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.
Lutala phila luzolo lutuzodila Tata muingi tutedolo bana ba Nzambi. Ayi buawu bobo tuididi. Diawu nza yisi ku tuzaba ko mu diambu yisia kunzaba ko.
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.
Bakiluzolo, buabu tueka bana ba Nzambi. Phila tuela bela yimonikini ko. Muaki tuzebi ti mu thangu kela monika, tuela dedakana banga niandi bila tuela kummona boso bu kadidi.
3 Everyone who places this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
Woso beki diana diodi mu niandi, buna wulembo kukivedisa banganiandi veka bu kadidi wuvedila.
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Woso wumvanganga masumu buna muina kabundudi bila masumu mansundula: mbundudulu yi muina.
5 But you know that he appeared in order to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin.
Muaki beno luzebi ti niandi wumonika muingi kabotula masumu metoayi kadi disumu disi ko mu niandi.
6 No one who abides in him continues in sin; no one who continues in sin has either seen him or known him.
Woso mutu widi mu niandi kavanganga masumu ko; woso wumvanganga masumu kasia kummona ko ayi kasia kunzaba ko.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Bana, mutu kabika kuluzimbisa: woso wumvanganga busonga buna niandi widi wusonga banga niandi bu kadidi wusonga.
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.
Woso wumvanganga masumu niandi mutu wu satana bila tonavana thonono satana kisalu kiandi volanga masumu. Kiawu kiodi bila Muana Nzambi kamonikina mu diambu kabunga mavanga ma satana.
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.
Woso mutu wubutu kuidi Nzambi kavolanga masumu ko bila mambu ma Nzambi madi mu niandi; ayi kalendi vola masumu ko bila Nzambi wumbuta.
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.
Vawu vava vadi luviakunu lu bana ba Nzambi ayi bana ba satana: woso wunkambu vanganga busonga ayi woso wunkambu zolanga khombꞌandi kasi muana Nzambi ko.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Mawu mama mambu luwa tona vana thonono: bika tuzolasananga beto na beto;
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.
bika sia ti banga Kayini, wuba mutu wu pheve yimbimbi, wuvonda khombꞌandi. A bila mbi kamvondila e? Mu diambu mavanga mandi maba mambimbi vayi momo ma khombꞌandi maba masonga.
13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
A zinkomba ziama, lubika simina enati nza yilulendidi.
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.
Beto, tuzebi ti tuvioka ku luzingu bu tuba ku lufua mu diambu tueti zola bakhomba. Woso wunkambu zolanga khombꞌandi buna widi mu lufua.
15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
Woso wunlendanga khombꞌandi buna niandi mvondi ayi luzebi kueno ti kadi mvondi wumosi kalendi tambula ko luzingu lu kalumani. (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.
Mu diadi tuzabila luzolo: niandi wuyekula luzingu luandi mu diambudieto. Ayi beto, tufueti yekula luzingu lueto mu diambu di bakhomba.
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?
Vayi woso beki bima bi nza yayi ayi mueni khombꞌandi widi nzala vayi kengi ntimꞌandi; buna buevi luzolo lu Nzambi luididi mu niandi e?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth.
Bana, tubika monisina luzolo mu mambu matuba kaka voti va mbata ludimi vayi tumonisa luzolo mu mavanga ayi mu kiedika.
19 By this we know that we are of the truth and can reassure our hearts before him:
Mu diambu diadi tuela zabila ti tuidi mu kiedika ayi tuela kindisila mintima mieto va ntualꞌandi:
20 If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.
enati mintima mieto milembo kutubedisa vayi Nzambi lutidi mintima mieto mu bunneni ayi niandi zebi mambu moso.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
Bakiluzolo, enati mintima mikadi kutubedisa buna tuidi bakindava ntuala Nzambi.
22 and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
Ayi kioso kuandi tunlomba, tuela kitambula kuidi niandi mu diambutunkebanga zithumunu ziandi ayi tumvanganga mambu makumonisanga khini.
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.
Lutumunu luandi luawu lualu: tuwilukila mu dizina di Muanꞌandi Yesu Klisto ayi tuzolasananga beto na beto banga niandi veka bu katuvanina lutumunu.
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.
Ayi woso wunkebanga zithumunu ziandi buna widi wukangama mu Nzambi ayi Nzambi widi mu mutu beni. Ayi mu diadi tuzabidi ti Nzambi widi mu beto: mu Pheve yi katuvana.
