Luke 14
1 Cholngahni khat Yeshua nilhah an nedin Pharisee ho lamkai khat in'ah achen, chule miho chun phatah in avelhiuvin ahi.
One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
2 Hiche a chun mikhat, aban le akengho pom khat aumin ahi.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Yeshuan Pharisee hole danthu themho chu adongin, “Cholngah nikhoa misuhdam danthun aphal hai aphallou ham?” ati.
Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
4 Amahon adonbut nom lou phat un, Yeshuan anapa chu atham'in chule asudam'in asolmang tai.
[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
5 Chuin amaho lam ngan aseitai, “Nangho cholngah nia natonglou koi naum uvam? Nachapa ham ahiloule na bongchal hamkhat kokhuh a alhahlut le, aladoh dinga nakino ji hih um?” ati.
Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
6 Avel'in adonbut thei kit tapouve.
[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
7 Nilhah anne a hung jouse chun touna nom nom jabolna mun achu cheh'u Yeshuan amu phat in, aman amaho chu hiche thumop hi apen ahi.
Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
8 “Moupui golvah na'a kouna namu teng uleh, jabolna munhoa tou hih un. Ijem tin nang sanga jabolna chang ding khat ana kikou khataleh ipi tin tem?”
“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
9 Kinneipa chun ahung seiding, “Natouna chu hiche mipa hi pen” atiding ahi. Chuteng nangma najah cha ding ahi, chutengleh dokhang noiya kikoi touna hoa chu natou ding ahitai!
[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
10 “Chusang chun dokhang kengbul mun nemnung pen'a chun touvin. Chuteng kinneipan nahin muding nahenga hunga, ‘Jol, nang dingin mun phajep kaneiyuve!’ ahung tiding ahi. Chuteng nangma chu jin kikou dang ho masanga jana nachan ding ahi.
Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
11 Ijeh inem itile ama kichoisang chan chu suhnem'a umdiu ahi, chule akineosah chan chu dopsang'a umdiu ahi” ati.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Chuin in-neipa chu aven, hitin aseiye “Nangman nehkhom ahilouleh golvah nabol teng, naloi nagol ho, nasopiho, na inkote, chule naheng nakom mihao ho kou hih'in. Ajeh chu amahon nangma nahin koukit diu ahin, hiche bou chu natohga hiding ahitai.
[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
13 Chusang chun mivaichaho, chatmo ho, elbai ho, chule mitcho ho kou jon.
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 Chuteng michonpha thokitna'a Pathen in nanungsah joulou ding ho nakou jeh a nangma tohphatman napeh ding ahi,” ati.
They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
15 Hiche thu ajah hin mikhat dokhanga Yeshua toh toukhom khat in, “Pathen Lenggam'a golvah ankonga galhah ding iti anop tadem!” tin ahin phongdoh e.
One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
16 Yeshuan adonbut nan hiche thusim hi aseipeh e: Mikhat hin golvah lentah abol in kouna lekha jong tamtah athot doh tai.
But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
17 Golvah anneh khom chu gontup ahiphat in, asohte asol'in, akikou ho jah'a, “Hungun golvah ankong gontup ahitai” agatisah'e.
When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
18 Ahivangin amahon abon'un ahitheilou nau thu aseiyun ahi. Khat in, “Tutah chun loumun kachon kavettoh lou akhoh'e, lungsettah in nei ngaidam in” ati.
But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
19 Khat kit chun, Keiman tutah chun bongchal to-nga kahin chon, hithei nam ti kavet got ahi, lungset'in nei ngaidam un, ati.
Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
20 Achom khat in, tun ji kaneiyin, hijeh chun hung thei ponge, ati.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 “Sohpa chu akilen apakai pa kom ah ipi iti adonbut'u aseipeh tai. Apakai pachu alung hang in hitin ahinsei tai, ‘Kintah'in chenlang, khopi sung lamlen tin'ah mivaicha ho, chatmo ho, mitcho ho, chule elbai ho gakou tan’ ati.
So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
22 Asohpan hichu aboljou phat in, ahung hetsah in, ‘Mun a-ong nalaiye’ ahung ti.
[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
23 Hijeh chun apakai pan aseiyin, ‘Chedoh in lang lamlen pam lah dung chule aning kah lah'a um koi hijong leh, namu mu hinkouvin, ka-in mi adim nadingin’ ati.
[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
24 Ajeh chu kakou masat ho chun golvah an chu aneokhat jong atekhah lou diu ahitai,” ati.
[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
25 Mihonpi tamtah chun Yeshua nung ajuiyu ahin, ama akihei kol'in ajah'uva aseitai,
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 “Nangho kaseijui nahi nom uleh, mijouse nahot ngaiyu ahi, tekah nan–nanu napa, naji nachate, nasopi ho, nangma hinkho tah jong, achuti louleh kaseijui nahithei lou diu ahi.”
“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
27 Chule na thingpel nakipoh'a kanung najui lou leh, kaseijui nahithei lou diu ahi.
[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
28 Ahivangin kipan hih'un athoh hah ding dan nasimtoh masang'un. Ijeh inem itile, kon insah apat ding ham amasa'a alutding jat vetoh'a, ajona dinga sum ninglhing ding hinam ti simtoh masalouva?
[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
29 Achuti loule akhombul bou najoa sum nabei maithei ahi, chuteng chuleh mijousen nanuisat bepding ahitai.
[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
30 Amahon seiyunte, “Hiche pa khu ahi, insah kipan'a aban ajona ding boldoh joulou pa khu” tiuvinte.
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 “Ahilouleh, Leng khat galbol ding, koi athumop them hotoh toukhom'a, asepai sang som chun ama nokhum dinga hung kon sang som ni chu ajoding hinam ti kigel masalou ding'ah?
Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
32 Chuleh ajolou ding leh, palai sol'in tin, agalmi ho gamlat pet'a chu kihoucham ding agot tei ding ahi.
If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
33 Hijeh a chu nanei jouse napehdoh tokah a kaseijui nahithei lou diu ahi.
So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
34 “Chi hi asu-al dingin aphai. Ahin, a-al na chu mansah taleh, iti na-alsah kit ding ham?”
[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
35 A-al lou chi chu leiset a dinga jong chule leithao a dinga jong phachom lou ahi. Paidoh in aumji tai. Koi hileh nakol neichan in ngai hen chule hetthem hen.
[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
