Luke 16 (CTH) · Opened

1Jisuh ni a hnukkâbangnaw koe bout a dei pouh e teh, hnopai ka tawnta poung e bawi buet touh ao. Hote bawi ni hnopai ka kuem hane tami buet touh a tawn. Hote hnopai ka kuem e ni hnopai a kaseikasak telah bawi koe ka dei pouh e tami ao dawkvah,Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2bawi ni ahni hah a kaw teh nange kong ka thai e heh bangtelah na maw. Ka hnopainaw na hno e cayin ka kuep lah na poe haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh ka hno ka khen e tami lah na awm thai hoeh toe telah atipouh.So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

3Hatnavah Bawipa ni kai teh thaw dawk hoi na tâco sak toe, bangmaw ka tawk han. Laikawk tawk hane hai ka tawk thai hoeh, ayâ koe kutdaw hane hai kayayeirai ati.The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

4Atuvah bangmaw ka sak han tie ka panue toe, hottelah ka sak pawiteh ka thaw a baw torei im dawkvah o sak han ka ngai e tami ka hui ka tawn han telah a pouk.I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Bawipa koe laiba ka tawn e taminaw pueng a kaw teh apasuek e tami koe ka Bawipa koe patho hane laiba na yit touh maw na ba titeh a pacei.And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Hote tami ni satui nuenae 1,000 touh poe han ao telah a dei. Hnopai ka khen e tami ni vah hete na cayin lat nateh nuenae 500 touh thut telah atipouh.‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Hathnukkhu alouke tami a kaw teh nang te laiba na yit touh maw na ba telah a pacei. Catun phei 1,000 touh poe han ao telah ati. Cayin lat nateh phei 800 touh thut telah atipouh.Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

8Hote hnopai ka khen ni teh tami ka dumyen e ni hot patetlah huenghai hoi hno a sak dawkvah a bawipa ni a oup. Bangkongtetpawiteh hete talaivan capanaw ni a thaw tawk e dawkvah angnae capanaw hlak vah a lunganghnawn telah ati.The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

9Bout ka dei e teh, na due torei a yungyoe kangning e lukkareiim dawk hui na tawn thai awh nahanelah, kangning hoeh e talai hno hno awh.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Hno kathoengca dawk yuemkamcu e tami teh hno kalen dawk hai yuemkamcu, hno kathoengca dawk yuemkamcuhoeh e tami teh hno kalen dawk hai yuemkamcuhoeh.Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11Hottelah ao dawkvah ka kangning hoeh e talai hno hno navah, yuemkamcu lah na awm hoehpawiteh bangtelamaw bawitangrengnae katang poe lah ao han vaw.So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Hatdawkvah tami alouke hno dawkvah yuemkamcu hoeh lah na awm pawiteh apinimaw namamouh han lah hno na poe han maw.And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13San buet touh ni vah bawi kahni touh e san lah awm thai hoeh, buet touh pahnawt vaiteh buet touh a lungpataw han. Buet touh koe yuemkamcu lah ao vaiteh buet touh e teh banglahai noutna mahoeh. Cathut hoi tangka e thaw mekkem thai mahoeh telah atipouh.No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

14Farasinaw ni a dei e naw pueng a thai navah, ahnimouh teh tangka ka ngai e tami lah ao dawkvah Bawipa a panuikhai awh.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Jisuh ni hai Farasinaw, nangmouh teh tami hmalah tamikalan lah na kâsak awh. Hatei Cathut ni nangmae lungthin a panue. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami ni aphu kaawm poung lah a pouk eiteh Cathut hmalah panuetthopounge doeh.So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

16Mosi e kâlawk hoi profetnaw ni a thut e naw teh Baptisma ka poe e Jawhan e atueng totouh hane doeh. Hathnukkhu Cathut uknaeram kamthang teh taminaw pueng koe dei lah ao vaiteh taminaw ni ram dawk a kâen awh han.The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17Hatei kâlawk dawk e lawklung kathoengpounge buet touh a rawk hlak vah kalvan hoi talai a rawk e a yawi hnawn.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18Nang ni na yu hoi na kampek teh alouke napui hoi na o, hote tami teh a uicuk toe. Hahoi a vâ ka mat e napui hoi kaawm e tami hai a uicuk van telah atipouh.Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19Vai touh teh ka tangreng poung e tami buet touh ao teh khohna phu kaawm poung hoi a kamthoup teh hnintangkuem kanawm poung lah kho a sak.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Ka roedeng buet touh, âhlut hoi kakawi e, a min Lazarus tie teh, buramei ca hane pouknae lungthin hoi,And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21tangreng bawi im longkha teng sut a tahung. Uinaw ni a tho teh a hmânaw a palem pouh.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Hnin touh hnin vah ka roedeng e tami a due teh kalvantaminaw ni kalvan Abraham e a lungtabue dawkvah a thak awh. Tangreng bawi hai a due teh a pakawp awh.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Tangreng bawi teh hell dawk a bo teh puenghoi ka patawpoung lah khang laihoi ao. A moung teh a khet navah, Abraham hoi a lungtabue dawk kaawm e Lazarus hah ahlanae koehoi a hmu.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Hattoteh, apa Abraham, na pahren haw. Kai teh hete hmaipalai dawk patawnae puenghoi ka khang dawkvah, Lazarus hah a kutdawn tui dawk ranup sak nateh ka lai pâding sak hanlah patoun haw telah hramki laihoi a dei.So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

25Hatei Abraham ni, ka capa, na hring na thungvah hnopai phunkuep poe lah na o. Lazarus teh roedeng lah ao e hah pahnim hanh. Hatei atuvah ahni teh kanawm poung lah ao, nang teh rei thai hoi na o.But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

26Hothloilah maimouh rahak vah kadung poung e ravo pui ni na rakhan. Hatdawkvah hi lahoi nangmouh koe lah raka han ka ngai e tami ni raka thai hoeh. Hot patetlah nangmouh koe lahoi kaimouh koe lah raka han ka ngai e ni raka thai hoeh telah atipouh.And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

27Tangreng bawi ni pawiteh, Oe! apa, Lazarus hah kai na pa im vah na patoun pouh haw‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28Hawvah ka hmaunawngha panga touh ao rah. Ahnimouh ni hete puenghoi patawnae hmuen koe a pha awh hoeh nahanelah lawkpanuesaknae poe sak hanelah ka ngai telah atipouh.for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Abraham ni, na hmaunawnghanaw ni Mosi hoi profetnaw ni dei e hah tarawi awh naseh, telah atipouh.But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Tangreng bawi ni, a pa, Abraham, hottelah nahoeh, duenae koehoi buetbuet touh ni, ahnimanaw koe cet pawiteh a hringnae pan a kângai han doeh telah ati.‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Hatei Abraham ni, ahnimanaw ni Mosi hoi profetnaw e lawk ngâi awh hoehpawiteh, tami buetbuet touh ni duenae koehoi ka thaw nakunghai yuem mahoeh, telah atipouh.Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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