1 John 3
1 See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.
Kia kite koutou i te tikanga o te aroha i homai nei e te Matua ki a tatou, ara kia huaina tatou he tamariki na te Atua! he pera hoki tatou, koia te ao te matau ai ki a tatou, kahore hoki i matau ki a ia.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
E nga hoa aroha, he tamariki tatou na te Atua inaianei; a kahore ano i kitea noatia he aha ranei tatou a mua: ia, ka rite tatou ki a ia; ka kite hoki tatou i a ia, i tona ahua ake ano.
3 Everyone who places this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
Na ki te mea kei tetahi tenei tumanako ki a ia, ka tahia atu e ia ona he, kia rite ai ki a ia kahore nei he he.
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Ko te tangata e mea ana i te hara, he takahi tana i te ture: he takahi hoki te hara i te ture.
5 But you know that he appeared in order to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin.
E matau ana ano koutou i whakakitea mai ia hei waha atu i o tatou hara; kahore ano hoki he hara i roto i a ia.
6 No one who abides in him continues in sin; no one who continues in sin has either seen him or known him.
Ko te tangata e mau ana i roto i a ia e kore e hara: ko te tangata e hara ana, kahore i kite i a ia, kahore ano i matau ki a ia.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
E aku tamariki nonohi, kei whakapohehetia koutou e etahi: ko te tangata e mea ana i te tika, he tika ano ia, pera hoki me tera e tika ana.
8 Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Ko te tangata e mea ana i te hara, no te rewera ia; he hara hoki to te rewera no te timatanga ra ano. Mo konei te Tama a te Atua i whakakitea mai ai, kia whakakahoretia ai e ia nga mahi a te rewera.
9 No one who has been born of God continues in sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot continue in sin, because he has been born of God.
Ko te tangata kua whanau i te Atua e kore e mea i te hara; no te mea e mau ana tana purapura i roto i a ia; e kore hoki e ahei i a ia te hara, no te mea kua whanau ia i te Atua.
10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Ma konei ka kitea ai nga tamariki a te Atua me nga tamariki a te rewera: ko te tangata e kore e mahi i te tika, ehara ia i te Atua, me ia ano hoki e kore e aroha ki tona teina.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Ko te korero hoki tenei i rongo ai koutou no te timatanga, kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi.
12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but the deeds of his brother were righteous.
Kaua ra e pera me Kaina; no te wairua kino nei ia, a kohurutia ana e ia tona teina. Na te aha hoki ia i kohuru ai i a ia? No te mea he kino ana mahi, ko a tona teina ia he tika.
13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Kaua e miharo, e oku teina, ki te kino te ao ki a koutou.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love his brother abides in death.
E matau ana tatou kua whiti tatou i te mate ki te ora, no te mea e aroha ana tatou ki nga teina. Ko te tangata kahore e aroha ki te teina, e noho ana ia i roto i te mate.
15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
Ko te tangata e mauahara ana ki tona teina, he kaipatu tangata ia: ka matau hoki koutou, ko te kaipatu tangata kahore he ora tonu e mau ana i roto i a ia. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Na konei tatou i matau ai ki te aroha, i tuku atu hoki ia i a ia kia mate mo tatou: he tika ano kia tukua tatou e tatou ano ki te mate mo nga teina.
17 If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need but closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Ko te tangata ia ia ia nei nga oranga o tenei ao, a ka kite e matea ana tetahi mea e tona teina, na ka tutakina iho e ia tona ngakau aroha ki a ia, e mau pehea ana te aroha o te Atua i roto i a ia?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth.
E aku tamariki nonohi, kaua e waiho ma te kupu, ma te arero te aroha; engari ma te mahi, ma te pono.
19 By this we know that we are of the truth and can reassure our hearts before him:
Ma konei hoki tatou ka matau ai no te pono tatou, ka whakau ai hoki i o tatou ngakau i tona aroaro.
20 If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.
Ki te mea ka whakahe mai o tatou ngakau i a tatou, nui atu te Atua i o tatou ngakau; e matau ana ano ia ki nga mea katoa.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
E nga hoa aroha, ki te kore o tatou ngakau e whakahe i a tatou, ka maia tatou ki te Atua;
22 and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
A, ko te mea e inoia ana e tatou, ka homai e ia ki a tatou, no te mea e pupuri ana tatou i ana ture, e mea ana hoki i nga mea e ahuareka ana ki tana titiro.
23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded.
Ko tana ture ano tenei, kia whakapono tatou ki te ingoa o tana Tama, o Ihu Karaiti, kia aroha ano tetahi ki tetahi, kia rite ano ki te ture i homai e ia ki a tatou.
24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.
Na, ko te tangata e pupuri ana i ana ture, e mau ana i roto i a ia me ia ano i roto i a ia. na konei ano tatou i matau ai e mau ana ia i roto i a tatou, na te Wairua kua homai nei e ia ki a tatou.
