Luke 16
1 [Jesus] also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. [One day] he was told {[someone] told him} that [the manager] was managing the rich man’s money badly.
Jisu ih heliphante loong suh baatta, “Teewadi changteng wasiit angta heh nyamka loong ah heh laksuh suh maak thukta. Changteng wah asuh baat rumta heh laksuh ih bah heh nyamka rah lalangka ni thaajaaha eah.
2 So he summoned [his manager] and said to him, ‘(It is terrible what they are saying about you [(sg)]!/Is it true what they are saying about you [(sg)] [RHQ]?) Give me a written account of [the funds] you have been managing, because you can no longer be my [household] manager!’
Erah thoidi heh laksuh ah poon ano liita, ‘Arah ngah ih an tiit tumjih japchaat hang? Thoontang ngaakwanho an suh nga nyamka mathan ban maak thuk taha loong rah ah, tumeah an aadowa ih nga mootkaat phanlante takah angko.’
3 Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so (I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?) I am not strong enough to [work by] digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg [for money].’
Laksuh rah ih heh teeteewah suh liita, ‘nga changte wah ih ngah ah arah motang dowa etoohaat et thukte. Eno bah ngah ih tumjih re ang? Ngah ih phek uh tabaam jen phekkang, eno bikthaang suh uh rakmuurakke nih.
4 [Suddenly he had an idea]. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses [and provide for me] after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’
Amadi ngah tumjih reejih ah jat ih ang! Eno nga mootkaat ah thoon abah, nga joonte loong eje neng ih ngah neng nok nah poon et hang.’
5 So [one by one] he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you [(sg)] owe my master?’
“Eno heh ih heh changte wah nyamka namte loong mih ah lompoon ano baat rumta. Heh ih jaakhoh wah thoon asuh chengta, ‘an ih nga changte wah dowa mathan nam tu?’
6 The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 [gallons]!’
Olip bangthiing thuung chaasiit, heh ih ngaakbaatta. Mootkaat phanlante rah ih baatta; ‘an di arathan,’ ‘tong uh rook banga et raang uh.’
7 He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 [bushels]!’ [He did similar things for the others who owed his master money].
Eno heh ih wahoh suh we chengta, ‘an ih aleh mathan nam tu?’ ‘Ata tiik haajaat siit thekook namtang,’ heh ih ngaakbaatta. ‘Arah than an ih kotjih ah,’ Laksuh rah ih baatta; ‘Cha asaat et raang uh.’
8 When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
“Erah thoidi changte wah ih phanlante maakthiwah ah jeng lachaat thang ih reeraangta asuh egu etjih ih hoonta; tumeah, arah mongrep dowa mina loong ah maama nyamka phanlan suh maakthih totoh weephaak mina loong ah nang ih ah.” (aiōn g165)
9 [So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
Erah dam ih Jisu ih li rumta, “Erah thoih ih ngah ih baat rumhala: sen ih arah hatoh nyamka ah maak anno sen joonte ah hoon an, eno erah nyamka loong ah thoon sa doh, sen ah roitang lathoon theng nok adoh soongraang noppoon han. (aiōnios g166)
10 People who faithfully manage small [matters] will also faithfully manage important [matters]. People who are dishonest in [the way they handle] small [matters] will be dishonest [in the way they handle] important [matters].
O mina ehinsah adi jen tuungmaang ah erah mina ah elongwah asuh uh ejen tuungmaang eah; o mina ehinsah nah phang thih abah elong nah uh ethih ang ah.
11 So if you have not faithfully handled the money that [God has given you here] on earth, (he will certainly not allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven!]/would he allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven]?) [RHQ]
Erah ang abah, sen hatoh nyamka adoh laphang toongtang kanbah, amiisak nyamka asuh tang mame jen toongtang baat an?
12 And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ([God] will certainly not allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you?) [RHQ]
Erah dam ih mihoh hukkhaak asuh sen laphang toongtang kanbah, an hukkhaak loong ah an suh uh o ih ma koho?
13 No servant is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time. If he tried to do that], he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life] to worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
“Laksuh wasiit ah changte wanyi nok nah tajen moka; heh ih wasiit asuh mongnook ano wasiit ah miksuk jaatjaat et ah; heh ih wasiit dam adoh toongtang ang ah eno wasiit dam adoh toongtangka tah angka ang ah. An ih Rangte nyia ngun enyiinyi an changte tajen et hoonko.
14 There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
Pharisi loong ih erah japchaat rum ano, Jisu ah putbeek ngitkhuung rumta, tumeah neng ih ngun ah mongnook rumta.
15 But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your (inner beings/hearts). [So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many] things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable.
Jisu ih baat rumta, “Sen loong ih senteewah ah mihoh miksok di epun et noisokte mina loong, enoothong sen tenthun ah Rangte ih jat ih halan. Tumeah marah suh mina ih thaangchaan thoon ih thiik ha ah Rangte raang ih thaangmuh ang ah.
16 The laws that [God gave Moses] and what the prophets [MTY] [wrote] were ([in effect/what you needed to obey]) until John [the Baptizer] came. Since then [I] have been preaching about how God wants to [rule people’s lives in a new way], and many people are [accepting that message and] very eagerly asking God to control [their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously].
“Moses Hootthe nyia khowah loong ih raangta loong ah Juungtemte Joon tuk ih maak rumta; erah lih adi Ruurang Ese Rangte Hasong tiit ah baat rumha, eno erah hasong adoh nop suh laat tuutmui rumla.
17 [All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
Enoothong Hootthe nawa jengdang ehinsah esiit taan uh lamatjih erah nang ih bah rang nyi hah mat ah elaang laan ang ah.
18 [For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that] any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also [considers that] any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is [also] committing adultery.”
“O mina ih heh nusah dowa paak ano mihoh weekap abah heh ih roomjup mat ah kap ha; eno epaakcho minuh we kapte warah eh uh roomjup mat ah kap ha.
19 [Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
“Ehak di changteng wasiit angta heh ah thaangchaan nyuh akhat di choom ano saarookwih laboot labe ih songtongta.
20 And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {[some people also] laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s [house]. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores.
Erah di changthih wasiit heh men ah Lajaras, heh sak ah putang ih jeekma arah changteng wah nok kaaluung thong ni ban tongta,
21 He [was so hungry that he] wanted to eat the scraps [of food] that fell from the table where the rich man [ate]. Furthermore, [to make things worse], dogs came and licked his sores.
changteng wah tuibung teebun khui ni thaaja arah bantoon phaksate angta. Heh ma adi hui loong ih nep miiklak ih rumta.
22 [Eventually] the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to [start feasting] next to his [ancestor] Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {[some people] buried his body}.
“Changthih wah ah tek ano rangsah loong ih Abraham re nah tongthuk suh siit wanrumta rangmong nawa sadung phaksat adi ah. Changteng wah ah tek ano bengkaatta,
23 In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
eno soolam ni, heh rapne ih chamwangta, heh rangkho ko ih toonsok adi haloot ni Abraham ah japtupta, Lajaras ah Abraham re adi tongta. (Hadēs g86)
24 So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So [please] pity me, and send Lazarus [here] so that he can dip his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it!’
Eno heh ih poonta, ‘Ewah Abraham! Ngah minchan ih weehang, Lajaras ah daapkaat weeho heh laktiik ah juung adoh tem ano nga tuuhih adoh taan toom tengtem jah weehang, tumeah arah we adi ngah rapne ih chamlang!’
25 But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you [(sg)] were alive [on earth] you enjoyed [many] good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now [it is fair that] he is happy here, and you are suffering.
“Eno Abraham ih liita,” Dokthun et uh, nga sah, an roidong di an suh jaatrep eseejih loong ah kotaho, erah di Lajaras ah jaatrep ethih loong ah chota. Erah thoidi amadi heh tenroon ih tongla, eno an ah cham elu.
26 Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you [(sg)] and us. So those who want to go from here to where you [(sg)] are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we [(exc)] are.’
Erah loong tokkhodi, seng chamchi ni echoongwah haluung jeela, erah doh o mina uh aako nawa an reeko tami daankhoom raari, adoleh an reeko nawa uh aako nah tami daankhoom raaran.’
27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
Changteng wah ih liita, ‘Erah ang abah, an lasih joh weehala, ewah Abraham, seng wah nok nah Lajaras ah kaat thuk weeuh,
28 I have five brothers [who live there]. Tell him to warn them [to turn away from their sinful behavior so that] they do not also come to this place, where [we(exc)] suffer great pain!’
erah di nga nooloong wah banga je ah. Heh kah ano toom choophaan kah weerum ah, arah than chamchojih adoh neng ah taan naktoom mok wang we rumha.’
29 But Abraham replied, ‘[No, I will not do that, because your brothers] are able to [go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests] read what Moses and the prophets [wrote]. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote]!’
“Abraham ih baatta, ‘An nooloong di Moses nyia khowah loong eje neng suh baatte ah; neng ih erah loong jeng ah kapjih ang ah.’
30 But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, [that will not be enough] But if someone from those who have died goes back to them [and warns them], they will turn from their sinful behavior.’
Changteng wah ih ngaakbaatta, ‘Erah ah talaaleh weeka, ewah Abraham! Erah nah o ang abah uh tek nawa ngaaksaat ano neng reenah kah abah, neng rangdah nawa elek eah.’
31 [Abraham] said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to [what] [MTY] Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote], even if someone would become alive again [and go and warn them], they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} [that they should turn from their sinful behavior].’”
Ang abah uh Abraham ih liita, “Neng ih Moses nyia khowah loong jeng ah lachaat rumka bah, tek nawa ngaaksaatte taatje abah uh neng ih tabaam kapka.’”
