1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
ko dukum cwi kanbo wo kwama nebeu, la a co moti bi bei kwama cu wo bou nyo co kero wo dor bitinero nyom bobe, wori nyom co bo
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
woma cwii cwiiyeu, na wen bo bi bei kwama. la ci fwetang binen bo keno ba yila nyi ri, bwiri, bon nyumom kanbo Almacifu a cerkangum ti yu, ban yilam na co wori ban to co na wuro co nyeu.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
nii wo ca wi ki yonenriye luwe fini yeri a yi yimwuca kem, na wo ce co wucakeu.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
nii wo ca kaba ki ma ka bwirankere di la yabum werfundo wori bwiran ke yabka werfuner
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
kom nyumom Almacifu cenkangum na co tum bwirankere, la co man kibwiranke.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
nii mani a noti more ce lana a ma bwirankererti, kange nii mani a ca kaba tiki ma ka bwira kere di ki con nyumom co. kaka con tom co
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
bi beyo lomi ma cwii -cwiiyeu ko dobre kange nii a tiyangum ki kom wo ma dii cakcak tiyeu” na wo Almacifu cak-cakeu
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
wo ma bwiran ke tiyeu na bwekelkele, ce wori bwekelkele mam bwiranke fiye ki kaba, co dike bwi bwe kwama cer kangeu we, na co bubam na ngen bwekelkelero
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
na nii wo ci bou co kwama nine ri mani ma bwirankere. wori dum kwamambo wi morece mani a ca kaba tiki maka bwirankere, wori boo con kwama nin
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
wi nyo bo nyom de bi bei kwa kange bwekelkelece ki dimene wuro mani ma diki wulake tiyeu, kebo bi bei kwama, la wo mani cin ke ce tiyeu
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
won co tomange ka nuwa ki kabau, tokti bo cwiti be
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
kebo na kayim wuro na bwekelkeleceu twalum yii ceu, ye bwi co twalum ce? wori nangen cero ka bwir yii ce ceu cakcak
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
ko mare nyumanka kebmibo, na dor bitinero ko komri
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
bon nyumom bon tiya ngum bwar bon yaken dume, wori bo cwii kebbeboti. wori mani ma cwikari, bwiyam bwiya.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
nii wona ko ke ce tiyeri nii twalka duwek. lakom nyumom dume diiriyeu man na nii twalka duweko ce. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
la nyomom cwika, la Almacifu neken dumece ken bereu. bo kenen daten bo neken bo neken dume ker yitob beb. la na nii wo kikulen dor bitinereri con to kece ki cwika la nuwa bo cini ce, lanyi cwiika kwama ko more ce?
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
bibeyo lomi ma cwii-cwiiyeu, bo more cwii ka ko tol nyiyereu koni, la bo ma nangen cwiikaro ki bilenker
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
la nyo bon nyumom nob bilen ker bon nyumom neer bero ka co
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
no na neer bero kuwa bobori, kwama la ner bero dwiika, la ki nyomka diker gwam
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
nubo ma cwii cwii na neer bero kuwa bobori, bon wi kab-kab kabum kwama
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
dike ba duweri ban fiya fiye co wiye gwam wori bo bwang ten werfuner ceroti, bo ma dike yo cinen neere ti
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
la nyial ke ce na wer, bo ne bilenker ki der bi bwece Yeecu Almacifu, bo cwii bwiti be na wo ca ne bo werfunereu
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
na wo bwangten ker nyial kwaro tiyeu wi more ce, kwama neneu wimor ni co nyo la ba nyumom con wi more be ki yuwa tangbeca nebeu.
