¹It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

¹Huan, hichi ahi a, Khawlniin Pharisai vaihawmmi khat ina an ne dinga hoh in, a en khia ua.

²Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

²Huan, ngai in, a ma ah damlou chibawk mi kua hiam a oma.

³Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

³Huchiin, Jesun dan theimi leh Pharisaite a houpiha, a kiang uah, Khawlniin hihdam asiang hia, siang lou? a chi a.

⁴But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

⁴Amau bel a dai dide ua, huan, aman damlou tuh a len a, a hihdama, a paisakta a.

⁵He answered them, “Which of you, if your son TR reads “donkey” instead of “son” or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

⁵Huan, a kianguah, Na lak uah na sabengtung u hiam, bawng hiam tuitohkhiakkhuk ah nake taleh, Khawlniin leng kua ahia kai khepah lou ding? a chi a.

⁶They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.

⁶Huai thu tuh a dawng theikei uh.

⁷He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

⁷Huan, a mi sapte un tutnamun hoihpen a tel jel dan uh a mu a, a kiang uah gentehna thu a genta a:

⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

⁸Kitenna an ne dinga kuapeuhin a honsap chiangin tutnamun hoihpen ah tu kei un; huchilou injaw, na sang ua mi phajaw a na sam kha dia, huchiin, a honsampan,

⁹ and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

⁹Hiai mi tutna ding awn in, a hon chi dia; huan nang zumpiin tutnamun niam pen ah natu nawn phing ding ahi.

¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

¹⁰A honsap chiangin tutnamun niam pen ah na vatu zo ding a; huchiin a honsampa a hong chiangin, na kiangah, Lawm, tutnamum hoih deuh ah tu in, a honchi theiding. Huchiin na anumpihte mitmuhin pahtawiin na om ding.

¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹¹Kingaipha peuh a neu ding ua: kingaineu tuh pahtawiin a om ding uh, a kiang uah a chi a.

¹²He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

¹²Huan, a sampa kiangah leng, Sunin hiam, janin hiam ankuang na lui chiangin, na lawmte, na unaute, na sanggamte, na inveng mihaute na sam kei ding; huchilou injaw a honsam thuk ding ua, a honthuk chitchiat kha ding uh.

¹³ But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

¹³Ankuang na lui chiangin, tagahte, piangsualte, khebaite, mittawte, na sam zo ding;

¹⁴ and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

¹⁴huchiin, huai bangten thukna ding a neih louh jiak un, na hampha ding; mi dikte thoh nawn chiangin thuk nawn na hih ding jiakin, a chi a.

¹⁵When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!”

¹⁵Huan, a anumpih kuahiamin huai thu tuh a ja a, a kiangah, Pathian gama an ne ding tuh a hampha, a chi a.

¹⁶But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

¹⁶Huan, aman, a kiangah, Mi kuahiamin janin ankuang thupi luina a bawla, mi tampi a sama;

¹⁷ He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’

¹⁷huan, anek hunin, ami sapte kiangah, Hong ua, tuin bangkim manta, chi dingin a sikha a sawla.

¹⁸ They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’

¹⁸Huan, a vek un thu khat satin paulam a nei chiat ua. A masapenin, a kiangah, Lou ka leita a, a en dia ka hoh kipha moh hi; honhehpih inla, hon na ngai siam heh, a chi a.

¹⁹ “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

¹⁹Huan, midangin, Bawng tuak nga ka leita a, a siat a phat chiandingin ka kuan dinga, honhehpih inla hon na ngai siam heh, a chi a.

²⁰ “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

²⁰Huan, mi dangin, ji ka neita a, huaijiakin ka hoh theikei, a chi a.

²¹ “That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

²¹Huan, sikhain, a pu kiangah, huai thute tuh a vahilh ta a. Huan, inneipa tuh a heh a, a sikha kiangah, Pawt inla, kongzing khawngah, kawmkal khawngah pai mengmeng inla, tagahte, piangsualte, mittawte, khebaite hiai laiah honpilut in, a chi a.

²² “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

²²Huan, a sikhain, Pu, non thupiak bangin ka hihkhina, himahleh mun awng lailaive aw, a chi a.

²³ “The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²³Huan, a puin, sikha kiangah, Pawt inla, lamlian khawng ah, dai khawng ah pai inla, ka in dimna dingin mi hon sawl lut teitei in.

²⁴ For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”

²⁴Ka honhilh ahi, Mi ka sapte khatin leng ka ankuang lui achiam kei hial ding, a chi a, a chi a.

²⁵Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

²⁵Huan, mipi thupi takte a kiangah a hoh sam ua; huchiin amah a kiheia, a kianguah,

²⁶ “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard or, hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

²⁶Kuapeuh ka kianga hongin, a pa, a nu, a ji, a tate, a unau a sanggamnu, leh amah hinna nangawn toh a huat keileh ka nungjui ahi theikei ding.

²⁷ Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

²⁷Kuapeuh a kros pua honjui lou tuh ka nungjui ahi theikei ding.

²⁸ For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

²⁸Nou laka kuapeuhin in sang lam tum le uchin, amasain tuin, lam zohna khop sum na neih uleh neih louh thei dingin, aman ding dan kuaa hia sut lou ding.

²⁹ Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

²⁹Huchilou injaw, suang phum khin phota, a lam zoh theih kei leh, a en peuhin,

³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’

³⁰Hiai min a gel na a, a lam zou thei ngal keia chiin, a nuihsan kha ding uh.

³¹ Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

³¹Huan, kumpipa kuain ahia kumpipa dang dou dinga a kuan dingin, a masaa tu a, mi sing nih toh amah dou ding a hong tuh, mi sing khat toh a tuah ngam ding leh ding louh, mi dong lou ding?

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

³²Huchi a hihkei vanglakleh, kumpipa dang tuh gamla pia a om laiin, kituahna lam thuchiam ngen dingin palai a sawl ding.

³³ So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

³³Huchi bangmahin, nou lakah kuapeuh a neih tengteng paisan lou tuh ka nungjui ahi theikei ding.

³⁴ Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

³⁴Chi a hoiha, himahleh, chi leng a pen khitin, bangin a hih-al nawn ding ua?Leia dingin a hoih kei; ekvum dingin leng a hoih sam kei; min a pai khia uh. Kuapeuh jakna dinga bil neiin ja hen, a chi a.

³⁵ It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

³⁵Leia dingin a hoih kei; ekvum dingin leng a hoih sam kei; min a pai khia uh. Kuapeuh jakna dinga bil neiin ja hen, a chi a.