Marka 4
1 Cekcoengawh Jesu ing tuili kengawh thlang cawngpyi tlaih bai hy. A venawh ak cun thlang kqeng ce a kqeng soeih a dawngawh lawng khuina kun nawh ngawi hy, cawh thlangkqeng taw tuili kengawh awm uhy.
Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.
2 Nyhtahnaak awi ing cekkhqi ce ik-oeih khawzah cawngpyi khqi hy, a cawngpyinaak awh ce a mingmih a venawh:
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
3 “Ngai lah uh! lo ak toenkung thlang pynoet taw camci ak saw na cet hy.
"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
4 Camci ce a saw awh a vang taw lam awh tla nawh phakhqi ing cung hloep uhy.
As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
5 A vang taw deklai khawzah ama awmnaak lung ak khan awh tla hy. Deklai a pam a dawngawh, kawlhkalh awh cawt tlang hy.
Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
6 Cehlai khaw a thoeng law awhtaw ak kqa ama cak a dawngawh khawkbe ing tau nawh reu hy.
but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
7 Camci a vang taw hling anglakawh tla nawh, hling a thing ce a bau law awhtaw cang ce zawl malh hy, cedawngawh am vui thai hy.
Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
8 Camci a vang taw deklai ak leek awh tla hy. Cawt law, taai law nawh, vui hy, a pyh thumkip, kqukkip, zakhat dyna ak thaih vui hy,” tinak khqi hy.
But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."
9 Cekcoengawh Jesu ing, “Zaaknaak haa ak ta ingtaw za seh nyng,” tinak khqi hy.
"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
10 Amah doeng a awm awh, thlanghqa hlaihih tloek ingkaw thlak changkhqi ce a venna law unawh nyhtahnaak awi ce doet uhy.
When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.
11 A mingmih a venawh, “Khawk khan nakaw awihyp ce nangmih a venawh ni pek khqi hawh hy. Cehlai a ceng na ak awmkhqi aham ik-oeih soepkep ce nyhtahnaak awi ing kqawn pe nyng,
"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;
12 cawh ni, “'hu taw hu hlai kawm uh, am toek thai ti kawm uh, za taw za hlai kawm uh, am zasim thai qoe kawm uh, cemih am mantaw hlat tlaih kawm usaw, qeenkhaw ngai na awm hau kawm uh!' a ti myihna,” tinak khqi hy.
that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"
13 Cekcoengawh Jesu ing a mingmih a venawh, “Vawhkaw nyhtahnaak awi ve amna ming zasim nawh nu? Cawhtaw ikawmyihna nyhtahnaak awikhqi boeih ce naming zaak sim hly pai?
"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"
14 Lo ak takung ing awi ce theh hy.
"What the sower sows is the Message.
15 Thlang vang taw awi ce ak theh awh, camci ang tlaaknaak lam amyihna awm uhy. Awi ce aming zaak awh Setan ce law nawh a mingmih ak khuiawh theh na ak awm awi ce lo valh hy.
Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
16 Ak changkhqi bai taw, lunghqawng awh ak tla camci amyihna awm bai hy, awi ce aming zaak awh zeel doena do pahoei uhy.
In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
17 Cehlai ak kqa ama cak a dawngawh, kawlhkalh ca doeng awm hy. Awi awh kyinaak ingkaw thekhanaakkhqi a law awh, ang tawnna tluk tlang uhy.
but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.
18 Ak changkhqi bai taw hling anglakawhkaw ak tla camci ing myih uhy, awi ce za hy;
Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,
19 cehlai ve khawmdek hqing khawsaknaak awh lynaakkhqi, boeinaak, qaai kqawnnaak khqi ingkaw ak chang ik-oeih ngaihnaakkhqi law nawh awi ce zawl malh uhy, cedawngawh a vui am qah thai hy. (aiōn g165)
but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
20 Ak chang bai taw, laitak awh ak tla camci ing myih hy, awi ce ang zaak awh, do hy, a vui qah nawh - a pyh thumkip, kqukkip ingkaw zakhat dyna ak thaih vui hy,” tinak khqi hy.
Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."
21 A mingmih a venawh, “Maiim ce dawn ing myk unawh, am awhtaw caboei ak kaina ta khawi unawh nu? Maiim amim hawihnaak khawi awh ni amim hawih ka ti my?
He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?
22 Cawh ni amak dangkhqi boeih awm dang kawmsaw ang hyp na ak awmkhqi awm aming dang hly boeih hy.
Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.
23 Zaaknaak haa ak ta ingtaw za seh.
Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
24 Na ming zaak ve ak leek na poek lah uh. Thlang aham na loeknaak awh ce nang aham awm loek law lawt kaw.
He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.
25 U awm ak ta ce sap pek khqoet kawmsaw; u awm amak ta cetaw, a taak ang cang awm lawh pe kaw,” tinak khqi hy.
For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."
26 A mingmih a venawh, “Khawsa qam taw vemyihna awm hy. Thlang pynoet ing camci ce a lo awh theh hy.
Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
27 Khawmthan ingkaw khawkdai ip nawh hang tho law seiawm camci ce pawk nawh cawt law hy. Ikawmyihna a hang cawt law tice am sim hy.
he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
28 Amah poek awh deklai ing vui a qah sak hy - a kung hak cawt law hy, cekcoengawh vui nawh ak thaih qah law hy.
Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
29 Cang ce a hin awhtaw, cang ah aham a khoek hawh a dawngawh, vin ce lo nawh aat hy,” tinak khqi hy.
But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
30 Cawhtaw, “Khawk khan qam ve kaw ing nu ka nyhtah lah voei, am awhtaw i ikawmyih nyhtahnaak awi nu ka hawnaak lah voei?
Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?
31 Khan qam taw khawmdek awh ak zawi soeih antlam cii ing myih hy.
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;
32 Cehlai antlam cii ce cawt nawh a hang taai law awhtaw dum khui awhkaw a thing boeih boeih anglakawh bau khqoet hy, a baai ak bau na cawn nawh khan nakaw phakhqi ing a hlip awh cu uhy,” tinak khqi hy.
yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."
33 A mingmih ing aming zaak simnaak thai aham, cemyih nyhtahnaak awikhqi ing awi kqawn pek khqi hy.
With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.
34 Nyhtahnaak awi hawnaak kaana ikawmyih awi awm ap kqawn pek khqi hy. Cehlai a hubatkhqi mi amah doeng ami awm awh, cawhkaw ik-oeihkhqi ce kqawncaih pek khqi hy.
But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.
35 Amah ce nyn khawmy ben awh a hubatkhqi venawh, “Vang ben caqai na cet usih,” tinak khqi hy.
The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."
36 Thlang kqeng ce cehta unawh, anih ce lawng khuiawh a awmnaak man na ceh pyi pahoei uhy.
So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.
37 Cawh khaw hli khung nawh tuibak ce lawng khuina kun saw lawng ce cum hlo hlo hy.
But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.
38 Jesu taw lawng ang mai benna a lu doelh nawh ip hy. A hubatkhqi ing thawh unawh, a venawh, “Cawngpyikung kaimih tui awh ka ming cum hly ve kawna am nak poek nawh nu?” tina uhy.
But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
39 Tho nawh, khawhli ce, “Sit nawh dym hlah!” tina hy. Cawh khawhli ce sit nawh a sitdik na awm boeih hy.
So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
40 A hubatkhqi venawh, “Ikawtih vemyihna namik kqih lawnha aih? Cangnaak am nami ta hlan nawh nu?” tinak khqi hy.
"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
41 Cawh kqih unawh, “Ve ve a u nu ti ve? Khawhli ingkaw tuibak ingawm ak awi ngai pe zap hy!” ti uhy.
Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."
