1 Yoane 3
1 Botala bolingo monene oyo Tata atalisaki biso mpo ete tobengama bana na Nzambe! Mpe tozali solo bana na Nzambe. Tala tina nini mokili eyebi biso te: ezali mpo ete eyebi Nzambe te.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us: he lets us be called God’s children! For that is what we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.
2 Balingami na ngai, tozali sik’oyo bana na Nzambe; kasi oyo tokokoma emonisami nanu te. Nzokande, toyebi solo ete tango Klisto akomimonisa, tokokoma lokola Ye; pamba te tokomona Ye ndenge penza Ye azalaka.
Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
3 Moto nyonso oyo azali na elikya ya ndenge wana kati na Klisto amipetolaka, ndenge Klisto azali peto.
And just as he is pure, everyone who has this hope, makes and keeps themselves pure.
4 Moto nyonso oyo asalaka masumu abukaka mibeko ya Nzambe; pamba te kosala lisumu ezali: kobuka mibeko ya Nzambe.
Everyone who lives sinfully is living in violation of God’s law. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Nzokande, boyebi malamu ete Klisto ayaki mpo na kolongola masumu; mpe kati na Ye, lisumu ezali te.
You know that Christ appeared to take away our sins and that there is no sin in him.
6 Moto nyonso oyo azali moko na Klisto asalaka masumu te, mpe moto nyonso oyo asalaka masumu atikala nanu te komona mpe koyeba Yesu.
No one who lives in him continues to sin; the sinner has not seen or known him.
7 Bana na ngai, tika ete moto moko te akosa bino. Moto oyo atambolaka na bosembo azali sembo ndenge Ye moko Klisto azali sembo.
My children, don’t let anyone mislead you. The person who does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
8 Moto oyo amipesaka na masumu azali ya Satana, pamba te Satana asalaka masumu wuta na ebandeli. Nzokande Mwana na Nzambe ayaki penza mpo na kobebisa misala ya Satana.
The person who lives in sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To undo the devil’s work is the reason the Son of God appeared.
9 Moto nyonso oyo akoma mwana na Nzambe akobaka te kosala masumu, pamba te nguya ya bomoi ya bonzambe ezali kosala kati na ye; akoki te kokoba kosala masumu, pamba te azali mwana na Nzambe.
No child of God sins, because God’s nature dwells in them. They can’t live in sin, because they are God’s children.
10 Tala ndenge nini bana na Nzambe bakeseni na bana ya Satana: moto nyonso oyo atambolaka te na bomoi ya sembo mpe alingaka ndeko na ye te azali mwana na Nzambe te.
By this it is made clear who are the children of God and who are the devil’s: anyone who doesn’t do what is right or doesn’t love others is not a child of God.
11 Pamba te, tala Sango Malamu oyo boyokaki wuta na ebandeli: Tolinganaka biso na biso.
For this is the message we heard from the beginning: we are to love one another.
12 Boye tika ete moko te azala lokola Kayina oyo azalaki moto ya Satana mpe abomaki ndeko na ye. Mpo na nini Kayina abomaki Abeli, ndeko na ye? Ezali mpo ete misala ya Kayina ezalaki mabe, kasi misala ya Abeli, ndeko na ye, ezalaki sembo.
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his actions were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Bandeko na ngai, bokamwa te soki mokili ezali koyina bino.
Do not be suprised, friends, if the world hates you.
14 Toyebi ete tosila kolongwa na kufa mpe tokoma na bomoi mpo ete tolingaka bandeko na biso. Moto oyo alingaka ndeko na ye te azali nanu na se ya bokonzi ya kufa.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love each other. The person who does not love remains in a state of death.
15 Moto nyonso oyo ayinaka ndeko na ye azali mobomi; mpe boyebi malamu ete mobomi ata moko te azali na bomoi ya seko kati na ye. (aiōnios g166)
The person who hates another is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life dwelling within them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Tala ndenge nini toyebi ndimbola ya bolingo: Yesu-Klisto akabaki bomoi na Ye mpo na biso. Boye biso mpe tosengeli kokaba bomoi na biso mpo na bandeko na biso.
This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. So we should lay down our own lives for each other.
17 Soki moto moko azali na biloko ya mokili oyo, bongo amoni ndeko na ye kokelela mpo na eloko songolo kasi aboyi kosunga ye; boni, moto wana azali na bolingo ya Nzambe kati na ye?
If anyone has material possessions, and sees one of our own in need, but closes their heart against that person, how can it be said that the love of God is within them?
18 Bana na ngai, tika ete bolingo na biso esukaka kaka te na lolemo to na maloba ya sukali; kasi tika ete emonisamaka nde na misala mpe na solo.
My children, our love must not be mere words or talk. It must be true and show itself in actions.
19 Ezali na ndenge wana nde tokoyeba ete tozali kati na solo, mpe mitema na biso ekotonda na elikya liboso ya Nzambe;
This is how we will know we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves in God’s presence:
20 pamba te soki ata mitema na biso elongisi biso te, toyebi ete Nzambe azali monene koleka mitema na biso mpe ayebi nyonso.
though our conscience condemns us, God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
21 Balingami na ngai, soki mpe mitema na biso elongisi biso, tokozala kaka na elikya makasi na Nzambe.
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
22 Apesaka biso nyonso oyo tosengaka epai na Ye, pamba te totosaka mibeko na Ye mpe tosalaka makambo oyo esepelisaka Ye.
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are keeping his commands, and are doing what pleases him.
23 Mpe tala mobeko oyo apesa biso: kondima Yesu-Klisto, Mwana na Ye, mpe kolingana biso na biso, ndenge atindaki biso.
His command is that we should believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as Christ commanded us.
24 Moto oyo atosaka mibeko na Ye awumelaka kati na Nzambe, mpe Nzambe awumelaka kati na ye. Bongo ndenge nini toyebaka ete Nzambe azali kowumela kati na biso? Ezali na nzela ya Molimo Mosantu oyo apesaki biso.
The person who keeps his commands dwells in God and God dwells in them. And we are sure he lives in us because of the Spirit he has given us.
