< 1 John 3 >

1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Monhwɛ ɔdɔ a Agya no dɔ yɛn. Ne dɔ a ɔdɔ yɛn no mu den enti wɔfrɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn mma. Na ɛyɛ nokorɛ nso. Ne saa enti ewiase nnim yɛn ɛfiri sɛ ɛnnim Onyankopɔn.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Me nuanom, seesei yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma, nanso deɛ daakye yɛbɛyɛ deɛ, yɛnnim. Nanso, yɛnim sɛ Kristo ba a, yɛbɛyɛ te sɛ ɔno, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛbɛhunu no sɛdeɛ ɔteɛ.
3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Obiara a ɔwɔ saa anidasoɔ yi wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ne ho kronn sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ kronn no.
4 Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no bu Onyankopɔn mmara so, ɛfiri sɛ, bɔne yɛ mmara so buo.
5 And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Monim sɛ Kristo baeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛfa nnipa bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno deɛ bɔne nni ne mu.
6 Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
Enti, obiara a ɔtena Kristo mu no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. Na obiara a ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nhunuu no, na ɔnnim no.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Mommma obi nnaadaa mo, me mma. Obiara a ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene no yɛ ɔteneneeni sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ ɔteneneeni no.
8 He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Deɛ ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no yɛ ɔbonsam dea, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbonsam firi ahyɛaseɛ pɛɛ na ɔyɛɛ bɔne. Saa asɛm yi enti na Onyankopɔn Ba no baeɛ. Ɔbaeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe ɔbonsam nnwuma.
9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Obiara a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn su wɔ ne mu, na ɛsiane sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nʼAgya enti, ɔntumi nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
Nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda Onyankopɔn mma ne ɔbonsam mma ntam ne sɛ, obi a ɔnyɛ papa anaa ɔnnɔ ne nua no nyɛ Onyankopɔn ba.
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Nsɛm a motee ahyɛaseɛ no kyerɛ sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ sɛ Kain. Na ɔyɛ ɔbonsam dea. Enti ɔkumm nʼankasa ne nua. Adɛn enti na Kain kumm no? Ɛfiri sɛ, nneɛma a ɔyɛeɛ no yɛ bɔne, nanso ne nua no deɛ, ɔyɛɛ papa.
13 Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hate you.
Enti, anuanom, sɛ ewiasefoɔ tane mo a, mommma ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He that loves not his brother stays in death.
Yɛnim sɛ yɛafiri owuo mu aba nkwa mu. Yɛnim saa, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdɔ yɛn nuanom.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
Obi a ɔtan ne nua no yɛ owudifoɔ na monim nso sɛ owudifoɔ nni nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ wɔ ne mu. (aiōnios g166)
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛdeɛ ɔdɔ teɛ. Kristo de ne nkwa maa yɛn. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛde yɛn nkwa ma yɛn nuanom.
17 But whoever has this world’s good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?
Sɛ obi yɛ ɔdefoɔ na ɔhunu sɛ biribi ho hia ne nua na wanhunu no mmɔbɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi aka sɛ ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn wɔ nʼakoma mu?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Me mma, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛn dɔ no yɛ kasa hunu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔdɔ turodoo a ɛnam nneyɛeɛ so da ne ho adi.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Yei na ɛbɛma yɛahunu sɛ yɛwɔ nokorɛ no. Yei na ɛbɛma yɛn akoma anya gyidie wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Sɛ yɛn akoma bu yɛn fɔ mpo a, yɛnim sɛ Onyankopɔn so sene yɛn akoma na ɔnim biribiara.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Enti, anuanom adɔfoɔ, sɛ yɛn akoma ammu yɛn fɔ a, yɛwɔ akokoɔduru wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
22 And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Biribiara a yɛbisa no no, yɛn nsa ka, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdi ne mmara so na yɛyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ nso.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Ne mmara no ka sɛ, yɛnnye ne Ba Yesu Kristo no din mu na yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho sɛdeɛ Kristo hyɛɛ yɛn no.
24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he stays in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
Obiara a ɔdi Onyankopɔn mmara so no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Na yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛ Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu. Yɛnim no saa ɛsiane Honhom a wama yɛn no enti.

< 1 John 3 >