¹The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know 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 abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

²Thutak eimaha om gige, khantawn leng i kianga om ding a hih jiakin:

³Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from 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 rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received 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 to thee a new commandment, 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 should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that 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 gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the 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 ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

⁸i sepkhiaksate na mansak louh ua, a man a kima na muh theih jawkna ding un, kiveng hoh un.

⁹Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same 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 any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:

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 giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

¹¹Paukam hoiha khami tuh a thil hihkhelhah a pang sam ngal hi.

¹²Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made 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 thine elect sister salute thee.

¹³Na sanggam nu tel tate un chibai a honbuk uhi. Amen.