¹The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

¹Upain deihtak Gaia thutaka ka it kiangah:

²Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

²Deihtak, na khain vualjawlna a muh bangin, bangkima vualjawlna na muh leh na dam theihna dingin ka thum jel ahi.

³For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

³Unaute hongpaiun, na hinna takdan a hontheihsak lai un, ka kipak mahmah ngala, thutaka na om taktak jiakin.

⁴Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

⁴Ka tate thutakah a om uh chih ka jak kana kipahna thupi jaw himhim ka neikei hi.

⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

⁵Deihtak, unaute mikhual hi mahle uh, a tung na hih peuhah muanhuai takin na hih jela:

⁶who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

⁶Huaiten saptuamte maah na itna a thei sakta uhi; amau tuh a zinna ua Pathian mi hihtuak hima na makaih leh a hoih ding hi;

⁷because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

⁷Amah jiaka Jentelte kianga kipan bangmah la louin a pawt ngal ua.

⁸We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

⁸Huchiin, thutak seppihte i hih theihna dingin huchibang mite tuh eiten i kipahpih ding ahi.

⁹I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

⁹Saptuamte kiangah thu neukha jaw ka gelhta; himahleh, Diotriphi a lak ua tungnun ut nakpan a kipahpih ngal keia.

¹⁰Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.

¹⁰Huaijiakin. ka hongpai aleh, a thilhihte tuh ka thei khe sak nawn dinga, i tunguah thu giloou gena a kimtamdan; huai leng hun a sa keia, amah ngeiin unaute a kipahpih keia, a kipahpih nuamte leng a khoua, saptuamte laka kipan a delhkhia hi.

¹¹Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

¹¹Deihtak, gilou jaw ching ken, hoih ching jaw in. Thilhoih hihmi tuh Pathian laka ahi; thil gilou hihmin Pathian a mu ngei kei hi.

¹²Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

¹²Demetria-in mi tengteng phat a hoha, thutaka phat nangawn a loh behlap hi; ahi, en leng i phat ahi; i phatna tuh a dik ahi chih na thei hi.

¹³I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

¹³Na kiangah thu tampi gelh ding ka neia, himahleh, laitui leh laigelhnain na kianga gelh ka ut kei hi;

¹⁴but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face.

¹⁴Sawtlou nung chiangin honmuh ka lamen jaw hi, huchiin kimatuahin i kihou ding. Khamuanna na tungah om hen.I lawmten chibai a honbuk uhi. A min uh lou chiatin lawmte khawng chibai honbuk sak in.

¹⁵Peace [be] unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

¹⁵I lawmten chibai a honbuk uhi. A min uh lou chiatin lawmte khawng chibai honbuk sak in.