1 Jaona 3
1 Endrey! manao ahoana ny fitiavana nasehon’ ny Ray ho antsika, dia ny niantsoana antsika hoe zanak’ Andriamanitra, sady izany tokoa isika! Koa noho izany dia tsy mahalala antsika izao tontolo izao, satria tsy nahalala Ary izy.
Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called ‘Children of God’; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.
2 Ry malala, ankehitriny aza dia zanak’ Andriamanitra isika, nefa tsy mbola naseho izay ho toetsika rahatrizay. Fantatsika fa raha hiseho Izy, dia ho tahaka Azy isika, fa ho hitantsika Izy, dia izay tena endriny tokoa.
Dear friends, we are God’s Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.
3 Ary izay rehetra manana izany fanantenana miorina aminy izany dia manadio ny tenany mba hadio tahaka Azy.
And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure — as Christ is pure.
4 Izay rehetra manota no mandika ny lalàna; fa ny ota no fandikana ny lalàna.
Every one who lives sinfully is living in violation of Law. Sin is violation of Law.
5 Ary fantatrareo fa Izy no naseho hanaisotra ny ota; ary tsy mba misy ota ao aminy.
And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.
6 Izay rehetra mitoetra ao aminy dia tsy manota; izay rehetra manota dia tsy nahita na nahalala Azy.
No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.
7 Anaka, aza avela hisy hamitaka anareo: izay manao ny marina no marina; eny, marina tahaka Azy.
My Children, do not let any one mislead you. He who lives righteously is righteous — as Christ is righteous.
8 Izay manota dia avy amin’ ny devoly, satria ny devoly manota hatramin’ ny voalohany. Izao no nisehoan’ ny Zanak’ Andriamanitra, dia ny handrava ny asan’ ny devoly.
He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil’s work.
9 Izay rehetra naterak’ Andriamanitra no tsy manota, satria ny voany mitoetra ao anatiny, ary tsy mahay manota izy, satria naretak’ Andriamanitra.
No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.
10 Izany no mampiseho miharihary izay Zanak’ Andriamanitra sy izay zanaky ny devoly. Tsy mba avy amin’ Andriamanitra izay rehetra tsy manao ny marina sy izay tsy tia ny rahalahiny.
By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil — No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.
11 Fa izao no teny nampitondraina izay efa renareo hatramin’ ny voalohany: tsy maintsy mifankatia isika, ―
For these are the Tidings that we heard from the first — that we are to love one another.
12 tsy mba tahaka an’ i Kaina, izay avy tamin’ ilay ratsy ka namono ny rahalahiny. Ary nahoana no namono azy izy? Satria ratsy ny asany, fa marina ny an’ ny rahalahiny.
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother’s was good.
13 Aza gaga, ry rahalahy, raha halan’ izao tontolo izao ianareo.
Do not wonder, Brothers, if the world hates you.
14 Fantatsika fa efa tafafindra niala tamin’ ny fahafatesana ho amin’ ny fiainana isika satria tia ny rahalahy. Izay tsy tia dia mitoetra ao amin’ ny fahafatesana ihany.
We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.
15 Izay rehetra mankahala ny rahalahiny dia mpamono olona; ary fantatrareo fa tsy mba misy mpamono olona manana fiainana mandrakizay mitoetra ao anatiny. (aiōnios g166)
Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Izao no ahafantarantsika ny fitiavana, satria Izy no nanolotra ny ainy hamonjy antsika; ary isika kosa mba tokony hanolotra ny aintsika hamonjy ny rahalahy.
We have learned to know what love is from this — that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.
17 Ary izay rehetra manam-pananana amin’ izao fiainana izao, ary mahita ny fahantran’ ny rahalahiny ka mihirim-belona aminy, ahoana no itoeran’ ny fitiavana an’ Andriamanitra ao anatiny?
But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within him?
18 Anaka, aoka tsy ho tia amin’ ny teny na amin’ ny lela isika, fa amin’ ny asa sy amin’ ny marina.
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
19 Izany no hahafantarantsika fa avy amin’ ny marina isika sy hampahatokiantsika ny fontsika eo anatrehany,
By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God’s sight,
20 na amin’ inona na amin’ inona no anamelohan’ ny fontsika antsika, satria Andriamanitra lehibe noho ny fontsika ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra.
that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
21 Ry malala, raha tsy mba manameloka antsika ny fontsika, dia manana fahasahiana eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra isika.
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
22 Ary na inona na inona no angatahintsika dia raisintsika aminy, satria mitandrina ny didiny sy manao izay ankasitrahana eo imasony isika.
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.
23 Ary izao no didiny, dia ny hinoantsika ny anaran’ i Jesosy Kristy Zanany sy ny hifankatiavantsika araka ny didy nomeny antsika.
His Command is this — that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.
24 Ary izay mitandrina ny didiny no mitoetra ao aminy, ary Izy kosa ao aminy. Ary izao no ahafantarantsika fa mitoetra ao amintsika Izy, dia ny Fanahy Izay nomeny antsika.
And he who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with him. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us — by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.
