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].
Видите какву нам је љубав дао Отац, да се деца Божија назовемо и будемо; зато свет не познаје нас, јер Њега не позна.
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.
Љубазни! Сад смо деца Божија, и још се не показа шта ћемо бити; него знамо да кад се покаже, бићемо као и Он, јер ћемо Га видети као што јесте.
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.
И сваки који ову наду има на Њега, чисти се, као и Он што је чист.
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.
Сваки који чини грех и безакоње чини: и грех је безакоње.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
И знате да се Он јави да грехе наше узме; и греха у Њему нема.
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.
Који год у Њему стоји не греши; који год греши не виде Га нити Га позна.
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.
Дечице! Нико да вас не вара: који правду твори праведник је, као што је Он праведан;
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.
Који твори грех од ђавола је, јер ђаво греши од почетка. Зато се јави Син Божји да раскопа дела ђавоља.
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.
Који је год рођен од Бога не чини греха, јер Његово семе стоји у њему, и не може грешити, јер је рођен од Бога.
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].
По томе се познају деца Божија и деца ђавоља: који год не твори правде, није од Бога, и који не љуби брата свог.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Јер је ово заповест, коју чусте испочетка, да љубимо један другог.
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.
Не као што Каин беше од нечастивог и закла брата свог. И за који га узрок закла? Јер дела његова беху зла, а брата му праведна.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Не чудите се, браћо моја, ако свет мрзи на вас.
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.
Ми знамо да пређосмо из смрти у живот, јер љубимо браћу; јер ко не љуби брата остаје у смрти.
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)
Сваки који мрзи на брата свог крвник је људски; и знате да ниједан крвник људски нема у себи вечни живот. (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.
По том познасмо љубав што Он за нас душу своју положи: ми смо дужни полагати душе за браћу.
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].
Који дакле има богатство овог света, и види брата свог у невољи и затвори срце своје од њега, како љубав Божија стоји у њему?
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]!
Дечице моја! Да се не љубимо речју ни језиком, него делом и истином.
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.
И по том дознајемо да смо од истине, и пред Њим тешимо срца своја.
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].
Јер ако нам зазире срце наше, Бог је већи од срца нашег и зна све.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Љубазни! Ако нам срце наше не зазире, слободу имамо пред Богом;
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.
И шта год заиштемо, примићемо од Њега, јер заповести Његове држимо и чинимо шта је Њему угодно.
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].
И ово је заповест Његова да верујемо у име Сина Његовог Исуса Христа, и да љубимо један другог као што нам је дао заповест.
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.
И који држи заповести Његове у Њему стоји, и Он у њему. И по том познајемо да стоји у нама, по Духу кога нам је дао.
