1 Yuhana 3
1 Yenen musin ukauna ulena Ucif na ni nari, ina yichila nari nono Kutelle. Nanere arike di. Bara nenere, uye yiru nari ba, bara na iyiru ghe ba.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us: he lets us be called God’s children! For that is what we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.
2 Kinnayi nin, nene arik nono Kutelleri, na ise yino yeri tima yitu ba, tiyiru kubi ko na Kristi ma dak, tima yitu nafo ame, tima yenughe nafo na adi.
Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
3 Vat ulena adinin le ubege ama yisunu kitime anin kusu litime lau nafo inda na ame di lau.
And just as he is pure, everyone who has this hope, makes and keeps themselves pure.
4 Vat ulena a leu ubun kulapi, adi durtu udoke ba. Bara nani kulape kunnare usalin durtu udoka.
Everyone who lives sinfully is living in violation of God’s law. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Iyiru vat Kristi na dak bara ana yira alapi bit. Bara nan nya me kulapi diku ba.
You know that Christ appeared to take away our sins and that there is no sin in him.
6 Ulena adi nanya me adinin suu kulapi ba. Ulena aleu ubung kulapi na ayeneghe ba kokuwa na yirughe ba.
No one who lives in him continues to sin; the sinner has not seen or known him.
7 Nono nin, na iwa yinin imon rusuzu minu ba. Ame ulena asuu kata kalau adi lauware, nafo na ame Kristidi lau.
My children, don’t let anyone mislead you. The person who does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
8 Ame ulena asuu kulapi ame di nin ibilis, bara ame ibilis nasuu kulapi tun uchizune. Bara nanere Gono Kutelle na dak, bara ana naza katwa in ibilis se.
The person who lives in sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To undo the devil’s work is the reason the Son of God appeared.
9 Ulena ina marughe kiti Kutelle na adin suu kulapi ba bara imus Kutelle di nanya me. Na awangya asuu kulapi ba bara ina maru gye kiti Kutelle.
No child of God sins, because God’s nature dwells in them. They can’t live in sin, because they are God’s children.
10 Nanya nanere nono Kutelle nin nono in ibilise ima yenu nanin kanang. Vat ulena anri usu nimong ilau ame di nin Kutelle ba, nin lena adini suu gwana me ba.
By this it is made clear who are the children of God and who are the devil’s: anyone who doesn’t do what is right or doesn’t love others is not a child of God.
11 Bara ule usakwere ina malin lanzu nin chizunu, i suu ukauna nati mine,
For this is the message we heard from the beginning: we are to love one another.
12 na yinda na Kayinu nasu ulena awadi nin ibilis amini wa molu gwa name. Bari yanghari ana molu gwa na me? Bara katwa me wadi kan ibilis sari, nin lau gwana me.
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his actions were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Na iwa suu umamki ba, nwana nin, andi uye nari minu.
Do not be suprised, friends, if the world hates you.
14 Tiyiru tina malin katu ukule udu annya lai, bara ti dinin suu nin nwana.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love each other. The person who does not love remains in a state of death.
15 Ulena anari gwana me unan molusari. Inanin yiru ulai sali ligang di kiti nale anan molusari. (aiōnios g166)
The person who hates another is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life dwelling within them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Bara nani tiyiru ukaune, bara Kristi na ni ulai me bara nwana.
This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. So we should lay down our own lives for each other.
17 Bara ulena adinin nimong iye anin yene gwana me dimon ba, amini nari ubunu gwana me, iyizari ukauna Kutele di kitime?
If anyone has material possessions, and sees one of our own in need, but closes their heart against that person, how can it be said that the love of God is within them?
18 Nono nin, nati suu ukauna ti nuu ba ko ti lem ama ni nayuka ni kidegen.
My children, our love must not be mere words or talk. It must be true and show itself in actions.
19 Bara nani tiyiru kidegen nin ni binai bit kit kiti me.
This is how we will know we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves in God’s presence:
20 Bara andi nibinai bit wanla nari, Kuttelle katin nibinai bit, amini yiru imon vat,
though our conscience condemns us, God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
21 Kin nayini, andi nibanai bit wala nari ba ti nin likara yisunu kiti Kutelle.
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
22 Vat elemon na titirino ama ni nari, bara tii ceu tidokoki me ti nani din suu imong na icoon kusari me.
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are keeping his commands, and are doing what pleases him.
23 Ulelare tidokoki me-tiyinin nin lisa son me Yesu Kristi nin suu kauna kogha, nafo na ana ni nari tidoka.
His command is that we should believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as Christ commanded us.
24 Ulena adin dortu tidokoki adi nanya me, Kutelle di nanya me. Nin nanere tima yinu adi nanya bit, nin fip milau na ana ni nari.
The person who keeps his commands dwells in God and God dwells in them. And we are sure he lives in us because of the Spirit he has given us.
