1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
Pathian i tate, ci hong kisap thei natu in, Pa in eite tung ah hongpiak itna sia bangbang ziam, ci en vun: tua ahikom leitung mite in hong he bua uh hi, banghangziam cile amate in Pathian a he bua uh hi.
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
Ka it te awng, tu in eite sia Pathian ta i hihi, taciang, maisang bangbang i hi tu ziam, ci sia kilang ngawl lai hi: ahihang Ama hong kilang ciang in, eite zong Ama taw i kibang tu hi; banghangziam cile Ama sia ama hina bang in i mu tu hi, ci i he hi.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
Taciang Ama sung ah hi lametna a nei theampo in, Jesus Christ i thiantho bang in ama le ama ki thiangthosak hi.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Akua mapo mawna a vawt peuma thukham paltan hi: banghangziam cile mawna i ci sia thukham paltan na a hihi.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Taciang Ama sia eite mawna te la tu in hong kilang hi, ci na he uh hi; taciang Ama sung ah mawna om ngawl hi.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
Akua mapo Ama sung ah a om paisuak peuma mawna vawt tawntung ngawl hi: mawna a vawt tawntung peuma Ama mu ngawl lai a, he zong he ngawl lai hi.
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
Tano te awng, kuama in hong theam heak tahen: Ama a thuman bangma in a thutang te in thutang suana vawt hi.
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
Mawna a vawt tawntung peuma doaimangpa neisa a hihi; banghangziam cile doaimangpa in a kipat pan in mawna vawt hi. Banghangziam cile doaimangpa nasep te siatsua tu sia, Pathian Tapa hong kilatna i tup le sawm a hihi.
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
Akua mapo Pathian sung pan piang tate peuma mawna vawt tawntung ngawl hi; banghangziam cile Pathian i thaici sia ama sung ah om hi: taciang ama sia Pathian sung pan a piang ta ahikom mawna vawt tawntung ngawl hi.
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
Pathian tate le doaimangpa tate hong kilang na sia hi thu pan a hihi: a kuamapo thutanna a vawt ngawl peuma le a suapui a it ngawl te sia Pathian neisa a hi bua uh hi.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Banghangziam cile hi thu vaithak sia a kipat pan na zak uh hi a, tua thu sia eite khat le khat ki it tu a hihi.
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
A nau a that mi ngilo Cain bang hi heak vun. Banghang in a nau that ziam? A nasepna te pha ngawl a, a nau i sep te a thuman hang a hihi.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Suapui te awng, leitung mite in hong ensan le lamdangsa heak vun.
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
Eite thina pan in nuntakna ah i kantan zo hi, ci sia i suapui te i it nataw i he hi. Suapui a it ngawl peuma sia thina sung ah omlai hi.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Akua mapo a suapui a ensan peuma tualthat a hihi: taciang tualthat te sung ah tawntung nuntakna om ngawl hi, ci na he uh hi. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
Christ in eite atu a nuntakna hongpiak hu in Pathian itna i he hi: taciang eite zong i suapui te atu in i nuntakna i piak tu a hihi.
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
Ahihang a kuamapo leitung nate nei a, a suapui pa in kisapna nei hi, ci mu nginge napi hesuakna a nei bale, bangbang in ama sung ah Pathian itna om thei tu ziam?
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
Ka tano te awng, kam le leii bek hi ngawl in; sepna le thuman taw ki it tawng.
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
Tabang in i ki it le eite thuman taw i kizopna i he hi, taciang Pathian mai ah i thin hong kho tu hi.
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
Banghangziam cile i thinsung in hong mawsak le, Pathian sia i thinsung sang in lianzaw a, na theampo he hi.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Ka it te awng, eite i thinsung in hong mawsak bua ahile, Pathian sang ah thinmuanna i nei hi.
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
Taciang bangpo i ngen zong in, Pathian tung pan in i nga hi, banghangziam cile a thupiak te i zui hu le Ama mai ah a lungkim nate i sep hang a hihi.
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
Pathian thupiak sia, a Tapa Jesus Christ min up tu le, Ama in thu hongpiaksa bang in khat le khat ki it tu thu a hihi.
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
Pathian thupiak te a keamcing peuma sia Ama sung ah om a, ama zong Pathian sung ah om hi. Pathian i hongpiak Thaa hang in, eite sung ah Ama hong om hi, ci i he hi.
