3 Johan 1
1 Kricaabu zaehoikung kacoehta mah, loktang ah ka palung ih Kaia khaeah,
The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
2 kang palung ih kami, kahoih poekhaih palungthin na tawnh baktih toengah, hmuennawk boih ah qoengh moe, ngan na tui thai hanah lawk kang thuih pae, tiah ca tarik.
Beloved, I desire you to prosper concerning all things, and to be in health, even as your soul prospers,
3 Loktang loklam to na pazui moe, loktang lok ah na oh, tiah nawkamyanawk angzoh o moe, ang thuih o naah, paroeai anghoehaih ka tawnh.
for I rejoiced exceedingly, brothers coming and testifying of the truth in you, even as you walk in truth;
4 Ka caanawk loktang thungah caeh o ti, tiah ka thaih naah, to anghoehaih pongah kalen kue anghoehaih ka tawn ai boeh.
I have no joy greater than these things, that I may hear of my children walking in truth.
5 Palung ih kami, nawkamyanawk hoi angvinnawk khaeah, oep kaom ah tok na sak;
Beloved, you act faithfully in whatever you may do toward the brothers and the one [among] strangers,
6 nihcae mah nang ih amlunghaih to kricaabu hmaa ah thuih o boeh: nihcae mah Sithaw koehhaih baktiah tamthanglok taphong o hanah na bomh thaih nahaeloe, kahoih hmuen ah ni om tih:
who testified of your love before an assembly, whom you will do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
7 nihcae loe Anih ih ahmin hoiah ni caeh o, Gentelnawk khae hoi abomhaih tidoeh la o ai.
because they went forth for [His] Name, receiving nothing from the nations;
8 Loktang toksahkung ah a oh o thai toeng hanah, aicae mah to baktih kaminawk to abomh han oh.
we, then, ought to receive such, that we may become fellow-workers to the truth.
9 Kricaabu khaeah ca ka tarik: toe nihcae zaehoikung ah kaom, Diotrephe mah kaicae talawk han koeh ai.
I wrote to the assembly, but he who is loving to be first among them—Diotrephes—does not receive us;
10 To pongah, kang zoh nahaeloe, a sak ih hmuen to ka panoek sak han, anih loe aicae kasae thuih khue ai ah, nawkamyanawk doeh talawk han koeh ai: nawkamyanawk talawk han koeh kaminawk doeh pakaa moe, nihcae to kricaabu thung hoiah pathok ving.
because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he does, talking nonsense against us with evil words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and he forbids those intending [to receive them], and he casts [them] out of the assembly.
11 Palung ih kami, kahoih ai hmuen to pazui hmah, kahoih hmuen to pazui ah. Kahoih hmuen sah kami loe Sithaw ih kami ah oh: toe kahoih ai hmuen sah kami loe Sithaw to hnu ai.
Beloved, do not be following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, he is of God, [but] he who is doing evil has not seen God;
12 Kaminawk boih mah Demitria hoihaih kawng to thuih o, loktang lok mah doeh anih hoihaih kawng to thuih: ue, aicae mah doeh kahoihah a thuih o; a thuih o ih lok loe loktang ni, tito na panoek.
testimony has been given to Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself, and we also—we testify, and you have known that our testimony is true.
13 Ca zetpui tarik han ka koeh, toe cacung hoi catui hoiah tarik ka koeh ai:
Many things I had to write, but I do not wish to write to you through ink and pen,
14 nang hoi angqum palang tih hmang, tiah oephaih ka tawnh, to naah mikhmai kang tongah lok aram tih hmang. Nang khaeah monghaih om nasoe. Aicae ampuinawk mah ban ang sin o. Toah kaom ampuinawk to ka hmin hoiah ban sin ah.
and I hope to see you soon, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to you! The friends greet you. Be greeting the friends by name.
