Jawhan 1
1 Apuengcue vah lawk teh ao, Lawk teh Cathut hoi rei ao, Lawk teh Cathut doeh.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 Ahni teh apuengcue vah Cathut hoi rei ao.
This was in the beginning with God.
3 Hnocawngca pueng ahni pawlawk dawk sak lah ao teh, ahni laipalah sak hoeh e banghai awm hoeh.
All things were made by him, and without him not a single creature was made.
4 Ahni dawk hringnae ao, hahoi hote hringnae teh taminaw e angnae lah ao.
In him was life, and the life was the light of man.
5 Hote angnae teh a hmonae koe a ang teh, hmonae ni ramuk thai hoeh.
And the light shone in darkness, but the darkness received it not.
6 Cathut ni Jawhan tie a tami hah a patoun.
A man named John, was sent from God.
7 Jawhan ni angnae kong hah a kampangkhai. Tami pueng ni hote akong a thai navah yuemnae a tawn thai awh nahane dei hanlah a tho.
This man came as a witness, to testify concerning the light, that through him, all might believe.
8 Ahni teh angnae nahoeh, angnae kong kampangkhai hane doeh a tho.
He was not himself the light; but came to testify concerning the light.
9 Angnae katang teh heh talaivan a tho teh tami pueng angnae ka poe e lah ao.
The true light was he who, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10 Ahni teh het talaivan vah ao teh, hete talai hai a sak toe. Hatei, talai ni ahni teh panuek hoeh.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.
11 Ahni teh a taminaw koe a tho ei a taminaw ni a hnamthun takhai awh.
He came to his own land, and his own people did not receive him;
12 Capa ka yuem e taminaw pueng teh Cathut ca lah coungnae kâ a poe.
but to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God;
13 Cathut ca lah coungnae teh tami phunglam lahoi khe e lah tho hoeh. Thi moi hoi khe e na hoeh. Tami ni khe e hai nahoeh. Cathut ama ni khe e ca lah ao.
who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.
14 Lawk hah tami lah a coung teh, lungmanae hoi lawkkatang hoi akawi. Maimouh koe ao teh Cathut ni a Capa tawn dueng a poe e a bawilennae patetlah maimouh ni bawilennae hmu awh.
And the Word became incarnate, and sojourned amongst us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of favor and truth.
15 Jawhan ni ahnie kong hah a kampangkhai teh, kaie hnuk lah ka tho hane teh, ka o hoehnahlan kaawm toung niteh, kai hlak kalen e lah ao ka ti navah ahni doeh telah a hramkhai.
(It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)
16 Ahnie kuepnae koehoi lungmanae van lungmanae teh coe awh.
Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake;
17 Cathut ni kâlawk teh Mosi koehoi na poe awh, lungmanae hoi lawkkatang teh Jisuh Khrih koehoi doeh a tho.
for the law was given by Moses--the favor and the truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 Apinihai Cathut teh hmawt boihoeh eiteh, Cathut lungtabue dawk kaawm e a Capa buet touh dueng ni Cathut teh a kamnue sak.
No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.
19 Judahnaw ni vaihmanaw hoi Levihnaw hah Jerusalem lah Jawhan koe a patoun awh teh, nang hah apimaw telah a pacei sak awh.
Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?
20 Jawhan ni kai teh Messiah na hoeh telah kamcengcalah a dei pouh.
he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah.
21 Ahnimouh nihai, pawiteh nang apimaw, Elijah maw telah a pacei awh. Jawhan ni, kai teh Elijah nahoeh telah atipouh. Hoeh pawiteh profet maw atipouh awh, nahoeh bo bout atipouh.
And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No.
22 Ahnimouh ni, nang teh apimaw. Kaimouh kapatounnaw koe bout ka dei awh nahanlah namahoima bangtelamaw na kâdei telah a pacei awh.
They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself?
23 Jawhan nihai, kai teh profet Isaiah ni a dei e patetlah Cathut e lamthung lan sak awh telah kahrawngum ka hramkhai e lawk doeh atipouh.
He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah.
24 A patoun awh e naw teh Farasinaw doeh.
Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
25 Ahnimouh ni, nang teh Messiah hai na hoeh, Elijah na hoeh, profet hai na hoehpawiteh, bangkongmaw tui baptisma na poe vaw atipouh awh.
And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 Jawhan ni, Kai ni vah tui dawk baptisma na poe awh, hatei, nangmouh ni na panue hoe e, ka hnuklah ka tho hane ao.
John answered, I immerse in water, but there is one among you whom you know not.
27 Kai ni vah khokkhawmrui boehai rasu pouh han ka kamcu hoeh atipouh.
It is he who comes after me, and was before me; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose.
28 Hettelah lawk a kâ paceinae hmuen teh Jordan palang teng Bethani kho, Jawhan ni tui baptisma a poenae hmuen koe doeh.
This happened at Bethabara, upon the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 Atangtho Jawhan ni Jisuh a tho e a hmu navah khen a haw Cathut e tuca talaivan e yon ka cetkhai e ho!
On the next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
30 Ahni teh kai ka o hoehnahlan hoi kaawm tangcoung e ni teh kai hlak kalen ni teh kaie ka hnuklah a tho han ka tie hah doeh.
This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for he was before me.
31 Ahmaloe vah ahni teh ka panuek hoeh. Hatei, Isarelnaw ni ama a panue thai awh na hanelah kai ni tui baptisma na poe awh e doeh atipouh.
As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water.
32 Hahoi Jawhan ni, kalvan hoi Muitha teh Âbakhu patetlah a kum teh avan vah a cu e ka hmu telah a kampangkhai teh a dei.
John testified further, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove, and remaining upon him.
33 Ahmaloe vah ahni ka panuek hoeh, hatei, teh tui baptisma na kapoesakkung ni, tami buet touh van vah Muitha a kum teh a cu e hah na hmu navah, ahni teh Kathoung Muitha hoi tui baptisma ka poe hane doeh tie na panue han ati e patetlah,
For my part, I should not have known him, had not He, who sent me to immerse in water, told me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, the same is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 khei ka hmu teh ahni teh Cathut Capa doeh telah nangmouh koe ka kampangkhai telah Jawhan ni a dei.
Having, therefore, seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God.
35 Atangtho vah Jawhan hoi a hnukkâbang kahni touh ni Jisuh a tho e a hmu awh navah,
The next day, John, being with two of his disciples,
36 Jawhan ni a khet teh, Cathut e tuca hah khenhaw ati.
observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 Avaica roi ni a thai navah Jisuh hnuk a kâbang roi.
The two disciples hearing this, followed Jesus.
38 Jisuh ni a kamlang teh a hnuklah a kâbang roi e a hmu navah, bangmaw na ngai roi telah a pacei. Ahnimouh roi ni, Rabbi, Bawipa nang teh namaw na o telah atipouh. Rabbi ti ngainae teh kacangkhaikung tinae doeh.
And Jesus turning about, saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? They answered, Rabbi, (which signifies Teacher, ) where do you dwell?
39 Jisuh ni tho nateh khenhaw! atipouh. Ahnimouh ni a cei awh teh a onae teh a hmu awh, atueng teh tangmin lahsa suimilam pali a pha toe. Kho hmo totouh ama koe ao awh.
He replied, Come, and see. They went, and saw where he dwelt, and it being about the tenth hour, abode with him that day.
40 Jawhan e lawk a thai hoi Jisuh hnukkâbang roi e thung dawk buet touh teh Simon Piter e a nawngha Andru doeh.
One of the two, who, having heard John, followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
41 Andru ni apasuekpoung lah Simon koe a cei teh, Messiah teh ka hmu awh toe atipouh. Messiah tie teh Khrih tinae doeh.
The first he met, was his own brother, Simon; to whom he said, We have found the Messiah, (a name equivalent to Christ.)
42 Andru ni Simon hah Jisuh koe a ceikhai. Jisuh ni nang teh Jawhan capa Simon doeh. Cephas tie min katha phung lah na o han atipouh. Cephas tinae teh Piter tie hoi kâvan e talung ti ngainae doeh.
And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him, said, You are Simon, the son of Jona; you shall be called Cephas, (which denotes the same as Peter.)
43 Atangtho vah Jisuh teh Galilee lah cei han a kâcai. Filip hah a hmu nah ka hnukkâbang atipouh.
The next day, he resolved to go to Galilee, and meeting Philip, said to him, Follow me.
44 Filip teh Andru hoi Piter a onae Bethsaida kho hoi ka tho e tami doeh.
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Filip ni Nathanael a hmu nah, phunglawk cauk dawk e Mosi ni a thut e, profetnaw ni akong a thut e Nazareth tami Joseph capa Jisuh hah ka hmu toe atipouh.
Philip meets Nathanael, and says to him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth.
46 Nathanael ni, Nazareth kho hoi hnokahawi a tâco boimaw atipouh navah Filip ni vah tho nateh khenhaw! atipouh.
Nathanael says to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip answered, Come and see.
47 Jisuh ni Nathanael ama koe a tho e hah a hmu teh, Isarel tami katang hi ao e hah khen awh, dumyennae lungthin khoeroe tawn hoeh, atipouh.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said, concerning him, Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile.
48 Nathanael ni hai Bawipa nang ni bangtelamaw kai heh na panue atipouh. Jisuh ni Filip ni na kaw hoehnahlan vah thaibunglung rahim na o nah na hmu toe atipouh.
Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered, I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip called you.
49 Nathanael ni, Bawipa nang teh Cathut Capa doeh Isarelnaw e Siangpahrang doeh, atipouh.
Nathanael replying, said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
50 Jisuh ni thaibunglung rahim na o e ka hmu ka ti dawk maw na tang. Hot hlak kalen e hno hah bout na hmu han atipouh.
Jesus answered him, saying, Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe!
51 Atangcalah na dei pouh awh, kalvan kamawng vaiteh tami Capa e a van vah Cathut e kalvantaminaw ka kum ka luen e na hmu a han atipouh.
He added, Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.
