangthen uh.
And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,
14 Te vaengah, “Pathen te a sangkoek ah thangpomnah om saeh, diklai ah rhoepnah neh hlang rhoek soah a kolonah om saeh,” a ti uh.
Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
15 A om van bangla puencawn rhoek tah amih taeng lamloh vaan la cet uh. Tudawn rhoek loh khat neh khat taengah, “Bethlehem la cet pawn sih lamtah olthang aka thoeng he so uh sih. Te tah Boeipa long ni mamih ham a phoe sak,” a ti uh.
And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.
16 Te phoeiah, tatloe la cet uh tih Mary, Joseph neh kongduk dong ah aka yalh cahni te a hmuh uh.
And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
17 A hmuh uh vaengah, te camoe kawng neh amih taengah a thui olka te a doek uh.
And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.
18 Amih taengah tudawn rhoek loh a thui te aka ya rhoek boeih tah a ngaihmang uh.
And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.
19 Tedae Mary loh tekah olka te boeih a kuem tih a thinko ah a khing a mong.
But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
20 Tudawn rhoek tah amih taengah a thui pah bangla boeih a hmuh uh. A yaak uh dongah te Pathen a thangpom uh tih a thangthen uh phoeiah bal uh.
Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.
21 Hnin rhet cup coeng tih, camoe te yahvin a rhet vaengah tah a ming te Jesuh a sui. Te tah bung khuikah a yom hlanah puencawn kah a sui pah coeng ni.
And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.
22 Moses kah olkhueng bangla amih kah imcim khohnin te a pha vaengah Jesuh te Boeipa taengah nawn ham Jerusalem la a khuen rhoi.
And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord
23 Boeipa kah olkhueng dongah a daek bangla bung aka va tongpa boeih tah Boeipa ham cimcaih la a khue ni.
(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
24 Te dongah Boeipa kah olkhueng dongah, “Vahu phiknit mai khaw, vahui ca panit mai khaw,” a ti bangla hmueih te a paek rhoi.
And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.
25 Te vaengah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Simeon te Jerusalem ah khoem om. Tekah hlang tah dueng tih cuep. Te dongah Israel kah thaphohnah te a lamtawn tih Mueihla Cim loh anih a om thil.
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
26 Mueihla Cim loh anih taengah, “Boeipa kah Khrih te a hmuh hlan atah dueknah na hmu mahpawh, “tila a mangthui tangtae te om.
And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 Simeon te mueihla loh bawkim khuila a pawk puei. Te vaengah camoe Jesuh amah te olkhueng kah khosing la saii ham a manu pana loh a khuen.
And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,
28 Te phoeiah Simeon loh a kut dongah a doe tih Pathen te a uem.
Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
29 Te vaengah, “Boeikung na sal he na olthui bangla ngaimongnah neh nan hlah coeng.
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
30 Namah kah khangnah te ka mik loh a hmuh coeng.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 Te ni pilnam tom kah mikhmuh ah na tawn pah.
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
32 Vangnah he namtom a pumphoenah la, thangpomnah te na pilnam Israel hamla om coeng,” a ti.
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
33 Camoe kawng a thui soah a napa neh a manu tah a ngaihmang rhoi.
And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.
34 Simeon loh amih te yoethen a paek tih a manu Mary taeng ah, “Anih he Israel khuiah a yet kah a bungnah neh thohkoepnah ham neh boekoek miknoek la a khueh coeng he.
And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
35 Namah neh namah khaw na hinglu thunglang loh n'rhaih ni. Te daengah ni thinko kah poeknah te poeng a pumphoe eh?,” a ti nah.
(And a sword will go through your heart; ) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.
36 Te vaengah Asher koca kah Phanuel canu tonghmanu Anna om tih a kum khaw muep patong coeng. Anih he a hula lamloh a va neh kum rhih bueng hing rhoi.
And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life
37 Te phoeiah kum sawmrhet kum li hil nuhmai la om. Anih tah bawkim te hlah tlaih kolla khoyin khothaih yaehnah neh, rhenbihnah neh tho a thueng.
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
38 Pathen uem tue a pai kuelhuelh vaengah Jerusalem kah tlannah aka lamtawn rhoek boeih ham camoe kawng te a thui pah.
And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.
39 Boeipa kah olkhueng bangla boeih a soep vaengah te amah kho Galilee, Nazareth la bal rhoi.
And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.
40 Camoe tah a rhoeng vaengah rhaang tih cueihnah neh bae. Pathen kah lungvatnah long khaw a om thil.
And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
41 Kum takuem yoom khotue ah a manu napa te Jerusalem la cet.
And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
42 Kum hlainit a lo vaengah khotue kah khosing bangla amih te cet uh.
And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;
43 Khohnin te cup tih a a bal uh vaengah cadong Jesuh tah Jerusalem ah uelh tih a manu napa loh ming pawh.
And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:
44 Jesuh te lambong khuiah om tila a poek uh dae hnin at long caeh phoeiah tah a huiko neh a hmat taengah a tlap rhoi.
And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,
45 A hmuh rhoi pawt dongah anih tlap ham Jerusalem la mael rhoi.
And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.
46 A thum khohnin a pha phoeiah Jesuh te bawkim khuikah saya rhoek kah a laklung ah ana ngol, amih taengah a hnatun tih amih ana dawt te a hmuh rhoi.
And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.
47 Anih kah yakmingnah neh ollannah boeih te aka ya rhoek boeih tah limlum uh.
And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.
48 Jesuh te a hmuh rhoi vaengah let rhoi tih a manu loh, “Ka capa, balae tih kaimih rhoi tlam he nang khueh? Na pa neh kai loh nang kan toem rhoi tih n'yuek sut coeng he,” a ti nah.
And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.
49 Te vaengah amih rhoi te, “Balae kai nan toem rhoi? A pa im ah ka om ham a kuek te na ming rhoi mahnim?” a ti nah.
And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
50 Tedae amih rhoi taengah a thui pah olka te amih rhoi loh a hmuhming rhoi moenih.
And his words seemed strange to them.
51 Te phoeiah amih rhoi taengah cet tih Nazareth la pawk uh. A taengah boengai la om tih olka te a manu loh a thinko ah boeih a khoem.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
52 Jesuh tah cueihnah neh pumrho ah rhoeng tih Pathen neh hlang taengah lungvatnah a dang.
And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
