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.
Ovana vaKalunga novana vomuyelani
1 Taleni, ohole i fike opo Tate e tu pa, eshi hatu ifanwa ovana vaKalunga; ngaashi tu li yo. Onghee hano ounyuni inau tu shiiva, osheshi oo inau mu shiiva yo. 2 Ovaholike, paife otu li po ovana vaKalunga, ndele inashi holoka natango kutya, ohatu ka kaleni twa tya ngahelipi. Fye otu shi shii, Ye nge ta holoka, ohatu ka kaleni twe mu fa, osheshi fye ohatu ke mu mona ngaashi e li. 3 Ndele keshe tuu ou e nelineekelo eli oku mu lineekela ote liyelifa, ongaashi Ye a yela.
4 Keshe tuu ou ta longo oulunde, oye ta nyono yo omhango, osheshi oulunde oo okunyona omhango. 5 Ndele nye omu shi shii, Oye a holoka a kufe po omatimba; nomuye kamu na oulunde. 6 Keshe tuu ou ha kala muye, oye ita longo oulunde; keshe ou ha longo oulunde, oye ine mu mona ndele ine mu shiiva.
7 Ovamwange nye, muha pukifwe nande okulyelye! Ndele ou ha longo ouyuki, oye omuyuki, ngaashi Oye omuyuki. 8 Ndele ou ha longo oulunde, okwa dja muSatana, osheshi Satana nghee tuu a dja kehovelo, oha longo oulunde. Onghee hano Omona waKalunga a holoka, a hanaune po oilonga yaSatana. 9 Keshe tuu ou a dalwa muKalunga oye iha longo oulunde, osheshi ombuto yaKalunga otai kala muye; ndele ita dulu okulonga oulunde, osheshi oye a dalwa muKalunga. 10 Opo tuu opo tapa shiivika ovana vaKalunga novana vaSatana. Keshe tuu ou iha longo ouyuki, oye ke fi womuKalunga, naau ehe hole omumwaxe.
Haneendjovo nelaka ndelenee omoilonga nomoshili
11 Osheshi ondaka ei mwe i uda pehovelo, oyo ei, fye otu nokuholafana, 12 tuha fe Kain, ou a dja momunawii nokwa dipaa ondenge yaye. Okwe mu dipaela shike? Osheshi oilonga yaye oya li ii, ndele inya yondenge yaye oya li youyuki.
13 Ovamwatate nye, inamu kumwa ounyuni ngeenge tau mu tondo. 14 Fye otu shi shii, kutya otwa dja mo mefyo ndele twe uya momwenyo, osheshi fye otu li po tu hole ovamwatate. Ndele ou ehe nohole, oye oha fyaala mefyo. 15 Keshe ou ta tondo omumwaxe oye omudipai; ndele mu shi shii, kape nomudipai e nomwenyo waalushe tau kala muye. 16 Ohole yoovene otwa longwa oku i shiiva mwaashi, eshi e tu yandjela omwenyo waye; nafye yo otu nokuyandjela ovamwatate eemwenyo detu. 17 Ngeenge ope na ou e kwete emona lounyuni ou, ndele ta mono omumwaxe a hepa, ndele te mu kukutikile omutima waye, ohole yaKalunga otai kala mo ngahelipi muye? 18 Ovamwange, inatu kaleni nokuhola nondjovo nelaka, ndelenee omoilonga nomoshili!
19 Opo tuu opo hatu lidimbulukwa nokutya, ofye ovomoshili nohatu tulumukifa omutima wetu koshipala shaye, 20 osheshi omutima wetu ngeenge tau tu hokololifa, Kalunga Oye e dule omutima wetu, noinima aishe oku i shii. 21 Ovaholike, omutima wetu ngeenge itau tu hokololifa, opo otu neyombamo koshipala shaKalunga, 22 nakeshe tuu eshi hatu shi indile, ohatu shi pewa kuye, osheshi fye ohatu diinine oipango yaye nohatu longo eshi hashi mu wapalele. 23 Ndele oshipango shaye osho tuu eshi, tu itavele edina lOmona Jesus Kristus, fye tu kale nokuholafana, ngaashi Oye e tu pa oshipango. 24 Ndele ou ta diinine oipango yaye, oye ota kala muKalunga, naye ota kala muye. Ndele opo tuu opo tu shi shii Oye ha kala mufye, okOmhepo oyo e i tu pa.
