Luke 12
1 Tua laitak in simzawk ngawl za dong in mihonpi hong ki kaikhawm kheukho uh a, khat le khat a ki phul ngawp liang uh laitak in, Jesus in a nungzui te kung ah amasabel in, Pharisee te tol a kici ki hitheamsak nate kidawm vun.
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 Banghangziam cile a kilang ngawl tu in a ki sincip thei a om ngawl bangma in; heak ngawl tu in a ki phualcip thei zong om ngawl hi.
There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
3 Tua ahikom khuazing sung ah na son theampo uh sia khuavak sung ah ki za tu hi; inndoi sung bil kung vacin pan na son uh te innkhum tung pan ki tangko tu hi.
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 lawmte awng hong son khi hi, pumpi that in, tua zawkciang bangma a law thei nawn ngawl te lau heak vun.
“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 Ahihang na lau tu uh te kidop na kong pia khol tu hi: a thalup zawkciang hell sung ah a khia thei sia na lau vun; hi hi, keima in kong son hi, lau vun. (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 Tonbawm nga ciang dangka san pia ni taw ki zuak hi, tua te khat zong Pathian in mangil ngawl hi ngawl ziam?
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Ahihang na lu tung uh a samzam te nangawn simsiat sa hi. Tua ahikom lau heak vun: note sia tonbawm tam mama sang in manphazaw nu hi.
Even the hairs of your head are all numbered! So do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than sparrows!
8 Keima in kong ci hi, a kuamapo mipi mai ah hong pualak sia, mihing Tapa in Pathian i vantungmi te mai ah ama zong pualak tu khi hi:
“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 Ahihang mipi mai ah kei hong nial te Pathian i vantungmi te mai ah ka nial tu hi.
But whoever disclaims me before men will be disclaimed before the angels of God.
10 A kuamapo in mihing Tapa langpan in a pau sia, ki maisak tu hi: ahihang a kuamapo Tha Thiangtho a sonsia peuma, ki maisak ngawl tu hi.
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 Synagogue sung ah ahizong, ngam uk te le thunei te mai ah hong ki paipui ciang in, bangbang in, a hibale, bangbang zo kik tu, a hibale bang pau tu, ci in ngaisun heak vun:
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 Banghangziam cile Tha Thiangtho in hong hil tu hi, ci hi.
Because the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you need to say.”
13 Mipi sung pan khat in, Syapa awng, ka suapuipa in ngamh hong khen natu in hong sonsak tan, ci hi.
Then someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Taciang Jesus in, Pasal pa awng, note tung ah a kua in thukhen tu le ngamh khensak tu in hong vawt ziam? ci hi.
But He said to him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter over you?”
15 Tasiaciang in Jesus in amate tung ah, Duhopna kidawm vum: banghangziam cile mihing khat i nuntakna sia a dimlet liang a nei le a lam sung ah ki hel ngawl hi, ci hi.
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 Jesus in amate tung ah sontena khat son a, Mihau pa khat om a, a lo sung pan in an tam mama piang hi.
Then He told them a parable, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man produced well.
17 Tasiaciang a thinsung pan in, an khol natu inndoi nei ngawl ka hikom, bangbang hi tu khi ziam? ci in ngaisun hi.
And he reasoned within himself saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no place to store my crops?’
18 Tua ahikom, hibangin ka vawt tu hi: ka ansal ka phel siat tu a, a lianzaw in ka sa tu hi; tua mun ah ka an le van te theampo khol tu khi hi.
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 Taciang ka thaa tung ah, Maw ka thaa awng, kum tampi atu kholsa van le na tam mama nei ni hi; suaktatak in, ne in a, dawn in, a nuam mama in om in, ka ci tu hi, ci hi.
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 Ahihang Pathian in ama tung ah, nang a mawmaw pa, tuzan mama in na thaa la tu khi hi: taciang na khol sa van theampo sia akua in lua tu ziam? ci hi.
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 Tasia bangma in ama atu neisa khol a, Pathian sung ah a hau ngawl peuma, hi mihau pa taw kibang hi, ci hi.
Just like that is he who accumulates treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
22 Jesus in a nungzui te tung ah, Tua ahikom kong ci hi, na nuntakna atu in na kisap uh an le tui; na pumpi atu sil le ten atu in thintoi heak vun.
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 An sang in nuntakna, puansil sang in pumpi thupi zaw hi.
Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Va-ak te nuntak na en vun: banghangziam cile amate thaici ciing ngawl a, tang zong at ngawl hi; ansal zong nei ngawl hi; ahihang Pathian in vak hi: note sia vacimno te sang in bangza in thupi zaw nu ziam?
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 Note sung ah a kua in thintoi na taw a khan tongkhat belap thei tu ziam?
And who among you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?
26 Hi a nobel nangawn vawt thei ngawl na hi uh le, banghang a dang te thintoi nu ziam?
So if you cannot do even such a little thing, why worry about the rest?
27 Duisung ah unok pak te bangbang in khang, ci ngaisun pak vun, naseam ngawl hi, khauzong hual ngawl hi; Keima in kong ci hi, Solomon in a minthanna theampo taw a kipua ciang in, hi pak khat zong ban zo ngawl lai hi.
“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 Tuni po a, zingciang vawk in a ki hal tu lolai ah lopa te nangawn Pathian in zeam a hile, tuate sang in note hong zeam zaw mama tu hi ngawl ziam, no upna no te?
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 Na neak tu uh le na dawn tu uh te zong heak vun, uplakna thinsung zong nei heak vun.
Do not concentrate on what you may eat or what you may drink; do not be anxious.
30 Banghangziam cile hibang te sia leitung minam theampo te in zong peu uh hi; hibang nate kisam nu hi, ci na Pa uh in hong he hi.
All these things really occupy the nations of the world, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Ahihang note sia Pathian kumpingam zong zaw vun; tua hile hibang na theampo hong pia thua tu hi.
Rather, concentrate on the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be provided for you.
32 Lau heak vun, tuuhon tawm no te awng; banghangziam cile note kumpingam piak tu sia na Pa uh i deina a hihi.
“Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.
33 Na neisa uh te zuak vun a, mizawng te hu na pia vun; a nget le a lui thei ngawl te note atu in khol vun, na neisa te uh a bo thei ngawl na mun, nguta te a thet thei ngawl na mun le nget i neak thei ngawl na mun vantung ah khol vun.
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 Banghangziam cile na neisa uh om na mun ah na thinsung uh zong om tu hi.
Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 Na kawng uh kawngkhau thua vun, na meivak uh tangsak vun;
“Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning,
36 Note mopoai pan in a topa hong theng a; kongkha hong kik pociang, hon pai tu in a ngak nginge te bang hi tavun.
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 A topa a thet ciang in ama ngak nginge in a mu naseam te thuphatoai a hihi: a tatak kong ci ciang, a topa ama vateak in a kawngkhau kil in, a naseam te sia an ne tu in tosak tu a, amate an lui tu hi.
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 Nai ni ciang ziam, nai thum ciang ziam, a topa hongpai a hile, ama ngak nginge in a mu, a naseam te thuphatoai a hihi.
And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 Nguta hongpai tu hun sia, innteakpa in he hile, a inn cing nginge tu a, nguta i inn phulsak thuak ngawl tu hi.
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 Tua ahikom ki ngingsa in om vun: banghangziam cile mihing Tapa sia na ki ngin ngawl uh laitak in hongpai tu hi, ci hi.
Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Peter in, Topa awng, hi thu sontena sia koma atu nong son ziam maw, a hibale mi theampo atu ziam? ci hi.
Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 Topa in, A topa in ama innkuanpui te a hun a cin ciang in amate i tel tek neak tu a pia thei lampui koi tu a, a muantak le a ciim neisa keampa sia a kua ziam?
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 topa hongpai ciang in, na a sep laitak a mu, naseam pa thuphatoai a hihi.
Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
44 A tatak ka ciciang, tua naseam pa sia a topa in a nei theampo keam in koi tu hi.
I tell you truly that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45 Ahizong naseam khat in a thinsung pan in, ka topa hongpai pai ngawllai tu hi, ci ngai sun a; naseam dang numei le pasal ci ngawl in vel tu hi, taciang ne le dawn tu a, zukham in om tu hi;
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 Tua naseam pa in a upmawk ngawl ni le a ki ngin ngawl hun laitak in a topa hongpai tu a, tua naseam pa sia a topa in nasiatak in velcip tu hi, taciang thu um ngawl te taw ama ngatu a tel teng koisak tu hi.
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 Tua naseam in a topa dei na he nginge napi, vawtkhol ngawl in a topa deina bang in seam ngawl hi, tua naseam pa sia nasia mama in a liam dong vatcip tu hi.
“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 Ahihang topa deina a heak ngawl hu in, a vawt te sia nasiatak liamna thuak tak napi, tawmbek liam in vat tu hi. Banghangziam cile khatpo tung ah tam mama a pia a hile, ama tung ah tam mama ki ngen kik tu hi: taciang mitampi a ap le, tampi ma ki ngen kik tu hi.
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 Leitung ah mei kuangsak tu in kongpai hi; taciang a kuang zo bang hi zen thong le, bangza in uk khi ziam?
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 Ahihang thuak tu baptisma khat nei khi hi; tasia ka vawt ma teng ka thin nuam thei ngawl tu hi.
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
51 Leitung ah kilemna pia tu in hongpai hi, ci hong ngaisun nu ziam? hong ci khi hi, tabang hi ngawl hi; kikhenna tu in hongpai zaw khi hi:
Do you imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division.
52 Banghangziam cile tu pan kipan in inn khat sung ah mihing nga a om te ki khen tu a, thum te a dang ni te in langpan tu hi, taciang ni te a dang thum te in langpan tu hi.
Because from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three.
53 A pa in a tapa taw ki khen in ki langpan tu a, a tapa in zong a pa langpan kik tu hi; a nu in a tanu langpan tu a, a tanu in zong a nu langpan tu hi; a nu in a mo langpan tu a, a mo in zong a tonupi langpan tu hi, ci hi.
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 Jesus in mipi te tung ah, Nitum na sang pan mei hong kai ciang in, ngua zu tu hi, na ci thei pai uh a; zu takpi hi.
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 Thangsang pan in hui hong va le, khualum tu hi, na ci uh a; lum takpi hi.
And whenever a south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it happens.
56 No a ki hitheamsak te, van le lei pan in khuahun he thei nu hi; ahihang banghang in, tu hun paizia tel thei ngawl nu ziam?
Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and of the earth, so how can you not discern this time?
57 Hi hi, banghang in thu man khat sia thukhen ngawl nu ziam?
Also why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?
58 Mihing khat in zum hong then le, zum na thet uh ma lamkal ah, a kung pan na suatak thei natu hanciam in; tabang na hi bale, thukhen pa kung ah hong ap tu a, thukhen pa in palik te kung ah hong ap in, palik te in thong hong taksak tu hi.
“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 Na liausum na piaksiat mateng, thonginn sung pan in suakta ngawl tu ni hi, ci in kong son hi, ci hi.
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
