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1 Jesuh ja axüisaw he Jerusalema law u lü Olip mcung, Betphake ngnam ami pha law üng Jesuh naw, “Axüisaw xawi nghngih maa jah na tüih lü,
And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.
2 nani maa vekia ngnama cit ni lü, sanghngaksaü mat ja, a ca ami jah kphung nani hmuh khai. Jah sut ni lü ka veia nani jah lawpüi vai.”
"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.
3 Khyang naw a ning jah kthäh üng, “Bawipanaw jah hlüei ve,” nani ti vai. Acunüng angxita ning jah tüih law khai ni,” a ti.
"And if any one says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Master needs them,’ and he will send them without delay."
4 Ahin avan cun sahma naw a na pyen law,
This happened in fulfilment of the word spoken though the prophet.
5 “Zion mlüh üng mtheh ua, Tenga, na Sangpuxang na veia law ve! Ani cun a mlung nem lü sanghngaksaü, ja sanghngaksaüca xawia khana ngcumki,” ti akümkawinak vaia kyaki.
Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."
6 Acunüng, axüisaw xawi naw cit ni lü, Jesuh naw a jah mtheha mäiha ani va pawh.
So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;
7 Sanghngaksaü ja a ca cun jah lawpüi u lü, ami suisake a khana jah mtaikie naw, Jesuh cun a khana ami ngawhsak.
they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.
8 Khyangpänu naw ami suisak lama ami jah phah üng, avang naw nghleng hnahe jah ksawm u lü jah phahkie.
Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.
9 Khyangpä a ma a na citkie ja amät läki he naw, “Hosana Davita Capa, Bawipa ngming am lawki josennak be se! A hlüngnak säih khankhawa Hosana,” ti lü, ngpyangkie.
And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
10 Jerusalem a pha law üng, mlüh üngka ami van üicai u lü, “Ani u ni?” ti lü pyenkie.
And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.
11 Khyangpänu naw, “Hin cun sahma Jesuh, Kalile hne, Nazaret mlüh üngka ni,” ami ti.
And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee."
12 Jesuh Temple k'uma lut lü Temple k’uma jawitukie ja kheikie jah sät lü tangka mhlaikie ja müm jawikiea ngawhnake, avan a jah hukxänin.
Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
13 Acunüng Jesuh naw, “Cangcim üng, ‘Ka im cun ktaiyünak ima sui khaie’ ti lü ng’yuki, nangmi naw mpyukeiea ngthupnak ima pyang ve uki” a ti.
"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."
14 Amikmü ja akxoe, temple k'uma law u se Jesuh naw a jah mdaw be.
Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.
15 Ktaiyü ngvaie ja Thum mtheie naw müncanksee a pawhmsah ja, hnasene naw, “Hosana Davita Capa,” ti lü, ami ngpyang hmuh u lü aktäa ami mlung soki.
But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"
16 Jesuh üng, “Amimi naw i pyenkie ti na jah ngjaki aw?” ami ti. Jesuh naw, “Ä, hnasene ja cihtui k’aw naca hea mpyawng üng mhlünmtainak na yahki ni,” ti lü ng’yuki am nami khe khawiki aw?” a ti.
they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"
17 Jesuh naw jah hawih hüt lü Bethanih mlüha cit lü acuna mthan cun acuia ipki.
So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 Ngawilama mlüh da a nghlat law be üng, a ei ngaih lawki.
At dawn, when he was on his way back into the city, he was hungry;
19 Kthei thing lam peia hmu lü kthei thing da cit kyawki, am ngthei lü a hnah däk ve se a hmuh. “Käh ngthei ti sümsüm kawpi,” ti se, acunüng kthei thing cun ngjai lü thiei lawki. (aiōn g165)
and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 Axüisawe naw acun ami hmuh üng, “Ihawkba Fik dung akjangnua khyawngei lawki ni?” ti lü müncankie.
When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"
21 Jesuh naw jah msang lü, “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, jumei kcang lü mlung hlawthlatnak am nami tak üng hina Fikdung däk am ni lü, hina mcung üng, ‘Hin üngka naw ngnawn lü mliktuia kya se’ nami ti üng nami tia mäiha kya khai.”
In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Up, cast yourself into the sea!’ it shall be done;
22 Nami jumei üng nami täsam naküt nami yah khai,” a ti.
"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."
23 Templea law be lü a jah mthei k'um üng, ktaiyü ngvaie ja a xüe a veia law u lü, “Ahin he jah pawh vaia ia ana ja na tak? U naw ahin he na jah pawhak vai ana a ning pet ja?” ti lü ami kthäh.
When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
24 Jesuh naw jah msang lü, “Kei pi mat däk ka ning jah kthäh khai. Nami na msang üng, kei naw pi ahin he ka jah pawhnak vaia ia ana ka tak cun ka ning jah mtheh khai.”
Jesus answered. "I also will put a question to you, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
25 Johana a baptican hin hawia khyüh lawki ni? Pamhnam üngkhyüh mä. Khyang üngkhyüh mä” a ti. Amimäte naw ngcuh u lü, “I mi ti khai ni. Pamhnam üngka naw ni” mi ti üng mä, “Ise Johan am nami kcangnaki ni,” ti hlü kbak.
John’s baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves.
26 “Khyang üngka naw” mi ti üng pi khyang he naw i ami pawh vai ti kyühei phyaki. Isetiüng, khyang avan naw Johan cun sahma mat ti ksingki he,” ami ti.
"If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard Johnas a prophet."
27 Jesuh üng, “Am ksing ve u nawng,” ami ti. Jesuh naw, “Kei pi ia ana am ka pawh ti am ning jah mtheh hlü veng,” a ti.
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.
28 “Ihawkba nami ngaiki ni? Ahlana nghngih canaki khyang mat veki. Akdäma veia cit lü, “Ka ca aw, tuhngawi ngvawnga cit lü va khüia,” a ti.
"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "‘Son, go work today in my vineyard!’
29 A ca naw, “Kaa! am cit hlü veng,” a ti kyaw, akäna a mlung nglat law be lü citki.
"‘I will go, sir,’ he answered; yet he did not go.
30 Acunüng anghngihnaka veia cit lü acukba bäa a mtheh. Ani naw, “Ä ja, cit kawng,” ti lü am cit.
"Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "‘I will not,’ he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went.
31 Ahin xawi üng u naw ni a paa ngjakhlü a pawh?” a ti. Amimi naw, “Akdäm ni,” ami ti. Acunüng Jesuh naw, “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, akhawnkawke ja nghnumi ksee nami maa Pamhnama Khawa lut ve u.”
"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!
32 Isetiüng ta Baptican Johan lam kdaw ning jah mhnuh khaia law se am jumei uki; cunsepi, akhawnkawke ja nghnumi ksee naw ani jumkie. Acun nami hmuh käna pi ngjut lü am jum uki,” a ti.
"For Johncame to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.
33 Jesuh naw, “Msuimcäpnak akce ngai betü ua: khyang mat ngvawngmah veki, acun naw capyit ngvawng pyang lü ngvawng lü capyittui suinak vai khui co lü, ngängnak vai kyäng a sak. Khüikie üng jah khah lü athuknaka khaw kcea kdungki.
"Listen to another parable. "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.
34 Capyit angtheih lawa kcün üng, amäta hama capyit ngthei kbit khai hea a mpyae ngvawng ngängkiea veia a jah tüih.
35 Ngvawng ngängkie naw ngvawngmaha a mpyae jah man u lü mat ami kpaih, mat ami hnim, mat lung am ami vawih.
"And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Acunüng ngvawngmah naw akcüka kaa kthak nungkia, a mpya kce he a jah tüih betü. Acunsepi acukba kunga ami jah na pawh betü.
"Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.
37 Akpäihnaka amäta ca, “Ahin ta leisawng khaie ni, am pawh hngaläk u” ti lü a tüih betü.
"And last he sent his son to them; ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said.
38 Cunsepi ngvawng ngänge naw ami hmuh üng, “Hin hin ngvawngmaha ca va ni kbak. Law ua mi hnim lü a khawh mi bi vai u,” ti u lü,
"But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves. "‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.’
39 man lü ngvawng kpunga xawt lü ami hnimin u.
"So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Tuh ta ngvawngmah a law üng, ngvawng ngängkie cun ihawkba jah pawh khai ni?” a ti.
"When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"
41 Msang u lü, “Acuna khyang ksee cun jah hnim khaia ngsing ve. Ngvawng pi capyit angthei law kcün üng, tha law khai hea khyang kce he üng jah khah khai,” ami ti.
"He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."
42 Jesuh naw “Cangcim naw a pyen am nami khe khawikie aw? “Imksae naw am daw se ami hawiha lung cen, akdaw säih lunga thawn law khawiki. Ahin cun Bawipa naw a pawha kyaki, ahin cun müncan vaia kyaki, ihlawka müncan phyaki ni!”
"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord’s doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?
43 Acunakyase, ka ning jah mthehki, “Pamhnama Khaw ning jah hut lü ngtheisak pungpyahsak khaia khyang he üng jah pet vai.
"I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.
44 “Aupi, hina lung üng kyaki cun khuikhaiei khaia bo vai. Ahina lung naw a kyaknak cun mput khuia thawn khai,” a ti.
"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."
45 Ktaiyü ngvaie ja Pharise he naw acuna msuimcäpnak cun ami ngjak üng, amimi a jah tinak ti ksingki he.
As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;
46 Acunüng, man khai hea ami bü. Cunsepi Jesuh cun sahma tia jumeikia khyangpänu ami jah kyüh.
but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
