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.
pa"syata vayam ii"svarasya santaanaa iti naamnaakhyaamahe, etena pitaasmabhya. m kiid. rk mahaaprema pradattavaan, kintu sa. msaarasta. m naajaanaat tatkaara. naadasmaan api na jaanaati|
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.
he priyatamaa. h, idaanii. m vayam ii"svarasya santaanaa aasmahe pa"scaat ki. m bhavi. syaamastad adyaapyaprakaa"sita. m kintu prakaa"sa. m gate vaya. m tasya sad. r"saa bhavi. syaami iti jaaniima. h, yata. h sa yaad. r"so. asti taad. r"so. asmaabhirdar"si. syate|
3 All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.
tasmin e. saa pratyaa"saa yasya kasyacid bhavati sa sva. m tathaa pavitra. m karoti yathaa sa pavitro. asti|
4 All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.
ya. h ka"scit paapam aacarati sa vyavasthaala"nghana. m karoti yata. h paapameva vyavasthaala"nghana. m|
5 But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
apara. m so. asmaaka. m paapaanyapaharttu. m praakaa"sataitad yuuya. m jaaniitha, paapa nca tasmin na vidyate|
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.
ya. h ka"scit tasmin ti. s.thati sa paapaacaara. m na karoti ya. h ka"scit paapaacaara. m karoti sa ta. m na d. r.s. tavaan na vaavagatavaan|
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.
he priyabaalakaa. h, ka"scid yu. smaaka. m bhrama. m na janayet, ya. h ka"scid dharmmaacaara. m karoti sa taad. rg dhaarmmiko bhavati yaad. rk sa dhaammiko. asti|
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.
ya. h paapaacaara. m karoti sa "sayataanaat jaato yata. h "sayataana aadita. h paapaacaarii "sayataanasya karmma. naa. m lopaarthameve"svarasya putra. h praakaa"sata|
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.
ya. h ka"scid ii"svaraat jaata. h sa paapaacaara. m na karoti yatastasya viiryya. m tasmin ti. s.thati paapaacaara. m karttu nca na "saknoti yata. h sa ii"svaraat jaata. h|
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.
ityanene"svarasya santaanaa. h "sayataanasya ca santaanaa vyaktaa bhavanti| ya. h ka"scid dharmmaacaara. m na karoti sa ii"svaraat jaato nahi ya"sca svabhraatari na priiyate so. apii"svaraat jaato nahi|
11 The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another.
yatastasya ya aade"sa aadito yu. smaabhi. h "sruta. h sa e. sa eva yad asmaabhi. h paraspara. m prema karttavya. m|
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.
paapaatmato jaato ya. h kaabil svabhraatara. m hatavaan tatsad. r"sairasmaabhi rna bhavitavya. m| sa kasmaat kaara. naat ta. m hatavaan? tasya karmmaa. ni du. s.taani tadbhraatu"sca karmmaa. ni dharmmaa. nyaasan iti kaara. naat|
13 So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you!
he mama bhraatara. h, sa. msaaro yadi yu. smaan dve. s.ti tarhi tad aa"scaryya. m na manyadhva. m|
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.
vaya. m m. rtyum uttiiryya jiivana. m praaptavantastad bhraat. r.su premakara. naat jaaniima. h| bhraatari yo na priiyate sa m. rtyau ti. s.thati|
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)
ya. h ka"scit svabhraatara. m dve. s.ti sa. m naraghaatii ki ncaanantajiivana. m naraghaatina. h kasyaapyantare naavati. s.thate tad yuuya. m jaaniitha| (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.
asmaaka. m k. rte sa svapraa. naa. mstyaktavaan ityanena vaya. m premnastattvam avagataa. h, apara. m bhraat. r.naa. m k. rte. asmaabhirapi praa. naastyaktavyaa. h|
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?
saa. msaarikajiivikaapraapto yo jana. h svabhraatara. m diina. m d. r.s. tvaa tasmaat sviiyadayaa. m ru. naddhi tasyaantara ii"svarasya prema katha. m ti. s.thet?
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.
he mama priyabaalakaa. h, vaakyena jihvayaa vaasmaabhi. h prema na karttavya. m kintu kaaryye. na satyatayaa caiva|
19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God
etena vaya. m yat satyamatasambandhiiyaastat jaaniimastasya saak. saat svaanta. hkara. naani saantvayitu. m "sak. syaama"sca|
20 whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.
yato. asmadanta. hkara. na. m yadyasmaan duu. sayati tarhyasmadanta. h kara. naad ii"svaro mahaan sarvvaj na"sca|
21 Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.
he priyatamaa. h, asmadanta. hkara. na. m yadyasmaan na duu. sayati tarhi vayam ii"svarasya saak. saat pratibhaanvitaa bhavaama. h|
22 We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him.
yacca praarthayaamahe tat tasmaat praapnuma. h, yato vaya. m tasyaaj naa. h paalayaamastasya saak. saat tu. s.tijanakam aacaara. m kurmma"sca|
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.
apara. m tasyeyamaaj naa yad vaya. m putrasya yii"sukhrii. s.tasya naamni vi"svasimastasyaaj naanusaare. na ca paraspara. m prema kurmma. h|
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.
ya"sca tasyaaj naa. h paalayati sa tasmin ti. s.thati tasmin so. api ti. s.thati; sa caasmaan yam aatmaana. m dattavaan tasmaat so. asmaasu ti. s.thatiiti jaaniima. h|
