< 1 Yohane 3 >
1 Monhwɛ ɔdɔ a Agya no dɔ yɛn. Ne dɔ a ɔdɔ yɛn no mu den enti wɔfrɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn mma. Na ɛyɛ nokorɛ nso. Ne saa enti ewiase nnim yɛn ɛfiri sɛ ɛnnim Onyankopɔn.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Me nuanom, seesei yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma, nanso deɛ daakye yɛbɛyɛ deɛ, yɛnnim. Nanso, yɛnim sɛ Kristo ba a, yɛbɛyɛ te sɛ ɔno, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛbɛhunu no sɛdeɛ ɔteɛ.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 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 Obiara a ɔwɔ saa anidasoɔ yi wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ne ho kronn sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ kronn no.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no bu Onyankopɔn mmara so, ɛfiri sɛ, bɔne yɛ mmara so buo.
Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 Monim sɛ Kristo baeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛfa nnipa bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno deɛ bɔne nni ne mu.
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Enti, obiara a ɔtena Kristo mu no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. Na obiara a ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nhunuu no, na ɔnnim no.
Whoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Mommma obi nnaadaa mo, me mma. Obiara a ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene no yɛ ɔteneneeni sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ ɔteneneeni no.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 Deɛ ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no yɛ ɔbonsam dea, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbonsam firi ahyɛaseɛ pɛɛ na ɔyɛɛ bɔne. Saa asɛm yi enti na Onyankopɔn Ba no baeɛ. Ɔbaeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe ɔbonsam nnwuma.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Obiara a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn su wɔ ne mu, na ɛsiane sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nʼAgya enti, ɔntumi nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne.
Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 Nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda Onyankopɔn mma ne ɔbonsam mma ntam ne sɛ, obi a ɔnyɛ papa anaa ɔnnɔ ne nua no nyɛ Onyankopɔn ba.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 Nsɛm a motee ahyɛaseɛ no kyerɛ sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho.
For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ sɛ Kain. Na ɔyɛ ɔbonsam dea. Enti ɔkumm nʼankasa ne nua. Adɛn enti na Kain kumm no? Ɛfiri sɛ, nneɛma a ɔyɛeɛ no yɛ bɔne, nanso ne nua no deɛ, ɔyɛɛ papa.
Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Enti, anuanom, sɛ ewiasefoɔ tane mo a, mommma ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 Yɛnim sɛ yɛafiri owuo mu aba nkwa mu. Yɛnim saa, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdɔ yɛn nuanom.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother, abideth in death.
15 Obi a ɔtan ne nua no yɛ owudifoɔ na monim nso sɛ owudifoɔ nni nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ wɔ ne mu. (aiōnios )
Whoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios )
16 Yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛdeɛ ɔdɔ teɛ. Kristo de ne nkwa maa yɛn. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛde yɛn nkwa ma yɛn nuanom.
By this we perceive the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
17 Sɛ obi yɛ ɔdefoɔ na ɔhunu sɛ biribi ho hia ne nua na wanhunu no mmɔbɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi aka sɛ ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn wɔ nʼakoma mu?
But he who hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 Me mma, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛn dɔ no yɛ kasa hunu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔdɔ turodoo a ɛnam nneyɛeɛ so da ne ho adi.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19 Yei na ɛbɛma yɛahunu sɛ yɛwɔ nokorɛ no. Yei na ɛbɛma yɛn akoma anya gyidie wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 Sɛ yɛn akoma bu yɛn fɔ mpo a, yɛnim sɛ Onyankopɔn so sene yɛn akoma na ɔnim biribiara.
For if our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Enti, anuanom adɔfoɔ, sɛ yɛn akoma ammu yɛn fɔ a, yɛwɔ akokoɔduru wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, [then] have we confidence towards God.
22 Biribiara a yɛbisa no no, yɛn nsa ka, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdi ne mmara so na yɛyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ nso.
And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Ne mmara no ka sɛ, yɛnnye ne Ba Yesu Kristo no din mu na yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho sɛdeɛ Kristo hyɛɛ yɛn no.
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 Obiara a ɔdi Onyankopɔn mmara so no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Na yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛ Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu. Yɛnim no saa ɛsiane Honhom a wama yɛn no enti.
And he that keepeth his commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.