¹Vangam tuh, in neipa grephuana semdingte chial ding a jinga pawt bang ahi.

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

²Huan, aman tuh nasemte toh ni khata makhai loh dia a kituah tak un a grep huan ah a sawl chiat ta a.

² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³Huan, dak thumna ding khawng in a vapawt a, midang dawl mun a ding maimaite a mu a;

³ He went out about the third hour, Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

⁴huan, a kiang uah, Nou leng grep huan ah va pai sam ve ua, a kilawm hun ka honpe de, a chi a.

⁴ To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

⁵Huchi in, a paita ua. Huan, dak gukna ding khawng in leh dak kuana ding khawng in a va pawt nawna, huchi bangmah in a hih nawn a.

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, noon and 3:00 P. M. and did likewise.

⁶Huan, dak sawm leh khatna khawng ding in a va pawt a, mi dang dingte a mu a; huan, a kiang uah, Bangdia ni tum ahiai lai a ding maimai na hi ua? A chi a.

⁶ About the eleventh hour 5:00 PM he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

⁷Amau tuh a kiangah, Kuamahin a honchial louh jiakun, a chi ua. Aman tuh a kiang uah, Nou leng grep huan ah va hoh sam un, a chi a.

⁷ “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

⁸Huan, nitaklam a honghih in, grep huan neipan, a sum kempa kiangah, Nasemte sam inla, a nanungpen a kipanin a masapen tan in aloh uh pia in, a chi a.

⁸ When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

⁹Huan, dak sawm leh khatna ding khawng a achialte a hong uh leh makhai a mu chiat ua.

⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

¹⁰Huan, a masapente a hong un, muh tam deuh a kiging ua; himahleh amau leng makhai mah a mu chiat uh.

¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

¹¹Huan, a sum a san takun, in neipa tungah a phunta ua,

¹¹ When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

¹²Hiai nanungpenten dak kal khat kia a sem ua, kou sun haksa leh khoul thuakte toh kibangin na bawla, chi in.

¹² saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

¹³Aman bel, a lak ua mi khat kiangah, Lawm, na tungah bangmah ka hihkhial sama; makhai loh dingin i kituak ka hia?

¹³ “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

¹⁴Nanga la inla pai mai in; nang ka honpiak bangmah hiai nanungpen kiangah ka pe nuam ahi.

¹⁴ Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

¹⁵Kei a hiven, ka utut a ka hih a siang ka hia? A hihkeileh, kei ka hoih jiakin nang na haja ahia? chi in, a dawng a.

¹⁵ Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

¹⁶Huchi in, a nanungpente tuh a masapente a honghi ding ua, amasapente leng a nanungpente a honghi ding uh, a chi a.

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁷Huan, Jesu Jerusalem khua a a hohtouh lai in nungjui sawm leh nihte a pituam a, lampi ah a kiang uah,

¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

¹⁸Ngai dih uh, Jerusalem khua ah i pai tou dia, Mihing Tapa siampu lalte leh laigelhmite khut a matsak in a om ding; huan, amau tuh si ding in a tungah thu a hihpuk ding uh,

¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

¹⁹nuihza bawl nadia zat ding leh kros a kilhden ding in Jentelte kiang ah a pe ding uh; huan, ni thum ni a kaihthoh in a om ding, a chi a.

¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

²⁰Huai laitak in, Zebedai tapate nu, a tate pi in, a kiang ah a hong a, chibai a buk a, thil bang hiam a ngen a.

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

²¹Huan aman a kiang ah, Bang ahia na deih? A chi a. Huan, aman, Hiai ka tapate nih na gamah, na taklam ah khat, na veilam ah khat a tut theihna ding un thu pia in, a chi a.

²¹He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

²²Jesu'n bel, na nget theilou hi uteh. Ka nou dawn ding na dawn thei ua hia? a chi a, a dawng a. Amau a kiang ah, Thei e, a chi ua.

²²But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”

²³Aman a kiang uah, Ka nou tuh na dawn ngei ding ua; himahleh ka taklam leh ka veilam a tut ding thu jaw kei piak ding a hikei, ka Pa bawlsakte a ding ahi zo ding, a chi a.

²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²⁴Huan, sawmte'n tuh huai a na jak un unau nihte tungah a hehta ua.

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁵Jesu'n bel amaute a sam a, Jentelte vaihawmte tuh a tunguah a lal mahmah ua, a mi liante un a tunguah thu a nei mahmah lai uh chih leng na thei uh.

²⁵But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁶Himahleh, nou lak ah jaw huchi a hikei ding; kuapeuh na lak ua mi lian hih ut tuh na nasem un a om zo ding ahi;

²⁶ It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be” your servant.

²⁷kuapeuh na lak ua masapen hih ut tuh na nasem un a omlai ding ahi;

²⁷ Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

²⁸Mihing Tapa nasepsak a om ding in a hongpai kei a, nasem ding leh mi tampi tatna dia a hin pe ding a hongpai ahi jaw, a chi a.

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

²⁹Huan, Jeriko khua a kipan a pawt lai un mipi tampi tak in amah a jui ua.

²⁹As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³⁰Huan, ngaidih, mittaw nih lam gei a tute'n Jesu a pai chih a jak tak un, TOUPA, nang David Tapa, ka tunguah zahngai in, chi in, a kikou ua.

³⁰Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³¹Huan, mipi'n dai ding in a tai ua; himahleh, amau tuh, Toupa, nang David Tapa, ka tunguah zahngai in, chi in, a kikou semsem ua.

³¹The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³²Huan, Jesu a ding a, amau a sam a, Na tunguah bang chi a ka hih na ut ua? a chi a.

³²Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³³Amau tuh a kiang ah, Mit vak ka ut uh, a chi ua.Huchi in, Jesu'n a hehpih mahmah a, a mit uh a khoih a; huchi in, a mu thei pah ngal ua, amah tuh a juita uh.

³³They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³⁴Huchi in, Jesu'n a hehpih mahmah a, a mit uh a khoih a; huchi in, a mu thei pah ngal ua, amah tuh a juita uh.

³⁴Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.