3 Johan 1
1 Kricaabu zaehoikung kacoehta mah, loktang ah ka palung ih Kaia khaeah,
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
2 kang palung ih kami, kahoih poekhaih palungthin na tawnh baktih toengah, hmuennawk boih ah qoengh moe, ngan na tui thai hanah lawk kang thuih pae, tiah ca tarik.
Beloved, I earnestly pray, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
3 Loktang loklam to na pazui moe, loktang lok ah na oh, tiah nawkamyanawk angzoh o moe, ang thuih o naah, paroeai anghoehaih ka tawnh.
For I greatly rejoiced, when the brethren came, and bore testimony to thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.
4 Ka caanawk loktang thungah caeh o ti, tiah ka thaih naah, to anghoehaih pongah kalen kue anghoehaih ka tawn ai boeh.
And I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.
5 Palung ih kami, nawkamyanawk hoi angvinnawk khaeah, oep kaom ah tok na sak;
Beloved, thou actest faithfully in whatsoever service thou dost to the brethren, and to strangers too;
6 nihcae mah nang ih amlunghaih to kricaabu hmaa ah thuih o boeh: nihcae mah Sithaw koehhaih baktiah tamthanglok taphong o hanah na bomh thaih nahaeloe, kahoih hmuen ah ni om tih:
who have borne witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well in forwarding, as is worthy of God.
7 nihcae loe Anih ih ahmin hoiah ni caeh o, Gentelnawk khae hoi abomhaih tidoeh la o ai.
For they went forth for his name's sake, taking nothing of the gentiles.
8 Loktang toksahkung ah a oh o thai toeng hanah, aicae mah to baktih kaminawk to abomh han oh.
We ought therefore to receive such, that we may become fellow-laborers in the truth.
9 Kricaabu khaeah ca ka tarik: toe nihcae zaehoikung ah kaom, Diotrephe mah kaicae talawk han koeh ai.
I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who affects the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.
10 To pongah, kang zoh nahaeloe, a sak ih hmuen to ka panoek sak han, anih loe aicae kasae thuih khue ai ah, nawkamyanawk doeh talawk han koeh ai: nawkamyanawk talawk han koeh kaminawk doeh pakaa moe, nihcae to kricaabu thung hoiah pathok ving.
Therefore when I come, I will remember his deeds, prating against us with wicked words: and not content with these, he neither receiveth the brethren himself, nor suffers those that would; and casteth them out of the church.
11 Palung ih kami, kahoih ai hmuen to pazui hmah, kahoih hmuen to pazui ah. Kahoih hmuen sah kami loe Sithaw ih kami ah oh: toe kahoih ai hmuen sah kami loe Sithaw to hnu ai.
Beloved, do not thou follow that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: but he, that doth evil, hath not seen God.
12 Kaminawk boih mah Demitria hoihaih kawng to thuih o, loktang lok mah doeh anih hoihaih kawng to thuih: ue, aicae mah doeh kahoihah a thuih o; a thuih o ih lok loe loktang ni, tito na panoek.
A good testimony is borne to Demetrius by all men, and by the truth itself: yea, and we also bear him like witness, and ye know that our testimony is true.
13 Ca zetpui tarik han ka koeh, toe cacung hoi catui hoiah tarik ka koeh ai:
I had many things to write: but I would not write to thee with pen and ink;
14 nang hoi angqum palang tih hmang, tiah oephaih ka tawnh, to naah mikhmai kang tongah lok aram tih hmang. Nang khaeah monghaih om nasoe. Aicae ampuinawk mah ban ang sin o. Toah kaom ampuinawk to ka hmin hoiah ban sin ah.
for I hope to see thee soon, and we shall speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
