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

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

²to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your 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 you in my prayers,

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

⁵hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have 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 your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

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

⁷For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, 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.

⁸Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

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

⁹yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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 beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus, Onesimus means “useful.”

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

¹¹who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you 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;

¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

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

¹³whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

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 I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would 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 separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

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

¹⁶no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, 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 you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

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

¹⁸But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

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

¹⁹I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your 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.

²⁰Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

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

²¹Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will 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.

²²Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to 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, greets you,

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

²⁴as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and 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.