1 Jan 3
1 Gade ki jan Papa a renmen nou non! Li sitèlman renmen nou li rele nou pitit li. Epi se sa nou ye vre. Se poutèt sa lemonn pa konnen nou, paske li pa konnen Bondye.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and this is what we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
2 Mezanmi, koulye a nou se pitit Bondye. Nou poko konnen egzakteman sa nou pral tounen. Men, nou konnen lè Kris la va parèt nou pral tounen tankou l', paske nou pral wè l' jan l' ye a.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
3 Tout moun ki gen espwa sa a nan kè yo ap kenbe kò yo pou yo pa fè sa ki mal, tankou Jezikri te kenbe kò l' pou l' pa t' fè sa ki mal.
Everyone who has this hope fixed on him purifies himself just as he is pure.
4 Tout moun ki fè peche, se dezobeyi yo dezobeyi lalwa Bondye, paske peche se dezobeyisans lalwa.
Everyone who sins is committing acts of lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.
5 Nou konn sa: Jezikri te parèt pou wete peche lèzòm, men li menm li pa t' janm fè peche.
You know that Christ was revealed in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
6 Konsa, si yon moun fè yonn ak Kris la tout tan, l'ap sispann viv nan peche. Moun ki kontinye ap fè peche toujou, se moun ki pa janm wè l', ki pa janm konnen li.
No one who remains in him will keep on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen him or known him.
7 Pitit mwen yo, pa kite pesonn twonpe nou. Moun ki fè sa ki dwat, se li ki dwat devan Bondye, menm jan ak Kris la ki dwat.
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
8 Moun k'ap kontinye viv nan peche, se moun Satan yo ye, paske Satan ap fè peche depi nan konmansman. Pitit Bondye a parèt toutespre pou kraze travay Satan an.
The one who commits sin is from the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed, so that he would destroy the devil's works.
9 Si yon moun se pitit Bondye li ye, li p'ap kontinye fè peche, paske pouvwa lavi ki soti nan Bondye a ap travay nan li. Si se Bondye ki papa l', li pa kapab ap fè peche toujou.
Whoever has been born from God does not continue to sin because God's seed remains in him. He cannot continue to sin because he has been born of God.
10 Men jan nou ka depati pitit Bondye yo ak pitit Satan yo: depi yon moun pa fè sa ki dwat devan Bondye, depi li pa renmen frè li, se pa pitit Bondye li ye.
In this the children of God and children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not do what is righteous is not from God, neither is the one who does not love his brother.
11 Paske, men mesaj nou te tande depi nan konmansman an: se pou nou yonn renmen lòt.
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
12 Piga nou fè tankou Kayen. Nonm sa a se moun Satan li te ye. Li te touye frè li. Epi poukisa atò? Paske sa Kayen t'ap fè a pa t' bon, men sa frè l' t'ap fè a te dwat devan Bondye.
We should not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.
13 Nou pa bezwen sezi, frè m' yo, si moun ki nan lemonn yo rayi nou.
Do not be amazed, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 Nou menm, nou konnen nou soti nan lanmò, nou antre nan lavi. Nou konn sa, paske nou renmen frè nou yo. Moun ki pa renmen frè l', li mouri.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
15 Tout moun ki rayi frè yo, se ansasen yo ye. Nou konnen yon ansasen pa gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an nan li. (aiōnios g166)
Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer. You know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Men sa ki fè nou konnen sa renmen ye: Jezikri bay lavi li pou nou. Se poutèt sa nou menm tou, se pou nou bay lavi nou pou frè nou yo.
By this we know love, because Christ laid down his life for us. We also ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 Si yon moun ki pa nan bezwen wè yon frè li nan nesesite, si l' pa gen pitye pou li, yon moun konsa pa ka pretann li renmen Bondye.
But whoever has the world's goods, sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18 Pitit mwen yo, piga nou renmen sèlman nan bouch, nan bèl diskou ak bèl pawòl. Se pou nou renmen tout bon vre. Se pou tout moun wè jan nou renmen lè yo wè sa n'ap fè.
My dear children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in actions and truth.
19 Se konsa n'a konnen nou se moun laverite a. Se konsa n'a santi nan kè nou nou pa gen kè sote devan Bondye.
It is by this we know that we are from the truth, and we assure our hearts before him.
20 Paske, si konsyans nou kondannen nou, nou konnen Bondye pi fò pase konsyans nou, li konn tout bagay.
For if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things.
21 Konsa, zanmi m' yo, si konsyans nou pa kondannen nou, nou gen yon gwo lasirans devan Bondye.
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
22 Tou sa n'a mande l', la ban nou l', paske nou menm nou fè tou sa li mande nou, nou fè sa ki fè l' plezi.
Whatever we ask we will receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing before him.
23 Men sa l' mande nou: Se pou nou gen konfyans nan Pitit li, Jezikri. Se pou nou yonn renmen lòt, jan Kris la te ban nou lòd la.
This is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us this commandment.
24 Moun ki kenbe kòmandman Bondye yo, y'ap fè yonn ak Bondye, Bondye ap fè yonn ak yo tou. Men ki jan nou konnen Bondye fè yonn ak nou: nou konnen sa paske li ban nou Sentespri li.
The one who keeps God's commandments remains in him, and God remains in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit whom he gave to us.
