Luka 14
1 Sabbath a pha vaengah Jesuh tah Pharisee boeilu pakhat im ah buh ca la cet. Te vaengah amah te a om thil uh tih a dawn uh.
And it occurred, that, as he entered the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, on the sabbath day, they watched him.
2 Te vaengah hlang pakhat bungthung aka khueh te a hmaiah pakcak a pawk pah.
And lo, a dropsical man was before him.
3 Te dongah Jesuh loh olming rhoek neh Pharisee rhoek te a doo tih a voek vaengah, “Sabbath hnin ah tloh hoeih sak ham tueng a, a tueng moenih a?” a ti nah.
And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
4 Tedae amih loh a hil a phah uh dongah a hoeih sak hlang te a mawt tih a tueih.
And they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and dismissed him.
5 Te phoeiah amih te, “Na ca mai khaw, vaito mai khaw tangrhom ah aka cungku te, Sabbath hnin ah pahoi a doek moenih a?” a ti nah.
And he said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox fall into a pit on the sabbath day, doth not immediately lift and draw him out?
6 Tedae te te oelh uh thai pawh.
And they could give him no answer to that.
7 Hmuensang te mat a laehdawn tih aka tuek, a cael rhoek te nuettahnah a thui pah.
And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches.
8 Te vaengah amih te, “Yuluei kung la hlang khat khat loh n'khue uh vaengah, hmuensang ah ngol uh boeh, anih loh a khue te nang lakah a khoelh la vik om ve.
When thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch; lest there should be invited there, one more honorable than thou;
9 Te vaengah nang neh anih aka khue te ha pawk vetih nang te, ‘Anih he hmuen pae dae,’ a ti ni. Te vaengah yah te na poh van vetih a hmuen hnukkhueng te na dang ni.
and he that invited both him and thee come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch.
10 Te dongah n'khue vaengah cet lamtah hnukkhueng hmuen ah ngol. Te daengah ni nang aka khue te ha pawk vaengah nang te, ‘Paya aw, thoo hang dae,’ a ti vetih na taengkah aka ngol rhoek boeih taengah nang hamla thangpomnah a om eh.
But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee.
11 Amah aka pomsang boeih tah tlarhoel vetih amah aka tlarhoel tah a pomsang ni,” a ti nah.
For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.
12 Te phoeiah amah aka khue te khaw, “Buhkoknah neh hlaembuh na saii vaengah, na paya, na manuca, na huiko, na imben kuirhang rhoek te khue boeh. Amih loh namah te n'buhung van vetih kutthungnah loh namah taengla ha thoeng ve.
And he said to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense.
13 Tedae buhloei na tael vaengah khodaeng, kut ngun kho ngun, aka khaem, mikdael te khue.
But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 Yoethen la na om bitni, nang n'sah ham te khueh pawt cakhaw aka dueng rhoek kah thohkoepnah dongah nang ham a sah bitni,” a ti nah.
And thou wilt be blessed. For they cannot recompense thee; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just.
15 A yaak uh vaengah aka ngol rhoek khuikah pakhat loh, “Yoethen long te tah Pathen kah ram ah buh a caak ni,” a ti nah.
And when one of those reclining heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Anih te khaw Jesuh loh, “Hlang pakhat loh hlaembuh muep a thong tih hlang muep a khue.
Jesus said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17 Hlaembuh tue ah tah a sal te a khue rhoek taengla a tueih tih, ‘Ham paan uh laeh, sikim la om coeng,’ a ti nah.
And at the time for supper, he sent his servant to say to those invited: Lo, every thing is ready for you; come.
18 Tedae a bangtlang la boeih a thaanah uh tih, lamhma kah loh, ‘Lo ka lai tih aka hip la caeh ham a kueknah la ka om. Namah taengah kam bih mai eh, om mai saeh, kai tah ng'rhoe mai,’ a ti nah.
And they all to a man, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I have bought a field, and am constrained to go out and see it. I pray thee, allow me to be excused.
19 Pakhat loh, ‘Vaito a rhoi panga ka lai tih, nainong ham ka cet ni, Namah taengah kam bih mai eh, om mai saeh, kai tah ng'hoep mai,’ a ti nah.
Another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to inspect them. I pray thee, allow me to be excused.
20 Pakhat bal loh, ‘Yuu ka loh tih ka lo ham coeng mahpawh,’ a ti nah.
Another said: I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
21 Te dongah sal te a pawk vaengah tah a boeipa taengla a puen pah. Te vaengah imkung tah kosi a hong tih a sal te, ‘Khopuei kah toltung neh imhlai laklo ah a loe la cet lamtah, khodaeng, a kut a kho aka ngun, mikdael, aka khaem te pahoi hang khuen,’ a ti nah.
And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry: and he said to his servant, Go out quickly into the market-places and streets of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the diseased, and the lame, and the blind.
22 Sal loh, ‘Boeipa, nan tueih bangla ka saii coeng dae a hmuen om pueng,’ a ti nah.
And the servant said: My lord, it is done as thou commandedst; and still there is room.
23 Te dongah boei loh sal taengah, ‘Khohla longpuei neh vongtung taengah khaw cet lamtah ha kun ham tanolh dae, te daengah ni ka im ah hlang a bae eh.
And the lord said to his servant: Go out to the by-paths, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in; that my house may be filled.
24 Nangmih taengah ka thui coeng, ka khue hlang rhoek loh kai kah hlaembuh ten uh boel saeh,’ a ti nah,” te a thui pah.
For I declare to you, that not one of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Jesuh te hlangping loh muep a puei hatah, amih taengla mael tih,
And when great multitudes were travelling with him, he turned himself, and said to them:
26 “Khat khat te kai taengla ha lo vaengah a napa neh a manu, a yuu neh a ca, pacaboeina neh tanu takhong, amah kah a hinglu khaw a toeng thil bal pawt atah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.
He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.
27 Amah kah thinglam a koh pawt ah kai hnukla aka lo te tah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.
And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.
28 Nangmih khui lamkah loh imsang sak ham aka ngaih te unim? Lamhma la ngol tih a hnonah te a tae moenih a? Imcoeng ham khueh mai cakhaw?
For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?
29 A khoengim a sut tih coeng thai pawt koinih aka hmu boeih loh anih te pahoi a tamdaeng ni.
lest, when he hath laid the foundation, and is unable to finish, all that see it begin to deride him;
30 hlang loh sak hamla a tong dae a coeng thai moenih,’ a ti uh ta.
and say: This man began to build, and was unable to finish.
31 Mebang manghai khaw manghai pakhat te a noem tih ni caem la a caeh. Te vaengah ngol lamhma tih a doe ham te thawng rha a om thai atah anih te thawng kul neh paan thil ham a moeh moenih a?
Or what king, that is going to contend in battle with his neighbor king, doth not first consider, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 Te pawt koinih voelh a om vaengah rhoepnah ham laipai a tueih vetih a dawt ni.
and if not; while he is yet far from him, he sendeth envoys, and sueth for peace.
33 Te dongah nangmih boeih khaw, a khuehtawn boeih aka hlah pawt te tah ka hnukbang la om ham a coeng moenih.
So every one of you who doth not give up all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.
34 Lungkaeh khaw tui, tedae lungkaeh te khaw a dap atah ba nen lae a hlihlim sak eh?
Salt is a good thing: but if the salt itself hath become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted?
35 Laimen ham khaw om pawt tih, aek lam khaw hoeikhang laklo pawt dongah phawn a voeih uh. Yaak nah hna aka khueh rhoek loh yaa uh,” a ti nah.
It is fit for neither the earth, nor the dunghill. They cast it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
