1 John 3
1 Look at how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
Monhwɛ ɔdɔ a Agya no dɔ yɛn. Ne dɔ a ɔdɔ yɛn no mu den nti wɔfrɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn mma. Na ɛyɛ nokware nso. Ne saa nti wiase nnim yɛn efisɛ ennim Onyankopɔn.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
Me nuanom, mprempren yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma, nanso nea daakye yɛbɛyɛ de, yennim. Nanso yenim sɛ Kristo ba a, yɛbɛyɛ sɛ ɔno, efisɛ yebehu no sɛnea ɔte.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Obiara a ɔwɔ saa anidaso yi wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ne ho kronkron sɛnea Kristo yɛ kronkron no.
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no bu Onyankopɔn mmara so, efisɛ bɔne yɛ mmara sobu.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him is no sin.
Munim sɛ Kristo bae se ɔrebɛfa nnipa bɔne, efisɛ ɔno de, bɔne nni ne mu.
6 Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
Enti obiara a ɔtena Kristo mu no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. Na obiara a ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nhuu no, na onnim no.
7 Children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Mommma obi nnaadaa mo, me mma. Obiara a ɔyɛ nea ɛteɛ no yɛ ɔtreneeni sɛnea Kristo yɛ ɔtreneeni no.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
Nea ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no yɛ ɔbonsam de, efisɛ ɔbonsam fi mfiase pɛe, na ɔyɛɛ bɔne. Saa asɛm yi nti na Onyankopɔn Ba no bae. Ɔbaa sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe ɔbonsam nnwuma.
9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because 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, efisɛ Onyankopɔn su wɔ ne mu, na esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nʼAgya nti, ontumi nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne.
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.
Nsonoe 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 which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
Nsɛm a motee mfiase no kyerɛ sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho.
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ sɛ Kain. Na ɔyɛ ɔbonsam de. Enti okum nʼankasa ne nua. Adɛn nti na Kain kum no? Efisɛ nneɛma a ɔyɛe no yɛ bɔne, nanso ne nua no de, ɔyɛɛ papa.
13 Therefore do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
Enti anuanom, sɛ wiasefo tan mo a, mommma ɛnyɛ mo nwonwa.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.
Yenim sɛ yɛafi owu mu aba nkwa mu. Yenim saa, efisɛ yɛdɔ yɛn nuanom.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)
Obi a ɔtan ne nua no yɛ owudifo na munim nso sɛ owudifo nni nkwa a enni awiei wɔ ne mu. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Eyi na ɛma yehu sɛnea ɔdɔ te. Kristo de ne nkwa maa yɛn. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛde yɛn nkwa ma yɛn nuanom.
17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
Sɛ obi yɛ ɔdefo na ohu sɛ biribi ho hia ne nua na wanhu no mmɔbɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi aka se ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn wɔ ne koma mu?
18 Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Me mma, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛn dɔ no yɛ kasa hunu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔdɔ turodoo a ɛnam nneyɛe so da ne ho adi.
19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,
Eyi na ɛbɛma yɛahu sɛ yɛwɔ nokware no. Eyi na ɛbɛma yɛn koma anya gyidi wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Sɛ yɛn koma bu yɛn fɔ mpo a, yenim sɛ Onyankopɔn so sen yɛn koma, na onim biribiara.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
Enti anuanom adɔfo, sɛ yɛn koma ammu yɛn fɔ a, yɛwɔ akokoduru wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Biribiara a yebisa no no, yɛn nsa ka, efisɛ yedi ne mmara so na yɛyɛ nʼapɛde nso.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.
Ne mmara no ka se, yennye ne Ba Yesu Kristo no din nni na yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho sɛnea Kristo hyɛɛ yɛn no.
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
Obiara a odi Onyankopɔn mmara so no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Na eyi na ɛma yehu sɛ Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu. Yenim no saa esiane Honhom a wama yɛn no nti.
