¹Huan, ni khat tuh Pathian biakina mite thu a hilh a, Tanchin Hoih a genlaiin, siampu liante, laigelhmite, upate toh, a kiangah ahongpai guih ua;

¹It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the TR adds “chief” priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

²huan, a kiangah, Kua thuin ahia hiai thil na hih? Kuan ahia thu honpia? honhilh in, chiin, a gen ua.

²They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”

³Huan, aman, a kiang uah, Ken leng thu kam khat kon dong sam ding; honhilh un,

³He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:

⁴Johan baptisma vana kipan hia, mihinga kipan? a chi a, a dawnga.

⁴ the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”

⁵Huan, a kingaihtuah ua, Vana kipan, chi lehang, Bangdia amah ginglou? honchi thepthup ding.

⁵They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

⁶Huan, Mihinga kipan, chi lehang, mi tengtengin suangin a hondeng ding uh; Johan jawlnei a hih a thei ngal ua, a chi ua.

⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

⁷Huchiin, a dawng ua, Koia kipan ahia ka theikei uh, a chi ua.

⁷They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.

⁸Huan, Jesun a kianguah, Ken leng kua thuin ahia hiai thil ka hih, ka honhilh sam kei ding, a chi a.

⁸Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

⁹Huan, mipite kiangah hiai gentehna agen a; Kua hiamin grep huan a bawla, a loukemte kiangah khohloh dingin a pia a, sawtpi tam dingin gam dangah a hohta a.

⁹He began to tell the people this parable. “A NU (in brackets) and TR add “certain” man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

¹⁰Huan, a loh hunin huana gah tanding a na piak ding un loukemte kiangah sikha khat a sawl a; himahleh, loukemten a na vua ua.

¹⁰ At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹¹Huan, sikha dang a sawl nawna; huai leng a na von awn jel ua, zumhuai piin a na bawl ua, khutvuakin a paisak nawnta uh.

¹¹ He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

¹²Huan, a thumna a sawl nawn a; huai leng a na hihliam ua a pai kheta uhi.

¹² He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

¹³Huan, grep huan neipan, Bang chin ka hih dia? Ka tapa deihtak ka sawl mai ding; amah a nazah khamoh kei ding uh, a chi a.

¹³ The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

¹⁴Himahleh loukemten amah a namuh tak un, Hiai gouluah dingpa tuh ahi, that ni, huchiin, a gou ei ading ahi ding, chiin, a kihou ua.

¹⁴ “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

¹⁵Huchiin, grep huan apat a pai khia ua, a hihlumta uh. Huan, grep huan neipan amau bang a lohta dia le?

¹⁵ They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶Loukemten a honghihmang dia, huan grephuan tuh mi dangte a pe ding, a chi a. Huan, huai ajak un, huai tel jaw tungkei leh: a chi ua.

¹⁶ He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!”

¹⁷Humahleh, aman amaute a en a, Ahihleh hiai thu a gelh uh bang ahia? In lamte suang deih louhpen, huai mahmah a ninga suang phatuampen a honghita, chih.

¹⁷But he looked at them, and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?’ Psalm 118:22

¹⁸Kuapeuh huai suang tunga puk tuh a kitat gawp ding; a delh khak houh a gawi jan ding, a chi a.

¹⁸ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”

¹⁹Huan, huchih lai takin laigelhmite leh siampu lalten mat a tum ua; himahleh, mipi a lau ua; huai a genteh thu amau demin a gen chih a thei ngal ua.

¹⁹The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

²⁰Huan, gam ukpa vaihawmna leh thuneihnaa a piak theihna dingun, a thu gen khelh la dingin, amah a tang gige ua, enkhia, mi hoih banga omkhempeuhte asawl ua.

²⁰They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

²¹Amau, a kiangah, Sinsakpa, diktakin thu na genin nahilh jela, kuamah khentuam louin chih taktakin Pathian lam thu na hilh jel ka thei uh.

²¹They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

²²Kaisar kianga siah ka piak uh siang hia sianglou? chiin, a dong ua.

²²Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

²³Himahleh aman a zekhem uh a thei a, a kiang uah,

²³But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?

²⁴Makhai honlak un, Kua lim leh kuamin ahia tuang? a chi a. Huan, amau, Kaisar-a, a chi ua.

²⁴ Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”

²⁵Huan, aman, a kiang uah, A hih nung, Kaisar thilte Kaisar kiangah pia unla, Pathian thilte Pathian kiangah peta unla, a chi a.

²⁵He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²⁶Huchiin, mipi maa a thu gen khelh lak ding amu kei ua; a dawnna tuh lamdang a sa mahmah ua, a dai dide uh.

²⁶They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

²⁷Huan, Saddukai, thohnawnna a om kei chite laka mi kuate hiam a kiangah a hong ua; a kiangah,

²⁷Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

²⁸Sinsakpa, Mosiin, kuapeuh a unaupanin ji nei henla, ta neilouin si leh, a ji luahin, a unaupa dingin chi a suah sakding ahi chih, hon gelh sak ahi.

²⁸They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

²⁹A hi, sal sagih a om ua; upapenin ji a nei a, ta neilouin a si a.

²⁹There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

³⁰A nihnain a luah a; tunmnain a luah nawna;

³⁰The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

³¹huchi chiatin sagihte ta neilouin a si jel uh.

³¹The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.

³²Huai zohin, numei leng a sita a.

³²Afterward the woman also died.

³³Tua chiangin, thohnawn hun chiah a kuapen ji ahi dia? amau sagihten jiin a nei chiat ngal ua, chiin a dong ua.

³³Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”

³⁴Huan, Jesun a kiang uah, Tulai mite ji leh tain a kinei jel ua;

³⁴Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

³⁵himahleh, huai hun chia tel tak ding leh, misi laka pat thohnawnna tang taka seh peuhte, ji leh tain a kinei nawn ta kei ding uh;

³⁵ But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

³⁶sih leng a si nawn theita kei dinguh, angelte banga om ding ahi ngal ua; thohnawnna tate a hih jiak un, Pathian tate ahi ding uh.

³⁶ For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

³⁷Misi kaihthohin a om ding uh chih Mosiin leng, Loubuk thu a, Toupa tuh Abraham Pathian, Isaak Pathian, Jakob Pathian, a chih laiin, a thei sak hi.

³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6

³⁸Amah misi Pathian ahi keia, mihing Pathian ahi jaw; amah ngaihin mi tengteng a hing vek ngal ua, a chi a.

³⁸ Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”

³⁹Huan, laigelhmite khenkhatin, Sinsakpa, na gen dik ngei e, a chi ua, a dawng ua.

³⁹Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”

⁴⁰Thu dang a dong ngam nawn ngal kei ua.

⁴⁰They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.

⁴¹Huan, aman, a kiang uah, Kris David tapa ahi chih bangchidana chi thei uh ahia?

⁴¹He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?

⁴²Sam laibu ah David mahmahin, Toupan, ka Toupa kiangah, ka taklam a tu in,

⁴² David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,

⁴³Na melmate na khepek ngakna dia ka bawl masiah, a chi, a chi a.

⁴³ until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ Psalm 110:1

⁴⁴Huchiin Davidin amah Toupa a chi ngala, bang chin ahia a tapa a hih theih? a chi a.

⁴⁴ “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”

⁴⁵Huan, mi tengteng theihin a nungjuite kiangah, Laigelhmite lakah pilvang un;

⁴⁵In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁶amau puannak tual silha vak a ut uh, dawl mun ah chibai buk bang, kikhopna inah tutphah hoihpente bang ankuang luina ah mun hoihpente bang a deihtuam nak uh hi;meithaite inte a negai ua, mi khemna dingin sawt pipi a thum uh. Huaiten siam louh anak tan semding uhi, a chi a.

⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

⁴⁷meithaite inte a negai ua, mi khemna dingin sawt pipi a thum uh. Huaiten siam louh anak tan semding uhi, a chi a.

⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”