¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

¹Huan, siahkhonmite leh mi khialte tengtengin a thu za dingin a kiang a honjuan ua.

²The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

²Huan, Pharisaite leh laigelhmiten, Hiai miin mi khialte a khawla, a kianguah an a ne chiin, a phun tuaktuak ua.

³He told them this parable.

³Huchiin, aman a kianguah hiai gentehna a gen a:

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

⁴Nou lakah kuapeuhin belam ja nei unla, a lak ua khat mangsak le-uchin, gamdai ah sawmkua leh kuate nusiain, amang pen na muh nawn ma siah uh kua ahia zong lou ding?

⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁵Huan, na muh nawn un tuh kipaktakin na liangjang uah na pua ua.

⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁶Huan, in natun tak un, na lawmte uleh na vengte uh na sam khawm ua, a kiang uah, Hon kipahpih un, ka belam mang ka mu nawnta, na chi uh.

⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

⁷Ka honhilh ahi, huchi bangmahin, mi dik sawm kua leh kua kisik tuanding neiloute tungah sangin mi khial khat kisik tungah vana mi a kipak zo ding uh.

⁸ Or what woman, if she had ten drachma A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer. coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

⁸Huan, numei kuapeuhin makhai sawm neiin khat mang sak leh, khawnvak dein, in phiatin a muh nawn masiah kua ahia hoihtaka zong lou ding?

⁹ When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’

⁹Huan, a muh nawn intuh, a lawmte leh a vengte a sam khawma, Honkipahpih un, ka makhai mansak ka mu nawn ta, a chi a.

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

¹⁰Ka honhilh ahi, huchi bangmahin, Pathian angelte maah, mi khial khat kisik tungah, kipahna om nak.

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹¹Mi kua hiamin tapa nih a nei a;

¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

¹²huan, a naupang zopenin, a pa kiangah, Pa, gou ka tansik honpia in, a chi a. Huchiin, a sum tuh a kianguah a hawmta a.

¹³ Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

¹³Huan, ni sawt lou nungin a tapa naupang zopenin a tansik tengteng a la khawm veka, gam gamlapi ah a zinta a, huai ah nuam tat luain a sum a mawk zat mangta a.

¹⁴ When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

¹⁴Huan, a zat bei zoh vek takin, huai gamah kial thupitak a hongtunga; nek ding a hong kitasamta a.

¹⁵ He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

¹⁵Huchiin, huai gam mi khat a vabela; huaiin vok an pe dingin a lou lamah a sawla.

¹⁶ He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

¹⁶Huan, bangkhat hawng vokin a nekte ua kihihvah a ut mahmaha; kuamahin lah bangmah a pe ngal kei ua.

¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

¹⁷Huan, amah leh amah hongkiphawk khiak takin, Ka pa kianga kilohte an nek zoh louha nei a tamtam utoh, kei lah hiai ah gilkiala si ding hi mai vengin;

¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

¹⁸Ka thou dinga, ka pa kiangah ka pai dinga, a kiangah, Pa, vana tungah leh nangmah mitmuhin thil ka hihkhial; na tapaa seh tak ka hitakei hi;

¹⁹ I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

¹⁹na kianga kiloh khat bangin hon bawl samin, ka chi ding, a chi a.

²⁰ “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁰Huchiin, a thou a, a pa kiangah a paita a. Huan, gamlapia a omlaiin, a pan a namu a, a lainat mahmaha, a taia, a vapoma a tawp tonton a.

²¹ The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²¹Huan, a kiangah a tapain, Pa, vana tungah leh nangmah mitmuhin thil ka hihkhial; na tapaa seh tak ka hita kei, a chi a.

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

²²Himahleh, a pan, a sikhate kiangah, Puan hoihpen honla khepah unla, silh sak un; a khutah zungbuh a khepekah khedap bun sak un;

²³ Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

²³bawngnou thau tak honla unla; gou un, i ne ding ua, nopbawlin i om ding uh;

²⁴ for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

²⁴hiai ka tapa a sia, a honghing nawnta ahi; a manga, i mu nawnta uhi, a chi a. Huchiin kipaktakin a om panta ua.

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁵Huan, a tapa upa jaw lou ah a oma; huan, in a hong tun kuanin bangpeuh tum ging leh lam husa a zata a.

²⁶ He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

²⁶Huchiin, a sikha khat a sama, Tuabang ahia? chiin, a donga.

²⁷ He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

²⁷Huan, aman, a kiangah, Na nau a hongtunga, dam takin a muh nawn jiakin na pan bawng nou thau tak a gou, a chi a.

²⁸ But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

²⁸Huan, a heha, a lut nuamta keia; huchiin, a pa hongpawt khia a, a khema.

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

²⁹Himahleh, aman, a pa kiangah, Ngai in, kum hichi zah na na sem inga, na thua lah talek ngei lou inga; ka lawmte toh kipahna ka bawlna dingin kelnou leng non pe ngei ngal keia.

³⁰ But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

³⁰Himahleh, hiai na tapa kijuakte kianga na sum ne mang vekpa a hongtun takin amah adingin bawngnou thau tak na nagoh sak viala, a chi a, a dawng a.

³¹ “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

³¹Huan, aman a kiangah, Ka tapa, ka kianga om gige hi china, ka neih tengteng leng nanga hi a.Kipak leh nuamtaka om ding ahi vo oi; hiai na nau a sia; a honghing nawna; a manga, i mu nawnta ahi ngala, a chi a, a chi a.

³² But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

³²Kipak leh nuamtaka om ding ahi vo oi; hiai na nau a sia; a honghing nawna; a manga, i mu nawnta ahi ngala, a chi a, a chi a.