1 John 3
1 ko dukum cwi kanbo wo kwama nebeu, la a co moti bi bei kwama cu wo bou nyo co kero wo dor bitinero nyom bobe, wori nyom co bo
Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called ‘Children of God’; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.
2 woma cwii cwiiyeu, na wen bo bi bei kwama. la ci fwetang binen bo keno ba yila nyi ri, bwiri, bon nyumom kanbo Almacifu a cerkangum ti yu, ban yilam na co wori ban to co na wuro co nyeu.
Dear friends, we are God’s Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.
3 nii wo ca wi ki yonenriye luwe fini yeri a yi yimwuca kem, na wo ce co wucakeu.
And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure — as Christ is pure.
4 nii wo ca kaba ki ma ka bwirankere di la yabum werfundo wori bwiran ke yabka werfuner
Every one who lives sinfully is living in violation of Law. Sin is violation of Law.
5 kom nyumom Almacifu cenkangum na co tum bwirankere, la co man kibwiranke.
And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.
6 nii mani a noti more ce lana a ma bwirankererti, kange nii mani a ca kaba tiki ma ka bwira kere di ki con nyumom co. kaka con tom co
No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.
7 bi beyo lomi ma cwii -cwiiyeu ko dobre kange nii a tiyangum ki kom wo ma dii cakcak tiyeu” na wo Almacifu cak-cakeu
My Children, do not let any one mislead you. He who lives righteously is righteous — as Christ is righteous.
8 wo ma bwiran ke tiyeu na bwekelkele, ce wori bwekelkele mam bwiranke fiye ki kaba, co dike bwi bwe kwama cer kangeu we, na co bubam na ngen bwekelkelero
He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil’s work.
9 na nii wo ci bou co kwama nine ri mani ma bwirankere. wori dum kwamambo wi morece mani a ca kaba tiki maka bwirankere, wori boo con kwama nin
No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.
10 wi nyo bo nyom de bi bei kwa kange bwekelkelece ki dimene wuro mani ma diki wulake tiyeu, kebo bi bei kwama, la wo mani cin ke ce tiyeu
By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil — No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.
11 won co tomange ka nuwa ki kabau, tokti bo cwiti be
For these are the Tidings that we heard from the first — that we are to love one another.
12 kebo na kayim wuro na bwekelkeleceu twalum yii ceu, ye bwi co twalum ce? wori nangen cero ka bwir yii ce ceu cakcak
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother’s was good.
13 ko mare nyumanka kebmibo, na dor bitinero ko komri
Do not wonder, Brothers, if the world hates you.
14 bon nyumom bon tiya ngum bwar bon yaken dume, wori bo cwii kebbeboti. wori mani ma cwikari, bwiyam bwiya.
We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.
15 nii wona ko ke ce tiyeri nii twalka duwek. lakom nyumom dume diiriyeu man na nii twalka duweko ce. (aiōnios g166)
Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him. (aiōnios g166)
16 la nyomom cwika, la Almacifu neken dumece ken bereu. bo kenen daten bo neken bo neken dume ker yitob beb. la na nii wo kikulen dor bitinereri con to kece ki cwika la nuwa bo cini ce, lanyi cwiika kwama ko more ce?
We have learned to know what love is from this — that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.
But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within him?
18 bibeyo lomi ma cwii-cwiiyeu, bo more cwii ka ko tol nyiyereu koni, la bo ma nangen cwiikaro ki bilenker
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
19 la nyo bon nyumom nob bilen ker bon nyumom neer bero ka co
By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God’s sight,
20 no na neer bero kuwa bobori, kwama la ner bero dwiika, la ki nyomka diker gwam
that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
21 nubo ma cwii cwii na neer bero kuwa bobori, bon wi kab-kab kabum kwama
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
22 dike ba duweri ban fiya fiye co wiye gwam wori bo bwang ten werfuner ceroti, bo ma dike yo cinen neere ti
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.
23 la nyial ke ce na wer, bo ne bilenker ki der bi bwece Yeecu Almacifu, bo cwii bwiti be na wo ca ne bo werfunereu
His Command is this — that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.
24 na wo bwangten ker nyial kwaro tiyeu wi more ce, kwama neneu wimor ni co nyo la ba nyumom con wi more be ki yuwa tangbeca nebeu.
And he who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with him. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us — by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.
