Matthai 9
1 Jesu ing lawng ak khuina a lut coengawh, tui ce kat nawh amah a khaw nace cet hy.
Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
2 Cawh ak khawn thlak tlo pynoet hiphaih awh kawt law uhy. Jesu ing a mingmih ak cangnaak ce a huh awh, ak khawn thlang a venawh, “Ka capa, nang ngaih qep sak, na thawlhnaakkhqi boeih ak khan awh qeenkhaw ngai na awm hawh hy, “tina hy.
[Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
3 Cawh anaa awi ak qeekung thlang vang ing amik kawk khuiawh, “Ve ak thlang ing Khawsa thekha na hy ve!” ti uhy.
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
4 Cekkhqi ak kawpoek ce Jesu ing sim nawh, “kawtih namik kawlung khuiawh kawpoek amak leek namik poek?
Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
5 Hannu ak zoe bet: 'na thawlhnaakkhqi boeih ak khanawh qeenkhaw ngai na awm hawh hy ti,' tive nu?
It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
6 Cehlai thlanghqing capa ing thawlhnaakkhqi ak khan awh qeenkhaw ngainaak tahy tice nami sim thainaak aham, tina hy.
[So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
7 Cawh anih ce tho nawh a im na cet hy.
And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
8 Thlang kqeng ing cawhkaw ik-oeih ce ami huh awh amik kawpoek kyi nawh; thlanghqing a venawh vemyihna saithainaak ak pekung Khawsa ce kyihcah uhy.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
9 Ce a hyn awhkawng Jesu taw cet phaat nawh, mangmu cawinaak hyn awh ak ngawi, Mathai ak mingnaak thlang pynoet ce hu hy. A venawh, “Ka hu awh bat law,” tina hy. Anih ce tho nawh ahu awh bat pahoei hy.
As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
10 Mathai a im awh Jesu ing buh a ai awh, mangmu ak cawi thlangkhqi ingkaw thlak thawlhkhqi khawzah ce law unawh a venawh a hubatkhqi mi kutoet na buh veel haih uhy.
[Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
11 Farasikhqi ing ami huh awh, a hubatkhqi venawh, “Kawtih nangmih a cawngpyikung ing mangmu ak cawikhqi, thlak thawlhkhqi mi buh kutoet na ami ai?” tina uhy.
When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
12 Ce ak awi ce Jesu ing ang zaak awh, “Sakdip ing Siboei am ngoe nawh, thlak tlo ing ni siboei a ngoe hy.
Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
13 Cehlai cet unawh, bulnaak kaana qeennaak ni ka ngaih, ti awi ve cawng law lah uh. Kawtih thlak dyng khy aham am law nyng, thlak thawlh khy aham nani ka law” tina hy.
He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
14 Cawh Johan a hubatkhqi ce a venawh law unawh, “Kawmyihna kaimih ingkaw Farasikhqi ingtaw buh zeih u nyngsaw, nang a hubatkhqi ingtaw buh a mami zeih?”
Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
15 Jesu ing a mingmih a venawh, “Zuk lokung a awm khui awhtaw, zulawh ak ym pyikungkhqi ce amik kaw ak se hly nu? Cehlai cekkhqi ven awhkawng zuk lokung ak chang na ceh pyinaak khawnghyp ce pha law kaw, cawh ce zeih dam bit kawm uk ti.
[Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
16 U ingawm angki khqym ce ak thai ing am bu khawi hy, ak bunaak mai mantaw hi ak thai ing ak khqym ce dawk kawmsaw sek khqoet kaw.
[Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
17 Cemyih lawtna, u ingawm misur tui ak thai ce cikthlyng khqym awh am thun khawi hy. A thun mai mantaw, cikthlyng ce paawk kawmsaw misur tui ce zuut kaw, cikthlyng awm see pahoei kaw. Cedawngawh misur tui ak thai taw cikthlyng thai awh thun uhy, cawhtaw pakkhih bawk na ciimcaih hy,” tinak khqi hy.
Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
18 Ve myihna awi ak kqawn huiawh, ukkung thlang pynoet ce a venna law nawh a haiawh khuk sym doena, “Ka canu tuhca phoeih awh thi hy. Cehlai law nawhtaw ak khan awh na kut tloeng pe cang lah, cawhtaw hqing tlaih kaw,” tina hy.
While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
19 Jesu ing tho nawh anih a hu awh cet pahoei hy, a hubatkhqi awm bat lawt uhy.
So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
20 Cawh ce kum hqa hlai hih a thi ak tla nu pynoet ce a hu awh law nawh Jesu a hihawi ce bi pe hy.
Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
21 “A hi mah ka bi mantaw qoei ngai voei nyng,” tinawh poek hy.
22 Jesu ing hawi ket nawh nu ce toek hy. “Ka canu, nang ngaih qep sak hlah, nak cangnaak ing ni qoei sak hawh hy,” tina hy. Cawh nu ce qoei pahoei hy.
Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
23 Ukkung a ipkhui na Jesu ing a lut awh khqung ak tumkhqi ingkaw halum habee na ak awm thlang kqeng ce hu hy.
Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
24 A mingmih a venawh, “Thoeih lah uh. Nuca ve am thi hy, ak ip ni,” tina hy. Cehlai cekkhqi ing qaih na uhy.
[Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
25 Thlang kqeng ce a leng na a ceh sak coengawh, ak khuina lut nawh nuca ce a kut awh tu hy, cawh nu ca ce tho hy.
But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
26 Cawhkaw awithang ce rampum awh thang khawnghak hy.
And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
27 Ce a hyn awhkawng Jesu ce ak chang na a ceh awh, mikhyp thlang pakkhih ing, “David capa, kainih ve nim qeen lah,” tinawh khy doena a hu awh hquut hy nih.
As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
28 Ipkhui na a lut awh, mikhyp qawi ce a venawh law nih nawh, Jesu ing cekqawi a venawh, “Kai ing ve ve sai thai kawng, tinawh nanik cangnaak aw?” tina hy. Cekkqawi ing, “Oeih, Bawipa,” tina hy nih.
Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
29 Cawh cekqawi a mik ce bi penawh, “Na nik cangnaak a myihna na nik khan awh awm seh nyng,” tina hy.
Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
30 Cawh a ni mik ce dang pe qawi pahoei hy. Jesu ing, “U a venawh awm koeh kqawn qoe qoe nih moe,” tinawh yn qawi hy.
And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
31 Cehlai cekqawi ing cet nih nawh anih akawng qam pum awh kqawn khawnghak hy nih.
But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
32 A khoeh a va ceh awh, ak kawk khuiawh qaai be nawh awi amak pau thai thlang pynoet ce Jesu a venna law pyi uhy.
When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
33 Ak kawk khui awhkaw qaai ce Jesu ing a hqek peek coeng awhtaw, ce ak thlang ce awi pau thai tlaih hy. Cawhkaw ak awm thlang kqeng ce amik kawpoek kyi nawh, “Israel ram khuiawh ve mih ve am awm man hy,” ti uhy.
After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
34 Cehlai Farasikhqi ing, “Qaaikhqi boei ak caming ni qaaikhqi a hqek hy,” tina uhy.
But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
35 Khawk bau ingkaw vangcakhqi awh Jesu ing cet nawh Sinakawk awh thlangkhqi ce cawngpyi hy, ram awithang leek ce ak kqawn coengawh, tlawhnaak soepkep ingkaw sa amak dip thlangkhqi ce qoei sak hy.
Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
36 Thlang kqeng ce a huh awh, khoemkung amak awm, amah a ngaih ngaih na ak plam, tha amak awm tuukhqi myihna a mi awm a dawngawh qeen khqi hy.
When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
37 Cawh ve ak awi ve a hubatkhqi venawh, “Cang ah aham khawzah awm hlai hy, bibikung zawi ca hy.
Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
38 Cedawngawh lo ak takung ing cang ak aat aham bibikung khawzah a lo khuiawh a tyihnaak aham thoeh lah uh,” tinak khqi hy.
So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
