1 Yokaana 3
1 Mulabe okwagala Katonda kw’atwagala bwe kuli okunene ennyo, n’atuyita abaana be, era ddala bwe tutyo bwe tuli. Ensi kyeva eremwa okututegeera, kubanga naye yennyini teyamutegeera.
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
2 Abaagalwa, kaakano tuli baana ba Katonda, naye tetumanyi bwe tuliba. Kyokka tumanyi nti bw’alirabika tulifaanana nga ye, kubanga tulimulabira ddala nga bw’ali.
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
3 Buli muntu alina essuubi eryo yeetukuza nga Katonda bw’ali omutukuvu.
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
4 Buli muntu akola ebibi aba mujeemu, era ekibi bwe bujeemu.
Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
5 Naye mmwe mumanyi nti ye, yalabisibwa alyoke aggyewo ebibi. Era mu ye, temuliimu kibi.
And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
6 Era tewali n’omu abeera mu ye ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi. Wabula oyo eyeeyongera okukola ekibi tamutegeeranga, era tamumanyi n’akatono.
Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
7 Abaana abaagalwa, temulimbibwalimbibwanga muntu n’omu; Buli akola eby’obutuukirivu aba mutuukirivu, nga Katonda bw’ali omutuukirivu,
My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
8 naye buli akola ekibi wa Setaani, kubanga okuva olubereberye Setaani akola bibi. Omwana wa Katonda kyeyava ajja mu nsi azikirize ebikolwa bya Setaani.
The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
9 Noolwekyo tewali afuuka mwana wa Katonda ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi, kubanga ensigo ya Katonda ebeera mu ye, so tayinza kukola kibi, kubanga yazaalibwa Katonda.
Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
10 Ku kino abaana ba Katonda n’aba Setaani kwe bategeererwa. Buli akola ebitali bya butuukirivu si wa Katonda, era na buli atayagala muganda we si wa Katonda.
In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
11 Kubanga buno bwe bubaka bwe twawulira okuva ku lubereberye nti twagalanenga,
Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;
12 si nga Kayini eyali owa Setaani, n’atta muganda we. Kale yamuttira ki? Kayini yatta muganda we kubanga Kayini yakola ebibi, so nga ye muganda we yakola eby’obutuukirivu.
Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
13 Abooluganda, ensi bwe bakyawanga, temwewuunyanga.
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
14 Kubanga ffe tumanyi nga twava mu kufa, ne tuyingira mu bulamu, kubanga twagala abooluganda, naye buli muntu atalina kwagala akyali mu kufa.
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
15 Buli akyawa muntu munne, oyo aba mussi, era mukimanyi nti tewali mussi alina obulamu obutaggwaawo mu ye. (aiōnios g166)
Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Mu kino mwe tutegeerera okwagala, kubanga yawaayo obulamu bwe ku lwaffe, era naffe kyetuva tuteekwa okuwaayo obulamu bwaffe olw’abooluganda.
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
17 Buli alina ebintu eby’omu nsi n’alaba muganda we nga yeetaaga, naye n’abulwako ky’amuwa, okwagala kwa Katonda, kuyinza kutya okuba mu ye?
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
18 Abaana abaagalwa, tetusaana kwagala mu bigambo kyokka, wabula twagalanenga ne mu bikolwa ne mu bulamu obulabika eri abantu.
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
19 Mu ekyo mwe tutegeerera nga tuli ba mazima, era ne tukkakkanya omutima gwaffe mu maaso ge.
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
20 Singa omutima gwaffe tegutusalira musango, Katonda ye asinga omutima gwaffe era ye ategeera ebintu byonna.
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
21 Abaagalwa, omutima gwaffe bwe gutatusalira musango, tuba bagumu mu maaso ga Katonda.
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
22 Era buli kye tumusaba akituwa, kubanga tugondera ebiragiro bye, era ne tukola ebimusanyusa.
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
23 Era kino ky’atulagira nti, tukkiririze mu linnya ly’Omwana we Yesu Kristo, era twagalanenga nga ye bwe yatulagira.
And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
24 Kale oyo agondera ebiragiro bye abeera mu Ye, era naye abeera mu ye. Kino tukimanyi ng’ali mu ffe, kubanga Mwoyo Mutukuvu gwe yatuwa abeera mu ffe.
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
