Luke 20
1 On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, joined by the elders, confronted him,
Ni khat Jesus biakinn sung ah mipi te thuhil in lungdamna thu a son laitak, thiampi lian te le thukhamhil te sia upa te taw hongpai uh a,
2 and addressing him, said, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”
Jesus kung ah, hong son tan, hibang te bang thuneina taw vawt ni ziam? a hibale hi thuneina kua in hong pia ziam? ci uh hi.
3 “I, too,” said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.
Jesus in zo kik a, Kei zong thu khat hong dong tu khi hi; hong zo tavun:
4 It is about John’s baptism – was it of divine or of human origin?”
Tuiphumpa John sia, van pan ziam maw, mihing te kung pan ziam? ci hi.
5 But they began arguing together, “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
Amate ngaisun khawm tek uh a, van pan hi; ci leang, ama in, banghang um ngawl nu ziam? hong ci tu.
6 But, if we say ‘human,’ the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
A hi tazong, mihing te kung pan hi; ci leang zong, mihing te in suangtum taw hong sep tu hi: banghangziam cile amate in John sia kamsang hi, ci um uh hi.
7 So they answered that they did not know its origin.
Taciang amate in, koisung pan, ci hong son thei ngawl khu hi, ci in zo uh hi.
8 “Then I,” said Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
Jesus in amate tung ah, Kei zong hi te bang thuneina taw vawt, ci sia hong son ngawl tu khi hi, ci hi.
9 But Jesus began to tell the people this parable – “A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
Tua zawkciang Jesus in mipi te hi sontena son hi; Mi khat in sapit huan sung ah sapit suan a, huan naseam te thosak hi, taciang ama sia a ngei mama om tu in khual khuala ah haw hi.
10 At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
A hun a cin ciang in, huan naseam te in sapit huan sung ah a nga te a piak tu in, a naseam khat sawl hi: ahihang huan naseam te in a naseam pa sia vel in, a khut hawm taw tha kik hi.
11 The owner afterward sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.
Taciang naseam dang khat sawl kik leleau a, tua pa zong vel leleau hi, taciang maizumhuai tak in koi uh a, khut hawm mataw tha kik hi.
12 He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.
A thum na sawl kik leleau hi: taciang amate in liamsak uh a, doi pua sang ah nawt uh hi.
13 ‘What should I do?’ said the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.’
Tua zawkciang in sapit huan nei pa in, bangbang hi tu khi ziam? Ka it ka tapa sawl a hileng, amate in a mu uh ciang zakta tu uh hi, ci hi.
14 But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. ‘Here is the heir!’ they said. ‘Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.’
Ahihang huan naseam te in a mu uh ciang in, kikum uh a, hi sia pa sia a ngamhlua tu pa hi: pai tavun, that tawng, taciang a ngamh teng i lua tu hi, ci uh hi.
15 So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Taciang amate in sapit huan puasang ah pusuapui in that uh hi. Tua ahikom huan neipa in amate tung ah bang vawt tu ziam?
16 He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.” “Heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.
Ama hongpai tu a hi teng that in a sapit huan sia ngual dang pia tu hi, ci hi.
17 But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is the meaning of this passage? – ‘The stone which the builders despised has now itself become the cornerstone.’
Jesus in amate en a, Innsa te i a nil uh suangtum sia innkhuambul hong suak hi, ci a ki atkhol thu sia bang ziam?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.”
A kuamapo hi suang tung ah a tak peuma tal tu hi, ahizong hi suang a takna te sia a vui in ki ngoai siat tu hi, ci hi.
19 After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
Tua hun laitak in thiampi lian te le thukhamhil te in Jesus mat tu in zong hi; banghangziam cile hi thu sontena sia amate langpan in kampau hi, ci he uh hi, taciang amate in mipi te lau hi.
20 Having watched their opportunity, they afterward sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
Amate in Jesus pang uh a, thukan te paisak uh hi, tua thukan te sia mipha bang in ki hitheamsak a, ama kammal pan in mat tu le ngam uk za nei ulian te ap tu in sawm uh hi.
21 These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;
Thukan te in, Syapa awng, a man tatak in hil le kampau ci kong he uh hi, kuama doidan zong nei ngawl ni hi, Pathian i lampi sia a mantak in na hil hi:
22 are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”
Caesar shia pia tu khu ziam maw, pia ngawl tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh.
23 Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,
Ahihang Jesus in amate thin kukal na he a, Banghang hong ze-et nu ziam?
24 “Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?”
Sum tang hong lak tavun. A kua i lim le ceptena ziam? ci hi. Amate in Caesar lim le ceptena hi, ci in zo uh hi.
25 “The Emperor’s,” they said; and Jesus replied, “Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”
Taciang Jesus in amate tung ah, Caesar neisa te Caesar pia vun a, Pathian neisa te Pathian pia vun, ci hi.
26 They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
Mipi te mai ah a kammal te pan in a man thei bua uh hi: a zo kik nate lamdangsa uh a, huthe ngawl in om tek uh hi.
27 Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –
Thawkikna a nial Sadducee pawlkhat te Jesus kung ah hongpai uh a,
28 “Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that – ‘Should a man’s married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.’
Sya awng, mi khatpo sia ta nei ngawl in a thi le, a ci mit ngawl natu in a nau in a mo tenpui tahen, ci Moses in at hi.
29 Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.
Tua ahikom u nau sali om uh hi: a lianbel sia in zi nei a, ta nei ngawl in thi hi.
30 The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;
A ni na pa in tua nu tenpui a, ta nei ngawl ma in thi hi.
31 and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.
A thum na pa zong in tua nu tenpui hi; tabangma in a sali in tenpui uh a, ta nei ngawl in thi siat uh hi.
32 The woman herself was the last to die.
A khakbel ciang tua nu zong thi hi.
33 About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
Tua ahikom thawkik na ni ciang tua nu sia a kua bel i zi hi tu ziam? banghangziam cile a sali in tenpui hi, ci in dong uh hi.
Jesus in amate tung ah, Hi leitung mite kipui uh a, nupa tu in ki pia uh hi: (aiōn g165)
35 but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, (aiōn g165)
Ahihang tua leitang lua tu kilawm ci in ngaisut te le thina pan a thokik te sia kipui le nupa tu in ki piak om nawn ngawl tu hi. (aiōn g165)
36 nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.
Amate sia thi thei nawn ngawl tu uh hi: banghangziam cile amate sia vantungmi te bang hi tu uh a, thawkikna i tate a hi uh man in Pathian i tate a hihi.
37 As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord – ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
Tu in mithi te thokik hi, ci Moses zong in lophung sung ah topa, Abraham Pathian, Isaac Pathian le Jacob Pathian, a sap ciang in mu hi.
38 Now he is not God of dead people, but of living. For in his sight all are alive.”
Banghangziam cile Pathian sia mithi te Pathian hi ngawl hi, ahihang a nungta te i Pathian a hihi: banghangziam cile mi theampo ama sung ah a nungta te vive a hihi, ci in zo kik hi.
39 “Well said, teacher!” exclaimed some of the teachers of the Law,
Thukhamhil pawlkhat te in, Syapa awng, na pau na pha mama hi, ci tek uh hi.
40 for they did not venture to question him any further.
Tua zawkciang amate in thudong ngam nawn ngawl hi.
41 But Jesus said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
Jesus in amate tung ah, Bangbang in mihing te in Christ sia David tapa hi, ci thei uh ziam?
42 For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – ‘The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
David ama mama in Psalm labu sung ah, Topa in ka Topa tung ah,
43 until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.’
Na ngalte na peang koi na in na vawt mateng, ka ziatsang ah to in.
44 David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”
Tua ahikom David in Topa, ci in sam hi, bangbang in a tapa hi thei tu ziam? ci hi.
45 While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples,
Tua zawkciang in thu ngai te theampo i zak in a nungzui te tung ah,
46 “Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.
Thuakhamhil te kidawm vun, amate sia puan tualpi sil in vak nuam uh a, sumbuk te ah paupuina, synagogue sung ah tokhum sangbel te le poai mun ah a inndoi lianbel te dei uh hi;
47 These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”
Amate in meingong te inn suttol uh a, ngual mu tu in thu sau tatak ngen uh hi: tabang te in a lianzaw danpiak na thuak tu uh hi, ci hi.
