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].
Veuvin, Van'a um IPauvin ichan geiya eingailut'u hitam? Ajeh chu Aman Achate tin eikou tauve–chule eiho jong ihi tahbeh u ahi! Hinlah hiche hi vannoiya hihon Pathen Chate ihiu hi ahephapouve, ajeh chu amahon Ama ahetlou jeh u ahi.
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.
Ngaitah teho–eiho Pathen chate ihiu ahitai. Chule ipi ihi dingu tun akilangdoh hih laiye. Hinlah eihon ihet'u chu Christa ahung kilah teng chuleh eihon Ama ahina tahbeh a imu dingu ahitai.
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.
Chule Ama hung ding kinem'a ngah jingho chu Ama athen banga amaho jouse jong thenga umding ahiuve.
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.
Koihileh chonset bol chun Pathen Danthu apalkeh ahi, ajeh chu chonset jouse hi Pathen Danthutoh kikal ahi.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Koi hileh Amatoh hingkhom chu chonsejom lou ding ahiuve. Hinlah chonset boljom jing mi chu Ama heloulai ahilouleh Ama koi ahi hechenlou ahi.
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.
Koi hileh Amaa umjom jing mi chu chonselou ding ahi. Hinlah achonse jom jing chu koi hileh Ama chu heloulai ahilouleh hetkhenna neiloulai ahi.
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.
Cha deitahte, hiche chungchang thu'ah koiman nalhep lhah dauhen: Mihon adih tia ahol tenguleh, Christa chu chondih ahi banga amaho chondih a ahiuve ti avetsah ahi.
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.
Hinlah miho chu achonset jom jing tenguleh amaho chu Diabol a ahiuve ti avetsah ahi. Ama chu atil abula pat'a anachonse peh ahi. Hinlah Diabol natoh ho sumang dinga Pathen Chapa hung anahi.
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.
Pathen insung mia peng ho chun chonset aboljom jing pouve, Pathena hinna chu amahoa um ahijeh ahi.
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].
Hitichun, tun koiho hi Pathen chate hiuva chule koiho chu Diabol chate hiuvem ti iseithei tauve. Koi hileh chonphatna a hinglouho chule midang tahsan chankhompi ngailulou ho chu Pathena ahipouve.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Hiche hi atil abula pat a nana jahsau chu ahi: Eiho khatle khat ikingailut dingu hi ahi.
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.
Eiho Cain tobanga agilouva ihipouve, ama chun asopipa anatha ahi: Ipi jeh a atha hintem? Ajeh chu Cain chun aphalou abola chule asopipa chun chonphat abol jeh ahi.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Hijehchun, sopi deitah te, vannoiyin nahot uva ahileh datmo hih un!
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.
Eihon Christian isopihou ingailut u ahileh, eiho thinaa kona hinna a galkai ihitauve. Hinlah ngailutna neilou chu athisa ahi.
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)
Koi hileh sopi michom khat hotbola chu alung sunga tolthat ahitai chule tolthat ho chun asunguva Tonsot Hinna aneipouve. (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.
Eihon ngailutna atahbeh ipiham ti iheuve, ajeh chu Yeshuan eiho dinga ahinna chu ahung pehdohsa ahitai.
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].
Koiham khat chun sum neihen lang sopinu ahilouleh sopipan angaichat he hen lang, hinlah khotona neitahih leh–hichepa chu Pathen ngailutna a iti umthei ding ham?
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]!
Kacha deitahte, eiho khat le khat ikingailu uve tin sei maimai pouhite, atahbeh chu ichonnauva vetsah u hite.
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.
Ichonnauvin thutah'a hinga ihiu avetsah ding ahi, hitia chu Pathen masanga idin tenguleh lungngam tah a ium dingu ahi.
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].
Ikithemmo channau aum jeng jongleh Pathen chu eimaho lunggel sanga lenjoa ahijeh'in ijakai Aman ahet ahinai.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Kagol ngaitahte, eimahon kithemmo channa ineilouva ahileh, Pathen komchu lungngam tah a inailut theiyu ahi.
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.
Chule ipi hijeng jongleh ithum chanu chu Amaa kona imuthei dingu ahi, ajeh chu eihon Ama sei ingaiyuvin, chule Ama lunglhaina chu ibolun ahi.
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].
Chule hiche hi Ama thupeh ho ahi: Eihon Achapa Yeshua Christa itahsan uva chule Aman eithupeh banguva eiho khat le khat ikingailut dingu ahije.
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.
Pathen Thupeh ho nit a juiho chu: Amatoh kiloikhom ahiuvin, chule Ama jong amahoa chu uma ahi. Chule eihon eihoa Ama aume ti iheuve, ajeh chu Aman Lhagao eipeh u chu isunguva achengin ahi.
