Luke 12 (CTH) · Opened

1Hatnavah, taminaw touklek thai hoeh lah a kamkhueng awh teh, a kâ katin kâ ka awi awh. Jisuh ni a hnukkâbangnaw koe a dei pouh e teh tami kahawi lah kâsaknae Farasinaw e ton hmaloe pasuek lah roun awh.In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2Ramuk lah kaawm e naw pueng a kamawng han. Hro lah kaawm e naw pueng a kamphawng han.There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

3A hmonae koe nangmouh ni na dei e naw pueng angnae dawk a thai awh han. Nangmouh ni cawngket vah arulahoi hnâ koe lawknaw na dei e pueng lemphu hoi pathang lah o han.What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

4Ka huinaw, nangmouh koe ka dei e teh, tak ka thet ni teh alouke hno bout ka thet thai hoeh e taket awh hanh.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

5Bangpatet e tami maw na taki han tetpawiteh tak ka thet thai ni teh hell dawk ka tâkhawng thai e hah taket awh. Atangcalah na dei pouh awh. Hote tami hah taket awh.But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6Pusu panga touh e hah tangka kahni touh hoi na ran awh nahoehmaw. Hote pusu buet touh boehai Cathut ni pahnim hoeh.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

7Nangmae na sam hai abuemlahoi koung a touk. Hatdawkvah taket awh hanh. Nangmanaw teh pusunaw hlak aphu hoe na o awh.And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8Kai ni na dei pouh e teh apihai thoseh, taminaw e hmalah kai na kampangkhai. Cathut e kalvantami e hmalah tami Capa ni hote tami teh ka kampangkhai van han.I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

9Apihai thoseh, taminaw e hmalah kai na hnoun, Cathut e kalvantami e hmalah kai ni ka hnoun van han.But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

10Tami Capa pahni hoi ka dudam e tami teh ngaithoum lah ao thai rah. Kathoung Muitha ka dudam e tami teh nâtuek hai ngaithoumnae hmawt thai mahoeh toe.And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11Sinakok dawk hai thoseh, ka ukkungnaw hoi kâ katawnnaw koe hai thoseh, nangmanaw hah na hrawi awh navah, bangmaw ka dei han tie kângai awh hanh.When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

12Bangkongtetpawiteh, bangtelamaw ka dei han tie hah atueng pha torei teh Kathoung Muitha ni na cangkhai han telah atipouh.For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13Tamimaya thung dawk e tami buet touh ni yah, Bawipa ka hmau ni râw kai hai na rei hanelah dei pouh haw telah atipouh navah,Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14Bawipa ni apinimaw nangmanaw râw rei hanelah kai na rawi a vaw telah a pacei.But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15Hathnukkhu hoi hounlounnae hah kâhruetcuet nateh roun awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hnopai tawn nakunghai hnopai dawk hringnae awmhoeh telah ti pouh.And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16Bangnuenae lahoi bout a dei pouh e teh, ka tangreng e tami buet touh ni a paw moikapap ka tâcawt e talai kahawi buet touh a tawn.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17Hote tangreng ni, cakang ka ta nahan hmuen awmhoeh toe, bangtelamaw ka ti han toung telah a lung thung a pouk.So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18Ka tâsongnaw ka raphoe vaiteh tâsong kalenpoung lah ka sak hnukkhu cakang hoi hno kahawinaw teh hote hmuen dawk ka pâtung han.Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19Ka muitha hanelah, nang ni kum moi kasawlah na hno hane hnopainaw koung ka pâtung toe. Duem kâhat lawih, cat net nateh nawm lawih telah ka ti pouh awh han.Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20Telah a pouk lahun navah Cathut ni tamipathu atu tangduem, nange muitha oun ka lat pawiteh, hnopai na kuem e naw apinimaw a pang han vaw telah tangreng koe atipouh.But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21Hot patetvanlah ma hanelah hnopai ka pâtung ni teh Cathut hmalah ka mathoe e tami teh hote tangreng bawi hoi doeh a kâvan telah a ti.This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

22Hnukkâbangnaw koe bout a dei pouh e teh, hatdawkvah nangmouh ni bangtelamaw ka canei han telah hring nahanelah ngaihri awh hanh. Bangtelamaw ka khohna han telah na tak hanelah ngaihri awh hanh.Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

23Rawca hlak hringnae aphu awm hoeh na maw. Khohna hlak na tak heh phu awm hoeh na maw.For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24Vonganaw khenhaw! Hote tavanaw ni cati hai patûe awh hoeh. Cang hai a awh hoeh. A pâtung nahane capainaw hai tawn awh hoeh. Hatei Cathut ni doeh koung a kawkhik. Nangmanaw teh hote tavanaw hlak aphu moi na o awh nahoehmaw.Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

25Apini maw a ngaihri laihoi amae hringnae dong touh a pasaw thai han maw.Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

26Telah kathoengpounge hnoca pateng na sak thai awh hoehpawiteh alouke hnonaw dawk bangkongmaw na ngaihriSo if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27Kahrawngum e apeikungnaw bangtelah hoi maw a roung awh, tie khenhaw. Thaw hai tawk awh hoeh, hnicu hai kawng awh hoeh. Hateiteh Solomon siangpahrang e bawilennae ni hote apeikung buet touh boehai phat hoeh.Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

28Yuemnae koe lah tha kayounnaw atu kahring ni teh tangtho takhuen koe ka phat e kahrawng e pho pateng Cathut ni hottelah a khohnat sak pawiteh, hot hlak nangmanaw teh na khohnat sak mahoeh maw.If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

29Hatdawkvah bangtelamaw ka canei awh han tie pouk awh hanh. Na lung hai puen sak awh hanh.And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

30Hote hnonaw teh talaivan miphun pueng ni ouk a tawng e doeh. Hote hnonaw, nangmouh ni na panki e hah nangmae na Pa ni a panue.For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

31Nangmouh teh Cathut uknaeram ma hah tawng awh. Hahoi hote hnonaw teh na thap pouh awh han.But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

32Tuhunaw, taket awh hanh. Nangmae na Pa ni nangmanaw koe ram na poe hane a ngai.Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

33Nangmae hnopainaw yawt awh nateh mathoenaw hah poe awh. Ka pawn thai hoeh e yawngya namamouh hanelah sak awh. Tamru ni a paruhoehnae koe, ahri ni a raphoehoehnae koe kalvan kho vah, ka pout thai hoeh e râw kuem awh.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

34Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmae râw onae koe nangmae lungthin pouknae hai poe ao han.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

35Taisawm kacaklah kâyeng nateh hmaiim sut paang awh.Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

36Yuvâ kâpaluennae pawi koehoi a bawipa a tho toteh, tho takhawng navah tang paawng pouh thai nahanelah sut ka ring e san patetlah awm awh.Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

37Bawipa bout a tho toteh, kâhruetcuet laihoi a ring tie bawipa ni a hmu e san teh a yawhawi. Kai ni lawkkatang na dei pouh e teh, a bawipa ni taisawm a kâyeng teh a sannaw a tahung sak teh, ama ni rawca a paca han.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

38Apâhni e tueng, hoi apâthum e tueng nah Bawipa a tho nah hottelah ka ring e sannaw hah hmawt pawiteh, ahnimouh teh a yawhawi awh.Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

39Imkung ni tamru a tho nahane atueng panuek pawiteh ama im a muk thai hoeh na hanelah a ring han tie hah nangmouh ni na panue awh.But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40Hatdawkvah nangmouh ni coungkacoe lah ring awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh nangmanaw ni na poukhoehnae atueng dawk tami Capa teh a tho han telah atipouh.You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

41Piter ni Bawipa hete bangnuenae heh kaimouh hane dueng maw na dei, taminaw pueng hanelah maw na dei telah a pacei.“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

42Jisuh ni imkung ni a imthungnaw hanlah atueng pha toteh canei ka rei hanelah a rawi e tami yuemkamcu e hoi a lungkaang niteh, ka kuepcing e san teh apimaw.And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

43Bawipa bout a tho navah hottelah kaawm e san teh a yawhawi.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

44Lawkkatang na dei pouh e teh bawi ni amae hnopai a tawn e naw pueng a san koe a kuem sak han.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45Hateiteh, hote san ni Bawipa tho hnai mahoeh telah a pouk teh amae a san huinaw napui tongpanaw hoi a kâhem awh teh a canei awh teh a parui awh.But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46Hote san ni a poukhoehnae hnin, a panuehoehnae tueng dawk Bawipa tho pawiteh hote san teh puenghoi yonphu a khang vaiteh yuemkamcu hoeh e taminaw hoi cungtalah ao sak han.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47Ama e a bawipa ngainae a panue nahlangva vah, kâhruetcuet lah kaawm hoeh e san teh avai moikapap hem lah ao han.That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

48Hatei, ka panuek hoeh e teh younca doeh hem khai han. Moikapap poe e ni moikapap a patho han. Moikapap kuem sak e koe moikapap hei lah ao han.But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

49Talai van hmai kak sak han doeh ka tho. Hmai ka kang tangcoung e lah o han ka ngainae hoe ao.I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50Hatei, ka coe hane baptisma buet touh ao rah. Hote Baptisma ka hmu hoehroukrak banghloimaw ka lungrei a thai.But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

51Talai dawk roumnae poe hanelah kai teh ka tho telah na pouk awh maw. Hottelah nahoeh. Buet touh hoi buet touh kâkapek sak hanelah doeh ka tho telah a ti.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52Bangtelamaw tetpawiteh, atu hoi teh tami panga touh kaawm e im dawkvah, kathum touh ni kahni touh e a taran vaiteh, kahni touh ni kathum touh e hah a taran han.From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

53A na pa ni a capa, a capa ni a napa, a manu ni a canu, a canu ni a manu, a mani ni a langa, a langa ni a mani a taran vaiteh a kâkapek awh han.They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54Tamimaya koe bout a dei pouh e teh nangmouh ni kanîloum lah tâmai a tho e na hmu awh navah khorak han doeh telah na ti awh. Na dei awh e patetlah a rak.Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

55Aka lahoi kahlî tho e na hmu navah khumbei a thoe han doeh na ti awh. Na dei awh e patetlah bokheiyah.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

56Tamikahawi lah ka kâsaknaw nangmouh ni talai hoi kalvanlae mitnoutnae na kapek awh teh na panue thai awh. Bangkongmaw a tue na kapekkaboe thai awh hoeh vaw.You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

57Hothloilah bangkongmaw katang e hno hah namamouh lungpouk na panue thai awh hoeh vaw.And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

58Nang na ka toe e hoi lawkcengkung koe reirei na cei navah, lam vah ahni hoi hnâbonae na sak thai nahanelah panki awh. Telah na sak hoehpawiteh ahni ni nang teh lawkcengkung bawi koe na hrawi vaiteh lawkcengkung ni karingkungnaw kut dawk na poe vaiteh karingkungnaw ni thongim na pabo han.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

59Tangka pueng koung na patho hoehroukrak thongim thung hoi na tâcawt mahoeh telah kai ni ka dei.I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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