Luke 12
1 Tua laitak in simzawk ngawl za dong in mihonpi hong ki kaikhawm kheukho uh a, khat le khat a ki phul ngawp liang uh laitak in, Jesus in a nungzui te kung ah amasabel in, Pharisee te tol a kici ki hitheamsak nate kidawm vun.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: “Be on your guard against the leaven — that is, the hypocrisy — of the Pharisees.
2 Banghangziam cile a kilang ngawl tu in a ki sincip thei a om ngawl bangma in; heak ngawl tu in a ki phualcip thei zong om ngawl hi.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Tua ahikom khuazing sung ah na son theampo uh sia khuavak sung ah ki za tu hi; inndoi sung bil kung vacin pan na son uh te innkhum tung pan ki tangko tu hi.
Hence all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 Ka lawmte awng hong son khi hi, pumpi that in, tua zawkciang bangma a law thei nawn ngawl te lau heak vun.
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 Ahihang na lau tu uh te kidop na kong pia khol tu hi: a thalup zawkciang hell sung ah a khia thei sia na lau vun; hi hi, keima in kong son hi, lau vun. (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Tonbawm nga ciang dangka san pia ni taw ki zuak hi, tua te khat zong Pathian in mangil ngawl hi ngawl ziam?
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Ahihang na lu tung uh a samzam te nangawn simsiat sa hi. Tua ahikom lau heak vun: note sia tonbawm tam mama sang in manphazaw nu hi.
No, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Keima in kong ci hi, a kuamapo mipi mai ah hong pualak sia, mihing Tapa in Pathian i vantungmi te mai ah ama zong pualak tu khi hi:
Every one, I tell you, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 Ahihang mipi mai ah kei hong nial te Pathian i vantungmi te mai ah ka nial tu hi.
but he, who disowns me before his fellow men, will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 A kuamapo in mihing Tapa langpan in a pau sia, ki maisak tu hi: ahihang a kuamapo Tha Thiangtho a sonsia peuma, ki maisak ngawl tu hi.
Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 Synagogue sung ah ahizong, ngam uk te le thunei te mai ah hong ki paipui ciang in, bangbang in, a hibale, bangbang zo kik tu, a hibale bang pau tu, ci in ngaisun heak vun:
Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 Banghangziam cile Tha Thiangtho in hong hil tu hi, ci hi.
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”
13 Mipi sung pan khat in, Syapa awng, ka suapuipa in ngamh hong khen natu in hong sonsak tan, ci hi.
“Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”
14 Taciang Jesus in, Pasal pa awng, note tung ah a kua in thukhen tu le ngamh khensak tu in hong vawt ziam? ci hi.
But Jesus said to him: “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 Tasiaciang in Jesus in amate tung ah, Duhopna kidawm vum: banghangziam cile mihing khat i nuntakna sia a dimlet liang a nei le a lam sung ah ki hel ngawl hi, ci hi.
And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man’s true Life does not depend on what he has.”
16 Jesus in amate tung ah sontena khat son a, Mihau pa khat om a, a lo sung pan in an tam mama piang hi.
Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 Tasiaciang a thinsung pan in, an khol natu inndoi nei ngawl ka hikom, bangbang hi tu khi ziam? ci in ngaisun hi.
and he began to ask himself ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Tua ahikom, hibangin ka vawt tu hi: ka ansal ka phel siat tu a, a lianzaw in ka sa tu hi; tua mun ah ka an le van te theampo khol tu khi hi.
This is what I will do,’ he said; ‘I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 Taciang ka thaa tung ah, Maw ka thaa awng, kum tampi atu kholsa van le na tam mama nei ni hi; suaktatak in, ne in a, dawn in, a nuam mama in om in, ka ci tu hi, ci hi.
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
20 Ahihang Pathian in ama tung ah, nang a mawmaw pa, tuzan mama in na thaa la tu khi hi: taciang na khol sa van theampo sia akua in lua tu ziam? ci hi.
But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared — who will have it?’
21 Tasia bangma in ama atu neisa khol a, Pathian sung ah a hau ngawl peuma, hi mihau pa taw kibang hi, ci hi.
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.”
22 Jesus in a nungzui te tung ah, Tua ahikom kong ci hi, na nuntakna atu in na kisap uh an le tui; na pumpi atu sil le ten atu in thintoi heak vun.
And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body — what you can get to wear.
23 An sang in nuntakna, puansil sang in pumpi thupi zaw hi.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Va-ak te nuntak na en vun: banghangziam cile amate thaici ciing ngawl a, tang zong at ngawl hi; ansal zong nei ngawl hi; ahihang Pathian in vak hi: note sia vacimno te sang in bangza in thupi zaw nu ziam?
Think of the ravens — they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 Note sung ah a kua in thintoi na taw a khan tongkhat belap thei tu ziam?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?
26 Hi a nobel nangawn vawt thei ngawl na hi uh le, banghang a dang te thintoi nu ziam?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Duisung ah unok pak te bangbang in khang, ci ngaisun pak vun, naseam ngawl hi, khauzong hual ngawl hi; Keima in kong ci hi, Solomon in a minthanna theampo taw a kipua ciang in, hi pak khat zong ban zo ngawl lai hi.
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 Tuni po a, zingciang vawk in a ki hal tu lolai ah lopa te nangawn Pathian in zeam a hile, tuate sang in note hong zeam zaw mama tu hi ngawl ziam, no upna no te?
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
29 Na neak tu uh le na dawn tu uh te zong heak vun, uplakna thinsung zong nei heak vun.
And you — do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 Banghangziam cile hibang te sia leitung minam theampo te in zong peu uh hi; hibang nate kisam nu hi, ci na Pa uh in hong he hi.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Ahihang note sia Pathian kumpingam zong zaw vun; tua hile hibang na theampo hong pia thua tu hi.
No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.
32 Lau heak vun, tuuhon tawm no te awng; banghangziam cile note kumpingam piak tu sia na Pa uh i deina a hihi.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
33 Na neisa uh te zuak vun a, mizawng te hu na pia vun; a nget le a lui thei ngawl te note atu in khol vun, na neisa te uh a bo thei ngawl na mun, nguta te a thet thei ngawl na mun le nget i neak thei ngawl na mun vantung ah khol vun.
Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out — an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 Banghangziam cile na neisa uh om na mun ah na thinsung uh zong om tu hi.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 Na kawng uh kawngkhau thua vun, na meivak uh tangsak vun;
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 Note mopoai pan in a topa hong theng a; kongkha hong kik pociang, hon pai tu in a ngak nginge te bang hi tavun.
and be like men who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 A topa a thet ciang in ama ngak nginge in a mu naseam te thuphatoai a hihi: a tatak kong ci ciang, a topa ama vateak in a kawngkhau kil in, a naseam te sia an ne tu in tosak tu a, amate an lui tu hi.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.
38 Nai ni ciang ziam, nai thum ciang ziam, a topa hongpai a hile, ama ngak nginge in a mu, a naseam te thuphatoai a hihi.
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 Nguta hongpai tu hun sia, innteakpa in he hile, a inn cing nginge tu a, nguta i inn phulsak thuak ngawl tu hi.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 Tua ahikom ki ngingsa in om vun: banghangziam cile mihing Tapa sia na ki ngin ngawl uh laitak in hongpai tu hi, ci hi.
Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.”
41 Peter in, Topa awng, hi thu sontena sia koma atu nong son ziam maw, a hibale mi theampo atu ziam? ci hi.
“Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to every one?”
42 Topa in, A topa in ama innkuanpui te a hun a cin ciang in amate i tel tek neak tu a pia thei lampui koi tu a, a muantak le a ciim neisa keampa sia a kua ziam?
“Who, then,” replied the Master, “is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 A topa hongpai ciang in, na a sep laitak a mu, naseam pa thuphatoai a hihi.
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
44 A tatak ka ciciang, tua naseam pa sia a topa in a nei theampo keam in koi tu hi.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Ahizong naseam khat in a thinsung pan in, ka topa hongpai pai ngawllai tu hi, ci ngai sun a; naseam dang numei le pasal ci ngawl in vel tu hi, taciang ne le dawn tu a, zukham in om tu hi;
But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 Tua naseam pa in a upmawk ngawl ni le a ki ngin ngawl hun laitak in a topa hongpai tu a, tua naseam pa sia a topa in nasiatak in velcip tu hi, taciang thu um ngawl te taw ama ngatu a tel teng koisak tu hi.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 Tua naseam in a topa dei na he nginge napi, vawtkhol ngawl in a topa deina bang in seam ngawl hi, tua naseam pa sia nasia mama in a liam dong vatcip tu hi.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Ahihang topa deina a heak ngawl hu in, a vawt te sia nasiatak liamna thuak tak napi, tawmbek liam in vat tu hi. Banghangziam cile khatpo tung ah tam mama a pia a hile, ama tung ah tam mama ki ngen kik tu hi: taciang mitampi a ap le, tampi ma ki ngen kik tu hi.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 Leitung ah mei kuangsak tu in kongpai hi; taciang a kuang zo bang hi zen thong le, bangza in uk khi ziam?
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Ahihang thuak tu baptisma khat nei khi hi; tasia ka vawt ma teng ka thin nuam thei ngawl tu hi.
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Leitung ah kilemna pia tu in hongpai hi, ci hong ngaisun nu ziam? hong ci khi hi, tabang hi ngawl hi; kikhenna tu in hongpai zaw khi hi:
Do you think that I am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Banghangziam cile tu pan kipan in inn khat sung ah mihing nga a om te ki khen tu a, thum te a dang ni te in langpan tu hi, taciang ni te a dang thum te in langpan tu hi.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 A pa in a tapa taw ki khen in ki langpan tu a, a tapa in zong a pa langpan kik tu hi; a nu in a tanu langpan tu a, a tanu in zong a nu langpan tu hi; a nu in a mo langpan tu a, a mo in zong a tonupi langpan tu hi, ci hi.
‘Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’”
54 Jesus in mipi te tung ah, Nitum na sang pan mei hong kai ciang in, ngua zu tu hi, na ci thei pai uh a; zu takpi hi.
And to the people Jesus said: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.
55 Thangsang pan in hui hong va le, khualum tu hi, na ci uh a; lum takpi hi.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
56 No a ki hitheamsak te, van le lei pan in khuahun he thei nu hi; ahihang banghang in, tu hun paizia tel thei ngawl nu ziam?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 Hi hi, banghang in thu man khat sia thukhen ngawl nu ziam?
Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?
58 Mihing khat in zum hong then le, zum na thet uh ma lamkal ah, a kung pan na suatak thei natu hanciam in; tabang na hi bale, thukhen pa kung ah hong ap tu a, thukhen pa in palik te kung ah hong ap in, palik te in thong hong taksak tu hi.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; for fear that he should drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 Na liausum na piaksiat mateng, thonginn sung pan in suakta ngawl tu ni hi, ci in kong son hi, ci hi.
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last farthing.”
