1Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
1Ngai un, Pa honitna thupi hina tele! Pathian tate chiha i om; tuachibang i hi him uhi; Hiai khawng jiakin khovelin a honthei kei hi, amah a theih louh jiakin.
2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
2Deihtakte aw, tunah Pathian tate i hi ua, bangchin ahia i om ding chih bel a kithei tadih keia; amah a hongkilak chiangin, amah bangin i om ding chih bel i thei hi, amah tuh a om ngeingei bang takin i mu ding ahi ngala.
3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
3Kuapeuh amah tunga lametna nei peuhmah, amah a siangthou bangin a kihihsiangthou nak hi.
4Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
4Kuapeuh thil hihkhial tuh dan ah leng a talek hi; khelhna tuh dana tatlekna ahi ngala.
5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
5Amah tuh khelhnate lamang dingin a honglangta chih na thei uhi; amah ah khelhna bangmah a om ngal keia.
6Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.
6Kuapeuh amaha om gigein thil a hihkhial kei hi; kuapeuh thilhihkhialin amah a mu kei, thil leng a theikei hi.
7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
7Tate aw, kuamah khemin om kei un. Diktatna hihmi tuh a diktat hi, amah a diktat mahbangin.
8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
8Thil hihkhialmi tuh diabola pawt ahi; diabolin atunga kipan thil a hihkhial ngala. Pathian Tapa honglat napen tuh diabol nasepte a hihmanthat theihna dingin ahi.
9Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
9Kuapeuh Pathiana suakin, Pathian chi amaha a om gige jiakin thil a hihkhial kei, Pathian suak a hih jiakin, thil a hihkhial theikei hi.
10In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
10Hiaiah Pathian tate leh diabol tate a theihtheih hi; kuapeuh diktatna hih lou tuh Pathiana suak ahi kei, a unau it lou leng Pathiana suak ahi sam kei hi.
11For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
11Hiai tuh a tunga kipana thukhah na jak uh ahi ngala, i kiit tuah chiat ding uh ahi chih;
12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
12Kaina, gilou pa akipanpa amah unau thatpa banga om lou in. Bang jiakin ahia a thah tak? Amah thil hihte a gilou a, a unau thil hihte a dik jiakin.
13Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
13Naute aw, khovelin nou a nonhuat leh lamdang sa kei un.
14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
14Unaute i it jiakin sihna akipanin i pawt ua, hinna ah i lutta chih i thei uh. Kuapeuh itna neilou tuh sihna ah a om gige lai hi.
15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
15Kuapeuh a uanu hua tuh tualthat ahi; tualthatmi kuamah khantawn hinna pai himhim a om kei uh chih na thei ngal ua.
16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16Hiaiah itna bang ahia chih i thei hi, aman tuh ei adingin a hinna a piak tak jiakin; en leng unaute adingin i hinna i piak sam ding ahi.
17But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
17Himahleh, kuapeuhin khovel sum neiin, a unau tasamin mu taleh, amah tuh lainat tuan kei leh, Pathian itna amaha bangchin a om ding?
18My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
18Naute aw, thu kiain it kei ni, lei kiain leng it sam kei ni, thilhih leh chihtak takin hi jaw hen.
19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
19Hiaiin thutaka suak i hi chih i kithei dinga, amah ma ah i lungtangte i muangsak thak ding hi.
20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
20i lungtangin siamlouh a hontangsak peuhmah chiangin; banghang hiam i chih leh Pathian jaw i lungtangte sangin a lian jawa thil bangkim a thei hi.
21Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
21Deihtakte aw, i lungtangin siamlouh a hontansak kei leh, Pathian lamah i hang ahi:
22and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
22A thupiakte i juih ua, a mit muhna thil kipahhuai i hih jel jiakin i nget peuhmah amah akipanin i mu jel ahi.
23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
23Huan, a thupiak tuh hiai ahi, a Tapa Jesu Kris min ging lehang, aman thu a honpiak bangin kiit tuah chiat lai lehang.A thupiakte juimi tuh amahah a om gige a, amah mah leng amah ah a om gige hi. Huan, hiaiah amah tuh eimau ah a om gige chih i thei uh, Kha a honpiak ah.
24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
24A thupiakte juimi tuh amahah a om gige a, amah mah leng amah ah a om gige hi. Huan, hiaiah amah tuh eimau ah a om gige chih i thei uh, Kha a honpiak ah.