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 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.
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, 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.
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 set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Tout moun ki fè peche, se dezobeyi yo dezobeyi lalwa Bondye, paske peche se dezobeyisans lalwa.
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. 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 he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
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.
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know 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.
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
11 Paske, men mesaj nou te tande depi nan konmansman an: se pou nou yonn renmen lòt.
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that 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.
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.
13 Nou pa bezwen sezi, frè m' yo, si moun ki nan lemonn yo rayi nou.
Don’t be surprised, 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. He who doesn’t love his brother 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)
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining 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 he laid down his life for us. And we 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 and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love 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 little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed 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.
And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
20 Paske, si konsyans nou kondannen nou, nou konnen Bondye pi fò pase konsyans nou, li konn tout bagay.
because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and 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 don’t condemn us, we have boldness 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.
so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
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, even as he commanded.
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.
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.
