1 John 5

1 All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

Ani nani anotenda kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu, wakaberekwa kubva kuna Mwari; uye ani nani anoda uyo wakabereka anodawo wakaberekwa kubva kwaari.

2 The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

Pane izvi tinoziva kuti tinoda vana vaMwari, kana tichida Mwari, uye tichichengeta mirairo yake.

3 [I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

Nokuti urwu rudo rwaMwari, kuti tichengete mirairo yake; uye mirairo yake hairemi.

4 All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

Nokuti chipi nechipi chakaberekwa kubva kuna Mwari chinokunda nyika; uye uku ndiko kukunda kunokunda nyika, irwo rutendo rwedu.

5 ([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

Ndiani anokunda nyika, kana asiri iye anotenda kuti Jesu Mwanakomana waMwari?

6 [Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

Uyu ndiye wakauya nemvura neropa, iye Jesu Kristu; kwete nemvura yega, asi nemvura neropa. Zvino Mweya ndiye anopupura, nokuti Mweya ichokwadi.

7 There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

Nokuti kune vatatu vanopupura kudenga, Baba, Shoko, naMweya Mutsvene; uye ava vatatu ndimumwe.

8 [Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

Uye kune vatatu vanopupura panyika, Mweya, nemvura, neropa, uye ava vatatu vanonova chimwe.

9 We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

Kana tichigamuchira uchapupu hwevanhu, uchapupu hwaMwari hwakapfuura kukura; nokuti uhu uchapupu hwaMwari, hwaakapupura pamusoro peMwanakomana wake.

10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

Uyo anotenda kuMwanakomana waMwari ane uchapupu maari pachake; asingatendi Mwari wakamuita murevi wenhema, nokuti haana kutenda uchapupu Mwari hwaakapupura maererano neMwanakomana wake.

11 This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

Uye uhu ndihwo uchapupu, kuti Mwari wakatipa upenyu husingaperi; zvino upenyu uhu huri muMwanakomana wake. (aiōnios g166)

12 Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

Uyo ane Mwanakomana ane upenyu; uyo asina Mwanakomana waMwari haana upenyu.

13 I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

Zvinhu izvi ndazvinyora kwamuri imwi munotenda kuzita reMwanakomana waMwari, kuti muzive kuti mune upenyu husingaperi, uye kuti mutende kuzita reMwanakomana waMwari. (aiōnios g166)

14 Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

Uye uhu ndihwo ushingi hwatinahwo maari, kuti kana tichikumbira chinhu zvinoenderana nekuda kwake, anotinzwa;

15 [And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

zvino kana tichiziva kuti anotinzwa, zvese zvatinokumbira, tinoziva kuti tine zvichemo zvatakakumbira kwaari.

16 Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

Kana umwe achiona hama yake ichitadza chivi chisiri cherufu, achakumbira, uye achamupa upenyu kune vasingatadzi chivi cherufu. Chiripo chivi cherufu; handisi kuti akumbire pamusoro pechichi.

17 Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

Kusarurama kwese chivi; uye chivi chiripo chisiri cherufu.

18 We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

Tinoziva kuti ani nani wakaberekwa kubva kuna Mwari haatadzi; asi uyo wakaberekwa kubva kuna Mwari anozvichengeta, uye wakaipa haamubati.

19 We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

Tinoziva kuti tiri vanobva kuna Mwari, nenyika yese irere muzvakaipa.

20 We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

Uye tinoziva kuti Mwanakomana waMwari wakauya, akatipa kunzwisisa kuti tizive iye wechokwadi; nesu tiri mune wechokwadi, muMwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu. Uyu ndiye Mwari wechokwadi, neupenyu husingaperi. (aiōnios g166)

21 [I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!

Vana vadiki, zvichengetedzei pazvifananidzo. Ameni.