1 Yohaannisa 1
1 Nuuni koyroppe doomidi de7iya, nu haythan si7ida, nu xeellida, ayfiyaan be7ida, nu kushiyan bochchida de7o qaalabaa hinttew xaafoos.
This letter is about the Word of Life which existed from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our very own eyes and gazed upon, and which our hands have touched.
2 He de7oy qonccin, nuuni iya be7idi, iyabaa markkattoos. Aawa matan de7iya nuus qonccida, merinaa de7uwabaa hinttew awaajjos. (aiōnios g166)
This Life was revealed to us; we saw it and give evidence about it. We are telling you about the one who is Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who was revealed to us. (aiōnios g166)
3 Nuura hinttew issifetethi daana mela nuuni be7idayssanne si7idayssa hinttew odoos. Hinttew nuura issifetethi de7iya gisho, Aawaranne iya Na7aa Yesuus Kiristtoosara issifetethi de7ees.
What we have seen and heard we are now explaining to you, so that you may also share in this friendship together with us—this friendship that is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 Nu ufayssay polo gidana mela hessa hinttew xaafoos.
We're writing to tell you about this in order to make our happiness complete.
5 Nuuni de7o gidida iyappe si7idi, hinttew odiya kiitay hayssa: “Xoossay poo7o; iyan dhumi baawa” yaageyssa.
This is the message we received from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him at all.
6 Nuus iyara issifetethi de7ees yaagishe dhuman de7ikko, nu odaaninne nu oosuwan worddotoos.
If we claim to share this friendship with him and yet go on living in darkness, we're lying, and not living in the truth.
7 Shin poo7on I de7eyssada, nukka poo7on de7ikko, nuus woli giddon issifetethi de7ees. Iya Na7aa, Yesuusa suuthay nagara ubbaafe nuna geeshshees.
But if we are living in the light, as he is in the light, then we share in this friendship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, makes us clean from every sin.
8 Nuuni, nunan nagari baawa giikko nu nuna cimmoos; nunan tumi baawa.
If we claim to be sinless we only fool ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 Shin Xoossaas nu nagara paaxikko, I nu nagara atto gaanawunne nu qoho ooso ubbaafe nuna geeshshanaw, ammanettidayssanne tumaa.
But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
10 Nuuni nagara oothibookko giikko Xoossaa worddanchcho kessoos; iya qaalaykka nunan deenna.
If we claim we haven't sinned, we turn him into a liar, and his word is not in us.
