Matthew 22
1 Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
Jesus in amate tung ah sontena son kik a,
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
Vantung kumpingam sia a tapa atu mopoai vawttu kumpipa taw kibang hi,
3 [When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
A naseam te sawl in, a khualhil sa teng samsak napi, kuama pai ngawl hi.
4 So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
A naseam te sawlkik a, khualhil sa teng tung son vun, nitak an sia ki nginkhol sa in om zo hi: ka khui tal te le nganno thau mamate ki ngo siat zo a, na theampo ki nginsa hi zo hi, mopoai ah hongpai tek tavun, ci hi.
5 [But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
Ahihang a khualhil nate in, bangma thusimngawl in, khat sia lo ah, a dang khat sia sumzonna mun ah, tabang in amate uk na tek ah pai veve uh hi:
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
A dang a tang lai te in a naseam te sia man a, vawtsia in that uh hi.
7 [When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
Kumpipa in a zak ciang thin-uk mama a, a ngalkap te sawl in tualthat te siatsua in, amate khuapi te zong mei taw hal siat hi.
8 [After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
Tua mun ah a naseam te hibang in ci hi, mopoai sia kinging siset zo hi, ahihang ka khualhil sa teng a sap thamman om ngawl hi.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Tua ahikom lamzikpi ah pai vun a, na mu uh theampo mopoai pai tu in hil vun.
10 So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
Tua ahikom a naseamte sia lamzikpi ah pai uh a, mipha ngawl le a pha a kibang in a mu uh theampo kaikhawm in, mopoai ah leangna dim siat hi.
11 But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
Kumpipa sia a leangna te en tu in a tum ciang, mopoai puan a sil ngawl mi khat mu a:
12 The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
Lawm awng, hi mun ah bangbang in mopoai puan sil ngawl in hongpai ni ziam? ci in a dok ciang, bangma son tu a nei bua hi.
13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
Tua zawkciang, kumpipa in a naseam te kung ah, a khut le a peang hencip in paipui vun a, a puasang khuazing na ah khia vun; tua mun ah kaana le ha ngoai na om tu hi, ci hi.
14 [Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
Banghangziam cile a kisam tam mama napi, a ki teal tawm hi,
15 After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
Tua zawkciang Pharisee te hongpai in, Jesus pauna pan, bangbang in aita thei tu, ci in ngaisun tek uh hi.
16 They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
Amate in a nungzui te le Herod i mihing te sawl in, Topa awng, nangma sia na thuman hi, kuama zong lau ngawl in le kuama mai zong zakta tuan ngawl a, Pathian thuman lampi hil ni hi, ci kong he uh hi.
17 So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Tua ahikom, bangbang in ngaisun ni ziam? Caesar tung ah shia pia tu khu ziam maw, pia ngawl tu khu ziam? hong son tan, ci uh hi.
18 But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
Ahihang Jesus in amate tatsiatna he a, No a ki hitheamsak te, banghang in hong aita nu ziam
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Shia dangka hong lak tavun, ci hi, amate in zong dangka paipui hi.
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
Jesus in, Hi sia a kua lim le ceptena ziam? ci in dong hi.
21 They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
Amate in, Caesar lim le ceptena hi, ci uh hi, tasiaciang, Caesar neisa te Caesar pia vun a, Pathian a te Pathian pia vun, ci hi.
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Amate in hi thu a zak uh ciang in, lamdangsa tek mama uh a, ama nusia in paisan uh hi.
23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
Tua ni in thawkikna om ngawl hi, a ci Saducee te a kung ah hongpai in, thu dong hi.
24 [In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
Syapa awng, mi khat sia ta nei ngawl in a thi le, a ci-mit ngawl tu in a nau in a mo tenpui tahen, ci in Moses in ci hi.
25 Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
Tu in u nau pa sali om hi: a lianbel sia in zi nei napi, ta nei ngawl in thi hi, tasiaciang a nau kung ah a zi nusiat hi:
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Tabangma in a ni na, a thum na le a sali na dong in thi hi.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
A khakbel ciang in tua numei nu zong thi hi.
28 So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
Tua ahikom thawkikni ciang tua numei nu sia, sali sung pan a kua bel i zi hi tu ziam? banghangziam cile a u nau vekpi in tenpui ngeitek uh hi, ci in dong uh hi.
29 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
Jesus in amate zo kik a, Lai thiangtho le Pathian vangletna na heak ngawl uh hang in khial siat nu hi:
30 The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
Banghangziam cile, thawkik ni ciang in kipui na le tenpui tu in ki pia, cite om nawn ngawl tu a, vantung ngam ah Pathian i vantungmi te bang hi tu hi.
31 But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
Ahihang mithi te thawkikna thu taw kisai Pathian in note tung hong son na ah,
32 ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ 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 know their spirits were still alive]!”
Keima in Abraham Pathian, Isaac Pathian, Jacob Pathian ka hihi, ci in a son thu sim ngei ngawl nu ziam? Pathian sia mithi te Pathian hi ngawl a, a nungta te pathian a hihi, ci hi.
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Tasiaciang mihonpi te in hi thu a zak uh ciang in, Jesus thuhil na lamdangsa mama uh hi.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
Jesus in Sadducee te pau natu he ngawl in vawt hi, ci sia Pharisee te in a zak uh ciang, amate munkhat ah ki kaikhawm uh hi.
35 One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
Tua zawkciang amate sung ah thukhamhil khat in Jesus aita nuam ahikom,
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
Syapa awng, thukham sung pan a lianbel thupiak sia bang ziam? ci in dong hi.
37 Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
Jesus in ama tung ah, Topa na Pathian sia na thinsung theampo, na nuntakna theampo le na ngaisutna theampo taw it in.
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Hi thu sia thupiak masabel le a lian thupiak a hihi.
39 The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
Taciang a ni na sia, nangma le nangma na ki it bang in, na innpam te it in, a ci sia a masabel taw a kibang a hihi.
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
Hi thupiak ni te tung ah thukham theampo le kamsang te thu theampo khuangkhim siat hi, ci hi.
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Pharisee te munkhat ah a ki kaikhop laitak in, Jesus in amate tung ah,
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
Christ sia bangbang in ngaisun nu ziam? akua tapa ziam? ci in dong hi; amate in, David Tapa hi, ci uh hi.
43 Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
Jesus in amate mun ah, Tabang a hile David in Christ sia; Topa, ci in Thaa taw banghang in sam thei ziam, David i ci na ah,
44 [David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
Topa in ka Topa kung ah, na ngal te na peang koina in ka vawt mateng Ka ziatsang ah to in, ci hi.
45 So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
David in Christ sia ka Topa ci in a sam le, banghang in a tapa hi thei tu ziam? ci hi.
46 No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
Kuama in kamkhat zong zo kik thei ngawl ahikom, tua ni pan kipan in, kuama in thu dong ngam nawn ngawl uh hi.
