John 10
1 “I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't come in through the gate of the sheepfold but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.
Jesuh naw“Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki: to ngvawng mkawt üng käh lut lü, akce üngka naw kai lü lutki cun mpyukeiea ja tome manei hlükiea kyaki.
2 The one who comes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
“Mkawt üng lutkia khyang cun toksäma kyaki.
3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
“Mkawt mtät naw ani cun mkawt nghmawn pet se, toe naw a kthai ksing khawikie; amäta toe ami ngming phähphäh am jah khü lü kpunga jah ceh püi khawiki.
4 After bringing them out, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
“Kpunga a jah khü üng, ami hmaia cit lü lam jah msüm se ani cun läk khawikie. Isetiakyaküng, a kthai cun a toe naw ksingki he.
5 They won't follow strangers. In fact they run away from a stranger because they don't recognize the voice of strangers.”
“Acunsepi, khyang kce cun a kthai am ami ksinga kyase, am läk u, dawngin ta khaie” a ti.
6 When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant.
Ahina msuimcäpnak Jesuh naw jah mtheh se, i a ti hlü hman am ksing u.
7 So Jesus explained again, “I tell you the truth: I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Acunüng, Jesuh naw, “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki: kei cun toe phäh mkawta ka kyaki.
8 All those who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
Keia hmaia law maki naküt cun mpyukei ja tome manei hlükiea kyaki he, to naw pi a kthai am jah ngja.
9 I am the gate. Anyone who comes in through me will be healed. They will be able to come and go, and find the food they need.
“Kei mkawta ka kyaki. Kei üngkhyüh lutki naküt naw küikyanak yah khai; a k’uma lut lü, akpunga lut law lü, a ei vai hmu khai.
10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing.
“Mpyukei cun mpyu khai, hnim khai ja kpye khaia va law khawiki. Kei cun xünnak ami yahnak vai däka am kya lü kümkawikia xünnak ami yah vaia phäha ka lawki ni.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
“Kei toksäm kdawa ka kyaki; toksäm kdaw naw toea phäha a sak tawn khawhki.
12 The man paid to look after the sheep is not the shepherd and he runs away when he sees the wolf coming. He abandons the sheep because they're not his, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock
“Toksäm am niki, ami ngvaha toksäm naw mhnge law se a hmuh üng toe jah hawih lü jah dawng ta se, mhnge naw toe jah hutei lü jah kpyang khawiki.
13 for the man is only working for pay and doesn't care about the sheep.
“Ami ngvaha toksäm cun ngvaha kyase, toe am jah cäi na lü jah dawng taki.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know who are mine, and they know me,
“Kei cun dawkia toksäm ni. Pa naw na ksing se kei naw pi Pa ka ksinga mäiha, ka toe ka jah ksingki. Ka toe naw pi na ksingki he. “Ami phäha ta ka thih khawhki.
15 just as the Father knows me and I know him. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
“Ahina to ngvawnga k'uma am veki toe pi ka jah ta hamki. Acun he pi ka jah lawpüi khai. Acun he naw pi ka kthai ngai u se, to pä mat, toksäm mat däka kya law khai.
17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so I may take it up again.
“Kei naw ka sak tawn lü, xünnak ka yah be khaia kyase, Pa naw na mhläkphyanaki.
18 No one takes it from me; I choose to lay it down. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is the command my Father gave me.”
“U naw ka sak am lak thei. Kamäta hlüeia ka sak ka pet ni. Ka sak cun pe lü, ka loei be khawhnaka khyaibahnak ka taki. Ahina ngthupet hin ka Paa veia ka yaha kyaki,” a ti.
19 The Jews were again divided in their opinion about Jesus over these words.
Acuna ngthua phäha Judahea ksunga ngtainak ve lawki.
20 Many of them said, “He's demon-possessed! He's mad! Why are you listening to him?”
Aknung bawk naw, “Ani üng khawyai umki ni, yawki ni; ise a ngthu nami ngaiki ni?” ami ti.
21 Others said, “These aren't the words of someone who's demon-possessed. Besides, a demon can't open eyes that are blind.”
Avang naw, “Khawyaia venak naw ahin he am jah pyen thei. Khawyai naw ihawkba amikmüe jah vaisak be khawh khai ni? ami ti.
22 It was winter, and the time of the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem.
Khawksik khya üng Jerusalem mlüh Temple Kainaka Pawi veki.
23 Jesus was walking in the Temple through Solomon's porch. The Jews surrounded him, asking,
Jesuh cun Temple k'um, Solamon Luhnak üng ve hlü se,
24 “How long are you going to keep us hanging in suspense? If you are the Messiah then tell us plainly!”
Judahe naw a peia ngbäm law u lü, “Am ngsingngkyaikia i vei na ve ham khai ni? Mesijah na kyak üng angsinga jah mtheha,” ti lü kthähkie.
25 Jesus replied, “I already told you but you refuse to believe it. The miracles I do in my Father's name prove who I am.
Jesuh naw, “Ka ning jah mtheh päng ni, am nami jumki; ka Paa ngming am khut ka pawhe cun ka saksie ni.
26 You don't believe me because you are not my sheep.
“Acunsepi, ka toea am nami nia phäh, am na jum uki.”
27 My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
“Ka toe naw ka kthai ksing khawikie, kei naw jah ksing ngü se, na läk law khawikie.
29 My Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone else; no one can snatch them from him.
“Amimi na jah pekia ka Pa cun anaküta kthaka hlüngtai bawki; u naw pi Paa kut üngka am loei thei.
30 I and the Father are one.”
“Kei ja ka Pa cun mata kani kyaki,” a ti.
31 Once again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
Judahe naw ami khawngnak vaia lung loei betükie.
32 Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
Cunsepi Jesuh naw jah msang lü, “Nami hmuha Pa naw a na pet khut akdaw khawhah ka pawhki ni, ia phäha lung am nami na khawng hlüki ni?” a ti.
33 The Jews replied, “We're not stoning you for a good deed, but for blasphemy because you are just a man but you're claiming to be God.”
Judahe naw, “Khut akdaw na pawha phäha lung am kami ning khawng hlüki am ni. Pa na pyenkse ja, nang nghngicim khyanga kya kphei lü Mhnama na ngsuieia phäh ni,” ti lü, ami msang.
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn't it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
Jesuh naw, “Namimäta Thum üng, ‘Nangmi cun mhnamea nami kyaki ka ti’ ti lü am ng’yuk mä?
35 He called those people ‘gods,’ the people to whom the word of God came—and Scripture can't be altered.
“Cangcima pyen naküt cun anghläia cangki ti mi ksingki. Pamhnam naw mhnamea a jah suia khyange üng a ngthu jah peki.
36 So why are you saying the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said ‘I am the Son of God’?
“Pa naw mcawn lü khawmdek khana a na tüih law kei naw, ‘Kei Mhnama Capa ka tia phäha, ‘Mhnam na pyenkseki’ nami na tinaki aw?
37 If I'm not doing what my Father does, then don't believe me.
“Ka Paa ngjak hlü am ka pawh üng, käh na jum kawm uki.
38 But if that is what I'm doing, even though you don't believe me, you should believe because of the evidence of what I've done. That way you can know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
“Acunsepi, ka Pa a khut ka pawh üng ta, kei am nami na jum üng pi, Pa kei üng a ve ja Pa üng kei ka vea mawng ahun nami ksing hin anglät cäng khaia, ka pawhmsahea hleng ta nami jum vai sü” ti lü, a jah msang.
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from them.
Jesuh man khaiea ami bü be kyaw, acunsepi, ami kut üngka naw lätei betüki.
40 He went back across the Jordan River to the place where John had begun baptizing, and he stayed there.
Jordan Mliktuia caye, Johan naw akcüka Baptican a jah petnak da cit lü acuia veki.
41 Many people came to him, and they said, “John didn't perform miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true.”
Khyang khawkän a veia law u lü, “Johan naw müncankse i am pawh; acunsepi Johan naw hina mawng a pyen naküt cang ve” tikie.
42 Many who were there put their trust in Jesus.
Acunüng, acuia khyang khawkän naw Jesuh jumkie.
