Matthew 13 (CTH)

1Hot hnin vah Jisuh imthung hoi a tâco teh talî teng vah a tahung navah,That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2moikapap e taminaw ni a kalup awh teh a kamkhueng awh. Long thung a kâen teh a tahung. Rangpuinaw teh a kawngteng lah a kangdue awh.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3Hatnavah, bangnuenae lawknaw hah a dei pouh e teh, thai awh haw, cati kahei e tami ni cati kahei hanelah a tâco.And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Cati teh a hei navah, a tangawn teh lam teng lah a bo. Lam teng a bo dawkvah tavanaw ni a tho awh teh a pâtu awh.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5A tangawn teh talai a rapamnae koe lungcarawk um vah a bo. Hawvah ka bawt e cati teh tang a paw eiteh, a khawngyang a pabo hoeh dawkvah,Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Kanî a tâco toteh khumbei ni a daw dawkvah, ketkamyai teh rawknae koe a pha.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7A tangawn teh pâkhing um vah a bo. Hawvah ka bawt e cati teh a paw ei pâkhing ni a katek teh a rawk awh.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8A tangawn teh kahawi e talai dawk a bo. Hawvah ka bawt e cati teh a let 30, 60, 100 totouh a paw teh a pung awh.Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9Thai nahan hnâ ka tawn e pueng ni thai na seh, atipouh.He who has ears, let him hear.”

10A hnukkâbangnaw ni a hnai awh teh, bangkongmaw hetnaw koevah bangnuenae lahoi na dei pouh telah a pacei awh.Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11Jisuh ni, nangmouh teh kalvan uknaeram hrolawknaw hah panuethainae kâ na tawn awh. Hatei, ahnimanaw teh, tawn awh hoeh.He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Apipatet haiyah ka tawn e tami teh kapap a tawn nahanlah bout poe sin han. Apipatet haiyah ka mathoe e teh a tawn e ca patenghai lawp lah ao han.Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13Ahnimouh teh a hmu awh nahlangva nout awh hoeh. A thai a nahlangva panuek awh hoeh. Hatdawkvah bangnuenae hoi ka cangkhai.This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14Isaiah ni, nangmouh teh na thai awh nahlangva vah thai panuek laipalah na thai awh. Na hmu awh nahlangva vah nout laipalah na hmu awh.In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15Hete miphunnaw niyah mit hmawt thai awh hoeh, hnâthai thai awh hoeh, a lungthin hoi panuek awh hoeh, a hringnae kâthung awh hoeh, a patawnae dam sak hoeh hane totouh a lungthin a hmo teh, a hnâpang awh teh, a mit a tabuem awh, telah sutdeilawk, hete miphunnaw koe a kuep.For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

16Nangmouh teh na mit ni a hmu teh na hnâ ni hai a thai dawkvah yawhawi lah na o awh.But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17Atangcalah na dei pouh awh. Nangmouh ni na hmu awh e hah profetnaw hoi tami kalannaw ni hmu hane a ngai a ei hmawt awh hoeh. Na thai awh e hah thai hane a ngai a ei thai awh hoeh.For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

18Cati kaheikung bangnuenae dei ngainae teh, thai a haw.Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19Lam teng dawk ka bawt e cati tingainae teh, uknaeram lawk hah sut a thai ei, a thai panuek hoeh dawkvah, kahrai ni a lung dawk hei lah kaawm e cati hah yout a la pouh tingainae doeh.When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

20Lungcarawk um ka bawt e cati tingainae teh, kamthang kahawi hah a thai navah, lunghawinae lung hoi tang a dâw eiteh,The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21a lungthin dawk a khawngyang a payang hoeh dawkvah, dawngdengca dueng doeh ao. Lawk kamthang kecu dawk rektapnae a khang toteh, hnuklah tang a kâhnawn tingainae doeh.But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

22Pâkhing um ka bawt e cati tingainae teh, Lawk kamthang hah a thai eiteh, talaivan hnopai dawk lungpuennae hoi hnopai tawntanae ni a dumyen teh, hote hno ni kamthang lawk hah a katek dawkvah, a paw paw thai hoeh tingainae doeh.The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

23Talai kahawi dawk ka bawt e cati tingainae teh, kamthang kahawi hah a thai teh, a thai panuek dawkvah alet 30, 60, 100 totouh a pungdaw tingainae doeh atipouh.But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

24Alouke bangnuenae bout a dei pouh e teh, kalvan uknaeram teh, a law dawk cati kahei e hoi a kâvan.Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25Taminaw a i awh lahun nah taran hah a tho teh, cang hoi kâvan e pho mu hah cang um vah mak a hei sin teh yout a ceitakhai .But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26Cang teh a pâw, a roung, a vui a tâco toteh, phokungnaw hai a kamnue van.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27Hattoteh a sannaw ni imkung koe a cei awh teh, Bawipa, cati kahawi dueng nahoehmaw na law dawk na kahei vaw, phokungnaw teh nâ e na maw. atipouh awh navah,The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28hethateh taran ni a sak e doeh atipouh. Hat pawiteh, ka cei a vaiteh phokungnaw hah koung phawk sak hanelah na ngainae ao maw, telah atipouh awh navah,‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29Imkung ni, hottelah ka ngainae awm hoeh. Phokungnaw hah na phawng awh pawiteh, cangkungnaw haiyah mek na phawng a payon vai ti puennae ao.‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Canga tue totouh teh, reirei roung na yawkaw seh. Canga tue a pha toteh, phokungnaw hah hmaloe phawk vaiteh hmai phum hanlah tangoung awh. Cakang hateh capai dawk cui awh telah ka a e naw hah ka ti pouh han telah imkung ni atipouh.Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

31Alouke bangnuenae lawk a dei pouh e teh, kalvan uknaeram teh law dawk patûe e antam mu hoi a kâvan.He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Antam mu teh a mu pueng hlak vah a thoung eiteh, a roung toteh phokung pueng hlak a len dawkvah, kahlun kamleng tavanaw ni a tho awh teh a kangnaw dawk a kamcout, a kâhat thai nahan totouh e a kung lah ao telah atipouh.Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

33Alouke bangnuenae lawk a dei pouh e teh kalvan uknaeram teh ton hoi a kâvan. Napui ni ton a la teh tavai tangthung kathum touh dawk a thum dawkvah tahawn kaawm e pueng hah a po sak atipouh.He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

34Jisuh ni hete bangnuenae lahoi yah, rangpuinaw hah a dei pouh. Bangnuenae laipalah dei pouh hoeh.Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35Hot patet e lahoi yah, profet e lawk tie hateh, ka pahni ka ang vaiteh bangnuenae hah ka dei han. Talaivan pek a kamtawng hoiyah hro lah kaawm e naw hah ka pâpho han telah sut a dei e lawk hah kuepnae koe a pha.So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

36Hathnukkhu Jisuh ni tami kamkhuengnaw hah a ceisak teh, imthung a kâen hnukkhu, a hnukkâbangnaw ni a hnai awh teh, law dawk hei e kahrawng e pho mu hah bang tingainae maw kacaicalah na dei pouh haw atipouh.Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37Jisuh ni, cati kahawi kahei e teh tami Capa doeh.He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38Law hateh het talaivan doeh. Kahawi e cati teh uknaeram capanaw doeh. Kahrawng e pho mu teh kahrai capanaw doeh.The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39Kahrawng e pho mu ka hei e taran hateh Kahraimathout doeh. Canga tue teh het talaivan poutnae doeh. Cang ka a e naw teh kalvantaminaw doeh.and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40Kahrawng phokungnaw hah phawk vaiteh hmai phum e patetlah het talai apout navah kaawm han.As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41Tami Capa ni ama e kalvantami a patoun vaiteh, ka payon sak e naw hoi kahawihoehe hno ka sak e pueng hah A uknaeram thung hoi rawi vaiteh,The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

42khuikanae, hâ katanae onae koe hmai dawk a pabo awh han.And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Hatnavah tami kalannaw teh kanî patetlah amae na Pa e uknaeram dawk a ang awh han. Thai nahan hnâ ka tawn e pueng ni teh thai naseh.Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44Kalvan uknaeram teh law dawk hro e hno hoi a kâvan. Hote hno hah kahmawt e ni teh bout a ramuk teh, lunghawi laihoi a ban teh a tawn e pueng hah a yo hnukkhu hote law hah a ran.The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

45Hahoi, kalvan uknaeram teh aphu kaawm poung e Pale ka tawng e hno kayawtkung hoi a kâvan.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46Hote hno kayawtkung ni aphu kaawm poung e Pale hah a hmu toteh, a cei teh a tawn e pueng hah a yo hnukkhu hote Pale hah a ran.When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

47Hahoi, kalvan uknaeram teh talî dawk heng nah aphunphun e tanganaw ka ramuk e tamlawk hoi a kâvan.Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48Tanga moi a kaman toteh a kongteng lah a sawn teh, a tahungkhai awh. Kahawi e tanganaw hah a rawi awh teh sikrei dawk a pâseng awh. Kahawi hoeh e tanganaw teh a tâkhawng awh.When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

49Hot patetlah talai a pout navah kalvantaminaw ni kum awh vaiteh, tami kalannaw um hoi tamikayonnaw teh rawi ka pek vaiteh,So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50khuikanae, hâ katanae onae koe hmai dawk a pabo awh han.and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51Hete hnonaw pueng hah na thai panuek a ou. telah a pacei toteh, ka thaipanuek awh toe Bawipa telah a hnukkâbangnaw ni atipouh awh.Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Hatdawkvah, kalvan uknaeram kong ka cang tangcoung e kâlawk kacangkhaikungnaw, a hnukkâbang lah kaawm e tami teh, amae hno aphunphun e, a katha hoi a karuem e naw hah peng ka rasat e imkung hoi a kâvan atipouh.Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

53Hote bangnuenae lawknaw hah koung a dei pouh hnukkhu hote hmuen hah a ceitakhai .When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54Hathnukkhu amae khothung a pha teh sinakoknaw dawkvah a cangkhai, khothung e taminaw teh a kângairu awh dawkvah, hete tami ni hete lungangnae hoi hete thaonae heh nâ e ne a tawn.Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

55Ahni teh lettama e capa nahoehmaw. A manu teh Meri nahoehmaw. A nawngha teh Jem, Joseph, Simon, Judah tie naw nahoehmaw.“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56A tawncanunaw haiyah maimouh hoi kahnai lah awm awh hoeh maw. Hat pawiteh hete tami ni hete hnonaw hah na e maw a hmu telah ati awh.Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57A lungpout awh. Jisuh ni profetnaw teh ama kho, amae ram alawilah doeh barinae ao telah atipouh.And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

58Khothung e naw ni a yuem awh hoeh dawkvah, hote hmuen koe thaonae moikapap sak hoeh.And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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