1 John 3
1 Behold, what manner of love (agape) the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
paśyata vayam īśvarasya santānā iti nāmnākhyāmahe, etena pitāsmabhyaṁ kīdṛk mahāprema pradattavān, kintu saṁsārastaṁ nājānāt tatkāraṇādasmān api na jānāti|
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.
he priyatamāḥ, idānīṁ vayam īśvarasya santānā āsmahe paścāt kiṁ bhaviṣyāmastad adyāpyaprakāśitaṁ kintu prakāśaṁ gate vayaṁ tasya sadṛśā bhaviṣyāmi iti jānīmaḥ, yataḥ sa yādṛśo 'sti tādṛśo 'smābhirdarśiṣyate|
3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
tasmin eṣā pratyāśā yasya kasyacid bhavati sa svaṁ tathā pavitraṁ karoti yathā sa pavitro 'sti|
4 Whosoever commits sin trangresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
yaḥ kaścit pāpam ācarati sa vyavasthālaṅghanaṁ karoti yataḥ pāpameva vyavasthālaṅghanaṁ|
5 And all of you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
aparaṁ so 'smākaṁ pāpānyapaharttuṁ prākāśataitad yūyaṁ jānītha, pāpañca tasmin na vidyate|
6 Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
yaḥ kaścit tasmin tiṣṭhati sa pāpācāraṁ na karoti yaḥ kaścit pāpācāraṁ karoti sa taṁ na dṛṣṭavān na vāvagatavān|
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
he priyabālakāḥ, kaścid yuṣmākaṁ bhramaṁ na janayet, yaḥ kaścid dharmmācāraṁ karoti sa tādṛg dhārmmiko bhavati yādṛk sa dhāmmiko 'sti|
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.
yaḥ pāpācāraṁ karoti sa śayatānāt jāto yataḥ śayatāna āditaḥ pāpācārī śayatānasya karmmaṇāṁ lopārthameveśvarasya putraḥ prākāśata|
9 Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
yaḥ kaścid īśvarāt jātaḥ sa pāpācāraṁ na karoti yatastasya vīryyaṁ tasmin tiṣṭhati pāpācāraṁ karttuñca na śaknoti yataḥ sa īśvarāt jātaḥ|
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
ityaneneśvarasya santānāḥ śayatānasya ca santānā vyaktā bhavanti| yaḥ kaścid dharmmācāraṁ na karoti sa īśvarāt jāto nahi yaśca svabhrātari na prīyate so 'pīśvarāt jāto nahi|
11 For this is the message that all of you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
yatastasya ya ādeśa ādito yuṣmābhiḥ śrutaḥ sa eṣa eva yad asmābhiḥ parasparaṁ prema karttavyaṁ|
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
pāpātmato jāto yaḥ kābil svabhrātaraṁ hatavān tatsadṛśairasmābhi rna bhavitavyaṁ| sa kasmāt kāraṇāt taṁ hatavān? tasya karmmāṇi duṣṭāni tadbhrātuśca karmmāṇi dharmmāṇyāsan iti kāraṇāt|
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
he mama bhrātaraḥ, saṁsāro yadi yuṣmān dveṣṭi tarhi tad āścaryyaṁ na manyadhvaṁ|
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death.
vayaṁ mṛtyum uttīryya jīvanaṁ prāptavantastad bhrātṛṣu premakaraṇāt jānīmaḥ| bhrātari yo na prīyate sa mṛtyau tiṣṭhati|
15 Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and all of you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
yaḥ kaścit svabhrātaraṁ dveṣṭi saṁ naraghātī kiñcānantajīvanaṁ naraghātinaḥ kasyāpyantare nāvatiṣṭhate tad yūyaṁ jānītha| (aiōnios g166)
16 Hereby perceive we the love (agape) of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
asmākaṁ kṛte sa svaprāṇāṁstyaktavān ityanena vayaṁ premnastattvam avagatāḥ, aparaṁ bhrātṛṇāṁ kṛte 'smābhirapi prāṇāstyaktavyāḥ|
17 But whoso has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love (agape) of God in him?
sāṁsārikajīvikāprāpto yo janaḥ svabhrātaraṁ dīnaṁ dṛṣṭvā tasmāt svīyadayāṁ ruṇaddhi tasyāntara īśvarasya prema kathaṁ tiṣṭhet?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, (logos) neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
he mama priyabālakāḥ, vākyena jihvayā vāsmābhiḥ prema na karttavyaṁ kintu kāryyeṇa satyatayā caiva|
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
etena vayaṁ yat satyamatasambandhīyāstat jānīmastasya sākṣāt svāntaḥkaraṇāni sāntvayituṁ śakṣyāmaśca|
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
yato 'smadantaḥkaraṇaṁ yadyasmān dūṣayati tarhyasmadantaḥ karaṇād īśvaro mahān sarvvajñaśca|
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
he priyatamāḥ, asmadantaḥkaraṇaṁ yadyasmān na dūṣayati tarhi vayam īśvarasya sākṣāt pratibhānvitā bhavāmaḥ|
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
yacca prārthayāmahe tat tasmāt prāpnumaḥ, yato vayaṁ tasyājñāḥ pālayāmastasya sākṣāt tuṣṭijanakam ācāraṁ kurmmaśca|
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.
aparaṁ tasyeyamājñā yad vayaṁ putrasya yīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmni viśvasimastasyājñānusāreṇa ca parasparaṁ prema kurmmaḥ|
24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit (pneuma) which he has given us.
yaśca tasyājñāḥ pālayati sa tasmin tiṣṭhati tasmin so'pi tiṣṭhati; sa cāsmān yam ātmānaṁ dattavān tasmāt so 'smāsu tiṣṭhatīti jānīmaḥ|
