¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

¹Kuapeuh Jesu tuh Kris ahi chih gingta tuh Pathian suahsak ahi; kuapeuh a suaksakpa itin a suahsak leng a it nak.

²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

²Hiaiah Pathian tate i it chih i thei, Pathian i ita, a thupiakte i zuihin.

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

³Pathian i itna tuh hiah ahi, a thupiakte i zuihna; a thupiakte tuh a haksa ngal keia.

⁴For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

⁴Pathian suahsak peuhin khovel a zou jel ngala; hiai ahi khovel tunga vualzohna, i ginna.

⁵Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁵Jesu tuh Pathian Tapa ahi chih gingmi kia ngal lou, kuan khovel a zou jela?

⁶This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁶Hiai ahi, tui leh sisana hongpaipa, Jesu Kris; tui kiaah hi louin, tuiah leh sisan ah ahi jaw.

⁷For there are three who testify Only a few recent manuscripts add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth” :

⁷Theisakpa tuh Kha ahi, Kha tuh thutak a hihjiakin.

⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

⁸Theihpihtu thum a om uhi, Kha leh tui leh sisan; huai thumte tuh akituhtuak uhi.

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

⁹Mihing theihsakna bawn i san leh, Pathian theihsakna a thupi zo ngala; Pathian theihsakna tuh hiai ahi, Ka Tapa tanchin ka theisakta, chih ahi ngala.

¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

¹⁰Pathian Tapa gingmi amah ah theihna aneia Pathian gingloumin amah tuh juautheiin abawl ahi, Pathianin a Tapa tanchin a theihsak tuh a gintak louh jiakin.

¹¹The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹¹Theihsakna tuh hiai ahi, Pathianin khantawna hinna a honpia a, huai hinna tuh a Tapa ah a om hi.

¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

¹²Tua Tapa neiin hinna a nei hi; Pathian Tapa neilouin hinna a neikei hi.

¹³These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹³Khantawnin hinna na nei uh chih na theihna ding un, nou Pathian Tapa min gingtate kiangah hiai thu ka gelh a hi

¹⁴This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

¹⁴Hiaipen amah tunga i hanna ahi, bangpeuhmah amah deihlam banga i nget leh, aman a honngaihkhiak sak nakna ah;

¹⁵And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

¹⁵Huchiin, bangpeuhmah i nget tuh a honngaih khiaksak chih i thei leh, a kianga i thil nget tak tuh i muta chih i thei hi.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

¹⁶Kuapeuhmahin a unau, sihna khop hi lou khelhna hihin mu leh, a nget sak ding, huchiin Pathianin a ngenmi kiangah sihna khop hi lou khelhna hihte adingin hinna a pe ding hi. Sihna khop khelhna a oma; huchi bang lamah a nget sak ding ka chi ahi kei hi.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

¹⁷Diktatlouhna tengteng tuh khelhna ahi; sihna khop hi lou khelhna leng a om sam hi.

¹⁸We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

¹⁸Kuapeuh Pathian suahsakin thil a hihkhial kei chih i thei hi; Pathian Suahsakpan amah a kem gige a, giloupan khoih leng a khoih theikei him ahi.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

¹⁹Huan, Pathian akipan i hih ua leh, khovel pumpi tuh giloupa thuthuin a om chih i thei hi.

²⁰We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²⁰Huan, Pathian Tapa tuh ahongpaia, Mi diktat tuh theithei dingin theihtheihna a honpia chih i thei behlap uhi; huan, eite, a Tapa Jesu Krisa i om in, Mi Diktat ah i om uhi. Amah tuh Pathian dik tak ahi a, khantawn hinna leng a nei hi.Naute aw, milim lakah kihemkhia un. Amen.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

²¹Naute aw, milim lakah kihemkhia un. Amen.