Mahte 24
1 Jesuh Temple üngka naw akcea a ceh üng, axüisaw he naw Temple ime mhnuh khai hea a veia lawki he.
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
2 Jesuh naw, “Hin avan nami jah hmuki am niki aw? Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, lung matca pi, hin üng am ve khaia a pyehnak vaia kcün pha law khai,” a ti.
‘Do you see all these things?’ was his answer. ‘I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,’
3 Olip mcunga khana a ngawh üng axüisaw he ampyua law u lü, “Itüha, acukba thawn law khai ni? Na lawnak vaia akcün ja akpäihnak kcün msingnak vai cun i ni? Jah mtheha” ami ti. (aiōn g165)
so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, ‘Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.’ (aiōn g165)
4 Jesuh naw, “U naw pi käh a ning jah mhleimhlak vaia mceiei ua.
Jesus replied to them, ‘See that no one leads you astray;
5 “Khyang khawkän ka ngming üng law lü, Keia hana ngsaih lü ‘Kei, Khritaw ni’ ti lü khyang khawhah jah mhlei law khaie.
for, many will take my name, and come saying “I am the Christ,” and will lead many astray.
6 “Nami peia ngtuknake kthaie ja athuknaka pi ngtuknaka thange cun nami jah ngja law khai. Cunüngpi käh cäicing kawm uki. Acuna ngkhawe cun thawn law khaie, cunüngpi akcüna päihnak tinak am ni.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
7 “Pee mat ja mat, pungnu mat ja mat, ngtung’at law khaie. Mdek alum üng, khaw jaw khyat pai law khai, ngkhyü ngsün law khai.
For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 “Ahin he cun na hmi hlüki a huiheia mäiha khuikhanakea cuteinaka kyaki.
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
9 “Acunüng ning jah man u lü ami ning jah mkhuimkha vai ja ami ning jah hnim vaia khyang hea kut üng ning jah ap khaie. Khyang naküt naw keia phäh ning jah hneng khaie.
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 “Acuna kcün üng khyang khawhah naw ami jumnak hawih u lü mat ja mat nghneng law khaie, hleihlak law khaie.
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
11 “Sahma ksee po law u lü khyang khawhah jah mhleimhlak law khaie.
Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
12 “Am dawkia khut pawhnak da law lü mhläkphyanak ng’yeng law khai.
and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13 “Cunsepi, adütnak vei cäpa jumeiki naw küikyannak yah khai.
Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 “Khankhaw Pea mawng thangkdaw cun khawmdek van üng sang lü khyang naküta veia saksia mdanga kya khai. Acun käna akcüna päihnak pha law khai.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
15 “Sahma Danjelah naw cangcim üng a pyena kba, ‘Kpyükpye theiki kyükyawkse angcimcaihnak säiha ngdüi se, nami hmu khai.
As soon, then, as you see “the Foul Desecration,” mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,’ (the reader must consider what this means)
16 “Acunüng Judaha veki naküt mcungea dawng u se.
‘then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
17 “Mkhyung khana veki im k’uma a ka lo khaia käh kyum law se.
and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
18 “Loa veki naw pi a suisak loei khaia käh nghlat be se.
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
19 “Acuna mhnüp üng mpyaikie ja cihtui k’aw naca kpawmeikie ta aktäa khuikha khaie ni.
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20 “Nami dawngnak vaia mhnüp cun khawksik khya ja Sabbath mhnüpa käh a kya vaia Pamhnama veia ktaiyü ua.
Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
21 “Khawmdek a ngtüi üngkhyüh am hmuh khawi, malama pi am hmuh be ti vai khuikhatnak kyühkse cun pha law khai.
for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
22 Khawmhnüpe cun Pamhnam naw a jah tawisak päng ni; am a tawisak vai sü üng, u pi xüng khai am ve. A jah xüa khyang hea phäh Pamhnam naw khawmhnüpe cun jah tawisak khai.
Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
23 ‘Hia ni Khritaw, cuia ni Khritaw’ tiki a ve üng, käh nami kcangnak vai.
At that time, if anyone should say to you “Look! Here is the Christ!” or “Here he is!”, do not believe it;
24 “Isetiüng ta, Khritaw kcang am nikie ja sahma ksee po law khaie. Pamhnama jah xü khyang he pi a thawn theia ta, ami jah mhleinak vaia müncanksee pi jah pawh law khaie.
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
25 “Ngai ua, akcün am a pha law ham üng ma lü ka ning jah mtheh päng ni.
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
26 “Acunakyase, ‘Mesijah cun khawmkyanga ni’ ami ti üng käh nami ceh vai! Ani cun ‘Angthupnaka ve ve’ ami ti üng pi käh jah kcang na ua.
Therefore, if people say to you “He is in the wilderness!”, do not go out there; or “He is in an inner room!”, do not believe it;
27 “Nghngilaw da mlaih se khawkyak cäpa khaw a vaia kba, Khyanga Capa cun law be khai.
for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
28 “Ahawia pi akthia venaka, langktahe ngcun khaie ni.
Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
29 “Acuna, khuikhatnaka mhnüpe käna, khaw nghmüp law khai. Khyalawn pi am vai law ti. Aisie khankhaw üngkhyüh kya law khaie, khankhaw khyaihbahnake pi ami venak üngka naw jah ksät khai.
Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
30 “Acunüng khyanga Capa msingnak cun khana ngdang law khai. Khawmdek khyang naküt Khyanga Capa hlüngtai kyäpsawknak am khana khawngmei ngcum lü law be se, hmu u lü kyap khaie.
Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
31 “Pungnu tum lü a khankhawngsä he naw a xüe cun khawmdek avan üng jah mkhäm hü be khai hea jah tüih law khai.
and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 “Hina Fikdung üngka naw ngtheingthang ua. A kpyange tawi law u lü a hnah a hlip law üng, khawkhye cäh lawki ti, nami ksingki he.
‘Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
33 “Acuna kba ni, nangmi naw ahin he nami jah hmuh üng, akcün cäh law lü mkawt pei pha lawki ti ksing ua.
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
34 “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, tukbäih ksawn üng khyang he am ami thi päih ham üng acun he avan cun kümcei law khaie ti süm ua.
I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
35 “Khawmdek ja khankhaw khyük ni sepi, ka khyü nglung matca pi a kümcei kaa käh khyük yah khai.
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 “Acuna mhnüp ja akcün cun iti üng pha law khai ti, u naw pi am ksing. Khankhawngsäe naw pi am ksing u. Capanaw pi am ksing. Ka pa däk naw ni a ksing.
But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
37 “Khyanga Capa a law be vai cun Nawea kcün üngkaa mäiha kya law khai.
For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 “Mlikpitui am a phu law hama kcüne üngka naw Nawe mlawng k’uma a luh vei cäp, khyang he cun ei awkie, nghnumi ja kpami ngkhyunglakie;
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
39 “Mlikpitui phu law lü khyang avan a jah cehin vei cäpa i käh sim lü awmki he. Acun üng ami vea mäiha, Khyanga Capa a law be vai üng pi acukba kya law khai.
taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 “Loa ve yümki xawi üng mat jäk lü mat hawih hüt khai.
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 “Ksum su yümki nghnumi nghngih üng mat jäk lü mat hawih hüt khai.
of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 “Nami Bawipa a lawnak vaia akcün am nami ksingkia kya se, a na ngäng ua.
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 “Im mah naw mpyukei a law vaia kcün a ksing vai sü ta, a im mpyukei naw käh a kpye vaia mtät kyet khai ti nami ksingki.
But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
44 “Acuna mäiha, nangmi pi a na ngcüngcei ua. Isetiüng ta, Khyanga Capa cun am nami sümhmuha kcün üng law be khai.
Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 “Im mahpa naw, a imbunga eiawk akcün phäh phäh üng jah pyangmtham pawhmsah khaia a mcawn themngvai lü cingcaikia mpya cen u ni?
Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 “Acun he jah na pawhmsah se a mahpa naw ima a law be üng, a hmuh lawa mpya ta a josen ve.
Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
47 “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, amahpa naw acuna mpya üng a khawh naküt ap khai.
I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
48 “Cunsepi, mpya kse ania üng ta, ‘ka mahpa a law be vai hjo ham khai ni’ ti lü ngaihnipki.
But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves “My master is a long time in coming,”
49 “A püi mpyae jah kpai lü ju awk ktai k’eiea hlawnga a na eiawk hü hngaki.
and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 “Am a ngaihhmuh ja am a na ksinga kcün mhnüp mat üng, acuna mpyaa mahpa law be khai.
that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
51 “A mahpa naw a mtemtea mawilü hypocritea venaka vesak hnga se, acuia kyahnak ja, mnicui hakyetnak am khuikhatnak khamei khai.
and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
