Mark 12
1 Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
A mingmih a venawh nyhtahnaak ing awi kqawn pek khqi tlaih bai hy: “Thlang pynoet ing misur dum ta hy. Vawng a sung boeih coengawh, misur suinaak aham dek co nawh a qehnaak im sa hy. Cekcoengawh misur dum khuiawh bi ak bi aham thlang vat nawh amah ce khawk hla na cet hy.
2 When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
Misur qah bih tym a pha awhtaw a dum khuiawh kaw misur qah bih aham a tamnaa thlang pynoet dum khuiawh kaw bibikungkhqi venna tyi hy.
3 But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
Cehlai cekkhqi ing tu unawh ami vyk coengawh kut hqawng na tyi uhy.
4 Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
Cekcoeng bai awh tamnaa ak chang pynoet ce cekkhqi venna tyi bai hy; anih ce a lu awh vyk unawh chahqai na sai uhy.
5 Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
Ak chang tamnaa ce tyi tlaih bai hy, cehlai cekkhqi ing anih ce him uhy. Cekcoengawh tamnaa khawzah tyi hlai hy, cekkhqi ing a vang ce vyk unawh a vang ce him uhy.
6 The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
Cawhtaw tyih aham a lungnaak soeih a capa pynoet doeng ni a awm hawh. A hukhit nataw a capa ce tyi hy, 'Ka capa taw kqihchah na kawm uh,' tinawh poek hy.
7 But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
Cehlai dum bibikungkhqi ing, 'Anih ce qo ak pangkung ni ve. Law uh, him unawh a qokhqi ce ningnih aham awm seh,' ti uhy.
8 They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
Cedawngawh anih ce tu unawh ami him coengawh vawng ak ceng na khawng uhy.
9 So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
“Cawhtaw misur dum ak takung ing cekkhqi ce ikawmyihna a tinaak khqi kaw? Law kawm usaw dum bibikungkhqi boeih ce a him coengawh misur dum ce thlak chang kut awh pe kaw.
10 [Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
Vawhkaw khaw cabu awi ve am nami noet nawh nu? “Im ak sakungkhqi ing ami qoeng lung ce, a kil awhkaw phu ak awm soeih na awm hawh hy;
11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
ve ve Bawipa ing a sai ni, nimik huh awh kawpoek kyi na awm hy, a tive,” tinak khqi hy.
12 Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
A mingmih ni ak kqawn sih khqi tice ami sim awh amah ce tu thai aham a tym leek ce sui uhy. Cehlai thlang kqeng ce amik kqih a dawngawh anih ce cehta uhy.
13 The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
Cekcoengawh ak awih kqawn awh a thawlhnaak tu peek aham Farasikhqi ingkaw Herod ak thlang pynoet ce Jesu a venna tyi uhy.
14 After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
Cekkhqi ing a venawh. “Cawngpyikung, nang ing ak thym ni nak kqawn tice ni sim unyng. U a haai awm am toek hyk ti, thlang pek a bonaak am na toek a dawngawh; Khawsa alam ce awitak na thlang cawngpyi hyk ti. Kaisar a venawh mangmu peek aham ak thum nu? amak thym nu?
15 Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
Ka nik pe hly nu, am ka nik pe hly nu? tina uhy. Cehlai Jesu ing a mingmih a qaai kqawn ce sim hqet nawh, “Ikaw hamna kai a thawlhnaak ce nami sui uh? Denari ce hawlaw lah uh, toek lah vang,” tinak khqi hy.
16 After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
A mingmih ing Denari ce pe uhy, cawh, “Vawhkaw myihlip ve u ang myihlip nu ve? U ang ming nu ve?” tinak khqi hy. Cekkhqi ing, “Kaisar,” tina uhy.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
Jesu ing a mingmih a venawh, “Kaisar a them ce Kaisar a venawh pe uh, Khawsa a them taw Khawsa venawh pe uh,” tinak khqi hy. Cawh anih ak khan awh amik kawpoek kyi soeih hy.
18 [Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
Cawh thawh tlaihnaak am awm hy, amik ti Sadusikhqi ing awi doet aham a venna law uhy.
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
”Cawngpyikung, Mosi ingtaw, thlang ing a zu lo hlai hy, ca a taak kaana a thih taak awhtaw a naa ing a zu ce pang kawmsaw ak taipa aham ca taak pekaw, tinawh qee law hy.
20 [So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
Cingnahqui thlang khqih awm uhy. A hqamkhit ing a zu lo moe ca taak kaana a zu ce thih tahy,
21 The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
A pakkhih naak ing cawhkaw nu ce pang hy, ca taak kaana thih ta bai hy. Ceamyihna a pakthum naak ingawm zu ce thih ta bai hy.
22 Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
Cingnahqui thlang khqih tloek ing cawhkaw nu ce zu na boeih hlai uhy, ca taak kaana thih ta boeih uhy. A hukhit na taw nu ce awm thi lawt hy.
23 Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
Thawh tlaihnaak khawnghi awh cawhkaw nu ce a u a zu na a awm kaw, thlang khqih ing zu na boeih bai usaw?” tina uhy.
24 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
Jesu ing ami venawh, “Ve ak caming ni ka ti naming poeknaak a hqee hy, Khawsa cauk ciim ingkaw Khawsa ak thaawmnaak am nami sim ak camawh?
25 [That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
Thlak thikhqi ami thawh tlaih awhtaw nupa chungvaanaak am awm voel kawm saw, khan nakaw khan thlangkhqi amyihna awm hawh kawm uh.
26 But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
Thlak thi thawh tlaihnaak awh - Mosi ak cabu khuiawh, thingbup akawng caqee ce am nami noet khawi nawh nu? Khawsa ing Mosi a venawh, 'Kai taw Abraham Khawsa, Isak Khawsa ingkaw Jakob Khawsa na awm nyng,' a ti ce?
27 It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
Anih cetaw thlak thikhqi a Khawsa na am awm nawh, thlak hqingkhqi a Khawsa nani a awm. Nangmih ing poek thawlh soeih uhyk ti,” tinak khqi hy.
28 A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
Caqeekung thlang pynoet ce law nawh awi aming oelh qu ce hu hy. Jesu ing awi ak leek caana hlat pehy tice a huh awh, “Awipeek boeih boeih ak khuiawh han ak awipeek nu awihtung soeih? tinawh doet hy.
29 Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
Jesu ing, “Awipeek awihtung soeih taw veni: 'Ngai lah uh, Aw Isaraelkhqi, ningnih a Bawipa Khawsa taw pynoet doeng ni.
30 [You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
Bawipa na Khawsa ce nak kawlung boeih ing, na hqingnaak boeih ing, na myihla boeih ing, nak kawpoek boeih ing, nak thaawmnaak boeih ing lungna.
31 The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
A pakhih naak taw veni: 'Na imceng ce namah a pum myihna lungna lawt kawp ti, a tive. Vekkqawi anglakawh ak bau khqoet awipeek am awm voel hy,” tina hy.
32 The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
Ce ak thlang ing, “Cawngpyikung, nak kqawn ce nep hy. Khawsa pynoet doeng ni a awm, na tice thym hy.
33 You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
Nak kawlung boeih, nang zaaksimnaak boeih ingkaw nak thaawmnaak boeih ing lungna nawh, imceng awm nimah a pum myihna lungnaak ve hyih phumnaak boeih ingkaw bulnaak sainaak boeih boeih anglakawh awm awihtung khqoet ni,” tina hy.
34 Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Anih ing cyihnaak ing awi hlat pehy tice Jesu ing a huh awh ce a venawh, “Nang ve Khawsa ram ing hla hyk ti,” tina hy. Cawhkaw ingtaw u ingawm am doet hqa voel hawh hy.
35 [Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
Bawkim khuiawh Jesu ing a cawngpyi awh, vemyihna awi doet hy, “ikawmyihna anaa awi cawngpyikungkhqi ing Khrih ve David capa ami ti hy voei?
36 The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
David amah ing Ciim Myihla ak caming: “Bawipa ing a boeipa a venawh: “Na qaalkhqi ce na khawk kaina ka taak hlan dy kak tang ben awh ngawi lah,” tina hy.
37 Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
David amah qoe ing, 'Bawipa' tinawh khy hy. Cawhtaw ikawmyihna a capa na a awmnaak bai hy voei?” tinawh doet khqi hy. Thlang kqeng khawzah ing ak awi ce zeel doena ngai pe uhy.
38 While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
A cawngpyinaak awh Jesu ing, “Anaa awi cawngpyikungkhqi awh ce nami cyih ta lah uh. Amingmih ing hikdung a nawinawk na bai ngaih unawh ik-oeih zawihnaak hqang thlang ing kqihchahnaak a peek ce ngaih uhy.
39 [They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
Sinakawk na ngawih hun ak nep nep awh aming ngawih ce lungna unawh buh veelnaak kung awh a qyp ak awm ngawihnaakkhqi awh aming ngawih ce lungna uhy.
40 They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
Nuhaikhqi a im ce qawt pe unawh thlang a huh awh ak dung soeih na cykcah uhy. Vemih ak thlangkhqi ve ak tlo soeih na toelnaak hu kawm uh,” tinak khqi hy.
41 [Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
Tangka amik channaak bawm a haihkep awh Jesu ce ngawi nawh thlangkhqi ing bawkim tangka bawm khuiawh tangka amik chan ce toek hy. Boei thlang khawzah ing tangka khawzah zah chan uhy.
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
Cawh nuhai hahqah ca pynoet ce law nawh qawhum tangka pakkhih ce chan lawt hy, cetaw penny pynoet ing myih hy.
43 He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
A hubatkhqi ce a venna khy nawh a mingmih a venawh, “Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, vawhkaw nuhai hahqah ca ing thlang boeih anglakawh bawkim awhkaw tangka bawm khuiawh khawzah khqoet chan hy.
Cekkhqi ingtaw ami taak ngen ce pe uhy; cehlai anih ingtaw a haqahnaak ak khui awhkawng - a hqingnaak aham a taak dyyt ce pe boeih hy,” tinak khqi hy.
