1 Johan 4

1 Ka it te awng, thaa theampo um siat heak vun, ahihang Pathian kung pan ahile ahi ngawl thaa te sittel vun: banghangziam cile leitung ah leilot kamsang tampi hong piang zo hi.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 Jesus Christ sia cilesa taw hongpai hi, ci in a pualak thaa peuma sia Pathian Thaa ci na he uh hi:

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3 Taciang Jesus Christ sia cilesa taw hongpai hi, ci a pualak ngawl thaa peuma Pathian neisa hi ngawl hi: taciang hisia sia Christ ngalpa i thaa a hihi, tasia hongpai tu hi, ci in na zaksa uh hi a, tu in leitung ah hong om zo hi.

And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

4 Tano te awng, note sia Pathian neisa na hi uh hi, amate zong na zo zo uh hi: banghangziam cile leitung ah a ompa sang in note sung ah a ompa sia lianzaw hi.

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5 Amate sia leitung mi ahi uhkom; leitung thu son uh hi, taciang leitung mite in ngai uh hi.

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

6 Eite sia Pathian neisa i hihi: Pathian a he peuma in i thuhil hong ngai hi; Pathian neisa ahi ngawl peuma in i thuhil hong ngai ngawl hi. Hibang in thuman thaa le a maan ngawl thaa te i he hi.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

7 Ka it te awng, khat le khat ki it tawng; banghangziam cile itna sia Pathian neisa a hihi; taciang Pathian a it peuma sia Pathian ta a hihi, Pathian zong a he uh hi.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

8 Ngual a it ngawl peuma Pathian a he bua hi; banghangziam cile Pathian sia itna a hihi.

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

9 Tapa tungtawn in i nuntak thei natu in, Pathian in a neisun Tapa hi leitung ah hongpaisak hu in Pathian itna sia eite tung ah hong kilang hi.

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

10 Eite in Pathian it phot hi ngawl in, Pathian in hong it a, a Tapa sia eite mawna theampo atu, thin-ukna dapsak tu in hongpaisak hi zaw hi.

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

11 Ka itte awng, Pathian in hizata hong it hu in eite zong khat le khat i ki it tu a hihi.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

12 Pathian sia kuama in mu ngei ngawl hi. Khat le khat i ki it le, Pathian sia eite sung ah hong om a, a itna eite sung ah hong kicing hi.

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

13 Pathian in a Thaa hongpia ahikom eite sia Pathian sung ah om i hihi, cile Ama sia eite sung ah om hi, ci i he hi.

And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

14 Pa in Tapa sia leitung Ngum tu in hongpaisak hi, ci sia eite in mu in tetti i pang hi.

And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Akua mapo in Jesus sia Pathian Tapa hi, ci a pualak te sung ah Pathian om a, ama zong Pathian sung ah om hi.

Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

16 Pathian i hong itna he in i um hi. Pathian sia itna a hihi; taciang itna sung ah a om peuma Pathian sung ah om a, Pathian zong ama sung ah om hi.

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

17 Eite itna in hong cialcingsak ahikom, thukhenna ni ciang in hangsanna i nei tu hi: banghangziam cile Ama ahi bangma in eite zong leitung ah i hi tu hi.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 Itna sung ah launa om ngawl hi; ahihang a cialcing itna in launa bosak hi: banghangziam cile launa in vawtsiatna nei hi. A lau peuma itna sung ah cialcing ngawl lai hi.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

19 Pathian in hong it masa ahikom eite zong Ama i it hi.

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

20 Khat po in Pathian ka it hi, ci napi, a suapui a ensan le, ama sia leilot thuson a hihi: banghangziam cile a mu thei a suapui a it bua ahile a mu ngawl Pathian sia bangbang in it thei tu ziam?

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

21 Pathian a it peuma in a suapui zong it hi, ci hi thupiak sia Jesus tung pan in i sang hi.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.