1 John 3
1 Ẹ wo irú ìfẹ́ tí Baba fi fẹ́ wa, tí a fi ń pè wá ní ọmọ Ọlọ́run; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a sá à jẹ́. Nítorí èyí ni ayé kò ṣe mọ̀ wá, nítorí tí kò mọ̀ ọ́n.
Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.
2 Olùfẹ́, ọmọ Ọlọ́run ni àwa ń ṣe nísinsin yìí, a kò ì tí i fihàn bí àwa ó ti rí: àwa mọ̀ pé, nígbà tí òun ba farahàn, àwa yóò dàbí rẹ̀; nítorí àwa yóò rí i, àní bí òun tí rí.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
3 Olúkúlùkù ẹni tí ó ba sì ní ìrètí yìí nínú rẹ̀, ń wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́, àní bí òun ti mọ́.
And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.
4 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀, ó ń rú òfin pẹ̀lú, nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni rírú òfin.
Every man doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
5 Ẹ̀yin sì mọ̀ pé, òun farahàn láti mu ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kúrò; ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kò sì ṣí nínú rẹ̀.
And ye know that that man was made known so that he might take up our sins. And in him is no sin.
6 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ba ń gbé inú rẹ̀ kì í dẹ́ṣẹ̀; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sì ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀ kò rí i, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò mọ̀ ọ́n.
Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.
7 Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni tàn yín, ẹni tí ó bá ń ṣe òdodo, ó jásí olódodo, gẹ́gẹ́ bí òun tí jẹ olódodo.
Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.
8 Ẹni tí ó ba ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀ tí èṣù ni; nítorí láti àtètèkọ́ṣe ni èṣù ti ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀. Nítorí èyí ni Ọmọ Ọlọ́run ṣe farahàn, kí ó lè pa iṣẹ́ èṣù run.
He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí a ti ipa Ọlọ́run bí, kì í dẹ́ṣẹ̀; nítorí tí irú rẹ̀ ń gbé inú rẹ̀, kò sì lè dẹ́ṣẹ̀ nítorí pé a ti ti ipa Ọlọ́run bí i.
Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
10 Nínú èyí ni àwọn ọmọ Ọlọ́run ń farahàn, àti àwọn ọmọ èṣù; ẹnikẹ́ni tí kò ba ń ṣe òdodo, àti ẹni tí kò fẹ́ràn arákùnrin rẹ̀ kì í ṣe ti Ọlọ́run.
By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.
11 Nítorí èyí ni iṣẹ́ tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́ ni àtètèkọ́ṣe, pé ki àwa fẹ́ràn ara wa.
Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.
12 Kì í ṣe bí Kaini, tí í ṣe ẹni búburú, tí o sì pa arákùnrin rẹ̀. Nítorí kín ni ó sì ṣe pa á? Nítorí tí iṣẹ́ tirẹ̀ jẹ́ búburú ṣùgbọ́n tí arákùnrin rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ òdodo.
Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.
13 Kì ẹnu má ṣe yà yín, ẹ̀yin ará mi, bí ayé bá kórìíra yín.
Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 Àwa mọ̀ pé àwa tí rékọjá láti inú ikú sínú ìyè, nítorí tí àwa fẹ́ràn àwọn ará. Ẹni tí kò ba ni ìfẹ́, ó ń gbé inú ikú.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who is not loving the brother abides in death.
15 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ba kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀ apànìyàn ni, ẹ̀yin sì mọ́ pé kò sí apànìyàn tí ó ni ìyè àìnípẹ̀kun láti máa gbé inú rẹ̀. (aiōnios g166)
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 Nípa èyí ni àwa mọ ìfẹ́ nítorí tí ó fi ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ lélẹ̀ fún wa, ó sì yẹ kí àwa fi ẹ̀mí wa lélẹ̀ fún àwọn ará.
By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó bá ni ohun ìní ayé, tí ó sì ri arákùnrin rẹ̀ tí ó ṣe aláìní, tí ó sì sé ìlẹ̀kùn ìyọ́nú rẹ̀ mọ́ ọn, báwo ni ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run ṣe ń gbé inú rẹ̀?
But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí a fi ọ̀rọ̀ tàbí ahọ́n fẹ́ràn, bí kò ṣe ni ìṣe àti ní òtítọ́.
My little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19 Àti nípa èyí ni àwa ó mọ̀ pé àwa jẹ́ ti òtítọ́, àti pé àwa ó sì fi ọkàn ara wa balẹ̀ níwájú rẹ̀.
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him.
20 Nínú ohunkóhun tí ọkàn wa bá ń dá wa lẹ́bi; nítorí pé Ọlọ́run tóbi ju ọkàn wa lọ, ó sì mọ ohun gbogbo.
Because if our heart should condemn us, that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Olùfẹ́, bí ọkàn wa kò bá dá wa lẹ́bi, ǹjẹ́ àwa ni ìgboyà níwájú Ọlọ́run?
Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,
22 Àti ohunkóhun tí àwa bá béèrè, ni àwa ń rí gbà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, nítorí tí àwa ń pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, àwa sì ń ṣe àwọn nǹkan tí ó dára lójú rẹ̀.
and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.
23 Èyí sì ni òfin rẹ̀, pé kí àwa gba orúkọ Jesu Kristi Ọmọ rẹ̀ gbọ́, kí a sì fẹ́ràn ara wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó tí fi òfin fún wa.
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.
24 Ẹni tí ó bá sì pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́ ń gbé inú rẹ̀, àti òun nínú rẹ̀. Àti nípa èyí ni àwa mọ̀ pé ó ń gbé inú wa, nípa Ẹ̀mí tí ó fi fún wa.
And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.
