Luke 18 (CTH) · Opened

1Lungpout laipalah ratoum yungyoe awh, tie cangkhainae dawkvah Jisuh ni bangnuenae a dei.Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

2Khopui buet touh dawkvah Cathut hai ka taket hoeh ni teh tami hai barilawa ti ka tawn hoeh e lawkcengkung bawi buet touh ao.“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

3Hote kho dawkvah lahmainu buet touh ao teh kai koe lah lawk na ceng pouh leih, telah atuhoitu pou a tho sin.And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

4Lawkcengkung bawi ni atueng moi ka saw lah a kangek.For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

5Hateiteh, lawkcengkung bawi ni kai teh Cathut hai ka taket hoeh, tami barilawanae hai ka tawn hoeh e lah ka o ei, hete lahmainu ni pou na tarawk dawkvah, lawkceng pouh hoeh pawiteh boutbout tho vaiteh ka lungrei na thaisak han doeh. Hatdawkvah ahni koe lah lawk ka ceng pouh han toe telah a ti.yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”

6Hathnukkhu Bawipa ni, hote lawkcengkung bawi ni a dei e teh na thai awh toe.And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

7Cathut ni a rawi tangcoung e taminaw ni amom tangmin lah a hram laihoi het pawiteh lawkceng pouh laipalah ao han maw.Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

8Kai ni ka dei e teh, ahnimouh koe lah karanglah lawk a ceng han. Hatei tami Capa a tho torei teh talai van vah yuemnae a hmu han nama aw, telah atipouh.I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”

9Mahoima tamikalan lah kâpouk ni teh ayânaw hah banglahai ka noutna hoeh e tami koevah Jisuh ni bangnuenae lawk a dei.To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

10Tami kahni touh teh bawkim dawk ratoum hanelah a cei roi. Buet touh teh Farasi lah ao teh, alouke teh tamuk ka cawng e lah ao.“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11Farasi ni a kangdue teh hettelah a ratoum. Oe Cathut, kai teh ayânaw patetlah ngainae kalen e, laithoe ka dei e, napui tongpa yonnae ka sak e tami lah ka o hoeh dawkvah nang koe ka lunghawi, hahoi hete tamuk ka cawng e tami patetlah hai ka o hoeh dawkvah ka lunghawi.The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

12Yat touh dawkvah hnin hni touh rawca pou ka hai teh hnopai ka tawn e pueng pung hra pung touh ka poe telah a ti.I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

13Hatei tamuk ka cawng e tami teh ahla poungnae koe a kangdue teh, kalvan lah khen ngam laipalah a tabut teh, oe Cathut, kai tamikayon na pahren haw telah a ti.But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

14Kai ni ka dei e teh, Farasi laipalah hete tami heh yon ngaithoum lah ao teh im vah a ban. Bangkongtetpawiteh amahoima kârasang e tami teh rahnoum lah ao vaiteh amahoima kârahnoum e tami teh tawm lah ao han telah atipouh.I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

15Hatnavah camonaw kut hoi tek hanelah Jisuh koe a thokhai awh. Hatei a hnukkâbangnaw ni a hmu navah a yue awh.Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.

16Hatei, Jisuh ni camonaw a kaw teh, camonaw kai koe tho sak awh. Ahnimouh hah cakâ awh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh Cathut uknaeram teh het patet e taminaw hanelah nahoehmaw ao.But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

17Lawkkatang ka dei. Cathut uknaeram teh hete camo patetlah ka dâw hoeh e teh, hote ram dawkvah nâtuek hai kâen thai mahoeh telah atipouh.Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

18Hahoi, bawi buet touh ni Bawipa hanelah, kahawipoung e saya, a yungyoe hringnae râw ka coe thai nahanelah bangmaw ka sak han telah atipouh.Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

19Jisuh ni, bangkongmaw kahawi e saya telah na ti pouh, telah a pacei teh, Cathut laipalah apihai tami kahawi awm hoeh.“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

20Kâpoelawknaw hah na panue han doeh, uicuk hanh, tami thet hanh, parawt hanh, laithoe kampangkhai hanh, na manu hoi na pa barih telah atipouh.You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

21Ahni ni, hete kâlawknaw pueng ka nawca hoi koung ka tarawi toe telah ati. Hete lawk Jisuh ni a thai navah buet touh na panki rah atipouh.“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

22Na tawn e hno pueng yawt nateh mathoenaw poeh, hottelah na sak pawiteh, kalvan kho vah hno na tawn han, hathnukkhu tho nateh ka hnuk kâbang telah atipouh.On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

23Ahni teh ka bawi poung e lah ao dawkvah, hete lawk a thai navah a lung thouk a mathoe.But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

24Jisuh ni a lungmathoe e hah a hmu navah, ka tangrengnaw ni Cathut uknaeram dawk a kâen hane a ru poung bovaw.Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

25Ka tangrengnaw ni Cathut uknaeram dawk a kâen hlak teh kalauk ni phuengvang kâkhu dawk a kâen e a yawihnawn atipouh.Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

26A lawk ka thai e taminaw ni, pawiteh apimaw rungngang lah kaawm han toung vaw, telah a pacei awh.Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

27Jisuh ni a dei pouh e teh, taminaw hanelah ka coung thai hoeh e naw hah Cathut hanelah teh a coung thai telah atipouh.But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

28Hatnavah Piter ni, khenhaw! kaimouh ni na hnukkâbang hanelah ka tawn e naw pueng ka ceitakhai teh na hnukkâbang awh toe, telah a ti.“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

29Jisuh ni a dei e teh, Oe, na dei e atang, het heh ka dei. Cathut uknaeram kecu dawkvah im thoseh, na yu thoseh, hmaunawngha thoseh, manu hoi na pa thoseh, canaw thoseh buetbuet touh ka cettakhai e tami niteh,“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30atu e tueng dawkvah alet moikapap lah hawinae a coe vaiteh hmalae tueng dawkvah yungyoe hringnae a pang han, telah atipouh.will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

31Jisuh ni a hnukkâbang hlaikahni touh a kaw teh, thai awh haw, Jerusalem lah ka cei awh vaiteh hawvah profetnaw ni tami Capa e a kong a thut awh e pueng koung ka kuep han.Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

32Jentelnaw e kut dawkvah poe lah ao vaiteh ahnimouh ni a panuikhai han, a dudam awh han, tamtui hoi a tamthawi awh han.He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

33Bongpai hoi na hem awh vaiteh na thei a han, hatei apâthum hnin vah bout ka thaw han telah atipouh.They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

34A hnukkâbangnaw niyah hete kongnaw heh thai panuek awh hoeh, lawk dei ngainae a hro kecu dawkvah Jisuh ni a dei ngainae hah thai panuek awh hoeh.But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

35Jisuh teh Jeriko kho teng a pha navah mitdawn buet touh teh lam teng vah a tahung teh hnopai a hei.As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

36Taminaw a cei e a thai navah bang nama aw, telah a pacei.When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

37Ahnimouh ni, Nazareth tami Jisuh a tho lahun telah a dei pouh.“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

38Hahoi a hram teh, Jisuh, Devit e capa na pahren haw, telah a ti.So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39Hmalah kaawm e taminaw ni lawkkamuem awmh telah kâhruetcuetnae a poe. Hatei hoe kacailah a hram teh, Devit capa, na pahren haw telah a ti.Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40Hatdawkvah, Jisuh ni a kangdue teh mit ka dawn e tami kai koe thokhai awh, telah kâ a poe. Ateng a pha navah Jisuh ni a thaw teh, bangmaw sak seh ti na ngai, telah a pacei.Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,

41Bawipa, mit ang han ka ngai, telah a dei pouh.“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

42Jisuh ni, na mit ang naseh, na yuemnae ni na dam sak toe, telah atipouh.“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

43Hat nah tahma vah a mit bout a ang. Cathut a pholen teh a hnuk a kâbang. Ka hmawt e taminaw pueng ni hai Cathut teh a pholen awh.Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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