Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Siadong te le mawnei te Jesus thu ngai tu in a kung ah hongpai tek uh hi.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Taciang, hisia pa in mawnei te sang a, amate taw an ne khawm hi, ci Pharisee te le thukhamhil te phun uh hi.
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Taciang Jesus in hi sontena amate tung ah son hi.
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
Note sung ah khatpo in, tuu zakhat nei a, khat bo a hile, sawm kua le kua teng duisung ah nusia in, a bo tuu a mu dong zong tu hi ngawl ziam?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
A mu ciang in, lungdam in a liangko mual suan hi.
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Inn a thet ciang in, a lawm te le innpam te samkhawm tek a, hong lungdampui tavun; banghangziam cile a bo ka tuu mukik khi hi, ci hi.
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Keima in kong son hi, tasia bangma in, mawna kisik ngawl mihing sawm kua le kua te sang in, mawna a ki sikkik khat tung ah, vantung ah lungdamna tamzaw tu hi.
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
A hibale, numei khat in dangka pia sawm nei a, pia khat a bosua le, khuaimei de in, a inn phiat tu a, hanciam in a mu dong zong tu hi ngawl ziam?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
A mu ciang in, a lawm te le a innpam te samkhawm in, hong lungdam pui tavun; banghangziam cile ka bosua dangka mukik zo khi hi, ci hi.
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Tasia bangma in, keima in kong ci hi, a ki sikkik mawnei khat tung ah Pathian vantungmi te sung ah lungdamna om hi, ci hi.
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
Jesus in hibang in ci hi, Pasal khat in tapa ni nei a:
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
A nozaw in a pakung ah, pa awng, ka lua tu ngamh hong pia tan, ci hi. Taciang a pa in a neisa theampo a tate ni hawmsak hi.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Ni tam ngei ngawl in a tapa nozaw in a nga teng theampo kaikhawm a, ngam khuala mama ah khualhaw hi, taciang a neisa theampo a ukbang in pakvawt in zang vapeak hi.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
A nei theampo a zaksiat zawkciang, tua ngam ah kialpi tung a; ki tangsam mama in om hi.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Tua ngam mi khat kung ah pai a, tua pa in vok an pia tu in a lo ah paisak hi.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Vok i neak be haw nangawn a khamteak in ne nuam napi: kuama in bangma pia ngawl hi.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
A thin ciim ciang in, ka pa kung ah a kicial naseam te bekzong an a kham in nei uh a val lai hi, kei ka hile ngilkial in mangthang tu ka hi zo hi!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Tho in, ka pa kung ah pai tu khi hi, taciang ama tung ah, pa awng, vantung le na mai ah khial zo khi hi,
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Na tapa ci tu zong ki phu nawn bong: na cial tawm naseam khat bang in hong koi tan, ka ci tu hi, ci hi.
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Taciang ama hong ding a, a pa kung ah pai hi. Ahihang a khuala mama kisam lai na pan, a pa in mu hi, taciang khuangaihuai sa in tai a, a ngawng pan koai in nam hi.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Taciang, a tapa in a pa kung ah, pa awng, vantung le na mai ah maw zo khi hi, na tapa ci tu zong ki phu nawn ngawl khi hi, ci hi.
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Ahihang a pa in a naseam te kung ah, puan a phabel hong la tavun a, silsak vun; a khut ah khutzungbu bulsak vun, taciang a peang ah peangdap bulsak vun:
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
Taciang khuino thau khat hong la tavun a, ngo vun; taciang i ne khawm tek tu a, thinnuam in i om khawm tek tu hi:
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
Banghangziam cile hi ka tapa sia thi hi, ahizong, nungta kik hi; bo hi kale, ki mu kik hi, ci hi. Tabang in thinnuam in om khawm tek uh hi.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Tu in a tapa lianzaw lo ah om hi: lo pan hong cia a, inn nai a thet ciang in lasa le lapna aw nging te za hi.
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
Taciang naseam khat sam a, hi thu te a bangthu ziam, ci dong hi.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
Tua naseam pa in, na naupa hong cia a; cidam ludam in hong thengkik ahikom, na pa in khuino a thau khat ngaw hi, ci hi.
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
A tapa lianzaw sia a thin-uk ahikom, innsung zong tum nuam ngawl hi: tua ahikom a pa pusuak a, innsung ah tum tu in tho hi.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
A pa hibang in zo hi, en in, kum tam mama na na seam khi hi, na thupiak bangma hun peal ngei ngawl khi hi: ahihang ka lawm te taw thinnuam khawm tu in, kealno khat zong hong pia ngei ngawl hi hi:
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
Ahihang hi na tapa, pumpi kizuak te taw na neisa theampo hong sut pa hong cia pociang in, khuino thau ngaw ni hi, ci hi.
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
Taciang a pa in ama tung ah, ka tapa awng, nang sia keima taw om tawntung ni hi, taciang ka neisa theampo sia nangma' a hihi.
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
Ahihang na naupa sia, thi napi, nungta kik hi; bo napi, tu in mu kik khi hi, tua ahikom thinnop na le lungdamna ka vawt tu ki lawm hi, ci hi.
