¹My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter. with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

¹Ka naute aw thil na hihkhelh louhna dingun hiai thute na kiang uah ka gelh ahi. Huan, kuapeuhin thil a hihkhelh aleh, Pa kianga hon genpihpa, Jesu Kris Mi diktat i nei hi;

²And he is the atoning sacrifice “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “hilasmos,” an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin. for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

²A mah tuh i khelhnate thupha tawina ahi; eimah khelhna kia hi louin, khovel tengteng khelhna thupha tawina leng ahi.

³This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

³Huan, a thupiakte jui i hih leh, huaiah amah i thei chih i kithei hi.

⁴One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

⁴A thupiakte jui loua, Amah ka thei, chimi tuh amah mi juauthei ahi, thutak amah ah a om kei hi.

⁵But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

⁵Kuapeuh a thu jui peuhmah amah ah Pathian a itna a kim petmahhi. Amah ah i om chih hiaiah i kithei ahi.

⁶he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

⁶Amah ah ka om gige, chi mi tuh amah om bangin a om sam ding ahi.

⁷Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

⁷Deihtakte aw, thupiak thak jaw na kiang uah ka hon gelh keia: thupiak lui, a tunga kipana na neih uh ka hongelh jaw ahi. Huai thupiak lui tuh na thu theihsa pen uh ahi.

⁸Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

⁸Himahleh, thupiak gelh zong hi sam na veng, huai tuh amah ah leh noumau ah a lang ahi, mial a man lellel jiakin leh, vak taktak tuh tua a hongvak tak jiakin.

⁹He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

⁹A unau ho napia, Vakah ka om, chimi tuh tutanin leng mialah a om gige hi.

¹⁰He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

¹⁰A unau itmi tuh vakah a om gige a. amah ah kipalpaihna dingsan himhim a om kei hi.

¹¹But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹¹A unau homi bel mialah a oma, mialah a khosaa, mialin a mit a tawt sak jiakin a paina leng a theikei hi.

¹²I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

¹²Naute aw, amah min jiaka na khelhnate uh ngaihdam a hihtak jiakin na kiang uah ka gelh ahi.

¹³I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

¹³Pate aw, amah, a tunga kipana om gige na theih jiak un na kiang uah ka gelh ahi. Tangvalte aw, Pathian thu noumau ah a om gige a, mi gilou tuh na zohtak jiak un na kiang uah ka gelh ahi. Naute aw, Pa na theih jiak un na kiang uah ka gelh ahi.

¹⁴I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁴Pate aw, amah a tunga kipana om gige na theih jiak un na kiang uah ka gelh ahi. Tangvalte aw, na hat ua, Pathian thu noumau ah a om gige a, mi gilou na zohtak jiak un na kiang uah ka gelh ahi.

¹⁵Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

¹⁵Khovel it kei unla, khovela thil omte leng it sam kei un. Mi kuapeuhin khovel a it leh, Pa a itna amah ah a om kei hi.

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

¹⁶Khovela thil om tengteng, sa utnate, mit utnate, dam sung thupina limte khawng Pa akipan ahi keia, khovel akipan ahi zo ngala,

¹⁷The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

¹⁷Khovel, a utnate toh, a mangthang lellel ahi. Pathian deihlam hihmi bel khantawnin a om gige ding hi.

¹⁸Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

¹⁸Naute aw, hun nanungpen hita e, Kris doupa a hongpai ding chih na jak bang un, tuin leng Kris doumi tampitak a hongpawtta uhi; huaijiakin hun nanungpen a hita chih i thei uhi.

¹⁹They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

¹⁹Amau tuh i lak ua kipanin a pawt ua, himahleh eimah mi tak ahi kei uh; eimah mi tak hi le uh i kiang uah a om sam jel ding uh ahi ngala; himahleh a vek un eimah mi tak ahi kei vek uh chih a lat chetna dingin a hon pawtsanta uhi.

²⁰You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. Or, “know what is true.” Or, “know all things.”

²⁰Mi siangthou kianga kipan thaunilhna na tang ua, bangkim na thei uhi.

²¹I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

²¹Thutak na theih louh jiak ua ka gelh ahi kei, na theih jiak uh leh, thutaka juau bangmah a pawt ngei louh jiakin ka gelh ahi jaw.

²²Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

²²Jesu tuh Kris ahi chih gingta lou mi vala juauthei kua a oma? Kris doumi tuh Pa leh Tapa gingta lou mi ahi hi.

²³Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

²³Kuapeuh Tapa gingta louin Pa leng a sang tuan kei; Tapa gingtain bel Pa leng a sang hi.

²⁴Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁴Nou jaw, a tunga kipana na jak uh, noumau ah om sak gige un. Huai atunga kipana na jak uh noumaua a om gige leh, nou leng Tapa ah Pa ah na om gige ding uh.

²⁵This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

²⁵Huan hiai ahi amah ngeiin thil a honchiam pen- khantawn hinna.

²⁶These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

²⁶Huai noumau honpimang tumte thu mah na kiang uah ka gelh ahi.

²⁷As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

²⁷Nou jaw, amah kianga kipan a thaunilhna na tan uh noumau ah a om gige a, kuamah hilh na kiphamoh kei uhi; amah thaunilhnain thil tengteng thu a honhilh jawk jiakin leh, diktat ahi a, juau leng a hih louh jiakin, huaiin nou a honhilh bangin amah ah om gige un.

²⁸Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

²⁸Huchiin naute aw, amah ah om gige un; huan, amah tuh hongkilak mahleh, a hongpaiin a mahah zum louin hangtakin i om thei ding hi.Amah tuh mi diktat ahi chih na theih uleh, mi kuapeuh diktatna hih tuh amaha suak ahi chih na thei uhi.

²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

²⁹Amah tuh mi diktat ahi chih na theih uleh, mi kuapeuh diktatna hih tuh amaha suak ahi chih na thei uhi.