¹Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

¹Huchiin, Kris thubulte gen nawn louin pichinlam I manoh ding uh; thilhih sisa kisiknate, Pathian lama ginnate,

²of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

²baptisma leh, khutngak leh misi thohnawnna leh, khantawn vaihawmnalam thu hilhnate suang khawng phum nawnta louin.

³And this will we do, if God permit.

³Pathianin pha a sak leh huai bang I hih ngei ding uhi.

⁴For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁴Khatvei hihvaka omkhina, van thilpiak chiamkhina, Kha Siangthou dongkhina,

⁵and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

⁵Pathian thu hoihna leh hun hongom dinga thil hihtheihnate chiamkhin hinapia,

⁶and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

⁶ginna a kiheimangsan uleh bel, huchibang mite jaw a kisik nading ua bawlthak theih ahi kei uhi; Pathian Tapa amau adinga kilhlum tuan nawna selphou a hih jiakun.

⁷For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

⁷Lou, a tunga vuahtui ke gige na dawnkhina, huai khohsaka ompa adia nek theih antehlouhing honsuah penin Pathian vualjawlna a tang hi.

⁸but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

⁸A hihhangin lou lingnei leh khaulingnei khawng a suahnak inbel, a phatuam keia; hamsiat loh phialin a oma; a tawpna tuh hal himai ding ahi.

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

⁹Himahleh, deihtakte aw, huchibang thu gen mahleng zong, nou jaw huchibang thil sanga thil hoihjaw, hotdamna jui thilte, nein a hih uh ka um uhi.

¹⁰for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

¹⁰Na nasep u leh a min jiaka itna na latsak uh, mi siangthoute na nasepsak uh, tutana leng na seplai uh, mangngilh dingin Pathian mitak lou ahi ngal kei ahi.

¹¹And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

¹¹Himahleh, atawp tana lametna theihchetna kim mu dingin na thanop ngeingei bang un thanop suah gige chiat le uchin ka chi mahmah uhi.

¹²that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

¹²Huchiin, na kithadahsak kei ding ua, ginna leh kuhkalna jiaka thuchiamte gouluah khin khawngte entawnte na hi zo ding uhi.

¹³For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

¹³Pathianin Abraham kianga thu achiam laiin, amah sanga thupi jaw loua a kichiam theihlouh jiakin, amah leh amah kilouin,

¹⁴saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

¹⁴Taktakin vual ka honjawl ngeingei dinga, hih leng ka honhih pung ngeingei ding, chiin, a kichiamta a.

¹⁵And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁵Huchiin, kuhkal taka a thuak khiak nungin, thilchiam tuh a muta ngei hi.

¹⁶For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁶Mihingte jaw a sang ua thupi jaw louin a kichiam ua; a kiselna chiteng uah leng hihkipna dingin kichiam tuh thutawp ahi.

¹⁷Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

¹⁷Huchiin, Pathianin thuchiam gouluah dingte kiangah a thiltup lamdan tuan theihlouhdan nakpi mahmaha theihsak utin, kichiamna tuh a palaisaka;

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

¹⁸Pathian juau vual ahihlouhna thil lamdang theilou nih jiakin, ei I kihumbitna delhten I maa lametna koih tuh la dinga hasotna thupi tak i neih theihna dingin.

¹⁹which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

¹⁹Huai lametna tuh hinna sikkipin I neia, muanhuai leh kiptak ahi, huai lametna tuh puanjak sung ah leng a lutta hi;huaiah tuh Jesu, Melkisedek omdan banga khantawn a Siampu Lianpen nahitain ei adingin makaipain a na lutta hi.

²⁰whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

²⁰huaiah tuh Jesu, Melkisedek omdan banga khantawn a Siampu Lianpen nahitain ei adingin makaipain a na lutta hi.