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.
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t 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.
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
3 Ary izay rehetra manana izany fanantenana miorina aminy izany dia manadio ny tenany mba hadio tahaka Azy.
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Izay rehetra manota no mandika ny lalàna; fa ny ota no fandikana ny lalàna.
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Ary fantatrareo fa Izy no naseho hanaisotra ny ota; ary tsy mba misy ota ao aminy.
You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
6 Izay rehetra mitoetra ao aminy dia tsy manota; izay rehetra manota dia tsy nahita na nahalala Azy.
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
7 Anaka, aza avela hisy hamitaka anareo: izay manao ny marina no marina; eny, marina tahaka Azy.
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he 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 sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Izay rehetra naterak’ Andriamanitra no tsy manota, satria ny voany mitoetra ao anatiny, ary tsy mahay manota izy, satria naretak’ Andriamanitra.
Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of 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.
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
11 Fa izao no teny nampitondraina izay efa renareo hatramin’ ny voalohany: tsy maintsy mifankatia isika, ―
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should 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.
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
13 Aza gaga, ry rahalahy, raha halan’ izao tontolo izao ianareo.
Don’t be surprised, my 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 the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in 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)
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in 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.
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 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 whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
18 Anaka, aoka tsy ho tia amin’ ny teny na amin’ ny lela isika, fa amin’ ny asa sy amin’ ny marina.
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
19 Izany no hahafantarantsika fa avy amin’ ny marina isika sy hampahatokiantsika ny fontsika eo anatrehany,
And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
20 na amin’ inona na amin’ inona no anamelohan’ ny fontsika antsika, satria Andriamanitra lehibe noho ny fontsika ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra.
because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Ry malala, raha tsy mba manameloka antsika ny fontsika, dia manana fahasahiana eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra isika.
Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness towards God;
22 Ary na inona na inona no angatahintsika dia raisintsika aminy, satria mitandrina ny didiny sy manao izay ankasitrahana eo imasony isika.
so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are 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.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
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.
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.
