Victory over the World
1 If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children. 2 If we love and obey God, we know we will love his children. 3 We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.
4 Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory. 5 No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.
Who Jesus Is
6 Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn't just water, but water and blood. The Spirit tells about this, because the Spirit is truthful. 7 In fact, there are three who tell about it. 8 They are the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and they all agree.
9 We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son. 10 If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar. 11 God has also said he gave us eternal life and this life comes to us from his Son. 12 And so, if we have God's Son, we have this life. But if we don't have the Son, we don't have this life.
Knowing about Eternal Life
13 All of you have faith in the Son of God, and I have written to let you know you have eternal life. 14 We are certain God will hear our prayers when we ask for what pleases him. 15 And if we know God listens when we pray, we are sure our prayers have already been answered.
16 Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and this person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly. 17 Everything that is wrong is sin, but not all sins are deadly.
18 We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.
19 We are certain we come from God and the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.
20 We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.
21 Children, you must stay away from idols.
Eṱe twa toṋa ouye
1 Ngu ma kambura kutja Jesus onguri Omutwirisiwa eye omuatje wa Ndjambi, nu ngwa suvera ihe yomuatje ngo, wa suvera omuatje we wina. 2 Eṱe matu tjiwa kutja twa suvera ovanatje va Ndjambi, indu tji matu suvere Ndjambi natu ṱakamisa omatwako we. 3 Norusuvero rwetu ku Ndjambi orondu tji matu ṱakamisa omatwako we. Nomatwako we kamazeu okuyeṱakamisa, 4 omuatje auhe wa Ndjambi tjinga ama yenene okutoṋa ouye. Noutoṋi mbu twa toṋa na wo ouye wa za mongamburiro yetu. 5 Owaṋi ngu ma toṋa ouye? Eye ngwi ngu ma kambura kutja Jesus, eye Omuna wa Ndjambi.
Okuhongonona Jesus Kristus
6 Jesus Kristus eye ngwi ngwe ya nomeva wombapitisimo ye nombinḓu yonḓiro ye. Eye ke ere nomeva porwe, nungwari weya nomeva nombinḓu. NOmbepo oini i hongonona kutja ihi ouatjiri, oyo tjinga ai ri ouatjiri. 7 Pe novahongonone vetatu: 8 Ombepo nomeva nombinḓu; naveyetatu mba ve yandja omahongononeno yemwe. 9 Eṱe tu kambura momahongononeno wovandu; nungwari inga omahongononeno wa Ndjambi omanamasa komeho, neye we ye hongononena Omuna we. 10 Okutja ingwi ngu ma kambura mOmuna wa Ndjambi u nomahongononeno nga momutima we, nungwari ingwi ngu ha kambura mu Ndjambi we mu isa po omunavizeze, tjinga e ha kamburire mu imbi Ndjambi mbya hungirira Omuna we. 11 Nomahongononeno owo nga: Ndjambi we tu pa omuinyo waaruhe, nomuinyo mbwi wa za mOmuna we. 12 Ingwi ngu nOmuna u nomuinyo mbwi; nu ingwi ngu hi nOmuna wa Ndjambi eye ke na imbwi omuinyo.
Omuinyo waaruhe
13 Ami orutuu ndwi me ru tjangere eṋe kokutja mu tjiwe kutja mu nomuinyo waaruhe, eṋe mba mbu mwa kambura mOmuna wa Ndjambi. 14 Eṱe tu yanḓipara komurungu wa Ndjambi, eye tjinga ama zuvire ozongumbiro zetu tji matu ningire ngamwa otjiṋa otja kombango ye. 15 Nu tjinga amatu tjiwa kutja eye u zuvira ozongumbiro zetu tji matu ningire otjiṋa komuhingo mbo, eṱe wina otjinga amatu tjiwa kutja ihi tji matu ningire eye me tu pe.
16 Omundu worive tja munu omukwao ngu ma tjiti ourunde mbu ha twara konḓiro, eye nga kumbe ku Ndjambi, neye me mu pe omuinyo. Ihi tji ri ku imba mbe tjita ourunde mbu ha twara konḓiro. Nungwari pe nourunde mbu twara konḓiro, nami hi nokutja eye nga kumbire ourunde mbwi ku Ndjambi. 17 Ouhasemba auhe owo ourunde, nungwari pe nourunde mbu ha twara konḓiro.
18 Eṱe matu tjiwa kutja kape nomuatje wa Ndjambi ngu panḓera pokutjita ourunde, orondu Omuna wa Ndjambi me mu ṱakamisa, nu ingwi umwe Omunauvi ke nokumutjita otjipo.
19 Matu tjiwa kutja oweṱe ova Ndjambi nandarire kutja ouye auhe u ri kehi youhonapare waingwi umwe Omunauvi.
20 Eṱe matu tjiwa kutja Omuna wa Ndjambi weya, nu we tu pa ozondunge kokutja tu tjiwe Ndjambi watjiri. Eṱe tu ri mu Ndjambi watjiri, mOmuna we Jesus Kristus. Jesus Kristus onguri Ndjambi watjiri, nongu ri omuinyo waaruhe. 21 Vanatje vandje, ritjevereye nawa koomukuru woposyo!
