Matthew 13
1 Tua ni ma in Jesus inn pan pusuak in, tuili hui ah to hi.
On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;
2 Mihon pi te ama kung ah hong ki kaikhop ngawp ciang in, ngunkuang sung ah tuaksuk in, to hi; taciang in mihonpi theampo sia tuili hui ah ding tek uh hi.
and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
3 Taciang in sontena te zang in thu tampi son a; En vun, thaici poai pa thaici poai tu in hongpai hi;
Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;
4 A poai ciang in, thaici pawlkhat te sia lamzin tung ah tak a, tungleang te hongpai in nekhawng siat hi:
and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
5 Pawlkhat te sia suang tam in, leidai na mun ah tak hi: tawmvei sung in hong po pai hi, banghangziam cile lei thuk ngawl hi:
Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;
6 Tabang in ni hong sua ciang, nisa in kang a; zungthuk nei ngawl ahikom in vuai in ngawtak siat hi.
but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.
7 Pawlkhat te sia lingphung sung ah tak a; lingkung te khang in zapcip siat hi:
Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.
8 A dang te sia leipha na sung ah tak a, pawlkhat te a se zakhat, pawlkhat te sia a se sawmluk, pawlkhat te sia a se sawm thum in khang hi.
But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 Zak natu bil nei peuma in, za tahen, ci hi.
He who has ears, let him hear!"
10 Taciang in nungzui te Jesus kung ah hongpai a, banghang in sontena taw thuson ni ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,
11 Jesus in, Banghangziam cile, vantung kumpingam thuku heak thei na sia note hong kipia zo hikale, mipi te ki pia ngawl lai hi.
"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
12 Banghangziam cile, a neite ki pia thua tu a, a dimlet in nei tu hi: ahihang a nei ngawl te kung pan in a neisun zong ki laksak lai tu hi.
"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.
13 Tua ahikom amate tung ah sontena te taw thuson khi hi: banghangziam cile amate sia en napi mu ngawl; ngai napi za ngawl in tel zong tel thei ngawl uh hi.
"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 Kamsang Isaiah in maisangthu a sonkholna ah, note sia za napi na tel bua uh hi; mu tu hi napi, kan tel ngawl nu hi, a ci thu amate tung ah tangtung hi.
And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 Banghangziam cile, hi minam te sia a mit te khua mu ngawl, a bil te khuaza ngawl, a thinsung in bangma tel thei ngawl in, a nuntak na uh zong ki kheal ngawl hang in, a natna te zong ka damsak ngawl zadong in, amate sia a thinpui lei a, a bil uh in khua za hak bek domngawl in a mit uh zong thi siat hi.
For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.
16 Ahizong, note sia na mit in mu a: na bil zong in za ahikom in thuphatoai na hi uh hi.
"But happy are your eyes, because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 A tatak ka ci ciang, na mu uh le na zak uh te kamsang te le mi thutang te in mu nuam mama napi, mu tha ngawl hi; za nuam mama napi, za tha ngawl hi.
"In solemn truth I tell you that many prophets and holy men have seen it not, and to hear what you are hearing, and have not heard it.
18 Tuahang in thaici poaipa thu sontena sia ngai vun.
"Listen then, to the parable of the sower.
19 Lamzin tung ah atak thaici i khiakna sia, khatpo in kumpingam thu za a, tel thei ngawl hi, taciang mi pha ngawl pa hongpai in, a thinsung ah a ki poai thaici sia laksak hi.
"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
20 Suangtam na mun ah a tak thaici sia, thu a zak pociang lungdamtak in a sang te hi;
"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once receives it with joy.
21 Ahihang zungthuk tha ngawl ahikom, tawmvei sung bek khom in: tua thu hang in haksatna le vawtsiatna a thet ciang, tawlnga kik pai hi.
"But he has no root in himself; he continues for a time, but when trouble arises, or persecutions, on account of the word, at once he stumbles and falls.
22 Lingphung sung a tak thaici te sia, thu za napi; hileitung thinngimna, leitung hauna i theamna in tua thu zapcip a, nga zo ngawl hi. (aiōn g165)
"And the seed sown among thorns is he who hears the word, but the anxieties of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
23 Leipha na ah a tak thaici te sia, thu za a, a telthiam te hi; tua te in a nga hong nga a, pawlkhat te a se zakhat, pawlkhat te a se sawmluk, pawlkhat te a se sawmthum ciang dong khang hi.
"But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."
24 Jesus in amate tung ah sontena adang khat son thua a, Vantung kumpingam sia pasal khat in a lo sung ah thaici pha a cing taw kibang hi:
He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 Hi kale, ngual mut lan in, a ngal pa hongpai a, zungtang sung ah mimphei ci a poai zawkciang, ciakik hi.
"but while men were asleep his enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat and went away.
26 Thaici hong po in, tanghui te hong luak ciang in, mimphei te hong kilang hi.
"And when the blade shot up and formed the wheat-kernel, then the tares also appeared.
27 Tabang ahiciang, naseam te inteakpa kung ah hongpai a, Topa awng, na losung ah thaici pha poai hi ngawl ni ziam? koisung pan hi mimphei te hong theng ziam? ci in dong hi.
"The slaves of the owner went to him and said. "‘Was it not good seed, sir, that you sowed in your field? From whence then, do you get tares?’
28 Innteakpa in hite sia ka ngalpa i vawt a hihi, ci hi. A naseam te in ama kung ah, pai in mimphei te ka bot tu uh ziam? ci in dong hi.
"‘It is an enemy who has done this,’ he answered. "The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and collect them?’
29 Ahihang inteakpa in, bot heak vun; banghangziam cile mimphei te na baw uh ciang, zungtang te taw bot khawm tha tu nu hi, ci hi.
"‘No,’ he answered, ‘for fear lest while you are collecting the tares, you at the same time pull up the wheat.
30 Anlak hun dong khang khawm phot tahen, anlak hun ciang in mimphei te khawm masa vun a, na lom hen zawk uh ciang hal vun: ahihang zungtang te a hile seau sung ah thun vun, ci in anla te ka ci tu hi, ci hi.
"Let both grow together until harvest, and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles for burning, but to bring all the wheat into my store-house.’"
31 Jesus in sontena dang khat ma a son thua na ah, Vantung kumpingam sia pasal khat in ankam cii la in, lo sung ah a poai taw kibang hi:
He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.
32 Tua thaici sia thaici theampo sung pan a nobel hi: ahihang hong khan ciang in ante teng sung pan a lianbel hong suak a, a kung hong suak hi, tua hu in van a vacim te zong hongpai in a bak te tung ah tawlnga hi, ci hi.
"This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches."
33 Jesus in amate tung ah sontena dang khat a son thu sia; Vantung kumpingam sia nupi khat in tol tawm a lak sia, anvui law thum sung ah hel a, tua tol tawm cilik in anvui theampo a pawmsak siat taw kibang hi, ci hi.
He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
34 Jesus in hi sontena te zang in mipite tung ah thuson hi: sontena zang ngawl in thuson ngeingawl hi:
Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,
35 Kamsang i sonkholna ah, amate tung ah sontena te zang in thuson tu khi hi; leitung bulpi a ki phu panin thuku sia amate tung ah pualak tu khi hi, ci thu a tangtunna tu hi.
in fulfilment of the word spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world."
36 Tua zawkciang Jesus in mihonpi te ciasak a, innsung ah a tum uh ciang: a nungzui te a kung ah hongpai in, losung a mimphei thu sontena sia hong son tan, ci uh hi.
After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."
37 Jesus in, Thaici pha a poai sia mihing Tapa hi;
"The sower of the seed," he answered, "is the Son of man;
38 Lo sia leitung bup hi; thaici pha sia kumpingam tate a hihi; ahihang mimphei te sia mi pha ngawl pa tate a hihi;
"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.
39 Mimphei cii a poai ngalpa sia doaimangpa hi; anlak hun sia leitung bo hun hi a; anla te sia vantungmi te a hihi. (aiōn g165)
"The enemy who sows the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels. (aiōn g165)
40 Tua ahikom mimphei te sia khawm in, mei taw hal siat hi; tasiabangma in hileitung a bo ciang in piang tu hi. (aiōn g165)
"Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
41 Mihing Tapa in, Ama vantungmi te sawl tu a, mi a khialsak te le siatna a vawt te ama ukna sung pan kaikhawm tu hi;
"The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practises iniquity,
42 Tua te sia kaa na le hangoaina mun mei sung ah khiasuk tuh hi.
"and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
43 Taciang in mipha te sia a Pa uh i ukna sung ah ni bang in tang tu uh hi. Zak natu bil nei theampo in za tahen.
"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!
44 Vantung kumpingam thu sia, losung ah a ki sealcip na manpha taw kibang hi; tua neisa sia khatpo in a mu ciang in, phual a, lungdam mama in a neisa theampo zuak hi, taciang tua lo lei hi.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.
45 Vantung kumpingam sia a manham pale a zong sumleang pa taw kibang hi:
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of beautiful pearls.
46 Ama in a manham pale khat a mu ciang in, a neisa theampo zuak in, lei hi.
"When he finds one of great price, he goes and sells everything he has and buys it.
47 Vantung kumpingam thu sia tuipi sung ah a ki pai, ngasa tatuam a awk ngen taw kibang hi:
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
48 A ngen a dim ciang in tuihui ah kai a, a to kawm in teal hi, ngasa pha te bawm sung ah heang a, a pha ngawl te sia vawk hi.
"When it was full they hauled it upon the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless fish away.
49 Hi leitung bo ciang in tabangma hi tu hi: vantungmi te hongpai in, mipha te sung pan in mi pha ngawl te khen tu a, (aiōn g165)
"So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous, and fling them into the furnace of fire. (aiōn g165)
50 Kaana le hangoaina mun meisung ah khia tu hi, ci in zo hi.
"There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
51 Jesus in, Hi thu te theampo na tel zo uh ziam? ci in dong hi, amate in tel khu hi, Topa, ci in zo kik uh hi.
"Have you understood all this?" he asked. "We have," they answered him.
52 Jesus in amate tung ah, Tua ahikom, vantung kumpingam atu in a ki hil thukhamhil te sia, a neisa a lui le a thak a vekpi in a pusua inn neipa taw kibang hi.
"Then," said he, "every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."
53 Jesus in hi sontena te a son zawkciang tua mun pan in pusuak hi.
After Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place,
54 Ama ngamsung a tum ciang in, amate i synagogue sung ah thuhil a, amate in lamdangsa mama in, hibang ciimna le vangletna nei nasep te sia koisung pan nga ziam?
and came into his own country, where he continued teaching the people in their synagogues, until they were amazed. "Where did he get such wisdom?" they said, "and such wondrous powers?
55 Ama sia lettama pa tapa hi ngawl ziam? Mary sia a nu hi ngawl ziam? James, Joses, Simon le Judah te zong a suapui te hi ngawl ziam?
"Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers Jamesand Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 A suapui nu te zong i kung ma ah hong om hi ngawl ziam? koisung pan hisia pa in hite theampo nga ziam? ci uh hi.
"Are not his sisters all living among us? Where, then, did he get all these powers?"
57 Amate sia Jesus hang in tha neam uh hi. Ahihang Jesus in amate tung ah, Kamsang sia ama ngamsung le a innkuan sung simngawl mundang ah ki upat hi, ci hi.
This kept them from believing in him. Wherefore Jesus said, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and among his own family."
58 Amate i up ngawlna hang in, tua mun ah vanglian nasep tam seam ngawl hi.
And he did no mighty works there, because of their lack of faith.
