Luke 8
1 Soon after that, Jesus went, along with his twelve [disciples], through various cities and villages. As they went, he was telling people the good message about how God wants (to have complete control/to rule) [MET] [over their lives].
Tua zawkciang in, Jesus sia Pathian kumpingam lungdamna thupha son tu in khuapi le khua no sang ah nungzui sawmleni te taw pai hi,
2 Some women from whom he had expelled evil spirits and healed of diseases also [went with him]. These included Mary, the woman from Magdala [village], from whom [he had expelled] seven evil spirits;
Taciang natna a tatuam le doai ngilo vei na pan a damsak numei te, tua numei te sung ah, a sung pan doai sali a hawlkhiatsak Mary magdalene,
3 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, who was one of [King] Herod [Antipas’] officials; Susanna; and many others. They were providing some of their own funds [to help Jesus and his disciples].
Herod i neisa keam Chuza i zi Joanna, Susanna le a dang tampi te in amate neisa te taw Jesus paai uh hi.
4 A large crowd of people came to Jesus from many towns. Then he told them this parable:
Khua tatuam pan in mi tampi te Jesus kung ah hong ki kaikhop ciang in, thu sontena son a:
5 “A man went out [to his field] to sow [some] seeds. As he was scattering them over the soil, some [of the seeds] fell on the path. Then [people] walked on those seeds, and birds ate them.
Thaici poai khat thaici poai tu in pai hi: a poai ciang in, pawlkhat te lamlai ah tak hi; tate sia ki sikcil lel a, van a leang vacim te in ne siat hi.
6 Some [of the seeds] fell on rock [on which there was a thin layer of] moist [soil]. As soon as the seeds grew, the plants dried up because they had no moisture.
Pawlkhat te sia suang tung ah tak a; a po zawkpociang ngawtak pai hi, banghangziam cile lei hing ngawl hang a hihi.
7 Some [of the seeds] fell on [ground that contained roots of] thorny [weeds]. The thorny weeds grew [together] with the young plants, and [they] crowded out [those plants].
Thaici pawlkhat te sia lingphung sung ah tak hi; ling te taw khangkhawm a, ling te in deapcip hi.
8 But some of the seeds fell on good soil and grew [well]. [Each seed later] produced 100 [grains].” Then Jesus called out to them, “If you want to understand [MTY] this, you must consider [carefully what I have just said]!”
A dang te sia leipha na mun ah tak a, po in a se zakhat in khang hi. Taciang hi thu te a son zawkciang in, Zak natu bil nei theampo in za ta uh hen, ci au hi.
9 Jesus’ disciples [later] asked him about the meaning of the parable [he had just told].
Taciang a nungzui te in, hi sontena a khiakna bang ziam? ci in dong hi.
10 He said, “God is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about [how he wants to] rule [MET] [over people’s lives]. But when I am telling other people about [these things, I tell them] only in parables. The result will be [like a prophet predicted long ago]: They will see [what I am doing], but will not perceive [what it means]. They will hear [what I am saying], but will not understand [it].
Jesus in, Pathian kumpingam thuku te heak thei na note tung ah hong ki pia zo hi: ahihang ngualdang te tung ah sontena te bek taw ki son tu hi; en napi mu ngawl tu uh hi, ngai na pi tel tuan ngawl tu uh hi.
11 So this is the meaning of that parable: The seeds [represent] God’s message.
Hi sontena sia hibang a hihi: thaici sia Pathian kammal a hihi.
12 [Some people are like] the path on which some of [the seeds fell]. When these people hear God’s message, the devil comes and causes them to forget what they have heard. As a result, they do not believe it, and will not be saved {[God] will not save them}.
Lampi ah a tak thaici sia Pathian kammal za napi, um in ngupna a nga thei ngawl natu in, doaimangpa hongpai a amate thinsung pan in Pathian kammal te laksak siat hi.
13 [Some people are like] the [soil with] rock [underneath]. When they hear [God’s] message, they accept it joyfully. [But because it does not penetrate deeply] [MET] [into their inner beings], they believe it for [only] a [short] time. [They are like the plants that] did not have [deep] roots. When difficult things happen to them, they stop believing [God’s message].
Suang tung ah a tak thaici te sia, Pathian kammal za a, lungdam in sang napi, zung a nei ngawl hang in tawmvei sung um a, ze-etna hun ciang pukkik pai hi.
14 [Some people are like] the [soil that had roots of] thorny [weeds] in it. They are people who accept [God’s message], but later on they worry about things, and try to become rich, and enjoy [things that give them] a lot of pleasure. So they do not become [spiritually] mature.
Lingphung sung a tak thaici te sia, Pathian kammal za napi, leitung thinngimna, hauna le lungkimna te in deap cip a, nga pha nga zo ngawl hi.
15 But [some people are like] the good soil. They hear [God’s] message and accept it. They [become] good, honest people, and they continue doing things [that please God] [MET].”
Ahihang leipha na a tak thaici te sia, Pathian kammal a zak uh ciang in, thinsung pha le thuman taw Pathian kammal za a, keamcing ahikom thuakna taw nga pha a nga te a hihi.
16 “After people light a lamp, they do not cover it with a basket or put it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a lampstand, so that those who enter [their house] can see [things from] its light [MET]. [Similarly, you must tell God’s truth to others so that they can know what I can do for them].
Kuama in khuaimei a det uh ciang in khum taw sin ngei ngawl a, lupna nuai ah zong koi ngei ngawl hi; ahihang innsung a tum te in a vaangtang a mu thei natu in meidet na munsang ah koi hi.
17 [God wants to] make clear all [of his truth] that was not evident previously. [He intends] that all of [the truth] that [he] had not revealed before be told openly {that [his people] openly tell [others] all [of the truth] that [he] has not revealed before}.
Banghangziam cile a kilang ngawl tu in sealcip thei om ngawl a; heak ngawl tu le ki thethang ngawl tu in phual thei na zong om ngawl hi.
18 So listen carefully [to what I tell you], because [God] will enable those who accept [my truth] to [understand even] more. But [God] will cause those who do not accept [my truth] to not understand even [the little] that they think they have [understood].”
Tua ahikom na thu zak uh te kidawm vun, banghangziam cile a kuamapo a nei te ki pia tu a; a nei ngawl khatpo zong a nei bang in a ngaisut te ki laksak vet lai tu hi, ci hi.
19 [One day Jesus’] mother and his [younger] brothers came to see him, but they could not get near him because there was a large crowd [around him in the house].
Jesus a nu le a suapui te hongpai uh ahihang, mi tamlei ahikom a kung ah pai thei ngawl hi.
20 Someone told him, “Your mother and your [younger] brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
Mi khat in Jesus kung ah, na nu le na suapui te nangma taw ki mu nuam in a puasang ah ding hi, ci in son hi.
21 He replied, “Those who hear God’s message and obey it are [as dear to me] [MET] as my mother and my brothers.”
Taciang Jesus in amate tung ah, Pathian thu ngai in, a seam te sia ka nu le ka suapui te a hi uh hi, ci in zo kik hi.
22 One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, “Let’s go [around to] the other side of the lake.” So they started to go.
Nikhat Jesus a nungzui te taw ngunkuang sung ah to uh a: amate tung ah, Tuili ngalkhat ah pai tawng, ci hi. Taciang ngunkuang taw pai tek uh hi.
23 As they were sailing, he fell asleep. A big windstorm struck the lake. Soon the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.
Ahihang ngunkuang taw a pai uh laitak in Jesus mu hi: tuili tung ah huipi suangval hong va hi; taciang ngunkuang sung ah tuidim in, a lauhuai mama dinmun hong theng hi.
24 Jesus’ disciples woke him up. They said [to him], “Master! Master! We [(inc)] are going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to be calm. The wind [immediately] stopped blowing and the waves calmed down. [The lake] became calm.
Nungzui te Jesus kung pai in phong a, Topa, Topa, bo cip khu hi, ci uh hi. Jesus hong tho a, huipi le tuihual te tei hi: taciang amate thim uh a, dai dide hi.
25 He said to them, “(I [am disappointed that] you did not trust me [to help you]!/Why did you not trust me [to help you]?)” [RHQ] They were afraid. They were also amazed. They said to each other, “(What kind of man is this?/This man is not like ordinary men!) [RHQ] He [not only commands people, but] when he commands the wind and the water, they also obey him!”
Jesus in amate tung ah, Na upna uh kongsung ziam? ci hi. Taciang amate lau le lamdangsa in, hisia pa sia bangbang mihing ziam! banghangziam cile ama in huipi le tui te thupia a, a thu ni uh hi, ci in khat le khat kikum uh hi.
26 Jesus and his disciples arrived at the region near Gerasa, a [town] which [was on the eastern] side of Lake [Galilee].
Taciang amate sia Galilee ngalkhat, Gadarenes ngam ah hong theng uh hi.
27 [There was] a man [in that region] in whom demons lived. [He was] from the town [of Gerasa]. (OR, [In that area there was] a man [from that town] whom demons controlled.) For a long time he had not worn clothes. He did not live in a house. Instead, he lived in burial caves.
Jesus tuihui ah hong kato ciang in, doai a vei zawk a ngei mama zo khat taw ki si uh hi, ama sia puansil ngawl in, inn zong om ngei ngawl a, than sung bebek ah om hi.
28 Many times [demons] attacked him. He was guarded {[People] tried to guard him} [so that he would not injure others]. Chains were fastened {They fastened chains} on his hands and shackles on his feet, but he would break the chains and shackles. Then he would be sent away by the demons {the demons would send him away} to some desolate area. When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, the man saw him. He [ran to Jesus] and prostrated himself before him. Then Jesus commanded, “You evil spirit, come out of that man!” But it [did not leave immediately. Instead, it] caused the man to shout very loudly, “Jesus, Son of the great God in heaven, since we [(inc)] have nothing in common, [leave me alone] [RHQ]! I beg you, do not torture me [now]!”
Jesus a mu ciang in, au a, a mai ah bok in, taciang aw ngingtak taw, Jesus, nang a sangbel Pathian Tapa, nang taw bang kisaina nei hi ziam? hong vawtsia heak in, hesuak kong ngen hi, ci hi.
Banghangziam cile Jesus in tha-nin sia mihing sung pan pusuak tu in thu pia zo hi. Tamvei mama doai ngilo in ama man hi: taciang ama sia saikhau le thikkhau taw hen uh ahihang; a hen nate bottan in, doai ngilo in duisung ah paisak hi.
30 [In order to expel the demon more easily], Jesus asked [the demon], “What is your [(sg)] name?” He replied, “My name is Crowd/Mob.” [He said that] because many demons had entered that man.
Jesus in, Na min kua ziam? ci in dong hi, ama in ka min sia Legion, hi ci hi: banghangziam cile doai ngilo tam mama a sung ah tum hi.
31 [The demons] kept begging [Jesus] that he would not command them to go into the deep place [where God punishes demons]. (Abyssos g12)
Doai ngilo te in Jesus kung ah, dum thukpi sung ah a hawlkhiat ngawl natu in ngen hi. (Abyssos g12)
32 There was a large herd of pigs (grazing/rooting for food) on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus that he allow them to enter the pigs. So he did.
Mualtung ah vokhon tam mama anne in om hi: taciang doai ngilo te in Jesus tung ah vokhon sung ah tumsak natu in ngen uh a, Jesus in tumsak hi.
33 The demons left the man and entered the pigs. Then the herd [of pigs] rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Tua pa sung pan in doai ngilo te pusuak a, vokhon sung ah tum hi: vokhon te sia liang pan ki nuntaw suk in tuili sung ah tuita in thi siat hi.
34 When the men who were taking care of the pigs saw what happened, they ran! They told people inside the town and outside the town what had happened.
Vokcing te in thupiang teng a mu uh ciang, tai uh a, tua thu khuasung le khuano tatuam te ah son hi.
35 So people went out to see what had happened. When they came to where Jesus was, they saw that the man from whom Jesus had [expelled] the demons was sitting at the feet of Jesus, [listening to him]. He had clothes on, and his mind was normal again. Then those people became afraid [because they thought that Jesus would destroy more of their property] (OR, [because they realized that he must be very powerful]).
Tua thupiang en tu in mi tampi pusuak uh a; Jesus kung ah hongpai uh hi, taciang a sung pan doai ngilo a pusuak pa nik le puan sil in, thinsung man in Jesus peang kung ah a to a mu uh ciang in, lau tek mama uh hi.
36 The people who had seen what happened told those [who had just arrived] how [Jesus] had healed the man whom demons were controlling [before].
Tua pa a mu uh ciang in doai ngilo vei in a thin-am pa a damkik na thu ngualdang te son uh hi.
37 Then [those people and] many other people [HYP] from the area near Gerasa asked Jesus to leave their area. They were very afraid of [what else Jesus would do to them]. So [Jesus and the disciples] got into the boat to go back across the lake.
Tasiaciang Gadarenes ngam le a kiimkot a om mihonpi theampo in amate kung pan pusuak tu in ngen uh hi; banghangziam cile amate lau mama uh hi: taciang Jesus sia ngunkuang sung ah to a, cia kik hi.
38 The man from whom he had [expelled] the demons begged him saying, “[Please], let me go with you!” But [Jesus refused. Instead], he said to him,
A sung pan doai ngilo tampi a pusuak pa in Jesus zui tu in ngen hi: ahihang Jesus in ama paisak a,
39 “[No], go home and tell people how much God has done for you!” Then he sent him away. So the man went away and told people throughout the nearby town how much Jesus had done for him.
Na inn ah cia tan a, Pathian in nangma atu in na lianpi hong vawtsak te son in, ci hi. Tua pa zong pai a, Jesus in ama atu a vawtsak na lianpi te khuasung theampo ah tangko hi.
40 When [Jesus and the disciples] returned [to Capernaum], a crowd of people who had been waiting for him welcomed him.
Jesus a heakkik ciang in, mite in lungdamtak in sang uh hi: banghangziam cile a vekpi in ama ngak tek uh hi.
41 Just then a man named Jairus, who was one of the leaders (of the synagogue/of the Jewish meeting place) [there], came near and prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet. He pleaded with Jesus, “Please come to my house [and heal my daughter],
Taciang, en vun Jairus a kici, synagogue lampui khat hongpai hi: taciang a inn ah pai tu in a peang ah bok in thum hi.
42 my only daughter, who is about twelve years old, because she is dying!” As Jesus went with him, many people crowded close to Jesus.
Banghangziam cile a tanu neisun sia kum sawm le kum ni kiim hi a, thi dektak in zau hi. Ahihang Jesus a pai ciang in ngual in phul kheukho hi.
43 Then a woman came near. She had been suffering from constant [vaginal] [EUP] bleeding for twelve years, but she could not be healed by anyone {no one could heal her}.
Tuate sung ah numei khat kum sawm le kum ni sung thisuak in a nei theampo syavuan te tung ah zangsiat napi, kuama in damsak thei ngawl hi.
44 She came behind [Jesus] and touched the edge of his robe [in order to be healed]. At once her bleeding stopped.
Jesus nung pan pai in, a puan mong dawn a tham pociang, a thisuak tawlnga hi.
45 Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When everyone said that they had not touched him, Peter said, “Lord, there is a large crowd of people around you [(sg)] and crowding against you, [so any one of them might have touched you]!”
Taciang Jesus in, Kua na hong tham nu ziam? ci hi. Mi theampo in nial uh a, Peter le a kung ah a om te in, Topa awng, mihonpi in hong phul kheukho in hong neng cip hi, banghang in, kua in hong tham nu ziam ci ni ziam? ci uh hi.
46 But Jesus said, “[I know that] someone [deliberately] touched me, [because] my power has healed someone [who touched me].”
Jesus in, Khat in hong tham hi: banghangziam cile ka sung pan in vangletna a pusuak hunlam he khi hi, ci hi.
47 When the woman realized that she could not prevent [Jesus] (OR, [people]) from knowing that [she was healed], her body began to shake. [She was afraid that because she had disobeyed the law that a woman with such a condition should not touch others, Jesus might scold her for doing that]. She prostrated herself before Jesus. As the other people were listening, she told why she had touched him and how she had been healed immediately.
Numeinu in ki im thei ngawl tu hi, ci a tel ciang, huang vadil kawm in hongpai a, Jesus mai ah bok hi, mi theampo mai ah, banghang in Jesus tham ci le, thakhatthu in a dam na thu pualak hi.
48 [Jesus] said to her, “(Ma’am/My dear woman), because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you. Go [from here, and may you experience God’s] peace [within you].”
Jesus in, Ka tanu awng, patau heak in: na upna in hong damsak zo hi; thinnuamtak in cia in, ci hi.
49 While he was still talking [to her], a man from Jairus’ house came and said to Jairus, “Your daughter has died. So (it is useless that you bother the teacher any longer [by urging him to go to your house]!/why do you bother the teacher any longer [by urging him to go to your house]?) [RHQ]”
Taciang Jesus a pau laitak in, synagogue lampui pa inn pan khat hongpai a, na tanu thi zo hi; Syapa nawngkaisak nawn heak in, ci hi.
50 But when Jesus heard that, he said to Jairus, “Do not think that there is nothing more that can be done. Just believe that [I can help her. If you(sg) do that], she will live again.”
Ahihang Jesus in, tua thu za a, Lau heak in: um bek um in, taciang ama dam tu hi, ci in zo kik hi.
51 When they arrived outside Jairus’ house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, James, and the girl’s mother and father to go in Jairus’ house with him.
Jesus tua inn a thet ciang in, Peter, James, John le patangno i nu le pa simngawl kuama innsung ah tumsak ngawl hi.
52 All the people [there] were crying and beating their chests [to show that they were sad]. But, [knowing that he would cause the girl to live again], he said to them, “Stop crying! She is not dead! She is [just] sleeping [MET]!”
Mi theampo kap uh a, tua nu sia nasia tak in ka tek uh hi: ahihang Jesus in, Kap heak vun; ama thi ngawl hi, a mu hi, ci hi.
53 The people laughed at him, because they knew that [the girl] was dead.
Numei no sia thi hi, ci he tek zo a hi uh man in Jesus selno in nuisan uh hi.
54 But [Jesus] took hold of her hand and called to her, saying, “Child, get up!”
Jesus in a vekpi in pusuaksak siat hi, taciang numeino khut pan len in sam a, Tanu no, tho in, ci hi.
55 At once her spirit returned [to her body] and she got up. Jesus immediately said, “Give her something to eat!”
Tasiaciang a thaa hong heakkik a, thakhatthu in thokik hi: taciang Jesus in, an pia tu in thupia hi.
56 Her parents were amazed, but Jesus told them not to tell anyone [else yet] what had happened.
Taciang a nu le a pa te in lamdangsa mama hi: ahihang Jesus in a sep thu kuama tung son ngawl tu in vaitha hi.
