1 John 3
1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given us in allowing us to be called "Children of God!" And that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not know him.
Mulabe okwagala Katonda kw’atwagala bwe kuli okunene ennyo, n’atuyita abaana be, era ddala bwe tutyo bwe tuli. Ensi kyeva eremwa okututegeera, kubanga naye yennyini teyamutegeera.
2 We are God’s children now, beloved; what we shall be has never yet been made manifest. But we know that when he is manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
Abaagalwa, kaakano tuli baana ba Katonda, naye tetumanyi bwe tuliba. Kyokka tumanyi nti bw’alirabika tulifaanana nga ye, kubanga tulimulabira ddala nga bw’ali.
3 And every one who is holding this hope in him is purifying himself, even as he is pure.
Buli muntu alina essuubi eryo yeetukuza nga Katonda bw’ali omutukuvu.
4 Every one who commits sin commits also lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Buli muntu akola ebibi aba mujeemu, era ekibi bwe bujeemu.
5 And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
Naye mmwe mumanyi nti ye, yalabisibwa alyoke aggyewo ebibi. Era mu ye, temuliimu kibi.
6 Whoever continually abides in him does not habitually sin; whoever lives in sin has not seen him, nor come to know him.
Era tewali n’omu abeera mu ye ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi. Wabula oyo eyeeyongera okukola ekibi tamutegeeranga, era tamumanyi n’akatono.
7 My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Abaana abaagalwa, temulimbibwalimbibwanga muntu n’omu; Buli akola eby’obutuukirivu aba mutuukirivu, nga Katonda bw’ali omutuukirivu,
8 He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
naye buli akola ekibi wa Setaani, kubanga okuva olubereberye Setaani akola bibi. Omwana wa Katonda kyeyava ajja mu nsi azikirize ebikolwa bya Setaani.
9 Whoever is a child of God cannot go on sinning, because his seed is abiding in him; and he cannot go on sinning because he is a child of God.
Noolwekyo tewali afuuka mwana wa Katonda ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi, kubanga ensigo ya Katonda ebeera mu ye, so tayinza kukola kibi, kubanga yazaalibwa Katonda.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
Ku kino abaana ba Katonda n’aba Setaani kwe bategeererwa. Buli akola ebitali bya butuukirivu si wa Katonda, era na buli atayagala muganda we si wa Katonda.
11 For this is the message that you have listened to from the beginning, "WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
Kubanga buno bwe bubaka bwe twawulira okuva ku lubereberye nti twagalanenga,
12 We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother’s, righteous.
si nga Kayini eyali owa Setaani, n’atta muganda we. Kale yamuttira ki? Kayini yatta muganda we kubanga Kayini yakola ebibi, so nga ye muganda we yakola eby’obutuukirivu.
13 Do not wonder, brothers, if the world continues to hate you.
Abooluganda, ensi bwe bakyawanga, temwewuunyanga.
14 We know that we have migrated, out of death into life, because we love our brothers. He who has no love is abiding in death.
Kubanga ffe tumanyi nga twava mu kufa, ne tuyingira mu bulamu, kubanga twagala abooluganda, naye buli muntu atalina kwagala akyali mu kufa.
15 Every one who is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
Buli akyawa muntu munne, oyo aba mussi, era mukimanyi nti tewali mussi alina obulamu obutaggwaawo mu ye. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Mu kino mwe tutegeerera okwagala, kubanga yawaayo obulamu bwe ku lwaffe, era naffe kyetuva tuteekwa okuwaayo obulamu bwaffe olw’abooluganda.
17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him?
Buli alina ebintu eby’omu nsi n’alaba muganda we nga yeetaaga, naye n’abulwako ky’amuwa, okwagala kwa Katonda, kuyinza kutya okuba mu ye?
18 My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.
Abaana abaagalwa, tetusaana kwagala mu bigambo kyokka, wabula twagalanenga ne mu bikolwa ne mu bulamu obulabika eri abantu.
19 By this we shall come to know that we are really of the truth,
Mu ekyo mwe tutegeerera nga tuli ba mazima, era ne tukkakkanya omutima gwaffe mu maaso ge.
20 and shall persuade our heart in his presence whenever our heart condemns us, because God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
Singa omutima gwaffe tegutusalira musango, Katonda ye asinga omutima gwaffe era ye ategeera ebintu byonna.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God,
Abaagalwa, omutima gwaffe bwe gutatusalira musango, tuba bagumu mu maaso ga Katonda.
22 and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Era buli kye tumusaba akituwa, kubanga tugondera ebiragiro bye, era ne tukola ebimusanyusa.
23 His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do.
Era kino ky’atulagira nti, tukkiririze mu linnya ly’Omwana we Yesu Kristo, era twagalanenga nga ye bwe yatulagira.
24 He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
Kale oyo agondera ebiragiro bye abeera mu Ye, era naye abeera mu ye. Kino tukimanyi ng’ali mu ffe, kubanga Mwoyo Mutukuvu gwe yatuwa abeera mu ffe.
