Luke 7
1 Yeshuan hiche ho jouse miho koma aseijou phat chun, Capernaum langah akile tai.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
2 Hiche lai chun Rome sepai jalamkai khat dinga asoh sahlut tah khat chu hatah in adammon thiding kon cha ahitai.
There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
3 Sepai jalamkai pan Yeshua chungchang ajahdoh phat in, aman ja umtah Juda upa ho asolin, ahinkou uva asohpa ahung damsah din asol'e.
When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
4 Hijeh chun amahon jong ngehkhoh tah in Yeshua chun mipa akithopi din atao tauve. “Napanpina chang dinga lom khattou aumleh, ama hi ahi,” atiuvin ahi
When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
5 “Ajeh chu aman Juda miho eilungset un kikhopna in jong eisah pehuve,” atiuve.
because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
6 Hijeh chun Yeshua jong amaho toh alhon'in achetai. Ahivangin in ahunglhun masangjep un, sepai jalamkai pan loi phabep asol'in hitin agasei sah e, “Pakai, ka-in'a hung dingin nang le nang kisugim hih in, ajehchu keima chutobang loma jana chang dinga kilom kahipoi.”
So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
7 Keima hungdoh a nangma toh kimuto dinga jong lhingjou lou kahi. Naum na'a kon chun thu chu seijeng'in, kasohpa suhdam'a umding ahi.
I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
8 Ken hiche hi kahenai, ajehchu keima jong kachunga ho thunoiya um kahin, chule kenjong ka sepai ho chunga thuneina kanei ahi. Keiman “Chen” ti bouseh kasei le acheuvin, “Hungin” katileh ahung uve. Chule kasohte komah “Hiche bol'in kati leh abol jenguve,” atiuve.
[I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
9 Yeshuan hiche thu ajah doh phat in, atija lheh jenge. Mihonpi anungjui ho heng lam angan hitin aseiye, “Kaseipeh nahiuve, hitobang tahsan na hi Israel pumpi sungah kamukha poi!” ati.
When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
10 Chuin sepai jalamkaipa loiho chu a'inah akile tauvin ahileh sohpa damthengsel'a anaum chu amu'uvin ahi. Yeshuan Meithainu Chapa Athisa Akaithou
When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
11 Chomkhat jouvin Yeshua aseijui hotoh Nain kho langah acheuvin, mihonpi tamtah'in ajui uve.
Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
12 Thivui dinga hung kijotdoh honkhat khopi kelkot phunga chun atohkha uvin ahi. Khangdong athipa chu meithainu chapa changkhatseh ahin, chule khosunga pat mihonpi tamtah'in amanu aumpiu ahi.
As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
13 Pakaiyin amanu amu chun, alungsung khotonan adimtan ahi. “Kap hih'in!” tin aga lhamon e.
When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
14 Chuin thikong lama chun achen atongkhan ahile apoho adingden'un ahi. “Gollhang” atin “Kaseipeh nahi, thoudoh in” ati.
Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
15 Chuin athiah pasal chapang chu ahung toudoh in thu aseipan tai! Chule Yeshuan anu anungpeh tan ahi.
The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
16 Kichatna lentah in mihonpi chu alonvuh tai, chule amahon Pathen avahchoiyun, “Thil nasatah bolthei themgao khat ilah uvah akisepdoh tai,” atiuvin chule “Pathen in tunin amite aviltai,” atiuve.
Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
17 Chule Yeshua chungchang thusoh Judea gam pumpi le akimvel thinglhang gamkai ho'ah the chansoh'in aumtai.
[Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
18 Twilutsah John seijui hon Yeshua thilbol jouse chu John aseipeh tauve. Hijeh chun John in aseijuite lah'a mini akouvin,
The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
19 chule adong dingin Pakai komah asoltai. “Nangma Messiah kanga jingu chu nahim, ahilouleh achom dang khat kavet nahlai diu ham?” agatisah e.
So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
20 John seijui tenin Yeshua amu lhon phat in aseilhon tai, “Twilutsah John in hiche dong dinga eihin sollhon ahi, Nangma Messiah, kanga jing pau chu nahim, ahilouleh achom dang khat kavetjing nahlai diu ham?” atilhon e.
When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
21 Hiche pettah a chu Yeshuan mi tampi anatnau, adammo nahou asuhdam pet, lhagaoboh vop ho aboldam pet, chule khomulou ho kho amusah pet anahie.
At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
22 Yeshuan John seijui teni chu aseipeh in, “John hengah kile lhon in lang nathilmu lhon le nathujah lhon chengse seipeh lhon tan–mitchon kho amun, elbaiyin lam ajot'in, miphah ho jendam ahin, nangong'in kho ajan, mithiho kaithouvin aumin, chule Kipana Thuphahi mivaichate hengah seiphong'in aumtai.
So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
23 Chule seipeh lhon'in, keima jeh a kiheimang louho chu Pathen in phatthei aboh'e,” ati.
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
24 John seijui tenin adalhah jouvin Yeshuan ama thudol mihonpi jah'a chun aseiyin ahi. “Itobang mi veding'a gamthip a chu nache uham? Ama chu huimut lingle peng don anem ham?
When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
25 Ahiloule ponsil mantamtah'a kivon mi mudinga nakiginchat um? Ahipoi, von hoitah kivon hole nomsatah'a hingho chu leng inpia bou akimui.
Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
26 Themgao ve nahiu ham? Henge, chule themgao sanga chungnung jo ahi.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
27 John chu Pathen Lekhabu in hitia aseipa chu ahi, Ven, keiman namasangah ka thu lhangsam kasol'e, chule aman nalampi namasanga asemtup ding ahi.
He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
28 Kaseipeh nahiuve, anahing jouse lah'a, koima John sanga lenjo aumpoi. Ahin Pathen lenggam a aneopen jengjong chu ama sangin alenjon ahi!” ati.
I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
29 Hiche thu ajah tah'un, mipi jouse–kaidong ho jengin jong–Pathen lampi chu adih ahi ti apom'un ahi, ajeh chu amaho John khut'a baptize anachang ahiuve.
When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
30 Amavang Pharisee hole hou danthu themhon Pathen thilgon apampaiyun ahi, ijeh inem itile amahon John tuilutsah chu apomlouvu ahi.
But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
31 “Tukhang mite hi ipi toh katekah tadem?” tin Yeshuan adongin “Iti kahilchet ding ham?” ati.
[Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
32 Amaho hi kailhang lah'a chapang kichem tobang ahiuve. Amaho aloi agol ho komah aphunchel un, “Keihon moupui golvah la kalhauvin, nalam pouve” hijeh chun thivuina la joh kalhauvin chule nakap pouve.
You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
33 Ajeh chu Tuilutsah John chun aphat ho changlhah neh ahiloule lengpitwi don kiti hohin asumang pon, chule nanghon, “Thilhavop ahi” natiuve.
[Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
34 Mihem Chapan, alangkhat'ah, anen adonin, chule naseiyun, “Milop jukham chule kaidong ho le chonse dang ho jol le gol!” natiuve.
In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
35 Ahinla chihna chu adih ahi ti anungjui ho hinkho'ah tahlangin aume, ati.
But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
36 Pharisee ho lah'a khat in Yeshua toh nilhah an nehkhom din angeh in, hijeh chun Yeshua jong ama in'a chun achen an nedin atoutai.
[One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
37 Chukom muna an aneh ding chu numei jonthanhoi a chonse khat in ahetphat in, amanun songval bom khat'ah thao namtui mantamtah kikhum ahinchoiye.
There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
38 Chuin amanu chu adilsun Amapa kengmuh gal lam'a chun adilsun akaptai. Amitlhi akengmuh lamah avalhan, hichu asam in athehgo in ahi. Chuin akengmuh chu namtui athe in achop chuh chuh tan ahi.
[As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
39 Pharisee mipa anne a koupa chun hichu amuphat in ama le ama akihoulim in, “Hiche mipa hi themgao ahipou pouleh, itobang numei ham athamkha nu hi, amanu hi michonse ahi! ti ahet tei ding ahi,” atin ahi.
When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
40 Chutah chun Yeshuan alunggel chu ahin donbut in, “Simon” tin Pharisee pa koma chun, “Thilkhat nakomah kaseinom'e” ati. “Sei jeng in, houhil” tin Simon in adonbut paiyin ahi.
Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
41 Chuin Yeshuan hiche thusim hi aseipeh tai: “Mikhat in mini sum abatsah in–khatpa dangka ja-nga chule khat dangka som-nga.
Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
42 Ahin anigel lhon in asajou lhon tapon, hijeh chun hepi na neitah in angaidam in abat lhon akah peh tai. Chujou chun koijoh chun ama chu ngailu jon tem tia nagel em?” tin adongtai.
Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
43 Simon in adonbut in, “Keigel in abat tamjopa chu,” ati. “Hichu adih'e” tin Yeshuan aseitai.
Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
44 Chuin numeinu heng lam ngan akiheiyin Simon jah'a aseitai, “Hiche numeinu hichea dilsu nu hi ven. Keima na'in a kahung lut chun, nangman tui kakenga vutkhu sillhah nading neipepon, ahivangin hiche nu hin amitlhi tuiyin asop lhan, chule asam in atheh ngim in ahi.”
Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
45 Nangman chibai neiboh pon, ahin kahung lut a pat hichenu hin kakengmuh achop chop jong anga hih laiye.
You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
46 Nangman kalua olive thao nuding na gelkhoh pon, amanu vang hin kakeng phang thao namtuiyin anui.
You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
47 “Kaseipeh nahi, amanu chonsetna ho–tamtah ahiuvin, ngaidam ahitai, hijeh a chu amanun ngailutna lentah eimusah ahi. Amavang mi akingaidam lhom chu akipah lhom in ahi” ati.
So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
48 Chuin Yeshuan numeinu jah'a, “Nachonsetna ho kingaidam ahitai” ati.
Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
49 Dokhanga tou miho chu ama ho le amaho akihouvun, “Hiche mipa hi koi hiya mi chonse jong angaidam ham?” atiuvin ahi.
Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
50 Chule Yeshuan numeinu jah'a aseitai, “Natahsan in nahuhhing ahitai, lungmongin chetan,” ati.
But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
