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1 Khangelani uthando olungaka asinika lona uYise ukuthi sithiwe singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Ngenxa yalokho umhlaba kawusazi, ngoba ungamazanga yena.
See what love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God; because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
2 Bathandekayo, khathesi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, njalo kakukabonakali esizakuba yikho. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi uba ebonakala, sizakuba njengaye, ngoba sizambona njengoba enjalo.
Beloved, now, we are children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we will be. We have known that if He may have appeared, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is;
3 Laye wonke olalelithemba kuye uyazihlambulula, njengoba yena ehlambulukile.
and everyone who is having this hope on Him, purifies himself, even as He is pure.
4 Wonke owenza isono weqa lomlayo; ngoba isono siyikweqa umlayo.
Everyone who is doing sin, he also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness,
5 Njalo liyazi ukuthi yena wabonakaliswa, ukuze asuse izono zethu; lesono kasikho kuye.
and you have known that He appeared that He may take away our sins, and sin is not in Him;
6 Wonke ohlala kuye koni; wonke owonayo kambonanga, futhi kamazanga.
everyone who is remaining in Him does not sin; everyone who is sinning, has not seen Him, nor known Him.
7 Bantwanyana, kungabi khona olikhohlisayo; owenza ukulunga ulungile, njengoba yena elungile;
Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing 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 who is doing sin, he is of the Devil, because the Devil sins from the beginning; for this [reason] the Son of God appeared, that He may undo the works of the Devil;
9 Wonke ozelwe nguNkulunkulu kenzi isono, ngoba inhlanyelo yakhe ihlala kuye; futhi angone, ngoba ezelwe nguNkulunkulu.
everyone who has been begotten of God, he does not sin, because His seed remains in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been begotten of God.
10 Ngalokhu kuyabonakala abantwana bakaNkulunkulu labantwana bakadiyabhola; wonke ongenzi okulungileyo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, laye ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe.
In this are revealed the children of God, and the children of the Devil; everyone who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,
11 Ngoba yilo umbiko elawuzwa kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuthi asithandane;
because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another,
12 kungenjengoKhayini owavela komubi, wasebulala umfowabo. Njalo kungani wambulala? Ngoba imisebenzi yakhe yayimibi, kodwa eyomfowabo yayilungile.
not as Cain—he was of the evil one, and he slew his brother. And for [what] reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother [were] righteous.
13 Lingamangali bazalwane bami, uba umhlaba ulizonda.
Do not wonder, my brothers, if the world hates you;
14 Thina siyazi ukuthi sesidlule ekufeni saya empilweni, ngoba siyabathanda abazalwane. Ongamthandiyo umzalwane uhlezi ekufeni.
we have known that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers; he who is not loving [his] brother remains in death.
15 Wonke ozonda umzalwane wakhe ungumbulali; liyazi ukuthi kakho umbulali lakanye olempilo elaphakade ehlezi kuye. (aiōnios g166)
Everyone who is hating his brother is a manslayer, and you have known that no manslayer has continuous life remaining in him; (aiōnios g166)
16 Ngalokhu siyalwazi uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ngoba yena wasibekela phansi impilo yakhe; lathi sifanele ukubabekela phansi impilo abazalwane.
in this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brothers;
17 Kodwa loba ngubani olempahla yomhlaba, njalo ebona umzalwane wakhe eswele, abesemvalela imibilini yakhe, uthando lukaNkulunkulu luhlala njani kuye?
and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his yearnings from him—how does the love of God remain in him?
18 Bantwanyana bami, kasingathandi ngelizwi kumbe ngolimi, kodwa ngezenzo langeqiniso.
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth!
19 Futhi ngalokho siyazi ukuthi singabeqiniso, njalo sizaqinisa inhliziyo zethu phambi kwakhe,
And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,
20 ngoba uba inhliziyo yethu isilahla, uNkulunkulu mkhulu kulenhliziyo yethu, futhi uyazi zonke izinto.
because if our heart may condemn—because greater is God than our heart, and He knows all things.
21 Bathandekayo, uba inhliziyo zethu zingasilahli, silesibindi kuNkulunkulu,
Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
22 njalo loba yini esiyicelayo, siyayemukela ivela kuye, ngoba sigcina imilayo yakhe, njalo senza izinto ezithandekayo phambi kwakhe.
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commands, and we do the things pleasing before Him,
23 Njalo yilo umlayo wakhe, ukuthi sikholwe ebizweni leNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu, njalo sithandane, njengoba wasipha umlayo.
and this is His command, that we may believe in the Name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He gave command to us,
24 Logcina imilayo yakhe, uhlala kuye, laye kuye. Ngalokhu-ke siyazi ukuthi uhlala kithi, ngoMoya asiphe wona.
and he who is keeping His commands, remains in Him, and He in him; and in this we know that He remains in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
