3 Johan 1

1 Upa pa in ka it mama Gaias, thutak sung ah kong it:

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

2 Ka it lawm awng, thin le lung na picin bangma in, na theampo ah na picin tu le na dam tu kong deisak hi.

Beloved, I earnestly pray, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.

3 Nangma sia thutak sung ah na nuntak bangma in, na sung ah om thutak sia, suapui te hongpai in hong son uh ciang nasiatak in ka lungdam hi.

For I greatly rejoiced, when the brethren came, and bore testimony to thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

4 Ka tate thutak sung ah nungta hi, ci thu ka zak ciang sang in, a lianzaw lungdamna nei ngawl khi hi.

And I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

5 Ka it ka lawm awng, suapui te le leangna te tung ah na vawt theampo thumantak in na vawt hi;

Beloved, thou actest faithfully in whatsoever service thou dost to the brethren, and to strangers too;

6 Amate in na itna thu pawlpi mai ah son uh hi; nangma in amate khualhawna mun ah Pathian deina bang in na tha le, napha seam seam na hihi:

who have borne witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well in forwarding, as is worthy of God.

7 Banghangziam cile amate sia Ama min hang in Gentile te kung pan bangma la ngawl in pai hi.

For they went forth for his name's sake, taking nothing of the gentiles.

8 Tua ahikom eite thutak dinpui tu te i hi thei natu in tabang te i san tu a hihi.

We ought therefore to receive such, that we may become fellow-laborers in the truth.

9 Pawlpi tung ah lai ka thak hi: ahihang amate sung ah lampui a suaknuam Diotrephes in hong sang nuam ngawl hi.

I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who affects the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.

10 Tua ahikom kongpai a a hile ama hong vawt nate mangil ngawl tu khi hi, ama in kamsia taw hong selno hi: tuabek taw lungkim ngawl lai in suapui te sang nuam ngawl a, a sang nuam te zong khak in pawlpi sung pan hawlkhia hi.

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 Ka it ka lawm awng, a pha ngawlte zui heak in, ahizong a pha te zui in. Na pha a seam te Pathian neisa a hihi: ahihang na pha ngawl a seam te in Pathian mu ngawl lai hi.

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 Mi theampo sia Demetrius i tetti hi, thutak cikteak ama i tetti a hihi: kote zong ama sang pan tetti ka hi uh hi; kong son te maan hi, ci na he uh hi.

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 No tung ah at tu tam mama nei khi hi, hikale laikung le laitui taw at ngawl tu khi hi.

I had many things to write: but I would not write to thee with pen and ink;

14 Ahihang hai ngawl in hong mu tu in ki um khi hi, maitang kisi in i ki paupui tu hi. Thinnopna hong om tahen. I lawm te in hong nukset hi. Lawmte minlo in nukset in.

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.