¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,

¹Huchiin gitlouhna tengteng, zekhemna tengteng, lepchiahna tengteng, hajatna tengteng, gensiatna teng teng tawpsan unla.

²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

²naungek suak thakte bangin khalam nawitui bangmah toh hel louh lunggulh un, huaia hotdamna muh donga na khan theihna ding un.

³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

³Toupa tuh mi hehpihthei tak ahi chih na chiam khin thamta uhi.

⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

⁴Amah tuh suang hing, mihingte deihlouh ngei, Pathian theih a bel tel leh manpha ahi.

⁵Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

⁵Amah kiang a hongpaiin, noute leng suang hingte bangin khalam in a leptouhin na om ua, Jesu Kris jiakin Pathian kipahlam kithoihna lan dingin siampu siangthoute hong hi dingin.

⁶Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

⁶Huajiakin, laisiangthou ah, Ngai un, Zion ah a ninga suang kiphamohpen, tel manpha tak ka lem hi; amah gingtate tuh a zahlak kei ding uh, chih a tuang ahi.

⁷Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

⁷Huchiin, nou a gingtate adingin manpha pi ahi, agingta loute adingin bel, In lamte suang deih louhpen, huai mahmah a ninga suang phatuampen a honghita.

⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

⁸Pukna suang leh dalna suangpi toh, Thu tuh a jui kei ua, a kisui puk naknak ngal ua; huchibanga hih dinga seh ahi namah ua.

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

⁹Himahleh, mial akipan pawta, vak lamdang taka lut dinga nou honsampa hoihna tuh na muhsak theihna ding un, nou jaw chi tel, kumpi siampute, nam siangthou, Pathian mite ngei na hi ngal ua;

¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹⁰nidanglaiin nam himhim na hi kei ua; tun jaw Pathian namte na hita uhi; nidang laiin zahngaihna namukei ua, tun jaw zahngaihna na muta uhi.

¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹¹Deih mahmahte aw, mikhual leh khualzin nahih ziakun kha dou naknakpa sa utnate tawpsan dingin nou kahon ngen hi;

¹²Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹²Jentelte lak a na tatdan uh kilawmtak hihen, huchiin thil hihkhialte bang a, a hon gensiatna lam uah na thil hihhoih uh amuhte uh jiakin veha a om chiang un Pathian a pahtawi thei ding uhi.

¹³Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

¹³Toupa jiakin mihing dan bawl peuhmah ah lut un; tungnunga om kumpipa kiang ah hiam,

¹⁴Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

¹⁴thil hihkhialte tung a thuk ding leh, thil; hihhoihte phat ding a sawlsawn gam upate kiang ah leng.

¹⁵For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁵Hiaituh Pathian deihlam ahi ngala, mihaite haina tuh thil hoih hih in na hih dai ding uhi;

¹⁶As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

¹⁶nuamlen na hi ua, himahleh na noplenna uh khelhna khuhna ding a zanglou in, Pathian sikha a omna dingin zangzaw un.

¹⁷Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

¹⁷Mi tengteng pahtawi un. Unaute it un; Pathian laudan siam un. Kumpipa tuh pahtawi un.

¹⁸Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

¹⁸Sikhate aw, laudan siam in nou hon heute thuthu in om un mihoih leh mi nunnem te lakkia hilou in, migiloute lak ah leng.

¹⁹For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

¹⁹Min Pathian theihna ziakin thuaklouh dingding thuak in lungkhamna a thuak teitei leh; tuabang Pathian pahtak lam ahi ngala.

²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

²⁰Nou na khelh ua, khut khak na thuak un, kuhkal takin thuak mahleuchin leng phatna bang naloh ua? Ahihangin thil na hihhoih ua, na thuak ua, kuhkal taka nathuak uleh, huai tuh Pathian kipahpih lam ahi.

²¹For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

²¹Kris mah inleng nou a hon thuaksak jiakin, tuabang hih ding a sap na hi uhi; a khap a na juihna ding un juih ding a hon nutsiat ahi.

²²Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

²²Aman tuh thil himhim a hihkhial kei a, a kam ah zekhemna leng a om sam kei;

²³Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

²³mi koua a om laiin, akou thuk kei a, a thuak lai in a vau kei hi; diktat taka ngaihtuah pa kiang ah akipe zaw hi.

²⁴Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

²⁴Khelhna lama sikhin a diktatna lama ihin theihna ding in amahmah in tua sing ah asa in ikhelhnate a pua hi; amah vuakna golhte ah hihdam in na omta uhi.Belam mang bangin na mang ua, tun zaw nou hon chingpa leh heupa kiang ah na kik nawnta uhi.

²⁵For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

²⁵Belam mang bangin na mang ua, tun zaw nou hon chingpa leh heupa kiang ah na kik nawnta uhi.