Maak 12
1 Eno Jisu ih tiitthaak loong ah baat lam ih li rumta: “Teewah di wasiit phek changte wah reh heh phek ni potiik phook loong ah ki ano, pa ih kookpaata, potiik jittheng haluung ah thoh ano bante tongtheng nok echoongwah ih hoon thiinta. Eno erah phek ah phekphoop phekte suh kothiin ano heh hahoh ni kata.
Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
2 Potiik hu tok ah thok kohaano phekphoopte jiinni heh dah wasiit daap wanta, heh chotheng thaang ah suk suh ah.
When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
3 Phekphoop phekte loong rah ih dah ah joh buh rum ano hahuung ngaak daapta.
But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
4 Erah lih adi changte wah ih dah wahoh we wang thukta; eno phekphoop phekte loong ih hekhoh adi buh rum ano heh rakri laandong ruh ih li wanrumta.
Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
5 Erah lidi changte wah ah ih dah wahoh daap wanta, eno erah ah tek haat ih rumta, emamah ih wahoh uh ephoop tek haat rumta rukho ah bot et rumta rukho ah tek haat et rumta.
Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
6 Phek changte wah adi ewangthuk etheng ah heh mongnook sah ah luulu ba dak tongta. Hethoondi heh sah ah phekphoop phekte loong jiinni daap wanta. ‘Ngah ih jat et hang nga sah abah soongraang et rum ah,’ changte wah ih thunta.
The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
7 Enoothong phekphoopte loong ah neng chamchi ni waan rumta, ‘Arah tang ah changte sah. Raahan tekbuh ih no heh nyamka ah seng doh toom ih hoon ah!’
But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
8 Eno heh sah ah joh rum ano tekbuh rum ano heh mang ah phaakkhuh ni haat rumta.
They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
9 “Erah ang abah phekphoopte loong ah changte wah ih tumjih et ah?” Jisu ih chengta. “Heh ah wangha no phekphoop phekte loong ah tekbuh ano wahoh suh lawe phek thuk ja.
So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
10 Sen ih Rangteele ni raangha amiimi ewet tam etan? ‘Nok hoonte ih jaakhoni jong taseeka ih chiik haatta jong ah loongtang nang ih ekapjih ese thoon jong ih hoonla.
[Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
11 Erah Teesu ih hoonta; Tumthan epaatja theng sokjih ah!’”
The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
12 Eno Jehudi mihak phokhoh loong ih heh jootkhak suh chung rumta, tumeah neng ih jat et rumta erah tiitthaak ah neng teewah di nyoot baatta. Enoothong mih luulu ang kano neng ah echo ih rum ano matsoon rumta.
Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
13 Mararah Pharisi nok hah nyia Hirod mina loong Jisu reeni heh jengthet matjoot suh daapkaat rumta.
The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
14 Jisu reeni thokrum ano cheng rumta, “Nyootte, seng ih jat et hi an ih ami tiit ju baat hu, mina ih thunha asuh lasootsaam thang ah. An ih mina ehin elong lathaam sok thang ih, Rangte ih ami tiit nyoot ha erah jun ju baat hu. Erah raang ih seng suh baat he, Roman luungwanglong asuh sokse kohi rah seng Hootthe ni eje tam tajeeka? Seng ih ekot tam takoke?”
After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
15 Enoothong Jisu ih, nga matjoot suh cheng rum halang ih jat ano, ngaakbaat rumta, “Sen ih nga matjoot tumet suh thunhan? Ngunkholok ah piijah han, ngah ih sokthaak ang.”
Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
16 Neng ih ngunkholok esiit piikaat rumta, eno heh ih cheng rumta, “Arah othe okhoh ah nyia omen ah?” “Luungwanglong the akhoh,” et baat rumta.
After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
17 Eno Jisu ih baat rumta, “Ese eno bah Luungwanglong chojih ah Luungwanglong suh koh an, Rangte chojih ah Rangte suh koh an.” Eno Jisu suh rapne ih paatja rumta.
Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
18 Eno mararah Sadusi mina tek nawa tangaaksaatka liite loong ah ih, Jisu suh cheng karumta.
[Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
19 Neng ih liita, “Nyootte, Moses ih seng suh Hootthe amet raangthiinta: ‘Jengthaak ih mih wasiit heh sah maangje di tek ano heh minuh ah thiinhaat abah, heh no damdoh we jen chosong eah, eno heh sah ah heh phoh etekte wah mikkhang ang ah.’
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
20 Teewadi soophoh wasinet angta; phokhoh rah ih heh minuh ah kap ano, heh sah maangje di mattiita.
[So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
21 Eno miidamwah damdi we chosong ano, heh uh emamah ih heh sah maangje di we mattiita. Erah lilih wasiit taat we chosong, erah uh emamah heh sah maangje di we matti,
The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
22 eno soophoh wasinet net: loongtang erah nuh ah damdi taat chosong leh neng sah laje thang ih matti rumta. Hethoon adi minuh ah thoon tiita.
Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
23 Erah ang abah, tek nawa we ngaaksaat rum adoh, heh ah o minuh ang ah? Soophoh wasinet net ih kap thoidi ah.”
Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
24 Jisu ih ngaakbaat rumta, “Mame mokbaang lan! Sen loong ih Rangteele nyia Rangte chaan aphaan lajat thoidi mokjeng lan!
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
25 Maatok doh tek nawa ngaaksaat ah, erah tokdoh rangmong nawa Rangsah loong likhiik ih hoon ah, erah nah mina takah nookmuika.”
[That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
26 Tek nawa ngaaksaat tiit ah: Moses ih raangthiinta leedap adi woma ni we luung damdi Rangte jengta ah taba japweh tan? Erah di Rangte ih Moses suh amet baatta. ‘Ngah Abraham Rangte, Esak Rangte nyi Jaakob Rangte.’
But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
27 Heh ah ethingte loong Rangte, tekchoote Rangte tah angka. Sen loong ah rapne ih moong jenglan!”
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]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
28 Hootthe nyootte wasiit ih neng daanmui rumta ah japchaatta. Jisu ih Sadusi loong suh ese lam ih ngaakbaat rum arah japchaat ano, cheng kata: “Marah jengdang ah loongtang nang ih elongthoon ih kapjih ah?”
A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
29 Jisu ih baatta ehanthoon ih kapjih ah arah, Ijirel mina loong chaat an! Teesu seng Rangte luulu ah juuba Teesu wah.
Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
30 Erah raang ih, senthung sentak, senchi senla, sen tah nawa ih Rangte ah nook an.
[You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
31 Erah lilih jengdang ehan kapjih ah arah: “Senkhuung sentok ah senteewah thanthan et minchan an. Erah nyi tokkhodi ehoh elong jengdang tajeeka.”
The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
32 Eno Hootthe nyootte rah ih Jisu ah guuta, “Elang eh uh, Nyootte! Epun baat et hu Teesu heh luulu abah Rangte, heh tokkhodi ranghoh tajeeka eah.
The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
33 Erah raangtaan ih seng ih Rangte ah seng tenthun mongtham nawa nyia sengthung sengtak adoleh seng tah nawa ih seechoh theng; eno sengkhuung sengtok ah seng teewah thanthan ih seechoh theng. Jaat hoh liiamaan nyi ngunteh seng khosa suh Rangte suh kohi ah nang ih uh arah jengdang enyi ah kapjih.”
You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
34 Erah wah rah ih mongwah maakwah lam ih ngaakbaatta ah jat ano, Jisu ih heh suh baatta, “An bah Rangte Hasong nawa haloot tah angko.” Erah lidi o ih uh Jisu suh tumjih uh tanaan boot cheng rumta.
Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
35 Jisu ih Rangteenok ni nyootsoot rum adi, heh ih cheng rumta, “Hootthe nyootte loong ih Kristo ah Dewid sutoom ih mamet miibaat rum ah?
[Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
36 Esa Chiiala ih Dewid suh jeng thukta: ‘Rangte ih nga Teesu suh baatta: Nga jaawah ko adoh tong uh an piiara loong ah ngah ih an lakhu nah maang thiinthiin ah.’
The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
37 Dewid ih heh teeteewah ih, ‘Teesu’ et liita; eno bah Kristo ah Dewid sutoom mamah mi ang ah?” Miloong ah ih Jisu tiit ah tenroon roon et banchaat rumta.
Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
38 Heh ih nyootsoot rumta adi baat rumta, “Hootthe nyootte loong dowa banban ih tong an, neng loong ah nyuh akhat eloot lootwah ih kap rum ano mih ih toom soomtu he ih pheehoon theng ni lengkhoom suh nook rumla,
While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
39 Jehudi rangsoomnok ni tongtheng ese ban thiincho adoh tong suh nyia sadung theng ni tongtheng eseethoon adoh tong suh nook rumla.
[They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
40 Neng ih thaknuh loong ah nep mokwaan rum leh neng nok nawa looso et rumha, mih miksok di rang eloot lootwah ih soom rum ano rangsoomte likhiik et noisok rumha. Neng chamnaang theng rapne ethih thoon ang ah!”
They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
41 Jisu Rangsoomnok ni ngun lomthiin theng re adi tong ano miloong ih neng ngun sak rum arah ban sokta. Nyamte loong ah ih hantek hantek ih sak rumta;
[Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
42 eno changthih thaknuh nusiit ah thok haano jaan ngun loonyi phaasiit nyi di to arah koh wan taha.
Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
43 Eno Jisu ih heliphante loong ah lompoon ano baat rumta, “Ngah ih baat rumhala, arah changthih thaknuh ih ngun bangkhok adi sak ha rah wahoh ih sak ha nang ih ehan thoon ang ah.
He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
44 Wahoh loong ih bah neng nyamka dowa hedak aba koha; eno arah changthih nuh rah ih bah heh laanyaang theng angta rah thoon koha.”
