1 Jan 3
1 Gade ki grand amou Papa a te bay nou ke nou ta vin rele ti moun yo a Bondye! Konsa, se sa nou ye. Pou rezon sa lemonn pa rekonèt nou, paske li pa t rekonèt Li.
Behold what manner of love the Father has given us in allowing us to be called "Children of God!" And that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not know him.
2 Alò, chè zanmi yo, nou se ti moun a Bondye, epi li poko fin devwale ki sa n ap ye. Nou konnen ke lè Li parèt nou va tankou Li, paske nou va wè Li menm jan ke Li ye.
We are God’s children now, beloved; what we shall be has never yet been made manifest. But we know that when he is manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
3 Epi tout moun ki gen espwa sa sou Li, vin pi li menm, menm jan ak Li.
And every one who is holding this hope in him is purifying himself, even as he is pure.
4 Epi tout moun ki pratike peche, transgrese lalwa. Peche a se transgresyon lalwa.
Every one who commits sin commits also lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Nou konnen ke Li te parèt pou Li ta kapab retire peche yo, epi nan Li pa gen peche.
And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Okenn moun ki rete nan Li pa peche, men okenn ki viv nan peche pa t wè Li, ni yo pa konnen Li.
Whoever continually abides in him does not habitually sin; whoever lives in sin has not seen him, nor come to know him.
7 Ti moun yo, pa kite pèsòn twonpe nou. Sila ki pratike ladwati a se jis, menm jan ke Li jis.
My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
8 Men sila ki pratike peche se a dyab la, paske dyab la te peche depi kòmansman a. Fis a Bondye te parèt pou rezon sila, ke Li ta kapab detwi zèv a dyab yo.
He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Nanpwen pèsòn ki ne de Bondye ki pratike peche paske jèm Li tou rete nan li, epi li pa kapab peche, paske li ne a Bondye.
Whoever is a child of God cannot go on sinning, because his seed is abiding in him; and he cannot go on sinning because he is a child of God.
10 Selon sa pitit a Bondye yo, ak pitit a dyab yo se byen klè. Nenpòt ki pa pratike ladwati a pa de Bondye, ni sila ki pa renmen frè li.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
11 Paske sa se mesaj la ke nou te tande depi kòmansman a ke nou dwe renmen yon lòt.
For this is the message that you have listened to from the beginning, "WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
12 Pa kon Caïn, ki te apatyen a mechan a, epi te asasinen frè l. Men poukisa li te asasinen li? Paske zèv li te mal, epi sa yo a frè l te jis.
We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother’s, righteous.
13 Pa etonnen, frè yo, si lemonn rayi nou.
Do not wonder, brothers, if the world continues to hate you.
14 Nou konnen ke nou kite lanmò, epi antre nan lavi akoz ke nou renmen frè nou yo. Sila ki pa renmen, rete nan lanmò.
We know that we have migrated, out of death into life, because we love our brothers. He who has no love is abiding in death.
15 Nenpòt ki rayi frè l se yon asasen. Epi nou konnen ke nanpwen asasen ki gen lavi etènèl a anndan li. (aiōnios g166)
Every one who is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Men konsa nou rekonèt lamou; ke Li te bay vi Li pou nou. Epi konsa, nou ta dwe bay vi nou yo pou frè nou yo.
By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
17 Men nenpòt ki gen byen a lemonn sa, pou l wè frè l nan bezwen, epi sere kè l kontre li, ki jan lamou Bondye kapab rete nan li?
But whoever has this world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him?
18 Ti moun yo, pa kite nou renmen avèk pawòl, ni avèk lang, men nan zèv ak nan verite.
My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.
19 Nou va rekonèt konsa ke nou nan laverite, epi va gen asirans nan kè nou devan Li:
By this we shall come to know that we are really of the truth,
20 si kè nou kondannen nou, Bondye se bokou pi gran ke kè nou, epi Li konnen tout bagay.
and shall persuade our heart in his presence whenever our heart condemns us, because God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21 Byeneme yo, si kè nou pa kondannen nou, nou gen konfyans devan Bondye.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God,
22 Pou sa a, nenpòt ke nou mande, nou va resevwa de Li, paske nou kenbe kòmandman Li yo, epi fè bagay yo ki fè plezi devan zye Li yo.
and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Men sa se kòmandman Li, ke nou kwè nan non a Fis Li a, Jésus Kri, epi renmen yon lòt, kon Li te kòmande nou.
His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do.
24 Sila a ki kenbe kòmandman Li yo, rete nan Li, epi Li rete nan li menm. Nou konnen konsa ke Li rete nan nou, akoz Li te bay nou Lespri Li.
He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
