¹He entered and was passing through Jericho.

¹Huan, Jesu Jeriko khua ah a luta, pai suak din a kisa a.

²There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

²Huan, ngai in, mi khat a min Zakai a om a; huai mi tuh siahkhon heutu ahi a, amah leng a hau ngiala.

³He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.

³Huan, Jesu mi bangchi bang hiam chih, muh a tuma; amah lah a niam ngala, mipi jiakin, a mu theikei a.

⁴He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

⁴Huchiin, a matai a, a en dingin theipi kung ah a kaha; huai lampi tuh a hontot ding ahi ngala.

⁵When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

⁵Huan, Jesu huai mun a tunin a daka, a kiangah, Zakai, hongkum meng in; tuniin na ina tung ding ka hi, a chi a.

⁶He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

⁶Huan kintakin a kuma, kipaktakin amah tuh a zintuntaa.

⁷When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”

⁷Huan huai amuh tak un, a vek un, Mi khialte kianga tung dingin a lutta ve, a chi ua, a phun ua.

⁸Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

⁸Huan, Zakai a dinga, Toupa kiang ah, Ngai in, Toupa, ka sum kimkhat tagahte kiangah kape dinga; huan, kua lakah leng thil bangpeuh na negu taleng, a leh liin ka din ding, a chi a.

⁹Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

⁹Huan, Jesun, akiangah, Tuniin hiai in ah hotdamna a hongtungta, amah leng Abraham tapa ahi ngala.

¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

¹⁰Mangthangte zonga hotdam dingin Mihing Tapa a hongpai, ahi him hi, a chi a.

¹¹As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

¹¹Huan, huai thute a ngaihkhiak lai un, Jerusalem khua a naih tak jiak leh Pathian gam honglang pah ding hia a gin jiak un gentehna thu a gen tela.

¹²He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹²Huchiin hiai thu khawng a gena; Mi Hoih kuahiam gam ukna thu laa hongkik nawn dingin kho gamla takah a hoha.

¹³ He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, 10 minas was more than 3 years’ wages for an agricultural laborer. and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

¹³A hoh dingin a sikhate sawm a sama, a kiang uah dangkaeng sawm a pia a, a kianguah, Ka hongtun nawn masiah hiaiin sum na sin un, achia.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

¹⁴Himahleh, a khuaten a hua ua, Hiai mi katung ua vaihawm dingin ka deih kei uh, chiin a nungah thu akha ua.

¹⁵ “It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

¹⁵Huan, hichi ahia, gam ukna thu tuh a laka, a hong kik nawn in, a sikha sum a piakte, a hekpung dan uh theihna din, a sam saka.

¹⁶ The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

¹⁶Huan, a masapen a hongpaia, Toupa, na dangka sawmin a pung, a chi a.

¹⁷ “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

¹⁷Huan aman, a kiangah, Sikha hoih, nahih hoih e; tawm chik tunga na ginom jiakin kho sawm tungah heutuin om in, a chi a.

¹⁸ “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

¹⁸Huan, a zom a hongpaia, Toupa, na dangka ngain a pung e, a chi a.

¹⁹ “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

¹⁹Huan, aman, amah kiangah leng, Nang leng kho nga tungah heutuin omin, a chi a.

²⁰ Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

²⁰Huan, mi dang a hongpaia, Toupa, en in, hiai na dangka: khoulnulna puanin ka kem kinken ahi;

²¹ for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

²¹Mi mawktak na hih jiakin kon kihta ahi; na koih louh leng na la naka, na tuh louh leng na at nak ngala, a chi a.

²² “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

²²Huan, aman, a kiangah, sikha gilou, na paukam suak ngeiin kon siam louh ding. Mi mawktat ka hiha, ka koih louh leng ka lak naka, ka tuh louh leng ka at nak na thei maw?

²³ Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

²³Huchi a hih leh, bang dia ka sum sumina na koih lou? huchiin ka hongpaiin a pung toh ka lak ding ahi, a chi a.

²⁴ He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.’

²⁴Huan, a kianga dingte kiangah, A dangka lak sak unla, dangka sawm neipa kiangah pia un, a chi a.

²⁵ “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’

²⁵Huan, amau, a kiangah, Toupa, aman jaw dangka sawm a nei a ka, a chi ua.

²⁶ ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

²⁶Ka honchi ahi, a nei peuh piakbehlap ahi ding a, a neilou tuh a neih sun leng lak sak ahi ding hi.

²⁷ But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

²⁷Himahleh, hiai ka galte a tung ua vaihawm dia hondeih lou, honpi unla, ka maah that un, a chi a, a chi a.

²⁸Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁸Huan, huchibang thu agen khitin Jerusalem kho lam naih tou in ma a kaia.

²⁹It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage TR, NU read “Bethpage” instead of “Bethsphage” and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

²⁹Huan hichi ahia, Bethphage leh Bethani kho kiang, Oliv tang kichi a tunin, nungjuite laka mi nih a sawla.

³⁰saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.

³⁰Na ma jawn khua uah vahohta unla; huaiah na lut tung un sabengtung nou khih, kuamah tuanna ngei nai louh, na vamu ding ua, huai honphel unla, honkai un.

³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³¹Huan, kuapeuhin, Bangdia phel? chia a hondot uleh, hichin na gen ding uh, Toupan a deih ahi, chiin.

³²Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

³²Huan, asawlte tuh a paita ua, a kiang ua a gen bang ngeiin a vamu ua.

³³As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³³Huan, sabengtung nou tuh a phel lai un, a neiten a kiang uah, Sabengtung nou bangdia phel? a chi ua.

³⁴They said, “The Lord needs it.”

³⁴Huan, amau, Toupan a deih ahi, a chi ua.

³⁵They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.

³⁵Huchiin, Jesu kiangah a honkai ua; huan, sabengtung nou tungah a puante uh aphah ua, a tungah Jesu a tuang sak uhi.

³⁶As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.

³⁶Huan, a paina ding lampi ah a puante uh a phah jel ua.

³⁷As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

³⁷Huan, a tun ding kuan in, Oliv tang kumsukna ding takah, nungjui mipi tengtengin a thilthupi hih tengteng a muh jiak un a kipak ua, aw ngaihtakin Pathian tuh a phat uhi;

³⁸saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Psalm 118:26 Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”

³⁸Toupa mina kumpipa hongpai tuh a hampha e; vanah lem thu leng henla, tungnungpen ah thupina om hen, chiin.

³⁹Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

³⁹Huan, mipi laka Pharisai khenkhatin a kiangah, Sinsakpa, na nungjuite taiin, a chi ua.

⁴⁰He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”

⁴⁰Aman bel, Ka honhilh ahi, Hiaite a daih uleh suangte bek a kikou ding uh, a chi a, a dawnga.

⁴¹When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,

⁴¹Huan, a tun kuanin, khua a mu a, a kahkhuma;

⁴²saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

⁴²Aw nang telin tu sungin khamuanna ding thu honthei leteh aw: Himahleh tun jaw na muh louhna dingin a kisel ta ngala.

⁴³ For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

⁴³Na galten na kimin lei kulh a khoh ding ua, a honum ding ua, na kimin pawt theih louhin a honom khum ding ua, huchibang nite tuh na tungah a hong tung ding;

⁴⁴ and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

⁴⁴na sunga na ta na naute, nangmah toh leiah hon pai ek ding ua; na sungah suang kichiang himhim a hawi kei ding uh; veha na om ni na theihlouh jiakin, chiin.

⁴⁵He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,

⁴⁵Huan, Pathian biakin ah a va luta, bangpeuh juakte a delhkhia a, a kiang uah,

⁴⁶saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ Isaiah 56:7 but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” Jeremiah 7:11

⁴⁶Ka in thumna in ahi ding, chih gelh ahi; nou bel suamhatte khukin na bawl jaw uh, a chi a.

⁴⁷He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

⁴⁷Huan, nitengin Pathian biakin ah thu a hilh jela. Huan, siampu liante leh, laigelhmite leh, vantang laka heutu deuhten, amah hihmang atum ua;Himahleh, min phatuam ngai taka a thu a ngaihkhiak jiak un, a hihna dingdan a thei tuan kei uhi.

⁴⁸They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

⁴⁸Himahleh, min phatuam ngai taka a thu a ngaihkhiak jiak un, a hihna dingdan a thei tuan kei uhi.