Matthew 11
1 Jesus in a nungzui sawmleni te thu a hil zawkciang, tua mun pan pusuak in, amate khuapi sungteng ah hilna pia tu le thuhil tu in pai hi.
After Jesus had finished giving directions to his twelve Disciples, he left that place in order to teach and preach in their towns.
2 Thonginn sung pan in tuiphumpa John in Christ nasep nate a zak ciang in, a nungzui ni te sawl a,
Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,
3 Jesus kung ah, Nangma sia hongpai tu pa na hi ziam, a hibale a dang ngak laitu khu ziam, ci in dong hi.
and asked – “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”
4 Jesus in, Heakkik tavun a, na zak le na mu uh teng John tung ah sonkik vun;
The answer of Jesus to the question was – “Go and report to John what you hear and see –
5 Mittaw te khuamu in, peangbai te lampai thei a, miphak te thiangsak in, nangong te khuaza thei a, mithi te thosak in, mizawng te tung ah lungdamna thu ki tangko zo hi.
the blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.
6 Akua mapo kei hang in muanlakna a nei ngawl te thuphatoai a hihi, ci in zo kik hi.
Blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”
7 Amate a heakkik zawkciang Jesus in mipi te tung ah John thu son kipan a, Duisung ah bang en tu in pai nu ziam? Hui i seam phaikung ngawk ziam?
While John’s disciples were going back, Jesus began to say to the crowds with reference to John,
8 Bang en tu in pai nu ziam? Puanneam hoi nano sil mu nuam nu ziam? en vun, puanneam nano sil te kumpi innsung ah a om te a hihi.
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man richly dressed? Why, those who wear rich things are to be found in the courts of kings!
9 Bang en tu in pai nu ziam? Kamsang ziam? hi hi, kamsang bek domngawl hi, kong ci hi.
What, then, did you go for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
10 Banghangziam cile, en in, na mai ah na lampi puakhol tu in ka thupuak sawl khi hi, ci a ki atkholsa thu sia, John thu a hihi.
This is the man of whom scripture says – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
11 A tatak ka ci ciang, numei sung pan a piang teng sungpan tuiphumpa John sang in a lianzaw kuama om ngawl hi: ahihang vantung kumpingam sung ah a nobel sia nangawn John sang in lianzaw lai hi.
I tell you, no one born of a woman has yet appeared who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 Tuiphumpa John hunlai pan in tuni dong vantung kumpingam sia zawthawkthu taw ki suttol in, a ngoltol te in sut in la hi.
From the time of John the Baptist to this very hour, the kingdom of heaven has been taken by force, and people using force have been seizing it.
13 Banghangziam cile, kamsang theampo le Moses thukham te in John hundong maisang thu sonkhol zo uh hi.
For the teaching of all the prophets and of the Law continued until the time of John;
14 Hi thu te na sangthei uh le, Elijah hongpai tu hi, a ci sia a ma John hi zo hi.
and – if you are ready to accept it – John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
15 Zak natu bil nei theampo in za tahen.
If you have ears, listen.
16 Tu hun mihing te sia bang taw sonte tu khi ziam? Amate sia sumbuk te ah to in, a lawmte a biakpui patang te taw kibang hi.
But to what will I compare the present generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-places and calling out to their playmates –
17 Tamngai kong tum uh hang lam nuam ngawl nu hi; katap kong law uh hang zong kap tuan ngawl nu hi, ci uh hi.
We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not mourned.
18 Banghangziam cile John sia ne ngawl dawn ngawl in hongpai ciang, amate in doai vei hi, ci uh hi.
For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, people said ‘He has a demon in him’;
19 Mihing Tapa sia ne le dawn in hongpai ciang, amate in, en vun, an tuang pa, sapittui tuang pa, siadong te le mawnei te i lawmpa, ci uh hi. Ahihang ciimna in a tate mawsiatna pan suatak hi. ci hi.
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, they are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts!’ And yet wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
20 Jesus in nalamdang a tamzaw a vawtna khuapi te a ki sikkik nop ngawl hang in mawsiat a:
Then Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not repented,
21 Chorazin awng! na mailam bing hi! Bethsaida awng! na mailam bing hi! banghangziam cile na sung ah a ki vawt nalamdang te, Tyre le Sidon khua sung ah ki vawt hile, khau-ip le vut taw a ki sikkik uh ngei zo tu hi.
“Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For, if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 Ahizong kei kong ci na pan, thukhenna ni ciang Tyre le Sidon te nang sang in thuak nop zawlai tu hi.
Yet, I tell you, the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable in the day of judgment than yours.
23 Nang Capernaum awng! van dong in lapsang hi napi, hell sung dong khiaksuk na hi tu hi: banghangziam cile na sung ah a ki vawt nalamdang te Sodom ah ki vawt hile, tuni dong taang lai tu hi. (Hadēs g86)
And you, Capernaum! Will you exalt yourself to heaven? You will be flung down to Hades! For, if the miracles which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing to this day. (Hadēs g86)
24 Ahihang, kei kong ci na pan, thukhenna ni ciang nang sang in Sodom leitang i thuakna sia thuaknop zawlai tu hi, ci hi.
Yet, I tell you, the doom of Sodom will be more bearable in the day of judgment than yours.”
25 Tua hun laitakin Jesus in, Simlei le vantung i Pa, Ka Topa awng, mipil mithiam te kung pan in na sealcip thu te, hi patangno te tung ah pualak na hi man in ka lungdam hi.
At that same time Jesus uttered the words, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that, though you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, you have revealed them to the childlike!
26 Hi tahen, Pa awng: hibang teng a piang tu na dei na a hihi.
Yes, Father, I thank you that this has seemed good to you.
27 Ka Pa in na theampo hong pia zo hi: Pa simngawl kuama in Tapa a he bua uh hi; Tapa le Tapa in a telsak nop te simngawl kuama in Pa a he bua uh hi.
Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.
28 Van ngit pua in a toite theampo, ka kung ah hongpai tavun, tawlngakna kong pia tu hi.
Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!
29 Ka hakkol la in ki suan vun; keima tung pan ki sin vun; banghangziam cile keima in cingh in thinsung ki niamkhiakna nei ka hi kom: na thaa atu in tawlngakna na mu tu uh hi.
Take my yoke on you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls;
30 Banghangziam cile, ka hakkol puak nop a, ka van a zaang hi.,
for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
