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].
Mulangai ni luganu lya namna gani atupelili tata, kuj'ha twikutibhwa bhana bha K'yara, na naha ndo kyataj'hele. Kwa ndabha Obho bhulimwengu bhutumanyilepi kwa kuj'ha ghwammnyidumu muene.
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.
Bhaganwa tete henu ndo bhana bha K'yara na j'hidhihiri kilepi bado jinsi kyatubetakuj'ha. Tumanyili kuj'ha kristu paibeta kubhonekana tukufuatana na numuene, kwani twibetakumbona kama kyaaj'hele.
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.
Na kilammonga ambaj'he aj'he ni bhubisisya obho kuhusu bhwakati bhwa bhwihida bhwabhaij'he lakisibhu kwa muene, ikwij'hosya muene kama muene kya api'hele n'takatifu.
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.
Kila munu j'haij'hendelela kubhomba sambi ibomola Sheria. Kwa ndabha sambi ndo bhubomolaji bhwa Sheria.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Mmanyili Kristu adhalilishibhu ili kusibhosya sambi kabisa. Na mugati mwake kuj'helepi ni sambi.
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.
Aj'helepi hata mmonga j'haidumu mugati mwake ni kuj'hendelela kubhomba sambi. Aj'helepi munu ata mmonga j'haidumu mu sambi ikaj'helayi ambwene au kummanya muene.
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.
Bhana bhaghanwa, mkata kuj'hendekela kupotosibhwa ni munu j'hoj'hioha j'hela. J'ha ibhomba haki ndo n'kolo haki, Kama vile Kristu muene kyaaj'hele ni haki.
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.
J'haibhomba sambi ndo ghwaibilisi, kwandabha ibilisi ndo mmbomba sambi kuh'omela kubhwandelu. Kwa ndabha ej'he mwana ghwa K'yara adhalilishibhu ili abhwesiagha kusyonanga mbombo sya ibilisi.
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.
j'hoj'hioha j'hola j'haahogoliki ni K'yara ibhombalepi sambi, kwandabha mbegu j'ha K'yara j'hi tama mugati mwake. Ibhwesyalepi kuj'hendelela kubhomba sambi kwandabha ahogoliki nu K'yara.
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].
Katika e'le bhana bha K'yara ni bhana bha ibilisi bhimanyikana. j'hoj'hioha j'haibhomba kyakij'hele Kya haki, ghwa K'yara lepi, bhwala j'hola ambaj'he ibhwesyalepi kun'gana ndogo munu.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Kwani obho ndo bhujumbe ambagho mughup'heliki kuh'omela kubhwandu, kuj'ha twilondeka kuganana yoti kwa yoti,
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.
sio kama kaini ambaj'he aj'hele mwovu na an'komili ndongo munu. Na kwandabha j'hakiki an'komili? Kwandabha matendo ghake ghaj'hele maovu, ni gha ndogomunu ghaj'hele gha haki.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Bhalongo bhangu, Mkatakusyangala, kama bhulimwengu ubekubhadadila.
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.
Tumanyili tumalili kuhoma mu mauti ni kuj'hingila mu bhusima, kwandabha tubhaganili bhalongo. J'hoj'hioha ambaj'he aduli luganu idumu mu mauti.
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)
Munu j'hej'hioha j'haikan'dadila ndogomunu ndo nkomi. Na mmanyili kuj'ha bhusima bhwa milele bhwitama lepi mugati mwa nkomi. (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.
Mu e'le tulimanyili luganu, kwa ndabha Kristu ahomisye bhuhai bhwake kwa ndabha j'hitu.
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].
Natu twilondeka kughabhosya maisha ghitu kwa ndabha j'ha bhukamu. Lakini j'hoj'hioha j'ha aj'hele ni fenu, na akambona ndongo munu j'ha aj'he ni bhuhitaji, lakini akabhubesya n'tama ghwake bhwa huruma kwandabha j'hiake: je, luganu lwa K'yara bhwitama bhuli mugati mwa muene?
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]!
Bhana bhangu bhaganwa, tusigani kwa milomo bhwala kwa malobhi mat'opu bali mu fitendo ni bhukweli.
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.
Mu e'le tumanyili kuj'ha tete tuj'hele mu bhukweli, ni miteema ghitu j'hithibitika kwa muene.
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].
Ikajhiayi Kama mi'teema ghitu j'hikatuhukumu, K'yara ndo m'baha kuliko miteema ghitu, ni muene imanya mambo ghoha.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Bhapenzi, Kama mi'teema ghitu ghibelepikuhukumu tuj'hele ni bhusisya kwa K'yara.
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 kyokyoha kyatwis'oma tubelakukij'hamb'elela kuh'omela kwa muene kwa ndabha tukasikamula amri syake na twibhomba mambo ghaghipendasya pamihu pake.
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].
Na e'j'he ndo amri j'hiake j'ha kuj'ha twilondeka kukyera mu lihina lya mwanabha Yesu Kristu ni kuganana tete kwa tete Kama Kya atupelili amri syake.
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.
j'ha ikasitii kya amri syake idumu mugati mwake, ni K'yara itama mugati mwake. Na kwandabha ej'he tumanyili kuj'ha itama mugati mwitu, kwa j'hola Roho j'haatupelili.
