¹If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

¹Huaijiakin Krisa thu kihilh ding a oma, itnaa kinep theihna ding a oma, kha toh kituahna bang a oma, kilainatna leh kihehpihna bang a om leh,

²make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

²Ka kipahna honhihkim sak un, huchibang lungsim mah pu unla, hichibang itna mah nei unla, tup kibang leh lungsim khat neia omin.

³[doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

³Kikhenna ding hiam, ahihkeileh kithupisakna jiakin hiam, bangmah hih kei un; lungsim niam lakin, mi chihin amah sangin midang hoihsa jaw hen.

⁴not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁴Na lak ua kuapeuhin amaha kia en louin, midanga leng en sam hen.

⁵Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁵Kris Jesu a leng om, hiai lungsim tuh nei le uchin;

⁶who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁶Amah tuh Pathian banga om hinapiin, Pathian toh kikima om tuh thil khiaklah dingin a sep keia,

⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

⁷Himahleh amah tuh a hongkihih awngthawla, sikha bangin a hongoma, mihing banga bawlin a hongoma;

⁸and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

⁸Huchiin mihing mel a honpua, hongkihihneuin, si ding hial in leng thu bang a honmanga, ahi, Krosa sihna nangawn.

⁹Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

⁹Huchi a hih jiakin Pathianin leng amah tuh nakpi takin a hihliantaa, amah tuh min laklaka min tungnung a peta hi;

¹⁰that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,

¹⁰Jesu mina mi tengtenga khukdina, vantung, leitung leh lei nuaia thil om tengteng,

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹Leh lei tengtengin Jesu Kris tuh Pa Pathian thupina dinga Toupa ahi chih theihna ding un.

¹²So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

¹²Ka itte aw, hichi a hih ngalin, ka om lai kia hi loua, ka om louh lai banga leng, thu na man theihtak mahmah bang un, lau leh ling kawmin na hotdamna chiat uh sem khia un;

¹³for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

¹³Amah lungtuak dia, noumaua honut sak leh honsemsak dia hihpa tuh Pathian ahi ngala.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

¹⁴Dawngdawng lou leh phunphun louin thil bangkim hih un:

¹⁵that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁵Khangthak gilou leh khial, a lak ua khovela vakte banga na tennate lak ua, Pathian ta gensiatbei leh siangthou,

¹⁶holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

¹⁶Hinna thu tuh tak lang na hih theihna ding un; huaia kipana ken Kris ni a hongtun chianga, A thawnin ka semgim keia, a thawnin ka tai gim kei, ka chih ngamna dingin.

¹⁷Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

¹⁷A hi, na ginna thilaat tungua Pathian adia buakkhiaka om ding nahi tamah lengzong, ka dah kei, huan na vek un kon kipahpih hi:

¹⁸and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁸Huai mahbangin, nou leng kipak unla; kei leng honkipah pih un.

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

¹⁹Abang abang hileh, na omdan uh ka theiha lungmuanga ka om theihna dingin Timothi na kiang ua honsawl pah Toupa Jesu ah ka kilamen hi.

²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

²⁰Hichibang lungsim pua, na hoihna ding uh awlmoh kuamah dang ka nei ngal keia.

²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

²¹Jesu Kris thilte zong louin, a vek un amau tuam chiat a zong ngal ua.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

²²Himahleh amah tuh tain a pa na a sep bangin tanchin hoih genjakna ah kei a honseppih chih theihchetna amah ah na nei uhi.

²³Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

²³Huaijiakin bangchibangin ka omdia chih ka hontheihchet peuhpeuh chiangin amah tuh honsawl khiak pah ka kilamen hi;

²⁴but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.

²⁴Himahleh keimah ngei leng ka hong zok ding chih Toupa ah ka kilamen hi.

²⁵But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

²⁵Himahleh ka sanggam leh seppih leh sepaih pih leh na taksapna ua gamtang leh sawltak Epafrodita na kiang ua honsawl kiphamoh ka saa;

²⁶since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

²⁶Na vek un a honngai mahmah ngala, a dam louh thu na jak un, a lungkham mahmah hi.

²⁷for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁷Si dektakin a china ngeia; himahleh Pathian in a tungah hehpihna a neia; amah tung kia leng hi louin kei tungah leng ahi sama, huchia lungkhamna ka neih sawnsawn luohna dingin.

²⁸I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁸Huaijiakin amah tuh ka honsawl teiteia, amah na muh chiang un na kipah ua, huchia kei leng ka dah luat louhna dingin.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

²⁹Huaijiakin kipaktakin Toupa ah amah na nakipahpih unla; amah na nangaisang un;Kris nasepna ah amah tuh a hongsi deka, kei dinga na hihkim louhte uh honhih sak a tupna lamah aman tuh a hinna leng a khuai dektak ngala.

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

³⁰Kris nasepna ah amah tuh a hongsi deka, kei dinga na hihkim louhte uh honhih sak a tupna lamah aman tuh a hinna leng a khuai dektak ngala.