Matthai 24
1 Jesu ing bawkim ce cehta nawh ak chang na cet hy, cawh a hubatkhqi ing bawkim huh aham a venna law uhy.
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
2 Cekkhqi na ce, “Vawhkaw ik-oeihkhqi boeih ve nak hu nu? Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, vawhkaw lung ak phoeng qu ve pynoet awm am awm kaw, khaawng boeh boeh kawm uh,” tinak khqi hy.
‘Do you see all these things?’ was his answer. ‘I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,’
3 Jesu ing Olive tlang awh ang ngawih awh, a hubatkhqi ce a venna law dym uhy. “Vawhkaw ik-oeih ce ityk awh nu a awm kaw, nang na lawnaak ingkaw tym a dyt hatnaak ce kawmyihna a awm kaw, kqawn law lah,” tinawh doet uhy. (aiōn g165)
so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, ‘Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.’ (aiōn g165)
4 Jesu ing, “Thlang ing ama ni thainaak khqi aham nami cyih ta lah uh.
Jesus replied to them, ‘See that no one leads you astray;
5 Ikawtih kai ang ming ing thlang khawzah law kawm usaw, 'Kai ni Khrih,' ti kawm uh, thlang khawzah ce thai na kawm uh.
for, many will take my name, and come saying “I am the Christ,” and will lead many astray.
6 Qaal tuknaak ingkaw cem a qaal awithang ce za hlai kawm uk ti koeh ly uh. Cemyih ik-oeihkhqi ce ak awm hly qoe ni, cehlai a dytnaak ce law hyn kaw.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
7 Thlang phyn ingkaw thlang phyn tuk qu kawm usaw, qam ingkaw qam awm tuk qu kawm uh. Penglum awh khaw se kawmsaw lipi tlaai kaw.
For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 Vemyihkhqi taw naa a awm hly awhkaw tlawh ak kqannaak hyn mai ni.
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
9 Thlangkhqi ing thekhanaak aham ingkaw thih sak aham thlang a kut awh ni pek khqi kawm uh, kai a dawngawh thlang phyn boeih ing nangmih ce ni sawh nak khqi kaw.
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 Cawh thlang khawzah ing cangnaak ce a mi cehtaak coengawh a mimah ingkaw a mimah nawn ce thak qu kawm usaw sawh qu na kawm uh,
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
11 tawngha qawl khawzah awm kawmsaw thlang khawzah ce thai na kawm uh.
Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
12 Thawlhnaak a pung hqui hawh a dawngawh, lungnaak awm sit hawh kaw,
and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13 cehlai ang dyt dyna ak dyi phat khqi taw thaawng na awm kawm uh.
Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 Ce qam awithang leek ve thlang phyn boeih a venawh simpyikung na a awmnaak thai aham, khawmdek penglum awh khypyi na awm kaw, cekcoengawh a dytnaak ce law kaw.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
15 Cedawngawh nangmih ing hyn caih khuiawh, Daniel ing anak kqawn amyihna - ak noetkung ing zasim seh - 'qam ak sit sak tuih ak awm ik-oeih,' ce nami huh awh,
As soon, then, as you see “the Foul Desecration,” mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,’ (the reader must consider what this means)
16 Judah qam khuiawh ak awmkhqi ce tlang na cen u seh.
‘then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
17 Iptih na ak awmkhqi ing ik-oeih ak lo na koeh kqum voel seh.
and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
18 Lo na ak awm thlang ing a hi ak lo na koeh hlat qoe voel seh.
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
19 Cawh ak phyihsukhqi ingkaw naa ak pawm nukhqi aham ikawmyih aih nanu a kyi kaw!
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20 Cawhkaw nangmih nami cennaak hly a tym ce chikca ingkaw sabath nyn awh ama pha law naak aham cykcah uh.
Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
21 Ikawtih khawmdek a awm cyk awhkawng amak awm man ingkaw ityk awh awm amak awm hly voel kyinaak ce am law kaw.
for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
22 Cawhkaw khawnyn ce ama tawi sak awhtaw, u awm am syng tikaw, cehlai ak tyh thlangkhqi ak caming a khawnyn ce tawi sak kaw.
Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
23 Cawh u ingawm, 'Vawh ni Khrih a awm,' am awhtaw 'cawh ni a awm,' ani tinaak khqi awhtaw koeh cangna uh.
At that time, if anyone should say to you “Look! Here is the Christ!” or “Here he is!”, do not believe it;
24 Khrih na ak sa qukhqi ingkaw tawngha qawl khqi awm kawmsaw, ang coeng thai mantaw ak tyh thlangkhqi za thainaak aham hatnaak ak bau soeihkhqi ingkaw kawpoek kyi ik-oeihkhqi ce sai kawm uh.
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
25 Ngai lah uh, oepchoeh cana kqawn law hawh nyng ve.
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
26 “Thlang ing, 'kqawng na ni, anih a awm,' ani tinaak khqi awhtaw, koeh cawn uh; cemyih am awhtaw, 'Ipkhui awh ni anih a awm,' ami ti awh awm koeh cangna uh.
Therefore, if people say to you “He is in the wilderness!”, do not go out there; or “He is in an inner room!”, do not believe it;
27 Khawlaw benna khaw a phla awh khawng tlaak dyna ni huh amyihna thlanghqing Capa a law awh ce amyihna awm lawt kaw.
for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Sa qaawk a awmnaak hoei awh, langtahkhqi ce awm kawm uh.
Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
29 Kyinaak khawnynkhqi ce a awm coengawh, 'khawmik ce than kawmsaw khan sai thainaakkhqi ce thloek kaw'.
Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
30 Cawh thlanghqing Capa a hatnaak ce khawk khan awh dang kaw, khawmdek awhkaw thlang phynkhqi boeih ce khy am kqang kawm uh. Thlanghqing Capa ing boeimang saithainaak ing khawk khan myi awhkawng a law ce hu kawm uh.
Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
31 Anih ing ak khan ceityihkhqi ce uut ak awi ing tyi kawmsaw, khawk khan pynoet ben a dytnaak awhkawng pynoet ben dyna, ak tyh thlangkhqi ce khawmdek kili awhkawng caawi kaw.
and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Thai thing awhkawng ve ve cawng lah uh: a paang awh keh nawh a hahno ak cawn awhtaw, khawhqai tym zoe hawh hy ti sim uhyk ti.
‘Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
33 Cemyih lawtna, nangmih ing vawhkaw ik-oeihkhqi boeih ve nami huh awh, anih taw zoe hawh hy, chawmkeng awh dyi hawh hy, tice sim uh.
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
34 Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, vawhkaw ik-oeihkhqi a awm hlan dy taw ve a khuk awhkaw thlangkhqi ve am khum kawm uh.
I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
35 Khawk khan ingkaw khawmdek taw khum hlai voei, kak awi taw am khum qoe qoe tikaw.
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 Cawhkaw khawnyn ingkaw a tym ce u ingawm am sim hy, khawk khan nakaw khan ceityihkhqi ingawm, Capa ingawm am sim hy, Pa doeng ing ni a sim.
But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
37 Noah a khuk awhkaw amyihna, thlanghqing Capa a law awh awm lawt kaw.
For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 Tuiliu a law hlanawh thlangkhqi ing ai unawh aw uhy, chungva qu unawh zulawh poeikhqi sai uhy, Noah ing lawng khuina a lut dy ce amyihna awm uhy;
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
39 tuiliu a law hlan dy awhtaw ikaw ak law kaw, tice am sim uhy, cawh tuiliu ing a mingmih ce khyn khqi boeih hy.
taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Thlang pakhih lo awh awm kawm nih; pynoet ce lo kawmsaw pynoet ce cehta kaw.
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 Nu pakhih sum deeng kawm nih; pynoet ce lo kawmsaw pynoet ce cehta kaw.
of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 Cedawngawh ityk awh na Bawipa a law kaw tice am nami sim a dawngawh qalqiing ing awm lah uh.
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 Cehlai ve ve sim lah uh: ip takung ing ityk awh quk-ai a law kaw tice a sim oet oet mantaw, ak nep na ana qeh kawmsaw a im ce am muk sak kaw.
But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
44 Cedawngawh nangmih awm qalqiing na awm lah uh, nangmih ing am namik poek tym awh thlanghqing Capa ce law kaw.
Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 Cawhtaw tyihzawih ypawm thlak cyi, a boeipa ing a ipkhui awhkaw a tyihzawihkhqi boeih ak khan awh ukkung na ta nawh a tym a khoek awh a mingmih buh a an peek aham a taak thlang ce u hy voei nu ce?
Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 Cemyihna ik-oeih ak sai, boeipa ing ang voei awh a huh tyihzawih cetaw a zoseen kaw.
Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
47 Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, a khawhthem ik-oeihkhqi boeih ak khan awh anih ce ukkung na ta kaw.
I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
48 Cehlai cawhkaw tyihzawih ce thlak che na awm nawh, 'Ka boeipa taw ak hla nani a awm,'
But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves “My master is a long time in coming,”
49 tinawh tyihzawih ak changkhqi ce a vyk coengawh zukhqui thlangkhqi mi zu ce aw mai lah seh.
and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 A boeipa ce amak poek a khawnyn ingkaw ama sim a tym awh ce law plak kaw.
that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
51 A boeipa ing anih ce chawm kawmsaw thlang qaai kqawnkhqi a huh hly kawi ce huh sak lawt kaw, ce a hyn awh kqangnaak ingkaw haatahnaak ce awm kaw.
and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
