Luke 12
1 Thlang kqeng cun unawh, pynoet ingkaw pynoet a ming leh qu nawk nawk awh, Jesu ing a hubatkhqi venawh: “Thailatnaak ing amik awm Farasikhqi awh ce naming ngaih ta lah uh.
Meanwhile, when a crowd of thousands had converged, so that they were stepping on each other, He began to speak first to His disciples: “Guard yourselves from the ‘yeast’ of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Amang dangnaak aham ikaw awm thuh am awm kawmsaw, amni sim kawi ang hyp ikawawm am awm kaw.
There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
3 Thannaak awh na mik kqawn ce khawkdai awh thlang ing za kaw, ipkhui awh a khoeh cana thlang ang haa keng awh na mik kqawn ce iptih nakawng khypyi kawm uh.
Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
4 Ka pyikhqi, ka nik kqawn peek khqi, 'pum him thai unawh, cekcoengawh ikawawm amak sai thai qoe voelkhqi ce koeh kqih uh.
“Further, I say to you, my friends: do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.
5 Cehlai na mik kqih hly kawi ce nim huh khqi vang nyng: A him coengawh hell khuina thlaknaak thai ak ta ce kqih uh. Oeih, ka nik kqawn peek khqi, anih ce kqih uh. (Geenna g1067)
Rather, I will advise you whom you should fear—fear Him who after He kills has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes indeed, fear Him! (Geenna g1067)
6 Hqit ca pumha ce tangka pia pakkhih na zawi u hy? Cehlai Khawsa ing cekkhqi khuiawh pynoet ca awm am hilh hy.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Na lu awhkaw lusam za noet boeihna ak awm ni. Cedawngawh koeh kqih uh; nangmih taw hqit anglakawh nami phu awm khqoet hy.
Even the hairs of your head are all numbered! So do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than sparrows!
8 Ka nik kqawn peek khqi, thlang a haiawh kai anik dyihpyi taw Khawsa ak khan ceityihkhqi a haiawh Thlanghqing Capa ing anih ce dyihpyi lawt kaw.
“Also I say to you, whoever claims me before men, the Son of the Man will also claim him before the angels of God.
9 Cehlai u awm thlang a haiawh kai anik hoet taw Khawsa ak khan ceityihkhqi haiawh anih ce hoet lawt kawng nyng.
But whoever disclaims me before men will be disclaimed before the angels of God.
10 U awm Thlanghqing Capa ing ak kalh na awi ak kqawn taw qeenkhaw ngainaak hu kaw, cehlai u awm Ciim Myihla ak kqawn seet ak thlang taw qeenkhaw ngainaak am hu voel kaw.
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of the Man, it can be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.
11 Sinakawk, ukkung khqi ingkaw boeikhqi haiawh a ni khyn khqi awh, cangnaak hulnaak hly kawi ingkaw awi nak kqawnnaak hly kawi awh koeh ngaih sa uh,
Now whenever they bring you before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you will answer, or what you should say.
12 Cawh nak kqawn hly kawi ce Ciim Myihla ing ni cawngpyi khqi bit kaw,” tinak khqi hy.
Because the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you need to say.”
13 Thlang kqeng ak khui awhkaw thlang pynoet oet ing, “Cawngpyikung, ka naa ing qo aning paa pyi aham kqawn pe lah,” tina hy.
Then someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesu ing a venawh, “U ing nangnih anglak law awh awidengkung am awhtaw lai ak kqawnkungna ani taak?” tina hy.
But He said to him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter over you?”
15 Thlangkhqi venawh, “Ngaih ta lah uh! Ak kamvaanaak awh ce naming ngaih ta uh; thlanghqing a hqingnaak ve qo khawzah taaknaak awhkawng sai na am awm hy,” tina hy.
Then He said to them, “Keep alert and guard against covetousness, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16 Cekcoengawh vawhkaw nyhtahnaak awi ve kqawn pehy: “Thlang boei pynoet a lo taw cang daw soeih hy.
Then He told them a parable, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man produced well.
17 Cedawngawh vemyihna ak kaw poek hy, ‘ikaw ka sai lah voei? Cang ka taaknaak aham khai am khoek voel hy,’ tihy.
And he reasoned within himself saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no place to store my crops?’
18 Cekcoengawh vemyihna tihy, ‘Vemyihna sai vang nyng. Khaikhqi ve hqe nyng saw ak bau khqoet na sa vang nyng, cawh ce cang ingkaw ka themkhqi boeih ta vang nyng.
Then he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my produce and my goods.
19 Cekcoengawh kamah ingkaw kamah ce, ‘kum khawqyt awh na hawnaak aham khawh khawzah ta hawh hyk ti. Ai nawhtaw, aw nawh ngaihding hlah,’ ti vang nyng,” tihy.
And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and enjoy yourself!’
20 Cehlai Khawsa ing a venawh, ‘Nang thlakqaw pa, tawh than qoe awh na hqinglu ce ni lawh pe kaw; tuhawhkaw na khawhthemkhqi boeih ve u ing nu a pang kaw?’ tina hy.
But God said to him: ‘Stupid! This very night your life is being taken back from you; then who will get the things you have prepared?’
21 U awm amah ham doeng khawh cun nawh Khawsa benawh ak khawdeng taw, vemyihna awm uhy,” tinak khqi hy.
Just like that is he who accumulates treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
22 Cekcoengawh Jesu ing a hubatkhqi venawh: “Cedawngawh ka nik kqawn peek khqi, 'Ikaw ka ai kaw?' 'Ikaw ka bai ka naak kaw?' tinawh nami hqingnaak awh koeh ngaisa uh.
Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.
23 Awk ai anglakawh hqingnaak ce awipyi bet hy, suibai anglakawh pum ve awipyi bet hy.
Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Vangaakkhqi ce poek lah uh: quk am saw uhy, cang awm am aat uhy, khai awm am ta unawh tep awm am ta hlai uhy; cehlai Khawsa ing a mingmih ce cah khqi hy. Nangmih taw pha khqing lakawh nami phu tlo khqoet saw kaw!
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. You are far more valuable than the birds!
25 U ing nu a ngaisaknaak ak caming a hqingnaak khawnoek pynoet kangna awm a cawng thai?
And who among you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?
26 Vemih ik-oeih ak zawica zani am nami sai thai awh, ikaw ham ak changkhqi awh ce naming ngaisak?
So if you cannot do even such a little thing, why worry about the rest?
27 Lili khqai ve ikawmyihna a taainaak tice poek lah uh. Bi am bi unawh hla awm am bi uhy. Cehlai ka nik kqawn peek khqi, Solomon ing zani a boeimangnaak boeih ing ang thoei cam qu awh vawhkaw lili khqai pynoet ca kangna awm am pha hy.
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; I say to you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of these.
28 Khawsa ing lo awhkaw lili khqai, tuhngawi awh awm hlai hy a khawngawi awh mai awh phum a aham ak awm zani cemyih dyna a thawi a cam awhtaw, Aw cangnaak ak zawikhqi, nangmih ak khqoet taw ikawmyih dyna nu ani thawi ani cam khqi kaw!
So if God so clothes the grass that today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more you, O little-faiths!
29 Awk ai awh namik kawlung koeh ta law uh; ve a dawngawh koeh ngaisa uh.
Do not concentrate on what you may eat or what you may drink; do not be anxious.
30 Ikawtih Khawsa amak sim lukihkhqi ing ni vemyih ik-oeih amik poek hy, vemyihkhqi ngoe uhyk ti tice nami Pa ing sim hy.
All these things really occupy the nations of the world, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 A qam ce sui cang uh, vemyihkhqi boeih awm ni sap law sih khqi bit kaw.
Rather, concentrate on the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be provided for you.
32 Tuu a khoehca khqi aw, koeh kqih uh, kawtih nami Pa ing nangmih a venawh qam peek aham ngaih hy.
“Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.
33 Nami khawhthemkhqi ce zawi unawh taw hahqahkhqi venawh pe lah uh. Quk-ai ama ceh thainaak ingkaw laihqa ing ama hqawk thainaak, amak boeih thai khawh a awmnaak khawk khan awh, khawh ce nami mah aham cun lah uh.
Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.
34 Ikawtih nami khawh a awmnaak awh, namik kawlung awm awm lawt kaw.
Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 A coekqoek na thoeih ang cam qu unawh taw nami mai-imkhqi ce a oepchoeh cana dawi uh,
“Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning,
36 zu lawh poei nakawng ak voei law hly Bawipa ce a na qeh unawh chawh ak khoek law awh a mim awng peek aham ami qeh amyihna qeh lah uh.
and you yourselves like men waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
37 Ami Bawipa a law awh ih kaa na amik qeh tyihzawihkhqi ham nep kaw. Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, anih ing thoeii ang cam qu kawmsaw, cekkhqi ce caboei awh buh a veel sak khqi coengawh, a mingmih ce qeh kaw.
Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find watching when he comes. Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them recline, and will come and serve them.
38 Khawmthan khawnoek pakkhih awh nu pakthum awh nu, a Bawipa a law awh oepchoeh na ak awm tyihzawihkhqi aham nep kaw.
And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 Cehlai ve ve sim uh: imkung ing ityk awh nu quk-ai a law kaw, tice a sim mantaw, ityk awh awm quk-ai ce a ipkhui na am luh sak kaw.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Cemyih lawtna nangmih awm a ngaihtaak ing awm uh, am namik poeknaak a tym awh thlanghqing Capa ce law kaw,” tinak khqi hy.
Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Piter ing, “Bawipa, vawhkaw nyhtahnaak awi ve kaimih aham nu nak kqawn, thlakchang aham nu nak kqawn peek?” tina hy.
Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 Bawipa ing, “Khawh ak khoemkung ypawm, ak cyi, a boei ing a tym a khoeh awh buh an ak qekna imkhui awh ukkungna ak tyh hly ce a u nu?
So the Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and prudent steward whom his master will place over his household to give them the food allowance at the right time?
43 A pa ang voei tlaih awh cemyihna bi ak bi tyihzawih aham nep kaw.
Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
44 Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, cemyih ak thlang ce a khawhthem boeih ak khan awh ak khawng kungna ta kaw.
I tell you truly that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45 Cehlai cawhkaw thlang ing, ‘ka Bawipa ve am law tang,’ tinawh tyihzawih Pa ingkaw nukhqi ce a vyk ak pai coengawh zuk qui ing awm mai lah seh.
But if that servant should say in his heart, ‘My master won't come for a while,’ and should begin to hit the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 Amak poek a khawnghi ingkaw ama sim a khawnghi awh a Bawipa ce pha law plak kaw. Anih ce ak tlyh poet poet coengawh, amak cangnaak thlangkhqi ang dyih hun ce anih ing pang lawt kaw.
the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
47 A Bawipa ak kawngaih ce sim hlai hy a hylthyl na amak awm, am awhtaw a Bawipa ing sai sak aham a ngaih ce amak sai tyihzawih cetaw vyk plak cal kaw.
“That servant who knew his master's will, but neither got ready nor did according to that will, will be beaten with many blows.
48 Cehlai ama sim dawngawh ik-oeih amak sai ingkaw coet kawi na ik-oeih ak sai cetaw a vyk boe bet kaw. Khawzah a peek thlang a venawh, khawzah ngoe kawmsaw khawzah a khoem sak thlang a venawh khawzah thoeh lawt kaw.
But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few. Everyone to whom much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him much more will be asked.
49 Khawmdek awh ve mai ni ka haw law hy, tuh awm ui hlah mai thaw voei!
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 Cehlai baptisma ka huh hly kawi ce awm hyn hy, ce a soep hlan dy taw khuikha mah nyng!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
51 Khawmdek awh qoepnaak awm sak aham law hy, tinawh namik poek nawh nu? Amni, ka nik kqawn peek khqi, pek ang bonaak ni ka haw law hy.
Do you imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division.
52 Tuh kawng kai a dawngawh, ipkhuikaw pynoet awh hlang pumha a awm mai mantaw, pek qu kawn usaw pakthum ingkaw pakkhih ce qaal qu kawm uh, pakkhih ingkaw pakthum ce awm qaal qu kawm uh.
Because from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three.
53 Pa ingkaw Capa, Capa ingkaw a pa pek qu kawm uh, a nu ingkaw a canu, a canu ingkaw a nu pek qu kawm uh, a cii ingkaw a langa, a langa ingkaw a cii pek qu kawm uh,” tinak khqi hy.
Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 Cekcoeng thlang kqeng a venawh, “Khaw tlaaknaak benna myi ang zam law awhtaw, ‘khaw aa kaw,’ ti uhyk ti, khaw awm aa tangak hy.
Then He also said to the crowds: “Whenever you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and so it does.
55 Thlung benna kaw zilh a law awhtaw, ‘khaw ling kaw,’ ti uhyk ti, khaw ling tangak hy.
And whenever a south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it happens.
56 Thlak thaikhqi! Khaw ingkaw khawmdek taw hat thai zawk hlai uhyk ti ce. Ikawmyihna tuh awhkaw a tym vetaw am nami hat thai?
Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and of the earth, so how can you not discern this time?
57 “Ikawtih ik-oeih ak thym ce am nami hqimhqa thai?
Also why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?
58 Na qaal mi awidengnaak hyn na lam awh nani ceh hui awh, qoepnaak ce sai uh, cemyih am awhtaw na qaal ing awidengkung a venna ni sawi kaw, cekcoengawh awidengkung ing boei a venna ni khyn kaw, boei ing nang ce thawngim khui na nik thla kaw.
“When you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 Ka nik kqawn peek khqi, laiba na ki hlan dy taw am loet kawp ti,” tina hy.
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
