Johane I 3
1 Bonang ka fa Rraarona wa legodimo a re ratang ka teng, gonne o re letla go bidiwa bana ba gagwe, akanyang ka gone, re bana ba gagwe tota! Mme ka batho ba le bantsi ba sa itse Modimo, ka tlholego ga ba tlhaloganye gore re bana ba One.
Behold then what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: though for this reason the world knoweth us not, because it knew not Him.
2 Ee, ditsala tse di rategang, re setse re le bana ba Modimo gone jaanong jaana, ebile ga re kake ra akanyetsa gore go tlaa nna jang kwa morago. Mme re itse se, gore fa a tla re tshwana nae, gonne re tlaa mmona fela jaaka a ntse.
Beloved, we are now the children of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be: we know however, that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
3 Mme mongwe le mongwe yo o dumelang se, ka botlalo, o tlaa leka go nna phepa gonne Keresete o phepa.
And every one, that hath this hope in Him, purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
4 Mme ba ba tswelelang ka go leofa ba kgatlhanong le Modimo, gonne sebe sengwe le sengwe se dirwa kgatlhanong le keletso ya Modimo.
Every one that committeth sin, transgresseth the law; for sin is the violation of the law.
5 Ebile lo itse gore o ne a nna motho gore a tle a tlose dibe tsa rona, le gore ga gona boleo mo go ene, thato ya Modimo ga e ke e tlhokafala mo go ene.
And ye know that He was manifested, to take away our sins: and in Him there is no sin.
6 Mme jalo fa re nna mo go ene re mo obamela, re tlaa bo re sa leofe ka tsela epe; mme kaga ba ba tswelelang ba leofa, ba tshwanetse go lemoga se: gore ba leofa ka ntlha ya gore ga ba ise ba ke ba bo ba mo itse kgotsa ba nne ba gagwe.
Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, nor known Him.
7 Ao bana ba me ba ba rategang, se letleng ope go lo tsietsa kaga se: fa lo dira se se molemo ka malatsi otlhe, ke ka ntlha ya gore lo molemo, fela jaaka a ntse.
Little children, let no one deceive you: he that practiseth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous:
8 Mme fa lo tswelela lo leofa, go supa gore lo ba ga Satane, yo o saleng e re a simolola go leofa a bo a nna fela mo boleong. Mme Morwa Modimo o tletse go senya tsone ditiro tse tsa ga diabolo.
he, that makes a practise of sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. And for this the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Motho yo o tsaletsweng mo go ba ntlo ya Modimo ga a leofe, gonne jaanong botshelo jwa Modimo bo mo go ene: jalo ga a kake a nna a tswelela ka go leofa, gonne botshelo jo bosha bo tsetswe mo go ene ebile bo a mo laola, o tsetswe sesha.
Whosoever is born of God doth not practise sin, because his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 Jaanong re ka bolela gore ngwana wa Modimo ke ofe le gore yo e leng wa ga Satane ke ofe. Le fa e le mang yo o tshelang botshelo jwa sebe ebile a sa rate mogagabo o supa gore ga se wa ba ntlo ya Modimo;
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doth not practise righteousness, and he who loveth not his brother, is not of God:
11 gonne molaetsa o o tsileng mo go rona go tswa tshimologong wa re re ratane.
for this is the injunction which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother;
12 Ga re a tshwanela go nna jaaka Kaene, yo a neng a nna wa ga Satane a bo a bolaya monnawe? O mmolaetse eng? Ke ka ntlha ya gore Kaene o ne a ntse a dira bosula ebile a itse sentle gore botshelo jwa ga monnawe bo botoka go na le jwa gagwe.
and why did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Ke gone se hakgamaleng ditsala tse di rategang fa lefatshe le lo ila.
Wonder not then, my brethren, if the world hate you:
14 Fa re rata Bakeresete ba bangwe, go supa gore re golotswe mo moleteng re filwe botshelo ja bo sa khutleng. Mme motho yo o senang lorato mo go ba bangwe o emetswe ke loso lo lo kwa pele.
since we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he, that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.
15 Le fa e le mang yo o ilang Mokeresete ka ene ke mmolai tota mo pelong; mme lo itse gore ga go na mmolai ope yo botshelo ja bosakhutleng bo leng mo go ene. (aiōnios g166)
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Re itse gore lorato lwa boammaaruri ke eng ka go tsaya malebela mo go re sweleng ga ga Keresete e le sesupo. Mme le rona re tshwanetse go ntshetsa ba ga rona ba Bakeresetse matshelo a rona setlhabelo.
In this we know his love, that He laid down his life for us: and we should be ready to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 Mme fa mongwe yo o tshwanetseng go bo e le Mokeresete tota a na le madi a a lekanyeng gore a mo tshedise sentle, go bo go diragala gore a bone mogagabo yo o tlhokang, mme a bo a sa mo thuse, lorato lwa Modimo lo ka nna jang mo go ene.
But if any one, who hath the good things of the world, seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 Bananyana, re khutliseng go nna re bua puo ya molomo fela re re re rata batho; a re ba rateng ka boammaaruri, re bo re go supe ka ditiro tsa rona.
My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.
19 Hong re tlaa itse tota ka ditiro tsa rona gore re ka fa lotlhakoreng lwa Modimo, le matswalo a rona a tlaa sedimosega, le fa re ema fa pele ga Morena.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
20 Mme fa re na le matswalo a a sa siamang re bo re ikutlwa gore re dirile molato, Morena o tlaa ikutlwa fela jalo ka rona gonne o itse sengwe le sengwe se re se dirang.
For, if our heart condemn us, God is still greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Mme ditsala tse di rategang, fa matswalo a rona a siame, re ka tla kwa Moreneng ka go tlhomamisa le go ikanya,
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God:
22 gore re amogele sengwe le sengwe se re se lopang gonne re a mo obamela ebile re dira dilo tse di mo itumedisang.
and whatsoever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Mme se ke sone se Modimo o reng re se dire: re dumele mo leineng la Morwaone Jesu Keresete, re bo re ratane.
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He hath given us a charge to do.
24 Ba ba dirang se Modimo o se buang, ba nna le Modimo mme le One o nna nabo, re itse gore se ke boammaaruri gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o o o re neileng o re bolelela jalo.
And he, that keepeth his commandments, abideth in Him, and He in him: and hereby we know that He abideth in us, even by the Spirit which He hath given us.
