Marku 9
1 Te phoeiah amih te, “Nangmih taengah rhep ka thui, hekah aka pai khuiah hlangvang loh thaomnah neh aka pai Pathen ram te a hmuh hlan atah dueknah ten mueh mahpawh,” a ti nah.
He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
2 Hnin rhuk phoeiah tah Jesuh loh Peter, James neh Johan te a khue tih amamih bueng tlang sang la hloep a caeh puei hatah amih hmaiah thohai uh.
A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
3 A himbai te khaw bok kathik la om tih phaeng aa. Diklai hmankah mebang hnosuk long khaw te tlam te bok sak thai pawh.
His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
4 Amih taengah Elijah neh Moses khaw phoe tih Jesuh neh cal uh.
[Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
5 Te dongah Peter loh Jesuh te a doo tih, “Rhabbi, heah he mamih om ham then tih, dap pathum saii uh sih lamtah, nang ham pakhat, Moses ham pakhat, Elijah ham pakhat saeh,” a ti nah.
[After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
6 Tedae lakuengngaiha la a om uh dongah metla a doo khaw ming pawh.
[He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
7 Te vaengah khomai aka thoeng loh amih a dah tih khomaikhui lamkah, “Anih tah ka ca thintlo ni, anih ol hnatun uh,” tila ol ha thoeng.
Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
8 Tedae koe a sawtuhvaengah ukhaw om pawt tih amih taengah Jesuh bueng te a hmuh uh.
When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
9 Tlang lamkah a suntlak uh phoeiah a hmuh uh te duekkhui lamkah loh hlang capa a thoh hlan atah thui pawt ham amih te ol a paek.
While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
10 Te dongah olka te a kuemuh tih, “Aka duek rhoek taeng lamkahloha thoh ham te metlam a om eh?” tila amamih te oelh uh thae.
So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
11 Te phoeiah amah te a dawt uh tih, “Balaetih cadaekrhoek loh, 'Elijah te ha pawk lamhma ham a kuek,’ a ti uh,” a ti nah.
[The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
12 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Elijah he lamhma la ha pawk coeng tih boeih a thoh coeng ngawn. Tedae hlang capa muep a patang phoeiah a voeih ham te metlam a daek?
[Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
13 Tedae nangmih taengah ka thui tah Elijah khaw ha pawk coeng tih anih ham a daek pah vanbangla anih te a ngaih bangla boeih a saii uh,” a ti nah.
14 Hnukbangrhoek taengla aka pawk rhoek loh amih taengkah hlangping neh cadaekrhoek neh muep a oelh uh te a hmuh uh.
[Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
15 Hlangping boeih loh Jesuhte lawt a hmuh uh hatah a ngaihmang uh. Te dongah anih te a cuk thil uh tih a doe uh.
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
16 Te dongah amih te, “Amih neh balae na oelh uh thae,” tila a dawt.
He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 Te vaengah hlangping lamkah pakhat loh saya, “Mueihla olmueh aka kaem ka capa te nang taengla kang khuen.
A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
18 Anih he a tuuk vaengah tah bung tih a hom phoeiah no a rhueng tih koh. Tete haek ham na hnukbangrhoek te khaw ka dawt dae noeng uh pawh,” a ti nah.
Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
19 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te a doo tih, “Aw aka tangnahmueh kah cadil, nangmih taengah meyet nim ka om ve, nangmih taengah mevaeng hil nim kan yaknaem ve? Anih te ka taengla hang khuen uh,” a ti nah.
Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
20 Te daengah camoete Jesuh taengla a khuen uh. Tedae Mueihla loh camoete koe a doek te a hmuh. Te vaengah diklai la bung tih a hom neh bol.
So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
21 Te vaengah a napa te, “Anih taengah aka thoeng he kum meyet lamkah lae a om coeng?” tila a dawt.
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
22 Te dongah a napa loh, “A cahni lamkah coeng tih anih poci sak ham hmai khuiah khaw tui khuiah khaw a voeih taitu. Tedae pakhat khaw na saii thai khaming, kaimih soah thinphat la kaimih m'bom mai,” a ti nah.
[The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
23 Te dongah Jesuh loh anih te, “Na saii thai atah e te! Aka tangnah ham boeih coeng thai ta,” a ti nah.
Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
24 Camoe kah a napa te tlek pang tih, “Ka tangnah, ka hnalvalnah te m'bom mai,” a ti nah.
Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
25 Jesuh loh hlangping a khong te a hmuh vaengah, mueihla thae te a ho tih, “Olmueh neh hnapang mueihla Kai loh nang kan tueih. Anih taeng lamkah loh cet lamtah anih khuiah kun voel boeh,” a ti nah.
Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 Te dongah pang tih muep a suvaih phoeiah cet. Tedae camoe te aka duek bangla a om dongah, “Duek coeng, “tila muep a thui uh.
The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
27 Tedae Jesuh loh a kut te a tuuk tih a thoh hatah koe thoo hang.
However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
28 Im khuila a kun phoeiah tah a hnukbangrhoek loh, “Kaimih loh balae tihtih anih te ka haek uh thai pawh,” tila amah bueng hloep a dawt uh.
Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
29 Te dongah amih te, “He bang he thangthuinah nen pawt atah haek thai mahpawh,” a ti nah.
He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
30 Te lamkah loh thoo uh tih Galilee longah van uh dae pakhat khaw ming sak ham ngaih pawh.
After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
31 A hnukbang rhoek a thuituen vaengah khaw, “Hlang Capa tah hlang kut ah a voeih vetih a ngawn uh ni. Tedae a ngawn uh phoeikah hnin thum ah thoo ni,” a ti nah coeng.
[anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
32 Amih loh olthui te a mangvawt uh dae amah dawt ham khaw a rhih uh.
But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
33 Kapernaum te a pha uh tih im ah a om vaengah, “Longpueng ah balae na thui uh?,” tila amih te a dawt.
Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
34 Tedae long ah khat neh khat te ulae tanglue tila a thuingong uh dongah a hil a phah uh.
But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
35 Te vaengah Ngoltih hlainit te a khue. Amihte khaw, “Khat khat loh lamhma la om ham a ngaih atah hnukkhoem koek neh tueihyoeih koek la om ni,” a ti nah.
He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
36 Te phoeiah camoe te a khuetih amih lakli ah a pai sak tih a poem.
Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
37 Amih te khaw, “Kai ming neh hebang camoe pakhat khaw aka doe long tah kai ni n' doe. Tedae kai aka doe long tah kai bueng kolla ka tueih te khaw a doe,” a ti nah.
“Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
38 Johan loh Jesuh taengah, “Boeipa, na ming neh rhaithae aka haek hlang khat te ka hmuh uh. Tedae mamih hnuk ham vai pawt dongah anih te ka paa sak uh,” a ti nah.
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
39 Tedae Jesuh loh, “Anih te paa sak uh boeh. Ka ming neh thaomnah aka tueng sak te a om pawt vaengah koeloe la kai n'thet ve.
Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
40 Te dongah mamih neh kingkalh la aka om pawt te tah mamih ham ni a om.
Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
41 Khrih kah hut la na om uh dongah ka ming neh tui boengloeng khat nangmih aka tul te tah a thapang te poci loengloeng mahpawh tila nangmih taengah rhep ka thui.
Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
42 U long khaw kai aka tangnah camoe rhoek he pakhat khaw a khah atah a rhawn ah laak phaklung a oi tih tuili ah voei koinih anih ham hnothen la lat om coeng.
[Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
43 Nang khaw na kut loh n'khah atah hlueng mai. Kut panit om tih hmai aka duek pawh hell la caeh lakah hingnah khuiah a ngun la kun te nang ham hnothen la om. (Geenna g1067)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
44 Na kho long khaw nang n'khah atah hlueng mai.
45 Kho rhoi om tih hell khuila m'voeih lakah a ngun neh hingnah khuila kun te nang hnothen la om. (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
46 Na mik long khaw nang n'khah atah koeih mai.
47 Mik panit om tih hell la m'voeih lakah mikvang neh Pathen ram khuiah kun te nang ham hnothen la om. (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
48 Te ah tah amih kah a rhiit khaw duek pawt tih hmai khaw thi pawh.
In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
49 Rhoepsaep boeih te hmai dongah a baek ni.
“[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
50 Lungkaeh tah then, tedae lungkaeh te a duu la om koinih ba nen lae na hlihlim sak eh. Namamih khuiah lungkaeh khueh uh lamtah khat neh khat taengah rhoep uh thae,” a ti nah.
Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
