Luhka 13
1 Acunüng, Kalile khaw khyang he ngkengnak ami pawh k'um üng Pilat naw a jah hnima mawng Jesuh üng ami mtheh.
Just at that time some people had come to tell Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
2 Acunüng Jesuh naw, “Acuna Kalile khyang he, acunkba ami khuikha phäha, akce Kalile khyang hea kthaka mkhyekat bawki hea nami ngaiki aw?
‘Do you suppose,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?
3 “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, acunkba am kya; nangmi pi am nami ngjut üng acunkba nami thi hnga khai.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
4 “Am acunüng khyang xaleikhyet Silawng im ksaü naw jah kyuk si se thiki he cen, Jerusalema awmki hea kthaka mkhyekat pawki hea nami ngaiki aw?
Or those eighteen men at Siloam on whom the tower fell, killing them all, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than any other inhabitants of Jerusalem?
5 “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, acunkba am kya; nangmi pi am nami ngjut üng acunkba nami thi hnga khai” a ti.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.’
6 Acunüng, Jesuh naw msuimcäpnak pyen lü, “Khyang mat naw capyit a ngvawng k'uma a ngling mat awmki, law lü a ktheih a sui law üng a ngtheih mat hman pi am a hmuh.
And Jesus told them this parable – ‘A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.
7 “Acunüng, ngvawng kbi üng, Tenga, law lü a ktheih ka sui lawnak khawkum kthum law pängki, a ktheih matca pi am hmu veng. Khyua! ivai amdanga khawmdek kyawh lü awmki ni?” a ti.
So he said to his gardener “Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?”
8 “Acunüng, ngvawng kbi naw, ‘Ka mahpa aw, tuhmü kum ahikba awm tang se, a phung co lü, sea ek am mcah kawng;
“Leave it this one year more, Sir,” the man answered, “until I have dug round it and manured it.
9 ‘Seng kum a ngthei üng aktäa daw lü, am a ngtei üng khyu kaw pi” a ti.
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.”’
10 Acunüng, Jesuh naw Sinakoka k’uma Sabbath mhmüp üng a jah mthei.
Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
11 Acunüng kum xaleikhyet ngmüimkhya kse naw awm na se khuikha lü ngkunki, amät angdünga am ngdüiei thei süm sümki nghnumi mat awmki.
and he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.
12 Acunüng, Jesuh naw a hmuh la khü lü, “Nghnumi aw, am na yainak üngka naw lät veki” ti lü,
When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said, ‘Woman, you are released from your weakness.’
13 a khana a kut taih se, acun la angxita ngdüng law lü, Pamhnam mküimtoki.
He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
14 Acunüng, Jesuh naw Sabbath mhmüp üng khyang a mdaw bea phäha Sinakok ngvai a mlung so lawki naw, khyang he jah mtheh lü, “nghngicim khüihnak vai mhmüp khyuk awmki, acunüng law u lü ngmangei law kyusak ua, Sabbath mhmüp üng ä law ua” a ti.
But the synagogue leader, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, intervened and said to the people, ‘There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath.’
15 Acunüng, Bawipa naw msang lü, “Nangmi Hypocrit he, Sabbath mhmüp üng nami se, nami sanghngaksaü sut u lü, tui aw khaia am nami cehpüi khawikia kya aih se?
‘You hypocrites!’ the Master answered him. ‘Does not everyone of you let your ox or your donkey loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath?
16 “Hina nghnumi hin Abrahama canua kyaki, teng u, khawyam naw kum xaleikhyet a manei Sabbath mhmüp üng ä lät sak vai aw?” a ti.
But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?’
17 Acunüng, acunkba pyen se hnengkie ami van ami hmai seki; acunüng, khyang he ami van Jesuh naw hlüngtai kyäpsawknak a pawha phäha jekyaiki he.
As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that he was doing.
18 Acunüng Jesuh naw, “Pamhnama khaw cun i mäih ni a law? I am ni ka msümcäp kawm?
So Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
19 Anca ui mat, khyang naw lo lü a ngvawng k'uma a phu am tängki ni; acun cun cawt law lü, thinga kya law se, kha he naw angban üng ami ngbu ami pawhnak am tängki ni” a ti.
It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches.’
20 Acunüng Jesuh naw, “Pamhnama khaw cun i am ni ka msuimcäp kawm?” ti be lü,
And again Jesus said, ‘To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
21 “Pamhnama khaw cun, nghnumi naw nghngen lo lü, khai tawng kthum üng thun se, khai avan thawh sakia nghngnen am tängki ni,” a ti.
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.’
22 Acunüng, Jesuh cun mlüh he la ngnam he üng jah hei mthei vü lü, Jerusalem khawa citki.
Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
23 Acunüng, khyang mat naw Jesuh üng, “Saja aw, akjaw däng japaw küikyana ami kya kawm?” ti se, Jesuh naw,
‘Master,’ someone asked, ‘are there but few in the path of salvation?’ And Jesus answered,
24 “Mkawt ngcek üng nami luh vaia ktha na ua; ka ning jah mthehki, khyang khawjah lut khaia ngtün u sepi, am lut thei khai he.
‘Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
25 “Imah tho law lü, ksaw a khai käna nangmi kpunga ngdüiki he naw, ‘Bawipa aw, ksawh jah mhmawna’ tia ksawh nami khawk law üng, ani naw, ‘nangmi hawia ka he, am ning jah ksing khawi nawng? ti lü ning jah msang khai.
when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, “Sir, open the door for us.” His answer will be – “I do not know where you come from.”
26 Acunüng nangmi naw, ‘Mi ei aw hmaih khawiki, kami khawloa pi na jah mthei hü khawiki ni’ nami ti law khai.
Then you will begin to say “We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,” and his reply will be –
27 “Acunüng ani naw, ‘Ka ning jah mthehki, nangmi hawia ka he am ning jah ksing khawi nawng, nangmi khyang kse he, ka vei üngka naw cit ua’ ti law khai.
“I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.”
28 “Abraham, Isak, Jakop la sahma he avan Pamhnama khaw k’uma awm u se jah hmu u lü, nangmi ngpunga ning jah ktäm ti, nami ksing law üng, acunüng, nami mnicui ha kyet u lü nami kyap khai.
There, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while you yourselves are being driven outside.
29 “Acunüng, nghngilaw lam la nghngikyak lam, acum la asip üngka naw khyang he law u lü, Pamhnama khaw buhpawhnaka ngaw law khai he.
People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
30 “Acunüng, atuh hnuki he ma law u lü, atuh maki he hnu law khai he” a ti.
There are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!’
31 Acunüng Pharise he avang a veia law u lü, “Herod naw aning hnim vai ngaih ve, hina hmün üngka naw ktawih lü akcea cita” ami ti.
Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, ‘Go away and leave this place, for Herod wants to kill you.’
32 Acunüng Jesuh naw, Acuna saui üng hina ngthu va mtheh ua, ‘Tuhngawi la khawngawi, khawyai he ka jah ktäm khai, am phetki he pi jah mdaw be lü, amhmüp thum üng ka khut ka kpäng khai.
But Jesus answered, ‘Go and say to that fox “Look you, I am driving out demons and will be completing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will have done.”
33 Acunsepi tuhngawi, khawngawi la a ngawi üng pi ka cit laih laih khaia kyaki. Jerusalema thea ta pung kcea sahma hnim vaia am kya naw, a ti.
But today and tomorrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.
34 “Aw Jerusalem, Jerusalem! sahma he jah hnimki, na veia Pamhnam naw a jah tüih law lung am jah vawiki, ainu naw a ca he a ngphya k’uma a jah awpa kba, na khyang, ivei ni ka jah awp hlü te nang naw am na ngjak hlü veki.
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to you – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
35 “Nami Temple yawka kya khai. Ka ning jah mthehki, ‘Bawipa ngming üng lawki hin Pamhnam naw dawnak pe se’ am nami tia küt üng am nami na hmu be ti khai” a ti.
Verily your house is left to you desolate! And never, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”’
