1 John 3
1 Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.
Mikpɔ ale si gbegbe Fofo la lɔ̃a mí ɖa be woayɔ mí be Mawu viwo. Nyateƒe, Mawu viwoe míenye. Nu si ta xexemetɔwo menya mí o lae nye be womenya eya amea o.
2 My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.
Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃wo, fifia míenye Mawu viwo, ke míenya nu si míava nye le etsɔ megbe la haɖe o. Gake míenya be ne Kristo va la, míanɔ abe eya amea ene, elabena míakpɔe abe ale si wòle tututu ene.
3 All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.
Ame siwo katã le mɔkpɔkpɔ me alea la wɔa wo ɖokuiwo dzadzɛe abe ale si eya hã le dzadzɛe ene.
4 All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.
Ame sia ame si wɔa nu vɔ̃ la da sea dzi. Le nyateƒe me la, nu vɔ̃ nye sedzimawɔmawɔ.
5 But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Ke ele nyanya me na mi be ɖe wòva be yeatsɔ míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ayii. Nu vɔ̃ aɖeke mele eya ŋutɔ ƒe agbe me o.
6 All those who live in him don't go on sinning; all those who keep on sinning haven't seen him and haven't known him.
Ne ame aɖe le agbe le eya amea me la, amea meganɔa nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi atraɖii o. Ne ame aɖe ganɔa nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi edziedzi la, ekema ame sia mekpɔe o loo, alo nyae o.
7 Dear friends, don't let anyone fool you: those who do what is right are right, in the same way as Jesus is right.
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, migana ame aɖeke nable mi ne miatra mɔ o. Ame si wɔa nu nyui la, enye ame dzɔdzɔe abe ale si eya hã le dzɔdzɔe ene.
8 Those who sin are of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. That's the reason why the Son of God came—to destroy what the devil has done.
Ame si wɔa nu vɔ̃ la, enye Abosam ƒe ame, elabena Abosam le nu vɔ̃ wɔm tso gɔmedzedzea me ke. Nu si ta Mawu ƒe Vi la va ɖo lae nye be wòagblẽ Abosam ƒe nuwɔwɔwo.
9 All those who are born of God don't keep on sinning, for God's nature lives in them. They can't keep on sinning because they are born of God.
Ame si wodzi le Mawu me la meganɔa nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi o, elabena Mawu ƒe kutsetse le eme. Mate ŋu awɔ nu vɔ̃ o, elabena wodzii tso Mawu me.
10 This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.
To esia me míedea vovototo Mawu viwo kple Abosam ƒe viwo dome. Ame si mewɔa nu si le eteƒe o la menye Mawu vi o. Nenema ke ame si melɔ̃a nɔvia o la menye Mawu vi o.
11 The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another.
Esiae nye gbedeasi si miese tso gɔmedzedzea, be ele be míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo.
12 We cannot be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and murdered his brother. Why did he murder him? Because Cain did what was evil, while his brother did what was right.
Miganɔ abe Kain ene o. Le esi wònye Abosam ƒe ame ta la, ewu nɔvia. Nu ka ta wòwu nɔvia? Elabena, eƒe wɔnawo vɔ̃ɖi, ke nɔvia ƒe wɔnawo le dzɔdzɔe.
13 So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you!
Nɔvinyewo, ne xexea me lé fu mi la, megawɔ nuku na mi kura o.
14 The reason we know that we have changed from death to life is because we love our Christian brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love remains dead.
Míenya be míeto ku me yi agbe me, elabena míelɔ̃a mía nɔewo. Ame si melɔ̃a ame o la, gale ku ƒe asi me.
15 All those who hate their Christian brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that no murderers have eternal life within them! (aiōnios g166)
Ame si ke léa fu nɔvia la nye amewula, eye ele nyanya me na mi be agbe mavɔ meli na amewula aɖeke o. (aiōnios g166)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
Ale si Yesu Kristo va ku ɖe mía ta la ɖe nu si lɔlɔ̃ nye la fia mí. Eya ta ele be míawo hã míatsɔ míaƒe agbe aɖo anyi na mía nɔviwo.
17 If one of you is living well in this world and you see your Christian brother or sister in need, but you don't show compassion—how can God's love be living in you?
Ne xexemenuwo le ame aɖe si fũu, eye wòkpɔ nɔvia aɖe si nye hiãtɔ, eye mekpɔ nublanui nɛ o la, aleke woate ŋu akpɔ Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃ le eme?
18 Dear friends, let's not just say we love with words, but show our love in what we do and how we demonstrate the truth.
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, migana míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo kple nya, alo kple aɖe ɖeɖe ko o, ke boŋ le nuwɔnawo kple nyateƒe me.
19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God
Ekema esia nye ale si míenyana be míenye nyateƒe la tɔ kple ale si míeɖea dzi ɖi le eŋkume
20 whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
ɣe sia ɣi si míaƒe dzitsinya bu fɔ mí, elabena Mawu lolo wu míaƒe dziwo, eye wònya nu sia nu.
21 Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, ne míaƒe dziwo mebu fɔ mí o la, dzideƒo le mía si le Mawu ŋkume,
22 We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him.
eye nu sia nu si míabiae la, míaxɔe, elabena míewɔ eƒe sewo dzi, eye míewɔ nu si dzea eŋu.
23 This is what he commands: we should trust in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us to do.
Eƒe sedede nye esia be míaxɔ via Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkɔ dzi ase, eye míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo abe ale si wòde se na mí ene.
24 Those who keep his commands continue to live in him, and he lives in them. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit he has given us.
Ame siwo wɔna ɖe eƒe sewo dzi la nɔa agbe le eme, eye eya hã nɔa wo me. Eye aleae míenyana be ele agbe le mía me: Míenyae to Gbɔgbɔ si wòna mí la dzi.
