Several very learned writers have entertained a favourable opinion of these Epistles. They are undoubtedly of high antiquity. Salmeron cites them to prove that Seneca was one of Car's household, referred to by Paul, Philip. iv. 22, as saluting the brethren at Philippi. In Jerome's enumeration of illustrious men, he places Seneca, on account of these Epistles, amongst the ecclesiastical and holy writers of the Christian Church. Sixtus Senensis has published them in his Bibliotheque, pp. 89, 90; and it is from thence that the present translation is made. Baronius, Bellarmine, Dr. Cave, Spanheim, and others, contend that they are not genuine.

1. Tirhkoh Paula’n
Seneca hnena lehkha
a thawn te, Seneca’n
Paula hnena a lehkha
thawn te nen
BUNG 1-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Paula, chu inbiakna, nizan lama kei leh ka Lusilius-a inkara
inbumna leh thupui dang chungchangah chuan hriattir i ni
tawhin ka ring; i zirtîrte zînga ṭhenkhat chu kan hnênah an
awm si a;
2 Sallustian huana anni pawhin an kal pelh lai leh kawng
danga kal an tum lai khan, kan thlemna avângin min rawn
zawm ve ta a.
3 In sawihona hi kan duhsak hle tih hi ring turin ka duh che u
a ni.
4 I Lehkhathawn tam tak ziakna bu, khawpui thenkhat leh
ramchhung khaw lian thenkhat hnena i ziak a, nungchang
lama inzirtirna mak tak tak a awm a, chu chu kan lawm hle a
ni.
5 Chutiang rilru put hmang chu, a ziaktu ni lovin, thuchah
sawina hmanrua chauh nia ka ngaih angin, a châng chuan a
ziaktu leh hmanrua pawh ni mah se.
6 Chûng thurinte ropuizia leh a ropuizia chu chutiang chu a ni
si a, chu chu mi kum chu zirtîr leh tih famkim tûrin a tlem
hlein ka ring. I hamthatna ka duhsak a che, ka unaupa.
Inthlahna.
BUNG 2-NA
Paula chu Seneca hnenah Chibai.
1 Nizan khan i lehkha chu lawm takin ka dawng a, chu chu
chhânna ka ziak nghâl thei a, chu tlangvâl chu in lama awm ta
se, i hnêna thawn ka tum kha.
2 Engtikah nge, tu chungah nge, engtikah nge ka thawn tur tih
leh tu hnenah nge ka thil thawn zawng zawng ka pe tur tih in
hre si a.
3 Chutichuan, mi dik ka nghah chuan ngaihsak lohnaah mi
puh loh ka duh a ni.
4 Mi hlu tak rorelna ka neih hi ka lawm hlein ka inngai a, ka
Lehkhathawnte hi in lawm em em a ni.
5 Thinlung tak i nih loh chuan censor, philosopher, lal ropui
tak zirtîrtu leh engkim tituah ngaih i ni lo vang. Hausakna
nghet tak nei turin duhsakna ka hlan a che u.
BUNG 3-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Volume thenkhat chu ka ti zo a, a hmun tur angin ka ṭhen a.
2 Chûngte chu Kaisara hnêna chhiarsak ka tum tlat a, hun
remchâng eng emaw a lo thlen chuan, chhiar a nih hunah
nangni pawh in tel ve tûr a ni;
3 Nimahsela, chu chu a ni thei lo a nih chuan, ni khat chu ka
ruat ang che u a, ka hrilh ang che u, chutah chuan performance
chu kan chhiar dun ang.
4 Ka ti thei a nih chuan, ka hmangaihna che i rin tlat theih nân,
Cæsar-a hnêna ka puan hmain, chu mi chungchânga i ngaih
dân neih hmasak phawt chu ka lo tiam tawh a ni. Farewell,
Paula duh ber.
BUNG 4-NA
Paula chu Seneca hnenah Chibai.
1 I lehkhate ka chhiar apiangin ka hnênah i awm tih ka mitthla
a; kan hnenah i awm reng tih loh chu thil dang ka ngaihtuah lo
tak zet a ni.
2 Chutichuan, in lo kal ṭan veleh kan inhmu leh ang.
Hausakna ka duhsak che u a ni.
BUNG 5-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Kan hnen atanga rei tak i awm loh hi kan ngaihtuah hle a ni.
2 I lo kalna tikhawlotu chu eng nge ni a, a nih loh leh eng thil
nge ni?
3 I sakhaw hlui i bânsan a, mi dangte pawh sakhaw dang i nih
avângin Kaisara thinurna chu i hlau a nih chuan, chutianga in
thiltih chu awm reng lohna avânga lo chhuak ni lovin, rorêlna
aṭanga lo chhuak a ni tih hi i ngen tûr a ni. Inthlahna.
BUNG 6-NA
Paula chuan Seneca leh Lucilius hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Ka hnêna in ziakte chungchângah chuan pen leh ink hmanga
ziaka engmah sawi hi ka tân a dik lo: pakhat chuan
chhinchhiahna a hnutchhiah a, pakhat chuan thil a puang
chhuak tih a chiang hle.
2 A bîk takin nangmah hnaihah, keimah ang bawkin ka
awmzia hrethiamtu an awm tih ka hriat avângin.
3 Mi zawng zawng zahna chu chawimawi tur a ni a, chu aia
nasa zawkin, inhnialna hun an neih tam zawk avangin.
4 Tin, thuhnuairawlh taka thinurna kan lantîr chuan, dik lo
taka awm nia inhmu thei leh inhriat thiamte chu thil zawng
zawngah hlawhtling takin kan hneh ang. Inthlahna.
BUNG 7-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Galatia khuaa mite, Korinth khuaa mite leh Akaia khuaa
mite hnêna i lehkha thawnte ka chhiar chu ka lâwm êm êm tih
ka inchhâl a ni.
2 Thlarau Thianghlim chuan anmahniah hian rilru put hmang
sang tak, ropui tak, zah tlak leh nangmah ngeiin i siam chhuah
loh chu a rawn thlen tawh si a.
3 Chuvângin, thil mak tak tak i ziah lai hian an ropuina tâna
duhzâwng ṭawngkam mawi tak chu a tlachham lo mai thei tih
hi ka duh thei a ni.
4 Tin, ka unaupa hi ka nei tur a ni, chu chu vawi khata rinawm
lo takin engmah ka thup lo va, ka chhia leh ṭha hriatnaah ka
rinawm loh nan, lalberin in Lehkha thawnte rilru put hmang
chu a lâwm hle a ni;
5 An thu bul chhiar a hriatin, “Mi, zirna mumal nei lo mi
pakhatah chuan chutiang ngaihdan a hmuh chu mak a ti hle tih
a puang si a,” a ti a.
6 Chu chu ka chhang a, Pathiante chuan a châng chuan mi
sual lo tak takte chu thusawi tûrin an hmang ṭhîn a, chu chu
ram mi râpthlâk tak, Vatienus-a tih-ah an pe a, Reate rama a
awm lai chuan mi pahnih a lo lang a ni a hnenah, Castor leh
Pollux tia koh a ni a, pathiante hnen atangin thupuan a dawng
a ni. Inthlahna.
BUNG 8-NA
Paula chu Seneca hnenah Chibai.
1 Lalber chu kan sakhaw ngaihsantu leh duhsaktu a ni ve ve
tih ka hria a, mahse, kan chungah duhsakna lantirin, hliam eng
pawh i tuar loh nan thurawn pe turin phalna min pe ang che.
2 Lalber hnênah a sakhaw leh biak dân kalh tak tak chu i puan
chhuah hunah chuan thil hlauhawm tak i tum tak zet niin ka
hria hnam dang pathiante chibai buktu a nih avangin.

2. 3 He thu i hrilh lai khan eng nge i ngaihtuah bik ka hre lo;
mahse, min zah lutuk vangin i ti niin ka ring.
4 Nimahsela, nakin hun atân chutianga in tih loh ka duh a; Ka
chunga i hmangaihna lantir hian i pu i tithinur ang tih i
fimkhur a ngai si a.
5 A thinurna chuan hnam dang anga a awm reng chuan kan
tichhe lo vang; a thinrim lohna pawh hian kan tan eng
rawngbawlna a ni hek lo.
6 Tin, lalnu chuan a mizia ang taka thil a tih chuan a thinrim
lo vang; mahse, hmeichhia anga a che chuan sawichhiat a ni
ang. Inthlahna.
BUNG 9-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Ka lehkha ka hriattîr che u, Lalber hnêna in Lehkhathawn ka
chhiarsak che u hian a chhûnga thil awmte awm dân a
nghawng lo tih ka hria.
2 Mihring rilru chu an nungchang leh thiltih hmasa aangin
nasa takin a hruai bo hin a, chu chuan mak ka ti fo va, tun
thlenga thubuai tam tak hmangin ka ring tlat a ni.
3 Chutichuan, i an thar leh ang u; tin, tun thlenga thil eng
emaw chu fing lo taka tih a nih chuan i ngaidam em?
4 Lehkhabu de copia verborum ka rawn thawn che u a.
Farewell, Paula duh ber.
BUNG 10-NA
Paula chu Seneca hnenah Chibai.
1 Lehkha ka ziak che u a, i hming hmaah ka hming ka dah fo
apiangin ka duh loh zawng ka ti thin; leh kan sakhaw kalh
zawngin:
2 Ka sawi fo tawh angin, mi zawng zawng tân engkim ni tûr
leh, Rom dânin senator zawng zawng a chawimawina mizia
chu ngaihsak tûr a ni si a; chu chu, Lehkhathawn ziaknaah
hian ka hming hnuhnung ber dah a ni a, chu chu rei tak
chhung chu lungngaihna leh mualpho takin ka tih duh fo thin
chu tih ka ngai lo vang. Farewell, master zah ber. July thla
calend ni nga ni, Nero-a consulship palina, leh Messala-a ni.
BUNG 11-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Ka hmangaih ber Paula, hlimna zawng zawng i hnenah.
2 Mi ropui tak, leh kawng engkimah nangmah ang bawka
inrem tak chu ka tan chuan mi pangngai mai ni lovin, ṭhian
hnai ber ni ta se, Seneca-i hi a va lawmawm tak em!
3 Chutichuan, nang, mi ropui tak leh mi zawng zawng aia
sang ber, ropui ber pawh ni se, Lehkhathawn ziaka hming
lang hmasak phawt chu tling loah i inngai lo va;
4 Chutilochuan, mi fiah duh lo va, mi nuihzat mai mai i tum lo
tih ka ringhlel ang; Rom khua leh tui i ni tih i inhriat si a.
5 Tin, chu dinhmun emaw, i dinhmun emaw-ah chuan awm ve
ka duh thei a, keimah ang bawka in awm ve chu ka duh thei
bawk. Farewell, Paula duh ber. April thla calend xth-a ni,
Aprianus leh Capito-a consulship-ah a ni.
BUNG 12-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Ka hmangaih ber Paula, hlimna zawng zawng i hnenah. I
thiam lohna hian hrehawmnaah a hruai lut che a ni tih hi ka
ngaihtuah nasa hle a, ka lungngai hle niin i ngai lo em ni?
2 Tin, mipui zawng zawngin nangni Kristiante hi chutiang
khawpa misualah an ngai a, khawpui chunga vanduaina lo
thleng zawng zawngte chu nangmahni avanga lo awm nia
ngaihtuah se?
3 Mahse, chu thubuai chu dawhthei takin i tuar ang u, a
chunga court-ah hian kan sualna kan dil ang u, chu chu kan
vanneihna harsa tak hian kan hmachhawn theihna tur
awmchhun a ni a, a tawpah chuan kan vanduainate chu hlimna
danglam thei lovah a tawp hma loh chuan.
4 Hmanlai hun laia mi rorêltu Philipa fapa Alexander-a leh
Dionysius-a te a lo piang a; kan ta pawhin Caius Cæsar-a a
hring chhuak a; an duhzawngte chu an dan awmchhun a ni.
5 Rome khawpui hal fo chungchangah chuan a chhan chu a
lang chiang hle a; tin, ka dinhmun chhe takah mi pakhat chu
thusawi phalsak a nih a, mi pakhatin heng thil thimte hi
hlauhawm lovin a puang thei a nih chuan, mi tinin thil awmzia
zawng zawng chu an hmu vek tur a ni.
6 Kristiante leh Judate hi khawpui halna thil sual tih avângin
hrem an ni fo tak zet a; mahse, chu misual Pathian ngaihsak lo,
tualthah leh sa thatna lama hlim a, a misualte chu thu dik lo
hmanga thunun thin chu a hun takah ruat a ni a, a nih loh leh a
hun takah dah a ni.
7 Tin, tûnah chuan mi ṭha tinrêng nunna chu chu mi pakhat,
sual siamtu aiah inthawi a nih angin, he mi hi mi tam tak tân
inthawi a ni ang a, mi zawng zawng aiah meia hal tûrin a
inhlan ang.
8 Ni ruk chhungin in za leh sawmthum leh pahnih, leh
thliarkar pum pui pali emaw, thliarkar emaw chu ni ruk
chhungin a kang ral vek a; In zavaia hlimna ka duhsakna ka
hlan a che u.
9 April thla calend ni nga ni, Frigius leh Bassus-a consulship-
a ziah a ni.
BUNG 13-NA
Annæus Seneca chuan Paula hnenah Chibai a buk a.
1 Ka hmangaih ber Paula, hlimna zawng zawng i hnenah.
.
3 I sawi fo thin tih ka hre reng a, mi tam tak chuan chutiang
style chu nghawngin an thupui te chu hliam an tuar a, an thil
ngaihtuahte chakna an hloh thin.
4 Mahse, hemiah hian mi ngaihsak ka duh che u a ni, chu chu
Latin dik tak ngaihsak a, thu dik thlang turin ka duh che u a,
chutiang chuan in chunga rinna ropui tak chu in enkawl tha
zawk thei ang.
5 Chawlhni. July thla, Leo leh Savinus consul hminga date vth.
BUNG 14-NA
Paula chu Seneca hnenah Chibai.
1 I ngaihtuahna ngun tak chuan heng thil hmuhchhuahte hi a
chhang let a, chu chu Pathianin a pe a, mi tlemte tan chauh a
phalsak a ni.
2 Chuvângin, chi chak ber chu lei ṭha takah ka tuh tih ka
chiang a, thil eng pawh ni lovin, chhe thei tûr thil engmah ni
lovin, Pathian thu nghet tak, chatuan thlenga pung tûr leh rah
chhuah tûr chu ka tuh zâwk a ni.
3 I finna avânga i thlen chu, chhe lovin chatuanin a awm reng
ang.
4 Judate leh Jentailte rinna dik lote chu in pumpelh tûr a ni tih
ring rawh.
5 Eng emaw chen in lo thlen tawhte chu fing takin lalber, a
chhungte leh ṭhian rinawmte hnenah hriattir rawh;
6 Tin, in rilru put hmang chu pawm lo angin lang mah se, an
hriatthiam loh angin lang mah se, a tam zawkin in thusawite
chu an ngaihsak lo vang tih an hmuh chuan, Pathian Thu chu
vawi khat an chhunga thun luh tawh chuan, a tawpah chuan
mi thar, Pathian lam duhtuah a siam ang.
7 Kan duh ber Seneca chu thlah rawh. August thla Calends-a
ziah, Leo leh Savinus-a consulship-ah a ni.