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.
See what kind of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know 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.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
3 Epi tout moun ki gen espwa sa sou Li, vin pi li menm, menm jan ak Li.
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Epi tout moun ki pratike peche, transgrese lalwa. Peche a se transgresyon lalwa.
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Nou konnen ke Li te parèt pou Li ta kapab retire peche yo, epi nan Li pa gen peche.
You know that he was revealed 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 remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
7 Ti moun yo, pa kite pèsòn twonpe nou. Sila ki pratike ladwati a se jis, menm jan ke Li jis.
Children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even 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 sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to 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 born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born 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 revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither 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 which you heard from the beginning, that we should 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.
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Pa etonnen, frè yo, si lemonn rayi nou.
Therefore do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates 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 passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains 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)
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining 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 know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the 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 the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18 Ti moun yo, pa kite nou renmen avèk pawòl, ni avèk lang, men nan zèv ak nan verite.
Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
19 Nou va rekonèt konsa ke nou nan laverite, epi va gen asirans nan kè nou devan Li:
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,
20 si kè nou kondannen nou, Bondye se bokou pi gran ke kè nou, epi Li konnen tout bagay.
because if our heart condemns us, 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 hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before 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 receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the 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.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.
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 remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
