John 1
1 A kipatcil in Thu om hi, tua thu sia Pathian taw omkhawm a, tua Thu in Pathian a hihi.
In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.
2 Tua thu sia a kipatcil in Pathian taw omkhawm hi.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 Na theampo Ama vawt a hihi; a kivawt theampo sung ah Ama kihel ngawl in a kivawt khatzong a om bua hi.
All things were made by him, and without him not one thing was made that now exists.
4 Ama sung ah nuntakna om a; tua nuntakna sia mihing te i khuavak a hihi.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 Taciang khuavak sia khuazing sung ah tang a; khuazing in Ama a he bua hi.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not.
6 Pathian kungpan hong ki sawl mi khat om a, ama min sia John a hihi.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 John sia tetti tu in hongpai a, mi theampo in ama tungtawn in a up thei natu, khuavak tettipang tu in hongpai hi.
This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.
8 Ama sia tua Khuavak hi ngawl hi, ahihang tua Khuavak tettipang tu in a ki sawl a hihi.
He was not the Light; but he came to testify of the Light.
9 Tasia sia Khuavak tatak hi a, mi theampo taan tu in hi leitung ah hongpai hi.
He was the true Light, which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
10 Ama sia leitung ah om a, leitung sia Ama vawtsa a hihi, taciang leitung in Ama a he bua hi.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 Ama minam te kung ah hongpai napi, a minam te in Ama a sang bua hi.
He came to his own country, and his own people received him not.
12 Ahihang a sang te theampo tung ah, Pathian tapa sua na vangletna pia hi, tua te sia Ama min a umte a hihi:
But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of becoming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;
13 Ama te sia thisan, ci le sa deina, le mihing deina tungtawn in a piang a hi bua uh hi, ahihang Pathian deina tungtawn in a piang a hihi.
who were begotten, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 Tua thu sia ci le sa in hong ki vawt a, taciang thuthiamna le thutak taw kidim in eite sung ah hong om a, Pa i Tapa a neisun minthanna bang in a minthanna i mu hi.
And the WORD became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of grace and of truth.
15 John in Ama thu tettipang in a au na aw sia, ka nung pan hongpai pa sia kei sang in thupi zaw hi: banghangziam cile Ama sia kei pian ma in om zo hi: A thu ka sason sia Ama a hihi, ci hi.
John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.
16 Ama kicinna pan in i vekpi in hesuakna khat zawkciang khat i sang tato hi.
And from his fullness have we all received, even grace for grace;
17 Banghangziam cile thukham sia Moses tungtawn in hong kipia hi, ahihang thuthiamna le thutak ahile Jesus Christ tungtawn in hongpai hi.
for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 Kuama in Pathian sia bangmahun in mu ngei ngawl hi; Pa kangsung ah a om khatbek a nei a Tapa in, Pa thu hong tangko zo hi.
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
19 Hi thu sia, nang sia a kua ni ziam? ci dong tu in Judah te in thiampi te le Levite te Jerusalem pan a sawl uh ciang in, John i a cepte thu a hihi.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?
20 John in nial peuma ngawl in, keima sia Christ hi ngawl khi hi; ci in pualak hi.
And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
21 Amate in, tua a hile a kua ni ziam? Elijah ni ziam? ci in dong uh hi. Taciang John in, hi ngawl khi hi, ci hi. Amate in, kamsang tasia ni ziam? ci in a dok leleau uh ciang in, hi ngawl khi hi, ci in zo hi.
And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No.
22 Amate in, nang a kua ni ziam? tua hile hong sawl te kung ah son thei tu khu hi. Nangma le nangma kua ka hi ci ni ziam? ci uh hi.
They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself?
23 John in, kamsang Isaiah sonkholsa bang in, Topa i lampi tangsak vun, ci in ngamsung pan a au Aw ka hihi, ci hi.
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.
24 Amate sia Pharisee te in sawl in a paisak te a hi uh hi.
And those who were sent were of the Pharisees;
25 Amate in, Christ na hi bua a, Elijah le hi ngawl, kamsang le hi tuan ngawl napi, banghang in tuiphumna pia ni ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 John in, keima in tui taw tuiphumna kong pia hi: ahihang na heak ngawl uh mi khat note sung ah ding nginge hi;
John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not.
27 Ama sia, ka nung pan hongpai a, kei sang in thupi zaw hi, kei sia a peangdap khau sutsak tu zong ka kilawm bua hi, ci hi.
He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.
28 Hi thu te sia John in tuiphumna a piak na mun, Jordan ngun ngal Bethabara ah a sep thu a hihi.
These things were done in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 A zingciang in John in Jesus a kung ah hongpai mu a, en vun, leitung mawna a pua Pathian Tuuno.
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
30 Hi sia pa sia, ka nung pan hongpai a, kei sang in thupi zaw hi: banghangziam cile kei pian ma in om zo hi, ci ka son sia Ama a hihi.
This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me.
31 Ama ka he bua hi: ahihang Ama sia Israel te tung ah kilangsak tu hi, tua ahikom keima hongpai in tui taw tuiphumna pia khi hi.
And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water.
32 Taciang John in ceptena tettipang a, Thaa sia vantung pan vakhu bang in tuaksuk a, Ama tung ah a tu ka mu hi.
And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
33 Ama ka he bua hi: ahihang tui taw tuiphumna pia tu in, hong sawl sia in, Ama tung ah Thaa hong tuaksuk tu a, tua na mu uh sia sia, Tha Thiangtho taw tuiphumna pia tu pa hi, ci in hong son hi.
And I knew him not; but he that sent me to immerse in water, said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is he that immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 Ama ka mu zo a, hisia pa sia Pathian Tapa a hihi, ci in ceptena tettipang khi hi, ci hi.
And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God.
35 A zingciang in John le a nungzui ni te hong dingkik uh a;
Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.
36 Jesus hongpai a mu ciang in, en vun Pathian Tuuno! ci hi.
And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Behold the Lamb of God.
37 Taciang nungzui nite in tua thu a zak uh ciang, Jesus nung zui uh hi.
And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Tua zawkciang in Jesus in a nungsang le-et a, amate i zui a mu ciang, amate tung ah, Bang zong nu ziam? ci hi. Amate in, Rabbi awng koisung ah om ni ziam? ci uh hi. Rabbi a khiakna sia syapa awng, a cinopna a hihi.
And Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them:
39 Jesus in amate tung ah, Hongpai tavun a hong en tavun, ci hi. Amate hongpai uh a, a omna mun mu uh hi, taciang tua ni sia Ama taw omkhawm uh hi: banghangziam cile a hun sia nitak sang nai li pawl a hihi.
What do you seek? They said to him: Rabbi, (which, when translated, is called Teacher, ) where abidest thou?
40 John i son thu a za mihing ni te sung ah khat sia Simon Peter suapui pa, Andrew a hihi.
He said to them: Come and see. They went and saw where he abode; and they remained with him that day; for it was about the tenth hour.
41 A masaphit in a u Simon taw ki si uh a, ko Messiah taw ki mu zo khu hi, ci son hi. Messiah a khiakna sia Christ a ci nopna hi.
One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
42 Ama in Jesus kung ah paipui hi. Jesus in ama a et ciang in, Nangma sia Jonah i tapa Simon na hihi: nang sia Cephas hong kici tu hi, ci hi, Cephas a khiakna sia suangpi a cinopna a hihi.
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ; )
43 A zingciang in Jesus sia Galilee ah pai nuam hi, taciang Philip taw ki si a, ama kung ah, Hong zui tan, ci hi.
and he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking on him, said: You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which, when translated, is Rock).
44 Philip sia Bethsaida khua mi hi a, Andrew le Peter te i khua a hihi.
The day following, Jesus wished to go into Galilee; and he found Philip, and said to him: Follow me.
45 Philip sia Nathanael taw ki mu a, ama kung ah, Moses i thukham sung le kamsang te in a atkholsa, Joseph tapa Nazareth mi Jesus sia mu zo khu hi, ci hi.
Now, Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
46 Taciang Nathanael in, Nazareth khua pan na pha piang thei na ziam? ci hi. Philip in, hongpai tan a, en in, ci hi.
Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
47 Jesus in Nathanael hongpai a mu ciang in, En vun, Israel mi tatak a hihi, a sung ah theamna om ngawl hi! ci hi.
And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.
48 Nathanael in, bangbang in hong he thei ni ziam? ci hi. Jesus in, Philip in nang hong sap ma theikung nuai ah na to laitak in, kong mu zo hi, ci hi.
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said of him: Be hold, an Israelite in truth, in whom there is no guile.
49 Nathanael in, Rabbi, nangma sia Pathian Tapa na hihi; nangma sia Israel Kumpi na hihi, ci hi.
Nathaniel said to him: How knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig-tree, I saw you.
50 Jesus in, Theikung nuai ah na to laitak kong mu hi, ka ci hang in hong um ni ziam? Hi te sang in a lianzaw nate na mu lai tu hi, ci in zo kik hi.
Nathaniel answered and said to him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
51 Jesus in ama kung ah, Amantak in kong ci hi, a ngei ngawl in van a ki hong na mu tu a, mihing Tapa tung ah Pathian i vantungmi te a tuaksuk le a kato na mu tu hi, ci hi.
Jesus answered and said to him: Do you believe, because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree? You shall see greater things than these. And he said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, From this time you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
