1 John 3
1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
Diidi mani U Tienu n bua ti maama, lan fidi k ban yin ti o bila! T gɔ li tie mɔ. ŋanduna ya ki ban ti, kelima b k ban o.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
N ŋuankaaba, mɔlane ti ji tie U Tienu bila i, k tin bua ya tie yaaba da ki legdi(dɔgd), ti baa naani yen o, kelima wan li naadi, ti ba la o yeni.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Yua n pia li dandanli, o ŋani nani wan ŋani maama yeni.
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Yua tie biid, k cɔln U Tienu maama, k t biid tienma tie U Tienu maama yema.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
I bani ki jesu ba ki bua piini ti biidi, o naa gɔ pia tagiliba kuli.
6 Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
Yua ga o maama ji kan tieni biidi, yua tien biidi, o k la o, k gɔ k ban o.
7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
A bila, nul n da bond i. Yua maadi i mɔni, mɔn nani wani mɔ n mɔn maama yeni.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Yua tie biidi, tie sitaani yua i, kelima hali mi cilima yogunu, sitaan tie biidaano. U Tienu bijua cua ki bua wan biidi sitaani tuona.
9 Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
Yua mal(ga) U Tienu nni, o ji kan tieni biid, kelima o ye yeni U Tienu yanfuoma, k o ji kan fidi ki tieni biidi, kelima U Tienu tie o baa i.
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
Li kani ki t bu bandi U Tienu yeni sitaani bila. Yua ki tuagi i maamɔni sanu yen yua n k bua o ninjua, k tie U Tienu biga.
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
Kelima yin den cili ki gbadi yaali, li tie k ti ya bua ti lieba.
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
K da naani yeni kayen yua den tie nibiigu, k kpa o ninjua. Be ya po i k o den kpa o? Kelima o tuona den bii, k o ninjua tuona ŋani.
13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
N naataani lan da lid i, li ya tie ki ŋanduna yie i.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
Ti bani ki ti ñani mi kuuma yo, ki ji pia li miali, ki dugni tin bua ti lieba yen po. Yua ki bua o lieba ye mi kuuma nni.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)
Yua ki bua o lielo tie nikpalo, ki bani ki nikpalo ki pia miakangbenli. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
O buama po i, k o cabi o miali ti po, yeni k ti mɔ bi lu ti miali ti naataani po.
17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
Li ya tie k nul pia ŋanduna ne piama, k nan nua k o ninjua ye mabli nni, k o kan tod o, be wangi k o pia U Tienu buama?
18 My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
N bid, t buama n da tie nɔbun nni yen lanbu po ka, ama lan ya tie ti tuona nni yen i mɔni.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
L kani k ti baa bandi yeni i mɔni tin ie yaaba, k ti pala n ya pa o po.
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Li ya tie k tin tien yaali mabndi ti pala, t ban k U Tienu yabi ki cie ti pala, k o gɔ bani bonli kuli.
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
N bibuadi, li sua ki ti tuona ki mabndi ti, ti pia li papaali U Tienu kani.
22 so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Tin miadi yaali kuli ti laadi, kelima ti cɔnlni o yikonba k gɔ tiendi o buama.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
O yiko n ne: tin ya daani o bijua jesu yeli po, ki bua ti lieba nani o yikonba n wangi ti maama.
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
Yua cɔln U Tienu lanbona, o tie o yua i, k o ye yen o; ki ti bani k o ye yeni ti k dugni o fuoŋanma yaali k o tien ti.
