1 Yohana 3
1 Oneni ni pendo la namna gani ametupatia Baba, kwamba tunaitwa watoto wa Mungu, na hivi ndivyo tulivyo. Kwa sababu hii ulimwengu haututambui kwa kuwa haukumtambua yeye.
See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
2 Wapendwa sisi sasa ni watoto wa Mungu, na haijadhihirika bado jinsi tutakavyokuwa. Twajua kwamba Kristo atakapoonekana, tutafanana naye, kwani tutamuona kama alivyo.
Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
3 Na kila mmoja ambaye ana ujasiri huu kuhusu wakati ujao ulioelekezwa kwake, hujitakasa mwenyewe kama yeye alivyo mtakatifu.
And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Kila mtu anayeendelea kutenda dhambi huvunja sheria. Kwa sababu dhambi ni uvunjaji sheria.
Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
5 Mnajua Kristo alidhihilishwa ili kuziondoa dhambi kabisa. Na ndani yake hamna dhambi.
And ye know that he has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.
6 Hakuna hata mmoja adumue ndani yake na kuendelea kutenda dhambi. Hakuna mtu hata mmoja adumuye katika dhambi ikiwa amemuona au kumfahamu yeye.
Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
7 Watoto wapendwa, msikubali kupotoshwa na mtu yeyote. Atendaye haki ni mwenye haki, kama vile Kristo naye alivyo mwenye haki.
Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 Atendaye dhambi ni wa ibilisi, kwa sababu ibilisi ni mtenda dhambi tangu mwanzo. Kwa sababu hii Mwana wa Mungu alidhihilishwa ili aweze kuziharibu kazi za ibilisi.
He that practises sin is of the devil; for from [the] beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil.
9 Yeyote aliyezaliwa na Mungu hatendi dhambi, kwa sababu mbegu ya Mungu hukaa ndani yake. Hawezi kuendelea kutenda dhambi kwa sababu amezaliwa na Mungu.
Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
10 Katika hili watoto wa Mungu na watoto wa ibilisi wanafahamika. Yeyote asiyetenda kilicho cha haki, siyo wa Mungu, wala yule ambaye hawezi kumpenda ndugu yake.
In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.
11 Kwani huu ndio ujumbe mliousikia kutoka mwanzo, kwamba tunapaswa kupendana sisi kwa sisi,
For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
12 siyo kama Kaini ambaye alikuwa wa mwovu na alimuua ndugu yake. Na kwa nini alimuua? Kwa sababu matendo yake yalikuwa maovu, na yale ya ndugu yake yalikuwa ya haki.
not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
13 Ndugu zangu, msishangae, endapo ulimwengu utawachukia.
Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
14 Twajua tumekwisha toka mautini na kuingia uzimani, kwa sababu tunawapenda ndugu. Yeyote ambaye hana upendo hudumu katika mauti.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.
15 Mtu yeyote anaye mchukia ndugu yake ni muuaji. Na mnajua kuwa uzima wa milele haukai ndani ya muuaji. (aiōnios g166)
Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Katika hili tunalijua pendo, kwa sababu kristo aliutoa uhai wake kwa ajili yetu. Nasi yatupasa kuyatoa maisha yetu kwa ajili ya ndugu.
Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.
17 Lakini yeyote aliye na vitu, na anamuona ndugu yake mwenye uhitaji, lakini huuzuia moyo wake wa huruma kwa ajili yake; je, upendo wa Mungu unakaaje ndani yake?
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
18 Watoto wangu wapenzi, tusipende kwa midomo wala kwa maneno matupu bali katika vitendo na kweli.
Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19 Katika hili tunajua kwamba sisi tuko katika kweli, na mioyo yetu inathibitika katika yeye.
And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him —
20 Ikiwa kama mioyo yetu yatuhukumu, Mungu ni mkuu kuliko mioyo yetu, na yeye hujua mambo yote.
that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21 Wapenzi, kama mioyo yetu haituhukumu, tunao ujasiri kwa Mungu.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,
22 Na chochote tuombacho tutakipokea kutoka kwake, kwa sababu tunazishika amri zake na tunafanya mambo yanayopendeza mbele zake.
and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
23 Na hii ndiyo amri yake- ya kwamba yatupasa kuamini katika jina la Mwanaye Yesu Kristo na kupendana sisi kwa sisi-kama alivyotupatia amri yake.
And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.
24 Anayezitii amri zake hudumu ndani yake, na Mungu hukaa ndani yake. Na kwa sababu hii twajua kuwa hukaa ndani yetu, Kwa yule Roho aliyetupa.
And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.
