1 Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are. 2 My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is. 3 This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ is holy.
4 Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law. 5 You know Christ came to take away our sins. He isn't sinful, 6 and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.
7 Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself. 8 Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done. 9 God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning. 10 You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.
Love Each Other
11 From the beginning you were told we must love each other. 12 Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil. 13 My friends, don't be surprised if the people of this world hate you. 14 Our love for each other proves we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.
15 If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know murderers do not have eternal life. 16 We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other. 17 If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God. 18 Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
19 When we love others, we know we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. 20 But even if we don't feel at ease, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him. 22 He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him. 23 God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do. 24 If we obey God's commandments, we will stay one in our hearts with him, and he will stay one with us. The Spirit he has given us is proof that we are one with him.
Ovanatje va Ndjambi
1 Tareye orusuvero Tate ndwe tu suvera na ro! Orusuvero rwe orunene tjinene, nga tjime tu isana kutja oweṱe ovanatje va Ndjambi, nu wina otjinga atu ri nao. Ouye opu u ha zu okututjiwa, tjinga au he i Ndjambi. 2 Vakwetu ovasuverwa, nambano oweṱe ovanatje va Ndjambi, nu ingee kapeya raisiwa ongahukiro kutja matu kasana pi. Nungwari matu tjiwa kutja eye tja munika eṱe matu sana ku ye, orondu matu mu munu otja tjinga e ri, 3 nu auhe ngu nomaundjiro nga mu Kristus me ritjindi oukohoke otja Kristus tjinga e ri omukohoke.
4 Ingwi ngu ma tjiti ourunde u nondjo yokukatuka omatwako wa Ndjambi. 5 Eṋe mamu tjiwa kutja Kristus we era okuisapo ourunde, nu wina mamu tjiwa kutja mu ye kamu nourunde. 6 Nauhe ngu ma kara noruwano na Kristus ke nokupanḓera pokutjita ourunde, nungwari ingwi ngu ma panḓere pokutjita ourunde eye ke na pe mu munine nu ke na pe mu tjivirwe.
7 Ape ningi omundu ngu me mu pukisa, vanatje vandje! Ingwi ngu ma tjiti ousemba eye omusemba otja Kristus punga e ri omusemba. 8 Ingwi ngu ma panḓere pokutjita ourunde eye owa Satan, orondu Satan wa tjita ourunde okuza kombutiro. Nu Omuna wa Ndjambi otjiṋa tje era porwatjo okongwi okuyekuyandeka imbi oviungura vya Satan.
9 Ingwi ngu ri omuatje wa Ndjambi ke nokupanḓera pokuhupa mourunde, Ombepo ya Ndjambi omuini tjinga ai ri mu ye; nu Ndjambi tjinga e ri Ihe, eye otjinga e hi nokusokupanḓera pokuhupa mourunde. 10 Mu ihi otjinga e ri ongahukiro kutja ovanatje va Ndjambi ooveṋe nu imba ova Satan ooveṋe: Auhe ngu hi nokutjita ousemba, nu ngu ha suverere omukwao, eye kamuatje wa Ndjambi.
Suverasaneye
11 Ombuze ndji mwa zuva okuza kombutiro oyo ndji: Ngatu suverasane. 12 Eṱe atu ha sana ku Kain; eye wa ri owaingwi Omunauvi, nu wa zepere omuangu we omuini Abel. Neye we mu zepera tjike? Omotjimbe tjokutja ozondjito ze za ri ozombi, nu inḓa ozomuangu we za ri ozombwa.
13 Nu amu kumwa, vakwetu, ovature wouye tji mave mu tondo. 14 Matu tjiwa kutja twa za monḓiro natu kondo komuinyo, tjinga atwa suvera ovakwetu. Ingwi ngu ha suvere ma kara momasa wonḓiro. 15 Ingwi ngu ma tondo omukwao eye omuzepe, nu mamu tjiwa kutja omuzepe auhe ngamwa kamaa rumata omuinyo waaruhe. 16 Orusuvero matu ru tjivirwa komuhingo mbwi: Kristus wa yandjera eṱe omuinyo we. Eṱe wina opu tu sokuyandjera ovakwetu ominyo vyetu! 17 Omutumbe tja munu omukwao ngu nouhepe ne mu pe etambo, orusuvero rwa Ndjambi maru karere pi mu ye? 18 Vanatje vandje, orusuvero rwetu aru rire omambo nokuhungira porwako; ngaru rire orusuvero rwouatjiri, nu ngaru riraise oruini movitjitwa.
Okuyanḓipara komurungu wa Ndjambi
19 Nu komuhingo mbwi otji matu tjiwa kutja oweṱe ovandu wouatjiri; notji matu kara nouatjiri momitima vyetu komurungu wa Ndjambi. 20 Omitima vyetu tji mavi tu pangura, eṱe matu tjiwa kutja Ndjambi omunene pomitima vyetu, nokutja eye u tjiwa avihe. 21 Nu vakwetu ovasuverwa, omitima vyetu tji vi hi nokutupangura, eṱe matu yanḓipara komurungu wa Ndjambi. 22 Nu atjihe tji matu mu ningire eye u tu pa, eṱe tjinga atu ṱakamisa omatwako we, nu tjinga atu tjita imbi mbi tjata ku ye. 23 Netwako re okongwi okutja tu kambure mOmuna we Jesus Kristus, nokutja tu suverasane otja petu rakiza. 24 Ingwi ngu ma ṱakamisa omatwako wa Ndjambi ma kara mu ye. Nu motjimbe tjOmbepo Ndjambi ndje tu pa, eṱe matu tjiwa kutja Ndjambi u ri mu eṱe.
