Matthew 24
1 Jesus sia biakinn pan pusuak in a pai laitak, a nungzui te in biakinn kisa lak tu ih a kung ah hongpai uh hi.
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
2 Jesus in, Hi bang van te a vekpi in mu hi ngawl nu ziam? a tatak in kong ci ciang, suangtum kithuap to khat zong tang ngawl in vawksiat lai tu hi. ci hi.
‘Do you see all these things?’ was his answer. ‘I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,’
3 Jesus Olive mualtung ah to a, a nungzui te kuama heak ngawl in a kung ah hongpai uh hi, hi thu te sia banghun ciang hong piang tu ziam, nangma paikik tu le leitung bo tu thu musakna sia bangbang ziam? ci hong son tan, ci uh hi. (aiōn g165)
so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, ‘Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.’ (aiōn g165)
4 Jesus in, Kuama in hong theam ngawl natu in kidawm vun.
Jesus replied to them, ‘See that no one leads you astray;
5 Banghangziam cile mi tampi te keima min taw hongpai tu a, keima in Christ ka hihi; ci in mi tampi theam tu hi.
for, many will take my name, and come saying “I am the Christ,” and will lead many astray.
6 Taciang ngal kido na le ngal ki sim tu thu te na zak uh ciang in thinngim le buai in om heak vun, banghangziam cile hibang te theampo sia a piang hamtang tu thu hi a, a tawpna hi ngawl lai hi.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
7 Banghangziam cile minam khat le minam khat ki do tu a, kumpingam khat le kumpingam khat kisim tu uh hi, mun tatuam ah kial le pul te hong tung tu a, zinling tu hi.
For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 Hite theampo sia hena dana kipat na a hihi.
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
9 Tua zawkciang note sia vawtsia tu le that tu in hong ki ap tu a, Keima min hang in, minam theampo in hong ensan tu hi.
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 Mi tampi te thin-uk tu in kivawt tu uh a, khat le khat ki leheak tu uh hi.
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
11 Kamsang tampi te hong piang tu a, mi tampi theam tu hi.
Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
12 Siatna hong khang va-ial tu ahikom, mi tampi te itna kiam va-ial tu hi.
and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13 Ahihang a tawp dong a thuak te sia ngupna nga tu hi.
Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 Minam theampo atu tetti hi tu in kumpingam lungdamna thu sia leitung theampo ah ki son tu a, tua zawkciang in a tawpna hong theng tu hi.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
15 Tua ahikom kamsang Daniel sonkholna bang in suksiatna, a lipkhaphuai sia mun thiangtho ah a din ciang in, hi lai a sim peuma in tel tahen.
As soon, then, as you see “the Foul Desecration,” mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,’ (the reader must consider what this means)
16 Taciang Judah ngam sung ah om te mualtung ah tai tahen.
‘then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
17 Inn tung ah a omte sia innsung van la tu in tuaksuk heak tahen.
and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
18 Lo sung ah a omte in a nik le puan la tu in cia heak hen.
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
19 Tua hun ciang in, naupai te le nau noailuai te sia haksa mama tu hi.
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20 Ahihang na tai tu uh hun sia phalbi hun le sabbath ni a hi ngawl natu in thungen vun:
Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
21 Banghangziam cile leitung ki bitphua pan kipan a om ngei ngwl le mailam hun ah zong a om nawn ngawl tu haksatna lianpi a hihi.
for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
22 Tuabang ni te tomsak ngawl hile kuama in thuakzo ngawl tu hi: ahihang a tealsa te atu in, tua ni te sia tomsak tu hi.
Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
23 Tasiaciang khatpo in Christ sia ziak ah om hi, a hibale zesung ah om hi, hong ci le um heak vun.
At that time, if anyone should say to you “Look! Here is the Christ!” or “Here he is!”, do not believe it;
24 Banghangziam cile Christ phaw a sil te le leilot kamsang te hong theng tu a, a suak thei le a tealsa te zong theam tu in musakna le nalamdang tampi lak tu uh hi.
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
25 En vun, hi thu te kong sonkhol zo hi.
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
26 Tua ahikom, mihing te in en vun Chrsit sia duisung ah om hi, hong cile pai heak vun: en vun, inndoi sung ah om hi, a ci le zong um heak vun.
Therefore, if people say to you “He is in the wilderness!”, do not go out there; or “He is in an inner room!”, do not believe it;
27 Banghangziam cile, khualeng sia nisuana sang pan hong leng in nitumna sang dong taan hi; mihing Tapa hongpai ciang zong tabangma hi tu hi.
for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Banghangziam cile, mithi luang omna mun theampo ah vaciik te hong ki kaikhawm tu hi.
Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
29 Tua ngimna ni te zawk pociang ni hong mial tu a, tha zong tang nawn ngawl tu hi, taciang aksi te van pan in tak tu a, vantung vangletna te zong ling tu hi.
Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
30 Tasiaciang mihing Tapa musakna van ah hong kilang tu a, leitung minam theampo tau tu hi, taciang amate in vangletna le minthanna lianpi taw mihing Tapa mei tung ah hongpai sia mu tu uh hi.
Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
31 Ama vantungmi te a lian mama lemle tum tu in sawl tu a, a tealsa te sia van mongkhat pan mongkhat dong leitung kingli a a om te theampo munkhat ah hong kaikhawm tu hi.
and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Theikung pan in sontena khat sin vun; a bak te pan in a dawnmoi hong sua ciang, khal hun hong nai zo hi, na ci thei uh hi:
‘Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
33 Tasia bangma in hi thu te na mu uh ciang a hun hong nai zo a, kongbiang bul vacin hong theng zo hi, ci sia he tavun.
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
34 A tatak in kong ci ciang, hi thu te theampo a tangtut dong hi minam te bo ngawl tu hi.
I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
35 Van le lei bo tu hi, ahihang ka kammal te a bo batu hi.
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 Ahizong tua ni le hun sia kuama in he ngawl hi, vantungmi te in zong he ngawl hi, Ka Pa bek in he hi.
But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
37 Hikama le Noah hun lai bangma in mihing Tapa hongpai ciang zong tabangma hitu hi.
For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 Banghangziam cile tuipiliim ma, Noah tembaw sung a tum ni dong mihing te sia ne in dawn in, kipui le mopoai vawt in om tek uh hi,
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
39 Tuipi a liim hunlam zong he ngawl in, tui in a khu siat bangma in mihing Tapa hongpai ciang zong tabangma hi tu hi.
taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Tua hun ciang in lolai ah mi ni sung pan khat sia la tu a, a khat sia ki nusia tu hi.
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 An ngoai numei ni sung pan khat ki la tu a, a khat sia ki nusia tu hi.
of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 Na Topa uh hongpai tu hun he ngawl na hi uh ciang in, encik ngak vun.
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 Nguta hongpai tu hun sia innteakpa in he hile, a inn sia encik nginge tu a, nguta te i phulsak na thuak ngawl tu hi.
But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
44 Tua a hiciang kinging kholsa in om vun, banghangziam cile mihing Tapa sia na ki ngin ngawl hun laitak in hongpai tu hi.
Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 A topa in ama innkuanpui te a hun cinciang neaktu an a pia thei sia a makai in koi tu a, a muanhuai le a ciim naseam sia a kua ziam?
Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 A topa hongpai ciang in na a sep laitak a mu thak naseampa sia thuphatoai a hihi.
Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
47 A tatak in kong ci ciang, tua naseam pa sia a topa in a neisa theampo tung ah thunei tu in koi tu hi.
I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
48 Ahihang naseam pha ngawl in a thinsung pan in ka topa hong cia hak tu zam, ci in ngaisun a;
But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves “My master is a long time in coming,”
49 Naseam dang te sia vel in zukham thei te taw ne le dawn in om tu hi,
and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 Tua naseampa in a upmawk ngawl ni le a kingin ngawl laitak in a topa hong theng tu hi,
that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
51 Tua naseampa sia a topa in nasiatak in sat tu a, kana le ha ngoaina om na mun ah a ki hitheamsak te taw koi khawm tu hi.
and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
