Luka 20
1 Hnin at ah bawkim khuikah pilnam te a thuituen tih olthangthen a phong vaengah khosoihham rhoek, cadaek rhoek neh patong rhoek loh a pai thil uh.
On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,
2 Te vaengah anih te a voek uh tih, “Mebang saithainah nen lae na saii he kaimih taengah thui lah? He saithainah he nang aka paek om nim?” a ti na uh.
together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"
3 Te dongah amih te a doo tih, “Nangmih te ol pakhat kan dawt saeh lamtah kai n'doo uh.
"I also will put a question to you, "He said;
4 Johan kah baptisma tah vaan lamkah a, hlang lamkah a om?” a ti nah.
"was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
5 Amih long khaw amamih te poek uh tih, “Vaan lamkah n'ti uh koinih, ‘Balae tih anih te na tangnah uh pawh,’ a ti veh.
So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
6 ‘Hlang lamkah loh,’ n'ti bal nim te pilnam pum loh mamih he n'dae veh,” a ti uh. Johan te tonghma aka om la ana pang uh.
And if we say, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."
7 Te dongah, “Me lamkah nim, ka ming pawh,” a ti uh.
And they answered that they did not know the origin of it.
8 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Kai loh mebang saithainah neh ka saii khaw nangmih taengah ka thui mahpawh,” a ti nah.
"Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."
9 Te dongah pilnam taengah hekah nuettahnah he a tong tih, “Hlang pakhat loh dum a tue tih lotawn a phaam sak. Te phoeiah amah te kum a sen puet vik yiin.
Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time.
10 A tue vaengah tah dum kah a thaih te amah taengah ham pae uh saeh tila sal pakhat te lotawn rhoek taengla a tueih. Tedae lotawn rhoek loh anih te a boh uh tih a tling la a tueih uh.
At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Te phoeiah sal a tloe a rhaep la a tueih bal. Tedae anih a boh uh tih yah a bai phoeiah a tling la a tueih uh.
Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed.
12 A pathum nen khaw a rhaep tih a tueih dae te khaw hmalaem la a haek uh.
Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away.
13 Te dongah dum boei loh, ‘Balae ka saii eh? Ka capa thintlo he ka tueih eh, anih tah a yahnah uh khaming,’ a ti.”
Then the owner of the vineyard said, "'What am I to do? I will send my son--my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'
14 “Tedae anih te lotawn rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah khat neh khat dawtlet uh thae tih, ‘Rhopangkung tah anih coeng ni, anih he ngawn uh sih, te vaengah rho te mamih ham om saeh,’ a ti uh.
"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
15 Te dongah anih te a vai uh tih dum voelah a ngawn uh. Te vaengah dum boei loh amih te metlam a saii eh?
"So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Tedae amih lotawn rhoek te a paan vetih a poci sak ni, dum te khaw a tloe taengla a paek ni,” a ti nah. A yaak uh vaengah, “A coeng moenih,” a ti uh.
He will come and put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others." "God forbid!" exclaimed the hearers.
17 Tedae Jesuh loh amih te a sawt tih, “A daek tangtae he balae aka om bal pueng. Im aka sa rhoek loh a hnawt lungto te, imkil a soi la pawk ta.
He looked at them and said, "What then does that mean which is written, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?
18 Tekah lungto aka tlak thil boeih te tah tlawt uh vetih, amah a tlak thil atah amah te tip ni,” a ti nah.
Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed."
19 Te dongah cadaek rhoek neh khosoihham rhoek long tah amah vaengah Jesuh te kut hlah thil ham a mae uh. He nuettahnah he amih a thui thil te a ming uh ngawn dae pilnam te khaw koek a rhih uh.
At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.
20 Anih aka dawn rhoek te a huep la a tueih uh tih amamih te a dueng la om ham sa uh. Te vaengah a ol tuuk pah ham, Jesuh te boeilu neh khoboei kah saithainah dongah voeih hamla cai uh.
So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
21 Te dongah Jesuh te a dawt uh tih, “Saya, nang loh buelh buelh na thui tih na thuituen dongah maelhmai na dan pawt te ka ming uh. Tedae Pathen kah oltak longpuei ah ni na thuituen.
So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.
22 Kaisar taengah mangmu paek he mamih ham thuem a, thuem pawt a?” a ti na uh.
Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
23 Tedae amih kah rhaithinah te a hmat dongah amamih te,
But He saw through their knavery and replied,
24 “Denari pakhat te kai n'tueng uh lah, u kah muei neh ming lae aka om,” a ti nah hatah, “Kaisar kah,” a ti uh.
"Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.
25 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Kaisar koe te Kaisar taengla, Pathen koe te Pathen taengla mael uh,” a ti nah.
"Pay therefore," He replied, "what is Caesar's to Caesar--and what is God's to God."
26 Tedae pilnam hmaiah anih ol tuuk pah ham coeng uh voel pawh. A ollannah te khaw a ngaihmang uh tih a kam a khuem uh.
There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
27 Thohkoepnah om pawh tila boe aka koek Sadducee hlangvang long khaw a paan uh tih a dawt uh.
Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,
28 Te vaengah, “Saya, Moses loh kaimih ham a daek coeng, pakhat te a maya loh yuu a khueh tih a duek vaengah cakol la a om atah a yuu te a mana loh lo saeh lamtah a maya ham a tiingan thoh pah saeh,’ a ti.
"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.
29 Te vaengah boeinaphung parhih lo uh tih, lamhma loh yuu a loh dae cakol la duek.
Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.
30 Te phoeiah a pabae neh a pathum loh huta te a loh.
The second and the third also took her;
31 Te vanbangla a parhih long khaw camoe om mueh la a caehtak tih duek bal.
and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.
32 A hnukkhueng ah huta te khaw duek.
Finally the woman also died.
33 Thohkoepnah dongah huta te u kah yuu lam lae a om eh? Parhih loh anih te yuu la a khueh uh tih,” a ti na uh.
The woman, then--at the Resurrection--whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her."
34 Te dongah amih te Jesuh loh, “Ta kumhal kah camoe rhoek loh yuloh rhaihlan neh om uh. (aiōn g165)
"The men of this age," replied Jesus, "marry, and the women are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
35 Kumhal kah te dang ham neh duek lamkah loh thohkoepnah dongkah aka tiing rhoek long tah yuu a loh va a sak uh moenih. (aiōn g165)
But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
36 Vaan puencawn la a om uh dongah koep duek ham khaw om pawh. Pathen kah a ca la om uh tih thohkoepnah kah a ca la poeh uh bal.
For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.
37 Tedae aka duek rhoek a thoh te Moses loh tangpuem taengah ana phoe pataeng coeng. Te vanbangla Boeipa te Abraham Pathen, Isaak Pathen neh Jakob Pathen ana ti coeng.
But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
38 Tedae aka duek rhoek kah pawt tih aka hing rhoek kah Pathen ni, anih dongah ni boeih a hing uh,” a ti nah.
He is not a God of dead, but of living men, for to Him are all living."
39 Cadaek hlangvang rhoek loh a doo tih, “Saya, buelh na thui coeng,” a ti nah.
Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, you have spoken well."
40 Amah te dawt ham ngaingaih uh voel pawh.
From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.
41 Jesuh loh amih te, “Metlamlae Khrih te, ‘David capa ni,’ a ti uh?
But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?
42 David amah loh Tingtoeng cabu dongah a thui tah, ‘Boeipa loh ka boeipa taengah,
Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand
43 “Na rhal te na kho ham khotloeng la ka khueh hlan atah kai kah bantang ah ngol dae,” a ti,’
Until I have made thy foes a footstool under they feet.'
44 David loh anih te Boeipa la a khue atah metlamlae a capa la a om eh?” a ti nah.
"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"
45 Pilnam boeih kah a yaak ah a hnukbang rhoek te,
Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to the disciples,
46 “Cadaek rhoek te ngaithuen uh, hnikul neh pongpa aka ngaih uh tih hnoyoih hmuen kah toidalnah, tunim ah ngolhmuen then, buhkung kah hmuensang a lungnah uh.
"Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;
47 Amih loh nuhmai rhoek kah im te a yoop pa uh tih mueituengnah ham khing thangthui uh. He rhoek long ni laitloeknah muep a yook eh,” a ti nah.
who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
