1 UJohane 3
1 Khangelani uthando olungaka asinika lona uYise ukuthi sithiwe singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Ngenxa yalokho umhlaba kawusazi, ngoba ungamazanga yena.
Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
2 Bathandekayo, khathesi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, njalo kakukabonakali esizakuba yikho. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi uba ebonakala, sizakuba njengaye, ngoba sizambona njengoba enjalo.
Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 Laye wonke olalelithemba kuye uyazihlambulula, njengoba yena ehlambulukile.
And every one that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure.
4 Wonke owenza isono weqa lomlayo; ngoba isono siyikweqa umlayo.
Every one that works sin, works also transgression of law: and sin is transgression of law.
5 Njalo liyazi ukuthi yena wabonakaliswa, ukuze asuse izono zethu; lesono kasikho kuye.
And you know that he was manifested, that he might take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.
6 Wonke ohlala kuye koni; wonke owonayo kambonanga, futhi kamazanga.
Whoever abides in him, sins not. Whoever sins, has neither seen him nor known him.
7 Bantwanyana, kungabi khona olikhohlisayo; owenza ukulunga ulungile, njengoba yena elungile;
Little children, let no one deceive you: he that works righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 owenza isono uvela kudiyabhola, ngoba udiyabhola wona kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngalokhu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yabonakaliswa, ukuze ichithe imisebenzi kadiyabhola.
He that works sin is of the devil, for the devil sins from the beginning: for this purpose was the son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Wonke ozelwe nguNkulunkulu kenzi isono, ngoba inhlanyelo yakhe ihlala kuye; futhi angone, ngoba ezelwe nguNkulunkulu.
Whoever has been begotten of God does not work sin; because his seed remains in him: and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God.
10 Ngalokhu kuyabonakala abantwana bakaNkulunkulu labantwana bakadiyabhola; wonke ongenzi okulungileyo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, laye ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe.
By this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not work righteousness is not of God; neither is he that loves not his brother.
11 Ngoba yilo umbiko elawuzwa kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuthi asithandane;
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 kungenjengoKhayini owavela komubi, wasebulala umfowabo. Njalo kungani wambulala? Ngoba imisebenzi yakhe yayimibi, kodwa eyomfowabo yayilungile.
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and for what reason did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother’s, righteous.
13 Lingamangali bazalwane bami, uba umhlaba ulizonda.
Wonder not, my brethren, if the world hates you.
14 Thina siyazi ukuthi sesidlule ekufeni saya empilweni, ngoba siyabathanda abazalwane. Ongamthandiyo umzalwane uhlezi ekufeni.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he that loves not his brother, abides in death.
15 Wonke ozonda umzalwane wakhe ungumbulali; liyazi ukuthi kakho umbulali lakanye olempilo elaphakade ehlezi kuye. (aiōnios g166)
Whoever hates his brother, is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Ngalokhu siyalwazi uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ngoba yena wasibekela phansi impilo yakhe; lathi sifanele ukubabekela phansi impilo abazalwane.
By this we know the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 Kodwa loba ngubani olempahla yomhlaba, njalo ebona umzalwane wakhe eswele, abesemvalela imibilini yakhe, uthando lukaNkulunkulu luhlala njani kuye?
Whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts his heart against him, how dwells the love of God in him?
18 Bantwanyana bami, kasingathandi ngelizwi kumbe ngolimi, kodwa ngezenzo langeqiniso.
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
19 Futhi ngalokho siyazi ukuthi singabeqiniso, njalo sizaqinisa inhliziyo zethu phambi kwakhe,
And by this we know that we are of the truth; and we shall have our hearts at rest before him:
20 ngoba uba inhliziyo yethu isilahla, uNkulunkulu mkhulu kulenhliziyo yethu, futhi uyazi zonke izinto.
for if our heart condemn us, we know that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Bathandekayo, uba inhliziyo zethu zingasilahli, silesibindi kuNkulunkulu,
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God,
22 njalo loba yini esiyicelayo, siyayemukela ivela kuye, ngoba sigcina imilayo yakhe, njalo senza izinto ezithandekayo phambi kwakhe.
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Njalo yilo umlayo wakhe, ukuthi sikholwe ebizweni leNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu, njalo sithandane, njengoba wasipha umlayo.
And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 Logcina imilayo yakhe, uhlala kuye, laye kuye. Ngalokhu-ke siyazi ukuthi uhlala kithi, ngoMoya asiphe wona.
And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
