¹For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

¹Unaute aw, na lak ua, ka lutna uh ana thawnta kei chih noumau mahin na thei ngal ua;

²But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

²A thawn hih naksangin, huai malamin, na theihsa bangun, Philippi khua ah gimthuak leh zumhuai taka bawla ka om nungun, dalna thupitak lakah leng Pathian tanchin hoih na kiang ua gen dingin ka Pathian uah hangsanna ka nei jaw uhi.

³For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

³Ka thugen uh juaua pawt ahi ngal keia, sianlouhnaa suak leng ahi keia, zekhemnain leng ahi sam keia;

⁴But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

⁴Tanchin hoih kepsaka om dinga Pathian hoihsak mi ka hih bang ngei un, mihing hihkipak ding bang hiloua ka lungtang uh zeetpa Pathian hih kipak jawin, thu ka gen jel uh ahi jaw hi.

⁵For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

⁵Chiklai peuh inleng kimaitang phatna thu hiam, huaiham khuhmangna ding thu hiam ka zong ngei kei uh chih na thei uh; Pathian hontheihpihpa ahi.

⁶Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

⁶Kris sawltak ka hih jiakun mi adingin chimtakhuaipi hi thei mah le ung, mihing lakah-nou lakah leh midangte lakah leng, pahtawina ka zong ngei sam kei uhi.

⁷But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

⁷Nu naupom, amah tate hawmthoh taka kem bangin, na lakuah nunnem takin ka om jaw uhi.

⁸So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

⁸Huchiin, ittaka nou kon lunggulh tuntun jiakun, Pathian tanchin hoih kia hilou-in, koumau hinna leng honpiak hial ka ut mahmah uhi.

⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

⁹Unaute aw, ka sep tawl dan u leh ka sepgim dan uh na theigige uhi; na lak uah kuamah ka suktuailuai louhna ding un, sun leh jana nasemin, Pathian tanchinhoih nou ka honhilh uhi.

¹⁰Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

¹⁰Nou gingtate tunga siangthou tak leh diktak leh dembeia ka omdan uh a hontheihpihte na hi uhi, huan, Pathian leng.

¹¹As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

¹¹Na theih mah bangun, Pain amah tate tunga ahih banga hasuan leh khamuanin nou kontheisak uh,

¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹²Amah gam leh thupinaa nou honsamlutpa Pathian mi hi dia kilawmhima na hin theihna dingun.

¹³For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

¹³Hiai jiakin tawp louin Pathian kiangah kipahthu ka gengen uhi, Pathian thu koumau akipana na muh uh, na san lai un leng, mihing thu sang bangin na sang kei ua; Pathian thu ahihna bangtaka na san jawk jiak un; huai tuh Pthiana ahi hima, gingta mi noumau sunga sem jel mah ahi.

¹⁴For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

¹⁴Nou, unaute aw, Juda gama Pathian saptuam pawl Kris Jesua omte juite na nahi ua, amau tuh Judate laka thuak bang un, nou leng noumau gam mite lakah na thuak sam ngal ua.

¹⁵Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

¹⁵Huai Judaten tuh Toupa Jesu leh jawlneite leng a that ua, kou leng a hondelh khia ua, Pathian a sulungkim kei ua, mi tengteng a kalh nak uhi;

¹⁶Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁶Hotdam a hih theihna ding ua Jentelte kiang a thugen a honkham ua, a khelhna uh hih dim gige dingin; himahleh, thangpaihna tuh a khawk theihtawpin a tunguah a hontungta hi.

¹⁷But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

¹⁷Ahihhangin, unaute aw, sawtlou kala dia noumau toh lungtang lama kikhen loua, pumpi lam kiaa kikhena i om takdih jiakin, kilawp taka na mel uh mu dingin ka pang sansan uhi.

¹⁸Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

¹⁸Na kiang ua hongpai ka tum chiltel ngal ua. Kei Paula ngei inleng nihvei tak hongpai ka natuma, himahleh Setanin a hondal nak ahi.

¹⁹For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

¹⁹Ka lametna u hiam, ka kipahna u hiam, ka lallukhu suan u hiam bang ahia leh? A hongpai chiangin i Toupa Jesu maah noumau mah na hi kei ding ua hia?Nou khawngmah ka suan uh leh ka kipahna uh na hi uhi.

²⁰For ye are our glory and joy.

²⁰Nou khawngmah ka suan uh leh ka kipahna uh na hi uhi.