Matthai 13
1 Te hnin ah Jesuh tah im lamloh cettih tuili kaengah ngol.
That same day, when Jesus had left the house and was sitting by the Sea,
2 Te vaengah hlangping rhoek tah anih taengah muep tingtun uh. Te dongah amah tah lawng khuiah ngol hamla kun. Tedae hlangping tah tuikaeng ah boeih pai.
such great crowds gathered round him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood upon the beach.
3 Te phoeiah amih taengah nuettahnah neh muepa thui tih, “Cangti aka haeh tah cangti haeh la cet ne,
Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,
4 Cangti a haeh vaengah a ngen te longpuei ah tla. Te dongah vaa loh a paan tih a kueh.
as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Angen tah lungrhong dongah tla tih, laimen muep a om pawt dongah tlek poe. Tedae laimen a dung la aom moenih.
Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once.
6 A yung a om pawt dongah khomik ha thoeng vaengah tah a kaeng tih koh.
As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, having no root, withered away.
7 Angen tah hling khuiah tla tih hling te a rhoeng vaengah tah cang te a huep.
Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.
8 Tedae a ngen tah lai then dongah tla tih a thaih, a ngen yakhat, a ngen sawmrhuk, a ngen tah sawmthum la thaii.
Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.
9 Hna aka khueh loh ya saeh,” a ti nah.
Let him who has ears hear.”
10 Te phoeiah hnukbangrhoek loha paanuh tih, “Balae tih nuettahnah neh amihna voek?,” a ti na uh.
Afterwards his disciples came to him, and said: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 Jesuh loh amih te a doo tih, “Vaan ram kah olhuep ming sak ham nangmih taengah m'paek coeng dae te rhoek taengah a paek moenih.
“To you,” answered Jesus, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.
12 Aka khueh te tah a paek thil vetih a coih pah ni. Tedae aka khueh pawt te a khueh duen pataeng te a taeng lamkah loh a lat pah ni.
For, to all who have, more will be given, and they shall have abundance; but, from all who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
13 Te dongah ni amih taengah nuettahnah neh ka thui pah. A hmuh uh dae hmat uh pawh. A hnatun uh dae ya uh pawt tih hmuhming uh pawh.
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
14 Te dongah Isaiah kah tonghma ol te amih taengah,' Hnavue neh na yaak uh vetih na hmuhming uh loengloeng mahpawh. Na hmuh tah na hmuh uh vetih na hmat uh loengloeng mahpawh.
And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says — ‘You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, and, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,
15 Pilnam kah thinko he tah a talh pah coeng. Te dongah hna neh a hnatun uh tloel tih a mik khaw a him uh. A mik neh a hmuh uh tih, hna neh a yaak uh, a thinko neh hmuhming uh tih ha bal uh koinih amih te ka hoeih sak ni,” a ti te soep coeng.
for the mind of this nation has grown dense, and their ears are dull of hearing, their eyes also have they closed; lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, and with their ears they should hear, and in their mind they should understand, and should turn — and I should heal them.’
16 Tedae nangmih kah mik loh a hmuh tih na hna loh a yaak dongah a yoethen.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear;
17 Rhep kan thui, tonghma rhoek boeih neh hlang dueng rhoek loh na hmuh uh te hmuh a hue uh dae hmu uh pawh, na yaak uh te yaak ham akhaw a yaak uh moenih.
for I tell you that many Prophets and good men have longed for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never saw them, and to hear the things which you are hearing, yet never heard them.
18 “Te dongah nangmih loh cangti aka tuh kah nuettahnah he hnatun uh.
Listen, then, yourselves to the parable of the Sower.
19 Ram kah olka te a yaak dae aka hmuhming pawt boeih tah, rhaithae loh ha pawk atah a thinko ah tuh tangtae a poel a yoe pah. Te tah longpuei kah a haeh coeng te ni.
When any one hears the Message of the Kingdom without understanding it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what has been sown in his mind. This is the man meant by the seed which was sown along the path.
20 Lungrhong sokah a haeh te tah ol te a yaak vaengah omngaihnah neh tlek aka doe ni.
By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;
21 Tedae a khuiah a yung a khueh pawt dongah kolkalh ni a om. Tedae olka kongah hnaemtaeknah neh phacipphabaem a om vaengah voeng a khah.
but, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.
22 Hling laklikah a tuh tah ol te aka ya la om dae dilai kah mawntangnah neh khuehtawn kah hmilhmaknah loh ol te a thing tih a tlongtlai la poeh. (aiōn g165)
By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return. (aiōn g165)
23 Tedae lai then sokah a tuh tah ol te a yaak tih aka hmuhming la om. Anih tah a ngen yakhat, a ngen sawmrhuk, a ngen thumkip la vuei tih thaihtak,” a ti nah.
But by the seed which was sown on the good ground is meant the man who hears the Message and understands it, and really yields a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.”
24 A tloe nuettahnahte amiha paek tih, “Vaan ram tah amah lo ah cangti then aka tuh hlang neh vai uh.
Another parable which Jesus told them was this — “The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 Tedae hlang a ih vaengah a rhal ha pawk tih, cang lak ah paitaang a haeh phoeiah vik cet.
But, while every one was asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and then went away.
26 Khopol te muem tih a vuei a thaih vaengah tah paitaang te khaw phoe.
So, when the blades of corn shot up, and came into ear, the tares made their appearance also.
27 Te vaengah a sal rhoek loh a kungmah te a paan uh tih, “Boeipa, na lo ah cangti then na haeh moenih a? Tedae paitaang aka om he me lamkah lae?” a ti nah.
On this the owner’s servants came to him, and said ‘Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the tares in it come from?’
28 Te vaengah amih te, “He tah rhal hlang loh a saii,” a ti nah. Te dongah sal rhoek loh a taengah, “Ka cet uh vetih te te yoep sak ham na ngaih a?” a ti na uh.
‘An enemy has done this,’ was his answer. ‘Do you wish us, then,’ they asked,’ to go and gather them together?’
29 Tedae amah loh, 'Pawh, paitaang te na yoep uh vaenngah cang neh rhenten na phu uh ve?
‘No,’ said he, ‘for fear that, while you are gathering the tares, you should root up the wheat as well.
30 Cangah duela bok rhoeng sak mai. Cangah tue ah cangat rhoek te, 'Paitaang te lamhma la yoep uh lamtah hoeh hamla a pok la pok uh, tedae cang te tah kai kah khai khuila khoem uh, 'ka ti nah bitni,’ a ti nah,” te a thui pah.
Let both grow side by side till harvest; and then I shall say to the reapers, Gather the tares together first, and tie them in bundles for burning; but bring all the wheat into my barn.’”
31 A tloe nuettahnah amiha paek tih, “Vaan ram tah mukang mu phek la om, te te hlang loh a loh tih a lo ah a tue.
Another parable which he told them was this — “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Te te a mu aka om boeih lakah yiit. Tedae a rhoeng vaengah toian aka om boeih lakah tanglue tih thing la poeh. Te daengah ni vaan kah vaa loh ha pawk uh tih a hlaeng dongah bu a tuk,” a ti nah.
This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that ‘the wild birds come and roost in its branches.’”
33 A tloe nuettahnah neh amih te, “Vaan ram tah tolrhu phek la om. Te te huta loh a loh tih vaidam khoi thum khuiah a hlum vaengah boeih a rhoi sak,” a ti nah.
This was another parable which Jesus related — “The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”
34 Jesuh loh herhoek boeih he nuettahnah neh hlangping taengaha thui. Nuettahnah pawt atah amih taengah ol a thui moenih.
Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,
35 Te daengah ni tonghma loha phong, “Nuettahnah neh ka ka ka ong vetih Diklaia tongnah lamloha thuhphah te ka phoe ni,” a ti tea soep eh.
in fulfilment of these words in the Prophet — ‘I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.’
36 Hlangping te a tueih phoeiah im khuila kun. Te vaengah a hnukbang rhoek loh a taengla a paanuh tih, “Lo kah paitaang nuettahnahte kaimih ham thuicaih lah,” a ti nah.
Then Jesus left the crowd, and went into the house. Presently his disciples came to him, and said: “Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field.”
37 Te vaengah Jesuh loha doo tih, “Cangti then aka tuh tah hlang capa ni.
And he answered: “The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 Lohma tah Diklai ni. Te phoeiah cangti then tah ram kah a ca rhoek ni. Tedae paitaang tah rhaithae kah a ca rhoek ni.
The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked,
39 Te te aka haeh rhal te tah rhaithae ni. Cangah tue tah lunglai tue a bawtnah ni. Cangat rhoek tah puencawn rhoek ni. (aiōn g165)
and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest-time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. (aiōn g165)
40 Te dongah paitaang a yoep uh tih hmai neh a hoeh bangla kumhal kah a bawtnah dongah om van ni. (aiōn g165)
And, just as the tares are gathered and burnt, so it will be at the close of the age. (aiōn g165)
41 Hlang capa loh a puencawn rhoek te a tueih ni. Te vaengah thangkui neh olaeknah aka saii rhoek boeih te a ram lamloh a bit uh ni.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all that hinders and those who live in sin,
42 Te phoeiah amih te hmai alh khuila a phum uh ni. Te rhoek ah rhah neh, no rhuengnah nen ni a om eh.
and ‘will throw them into the fiery furnace,’ where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
43 Te vaengah aka dueng rhoek tah Pa kah ram ah khomik bangla sae uh ni. Hna aka khueh loh ya saeh.
Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.
44 Vaan ram tah lohma ah a thuh sut khohrhang phek la om. Te te hlang loh a hmuh vaengah a thuh tih a omngaihnah neh cet. Te phoeiah a khueh boeih te a yoih tih te kah lohmuen te a lai.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and then, in his delight, went and sold everything that he had, and bought that field.
45 Te phoeiah vaan ram tah laitha then aka toem hnoyoi hlang phek la om.
Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant in search of choice pearls.
46 Laitha a phu aka tlo pakhat la a hmuh dongah, a caeh neh a khueh boeih te a yoih tih a lai.
Finding one of great value, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it.
47 Vaan ram tah tuili khuila lawk aka voei bangla om bal tih namtu cungkuem lamkah khaw a coi.
Or again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net which was cast into the sea, and caught fish of all kinds.
48 Te te a bae vaengah lihmoi la a kawt uh. Te phoeiah ngol uh tih a then te busui khuila a sang uh. Tedae a thae te tah phawn a voeih uh.
When it was full, they hauled it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless ones away.
49 Kumhal kah a bawtnah dongah om van ni. Puencawn rhoek loh cet uh vetih aka dueng lakli kah boethae rhoek te a hoep ni. (aiōn g165)
So will it be at the close of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous, (aiōn g165)
50 Te phoeiah amih te hmai alh khuila a voeih uh ni. Te hmuen ah rhah neh no rhuengnah ni aka om eh.,” a ti nah.
and ‘will throw them into the fiery furnace,’ where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
51 “He rhoek boeih he na hmuhming uh a?” a ti nah. Amah taengah, “Ue,” a ti uh.
Have you understood all this?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they answered.
52 Te dongah amih taengah, “Vaan ram kah aka bang cadaek boeih tah a khohrhang khuikah a rhuem neh a thai aka pok hlang imkung phek la om,” a ti nah.
Then he added: “So every Teacher of the Law, who has received instruction about the Kingdom of Heaven, is like a householder who produces from his stores things both new and old.”
53 Jesuh loh nuettahnah he bawta khah tihte lamloh vik nong.
When Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place.
54 Te phoeiah amah tolrhum la pawktih amamih kah tunim ah amih te a thuituen hatah let uh tih, “Anih kah cueihnah neha thaomnah he me lamkah nim?
Going to his own part of the country, he taught the people in their Synagogue in such a manner that they were deeply impressed. “Where did he get this wisdom?” they said, “and the miracles?
55 “Anih he kutthai capa la aom moenih a? A manu tah Marylaa khue uh moenih a? A manarhoek khaw James, Josephb, Simon, Judah ta.
Is not he the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
56 A ngannurhoek khaw mamih taengah boeiha om uh moenih a? Te dongah anih taengkah boeih he me lamkah nim?” a ti uh.
And his sisters, too — are not they all living among us? Where, then did he get all this?”
57 Tedae anih kongah amamih te a khah uh. Tedongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Tonghma he amah im neh amah kah tolrhum pawt atah sawtsit ti om pawh,” a ti nah.
These things proved a hindrance to their believing in him; whereupon Jesus said: “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 Tedae amih kah hnalvalnah kongaha thaomnah muep tueng sak pawh.
And he did not work many miracles there, because of their want of faith.
