3 Johan 1
1 Kei Angvai naw, Ka mhläkphyanak kcang Kajasa veia.
The Elder to his dear friend Gaius. Truly I love you.
2 Ka püi aw, nang cun ngmüimkhya üng na hlimtuiki tia ka ksingki. Anaküt üng dawkyanak yah lü pumsa phyawngyainak am na kümcei vaia ka ning ktaiyü petki.
My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.
3 Ngthukcang üng aläa nami xüngseia mäih, ngthukcang üng hlimtui lü na sitiha mawng mi khritjanpüi he naw na mtheh law u se ka ngjak üng aktäa ka jekyaiki.
For it is an intense joy to me when brethren come and bear witness to your fidelity to the truth--that you live in obedience to the truth.
4 Ka canae ngthukcang üng ami hlimtui ka ngjak üng ka jekyaia kba, i naw pi am na jekyaisak khawh.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.
5 Ka mhlänaka ka püi aw, nang cun jumeikiea phäh khut na binak üng sitih lü khinea ami thawn üng pi na sitihki.
My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
6 Na mhläkphyanaka mawng cun sangcima maa pyen päng ve u. Ami kdunglawngnak üng jah kpüikpak betü lü Pamhnam jekyaisakia khut na pawh vaia ning nghui na veng.
They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God.
7 Isenitiüng, amimi cun naw am jumeikie veia i pi käh doei lü, Khritawa khuta phäh cit hükie ni.
For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Acunakyase, ami khutbi cun mi jah bipüikiea a kyak vaia, mimi khritjane naw acuna khyange cun mi jah kpüikpak kawm u.
It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.
9 Sangcima veia kca aktawia ka yuk law kyaw. Cunüngpi, ami mkhawng vai sü kyaw Tajawtajah naw ka pyen am na hnaläüei.
I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.
10 Acunakyase, ka lawa kcün üng, a pawh naküt: a hleihlake ja am dawkyakia a jah pyennake cun sangcima maa ka phyeh law be khai. Acun däk am ni, khritjane ami law üng am jah dodang. Jah dodang hlükie pi jah mah ham lü sangcim üngkhyüh jah ksät vaia ngtängki.
For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church.
11 Ka mhlänak ka püi he aw, aksea thawnki käh mcukei ua, akdawa thawnki mcukei ua. Au pi akdaw pawhki cun Pamhnam üng sängeikie ni. Au pi akse pawhkie naw Pamhnam am ksing u.
My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.
12 Khyang lum naw Dematarih dawki ami ti. Kami pyen cangki ti nami ksingnak vaia kami saksisihki ni.
The character of Demetrius has the approval of all men, and of the truth itself. We also express our approval of it, and you know that we only give our approval to that which is true.
13 Ka ning jah mtheh vai daki kyaw, Pawpen ja hmen üng am yuk hlü ngü.
I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.
14 Sängsäng se ning jah hmuh law vaia ka ngaiki. Acun üng mi püi hmu lü mi ngthuhei be kawm u. Acunüng, akhyang puma mi ngthuei law khaie. Dimdeihnak nami khana be se. Ka püi avan naw pi yai u se ami ti. Mi püi he avan ka jah hnuksetki.
But I hope to see you very soon, and then we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. Our friends send greetings to you. Greet our friends individually.
