Luk 14
1 Jisuh teh sabbath hnin vah bu ca hanelah Farasi bawi buet touh im a kâen teh, hatnavah ahnimouh ni Bawipa teh a tuet awh.
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2 A hmalah phing patawnae ka tawn e tami buet touh teh ao.
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3 Sabbath hnin patawnae dam sak han maw telah Farasinaw hoi cakathutkungnaw hah Jisuh ni a pacei navah,
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 ahnimouh teh lawkkamuem ao awh. Jisuh ni hote tami a kaw teh patawnae dawk hoi hlout sak hnukkhu bout a tha.
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 Hathnukkhu ahnimanaw koe, sabbath hnin vah na capa hoehpawiteh na maito tangkom dawk bawt pawiteh rasat laipalah apimouh na kaawm awh han telah a pacei.
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 Ahnimouh ni lawk kam touh boehai pathung thai awh hoeh.
They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7 Hatnavah kaw e tami teh bari kaawm e tahungnae dawk a rawi awh e hah a hmu torei teh ahnimanaw han bangnuenae a dei pouh.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8 Tami ni yuvâ kâpaluennae pawi koe nang na kaw navah bari kaawm e hmuen koe tahung hanh. Hottelah na tahung pawiteh nang hlak ka talue e tami pawi koe tho pawi teh,
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honourable than you might be invited by him,
9 nangmouh ka kaw e tami ni hete tami hmuen poe leih telah a dei han. Hatnavah nang teh yeiraipo hoi ka rahnoum e hmuen koe na kum han.
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
10 Tami ni nang na kaw navah cet nateh ka rahnoum e hmuen dawk tahung. Hottelah na awm pawiteh nang ka kaw e tami a tho navah ka hui haw e hmuen koe luen telah ati han. Hatnavah nang hoi cungtalah ka tahung e taminaw hmalah nang teh bari e lah na o han.
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honoured in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 Amahoima kârasang e tami teh rahnoum sak lah ao vaiteh, amahoima kârahnoum e tami teh rasang sak lah ao han atipouh.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 Jisuh ni ama ka kaw e tami koe bout a dei pouh e teh nang ni amombu, tangminbu na paca navah huikonaw, hmaunawnghanaw, miphunnaw hoi ka tawnta e imtenglawpamnaw na kaw mahoeh. Hottelah na kaw pawiteh a hnuk khu torei nang bout na kaw awh vaiteh na patho awh han.
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbours, or perhaps they might also return the favour, and pay you back.
13 Pawi na to navah ka mathoe e tami, kuepcing hoeh e tami, a khokkhem e tami hoi a mit ka dawn e taminaw hah kaw awh.
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14 Hottelah na kaw pawiteh yawhawinae ao han. A lamthung teh hote taminaw ni na patho thai hoeh e lah ao dawkvah tami kalannaw a thawnae tueng dawkvah nang teh patho lah na o han telah atipouh.
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 Caboi koe ka tahung e tami buet touh ni hote lawk a thai navah Cathut uknaeram pawi dawk kâen e tami teh yawhawinae ao telah a dei navah,
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 Jisuh ni tami buet touh teh ka talue poung lah pawi a sak teh taminaw pueng a kaw.
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17 Pawitonae tueng a pha toteh kaw tangcoung e taminaw koe tami a patoun teh, tho awh bangpuengpa coungkacoe lah ao toe telah a thai sak.
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
18 Kaw kamcu e taminaw pueng ni a panuiparingkhai awh. Buet touh ni kai im hmuen ka ran. Ka cei vaiteh ka khet han. Kai na ngaithoum ei telah a kahei.
They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
19 Buet touh ni kai maito bo panga touh ka ran toe. Ka cei vaiteh ka tanouk han rah. Kai na ngaithoum ei telah a kâhei.
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20 Buet touh ni kai ka yu hoi ka paluen toe. Hatdawkvah kai ka tho thai mahoeh.
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
21 A san ni bawipa koe bout a tho teh hote akongnaw a dei pouh. Hatnavah imkung a lungkhuek teh, kho thung lam teng lam rahak kaawmnaw, mathoenaw, kuepcinghoehnaw, khokkhemnaw hoi mitdawnnaw pueng kaw telah a san koe a dei pouh.
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22 A san ni hai Bawipa kâ na poe e patetlah ka sak toe. Hatei tahung nahane hmuen ka houng e ao rah telah a dei pouh.
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
23 Hahoi, Bawipa ni kho lawi, lam dawk, takha teng cet ei, kaie im dawk muen akawi thai nahan koung kaw lawih.
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 Hmaloe kaw e taminaw buet touh hai kaie tangminbu patek mahoeh telah a san koe a dei pouh, telah atipouh.
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25 Hathnukkhu tamihupui teh Bawipa hnuk a kâbang awh teh, a kamlang sin teh a khet navah,
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26 apihai amae manu, napa, yuca, hmaunawnghanaw dueng laipalah amae hringnae patenghai pahnawt hoehpawiteh, ka hnuk kâbang lah awm thai hoeh.
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
27 Ama e thingpalam hrawm hoi ka hnuk kâbang hoeh e tami teh ka hnuk kâbang e lah awm thai hoeh.
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
28 Nangmouh thung dawkvah tami buetbuet touh ni, imrasang sak hanlah ngai pawiteh, hote im a cum totouh phoisa a khout hoi a khout hoeh e hah hmaloe tahung vaiteh, to laipalah ao han namaw.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 Hottelah to laipalah hoi khomkhu a tapu teh im cum thai hoehpawiteh ka hmawt e pueng ni a pathoe awh han nahoehmaw.
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
30 Hete tami ni a kamtawng eiteh cum thai hoeh telah a pathoe awh han.
saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 Hothloilah siangpahrang buet touh ni alouke siangpahrang hoi kâtuk han ati navah, ransa 20,000 touh hoi ka târun e hah, ransa 10,000 touh hoi tâ hoi tâ hoeh hane hmaloe pouk mahoeh maw.
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Tâ thai mahoeh tetpawiteh alouke Siangpahrang ahlanae koe ao lahun navah laicei a patoun vaiteh roumnae ao thai nahan ngaithoumnae a hei han na vaiyaw.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
33 Hot patetlah nangmanaw pueng hai mae tawn e hnopainaw pueng na cettakhai hoehpawiteh kaie ka hnuk kâbang lah na awm thai hoeh.
So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
34 Palawi teh ahawi. Hatei palawi teh a paannae kahmat pawiteh bangtelah hoi maw bout paan thai han.
“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
35 Talai hanelah thoseh, ei lahai thoseh, hawikhangnae ao hoeh toung dawkvah, alawilah ouk a tâkhawng awh. Thai nahane hnâ ka tawn e tami ni thai naseh telah atipouh.
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
