1 John 5

1 All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

Akua mapo in Jesus sia Christ hi, ci a um peuma Pathian i ta a hihi: a pa a it peuma in a ta zong it hi.

2 The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

Eite Pathian i it a a thupiak te i zui ciang in, Pathian tate i hihi, ci i he hi.

3 [I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

Banghangziam cile thupiakna te i zui na sia Pathian i it hang a hihi: taciang Ama thupiak te sia a haksa a hi bua hi.

4 All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

Banghangziam cile Pathian ta peuma in leitung zo hi: taciang leitung i zaw thei na sia i upna a hihi.

5 ([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

Jesus sia Pathian tapa a hihi, ci a um te simngawl kua in leitung zo ziam?

6 [Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

Hisia pa sia tui le thisan taw hongpai Jesus Christ a hihi; tui taw bek hi ngawl hi, tui le thisan taw a hihi. Taciang hi thu Thaa in tettipang hi, banghangziam cile Thaa sia thuman a hihi.

7 There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

Banghangziam cile vantung ah tetti thum om a, Pa, Thu, le Tha Thiangtho: hi te thum sia pumkhat a hihi.

8 [Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

Taciang leitung ah zong tetti thum om a, Thaa, tui le thisan te a hihi: taciang hi te thum sia khat in ki thukimkhawm uh hi.

9 We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

Mihing te i tetti i sang a hile, Pathian i tetti lianzaw hi: banghangziam cile Pathian i tetti sia a Tapa huvau tettipang hi.

10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

Pathian Tapa a um peuma in ama sung ah tetti nei hi: a um ngawl peuma in Pathian sia leilot thuson suaksak hi; banghangziam cile Pathian in a Tapa hongpiakna tetti a up ngawl hang a hihi.

11 This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

Taciang tetti sia hisia a hihi, Pathian in tawntung nuntakna hong pia a, hi nuntakna sia a Tapa sung ah om hi. (aiōnios g166)

12 Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

Tapa a nei peuma nuntakna a nei hi; taciang Pathian Tapa a nei ngawl peuma in nuntakna a nei bua hi.

13 I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

Pathian Tapa i min a um note tawntung nuntakna ka nei uh hi, ci na heak thei natu uh in, hi thu te note tung ah kong at hi. (aiōnios g166)

14 Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

Eite in Ama sung ah i nei thinmuanna sia, Ama deibang in i nget ciang in Ama in hong za hi:

15 [And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

I thungetna hong za hi, ci i he le, bangpo i ngen zong in, i nget te i nga tu hi, ci i he hi.

16 Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

Khatpo in a suapui khat sia thi tak ngawl mawna khat a vawt a mu le, thungetsak tahen, taciang thi tak ngawl mawna a vawt peuma sia Ama in nuntakna pia tu hi. Thitak mawna om a: tua atu in thungetsak tahen, hong ci ngawl khi hi.

17 Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

Thuman ngawl na theampo sia mawna a hihi: taciang thitak ngawl mawna om hi.

18 We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

Pathian ta peuma in mawna vawt tawntung ngawl hi, ci i he hi; ahihang Pathian ta in ama le ama ki keamcing a, mi ngilopa in ama thutha ngawl hi.

19 We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

Eite Pathian neisa i hihi, ci le leitungbup sia ngitlona sung ah sial hi, ci i he hi.

20 We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

Pathian Tapa hongpai a, a thutang Pathian heakna ciimna hongpia hi, ci i he hi. A thutang Pathian le a Tapa Jesus Christ sung ah i om hi. Hi thu sia a thutang Pathian le tawntung nuntakna a hihi. (aiōnios g166)

21 [I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!

Tano te awng, milim te kung pan in noma le noma ki keam tavun. Amen.