Luke 14
1 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].
Sabbath nyn hypoet awh, Jesu taw Farasi a hqamca thlang pynoet a im awh buh ai na cet hy, cawh Jesu ce ngaihtaak doena doen uhy.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Ce a hun awh a haiawh ak phoen tawng nawh ak hling thlang pynoet ce awm hy.
3 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?”
Jesu ing Farasikhqi ingkaw anaa awi ak sim thlangkhqi ce doet khqi hy, “Sabbath nyn awh thlak tlo qoei sak ve ak ciim nu, amak ciim nu?” tinak khqi hy.
4 [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].
Cehlai cekkhqi ing ikaw awm ap kqawn pe uhy. Cedawngawh Jesu ing cawhkaw thlak tlo ce tu nawh a qoei sak coengawh tyi hy.
5 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]?”
Cekcoengawh cekkhqi venawh, “Nangmih ak khuiawh kaw thlang pynoet oet a ca aw, vaitaw mai aw Sabbath nyn awh lawk-kqawng khuina ang tlaak mantaw, am namik dawk hly nawh nu?” tinak khqi hy.
6 [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.
Cawh ikaw awm ap kqawn uhy.
7 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:
Buh veelnaak kungawh thlangkhqi ing ngawihdoelh ak sang sang amik tyk ce a huh awh, vawhkaw nyhtahnaak awi ve kqawn pehy:
8 “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)].
Thlang ing buh ai na anik khy khqi awh, ngawihdoelh sang ce koeh tyk uh, nangmih anglakawh thlang qypawm ngai ce buh ai na khy hly mai hy.
9 [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.
Cemyihna a awm mai mantaw, imkung na venawh, ‘Nang ngawihnaak awh ve ak thlang ve ngawih sak’ ni tina kaw. Cawhtaw chah doena ngawihnaak ak nem awh ngawi zawk ka kawp ti.
10 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.
Cedawngawh thlang ing buh ai na anik khy awh, ngawihnaak ak nem soeih awh ngawi mai, cawh ni imkung ce a law awh na venawh, “Ka pyi ngawihnaak ak leek awh ngawi,” a haiawh kqihchahnaak ce na huh hly. Cawh buh ai na ak lawkhqi boeih a haiawh kqihchahnaak ce na huh hly.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
U awm amah ingkaw amah ak zoeksang qu taw ak kaina nung tla kaw, cehlai ak kaina ak awmkhqi ing zoeksangnaak ce hu kawm uh,” tinak khqi hy.
12 [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.
Jesu ing imkung a venawh, “Khawnghyp awh aw, am awhtaw khawmy ben awh aw thlang buh ai na nak khy awhtaw, na pyikhqi, na naakhqi ingkaw na cakaw paqengkhqi koeh khy; nak khy mantaw, cekkhqi ingawm buh ai na nik khy lawt kawm usaw ni thung hlyk tlang uhy.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Cedawngawh thlang buh ai na nak khy awh, hahqahkhqi, khawk khem khqi, khawkzui khqi ingkaw mikhypkhqi ce khy kawp ti,
14 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.”
cawhtaw zoseennak hu kawm uk ti. A mingmih ing amni thung lawk khqi qoe seiawm, thlakdyngkhqi thawh tlaihnaak khawnghi awh ni thung law tlaih kaw,” tina hy.
15 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!”
Cawhkaw awi ce amah cawh amah ing anik ngawi haih thlang pynoet ing ang zaak awh Jesu a venawh, “Khawsa qam khuiawh poei buh veelnaak kung awh ak pa kawi thlang taw a zoseen hy,” tina hy.
16 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.
Jesu ing, “Thlang pynoet ing poei ak bau soeih sai nawh buh ak ai na thlang khawzah ce khy hy.
17 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!’
buh ainaak tym a pha awh imkung ing buh ai na ak khy thlangkhqi venawh a tyihzawih thlang ce tyi nawh khy sak hy, ‘law lah uh, ik-oeihkhqi coeng boeih hawh hy,’ tinak khqi hy.
18 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!’
Cehlai cekkhqi boeih ing ami peelnaak lam ce sui boeih uhy. Lamma cyk thlang ing, ‘lo thlai thai nyng saw, toek lah vang nyng. Ni hlah mai cang,’ tina hy.
19 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!’
Ak chang pynoet bai ing, ‘Vaitaw bawh nga thlai nyng saw, noek a dak lah vang nyng. Ni hlah mai cang,’ tina bai hy.
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Pynoet bai ing, ‘kai zu lo thai nyng saw, am law hly thai nyng,’ tina hy.
21 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]!’
A tyihzawih ce law nawh a boeipa a venawh ce mihkhqi boeih ce kqawn pehy. Cawh imkung ce ak kaw so nawh a tyihzawih a venawh ‘Khawmdek khuina kaw lampyi ingkaw lamkel awh ang tawnna cet nawhtaw khawdeng hahqahkhqi, khawk khemkhqi, mikhyp khqi ingkaw khawkzui khqi ce law pyi,’ tina hy.
22 [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].’
A tyihzawih ing, ‘Bawipa, awi nani peek amyihna sai hawh hlai nyng, a hun hoeng toeng toeng hyn hy,’ tina hy.
23 [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]!’”
Cawh Bawipa ing a tyihzawih a venawh, ‘lampyi ak bau ingkaw lam ak cawng ak kekhqi na ce cet nawhtaw na huh a saqui ce lawpyi kawp ti, cawh ni ka im awh a be hly hy.
24 [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].”
Ka nik kqawn peek, kak thlang ceikhqi ak khuiawh kaw thlang pynoet ca ingawm ka poei buh ve am tan kaw,’ tina hy.
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Thlang khawzah Jesu a hu awh bat unawh khin na cet haih uhy, cekkhqi venawh Jesu ing:
26 “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!
U awm ka venawh law nawh a nu ingkaw a Pa, a zucakhqi, a koeinu koeinaakhqi boeih, amah a hqingnaak ha awm – a mak sawhnaak thlang taw kai a hubat na am awm thai kaw.
27 [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.
U awm amah a thinglam ce kawt nawh kai a hu awh amak bat taw kai a hubat na am coeng thai hy.
28 [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.
Nangmih ak khuiawh thlang pynoet ing ip sang sak aham ngaih lah seh. Anih ing ngawi lamma cang nawh a saknaak khoek tangka a taak ingkaw ama taak am nym am nai hly ma nawh nu?
29 [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.
Ak poek ma kaana tung ce ling sawhqat bai seiawm im ce amak coeng lawk awhtaw, ak hu saqui ing qaih na kawm uh,
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
‘Ve ak thlang ing im taw sa mylyk lawt nawh, ak coeng na awm ap coeng lak law hy,’ tina kawm uh.
31 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].
Kqawnnaak mai awh sangpahrang pynoet taw a qaal sangpahrang ing tuk qu aham cai lah seh. Ngawi lamma cang nawh, a qaal ben awhkaw thlang thongkul amah ben awhkaw thlang thonghqa ing a tuk thai hly ingkaw ama tuk thai hly ce poek lamma kaana awm kawm nu?
32 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?’
Ama tuk thai hly mantaw, a qaalkhqi lam na ami law hui awh, dyihthing tyi nawh qoepnaak ce sai kaw.
33 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.”
Cemyih lawtna, u awm ik-oeih soepkep amak cehtaak thai taw kai a hubat na am kawih hy.
34 [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]
Ci taw leek hy, cehlai alnaak ce a paih mantaw ikawmyihna nu a alnaak thai tlaih kaw?
35 [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!”
Dek leek na awm am awm nawh, vaitaw pana a ek anglakawh za am leek kaw; khawng aham doeng na ni a awm hawh hy. U awm zaaknaak haa ak ta ingtaw za seh,” tinak khqi hy.
