Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus, [along with us] disciples, left the house [where he was teaching and went] to [Galilee lake]. He sat down there,
Tua ni ma in Jesus inn pan pusuak in, tuili hui ah to hi.
2 and a very large crowd gathered around him to [listen to his teaching]. So, [in order that they would not jostle him] (OR, [to speak to the people better]), he got into a boat and sat down [to teach them]. The crowd stood on the shore [and was listening].
Mihon pi te ama kung ah hong ki kaikhop ngawp ciang in, ngunkuang sung ah tuaksuk in, to hi; taciang in mihonpi theampo sia tuili hui ah ding tek uh hi.
3 He was telling them many parables. [One of the parables] that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out [to his field] to sow [some seeds].
Taciang in sontena te zang in thu tampi son a; En vun, thaici poai pa thaici poai tu in hongpai hi;
4 As he was scattering [them over the soil], some [of the] seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.
A poai ciang in, thaici pawlkhat te sia lamzin tung ah tak a, tungleang te hongpai in nekhawng siat hi:
5 Other [seeds] fell on ground where there was not much soil [on top of the] rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, [because the sun quickly warmed] the shallow soil.
Pawlkhat te sia suang tam in, leidai na mun ah tak hi: tawmvei sung in hong po pai hi, banghangziam cile lei thuk ngawl hi:
6 But when [the young plants came up], they were scorched by the sun, and they withered because they did not have [deep] roots.
Tabang in ni hong sua ciang, nisa in kang a; zungthuk nei ngawl ahikom in vuai in ngawtak siat hi.
7 Other seeds fell on [ground that contained roots of] thorny [weeds]. The thorny weeds grew [together with the young plants], and [they] crowded out [the plants].
Pawlkhat te sia lingphung sung ah tak a; lingkung te khang in zapcip siat hi:
8 [But] other seeds fell on good soil, and [the plants grew and] produced [a lot of] grain. Some [plants produced] 100 times [as many seeds as were planted]. Some [plants produced] 60 times [as much]. Some [plants produced] 30 times [as much].
A dang te sia leipha na sung ah tak a, pawlkhat te a se zakhat, pawlkhat te sia a se sawmluk, pawlkhat te sia a se sawm thum in khang hi.
9 If you want to understand this [MTY], you should consider [carefully what I have just said].”
Zak natu bil nei peuma in, za tahen, ci hi.
10 [We] disciples approached Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowd?”
Taciang in nungzui te Jesus kung ah hongpai a, banghang in sontena taw thuson ni ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
11 He answered [us] saying, “God [EUP/MTY] is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about [how he wants to] rule [over people’s lives]. But he has not revealed it to others.
Jesus in, Banghangziam cile, vantung kumpingam thuku heak thei na sia note hong kipia zo hikale, mipi te ki pia ngawl lai hi.
12 Those who [think about what I say and] understand [it], God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not [think carefully about what I say] will forget even what they already know.
Banghangziam cile, a neite ki pia thua tu a, a dimlet in nei tu hi: ahihang a nei ngawl te kung pan in a neisun zong ki laksak lai tu hi.
13 That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see [what I do], they do not perceive [what it means], and although they hear [what I say], they do not really understand [what it means].
Tua ahikom amate tung ah sontena te taw thuson khi hi: banghangziam cile amate sia en napi mu ngawl; ngai napi za ngawl in tel zong tel thei ngawl uh hi.
14 What these people do completely fulfills what [God told] the prophet Isaiah [to say long ago to the people who did not] try to understand what he said, You will hear [what I say], but you will not understand it. You will keep seeing [what I do], but you will not understand [what it means] [DOU].
Kamsang Isaiah in maisangthu a sonkholna ah, note sia za napi na tel bua uh hi; mu tu hi napi, kan tel ngawl nu hi, a ci thu amate tung ah tangtung hi.
15 [God also said to Isaiah], These people have become unresponsive [MTY] [to what they see me do and to what they hear me say]. They listen unwillingly [MTY] [to what I say], and they do not pay attention to [MTY] [what I do]. If it were not so, they would perceive [MTY] [what I am doing], they would understand [MTY] [what I say to them], and they would turn [away from their sinful lives] and turn [to me], and I would save them [from being punished for their sins] [MET].
Banghangziam cile, hi minam te sia a mit te khua mu ngawl, a bil te khuaza ngawl, a thinsung in bangma tel thei ngawl in, a nuntak na uh zong ki kheal ngawl hang in, a natna te zong ka damsak ngawl zadong in, amate sia a thinpui lei a, a bil uh in khua za hak bek domngawl in a mit uh zong thi siat hi.
16 But as for you, God is pleased with you because you [SYN] have seen [what I have done] and because you [SYN] understand [what I say] [DOU].
Ahizong, note sia na mit in mu a: na bil zong in za ahikom in thuphatoai na hi uh hi.
17 Note this: Many prophets and righteous people [who lived long ago] longed to see what you are seeing [me do], but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but they did not hear [what you hear me say].” [DOU]
A tatak ka ci ciang, na mu uh le na zak uh te kamsang te le mi thutang te in mu nuam mama napi, mu tha ngawl hi; za nuam mama napi, za tha ngawl hi.
18 “[Since God wants] you [to understand what I am teaching you], listen as I [explain] the parable about the man who sowed [seeds in various kinds of soil].
Tuahang in thaici poaipa thu sontena sia ngai vun.
19 The people who hear about how God rules over people’s lives and do not understand [what they have heard] are [like] the path where [some of] the seeds fell. [Satan], the Evil One, comes and causes these people to forget [MET] what they have heard [MET].
Lamzin tung ah atak thaici i khiakna sia, khatpo in kumpingam thu za a, tel thei ngawl hi, taciang mi pha ngawl pa hongpai in, a thinsung ah a ki poai thaici sia laksak hi.
20 [Some people are like the] shallow soil on top of rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it joyfully.
Suangtam na mun ah a tak thaici sia, thu a zak pociang lungdamtak in a sang te hi;
21 [But because it does not penetrate deeply into their inner beings, they believe it for only] a [short] time. [They are like the plants that] did not have [deep] roots. When they are treated badly and caused to suffer because they believe [God’s message], they soon stop believing [it].
Ahihang zungthuk tha ngawl ahikom, tawmvei sung bek khom in: tua thu hang in haksatna le vawtsiatna a thet ciang, tawlnga kik pai hi.
22 [Some people are like the soil that had the roots of] thorny [weeds] in it. They hear God’s message, but they desire to be rich, [so they] worry [only] about [MTY, PRS] material things. As a result, they [PRS] forget [God’s] message, and they do not do [IDM] the things that God wants them to do. (aiōn g165)
Lingphung sung a tak thaici te sia, thu za napi; hileitung thinngimna, leitung hauna i theamna in tua thu zapcip a, nga zo ngawl hi. (aiōn g165)
23 But [some people are like the] good soil where [some of the seeds] fell. [Just like the plants that grew in this soil] produced a lot of grain, [these people] hear my message and understand it. [Some of them] do many things [IDM] [that please God, some do] even more [things that please God, and some do] very many [things that please God].”
Leipha na ah a tak thaici te sia, thu za a, a telthiam te hi; tua te in a nga hong nga a, pawlkhat te a se zakhat, pawlkhat te a se sawmluk, pawlkhat te a se sawmthum ciang dong khang hi.
24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable, [by which he tried to explain that although] God [MTY/EUP] is a king, [he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people]. Jesus said, “[God] is like a landowner [who sent his servants] to sow good [wheat] seed in his field.
Jesus in amate tung ah sontena adang khat son thua a, Vantung kumpingam sia pasal khat in a lo sung ah thaici pha a cing taw kibang hi:
25 While those servants were sleeping [and not watching the field], an enemy of the landowner came and scattered weed [seeds] in the midst of the wheat. Then he left.
Hi kale, ngual mut lan in, a ngal pa hongpai a, zungtang sung ah mimphei ci a poai zawkciang, ciakik hi.
26 After [the seeds] sprouted and the green plants [grew], the heads of grain began to form. But the weeds also grew.
Thaici hong po in, tanghui te hong luak ciang in, mimphei te hong kilang hi.
27 So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, you [RHQ] [gave us good seeds and those are the ones we] [RHQ] [planted] in your field. So where did the weeds come from?’
Tabang ahiciang, naseam te inteakpa kung ah hongpai a, Topa awng, na losung ah thaici pha poai hi ngawl ni ziam? koisung pan hi mimphei te hong theng ziam? ci in dong hi.
28 The landowner said to them, ‘[My] enemy did this.’ His servants said to him, ‘So, do you want us to pull up [the weeds and] put them in a pile?’
Innteakpa in hite sia ka ngalpa i vawt a hihi, ci hi. A naseam te in ama kung ah, pai in mimphei te ka bot tu uh ziam? ci in dong hi.
29 He said [to them], ‘No, [do not do that, because] you might pull up [some of] the wheat at the same time.
Ahihang inteakpa in, bot heak vun; banghangziam cile mimphei te na baw uh ciang, zungtang te taw bot khawm tha tu nu hi, ci hi.
30 Let the wheat and the weeds grow together until harvest [time].’ At that time I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather the weeds, tie them into bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat [and put it] into my barns.’”
Anlak hun dong khang khawm phot tahen, anlak hun ciang in mimphei te khawm masa vun a, na lom hen zawk uh ciang hal vun: ahihang zungtang te a hile seau sung ah thun vun, ci in anla te ka ci tu hi, ci hi.
31 Jesus also told this parable: “The [number of] (OR, [God’s influence in the lives of]) [people whose] lives God rules over [will continue to grow. It is very much] like mustard seeds grow after a man plants them in his field.
Jesus in sontena dang khat ma a son thua na ah, Vantung kumpingam sia pasal khat in ankam cii la in, lo sung ah a poai taw kibang hi:
32 Although mustard seeds are among the smallest of all the seeds [that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs that are large enough for birds to build nests in their branches.”]
Tua thaici sia thaici theampo sung pan a nobel hi: ahihang hong khan ciang in ante teng sung pan a lianbel hong suak a, a kung hong suak hi, tua hu in van a vacim te zong hongpai in a bak te tung ah tawlnga hi, ci hi.
33 Jesus also told this parable: “[The way people who let] God [MTY/EUP] rule their lives [MET] [can influence the world] is like yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
Jesus in amate tung ah sontena dang khat a son thu sia; Vantung kumpingam sia nupi khat in tol tawm a lak sia, anvui law thum sung ah hel a, tua tol tawm cilik in anvui theampo a pawmsak siat taw kibang hi, ci hi.
34 Jesus told the crowd parables [to teach them] all these things. When he spoke [HYP] to them, he habitually used such illustrations.
Jesus in hi sontena te zang in mipite tung ah thuson hi: sontena zang ngawl in thuson ngeingawl hi:
35 By doing that, [he] fulfilled what [God told one of] the prophets to write [long ago]: I will speak [MTY] in parables; I will tell [parables to teach] what I have kept secret since I created the world.
Kamsang i sonkholna ah, amate tung ah sontena te zang in thuson tu khi hi; leitung bulpi a ki phu panin thuku sia amate tung ah pualak tu khi hi, ci thu a tangtunna tu hi.
36 After Jesus dismissed the crowds, he went inside. Then [we] disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable about the weeds [that grew] in the [wheat] field.”
Tua zawkciang Jesus in mihonpi te ciasak a, innsung ah a tum uh ciang: a nungzui te a kung ah hongpai in, losung a mimphei thu sontena sia hong son tan, ci uh hi.
37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed represents [me], the one who came from heaven.
Jesus in, Thaici pha a poai sia mihing Tapa hi;
38 The field represents this world [MTY], [where people live]. The seeds [that grew] well represent the people who let God rule their lives [MET]. The weeds represent the people who do what [the devil], the Evil One, [tells them to do].
Lo sia leitung bup hi; thaici pha sia kumpingam tate a hihi; ahihang mimphei te sia mi pha ngawl pa tate a hihi;
39 The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The [time when the reapers will] harvest [the grain] represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. (aiōn g165)
Mimphei cii a poai ngalpa sia doaimangpa hi; anlak hun sia leitung bo hun hi a; anla te sia vantungmi te a hihi. (aiōn g165)
40 The weeds are gathered and burned. {The reapers gather the weeds. Then they burn them.} That represents [the judging of people, which God will do] when the world will end. [It will be like this]: (aiōn g165)
Tua ahikom mimphei te sia khawm in, mei taw hal siat hi; tasiabangma in hileitung a bo ciang in piang tu hi. (aiōn g165)
41 I, the one who came from heaven, will send my angels, and they will gather [from everywhere the people] who cause others to quit believing in me [MET] and all those who disobey [God’s] commands.
Mihing Tapa in, Ama vantungmi te sawl tu a, mi a khialsak te le siatna a vawt te ama ukna sung pan kaikhawm tu hi;
42 They will throw those people into the fires of [hell]. There those people will weep and grind their teeth [because of the great pain that they are suffering]. (questioned)
Tua te sia kaa na le hangoaina mun mei sung ah khiasuk tuh hi.
43 [God’s] brightness will shine [on] the people who have lived as he wants them to. It will shine [on them as brightly] as the sun [shines]. It will shine on them in the place where [God], their Father, rules over them. If you want to understand this [MTY], you should think [carefully] about what I have just said.”
Taciang in mipha te sia a Pa uh i ukna sung ah ni bang in tang tu uh hi. Zak natu bil nei theampo in za tahen.
44 “[What people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what a certain man did to acquire a treasure]. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field [and never dug it up again]}. When [another] man found it, he hid it [by burying it again in order that no one else would find it]. Being very happy [that he had found something very valuable, he went and] sold all his possessions [to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in]. He then went and bought the field, [and so he was able to acquire that treasure].
Vantung kumpingam thu sia, losung ah a ki sealcip na manpha taw kibang hi; tua neisa sia khatpo in a mu ciang in, phual a, lungdam mama in a neisa theampo zuak hi, taciang tua lo lei hi.
45 Also, what [people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what] a merchant [did who was] looking for good quality pearls [to buy].
Vantung kumpingam sia a manham pale a zong sumleang pa taw kibang hi:
46 When he found one very costly pearl [that was for sale], he sold all his possessions [to acquire enough money to buy that pearl]. Then he [went and] bought it.
Ama in a manham pale khat a mu ciang in, a neisa theampo zuak in, lei hi.
47 What God [MTY/EUP] [will do to people who falsely say that they are letting him] rule their lives is like what certain [fishermen] did [with the fish they caught] in a lake, using a large net. They caught all classes [of fish, both useful and worthless fish].
Vantung kumpingam thu sia tuipi sung ah a ki pai, ngasa tatuam a awk ngen taw kibang hi:
48 When the net was full, the [fishermen] pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat there and put the useful [fish] into buckets, and threw the worthless ones away.
A ngen a dim ciang in tuihui ah kai a, a to kawm in teal hi, ngasa pha te bawm sung ah heang a, a pha ngawl te sia vawk hi.
49 [What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones] is like [what will happen to people] when the world ends. The angels will come [to where God is judging people], and will separate the wicked [people] from the righteous [ones]. (aiōn g165)
Hi leitung bo ciang in tabangma hi tu hi: vantungmi te hongpai in, mipha te sung pan in mi pha ngawl te khen tu a, (aiōn g165)
50 They will throw the wicked people into the fire [in hell]. And those wicked people will weep and gnash their teeth [because of the intense pain they are suffering].” (questioned)
Kaana le hangoaina mun meisung ah khia tu hi, ci in zo hi.
51 [Then Jesus asked us], “Do you understand all these [parables I have told you]?” We said to him,
Jesus in, Hi thu te theampo na tel zo uh ziam? ci in dong hi, amate in tel khu hi, Topa, ci in zo kik uh hi.
52 “Yes, [we understand them].” Then he said to us, “Because [you understand all these parables], [you will understand the following parable: You, along with] all others, will teach people what [you heard me say] about God ruling people’s lives. [You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be] like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.”
Jesus in amate tung ah, Tua ahikom, vantung kumpingam atu in a ki hil thukhamhil te sia, a neisa a lui le a thak a vekpi in a pusua inn neipa taw kibang hi.
53 When Jesus had finished [telling] these parables, he took [us] and left that [area].
Jesus in hi sontena te a son zawkciang tua mun pan in pusuak hi.
54 We went to [Nazareth, his hometown. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day]) he began to teach the people in the Jewish worship house. The result was that the people there were astonished. But [some] said, “[This man is just an ordinary person like us. So] how is it that he knows so much and understands so much [RHQ]? And how is it that he is able to do [such] miracles [RHQ]?
Ama ngamsung a tum ciang in, amate i synagogue sung ah thuhil a, amate in lamdangsa mama in, hibang ciimna le vangletna nei nasep te sia koisung pan nga ziam?
55 (He is [just] the son of the carpenter!/Isn’t he [just] the son of the carpenter [that lived here]?) [RHQ] His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas [RHQ]!
Ama sia lettama pa tapa hi ngawl ziam? Mary sia a nu hi ngawl ziam? James, Joses, Simon le Judah te zong a suapui te hi ngawl ziam?
56 (And his sisters [also live] here in our [town]./Do not his sisters [live] in our [town]?) [RHQ] So how is he able to do all these [miracles]?”
A suapui nu te zong i kung ma ah hong om hi ngawl ziam? koisung pan hisia pa in hite theampo nga ziam? ci uh hi.
57 The people were unable to accept [that] he [was the Messiah. So] Jesus said to them, “[People] honor [me and other] prophets [everywhere else we go], but in [our] hometowns [we are] not [honored], and [even] our own families do not [honor us!]”
Amate sia Jesus hang in tha neam uh hi. Ahihang Jesus in amate tung ah, Kamsang sia ama ngamsung le a innkuan sung simngawl mundang ah ki upat hi, ci hi.
58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe [that he was the Messiah].
Amate i up ngawlna hang in, tua mun ah vanglian nasep tam seam ngawl hi.
