John 1
1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.
Akcük ma säiha Ngthu a na veki; Ngthu cun Mhnam am atänga veki, Ngthu cun Mhnama kyaki.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
Ngthu cun akcük ma säih üngkhyüh Mhnam am a na veki.
3 All things were made by him, and without him not one thing was made that now exists.
Ahmäi naküt ani üngkhyüh Pamhnam naw a mhnüna kyaki; mhnünmceng naküt üng ani am ngpüikia mhnün i pi am ve.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Ngthu cun xünnaka phungnua kyaki; acuna xünnak naw khyangea vei akvai lawpüiki.
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not.
Akvai cun anghmüpnaka vai law se, nghmüp naw am näng mkhüt.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Pamhnam naw a ngsä mat a tüih law, a ngming cun Johana kyaki.
7 This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.
Ani naw khyangea veia akvaia mawng cun pyen se, khyange naw ngja u lü ami jumei law vai ua phäha kyaki.
8 He was not the Light; but he came to testify of the Light.
Amät cun akvai am ni, akvaia mawng pyen khaia lawki.
9 He was the true Light, which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
Ani cun akvai kcang, khawmdek khana law lü khyang naküta khana vaiki.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Ngthu cun khawmdek khana veki, khawmdek cun ani üngkhyüh mhnünmcenga kyaki. Acunsepi khawmdek naw ani am ksing.
11 He came to his own country, and his own people received him not.
Amäta khyangea veia lawki. Acunsepi, amäta khyange naw am dokhamei u.
12 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;
Acunsepi, avang naw doei lü jumei u se, Pamhnama caea thawn theinak a jah pet.
13 who were begotten, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Acun he cun nghngicima mtisa thithaü üngkhyüh cawmbei lawkie am ni. Khyanga pasang üngka naw ngtüi lawkie pi am ni u, amimia pa ta Pamhnam ni.
14 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.
Ngthu cun nghngicima ngtüi lawki; bäkhäknak ja ngthungtak am be lü mi ksunga veki. Paa ca mat däka hlüngtainaka kba, a hlüngtainak cun mi hmuhki.
15 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.
Johan naw ania mawng a pyen ta, ‘Ka pyen khawi cen ani ni, “Ani cun ka hnua law kyaw sepi ka maa a na ve pängki ni” a ti.
16 And from his fullness have we all received, even grace for grace;
Kümceikia ania bäkhäknak am dawkyanaka thea dawkyanak mi van naw mi yahki.
17 for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
Thum cun Mosia kut üngkhyüh Pamhnam naw a jah peta kyaki. Acunsepi, bäkhäknak ja ngthungtak ta Jesuh Khritaw üngkhyüh a jah peta kyaki.
18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
U naw pi Pamhnam am hmuh khawi. Pamhnam am täng lü, Paa peia veki, a Capa mat däk naw paa mawng jah ksingsak pängki.
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?
Jerusalema veki Judah ngvaie naw, “Nang u ni?” ti lü, kthäh acun hea ktaiyü he ja Levihe Johana veia ami jah tüih.
20 And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
Johan naw käh mjih lü, “Kei Mesijah am ni ngü,” ti lü a jah msang.
21 And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No.
Amimi naw, “Nang u ni? Nang Elijah aw?” ti lü ami kthäh. Johan naw, “Am ni ngü” a ti. “Nang Sahma aw?” ami ti. Johan naw, “Am ni ngü” ti lü, a jah msang.
22 They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself?
Amimi naw, “Acunüng nang u ni, jah mtheha? jah tüih lawkie kami jah mthehnak be vai ami ti. Namäta mawng hin ihawkba na pyenki ni?” ti lü ami kthäh betü u.
23 He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.
Johan naw, “Sahma Hesajah naw a pyena mäiha, ‘Bawipaa lawnak vai lam ngsungsak u,’ ti lü khawmkyanga ngpyangki kthaia ka kyaki ni,” a ti.
24 And those who were sent were of the Pharisees;
Pharisee naw ami jah tüiha khyange cun naw,
25 and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
“Mesijah am ni, Elijah am ni, sahmaa pi am na ni üng, ise Baptican na jah peki ni?” ti u lü ami kthäh betü u.
26 John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not.
Johan naw, “Kei naw tui am Baptican ka jah pe khawiki, nami ksunga khyang mat am nami ksing ngdüiki.
27 He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.
Ani cun ka hnua law sepi, a khawdawk yüi suh pet khaia pi am nglawi ngü” ti lü, a jah msang.
28 These things were done in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
Ahin avan cun Johan naw baptican a jah petnaka hnün Jordan mliktui pei Bethaniha thawnhlawkia kyaki.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
Angawi üng Johan naw Jesuh a veia law se hmuh lü, “Khawmdeka mkhyekatnak cehpüiki Pamhnama Toca teng u!
30 This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me.
Acan ni, ‘Keia kthaka dämduh bawki, ka hnua lawki kyaw, cunüngpi ka maa a na ve päng kungki ni,’ ka ti cen ani ni.
31 And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water.
Akcüka ani am ksing ngü, cunsepi, Isarele naw ani ami ksing law vaia, kei naw law lü tui am Baptican ka jah peki,” a ti.
32 And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
Johan naw a mawng pyen lü, “Ngmüimkhya cun müma mäiha khankhaw üngka naw kyum law lü a khana ngawki ka hmuh.
33 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.
“Akcüka ta ani ni ti am ksing ngü. Cunsepi, tui am Baptican ka jah pe khaia na tüih lawki Pamhnam naw, ‘Ngmüimkhya a khana kyum law lü a ngawhnaka khyang na hmuh üng, ani cun Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am Baptican jah pe khaia Khyang ni’ ti lü a na mtheh.
34 And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God.
Johan naw “Ani ka hmuh pängki, ani Pamhnama Capaa kyaki tia ka ning jah mthehki,” a ti.
35 Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.
Angawi betü üng, Johan naw axüisaw xawi nghngih am ngdüi lü,
36 And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Behold the Lamb of God.
Jesuh law se hmuh lü, “Acan ni Pamhnama Toca,” a ti.
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
Axüisaw xawi naw a pyen ngja ni lü, Jesuh läki xawi.
38 And Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them:
Jesuh naw ani veia nghlat lü läk law ni se a jah hmuh üng, “I nani suiki” ti lü, a jah kthäh. Anini naw, ‘Rabbi (Saja tinak), hawia na veki?” ani ti.
39 What do you seek? They said to him: Rabbi, (which, when translated, is called Teacher, ) where abidest thou?
Jesuh naw, “Law ni lü nani hmuh khai,” a ti. Cit ni lü a venak ani hmuh, acuna mhnüp cun a hlawnga veeiki xawi; acun cun mülama (Naji kphyü bang) kyaki.
40 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.
Johana ngthu pyen ngja ni lü, Jesuh läki nghngih üngka mat cun Sihmon Pita a na Andrua kyaki.
41 One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
Andru naw akcüka a be Sihmon hmuh lü, “Mesijah hmuh ve ung” ti lü, a mtheh (Mesijah ti cun Khritaw tinak ni).
42 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ; )
Acunüng, Sihmon cun Jesuha veia a lawpüi. Jesuh naw teng lü, “Nang hin Johana capa Sihmon na ngmingnaki, Kephaa ning sui khaie,” a ti (Acun cun Pita üng täng lü, “Lung” tinaka kyaki).
43 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).
Angawi üng Jesuh Kalile khawa cit khaia a ngtün üng, Philip hmuh lü, “Na läk lawa” a ti. (
44 The day following, Jesus wished to go into Galilee; and he found Philip, and said to him: Follow me.
Philip cun Bethsaida mlüha kaa kyaki, acun cun Andru ja Pitaa ani venaka mlüha kyaki.)
45 Now, Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
Philip naw Natanelah hmuh lü, “Mosi naw ania mawng Thum üng a yuk, sahma he naw pi a mawng ami yuk, Nazaret üngka, Josepa capa Jesuh, kami hmuhkie” ti lü a mtheh.
46 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.
Natanelah naw, “Nazaret mlüha cimvaiki ve khai aw?” a ti. Philip naw, “Law lü, teng lawa” a ti be.
47 And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.
Jesuh naw, Natanelah a veia law se hmuh lü, “A mkhyenak lang am vekia Isarel khyang kcang, teng ua” ti lü, a pyen.
48 Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said of him: Be hold, an Israelite in truth, in whom there is no guile.
Natanelah naw, “Nang naw ihawkba na na ksing ni?” a ti. Jesuh naw, “Philip naw am a ning khü ham lü, Fikdung phunga na ve üng ka ning hmuh päng ni” a ti be.
49 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.
Natanelah naw, “Rabbi, nang Pamhnama Capa ni, Isarelea Sangpuxanga pi kya veki,” a ti.
50 Nathaniel answered and said to him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Jesuh naw, “Fikdung phunga na ve üng ka ning hmuh päng ni’ ka tia phäha na na kcangnaki aw? Ahina kthaka dämduh bawki na hmuh law khai,” a ti.
51 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.
Jesuh bä naw, “Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki. Tuha khankhaw nghmawng lü Pamhnama khankhawngsäe Khyanga Capaa khana ju kyum jeng kai u se nami jah hmuh law khai,” a ti.
