Luke 20
1 One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
Saasiit Jisu ih Rangteenok ni miloong asuh nyootsootta nyia Ruurang Ese tiit baatta adi, romwah phokhoh nyia Hootthe nyootte loong, ah mihak phokhoh loong damdi roong ra rumha no
2 They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
li rumta, “Baat thaak he, an arah loong ah o chaan nawa ih reeraang lu? Arah jen reetheng chaan ah an suh o ih kotaho?”
3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
Jisu ih ngaakbaat rumta, “Amadoh sen suh jengkhaap chaak cheng rumha. Baat he,
4 where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
Juungtemte Joon ih juungtem kahoon arah Rangte jiin nawa tama mina jiin nawa chota?”
5 They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
Eno neng chamchiini phang daanmui rumta, “Seng ih mamet baat ih? Seng ih ‘Rangte re nawa’ et li ih bah, ‘Erah ang abah, sen ih Juungtemte Joon ah mamah lahanpi ih han?’ ih li baat he.
6 But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
Eno ‘Mina re nawa,’ ih mok baat ih bah, arah than miloong ah ih seng ah jong ih paat he, tumeah neng ih Joon ah khowah ih ejen jat et rumta.”
7 So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
Erah thoih ih neng ih amet ngaakbaat rumta, “Seng ih tajatke ma nawa ra taha rah ah.”
8 Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
Eno Jisu ih li rumta, “Erah ang abah, ngah marah nawa chaan ih jen reelang erah uh sen suh tabaat rumra.”
9 Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
Eno Jisu ih arah tiitthaak ah miloong suh baatta: “Teewadi mih wasiit ih potiik phek phekta, eno phekphoop phekte suh phek thukta, eno heh ah saaloh dook ih heh nok ni tangtong wangta.
10 When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
Eno anggut tiik huitok ah chang ano, changte warah ih phekphoop phekte wah jiinni heh dah ah daapwan ano heh dabbi ah suwang thukta. Enoothong phekphoop phekte loong ah ih dah ah buh rum ano hahuung we ngaakdaap rumta.
11 [Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
Eno heh ih dah wahoh we daap wanta; erah uh phekphoop phekte loong ah ih emamah we buh rum ano, heh rakri laandong ruh ih li wanrumta, eno hahuung we ngaakkaat thuk rumta.
12 [Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
Eno changte warah ih takjom adi wasiit we daap wanta; phekphoop phekte loong ah ih erah warah uh rapne ih buh rum ano, haatkaat rumta.
13 So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
Eno phek changte warah ih liita, ‘Ngah ih tumjih et ang nih? Ngah ih nga mongnook sah ah laan daapwan ang; neng ih boleh esoomtu jaatjaat et rum anih!’
14 [So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
Enoothong phekphoop phekte loong ah ih japtup rum ano, neng chamchi ni wasiit wasiit suh hubaat mui rumta, ‘Arah tang changte wah sah joh. Heh ah tek haat ih no, heh nyamka loong ah thong toom kap ih!’
15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
Eno neng ih tekbuh rum ano phaakkhuh ni haatkaat rumta. “Erah ang abah phek changte warah ih phekphoop phekte loong ah tumjih et ah?” Jisu ih cheng rumta.
16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
“Heh ah wangha no phekphoop phekte loong ah tek haat et ah, eno wahoh suh we phek thuk ah.” Miloong ah ih erah chaat rum ano edaan et rumta, “Emabah mabah uh tah angka!”
17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
Jisu ah nengko ih sok ano cheng rumta, “Erah ang abah, Rangteele ni arah raangha rah tumjih suh liita? ‘Nok hoonte ih jong ah maak di tachapka ih li ano thaangmuh jong et piihaatta rah, thoontang nang ih elongthoon maak di chapla.’
18 [That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
O bah uh erah jong khoh adoh dat ah hechep hechep ih jopkhan ah; erah dam ih erah jong ah o sak khonah bah uh mok dat abah, erah mih ah bungwiik nah bunram ih matpat ah.”
19 The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
Romwah phokhoh nyia Hootthe Nyootte loong ih Jisu ah erarah doh khak suh taat chung rumta, tumeah neng ih ejat et rumta heh ih neng suh li thung ang ano erah tiitthaak ah baat ha eah; enoothong neng ah miloong ra cho rumta.
20 So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
Erah thoidi neng ih heh thetre ah hubansok ruh et rumta. Neng ih mararah mih asuh ngun ah hukoleh toongtang likhiik ih diip reeraang thuk rumta, eno leh Jisu reeni mat ih deejoot suh tumjih tumjih diipcheng wang thuk rumta, tumeah Room hate ngoong awang nyia Kobono suh jootkhak kot suh chung rumta.
21 [So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
Heh juujeengte loong ih Jisu suh baatta, “Nyootte, seng ih jat ehi marah an ih nyoot hu rah epun eah. Seng ih jat ehi an ih o ang abah uh ehin elong tadandeeko, erah nang ih mina suh Rangte thungpunjih amiisak tiit ah nyootsoot hu.
22 [So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Baat thaak he, seng ih Roman Luungwanglong suh, seng Hootthe jun ih sokse ah ekot tam koke?”
23 But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
Enoothong Jisu ih neng mongtham ah jat ano li rumta,
24 “Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
“Ngunkholok ah noisok thaak he. Arah ngun adi o laaphaang ah nyia o men ah?” “Luungwanglong men nyia heh laaphaang,” neng ih ngaak baatta.
25 He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
Eno Jisu ih baat rumta, “Ese ang ah, erah ang abah Luungwanglong dabbi ah Luungwanglong suh ju koh an, eno Rangte dabbi ah Rangte suh ju koh an.”
26 While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
Erah di noksong ngathong ni neng ih hejeng matjoot jih tajap chaat rumta erah thoidi suusu ih tong rum ano, heh jeng ngaak asuh paatja rumta.
27 Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
Eno mararah Sadusi miloong ih, mina tek nawa tangaak thingka ih liite loong ah, ra rumha no Jisu suh cheng rumta,
28 They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
“Nyootte, Moses ih seng suh arah Hootthe ah raangthiinta: ‘Miwah ah tek ano, heh minuh ah sah muh et thiinhaat abah, thaknuh rah etekte no rah ih kap jaatjaat ejih, eno heh sah ah dong tup ano etekte wah sah et thiik ah.’
29 Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
Teewadi soophoh wasinet angta; phokhothoon ah ih heh minuh ah kap ano sah muh ih mattiita.
30 The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
Eno minuh rah miidamwah dam adi we chosongta,
31 Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
erah lilih noolih damdi we chosongta. Emamah soophoh wasinet ah neng sah muh ih matti rumta.
32 Afterwards, the woman died, too.
Lithoon adi, minuh ah thoon mattiita.
33 Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
Eno bah, tek nawa ngaakthing sa doh, erah nuh ah o sanuh angtheng ah? Tumeah erah nuh ah soophoh wah sinetnet damdi chosongta.”
34 Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
Jisu ih ngaakbaat rumta, “Ahaang roi dowa minuh miwah loong ba nook mui rumla, (aiōn g165)
35 But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
enoothong minuh miwah o ang abah uh tek nawa jen ngaakthing ete loong nyia lakngah nawa roidong adoh thingtongte loong abah tanook mui rumka ang ah. (aiōn g165)
36 [You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
Neng ah latek thang ih rangsah loong likhiik ang rum ah. Neng loong ah Rangte sah ang ah, tumeah neng tek nawa ngaaksaat rumta.
37 But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
Eno Moses ih samsek ih jatthuk ha etekte ah ewe ngaakthing ete eah. Bangphook ni we luungta tiit raangha adi Moses ih Teesu suh Abraham Rangte, Isak Rangte nyia Jaakob Rangte ih liita.’
38 It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
Heh ah ethingte loong Rangte, etekte Rangte tah angka, heh nawa ih thoontang ah ething.”
39 Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
Mararah Hootthe nyootte loong ah toonjengta, “Ese ih ngaakbaat hali, Nyootte!”
40 After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Eno erah tokkhodi neng ih takah naan cheng rumta.
41 Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
Jisu ih cheng rumta, “Kristo ah Dewid sutoom ih mamet mi liita?
42 Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
Tumeah Dewid heh teeteewah ih Dewid Boong leedap adi liiha, ‘Teesu ih nga Teesu suh liita: Nga jaawako adoh tong uh
43 [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
anpi anra loong ah ngah ih an lakhu nah maang langlang thuk ah.’
44 King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
Dewid ih heh suh ‘Teesu’ et liita; erah ang abah, Kristo ah Dewid sutoom mamah mi ang ah?”
45 While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
Miloong ih heh jeng boichaat rumta adi, Jisu ih heliphante loong suh baatta,
46 “Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
“Sen teeteewah Hootthe nyootte loong dowa sokthun samthun ih tong an, neng samsong elootlootwah ih song rum ano thaangsang thengnah mih ih jengseera nyia soomtu ah seechoh rumha; neng ih Jehudi loong rangsoomnok ni tongtheng ese ban thiin thuk nyia sadung theng ni tongtheng ese nah tong suh thunte loong re nawa ah;
47 They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
thaknuh loong kaanjuukhu et sok rum ano neng nok ah long et rumha, eno leh rangsoom jeng ah eloot lootwah ih jeng rum leh noisok et rumha! Neng chamnaang theng ah rapne ethithoon ang ah!”
