¹Huan, a nungjui sawm leh nihte a kiangah a sam a, a kiang uah dawi ninte tunga thuneihna a pia a, amau hawlkhe ding leh, damlouhna chiteng leh natna chiteng hihdam dingin.

¹He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

²Huan, sawltak sawm leh nihte min tuh hiaite ahi: A masa penin Simon, Peter kichi leh a unau Andru te: Zebedai tapa Jakob leh a unau Johan te,

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

³Philip leh Bartholomai te: Thoma te leh siahkhon Matthai te: Alphai tapa Jakob leh Thaddia te;

³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was NU omits “Lebbaeus, whose surname was” Thaddaeus;

⁴Kanan mi Simon leh juausana mansakpa Juda Iskariot te.

⁴Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵Huai sawmlehnihte tuh Jesun a sawl khia a, a kiang uah hichin thu a pia a; Jentelte lam ah pai kei unla, Samasi mite khua himhim ah leng lut kei un;

⁵Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁶Ahihhangin Israel nam belam mangte kaingah pai jaw un.

⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷Huan, na pai un, vangam a hong naita, chiin, thu gen jel un.

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

⁸Damloute hihdam unla, misite kaithou unla, phakte hihsiangthou unla; dawite hawlkhia un, a thawnin na mu ua, a thawnin pia un.

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers TR adds “, raise the dead” , and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁹Na kawnggak uah khawng dangkaeng hiam, dangka hiam, dal dangka hiam tawi kei unla;

⁹ Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

¹⁰zinna a dingin kawljal hiam, puannak nih hiam, khedap hiam, chiangkhun hiam tawi sam kei un; nasemmi tuh a nek ding mutak ahi ngala.

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹¹Huan, kholianah hiam, khoneu ah hiam na lutna peuh ua nou hontung sak tak mi ding zong khia unla, na pawt nawn mateng uh huai ah tuh tung kinken un.

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

¹²Huan, in a na lut ding un chibai buk un.

¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹³Huan, in a mite tuh chibai buk tak ahih uleh na khamuanna thu uh a tunguah hongtung heh; a tak kei uleh na khamuanna thu uh na tunguah hongkik nawn heh.

¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴Huan, kuapeuh nou hon kipahpih lou a, na thu uleng a ngaihkhiak kei uleh, huai in a kipan hiam, huai a kipan hiam a na pawt chiang un, na khepek ua leivui tat khia un.

¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

¹⁵Chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi, Thukhen ni chiangin huai khuate sangin Sodom leh Gomorra gam thuak ding tuh a dan a om zo ding.

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶Ngaidih ua, nge laka belam om bangin ka honsawl khia ahi: huchiin, gul banga pila, vakhu banga poi khoih lou in om un.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁷Himahleh, mihing lakah pilvang un: vaihawmmite a honmansak ding-ua, kikhopnain bangah a honvuak ding jiakun;

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁸A hi, keimah jiakin gamukte leh kumpipate ma ah amaute leh Jentelte theihsakna dingin a honpi ding uh.

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹Himahleh, a honmatsak chiangun, Bang chi ding ahia, bang thu ka gen dia? chiin, lungkham kei un; na gen ding uh tuh a hun takin a hontheisak ding ahi ngala.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

²⁰A genpa tuh noumau na hi kei ding ua, na Pa uh Khain noumau ah a gen zo ding ahi ngal a.

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹Huan, hihlup dingin unaupa leh unaupa a kimansak ding ua, pan leng a ta a mansak ding; taten leng a nu leh a pate uh a dou ding uh, a hihlumsak ding uh.

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²²Ka min jiakin mi tengteng huat na hi ding uh; himahleh, a tawp phaa thuak ngap peuhmah tuh hotdamin a om ding.

²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²³Huchiin, hiai khuaa hon gawt chiangun, kho dangah taisan un; chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi, Mihing Tapa a hongpai main Israel khuate tuh na na sik suak kei ding uh.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

²⁴Nungjui a heutu tungah a om kei; sikha leng a pu tungah a om kei.

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

²⁵Nungjui tuh a heutu banga a hongom leh, sikha tuh a pu banga a hongom tuh a hun e. In neipa bawn, Beelzibul a chih uleh, a inkuanpihte tuh nak chihna tel un chia;

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁶Huaijiakin, amaute kihta kei un; lang lou dinga sel bangmah a om kei, theih louh dinga im leng bangmah a om kei hi.

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

²⁷Miala nou ka honhilh vak ah na gen ding ua; bil bula na jak uh in tunga tuangin tangkoupih un.

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁸Huan, sapum hihluma kha hihlum theiloute kihta kei unla; Gehenna a kha leh sapum hihmang theipa kihtajaw un.

²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. or, Hell.

²⁹Kawlgit nih dal dangka khatin a juak jel uh hi lou hiam? himahleh, a lak ua khat leng na Pa uh theih louhin lei ah a ke kei ding.

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. ? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

³⁰Na sam zangte uh nangawn leng sim vek ahi.

³⁰ but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Huaijiakin lau kei un; kawlgit tampi sangin na manpha jaw uh ahi.

³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³²Huchiin, mite maa hon gum peuhmah tuh, ka Pa van a ma ah ka gum sam ding.

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³³Himahleh, kuapeuh mite maa honkitheihmohbawl tuh, ka Pa vana ma ah ka kitheihmohbawl sam ding.

³³ But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³⁴Lei tungah lem lengsak dinga hongpai hiam honsa kei un; lem lengsak dinga hongpai ka hi kei a, namsau leng sak dinga hongpai ka hi jaw.

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵Mi a pa dousak dingin, tanu a nu dousak dingin, mou a nu dousak dinga hongpai ka hi.

³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁶Mi a melma tuh amah inkuanpih te laka mi mah ahi ding.

³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. Micah 7:6

³⁷Kuapeuh a nu hiam, a pa hiam, kei sanga it jaw tuh, ka mi hi tak ahi kei; kuapeuh a tanu hiam a tapa hiam kei sanga it jaw leng, ka mi hi tak ahi kei.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

³⁸Kuapeuh a kros pua honjui lou tuh ka mi hi tak ahi kei.

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

³⁹Kuapeuh a hinna muin a tan dinga, keimah jiaka a hinna tanin a mu ding.

³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

⁴⁰Kuapeuh nou honkipahpihin kei honkipahpih ahi a, kuapeuh kei honkipahpih tuh a honsawlpa kipahpih ahi.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴¹Kuapeuh jawlnei tuh jawlnei a hih jiaka kipahpihin jawlnei kipahman a mu ding; kuapeuh mi diktat tuh mi diktat a hih jiaka kipahpihin mi diktat kipahman a mu ding.Huan, kuapeuh, hiai mi neu chikte laka khat kianga, nungjui a hih jiaka tuisik nou khat kia pia leng, chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi. A kipahman uh a tan kei hial ding uh, a chi a.

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴²Huan, kuapeuh, hiai mi neu chikte laka khat kianga, nungjui a hih jiaka tuisik nou khat kia pia leng, chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi. A kipahman uh a tan kei hial ding uh, a chi a.

⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”