Luke 4
1 Jesu taw Ciim Myihla ing be doena, Jordan awhkawng hlat law nawh sykzoeknaak huh aham Myihla ing qamkoh na hqui hy,
As Jesus left the Jordan [River valley], the Holy Spirit was completely controlling him.
2 Ce a hun awh khawnghi phlikip khuiawh qaai ing sykzoek hy. Ce a khawnghi khuiawh ikaw ca awm am ai hy, cedawngawh a hukhit na taw ak phoen cawi hy.
For 40 days the Spirit led him around in the desolate area. During that time Jesus was being tempted by the devil {the devil was tempting him}, and Jesus did not eat anything. When that time ended, he was [very] hungry.
3 Qaai ing a venawh, “Khawsa Capa na na awm awhtaw, vawhkaw lung ve phaihpi na coeng sak lah,” tina hy.
Then the devil said to Jesus, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with] God as a son [has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] telling these stones to become bread [so that you can eat them]!”
4 Jesu ing, “Thlang ve phaihpi doeng ing ak hqing am ni, tinawh qee na awm hy,” tina hy.
Jesus replied, “[No, I will not change stones into bread, because it is written] {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] that [eating] food sustains people physically, but it does not [sustain them spiritually. They also need food for their spirits].”
5 Qaai ing hun a sangnaak na ceh pyi nawh khawmdek awhkaw qam boeih boeih ce huh hy.
Then the devil took him on top of [a high mountain] and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world.
6 Cekcoengawh a venawh, “Vawhkaw saithainaak ingkaw boeimangnaak boeih boeih ve ni pe vang nyng, vekkhqi boeih ve ka venawh peekna ak awm ni, kai ing ka ngaih ak thlang venawh pe thai nyng.
Then he said to [Jesus], “I will give you the authority [to rule] all these areas and will make you famous. [I can do this] because [God] has permitted me [to control these areas], and I can allow anyone I desire to rule them!
7 Kai ve ni beek nawh, a cu boeih ve nang aham seh nyng,” tina hy.
So if you worship me, I will [let] you [rule] them all!”
8 Jesu ing, “Bawipa na Khawsa doeng ce beek nawh anih a bi doeng ce bi lah, tinawh qeena ak awm ni,” tina hy.
But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [worship you, because] it is written {[the Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’”
9 Qaai ing Jerusalem na ceh pyi nawh bawkim iptih a sangnaak awh dyih sak hy. “Khawsa Capa na na awm awhtaw vawhkawng nuk cawn lah.
Then the devil took [Jesus] to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the Temple and said to him, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with God as a son has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] jumping down from here.
10 Kawtih ve myihna qeena a awm myihna: “Nang anik khoem ham ak khan ceityihkhqi ce awi pe kawmsaw;
[You will not be hurt], because it is written {the [Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘God will command his angels to protect you [(sg)].
11 a mingmih ing nang ce ami kut ing ni dawm kawm uh, lung awh am nak khoeng qunaak aham,” tina hy.
They will lift you up with their hands [when you are falling], so that [you will not get hurt]. You will not [even] strike your foot on a stone.’”
12 Jesu ing, “Bawipa na Khawsa ce koeh noek koeh dak,” tinawh ak awm ni,” tina hy.
But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [do that, because] it is written {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God [to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish]’.”
13 Qaai ing a sykzoek coengawh, a tym leek a awm hlan dy cehta hy.
Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt [Jesus] in many ways, he left him. He wanted to try to tempt him later at an appropriate time.
14 Jesu taw Myihla thaawmnaak ing Kalili na hlat hy, cawh anih ak awithang ce ce a qam ak khuiawh thang boeih hy.
As the Spirit empowered him, Jesus returned to Galilee [district. People] throughout all that region heard about what he [was doing].
15 Sinakawk kqang cawngpyi poe nawh, thlang boeih ing kyihcah uhy.
He taught [people] in their (synagogues/meeting places). [As a result], he was praised by everyone {everyone praised him}.
16 A baunaak khaw Nazareth ce pha nawh, Sabbath nyn awh a ceh khawi amyihna sinakawk na ce cet nawh, cawh cauk noet a hamna dyi hy.
Then [Jesus] went to Nazareth, [the town] where he grew up. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) he went (to the synagogue/to the Jewish meeting place), as he usually did. He stood up [to indicate that he wanted] to read [Scriptures] to them.
17 Tawngha Isaiah ak cazawl ce pe uhy. Hlam nawh vemyihna a qee ce hu hy:
A scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written] was given to him {[Someone] gave to him a scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written]}. He opened the scroll and found the place from which he [wanted to] read. [He read these words]:
18 ”Khawsa ang Myihla taw kak khan awh awm nawh, khawdengkhqi venawh awithang leek kqawn aham kai ve ni caksak hawh hy. Thawng ak tlakhqi venawh loetnaak awi ingkaw mikhypkhqi venawh mik dainaak awi khypyi aham, phep qeena ak awmkhqi loet sak ham ingkaw,
The Spirit (of the Lord/of God) is upon me. He has appointed [MTY] me to declare God’s good news to the poor. He has sent me [here] to proclaim that God will deliver those whom [Satan] has captured, and he will [enable me to] enable those who are blind to see. He will enable me to free people who have been oppressed {whom [others] have oppressed}.
19 Bawi awmhly kum awi kqawn aham kai ve ni tyi hy,” a ti ce.
And he sent me to declare that now is the time when (the Lord/God) will [act] favorably [toward people].
20 Cekcoengawh cazawl ce zawl tlaih nawh cawhkaw bibikung a venawh a peek coengawh ngawi hy. Sinakawk khuiawh amik awm thlangkhqi boeih a mik ce anih awh cun boeih hy,
Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down [to teach the people]. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently [MTY] at him.
21 cawh a mingmih a venawh, “Tuhngawi nangmih ang zaak awh ve cabu awi ve soep hawh hy,” tinak khqi hy.
He said to them, “Today as you have been hearing [MTY] [me speak], [I am beginning] to fulfill this Scripture passage.”
22 Am kha awhkawng ak cawn law am qeennaak awi awh thlang boeih ing anih ce kyihcah uhy. “Anih ce Joseph a capa am nu ve? ti uhy.
[At first] everyone there spoke well about him, and they were amazed at the charming words that he spoke. [But then some of] them said, “(He is [only] Joseph’s son!/Isn’t he [only] Joseph’s son?) [RHQ] [So] ([it is useless for us(exc) to listen to what he says!/why should we(exc) listen to what he says]?) [RHQ]”
23 Jesu ing a mingmih a venawh, “Vawhkaw Awicyih awi ve kqawn hlai hy voei uk ti: 'Siboei, namah ingkaw namah qoei qu sak lah! Kaperanuam khaw awh na sai ka ming zaak ce namah a khaw vawh awm sai lawt lah,' a mi tice,” tinak khqi hy.
He said to them, “Surely [some of] you will quote to me the proverb that says, ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ [What you will mean is], ‘People told us that you did miracles in Capernaum [town, but we(exc) do not know if those reports are true. So] do miracles here in your own hometown, too!’”
24 Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi, tawngha a u awm amah a khaw awh am do khawi uhy.
Then he said, “It is certainly true that [people] do not accept [the message of] a prophet when he speaks in his hometown, [just like you(pl) are not accepting my message now].
25 Elijah chan awh Israel ram khuiawh nuhai khawzah awm hy, kum thum coengawh hla quk khui khan chawmkeng khaih na a awm awh ram pum awh khaw se hy.
But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when [the prophet] Elijah [lived. During that time], because of there being no rain [MTY] for three years and six months, there was a great famine throughout the country.
26 Cehlai Sidon ram khuiawh ak awm Zarephath khaw awhkaw nuhai a ven doeng awh am awhtaw Elijah ce u a venawh awm tyih na am awm hy.
But [God] did not send Elijah to [help] any of those [Jewish] widows. [God sent him] to Zarepath [town] near Sidon [city], to [help] a [non-Jewish] widow.
27 Tawngha Elisha chan awh Israel ram khuiawh mynqai ak neh thlang khawzah awm hlai hy, Siria phyn Naman doeng am awhtaw u awm am qoei hy,” tinak khqi hy.
There were also many [Jewish] lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha [lived]. But [Elisha] did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a [non-Jewish] man from Syria.”
28 Sinakawk khuiawh ak awm boeihkhqi ing ce ak awi ce a ming zaak awh amik kaw so hy.
When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry, [because they realized that he was inferring that he similarly would help non-Jewish people instead of helping Jews] (OR, [that they also were not worthy of receiving God’s help]).
29 Dyi unawh, khawk khuiawh kawng anih ce khawceng na ceh pyi unawh, hqeng na buk hoek aham qyt uhy, cawhkaw khaw taw minpoeng ak chei ca awh awm hy.
So they all got up and shoved him out of the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside their town in order to throw him off the cliff [and kill him].
30 Cehlai thlang kqeng anglakawhkawng kit qu pluk nawh cen valh hy.
But he [simply] walked through their midst and went away.
31 Cekcoengawh Kalili qam Kaperanuam khaw na nu cet nawh, Sabbath nyn awh thlang cawngpyi hy.
[One day] Jesus went [with his disciples] down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee [district]. On the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) (OR, Each (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest)), he taught the people ([in the synagogue/in the Jewish meeting place]).
32 Ak awih kqawnnaak awh saithainaak a awm a dawngawh, a cawngpyinaak awh amik kawpoek kyi hy.
They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because [he spoke] ([with authority/as people speak who have] the right to command others what to do).
33 Sinakawk khuiawh qaaiche ak ta thlang pynoet awm hy. Anih ing khawteh na khy nawh,
[That day], (OR, On one of those Jewish days of rest, ) there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. That man shouted very loudly,
34 “A! Nazareth Jesu, kaimih ingqawi ikaw ning laknaak a awm? Anik hqe khqi hamna nak law nanawh nu? Nang ve Khawsa ak thlang ciim ni tice ni sim nyng,” tina hy.
“Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! [We(exc) evil spirits] have nothing in common with you, so ([do not interfere with us now!/why should you interfere with us now]?) [RHQ] (Do not destroy us [now!]/Have you come to destroy us [now]?) [RHQ] I know who you are. You are the Holy One [who has come] from God!”
35 Jesu ing, “Awm poek! Anih ak khuiawh kawng cawn hlah,” tinawh zyi hy. Cawh qaai ing a mingmih a haiawh dek na ang tluuk sak coengawh ikaw awm myn a maa a peek kaana anih a pum khui awhkawng cawn hy.
Jesus rebuked [the evil spirit], saying, “Be quiet! And come out [of the man]!” The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people. But without harming the man, the demon left him.
36 Thlang boeih amik kawpoek kyi nawh, “Kawmih cawngpyinaak hy voei aw? Saithainaak thaawmnaak ing qaih chekhqi awi pe nawh ak cawn sak hy voei!” ti uhy.
The people were all amazed. They said to each other, “(What he says to the demons [has great power!/] [kind of] teaching is this?) [RHQ] He speaks to them like he knows that they must obey him, and as a result they leave people!”
37 Anih ak awithang ce a kengsam qam kqang thang khawnghak hy.
The people were telling everyone in [every village] in the surrounding region what Jesus [had done].
38 Jesu ing sinakawk ce a cehtaak coengawh, Simon a im na ce cet hy. Cawh Simon a senu ce a sa tlo nawh, cedawngawh Jesu a venna qeennaak thoeh pehy.
Jesus [and his disciples] left (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. So [others in Simon’s family] (OR, [the disciples]) asked Jesus to [heal] her.
39 Cawh a kengawh dyi nawh satlawhnaak ce zyi hy, cawh a satlawh ce qoei tlang hy. Cawhkaw nu ce tho nawh a mingmih ce do a dan khqi hy.
So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. At once she became well! She got up and served them [some food].
40 Khaw a my law awhtaw, tlawh a nat soepkep ak takhqi ce Jesu a venna law pyi usaw, a mingmih ak khan awh a kut tloeng pe nawh, cekkhqi ce qoei sak khqi hy.
When the sun was setting [that day, and the restriction about not traveling] (on [the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]) [was ended], many people [HYP] whose [friends or relatives] were sick or who had various diseases brought them to Jesus. He put his hands on them and healed [all of] them.
41 Qaaikhqi ce thlang ak kawk khui awhkawng cawn unawh, “Nang ve Khawsa Capa ni!” tinawh khy uhy. Cekkhqi ce zyi khqi saw, Khrih ni tice a mi sim a dawngawh am pau uhy.
He also was [expelling demons] from many people. As the demons left those people, they shouted to Jesus, “You are (the Son of God/the one who is God and man)!” But he rebuked those demons and would not allow them to tell [people about him], because they knew that he was the Messiah, and [for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet].
42 Khaw a dai law awhtaw, a dingsyknaak hun cet pan hy. Thlangkhqi ing anih ce sui uawnh, a mi huh awhtaw a mingmih a ven awhkawng ama ceh naak aham tu ham cai uhy.
[Early] the next morning [Jesus] left that house and went to an uninhabited place [to pray]. Many people searched for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them.
43 Cehlai a mingmih a venawh, “Khawsa awithang leek ve khawk chang kqang awm kak kqawn aham awm hy, ve aham nani tyih na ka awm hy,” tinak khqi hy.
But he said to them, “I must tell [people] in other towns also the good message about how God wants to rule [MET] their lives, because that is what I was sent {[God] sent me} to do.”
44 Cedawngawh Judah awh awm nawh Sinakawk awh awithang leek kqawn hy.
So he kept preaching in (the synagogues/Jewish worship places) [in various towns] in Judea [province].
