1 Jaona 5
1 Ndra ia’ia miantoke te Iesoà i Norizañey, le nampiareñen’ Añahare; mikoko i nampiareñe’ey ze mikoko i Nampiareñey.
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 Zao ty aharendrehan-tika te mikoko o anan’ Añahareo tika: ie mikoko an’ Andrianañahare naho mañambeñe o lili’eo.
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 Inao ty fikokoañe an’ Andriañahare, t’ie mañambeñe o lili’eo, tsy mavesatse o lili’eo.
[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 Mpandreketse ty voatse toy ze nampiareñen’ Añahare; zao ty fandreketañe mahagioke ty voatse toy: ty fatokisan-tikañe.
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 Ia ty mahareketse ty voatse toy? naho tsy i miantoke te Iesoà ro Anan’ Añaharey.
([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 Intoy ty nitotsak’ atoy ami’ty rano naho lio, Iesoà Norizañey; tsy an-drano avao, fa an-drano naho sn-dio. I Arofoy ro mitaroñe, le tò i Arofoy.
[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 Telo ty mitaroñe:
There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].
8 i Arofoy, naho ty rano, naho ty lio; vaho mitrao-drehake i telo rey.
[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 Aa naho non-tika ty enta’ ondaty, lombolombo izay ty taron’ Añahare, fa zao ty taron’ Añahare, t’ie nitaroñe i Ana’ey.
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 Toe añ’ova’ ty miato amy Anan’ Añaharey i taroñey, fe nanao aze ho mpandañitse ze tsi-miato amy anan’ Añaharey, ami’te tsy atokisa’e i nitaroñen’ Añahare i Ana’eiy.
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 Zao i taroñey te tinolon’ Añahare haveloñe nainai’e tika; vaho amy Ana’ey i haveloñe zay. (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 Aman-kaveloñe ty manañe i Anakey; tsy aman-kaveloñe naho tsy ama’e i Anan’ Añaharey.
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 Nanokitse izay ama’areo mpiato amy tahinan’ Anan’ Añaharey iraho, haharendreha’ areo t’ie aman-kaveloñe nainai’e. (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 Inao ty fatokisan-tika añatrefa’e, t’ie mihalaly ndra inoñ’ inoñe an-tsatri’e le ijanjiña’e.
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 Aa ie fohin-tika te hene janji’e o ihalalian-tikañeo, le atokisan-tika te fa aman-tika i nihalaliañey.
[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 Naho eo ty mahaoniñe te nanao hakeo tsy mahakoromake i longo’ey, naho ihalalia’e, le ie ty hanoloran’ Añahare haveloñe amy aman-kakeo tsy mahahomakey. Toe ao ty tahiñe mahavetrake; tsy manao ty hoe iraho t’ie ty ihalaliañe.
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 Fonga hakeo ze tsy an-kahiti’e, fe eo ty tahiñe tsy mahakoromake.
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 Fohin-tikañe te tsy mandilatse ka ze nasaman’ Añahare; fa arovan’ Añahare i nasama’ey, tsy ho paohe’ i Ratiy.
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 Fohin-tika t’ie aman’ Añahare, fe fonga fehè’ i ratiy ty voatse toy.
We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.
20 Fohin-tika te nivotrak’ atoy i Anan’ Añaharey, naho nampandrendrek’ antika hahafohinan-tika i Vantañey, naho t’ie amy Vantañey, toe amy Ana’e Iesoà Norizañey. Ie t’i Andrianañahare to naho haveloñe nainai’e. (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 O keleiakoo, ifoneño ty fahasive.
[I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!
