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.
Nu akka ijoollee Waaqaa jedhamnee waamamnuuf jaalalli Abbaan nurratti dhangalaase akkam guddaa dha! Nus akkasuma ijoollee isaa ti! Addunyaan waan isa hin beekiniif nu hin beeku.
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.
Yaa michoota jaallatamoo, nu amma ijoollee Waaqaa ti; gara fuula duraatti immoo maal akka taanu amma hin ibsamne. Garuu yommuu inni mulʼatutti sababii akkuma inni jirutti isa arginuuf nu akkuma isaa akka taanu ni beekna.
3 All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.
Namni akkasitti isa abdatu hundinuu akkuma inni qulqulluu taʼe sana of qulqulleessa.
4 All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.
Namni cubbuu hojjetu kam iyyuu seeratti ni fincila; cubbuun finciluudhaatii.
5 But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Isin garuu akka inni cubbuu keenya balleessuudhaaf mulʼate ni beektu. Isa keessa cubbuun hin jiru.
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.
Namni isaan jiraatu kam iyyuu cubbuu hin hojjetu. Namni cubbuu hojjetu kam iyyuu isa hin argine yookaan isa hin beekne.
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.
Yaa ijoolle, namni tokko iyyuu isin hin gowwoomsin. Akkuma inni qajeelaa taʼe sana namni waan qajeelaa hojjetus qajeelaa dha.
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.
Namni cubbuu hojjetu kan diiyaabiloos; diiyaabiloos jalqabumaa kaasee cubbuu hojjetaatii. Ilmi Waaqaa hojii diiyaabiloos diiguudhaaf mulʼateetii.
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.
Namni Waaqa irraa dhalate kam iyyuu waan sanyiin Waaqaa isa keessa jiraatuuf cubbuu hojjechuutti hin fufu; inni waan Waaqa irraa dhalateef cubbuu hojjechuu hin dandaʼu.
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.
Ijoolleen Waaqaatii fi ijoolleen diiyaabiloos kanaan gargar baafamanii beekamu: Namni waan qajeelaa hin hojjenne yookaan obboleessa isaa hin jaallanne kam iyyuu kan Waaqaa miti.
11 The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another.
Ergaan isin jalqabaa kaaftanii dhageessan isa, “Nu wal jaallachuu qabna” jedhuu dha.
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.
Isin akka Qaayin isa kan isa hamaa sanaa taʼee obboleessa isaa ajjeese sanaa hin taʼinaa; inni maaliif obboleessa isaa ajjeese? Sababii hojiin isaa jalʼaa taʼee, kan obboleessa isaa immoo qajeelaa taʼeef.
13 So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you!
Yaa obboloota ko, yoo addunyaan isin jibbe isin hin dinqin.
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.
Nu sababii obboloota jaallannuuf duʼa keessaa gara jireenyaatti akka ceene ni beekna. Namni obboleessa isaa hin jaallanne duʼa keessa jiraata.
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)
Namni obboleessa isaa jibbu kam iyyuu nama nama ajjeesuu dha; isinis akka namni nama ajjeesu jireenya bara baraa of keessaa hin qabne beektu. (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.
Yesuus Kiristoos lubbuu isaa dabarsee nuuf kenneera: Jaalalli maal akka taʼes kanaan beekna; nus akkasuma lubbuu keenya dabarsinee obboloota keenyaaf kennuu qabna.
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?
Namni qabeenya addunyaa qabu kam iyyuu yoo obboleessa isaa rakkataa argee garaa itti jabaate jaalalli Waaqaa akkamitti isa keessa jiraachuu dandaʼa?
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.
Yaa ijoollee jaallatamoo, kottaa dubbiin yookaan afaan qofaan utuu hin taʼin hojii fi dhugaadhaan jaallannaa.
19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God
Nus kan dhugaa taʼuu keenya kanaan beekna; fuula isaa durattis garaa keenya boqochiifna.
20 whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
Yeroo garaan keenya nutti murutti Waaqni garaa keenya caalaa guddaa akka taʼe ni beeknaatii; inni waan hunda ni beeka.
21 Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.
Yaa michoota, yoo garaan keenya nutti muruu baate nu fuula Waaqaa duratti ija jabina qabna.
22 We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him.
Nus sababii ajaja isaa eegnuu fi sababii waan isa gammachiisu hojjennuuf waan kadhannu hunda isa irraa ni arganna.
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.
Ajajni isaas kana: kunis nu maqaa Ilma isaa Yesuus Kiristoositti akka amannuu fi akkuma inni nu ajajetti akka wal jaallannuuf.
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.
Namni ajaja isaa eegu isa keessa jiraata; innis isa keessa jiraata. Kanaanis akka inni nu keessa jiraatu nu Hafuura inni nuu kenneen ni beekna.
