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].
Su muloli Tati ntambu yakatufiriti nentu ata tushemwa wana wa Mlungu. Nakaka ndo ntambu yatuwera. Mana wantu wa pasipanu watumana ndiri twenga, toziya womberi wamumaniti ndiri Mlungu.
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.
Waganja wangu, vinu twenga tuwera wana wa Mlungu, kumbiti hayeniwoneki paweru ntambu hatuweri. Kumbiti tuvimana kuwera Kristu pakalawira, hatulifani nayomberi toziya hatumwoni ntambu yakawera.
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.
Kila muntu yakawera na matumbiru aga mu Kristu, su kalipungi mweni gambira Kristu ntambu yakawera mnanagala.
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 muntu yakatenda vidoda kalilema Lilagaliru lya Mlungu, toziya kutenda vidoda ndo kuhalibisiya Malagaliru ga Mlungu.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Mwenga muvimana kuwera Kristu kiziti su kawusiyi vidoda na kwahera vidoda mngati mwakuwi.
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.
Su kila yakalikolerana pamuhera na Kristu, hapeni kendereyi kutenda vidoda, kumbiti kila muntu yakendereya kutenda vidoda hakenipati ng'o kumwona ama kumumana Kristu.
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.
Su wana wangu, namumjimira muntu yoseri kawapayili! Muntu yakatenda matendu yagamfiriziya Mlungu, yomberi kafiriziwa na Mlungu gambira Kristu ntambu yakafiriziwa na Mlungu.
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.
Muntu yakendereya kutenda vidoda kawera gwa Mkondola, toziya Mkondola katenditi vidoda kwanjira kwanja. Kumbiti Mwana gwa Mlungu kiziti pasipanu kugahalabisiya mahengu ga Mkondola.
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.
Kila muntu yakawera mwana gwa Mlungu hapeni kendereyi kutendi vidoda, toziya ukomu wa Mlungu ulikala mngati mwakuwi, yomberi hapeni kendereyi kutenda vidoda toziya kawera mwana gwa Mlungu.
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].
Kwantambu ayi tuweza kuwamana wana wa Mlungu na viraa kuwamana wana wa Mkondola. Muntu yoseri yakamfiriziya ndiri Mlungu na muntu yakamfira ndiri mlongu gwakuwi, womberi wawera ndiri wana wa Mlungu.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Na ujumbi yamuwupikaniriti kwanjira kwanja ndo awu, tulifiri twaweni kwa twaweni.
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.
Natuwera gambira Kaini yakaweriti gwa Mkondola ulii, yakamlagiti mupusi gwakuwi. Kwa ntambu gaa kamlagiti? Toziya matendu gakuwi gaweriti makondola, kumbiti matendu galii ga mlongu gwakuwi gaweriti ga kumfiriziya Mlungu.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Walongu wangu, namulikangasha handa wantu wa pasipanu pawakalalira mwenga.
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.
Twenga tuvimana kuwera tupita kala mukuhowa na twingira muwukomu, toziya twankuwafira walongu wetu. Kila muntu yakahera ufiru kankusigala mukuhowa.
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)
Kila muntu yakamkalalira mlongu gwakuwi kawera mlaga na mwenga muvimana kuwera mlaga yoseri ulii kahera ukomu wa mashaka goseri mngati mwakuwi. (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.
Kwa ntambu ayi twenga tuvimana ufiru wa Mlungu, toziya Yesu Kristu kagalaviyiti makaliru gakuwi kwajili yatwenga. Na twenga viraa vilii tufiruwa kugalaviya makaliru getu kwajili ya walongu wetu.
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].
Su muntu pakawera na lunda zya pasipanu, shakapanu pakamwona mlongu gwakuwi kamuhushu, kumbiti kamwonera ndiri lusungu, muntu ayu kaweza hashi kulonga kuwera kana ufiru wa Mlungu mngati mwakuwi?
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]!
Wana wangu, natufira kwa visoweru hera kumbiti tufiri kwa matendu na muwunakaka.
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.
Hangu ndo ntambu yatuweza kuvimana kuwera twenga tuwera wantu wanakaka, su hapeni tutili kulongolu kwa Mlungu.
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].
Ata myoyu yetu payitutoza, tuvimana kuwera Mlungu ndo mkulu kuliku myoyu yetu, na kamana kila shintu.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Walongu wangu, handa myoyu yetu payitutoza ndiri, su twenga hapeni tutili kulongolu kwa Mlungu,
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 kwanka shoseri shatuluwa, toziya tugajimira malagaliru gakuwi na kutenda galii yagamfiriziya.
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 lilagaliru lyakuwi ndo ali, kumjimira Mwana gwakuwi Yesu Kristu na kulifira twenga kwa twenga gambira mweni ntambu yakatulagaliriti.
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.
Muntu yakagajimira malagaliru ga Mlungu, yomberi kankulikala mukulikolerana pamuhera na Mlungu na Mlungu kankulikala mukulikolerana pamuhera nayomberi. Twenga tuvimana kuwera Mlungu kankulikala mukulikolerana pamuhera natwenga kupitira Rohu Mnanagala yakatupananiti.
