¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,

¹Paula, Kris Jesu hentapa leh, I unaupa Timothi in. Ka deihtak leh ka sepgimpih uh Philemon kiang ah,

²and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:

²Ka sanggamnu uh Apphia kiang ah, ka sepaih pih uh Arkipka kiangah, leh na ina saptuam kikhawmte kiang ah leng;

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Pathian I Pa leh Toupa Jesu Kris kiang a kipan hehpihna leh lemna na kiang uah awm hen.

⁴I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,

⁴Ka thumna peuh ah na min lou gige in, ka Pathian kiang ah kipahthu ka gen gige hi;

⁵hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

⁵Toupa Jesu lamah leh misiangthou tengteng lam a itna leh ginna na neih tuh za in;

⁶that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

⁶Na ginna ki kawppihna, noumau a om thilhoih chiteng theih kimna lam ah, Kris lam a a hawng phattuam theihna ding in.

⁷For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

⁷Unaupa aw, nangmah ziak a misiangthoute lungtang a hawng halh tak ziakin na itna ah ka kipak in ka kha a muang mahmah hi.

⁸Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

⁸Huaziakin, akilawm hun hih ding in nang thu hawnpiak Kris a kingap mahmah leng leng.

⁹yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

⁹Itna ziakin (Paul putek hial ka hi a, tun ah Kris Jesu hentapa leng kana hita na a) a nget in ka hon ngen zaw ahi:

¹⁰I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

¹⁰Ka ta Onesima, kolbun kawm a ka neihkhiak amah a ding in na kiang ah ka ngetsak ahi.

¹¹who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

¹¹Amah tuh tuma in nang a ding in a phatuam kei a, tun zaw kei leh nang a ding in a phatuam ta hi;

¹²whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

¹²Amahtak, ka lungtang mahmah, na kiang ah ka hon sawl kik nawnta hi.

¹³whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

¹³Amahtuh tanchinhoih a kawl ka butna a nangmah sika na a hawn sepsak theihna ding in ka kianga awmsak niloh ka ut mahmah a;

¹⁴but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

¹⁴Himahleh, na hehpihna tuh hehpihsak teitei bang hilo in, na thuthu bang ahihtheih zawkna ding in, na thu lo in bangmah hih ka ut kei hi.

¹⁵For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

¹⁵Sawtlo kalnang a hawn khen tuh khantawn a amah na neih tawntung na gau ahi kha mai ding hi,

¹⁶no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

¹⁶Himahleh sikha bang hinwnlo a, sikha sang a hoih unau deihtak bang zaw in; keia ding in deihtak ahi tuam a, nang a ding ngial in houh saah leh Toupa ah nak hihna zouzen inchia:

¹⁷If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.

¹⁷Huchi in, lawma na hawn sim leh, keimah bangin amah na na kipahpih in.

¹⁸But if he hath wronged the at all, or oweth [thee] aught, put that to mine account;

¹⁸Huan, natung a thil banghiam a hihkhelh a, na banghiam khattou abat leh keimah bat in bawl in.

¹⁹I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

¹⁹Kei Paul in keima khut ngeia ka gelh ahi. Kei mah in ka ditsak ding ahi; ka lak a nangmahngei in leng bat na neihsam dan hawn hilh zaw kahi kei hi.

²⁰Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

²⁰Ahi, unaupa aw, nangmah ziakin Toupa ah ka kipahna hawn neisak inla, Kris ah leng ka lungtang hihhalh in.

²¹Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

²¹Ka gen sang a thupi zawtham in na hih ding chih ka theih ziakin, nawnna man gingta in na kiang ah ka gelh ahi.

²²But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.

²²Abang abang hileh, huaikia hih louin, tunna ding hawnna suktuah sak in; na thumnate uh ziakin na kiang ua piak ka hi ding chih ka kigingta ngal a.

²³Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;

²³Epaphra, Kris Jesu a ka hentakpih pan, chibai a hawn buk hi:

²⁴[and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.

²⁴ka naseppih Marka te, Aristarka te, Dema te, Luke ten leng huchibang mah in a honbuk uhi.I Toupa Jesu Kris hehpihna na kha toh om hen. Amen.

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

²⁵I Toupa Jesu Kris hehpihna na kha toh om hen. Amen.