Luke 13
1 Some people who were [listening to Jesus] at that time told him about some people from Galilee [district who had gone to Jerusalem]. Pilate, [the Roman governor], had [ordered soldiers to] kill them [MTY] while they were offering sacrifices [in the Temple there].
Taciang Pilate in amate biakpiakna taw Galilee te thisan hel hi, ci in Jesus kung ah a son pawlkhat om hi.
2 Jesus replied to them, “Do you think [that this happened to those] people from Galilee [because] they were more sinful than all the other people from Galilee?
Jesus in amate tung ah hibang in zo hi, Hi Galilee mite sia tabang a thuak uh hu in, a dang Galilee mite theampo sang in mawzaw uh hi, ci in ngaisun nu ziam?
3 I assure you, [that was] not [so]! But instead of [being concerned about them, you need to remember that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior.
Kong ci hi, hi ngawl hi: ahihang noma zong na ki sikkik bua uh le, na vekpi in tabangma in na lalcip tu uh hi.
4 Or, [consider] the 18 people who died when the tower at Siloam [outside Jerusalem] fell on them. Do you think [that this happened to them because] they were more sinful than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem?
Siloam tausang cim in hukcip a, a thi sawm le liat te, Jerusalem a teang ngualdang te sang in mawzaw uh hi, ci in ngaisun nu ziam?
5 I assure you, [that was] not so! But instead, you [need to realize that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not stop your sinful behavior!”
Kong son hi, hi ngawl hi: ahihang note zong na ki sikkik bua uh le, na vekpi in tabangma in na lalcip tu uh hi, ci hi.
6 Then Jesus told them this illustration [to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him]: “A man planted a fig tree on his farmland. ([Each year/Many times]) he came to it looking for figs, but there were no figs.
Jesus in hi sontena zong son hi; Mi khat in a sapit huan sung ah theikung khat suan hi; taciang a nga zong tu in hongpai a, khat zong mu ngawl hi.
7 Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look [here]! I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree every year for the past three years, but there have been no figs. Cut it down! (It is just using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing!/Why should it continue using up the [nutrients in] the soil [for nothing]?) [RHQ]’
Taciang in sapit huan cing te tung ah, en in, hi theikung tung ah a nga zong tu in ka pai a, kum thum sung khat zong mu ngawl khi hi: phuk lel in; banghang in leitang deap lel in koi tu hi ziam? ci hi.
8 But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it.
Huan cing pa in, Topa awng, tu kum sung om hi lai po hen, a kiim teng pan lei taw tu khi hi, taciang eaklei pia phot hi lai tu khi hi:
9 If it bears fruit next year, we [(inc)] will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you [(sg)] can cut it down.’”
Hong nga a hile, pha hi: taciang hong nga bale la tua zawkciang phuk in, ci hi, ci in zo kik hi.
10 One (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), [Jesus] was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places.
Jesus sabbath ni khat synagogue khat sung ah thuhil hi.
11 There was a woman there whom an evil spirit [MTY] had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight.
Taciang, en vun, cinasak doai in kum sawm le kum liat sung zawngkhal in a thaneamsak numei khat om hi, taciang ama sia a cing zong bawng a, bangbang po in a om zong ama le ama ki mamsak thei ngawl hi.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, [I am] freeing you [(sg)] from your illness!”
Tua nu Jesus in a mu ciang in, a kung ah sam a, Nu mei awng, na natna pan in na suakta zo hi, ci hi.
13 He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God!
Jesus in a tung ah a khut nga hi: ta sia pociang thakhat thu in ding tang thei a, Pathian pok hi.
14 But the man in charge (of the synagogue/of the meeting place) was angry because Jesus had healed her (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). [He considered that healing was doing work]. So he said to the people, “There are six days [each week] in which [our Jewish] laws permit people to work. [If you need healing], those are the days to come ([to the synagogue/to the meeting place]) and be healed. Do not come on our Jewish day of rest!”
Jesus in sabbath ni in a damsak hu in, synagogue lampui pa a thin-uk a, ni luk sung nasep ngeina hi: tua ahikom tua ni luk sung in hongpai tavun, sabbath ni ah hongpai heak vun, ci hi.
15 Then the Lord replied to him, “You [(sg) and your fellow religious leaders are] hypocrites! (On the Sabbath/On our Jewish day of rest), [just like on every other day], (each of you unties his ox or donkey, and then leads it from the food trough to where it can drink water./does not each of you untie his ox or donkey, and then lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?) [RHQ] [That is work, too]!
Tasiaciang in Topa in, Nang a ki hitheamsak pa, note sung ah khatpo, sabbath ni in na khui uh a hibale, na laa uh a khau sut in, tui dawn tu in paipui hi ngawl nu ziam?
16 This woman [is more important than an animal; she is a Jew], descended from Abraham! But Satan has [kept her] [MET] [crippled] for 18 years, [as though] he had tied her up [and not let her escape]! So (it is certainly right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Sabbath day!/was it not right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Jewish rest day?) [RHQ]”
Kum sawm le kum liat sung Satan hencip, Abraham tanu sia tua a ki hencip napan sabbath ni in suatak tu hi ngawl ziam? ci in zo kik hi.
17 After Jesus said that, all the people [there] who opposed him were ashamed. But all the [other] people [there] were happy about all the wonderful things he was doing.
Hi teng a son zawkciang in, a ngal te theampo maizum in om uh hi: taciang Jesus in a vawt nalamdang te hang in mi theampo lungdam uh hi.
18 Then Jesus said, “(I will tell you how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]./Do you know how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]?) [RHQ] I will tell you what I can compare it to.
Jesus in, Pathian kumpingam sia bangtaw kibang ziam? bangtaw sonte tu khi ziam?
19 It is like a [tiny] mustard seed that a man planted in his field. It grew until it became [big, like] a tree. It was [so big that] birds built nests in its branches.”
Mi khat in ankamci la a, huansung ah a poai taw kibang hi; tua anci hong khang a, thingkung lianpui hong suak hi; a bak te tung ah van a vacim te ngiak hi.
20 Then he said, “I will tell [RHQ] you something else, to illustrate how the people who let God rule [MET] [their lives can influence their society more and more].
Jesus in son thua kik a, Pathian kumpingam sia bangtaw sonte tu khi ziam? ci kik hi.
21 It is like [a little bit of] yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
Nupi khat in tol la a, an hui law thum sung ah hel hi, tua tol in an hui theampo a thosak taw kibang hi.
22 [Jesus] continued traveling, along [with his disciples], through various towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. As they went, he was teaching [the people].
Jesus Jerusalem sang ah pai a, khuapi le khuano tampi ah pai in thuhil hi.
23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will there be only a few people who are saved {whom [God] saves}?” He replied to them, “[There will not be many, because] the way [to heaven] [MET] is [like] a narrow door.
Khat hongpai a, Topa awng, ngupna a nga tu mihing tawmbek a hi ziam? ci in dong hi. Tasiaciang Jesus in,
24 [Therefore, try hard] to enter that narrow doorway, because I tell you that many people will try to enter [heaven by some other way], but they will not be able to get in.
Kongkha ciak na pan tum tu in hanciam vun, banghangziam cile mihing tampi te tuaksung ah tum tu hanciam napi, a tum thei bua uh hi.
25 [God is like] the owner of a house. [Some day] he will lock his door. Then [some of] you will begin to stand outside that door and knock. You will say, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘[No, I will not open it, because] I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!’
Innteakpa topa sia khat vei tho a, kongkha a kha zawkciang in, note a puasang ah ding in kongkha na king uh a, Topa, Topa awng, kong hong hon tan; na ci uh ciang in, Topa in, koisung pan hongpai nu ziam, hong he ngei ngawl khi hi, hong ci tu hi:
26 Then you will say, ‘([You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because]) [RHQ] we [(exc)] ate [meals] with you [(sg)], and you taught [people] in the streets of our [towns]’!
Tasiaciang in, note in, na mai ah an ne tui dawn in om khu hi, taciang ka lampi uh ah zong thuhil ni hi, ci tu uh hi.
27 But he will say, ‘[I tell you again], I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from. You [are] wicked people! Get away from here!’”
Ahihang ama in, hong son khi hi, kong pan hongpai nu ziam, hong he ngawl khi hi; no na pha ngawl seam te, ka kung pan tai tavun, ci tu hi.
28 Then Jesus continued, saying, “[From where God will send you], you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the distance. All the prophets [who lived long ago will also be there], in the kingdom where God [is ruling]. But you will be outside, crying and grinding your teeth [because you will have severe pain]!
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob le kamsang theampo te sia Pathian kumpingam sung ah na mu uh ciang in, note sia a puasang ah hong vawk tu a, tua mun ah kaana le ha ngoaina om tu hi.
29 Furthermore, many [non-Jewish] people will [be inside]. There will be ones who have come from [lands to] the north, east, south, and west. They will be feasting in (that place where God is ruling/God’s kingdom).
Amate sia nisua na sang, nitum na sang, sak le thang pan in hongpai tu uh a, Pathian kumpingam sung ah to tek tu uh hi.
30 Think about this: Some people whom others do not [consider] important [now, God will make] them very important [then], and some people whom [others consider] very important [now, God will make] to be not important [then].”
Taciang, en vun, a khakbel te masabel tu a, a masabel te nungkhakbel tu hi, ci hi.
31 At that very time, some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Leave this area, because [the ruler] Herod [Antipas] wants to kill you [(sg)]!”
Tua ni in Pharisee pawlkhat te Jesus kung ah hongpai uh a, hi mun pan pusuak in a, pai in: banghangziam cile Herod in hong that tu hi, ci uh hi.
32 He replied to them, “Herod is [MET] [as cruel as] a fox, [but also as insignificant as a fox]. [So I do not worry about him]. But [to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined], go tell him this [message from me]: ‘Listen! I am expelling demons and performing miracles today, and [I will continue doing] it for a short time. After that, I will finish my work.
Taciang Jesus in amate tung ah, Pai tavun a, tua ngia tung ah son vun, en in, doai te hawlkhia khi hi, taciang tuni le zingciang cina te damsak khi hi, taciang nithum na ciang in ka cialcing tu hi.
33 But I must continue my trip [to Jerusalem] during the coming days, because [they killed many other] prophets there, and [since I am also a prophet], no other place is appropriate for people to kill [me].’”
Ahihang tu ni, zingciang le thai ciang vak hamtang tu khi hi: banghangziam cile kamsang khat sia Jerusalem puasang ah lalcip thei ngawl hi.
34 [Then Jesus said], “O [people of] [MTY] Jerusalem [APO]! You killed the prophets [who lived long ago, and you killed others], whom [God] sent to you, [by throwing] stones [at them]. Many times I wanted to gather you together [to protect you] [SIM] like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want [me to do that].
Maw Jerusalem, Jerusalem awng, kamsang te na that a, na tung ah a ki sawl te suangtum taw na deang hi; akpui in a note a tha nuai ah a uap bang in, tamvei mama hong uap nuam ka hi hang, na uk bua hi!
35 So listen to this: Your city [MTY] (OR, your temple) is going to be abandoned (OR, God will no longer protect it). I will [MTY] also tell you this: I [will enter your city only once more. After that], you will not see me until the time when [I return and] you say [about me], ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority [MTY]!’”
En vun, na inn uh dap khipkhep in ki nusia tu hi: a mantak kong ci ciang, Topa min taw hongpai pa thuphatoai a hihi, na ci uh mateng, note in hong mu nawn ngawl tu nu hi, ci hi.
