< 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 great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that 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 what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when he appears, 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.
Everyone who places this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
4 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀, ó ń rú òfin pẹ̀lú, nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni rírú òfin.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
5 Ẹ̀yin sì mọ̀ pé, òun farahàn láti mu ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kúrò; ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kò sì ṣí nínú rẹ̀.
But you know that he appeared in order to take away our sins, and in him there 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.
No one who abides in him continues in sin; no one who continues in sin has either seen him or 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 deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just 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.
Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to 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.
No one who has been born of God continues in sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot continue in sin, because he has been born 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 and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
11 Nítorí èyí ni iṣẹ́ tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́ ni àtètèkọ́ṣe, pé ki àwa fẹ́ràn ara wa.
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should 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.
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but the deeds of his brother were righteous.
13 Kì ẹnu má ṣe yà yín, ẹ̀yin ará mi, bí ayé bá kórìíra yín.
Do not be surprised, 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 from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love his 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)
Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer 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, that he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our 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?
If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need but closes his heart against 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, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and 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.
By this we know that we are of the truth and can reassure 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.
If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.
21 Olùfẹ́, bí ọkàn wa kò bá dá wa lẹ́bi, ǹjẹ́ àwa ni ìgboyà níwájú Ọlọ́run?
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before 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 receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what is 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 believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded.
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.
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.

< 1 John 3 >