1 John 3
1 See how great a sincere love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! Because the world didn’t know Him, it doesn’t know us.
Pa naw ihlawka a jah mhläkphyanak cun ksing ua. A mhläkphyanak dämda se Pamhnama caa mi ngsuiki, akcanga Mhnama caa mi kyaki. Acunakyase ni, khawmdek naw mimi am jah ksing u, Pamhnam pi am ksing u.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
Ka püi he aw, Pamhnama caa mi kyaki he ni. Tuha ia mi kya law khai ti cun am ngsing ham ve. Cunüngpi Khritaw a law bea kcün üng, ania mäih mi law khai ti mi ksingki. Isenitiüng, Jesuha a kyaka mäih kunga mi hmu acun he ni.
3 Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Ahina äpeinak Khritaw üng taki naküt naw, Khritaw a ngcingcaiha mäiha, amät naw amät ngcingcaiheisaki ni.
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Mkhyekatki naküt cun naw Pamhnama thum lümkanki ni. Isenitiüng, mkhyenak cun thum lümkannak ni.
5 You know that He appeared to take away sins. There is no sin in Him.
Khritaw cun naw mi mkhyekatnak naküt cehpüi khai lawki ni tia nami ksingki. Khritaw üng a mkhyekatnak am veki.
6 No one who lives in Him sins. No one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.
Acunakyase, Khritaw üng xüngseiki naküt naw mkhyenak am pawh be ti. Mkhyenak pawh hamkia khyang naw Khritaw am hmu khawi lü am ksing khawiki ni.
7 Little children, don’t let anybody deceive you. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Ka canae aw, u naw pi käh ning jah mhleimhlak se. Akdaw pawhkia khyang cun Khritaw a ngsungpyuna kba ngsungpyunnaki ni.
8 The one who practices sin is the Devil’s, because the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.
Mkhyenak pawh läkia khyang ta Khawyai üng sängeikia kyaki. Khawyai cun naw khawmdeka ngtüi üngkhyüh mkhyenak pawhki. Khawyaia pawhmsah naküt cun mkhyüh khaia Pamhnama Capa lawki ni.
9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because God’s seed lives in him. He can’t continue to sin, because he is born of God.
Pamhnama canae naw ta mkhyenak am pawh u. Isenitiüng, Pamhnama ngnei cun ami k’uma xüngki. Pamhnam cun ami Paa kyase mkhyenak am pawh be thei ti u.
10 By this the children of God and the children of the Devil are obvious: anyone who doesn’t practice righteousness is not God’s, and neither is anyone who doesn’t sincerely love his brother or sister.
Pamhnama cana ja Khawyaia cana cun hngaki xawi ni: akdaw am pawhkia khyang, a bena am mhläkphyanakia khyang cun Pamhnama canaa am kya.
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should sincerely love one another.
Khawmdeka ngtüi üngkhyüh na ngjaka ngthu ta: mat ja mat mhläkphyana yah khai.
12 Don’t be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Kaihnah käh mi khang vai u. A ngnei se lü Khawyaipa üng sängei lü, a na Apyelah hnimki ni. Ise Kaihnah naw a na a hnim ni? Amäta bilawhe cun khye lü Apyelaha bilawhe cun cangkia kyase, a hnim ni.
13 Don’t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Ka benae aw, khawmdek khyange naw ami ning hneng üng käh müncan kawm uki.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we sincerely love our brothers and sisters. Whoever doesn’t sincerely love lives in death.
Mimi ta mi bena mi mhläkphya nakia kyase, thihnak khe lü xünnak mi phaki ti mi ksingki he. A bena am mhläkphya naki cun thihnaka johita kea ve hamkia kyaki.
15 Whoever hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life living in him. (aiōnios g166)
A bena hnengki cun khyang hnimki ni. Khyang hnimki naküt naw angsäia xünnak am yah ti nami ksingki. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we know God’s sincere love, because He laid down His life for us. So we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
Khritaw naw mi hama a sak a tawna phäh mhläkphyanak cun mi ksingki. Acuna kba ni, mi bena phäh mi sak pe khaia mi ngkawihkie ni.
17 If someone has this world’s goods, and sees a brother in need, and closes up his heart of compassion from him, how does God’s sincere love live in him?
Bawimang lü mi bena mpyankse se hmu lü mpyaneinak am mi tak üngta, ihawkba Pamhnam ka mhläkphya naki mi ti thei khai ni?
18 My little children, let’s not sincerely love just in words or in language, but in deed and in truth.
Ka canae aw, mhläkphyanak cun mpyawng däk üng am ni. Mi mlung kcang ja mi xünsak üng mdan vai hlüki.
19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will assure our hearts before Him
Ngthukcang üng mi sängei cun ahikba mi ksing law khai, Pamhnam maa mkhühüpnak cun pi ahikba kung kya khai ti mi ksingki.
20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Mi ksingnak naw a jah mkat üng ta, mi ksingnaka kthaka Pamhnam dämduhki tia mi ksingki.
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God;
Acunakyase, ka benae aw, mi ksingnak naw am a jah mkat üng ta, Pamhnama maa am mi kyühei.
22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do the things that please Him.
Ngthupet naküt pi jah läklam lü ani jenak vaia mi xüngseikia kyase, mi täsam naküt pi Pamhnam naw jah peki.
23 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and that we sincerely love one another, just as He commanded us.
A ngthupet ta a Capa Jesuh Khritaw jumei vai. A Capa naw a ning jah mtheha mäiha mat ja mat mhläkphyanak vai ni.
24 Whoever keeps His commandments lives in Him, and He lives in that person. This is how we know that He lives in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
Pamhnama ngthupet läklam lü Pamhnam am xüngseikiea khana Pamhnam pi xüngsei beki. Mimi üng a jah peta Ngmüimkhyaa phäh Pamhnam cun mi khana yümmat lü xüngseiki ti mi ksingki.
