1 Johan 5

1 Au pi Jesuh cun Mesijah ni tia jumki naküt cun Pamhnama caa kyaki. Au pi a pa mhläkphyanaki naw a Ca pi mhläkphyanaki.

All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

2 Pamhnama canae mi jah mhläkphyanak mi ksingnak ta: Pamhnam mhläkphya na lü a ngthupete jah läklame hin ni.

The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

3 A ngthupete jah läklam cun Pamhnam mhläkphyanak ni. A ngthupete pi pyanki ti am ve.

[I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

4 Isetiüng, Pamhnama ca naküt naw khawmdek cun a näng päng ni. Khawmdek nängnak cun pi mi jumnaka phäh ni.

All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

5 U naw khawmdek näng khawh khai ni? Jesuh hin Pamhnama Ca ni ti lü jumeikie däk naw khawmdek ami näng khawh.

([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

6 Jesuh Khritaw cun a thihnaka thisen ja baptican a khannaka tui am lawki ni. Tui däk am lawki am ni, tui ja thisen am lawki ni. Ngmüimkhya amät naw cangki tia saksiki. Isetiüng, ngmüimkhya cun ngthu kcang ni.

[Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

7 Saksiki mjü kthum veki,

There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

8 Ngmüimkhya, tui ja thisena kyaki he. Ami kthuma saksi cun täng päihki.

[Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

9 Khyanga saksi mi jumki, cunüngpi Pamhnama saksi mi jum bawki. Acunakyase, a Capaa mawng cun a saksinak ni.

We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

10 Pamhnama Caa jumeiki naküt naw ahina saksi hin a mlung k’uma taeiki. Cunüngpi, Pamhnam am jumeiki naküt naw Pamhnam hleisakie ni. Isetiüng, Pamhnam naw a Caa mawng a pyen cun am a juma phäh ni.

Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

11 Saksinak ta: Pamhnam naw angsäia xünnak jah pe ve, angsäia xünnak cun a Capa üng ni a ngphungei ta. (aiōnios g166)

This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 A Capa yaheiki naküt naw xünnak yahki. Pamhnama Capa am yaheiki naw ta xünnak am yah.

Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

13 Pamhnama Ca jumeiki naküt naw angsäia xünnak yahki ti nami ksing vaia phäh ahina kca ka ning jah yuk law ni. (aiōnios g166)

I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

14 A hlüeia mi täsamnak naküt üng jah cungaih petki tia mi ksinga phäh, Pamhnama maa mkhüh üpnak mi taki.

Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

15 Mi täsam naküt jah ngja lü, ahin hin cangki tia mi ksinga phäh, ania vei mi täsam naküt jah pe khaia pi mi ksingki.

[And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

16 Jumeiki mat naw thihnaka am kpha khaia mkhyenak pawh se na hmuh üng, ani üng xünnak pe khai Pamhnama veia na ktaiyü vai. Acun cun thihnaka am jah kpha khai mkhyenak pawhkiea khana ni a kya kawm. Acunüngpi, thihnaka jah kpha khaia mkhyenak veki. Acuna phäh Pamhnama veia na ktaiyü vai ka pyen am ni.

Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

17 Akse pawhnak naküt cun mkhyenak ni. Cunüngpi, thihnaka am jah kpha khaia mkhyenak veki.

Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

18 Pamhnama cana naküt naw mkhyenak am pawh be ti ti cun mi ksingki. Pamhnama Capa naw jah yungkaih lü khawyaipa naw am nängpang khawh.

We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

19 Khawmdek avan hin Khawyaipaa uknaka kea ve kyaw lüpi, Pamhnam üng mi sängeiki tia mi ksingki.

We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

20 Pamhnama Capa cun law päng lü, ani naw ksingkhyapnak jah pe lawki tia mi ksingki. Acuna phäh, Pamhnam Kcang cun mi ksingki. Pamhnam Kcang üng mi xüngsei lü, a Capa Jesuh Khritaw üng pi mi yümmatki. Ani ni Pamhnam Kcanga kya lü angsäia xünnaka pi kyaki. (aiōnios g166)

We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

21 Ka canae aw, mhnam kcang am nikie üng käh ngpüi hü u bä.

[I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!