1The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
1Upain numei hoih tel leh a tate amau chihtakpeta ka itte kiangah; kei mah kia ka hi keia, thutak thei peuhmahte leng ahi uhi;
2For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
2Thutak eimaha om gige, khantawn leng i kianga om ding a hih jiakin:
3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
3Pa Pathian leh, Toupa Jesu Kris, Pa Tapa kianga kipan, hehpihnate, zahngaihnate, lemnate thutak leh itnain i kiang uah a om ding hi.
4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
4Pa kianga kipana thupiak i muh bangin na ta kuate hiam thutaka oma ka muh jiakin ka kipak mahmah hi.
5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
5Numei hoih, na kianga thupiak thak gelh bang hi louin, a tunga kipana i neih bangpen gelh jawin, i kiit tuah theihna dingin nget pet mahin ka hon ngen ahi.
6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
6Huan, hiai tuh itna ahi, amah thupiak bang jela i om. Thupiak, atunga kipata na jak uh tuh hiai ahi, huaiah na om ding uhi.
7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
7Khemmi tampi Jesu Kris sain a hongpai chih gum loumite khovelah a hongpawtta ngal ua. Tuabang mite ahi, khemmi leh Kris doumi.
8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
8i sepkhiaksate na mansak louh ua, a man a kima na muh theih jawkna ding un, kiveng hoh un.
9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
9Kuapeuh huai thukihilhna thua om gige loua, talekin, Pathian a neikei; huai thukihilhna thua a om gigein bel, huaiin tuh Pa leh Tapa a nei kop ahi.
10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
10Kuapeuh huai thukihilhna thu honpo loua, na kiang ua a hongpai leh, na in uah tungsak kei unla, paukam hoihin leng kha kei un;
11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
11Paukam hoiha khami tuh a thil hihkhelhah a pang sam ngal hi.
12Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
12Na kiang ua thu tampi gen ding ka neih jiakin lai lah laituia gelh ka ut keia; na kipahna uh a kim thiehna dingin na kiang ua honga, kimatuaha kihou ka lamen jaw hi.Na sanggam nu tel tate un chibai a honbuk uhi. Amen.
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
13Na sanggam nu tel tate un chibai a honbuk uhi. Amen.