¹But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

¹Himahleh, mite lakah jawlnei takloute leng a hongpawt ua, huchibangin na lak uah leng heute takloute a hongom ding uh, amau tuh, amaute leipa Toupa hilhial tawpsanin mi hihsethei gintuamte a gukin a honlut pih ding ua, amau tungah thakhatin manthatna a tungsak ding uhi.

²And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

²Huan, mi tampiin a jautatna lam thil uh a honching teisam ding ua, amau jiakin lam dik tuh gensiat ahi ding hi.

³And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

³Huan, sum en jiakin juauthuin sumsinna ding nou a honzang ding uh; himahleh nidanglaia a tung ua thupuk tuh a khawl keia, a manthatna uh leng a ihmu kei hi.

⁴For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

⁴Angelten thil a hihkhelh lai un Pathianin a hawi keia, gawtmun ah a paia, vaihawm dingin guamkhukthuk mial ah a khum zo ngala;

⁵and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

⁵huan, amah limsakloute omna khovel ah tuichim tung sakin, nidanglai khovel tuh a hawi keia, himahleh, Noa diktatna thugenpa, mi dang sagih toh a hondamta hi;

⁶and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

⁶Sodom leh Gomorra khuate tuh amah limsak lou hongom dingte etsakna dingin a zanga, vut suak sakin, hihmang thangin siamlouh a tangsakta a;

⁷and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

⁷huan, Lota mi diktat, mi giloute omdan huk tak jiaka lungkham mahmahpa tuh a hondamtaa;

⁸(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):

⁸(Huai mi diktat tuh a lak ua a omin, a mitin a mu a, a bilin a jaa, dan lou banga a thilhihte un a lungsim diktat tuh ni tengin a hihna mahmah ngala).

⁹the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

⁹Toupan amah limsakmite tuh khemna apat hotkhiakdan leh, diktatloute tuh vaihawm ni adinga gawt kawma hawi dan a thei;

¹⁰but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

¹⁰utna thanghuai lama sa banga om leh, vaihawm sakna musitmite ngial houh vaihawm nia dinga gawt kawma hawi dan a thei sem ahi. Haihan leh chihhak ahi ua a thupite a gensiat un leng a ling kei uhi;

¹¹whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

¹¹angel hatna leh thilhihtheihna neiten bawn, amaute dema Toupa maa gense ngei lou hi ua.

¹²But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

¹²Himahleh, hiaiten bel ganhing ngaihtuahna neilou, mata hihman dinga sa kiaa piangte bangin, thil a theih louhte uh a gensia ua,

¹³suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;

¹³amau siatnain a se ngei ding uh, thil hihkhel mana thil gilou thuakin. Sunlaia ankuanglui buai nuamsa mi ahi uhi. Na kiang ua ankuang a lui un, amau kikhemna ankuanglui a hih jiak un, thanghuaina gensiatna ahi uhi;

¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

¹⁴mit angkawma dim, khelhna tawpsan theiloute a nei ua; mi kip loute a khem puk ua; enhat lungsim a pu ua; hamsiat thuak tate ahi ua;

¹⁵forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

¹⁵Boer tapa Balaam, thilhih khelhna loh deihpa lampi tuh a tot tak jiak un lam dik a pai san ua, a vak mangta uhi;

¹⁶but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

¹⁶himahleh amah tuh a tatlekna jiakin taihilhin a omtaa; sabengtung pau theilou mihing pauin a hongpaua, jawlnei haina tuh a kham hi.

¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

¹⁷Hiaite tuh tuikhuk tui om lou leh, tuimei huihpi mut leng ahi ua; amaute adingin nuailam mial sah meuhmouh sit a hita hi.

¹⁸For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

¹⁸Thu ginalou chiak jena genin giloua omte laka kipana tai khe laitakte tuh sa utna ah huknain a khempuk nak uhi.

¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

¹⁹Amau tuh siatna sikha hi kawm piin mite tuh sikha suahtakna thu achiam nak uh; mi zoha a omna mahin, huai mahin sikhain a siam nak ngala,

²⁰For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

²⁰Toupa leh Hondampa Jesu Kris a theih jiak ua khovel thanghuainate a taikhiak san nung ua, huai maha a tan nawn ua, zoha a om nawn phing ua leh, a omdan nanung uh tuh amasa sangin a honghoihta kei jaw ahi ding hi.

²¹For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

²¹Diktatna lampi pen theih nunga, thupiak siangthou a kiang ua kep sak thu nungngatsan sangin, diktatna lampi theilou hita le uh amau adingain a hoihzo ding ahi ngala.Ui amah luak lamah a kiknawna, vopi kisil siangsa leng buannawi ah kisil dingin a kik nawna, chih, paunak diktak bang thu tuh amau tungah a hongtungta ahi.

²²It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

²²Ui amah luak lamah a kiknawna, vopi kisil siangsa leng buannawi ah kisil dingin a kik nawna, chih, paunak diktak bang thu tuh amau tungah a hongtungta ahi.