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.
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 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 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 Olúkúlùkù ẹni tí ó ba sì ní ìrètí yìí nínú rẹ̀, ń wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́, àní bí òun ti mọ́.
and everyone who is having this hope on Him, purifies himself, even as He is pure.
4 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀, ó ń rú òfin pẹ̀lú, nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni rírú òfin.
Everyone who is doing sin, he 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 you have known that He appeared that He may take away our sins, and sin is not in Him;
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.
everyone who is remaining in Him does not sin; everyone who is sinning, has not seen Him, nor 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 one lead you astray; he who is doing righteousness is righteous, even as He 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, 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 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.
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 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.
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 Nítorí èyí ni iṣẹ́ tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́ ni àtètèkọ́ṣe, pé ki àwa fẹ́ràn ara wa.
because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another,
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 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 Kì ẹnu má ṣe yà yín, ẹ̀yin ará mi, bí ayé bá kórìíra yín.
Do not wonder, 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 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 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)
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 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.
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 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?
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 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, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work 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 in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,
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 may condemn—because greater is God than our heart, and He knows all things.
21 Olùfẹ́, bí ọkàn wa kò bá dá wa lẹ́bi, ǹjẹ́ àwa ni ìgboyà níwájú Ọlọ́run?
Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness 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 commands, and we do the things pleasing before Him,
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 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 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 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.
