Luke 13
1 Hiche phatlai hin Pilate in Galilee gam mi phabep'in Hou'in a kilhaina gantha abollaiyun athat'e tithu Yeshua seipeh in aumin ahi.
Some people who were [listening to Jesus] at that time told him about some people from Galilee [district who had gone to Jerusalem]. Pilate, [the Roman governor], had [ordered soldiers to] kill them [MTY] while they were offering sacrifices [in the Temple there].
2 “Hiche Galilee miho chu Galilee gam midang ho jouse sanga chonse joa nangaito uvam?” tin Yeshuan adongin, “Hijeh a chu chutia thoh genthei athoh u ahi natiuvem?
Jesus replied to them, “Do you think [that this happened to those] people from Galilee [because] they were more sinful than all the other people from Galilee?
3 Ahipoi, kaseipeh nahiuve, nalung nahei uva Pathen lam'a nakihei lou uleh nangho jong mangthah ding nahiuve.
I assure you, [that was] not [so]! But instead of [being concerned about them, you need to remember that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior.
4 Chuleh Siloam inting achima adellih mi somleget hochu la? Amaho chu Jerusalem a dinga michonse pen ho hitauvam?
Or, [consider] the 18 people who died when the tower at Siloam [outside Jerusalem] fell on them. Do you think [that this happened to them because] they were more sinful than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem?
5 Ahipoi, chule kaseipeh kit nahiuve, nalung nahei lou uleh namanthah diu ahi” ati.
I assure you, [that was] not so! But instead, you [need to realize that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not stop your sinful behavior!”
6 Chuin Yeshuan hiche thusim hi ahinseiye: “Mikhat in ahonsung ah theichang phungkhat atun chule avel vel in aga umding ham tin ahung ve jin, hinlah amapa alung lhalheh jeng jin ahi.
Then Jesus told them this illustration [to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him]: “A man planted a fig tree on his farmland. ([Each year/Many times]) he came to it looking for figs, but there were no figs.
7 Achainan honlhou pa jah'a, Kumthum hulteh kanga ahitai, ahin tuchan'in theichang khatbeh jong aga poi! Phuhlhu uvin,” ati. Honsungah mun alobep seuvin anohphah e, ati.
Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look [here]! I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree every year for the past three years, but there have been no figs. Cut it down! (It is just using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing!/Why should it continue using up the [nutrients in] the soil [for nothing]?) [RHQ]’
8 “Hon lhoupan adonbut in, ‘Pakai phat khatvei peh ben, kumkhat umsah ben, chule keiman phatechan vesui ingting leiphat na ding tampi sung inge.
But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it.
9 Khovei leh theichang imu le aphai. Imulou uleh, na phuhlhuh thei ahitai’ ati” tin aseiye.
If it bears fruit next year, we [(inc)] will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you [(sg)] can cut it down.’”
10 Cholngah ni khat hi Yeshuan kikhopna in'a thu ahil pet hin,
One (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), [Jesus] was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places.
11 Numei khat lhagaoboh in lam jot moa alha amui. Kum somleget jen tingbong'a dingjang thei louva alha ahi.
There was a woman there whom an evil spirit [MTY] had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight.
12 Yeshuan amanu amu chun, ahinkouvin aseitai, “Ngailut umtah numeinu, nanat na'a kona kisudam'ah nahitai,” ati.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, [I am] freeing you [(sg)] from your illness!”
13 Chuin amanu chu atham'in ahileh amanu jong chupettah chun adingjang thei tai. Pathen iti avahchoi hitam!
He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God!
14 Ahivangin kikhopna in'a lhacha mopopa chun cholngah nia amisuhdam jeh chun nommo asan. “Hapta sunga nigup natoh nading um ahi,” tin mihonpi jah'a chun, “Hiche nikho ho a chun hungun, Cholngahni hilouvin” ati.
But the man in charge (of the synagogue/of the meeting place) was angry because Jesus had healed her (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). [He considered that healing was doing work]. So he said to the people, “There are six days [each week] in which [our Jewish] laws permit people to work. [If you need healing], those are the days to come ([to the synagogue/to the meeting place]) and be healed. Do not come on our Jewish day of rest!”
15 Ahivangin Pakaiyin adonbut in, “Miphalhem ho! Nabon uva Cholngah nia na natoh sohkeiyu chula! Na bongchal ham ahiloule na sangan ham Cholngah nia akihenna a pat a sutlham'a tui donsah dia napui jiu hilou ham?
Then the Lord replied to him, “You [(sg) and your fellow religious leaders are] hypocrites! (On the Sabbath/On our Jewish day of rest), [just like on every other day], (each of you unties his ox or donkey, and then leads it from the food trough to where it can drink water./does not each of you untie his ox or donkey, and then lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?) [RHQ] [That is work, too]!
16 Hiche lungset umtah numeinu, Abraham chanu hi, Satan in kum somleget jen soh'a ahentang ahi. Cholngahni hijongleh chutobang suhdam chu dihlou ham?” ati.
This woman [is more important than an animal; she is a Jew], descended from Abraham! But Satan has [kept her] [MET] [crippled] for 18 years, [as though] he had tied her up [and not let her escape]! So (it is certainly right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Sabbath day!/was it not right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Jewish rest day?) [RHQ]”
17 Hichun agalmi ho asujum in, ahin mijousen thilkidang abolho jeh chun akipah tauve.
After Jesus said that, all the people [there] who opposed him were ashamed. But all the [other] people [there] were happy about all the wonderful things he was doing.
18 Chuin Yeshuan aseiyin, “Pathen Lenggam chu itobang ham? Iti katekah ding ham?
Then Jesus said, “(I will tell you how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]./Do you know how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]?) [RHQ] I will tell you what I can compare it to.
19 Ankam mu neocha tobang mikhat in hon'a atu tobang ahi; ahung khangin chule thingphung ahung kisoh e, chule vachaten abah tin'ah genading bu akisah jiuve,” ati.
It is like a [tiny] mustard seed that a man planted in his field. It grew until it became [big, like] a tree. It was [so big that] birds built nests in its branches.”
20 Aman adong kit in, “Pathen Lenggam chu ipi toh kitekah ding ham?
Then he said, “I will tell [RHQ] you something else, to illustrate how the people who let God rule [MET] [their lives can influence their society more and more].
21 Nupi khat in changlhah asemna a amanchah chol tobang ahi. Changbong atena dimthum'a chol neocha akoi ahivangin, apumpin ahin thulha jin ahi,” ati.
It is like [a little bit of] yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
22 Yeshua khopi hole khoneo tin'ah achen, achena chan'ah thu ahil'in, Jerusalem lam amano jinge.
[Jesus] continued traveling, along [with his disciples], through various towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. As they went, he was teaching [the people].
23 Koiham khat in ahin dongin, “Pakai, mi themkhat bou huhhing'a um ding ham?” ati. Aman adonbut in,
Someone asked him, “Lord, will there be only a few people who are saved {whom [God] saves}?” He replied to them, “[There will not be many, because] the way [to heaven] [MET] is [like] a narrow door.
24 “Pathen Lenggam lutna a kotjim lam'a lutna dingin kihabol un, ajeh chu mi tamtah'in lutding agotding ahivanga losam diu ahi.
[Therefore, try hard] to enter that narrow doorway, because I tell you that many people will try to enter [heaven by some other way], but they will not be able to get in.
25 In neipan kot akam jou teng, geisang val ding ahitai. Nangma pamlam'a nadin'a kot nakiu ding chule natao ding, ‘Pakai, keiho dingin kot neihon peh un!’ nati ding, ahivanga aman nahin donbut diu, ‘Keiman nangho koi nahiu ahiloule hoiya kon nahiu kahekhapoi’ ati ding ahi.
[God is like] the owner of a house. [Some day] he will lock his door. Then [some of] you will begin to stand outside that door and knock. You will say, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘[No, I will not open it, because] I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!’
26 Chuteng nanghon naseidiu, ‘Ahivanga nangma toh kaneh uva kadon uva, chule kalampiu lah dunga jong neinahil u chula’ natidiu ahi.
Then you will say, ‘([You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because]) [RHQ] we [(exc)] ate [meals] with you [(sg)], and you taught [people] in the streets of our [towns]’!
27 Chule aman hitia hi ahin donbut ding, ‘Kaseipeh nahiuve, keiman nangho kahekhapoi chule hoiya kona hung nahiu kahepoi. Kakoma konin potdoh'un, nangho thilse bolteho.’
But he will say, ‘[I tell you again], I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from. You [are] wicked people! Get away from here!’”
28 Chumun'a chu ka le hagel um ding ahi, ijeh inem itile Pathen lenggam a chu Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, chule themgao jouse namudiu ahi, amavang nangma nakipaidoh ding ahi.
Then Jesus continued, saying, “[From where God will send you], you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the distance. All the prophets [who lived long ago will also be there], in the kingdom where God [is ruling]. But you will be outside, crying and grinding your teeth [because you will have severe pain]!
29 Chule miho vannoi pumpi–solam le lhumlam a pat, sah le lhang a pat–Pathen lenggam'a amun'u kilo dinga hung khom diu ahi.
Furthermore, many [non-Jewish] people will [be inside]. There will be ones who have come from [lands to] the north, east, south, and west. They will be feasting in (that place where God is ruling/God’s kingdom).
30 Chule hiche hi kichin in: mi phabep tua mi-noinung pen dan'a umhohi khonung leh alenpen hidiu ahi, chule tua alenpen hohi aneopen hidiu ahi,” ati.
Think about this: Some people whom others do not [consider] important [now, God will make] them very important [then], and some people whom [others consider] very important [now, God will make] to be not important [then].”
31 Hiche pet chun Pharisee ho phabep khat in ajah'a, “Hikoma konin potdoh'in nakihinso nom leh! Herod in nathatdoh nom'e!” atiuve.
At that very time, some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Leave this area, because [the ruler] Herod [Antipas] wants to kill you [(sg)]!”
32 Yeshuan adonbut in, “Cheuvin lang chuche si-al chu gaseipeh un, thilha kanodoh jing ding chule ana damlou kasuhdam jing ding, tunia jong jinga jong; chule anithum nile kahung lona kasuh bulhit ding ahi.
He replied to them, “Herod is [MET] [as cruel as] a fox, [but also as insignificant as a fox]. [So I do not worry about him]. But [to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined], go tell him this [message from me]: ‘Listen! I am expelling demons and performing miracles today, and [I will continue doing] it for a short time. After that, I will finish my work.
33 Henge, tuni le jing, chule ajing kit le kalampia chu kachejom ding ahi. Ajeh chu Jerusalem tailouva themgao kithat theilou ding ahi.”
But I must continue my trip [to Jerusalem] during the coming days, because [they killed many other] prophets there, and [since I am also a prophet], no other place is appropriate for people to kill [me].’”
34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, themgaoho that le Pathen sottolle ho songa seplih khopi! Ijat vei ahpin anoute alhaving noiya a-opkhum banga nachate khoptup ding kagot ham, ahivangin neibolsah poi.
[Then Jesus said], “O [people of] [MTY] Jerusalem [APO]! You killed the prophets [who lived long ago, and you killed others], whom [God] sent to you, [by throwing] stones [at them]. Many times I wanted to gather you together [to protect you] [SIM] like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want [me to do that].
35 Chuleh tun, ven, na-in hi kidalha ahitai. Chuleh nangman neimu kitlou ding ahitai, ‘Pakai min'a hungpa anunnom'e!’ tia naseikit tokah'a,” ati.
So listen to this: Your city [MTY] (OR, your temple) is going to be abandoned (OR, God will no longer protect it). I will [MTY] also tell you this: I [will enter your city only once more. After that], you will not see me until the time when [I return and] you say [about me], ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority [MTY]!’”
