1 Pita 4
1 Khritaw naw a pumsa am khuikhanak khameiki. Nangmi pi a Ania khameia kba nami khamei khai kunga ngai lü, nami ktha mcüng ua. Isenitiüng, Pumsa khuikhanak khamei nakütki cun mkhyenak üng am ngpüi ti tinaka kyaki.
Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,
2 Tuh üngkhyüha ta, khawmdek ning üng na xünseinak naküt cen, khyanga hlüeia käh nikia, Pamhnama hlüeia xüngsei hnüha.
and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
3 Mi khe lawa kcüne üng am jumeikiea kba: mlung hlükaw jawnga awmih, hnunglanak hlü, jukung ktaipam xanak, ampyua ei aw lü hnungla pawia awmih, juhai eiawknak ja mtuihsekia juktuhe hjawkmkhähnake cun nami khyaih khawha nami jah pawh pängki he.
Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.
4 Atuh ta Mhnam am ksingki hea mlung xanak ja mlümlawknak üng am nami ngpüingpaw tia phäh, mün u lü ning jah yaihei ve u.
And, because you do not run to the same extremes of profligacy as others, they are astonished, and malign you.
5 Acunüngpi, akthi ja akxüng ngthu jah mtai khaia ngcüngceiki Pamhnama veia amimäta mawng cun pyenei yah khaie.
But they will have to answer for their conduct to him who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.
6 Acuna phäh ni, khyang naküta khameia kba ngthumkhyahnak cun pumsa üng khameikie akthiea veia pi Thangkdaw cun sanga kyaki. Pamhnam a xüngseia mäiha ngmüimkhya üng ami xüisei vaia phäh sanga kyaki.
For that was why the good news was told to the dead also – that, after they have been judged in the body, as people are judged, they might live in the spirit, as God lives.
7 Anaküta adütnak vai cun cäh lawki. Acunakyase, nami ktaiyü khawh vaia, mlung ngkhängsak lü thüxaknak am ve ua.
But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, so that you may be able to pray.
8 Anaküta kthaka nami püi mhläkphya na ua. Mhläkphyanak naw mkhyenak khawhah jah küm pet theiki.
Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for “Love throws a veil over countless sins.”
9 Käh hlawpcap lü nami püi khin na thei ua.
Never grudge hospitality to one another.
10 Khyang mat phäh phäh hin Pamhnama jah pet ami phäh phäha msümceikia kyaki he. Pamhnam naw letsawnga a pet cun khyang kce hea phäh daw khaia sumei se.
Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.
11 Ngthu sangkia khyang naküt naw Pamhnama ngthu sang se. Khut bikia khyang naküt naw Pamhnama peta ngjuktha am khut bi se. Acunüng va, anaküt üng Pamhnam cun Jesuh Khritawa phäh üng mhlünmtaia kya khai. Johit ja hlüngtainak cun angsäia Pamhnama kaa kyaki. Amen. (aiōn g165)
When anyone speaks, they should speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When anyone is endeavouring to serve others, they should do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honoured through Jesus Christ – to whom be ascribed all honour and might for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
12 Ka püi he aw, nami khana am thawn khawiki pha law lü ning jah huimhleikia mhnütnaka nami khamei üng käh müncan ua.
Dear friends, do not be astonished at the trial of fire that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
13 Khritawa khuikhatnak nami khameipüi hin jekyai ua. Hlüngtainak am a law bea kcün üng, jekyainak am nami kümcei khaia kyase.
No, the more you share the sufferings of the Christ, the more may you rejoice, that, when the time comes for the manifestation of his glory, you may rejoice and exult.
14 Khritawa hnukläka nami kyaa phäh ami ning jah yaihyünei üng ta, jekyai ua. Acun cun hlüngtaikia Ngmüimkhya, Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya cun nami khana vekia kyaki.
If you are insulted for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine glory and the Spirit of God are resting on you.
15 Nangmi üng mat naw a khuikhatnak a khamei üng; khyang a hnima phäh, a mpyuka phäh, khyangkaa a thawna phäh ja khyanga khut üng a ngcawngcik hüa phäha, käh khamei se.
I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians.
16 Acunüngpi, Khritjana na thawna phäh khuikhatnak na khamei üngta, käh ngkeei kawpi. Khritawa ngming üng na khameia phäh Pamhnam na jenak vai.
But, if someone suffers as a Christian, they should not be ashamed of it; they should bring honour to God even though they bear that name.
17 Ngthumkhyahnak cutei vaia kcün cun pha päng ve. Pamhnama a khyange cun akcüka jah cijang vai. Mimi üng a cutei üng, Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia Thangkdaw am jumeikiea khütnak vai ta ihawkba vai ni.
For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God’s good news?
18 Cangcim naw, “khyang kdawe jah küikyan vai hin khak ve; acunüng, Mhnam am jumki khyangkae ta ihawkba vai ni.”
If “a good person is saved only with difficulty, what will become of the godless and the sinful?”
19 Acunakyase, Pamhnama hlüeia khuikhat khameikie naw, a khyütam nängpang lü jah Tüipyangkia veia, dawkyakia ngneisak am ami xünsak cun ng’apei u se.
Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.
