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.
Lee ụdị oke ịhụnanya nke Nna ahụ nwere nʼebe anyị nọ, na-aga akpọ anyị ụmụ Chineke. Nʼezie, nke a bụ ihe anyị bụ. Ihe mere na ụwa amaghị anyị bụ nʼihi na ọ maghị ya.
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.
Ndị hụrụ nʼanya, ugbu a anyị abụrụla ụmụ Chineke. Ọ bụ ezie na anyị enweghị ike ịghọta ihe ọnọdụ anyị ga-abụ nʼoge dị nʼihu, ma anyị maara nke ọma na mgbe a ga-eme ka ọ pụta ìhè, a ga-emekwa ka anyị bụrụ ndị yiri ya, nʼihi na anyị ga-ahụ ya dịka ọ dị.
3 All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.
Onye ọbụla nwere olileanya dị otu a kwesiri idebe onwe ya ọcha, dị ka ya onwe ya dị ọcha.
4 All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.
Onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie na-emebi iwu. Nʼezie mmehie bụ mmebi iwu.
5 But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Unu maara na e mere ka ọ pụta ìhè iwepụ mmehie. Ọ dịkwaghị mmehie ọbụla dị nʼime ya.
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.
Onye ọbụla na-anọgide nʼime ya adịghị ebi ndụ ime mmehie, onye ọbụla nke na-ebi ndụ mmehie ahụbeghị ya anya mgbe ọbụla, ọ matabekwaghị ya.
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.
Ezigbo ụmụ m, unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla duhie unu, onye ọbụla na-eme ezi ihe bụ onye ezi omume dị ka ya onwe ya bụ onye ezi omume.
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.
Onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie bụ nwa ekwensu, nʼihi na ekwensu bụ onye mmehie site na mmalite. Ihe mere Ọkpara Chineke jiri pụta ìhè bụ ka ọ laa ọrụ niile nke ekwensu nʼiyi.
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.
Onye a mụrụ site na Chineke adịghị anọgide na-eme mmehie, nʼihi na mkpụrụ Chineke na-anọgide nʼime ya, ha enweghị ike ịnọgide na-eme mmehie, nʼihi na a mụrụ ha site na Chineke.
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.
Otu a ka anyị si amata ndị bụ ụmụ Chineke, na ndị bụ ụmụ ekwensu: Onye ọbụla na-adịghị eme ihe ziri ezi abụghị nwa Chineke, otu a ka ọ dịkwa onye na-adịghị ahụ ụmụnna ha nʼanya.
11 The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another.
Nʼihi na nke a bụ ozi ahụ unu nụrụ site na mmalite, ka anyị hụrịta onwe anyị nʼanya.
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.
Ka anyị hapụ ịdị ka Ken, onye bụ nke ajọ onye ahụ, na onye gburu nwanne ya. Gịnị mere o ji gbuo ya? Ọ bụ nʼihi na ọrụ ya jọrọ njọ, ma nke nwanne ya ziri ezi.
13 So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you!
Ka ọ gharakwa iju unu anya ụmụnna m, na ụwa kpọrọ unu asị.
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.
Anyị matara na anyị esitela nʼọnwụ baa na ndụ nʼihi na anyị na-ahụ ụmụnna anyị nʼanya. Onye ọbụla na-adịghị ahụ ibe ya nʼanya na-anọgide nʼọnwụ.
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)
Onye ọbụla na-akpọ nwanna ya asị bụ ogbu mmadụ, unu matakwara na o nweghị onye ọbụla bụ ogbu mmadụ nwere ndụ ebighị ebi nʼime ya. (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.
Ọ bụ otu a ka anyị sị mata ihe bụ ịhụnanya, na Jisọs tọgbọrọ ndụ ya nʼihi anyị. Anyị kwesikwara ịtọgbọ ndụ anyị nʼihi ụmụnna anyị.
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?
Ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla nwere akụ nke ụwa, ahụ nwanna ya ka ọ nọ na mkpa ma o nweghị obi ebere nʼebe ọ nọ, olee otu ịhụnanya Chineke si dịrị nʼime ya?
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.
Ụmụntakịrị m, ka ịhụnanya anyị ghara ịbụ naanị nʼegbugbere ọnụ maọbụ nke okwu efu, kama ka ọ bụrụ nke sitere nʼeziokwu nakwa nʼomume anyị.
19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God
Anyị ga-esitekwa na nke a mata na anyị bụ ndị nke eziokwu ahụ ma matakwa otu anyị ga-esi mee ka obi anyị kwenye nʼihu ya.
20 whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na obi anyị amaa anyị ikpe, Chineke dị ukwuu karịa obi anyị, ọ mazukwara ihe niile.
21 Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.
Ndị m hụrụ nʼanya, ọ bụrụ na obi anyị amaghị anyị ikpe, anyị nwere nkwuwa okwu nʼihu Chineke
22 We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him.
na-anatakwa ya ihe ọbụla anyị rịọrọ nʼihi na anyị na-erube isi nʼiwu ya, na-emekwa ihe na-atọ ya ụtọ.
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.
Nke a bụkwa iwu ya: ka anyị kwere nʼaha Ọkpara ya Jisọs Kraịst, ya na ịhụrịta ibe anyị nʼanya dịka o nyere anyị nʼiwu.
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.
Ndị niile na-erube isi nye iwu ya na-anọgidesikwa ike nʼime ya, ya onwe ya na-anọgidesikwa ike nʼime ndị ahụ! Otu a ka anyị si mara na ọ na-anọgidesike nʼime anyị: Ọ bụ site na Mmụọ nke o nyere anyị.
