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].
Lee ụdị oke ịhụnanya nke Nna ahụ nwere nʼebe anyị nọ, na-aga akpọ anyị ụmụ Chineke. Nʼezie, nke a bụ ihe anyị bụ. Ihe mere na ụwa amaghị anyị bụ nʼihi na ọ maghị ya.
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.
Ndị hụrụ nʼanya, ugbu a anyị abụrụla ụmụ Chineke. Ọ bụ ezie na anyị enweghị ike ịghọta ihe ọnọdụ anyị ga-abụ nʼoge dị nʼihu, ma anyị maara nke ọma na mgbe a ga-eme ka ọ pụta ìhè, a ga-emekwa ka anyị bụrụ ndị yiri ya, nʼihi na anyị ga-ahụ ya dịka ọ dị.
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.
Onye ọbụla nwere olileanya dị otu a kwesiri idebe onwe ya ọcha, dị ka ya onwe ya dị ọcha.
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.
Onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie na-emebi iwu. Nʼezie mmehie bụ mmebi iwu.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Unu maara na e mere ka ọ pụta ìhè iwepụ mmehie. Ọ dịkwaghị mmehie ọbụla dị nʼime ya.
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.
Onye ọbụla na-anọgide nʼime ya adịghị ebi ndụ ime mmehie, onye ọbụla nke na-ebi ndụ mmehie ahụbeghị ya anya mgbe ọbụla, ọ matabekwaghị ya.
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.
Ezigbo ụmụ m, unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla duhie unu, onye ọbụla na-eme ezi ihe bụ onye ezi omume dị ka ya onwe ya bụ onye ezi omume.
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.
Onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie bụ nwa ekwensu, nʼihi na ekwensu bụ onye mmehie site na mmalite. Ihe mere Ọkpara Chineke jiri pụta ìhè bụ ka ọ laa ọrụ niile nke ekwensu nʼiyi.
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.
Onye a mụrụ site na Chineke adịghị anọgide na-eme mmehie, nʼihi na mkpụrụ Chineke na-anọgide nʼime ya, ha enweghị ike ịnọgide na-eme mmehie, nʼihi na a mụrụ ha site na Chineke.
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].
Otu a ka anyị si amata ndị bụ ụmụ Chineke, na ndị bụ ụmụ ekwensu: Onye ọbụla na-adịghị eme ihe ziri ezi abụghị nwa Chineke, otu a ka ọ dịkwa onye na-adịghị ahụ ụmụnna ha nʼanya.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Nʼihi na nke a bụ ozi ahụ unu nụrụ site na mmalite, ka anyị hụrịta onwe anyị nʼanya.
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.
Ka anyị hapụ ịdị ka Ken, onye bụ nke ajọ onye ahụ, na onye gburu nwanne ya. Gịnị mere o ji gbuo ya? Ọ bụ nʼihi na ọrụ ya jọrọ njọ, ma nke nwanne ya ziri ezi.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Ka ọ gharakwa iju unu anya ụmụnna m, na ụwa kpọrọ unu asị.
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.
Anyị matara na anyị esitela nʼọnwụ baa na ndụ nʼihi na anyị na-ahụ ụmụnna anyị nʼanya. Onye ọbụla na-adịghị ahụ ibe ya nʼanya na-anọgide nʼọnwụ.
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)
Onye ọbụla na-akpọ nwanna ya asị bụ ogbu mmadụ, unu matakwara na o nweghị onye ọbụla bụ ogbu mmadụ nwere ndụ ebighị ebi nʼime ya. (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.
Ọ bụ otu a ka anyị sị mata ihe bụ ịhụnanya, na Jisọs tọgbọrọ ndụ ya nʼihi anyị. Anyị kwesikwara ịtọgbọ ndụ anyị nʼihi ụmụnna anyị.
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].
Ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla nwere akụ nke ụwa, ahụ nwanna ya ka ọ nọ na mkpa ma o nweghị obi ebere nʼebe ọ nọ, olee otu ịhụnanya Chineke si dịrị nʼime ya?
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]!
Ụmụntakịrị m, ka ịhụnanya anyị ghara ịbụ naanị nʼegbugbere ọnụ maọbụ nke okwu efu, kama ka ọ bụrụ nke sitere nʼeziokwu nakwa nʼomume anyị.
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.
Anyị ga-esitekwa na nke a mata na anyị bụ ndị nke eziokwu ahụ ma matakwa otu anyị ga-esi mee ka obi anyị kwenye nʼihu ya.
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].
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na obi anyị amaa anyị ikpe, Chineke dị ukwuu karịa obi anyị, ọ mazukwara ihe niile.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Ndị m hụrụ nʼanya, ọ bụrụ na obi anyị amaghị anyị ikpe, anyị nwere nkwuwa okwu nʼihu Chineke
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.
na-anatakwa ya ihe ọbụla anyị rịọrọ nʼihi na anyị na-erube isi nʼiwu ya, na-emekwa ihe na-atọ ya ụtọ.
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].
Nke a bụkwa iwu ya: ka anyị kwere nʼaha Ọkpara ya Jisọs Kraịst, ya na ịhụrịta ibe anyị nʼanya dịka o nyere anyị nʼiwu.
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.
Ndị niile na-erube isi nye iwu ya na-anọgidesikwa ike nʼime ya, ya onwe ya na-anọgidesikwa ike nʼime ndị ahụ! Otu a ka anyị si mara na ọ na-anọgidesike nʼime anyị: Ọ bụ site na Mmụọ nke o nyere anyị.
