1 Yohanna 5

1 Kowa ya gaskata cewa Yesu shi ne Kiristi, shi haifaffe na Allah ne, kuma duk mai ƙaunar mahaifi kuwa, yakan ƙaunaci ɗansa ma.

All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

2 Ga yadda muka san cewa muna ƙaunar’ya’yan Allah. Muna yin haka ta wurin ƙaunar Allah da kuma aikata umarnansa.

The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

3 Ƙaunar Allah ita ce, a yi biyayya da umarnansa. Umarnansa kuwa ba masu nauyi ba ne;

[I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

4 domin duk haifaffe na Allah yana cin nasara a kan duniya. Bangaskiyarmu kuwa ita ce ta ba mu wannan nasara a kan duniya.

All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

5 Wa ya cin nasara a kan duniya? Sai wanda ya gaskata cewa Yesu Ɗan Allah ne.

([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

6 Ga wanda ya zo ta wurin ruwa da jini, wato, Yesu Kiristi. Bai zo ta wurin ruwa kaɗai ba, sai dai ta wurin ruwa da kuma jini. Ruhu ne kuwa yake ba da shaida, gama Ruhu shi ne gaskiya.

[Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

7 Akwai shaidu uku, wato,

There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

8 Ruhu, da ruwa, da kuma jini; waɗannan uku kuwa manufarsu ɗaya ce.

[Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

9 Tun da yake mukan yarda da shaida mutane, ai, shaidar Allah ta fi ƙarfi. Wannan ita ce shaidar Allah, wato, ya shaidi Ɗansa.

We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

10 Duk wanda ya gaskata da Ɗan Allah, yana da shaidan nan a zuciyarsa. Duk wanda bai gaskata da Allah ba kuwa ya mai da shi maƙaryaci, domin bai gaskata shaidar da Allah ya bayar game da Ɗansa ba.

Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

11 Wannan kuwa ita ce shaidar; cewa Allah ya ba mu rai madawwami, wannan rai kuwa yana cikin Ɗansa. (aiōnios g166)

This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 Duk wanda yake da Ɗan, yana da rai; wanda kuwa ba shi da Ɗan Allah, ba shi da rai.

Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

13 Ina rubuta waɗannan abubuwa gare ku, ku da kuka gaskata sunan Ɗan Allah domin ku san kuna da rai madawwami. (aiōnios g166)

I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

14 Wannan shi ne ƙarfin halin da muke da shi sa’ad da muke zuwa a gaban Allah, gama mun san cewa kome muka roƙa bisa ga nufinsa, yakan saurare mu.

Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

15 In kuwa muka san cewa yana sauraranmu, ko mene ne muka roƙa, mun sani, mun riga mun sami abin da muka roƙa daga gare shi ke nan.

[And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

16 Kowa ya ga ɗan’uwansa yana yin zunubin da bai kai ga mutuwa ba, sai yă yi masa addu’a. Ta dalilin mai addu’an nan kuwa, Allah zai ba da rai ga mai yin zunubin da bai kai ga mutuwa ba. Akwai zunubin da yakan kai ga mutuwa. Ban ce a yi addu’a domin wannan ba.

Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

17 Duk rashin adalci, zunubi ne, amma akwai waɗansu zunuban da ba sa kai ga mutuwa.

Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

18 Mun san cewa kowane haifaffe na Allah ba ya cin gaba da yin zunubi; kasancewarsa haifaffe na Allah ita takan kāre shi, mugun kuwa ba zai iya cuce shi ba.

We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

19 Mun san cewa mu’ya’yan Allah ne, duniya duka kuwa tana hannun Mugun.

We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

20 Mun san cewa Ɗan Allah ya zo duniya, ya kuma ba mu ganewa domin mu san shi wanda yake na gaskiya. Mu kuwa muna cikinsa, shi da yake Allah na gaskiya wato, cikin Ɗansa Yesu Kiristi. Shi ne Allah na gaskiya da kuma rai na har abada. (aiōnios g166)

We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

21 ’Ya’yana ƙaunatattu, ku yi nesa da gumaka.

[I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!