Luk 12
1 Bijaat haajaat mina loong lomthok rum taha eno, ejap nakmui nep ih rumta, eno Jisu ih jaakhoh heliphante loong asuh liita, “Naririh et ban sok an Pharisi loong to ih naktoom thet haat han—ngah ih neng lonoi asuh liitang.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them, ‘Be on your guard against the leaven – that is, the hypocrisy – of the Pharisees.
2 Tumjaat hoppat cho ah erah daapcho ih hoon ah, erah damdoh jaatrep husah tiit loong ah dongjat et ah.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Erah raangtaan ih marah sen ih laamang ni baat han erah rangwuung nah japchaat ah, erah damdoh marah sen ih ngiija nokmong ni hubaat han erah nok rangkhoh nawa ih riingbaat ah.
So all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 Ngah ih baat rumhala, nga joonte loong, sen marah ih hansi laklak tek haatte ra lacho theng jaat hoh ethih tumjih takah jen etka.
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 Ngah ih noisok rumha o ra choojih rah ah: Rangte ra cho an, etek lini, Heh di juuba soolam nah haat wan suh chaan jeela. Nga jeng ah tuungmaang an, esiit heh juuba sen choojih ah! (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Wosiksak banga rah phaanyi di tanih kasangka? Wosiksak esiit taan uh Rangte ih tabeehaatka.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Sen khoroon ah botseh rookwet cho. Erah raangtaan ih nakcho an; sen ah wosiksak hantek thaknang ih uh thaangchaan!
No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “Ngah ih amiisak ih baat rumhala, o mina ih noksong dung nah neng ah nga mina et dokbaat rum ah, Mina Sah eh uh Rangte rangsah loong ngathong nah neng suh emamah ih reekoh rum ah.
Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 Enoothong o mina ih nokwah dung nah thaaju hang, Mina Sah eh uh emamah Rangte rangsah loong ngathong nah thaaju rum ah.
but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 “O mina ih Mina Sah ah thetbaat abah ejen biin anaan et ah, enoothong marah ih Esa Chiiala tiit thetbaat ha abah biin anaan tachoka.
Everyone who will say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for the person who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 “Neng ih Jehudi rangsoomnok nah adoleh kobonor nyi hadaang pante loong ngathong nah phate suh siitwan hanbah, sen lapaatja theng senteewah ah mamet pangjih ah adoleh sen tumjih jengjih asuh ah.
Whenever they take you before the synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 Tumeah Esa Chiiala ih erah tokdoh an tumjih jengjih ah heh ih nyoot han.”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
13 Midung ni mih wasiit ih Jisu suh baatta, “Nyootte, seng phoh suh baat uh seng wah ih thiinhaatta nyamka rah toom phe kohang.”
‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
14 Jisu ih ngaakbaatta, “Nga joonwah, ngah suh mih rikri nyia setnyi suh soophoh nyamka ah pheekot theng ih chaan o ih kot kotahang koh?”
But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
15 Eno heh ih erah tiit ah loongtang suh wakbaat rumta, “Sen teeteewah ah naririh ih ban sok an sen ah jaatrep doh maamok nyamnyook jan oh; tumeah mina tumthan nyamte wah taat ang abah uh, ami roidong ah heh nyamka nawa ih tajen hoonka.”
And then he added, ‘Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.’
16 Eno Jisu ih arah tiitthaak tiit ah baat rumta: “Ehak di changteng wah wasiit angta heh di cham seetheng phek hantek angta.
Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 Heh ih thunta, ‘Ngah di cham lomthiin theng tajeeka. Ngah ih tumjih et ang doh se ah?
and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Ngah ih amet ang,’ heh teeteewah suh liita; ‘ngah ih nga pung ah thaak haat angno ena elong we et huk hoon ang, erah doh nga cham nyia jaat hoh hukkhaak loong anep jen lomthiin ang.
This is what I will do,” he said; “I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 Eno ngah ih nga teewah suh li ang, Khangraangse wah! Andi jaatrep hukkhaak paang rookwih raangtaan ih jeela. Roidong amah ba hanih, jok oh, phak oh, eno roidong doh tenroon ih tong oh!’
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”
20 Enoothong Rangte ih heh suh liita, ‘Thungko wah an! Niikja an roidong ah ethoon ete; eno nyamka nyi hukkhaak loong ah an raangtaan ih lomthiin hu loong ah o choh theng ah?”
But God said to the man “Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared – who will have it?”
21 Eno Jisu ih thoonbaatta, “Marah ih heh nyamka loong taat lomthiin ha rah Rangte jiinko ni heh changteng tah angka.”
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
22 Eno Jisu ih heliphante loong suh baatta, “Erah raangtaan ih ngah ih baat rumhala ethingtong raangtaan ih phaksat suh nak sootsaam an adoleh sen sak nah kap theng nyuh akhat suh nak sootsaam an.
And Jesus said to his disciples, ‘That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here – what you can get to eat; or about your body – what you can get to wear.
23 Roidong ah phaksat nang ih uh elongthoon, erah damdi sak ah nyuh akhat nang ih uh elongthoon.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Wokhah loong ah sokthaak an: neng ih cham uh tawenka adoleh cham uh takhanka; nengdi cham lomthiin theng pung uh tajeeka; neng ah Rangte ih dung ha! Sen ah tang woh nang ih thaangchaan!
Think of the ravens – they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 Erah suh sootsaam anno amasah taan roiloh ejen tong tam ih an?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
26 Sen ih erah likhiik ehinsah ah lajen phanlan kanbah, jaat hoh raangtaan ih tang tume thaam sootsaam lan?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Sok an woma popoong loong hakla rah ah; neng moot ni uh takaka adoleh neng ih neng raangtaan ih nyuh uh tawaatka. Enoothong ngah ih baat rumhala Solomon luungwang di heh nyamka erah than ang adi botseh uh arah woma popoong loong jaaseela likhiik henyuh hekhat ah tajaaseeka.
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 Erah woma naam suh nyuh akhat kotte rah ah Rangte, naam loong ah chiinyah bah eje enoothong rangkhah emat eah, we nah matkhaam ah. Erah ang abah heh ih sen suh nyuh akhat tanih jen koran? Sen laalom abah amasah boh ah!
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!
29 “Erah raangtaan ih sen nak thungjoong an, ejok, ephak mamang ah eah.
And you – do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 (Tumeah arah mongrep adi Rangte lajatte mina loong ih bah Saarookwih jok aphak ah raang ih ju sootsaamla.) Sen wah ih jat et ha sen suh erah loong ejamjih ih eah.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Erah nang ih bah, Rangte heh Hasong raangtaan ih thong sootsaam anbah, eno erah loong abah heh ih laajam kojan.
No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
32 “Echo nak ih an, sen saapsah loong ah, tumeah sen Wah eroon ela eno sen suh Hasong ah ekot ehan.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Sen hukkhaak loong ah thoontang sang anno erah ngun ah changthih loong suh kokaat an. Sen ih lathet theng ngun khaak ah kap anno rangmong nah nyamte ang raangtaan ih lomthiin an, erah nah nyamka rah babah uh ene tah ih hoonka, tumeah erah ni ehuh tami nopka, erah damdoh ram eh uh taphakka.
‘Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out – an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 Sen tenthun ah marah di sen nyamka ah erah nah ang ah.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 “Banthootho ih tong an tumjih thok ha bah uh, nyuh akhat ban kapcho nyia weetook ban took cho ah,
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 laksuh ih neng changte wah kuhoon theng nawa ngaakwang eha ih kaban sok arah likhiik ah. Heh ah wang ano kaasak ah rengdok, erah damdam neng ih kaasak ah laanban daap ruh et ah.
and be like servants who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 Tumthan tenroonjih ah erah laksuh loong ah neng changte wah ngaakwang tokdi motseng nyi banthootho ih japtup wang ano ah! Ngah ih baat rumhala, heh ih heh samsongnuh ah khookthiin ano, neng ah tongthuk rum ah, eno heh ih ban sok rum ah.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and have them take their places at the table, and will come and serve them.
38 Tumthan tenroonjih ah heh ih neng ah banthootho ih tong rum arah japtup ano ah, mottom di nyia mottom lini taat wang adi nep ah!
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 Sen ih jat ehan nok changte ih ehuh wang saapoot ah jatta bah, heh ih ehuh asuh heh nok tajap long thuk thengta.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 Erah raang ih, sen uh, banthootho ih tong an, tumeah mina Sah rah uh sen reenah sen ih labantho kan pootdoh mok thok ha.”
You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
41 Pitar ih liita, “Teesu, erah tiitthaak tiit ah seng raangtaan suh elang tam eah, tama warep mina raangtaan suh baat hu?”
‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
42 Teesu ih ngaakbaatta, “Erah ang abah, laksuh hanpiite nyia maakwah ah o ang ah? Heh changte wah ih mootkaat phanlansiitte o hoon ah erah wah ah laangja, heh nok nep heh suh phanlan siit thuk ah erah damdoh laksuh wahoh loong suh neng chotheng phak asat kot saapoot erah warah ih phanlan ah.
‘Who, then,’ replied the Master, ‘is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 Tumthan tenroon ang ah erah laksuh rah ah, heh changte wah ih nok nah wang adoh heh pakna reeraang ah japtup wang aradoh ah!
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
44 Elang eah, ngah ih baat rumhala, changte wah ih heh laksuh asuh jaatrep nyamka ban sok baat ah.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Enoothong erah laksuh rah ih nga changte wah ngaakwang eliin ela ih li ano heh ih laksuh ehoh loong ah minuh miwah thoontang riimbuh, eno jokjok phakphak ih tong, kham adoh mok eabah,
But should that servant say to himself “My master is a long time coming,” and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 saasiit changte wah ah heh laksuh ih labansokka nyia lajatka sa doh ngaakwang ah. Eno changte wah ih heh ah jopjop ih dook ano heh jeng lachaatte loong chamtheng adoh cham thuk ah.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 “Marah laksuh ih heh changte wah ih heh suh tumjih reetheng baat ha ah jatcho di, laban re thang ih tong abah, erah laksuh ah rapne ih chamnaang thuk ah.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Enoothong marah laksuh ih heh changte wah ih tumjih jamha erah lajat thang ih thet reela, erah mih asuh amasah ju chamthuk ah. Ehan o suh kota erah jiin nawa ehan ju jam ah; ehan tokkhodi ehan o suh kotta erah jiin nawa emamah et jam ah.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 “Ngah ih hatoh ah we ih rook suh ra halang, eno erah ejen luung ela ih thunhang!
I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Ngah ih lakngah ni nga juungtemjih jeela, eno erah loong ah maang thoonthoon ngah mathan ih moongsaamte anglang!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Sen ih ngah suh hatoh nah semroongroong ang thuk raaha ih tammok thun tahe? Tah angka, semroongroong tah angka, epheehoom thong ang ah.
Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Aadowa ih changka siit ni mih banga angte ah ephe eah, ejom ah enyi damdoh miksuk mui ah enyi ah ejom damdoh ih miksuk mui ah.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Hewah loong ah neng sah damdoh miksuh mui ah, heh sah loong ah neng wah damdoh; heh nuh loong ah neng sah minusah damdoh miksuk mui ah, neng sah ah neng nuh damdoh, henuh loong ah neng nyam damdoh miksuh mui ah, neng nyam ah neng hopnuh damdoh miksuk mui ah.”
Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’
54 Jisu ih miloong asuh wakbaatta, “Sen ih jiingmuung ah saanop ko ih sok damdam laanjeng ruh elan rangphaatte angla eah eno amiimi ih phaat.
And to the people Jesus said, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once “There is a storm coming,” and come it does.
55 Erah damdi sen ih juungmeh ko nawa pong ih mot hanbah, sen ih liihan rangmi angte eno amiimiisak ih rang ah mi.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
56 Lonoite loong! Sen ih rang ahah ko ih sok anno rangmi rangphaat kemban jat han; erah ang abah, sen ih aahaangwa saapoot ah mamah ladan jat ehan?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 “Sen ih sen teewah ah epun ih re suh mamah lami dande et han?
Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
58 O ih bah uh sen thet ah jat ano hootthe jun ih mat hoon nok nah siitwanjih mok ang abah, sen ih mat hoon nok maangjap doh changrook ah mathan jen ang ah, esemsiit raangtaan ih thuntheng. Emah lah ekan bah, mat hoon nok nah mat hoonte jiinnah hoom wanhan, eno pulit lak nah kohan, erah dowa ih phaatak nah sak wanhan.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; otherwise he might drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 Ngah ih baat rumhala, erah nah sen chang maang dokdok ih tongthuk han.”
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
