1 Johan 3

1 Pa naw ihlawka a jah mhläkphyanak cun ksing ua. A mhläkphyanak dämda se Pamhnama caa mi ngsuiki, akcanga Mhnama caa mi kyaki. Acunakyase ni, khawmdek naw mimi am jah ksing u, Pamhnam pi am ksing u.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

2 Ka püi he aw, Pamhnama caa mi kyaki he ni. Tuha ia mi kya law khai ti cun am ngsing ham ve. Cunüngpi Khritaw a law bea kcün üng, ania mäih mi law khai ti mi ksingki. Isenitiüng, Jesuha a kyaka mäih kunga mi hmu acun he ni.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

3 Ahina äpeinak Khritaw üng taki naküt naw, Khritaw a ngcingcaiha mäiha, amät naw amät ngcingcaiheisaki ni.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

4 Mkhyekatki naküt cun naw Pamhnama thum lümkanki ni. Isenitiüng, mkhyenak cun thum lümkannak ni.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

5 Khritaw cun naw mi mkhyekatnak naküt cehpüi khai lawki ni tia nami ksingki. Khritaw üng a mkhyekatnak am veki.

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

6 Acunakyase, Khritaw üng xüngseiki naküt naw mkhyenak am pawh be ti. Mkhyenak pawh hamkia khyang naw Khritaw am hmu khawi lü am ksing khawiki ni.

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

7 Ka canae aw, u naw pi käh ning jah mhleimhlak se. Akdaw pawhkia khyang cun Khritaw a ngsungpyuna kba ngsungpyunnaki ni.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 Mkhyenak pawh läkia khyang ta Khawyai üng sängeikia kyaki. Khawyai cun naw khawmdeka ngtüi üngkhyüh mkhyenak pawhki. Khawyaia pawhmsah naküt cun mkhyüh khaia Pamhnama Capa lawki ni.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 Pamhnama canae naw ta mkhyenak am pawh u. Isenitiüng, Pamhnama ngnei cun ami k’uma xüngki. Pamhnam cun ami Paa kyase mkhyenak am pawh be thei ti u.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 Pamhnama cana ja Khawyaia cana cun hngaki xawi ni: akdaw am pawhkia khyang, a bena am mhläkphyanakia khyang cun Pamhnama canaa am kya.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

11 Khawmdeka ngtüi üngkhyüh na ngjaka ngthu ta: mat ja mat mhläkphyana yah khai.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

12 Kaihnah käh mi khang vai u. A ngnei se lü Khawyaipa üng sängei lü, a na Apyelah hnimki ni. Ise Kaihnah naw a na a hnim ni? Amäta bilawhe cun khye lü Apyelaha bilawhe cun cangkia kyase, a hnim ni.

Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

13 Ka benae aw, khawmdek khyange naw ami ning hneng üng käh müncan kawm uki.

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

14 Mimi ta mi bena mi mhläkphya nakia kyase, thihnak khe lü xünnak mi phaki ti mi ksingki he. A bena am mhläkphya naki cun thihnaka johita kea ve hamkia kyaki.

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

15 A bena hnengki cun khyang hnimki ni. Khyang hnimki naküt naw angsäia xünnak am yah ti nami ksingki. (aiōnios g166)

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)

16 Khritaw naw mi hama a sak a tawna phäh mhläkphyanak cun mi ksingki. Acuna kba ni, mi bena phäh mi sak pe khaia mi ngkawihkie ni.

Hereby perceive we the love [ of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

17 Bawimang lü mi bena mpyankse se hmu lü mpyaneinak am mi tak üngta, ihawkba Pamhnam ka mhläkphya naki mi ti thei khai ni?

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

18 Ka canae aw, mhläkphyanak cun mpyawng däk üng am ni. Mi mlung kcang ja mi xünsak üng mdan vai hlüki.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

19 Ngthukcang üng mi sängei cun ahikba mi ksing law khai, Pamhnam maa mkhühüpnak cun pi ahikba kung kya khai ti mi ksingki.

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

20 Mi ksingnak naw a jah mkat üng ta, mi ksingnaka kthaka Pamhnam dämduhki tia mi ksingki.

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21 Acunakyase, ka benae aw, mi ksingnak naw am a jah mkat üng ta, Pamhnama maa am mi kyühei.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God.

22 Ngthupet naküt pi jah läklam lü ani jenak vaia mi xüngseikia kyase, mi täsam naküt pi Pamhnam naw jah peki.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

23 A ngthupet ta a Capa Jesuh Khritaw jumei vai. A Capa naw a ning jah mtheha mäiha mat ja mat mhläkphyanak vai ni.

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24 Pamhnama ngthupet läklam lü Pamhnam am xüngseikiea khana Pamhnam pi xüngsei beki. Mimi üng a jah peta Ngmüimkhyaa phäh Pamhnam cun mi khana yümmat lü xüngseiki ti mi ksingki.

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.