1 Jan 5
1 Tout moun ki rekonèt Jezi se Kris la, se pitit Bondye yo ye. Si ou renmen yon papa, se pou ou renmen pitit li tou.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
2 Nou konnen nou renmen pitit Bondye yo lè nou renmen Bondye, lè nou fè tou sa li mande nou fè.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
3 Nou renmen Bondye, lè nou fè tou sa li mande nou fè. Sa Bondye mande nou fè yo pa twò difisil pase sa.
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
4 Paske, depi se pitit Bondye ou ye, ou kapab genyen batay la sou lemonn. Men ki jan nou fè gengen batay la sou lemonn, se paske nou gen konfyans nan Bondye.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
5 Ki moun ki ka genyen batay la sou lemonn? Se sèlman moun ki kwè Jezi se pitit Bondye a.
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 Jezikri se moun ki te vini an: li te vini ak dlo batèm lan ansanm ak san lanmò li a. Li pa t' vini ak dlo a sèlman, men li te vini avèk dlo ansanm ak san. Lespri Bondye a di se vre sa, paske Lespri Bondye a se verite a menm.
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
7 Gen yo twa k'ap di Jezi se moun ki te vini an.
For there are three who testify:
8 Se Lespri Bondye a, se dlo a ansanm ak san an. Yo touletwa yo dakò.
the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
9 Nou asepte pawòl moun pou verite. Men, pawòl Bondye a pi bon toujou. Epi, sa se temwayaj Bondye bay pou Pitit li a.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
10 Konsa, moun ki gen konfyans nan Pitit Bondye a, se moun ki pran pawòl Bondye a pou verite epi ki kenbe l' nan kè yo. Men, moun ki pa gen konfyans nan Bondye, yo fè Bondye pase pou mantò, paske yo pa t' kwè pawòl Bondye te di sou Pitit li a se verite.
He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
11 Men pawòl verite a: Bondye ban nou lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Se nan Pitit li a li ban nou li. (aiōnios g166)
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)
12 Moun ki gen Pitit la, yo gen lavi sa a tou. Men, moun ki pa gen Pitit Bondye a, yo pa gen lavi sa a non plis.
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
13 M'ap ekri nou lèt sa a, nou menm ki kwè nan Pitit Bondye a pou nou ka konnen nou gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. (aiōnios g166)
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. (aiōnios g166)
14 Se poutèt sa kè nou pa sote devan Bondye. Nou konnen l'ap koute nou si nou mande l' kichòy ki dakò ak volonte li.
This is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
15 Konsa, non sèlman nou konnen l'ap koute nou lè nou fè l' yon demann, men nou konnen tou l'ap ban nou sa nou mande l' la.
And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
16 Si yon moun wè yon frè l' fè yon peche ki p'ap fè l' mouri, se pou l' lapriyè Bondye pou Bondye bay frè a lavi. Prensip sa a bon pou moun ki fè peche ki p'ap fè yo mouri. Men, gen yon kalite peche ki mennen yon moun tou dwat nan lanmò. mwen pa di pou yo lapriyè pou moun ki fè kalite peche sa yo.
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.
17 Tou sa ou fè ki mal, se yon peche. Men, se pa tout peche k'ap mennen ou nan lanmò.
All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.
18 Nou konnen depi yon moun pitit Bondye, li p'ap kontinye ap viv nan peche toujou. Paske, Pitit Bondye a ap veye sou li, Satan pa ka fè l' anyen.
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
19 Nou konnen nou se moun Bondye. Men, tou sa ki sou latè anba pouvwa Satan.
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 Nou konnen Pitit Bondye a te vini, li louvri lespri nou pou nou ka konnen Bondye tout bon an. N'ap viv ansanm ak Bondye tout bon an, gremesi Pitit li, Jezikri. Se li menm ki Bondye tout bon an, se li menm ki lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. (aiōnios g166)
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
21 Pitit mwen yo, veye kò nou ak zidòl!
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
