The Word of Life
1 We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it. 2 When this life became visible, we saw it; so we speak of it and tell you about the eternal life which was with the Father and was made known to us. 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We write this in order that our joy may be complete.
God Is Light
5 Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. 6 If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions. 7 But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.
Embo ondi ri Omuinyo
1 Eye wa kara ko okuza kombutiro. Eṱe oveni twe mu zuva; twe mu muna nomeho wetu oveni; ii, twe mu muna natu ṱunu ko nomake wetu. Eye Embo, neye Omuinyo. 2 Nu Omuinyo mbwi tji wa munika, eṱe twe u muna, noweṱe ovahongonone vawo. Eṱe matu mu zuvarisire imbwi Omuinyo waaruhe mbwa ri pu Ihe nu mbwa tjiukisiwa ku eṱe. 3 Neye ngwi ngu twa muna nu ngu twa zuva ongu matu mu zuvarisire, kokutja eṋe mu kare noruwano na eṱe, indwi ndu tu na rwo na Ihe nOmuna we Jesus Kristus. 4 Nomambo nga matu ye tjangere kutja enyando retu ri urisiwe.
Ndjambi Ondjerera
5 Nambano indji ombuze ndji twa zuva mOmuna we nu ndji twe mu zuvarisira, oyo ndji: Ndjambi ondjerera nu mu ye kamu nonḓorera nangarire kaṱiṱi. 6 Nu tji twa tja tu noruwano na ye amatu ryanga monḓorera, okutja matu kora ovizeze momambo na movitjitwa vyetu. 7 Nungwari tji matu ryanga mondjerera otja eye tjinga e ri mondjerera, okutja matu karasana noruwano, nombinḓu ya Jesus, Omuna we, mai tu kohorora kourunde auhe.
8 Tji matu tja katu nourunde, matu riwovisa oveni, nu mu eṱe kamu nouatjiri. 9 Nungwari tji matu hepura ourunde wetu ku Ndjambi, eye omuṱakame nomusemba, nu me tu isire ourunde wetu ne tu kohorora komauhasemba wetu aehe. 10 Tji matu tja katu tjiti ourunde, Ndjambi matu mu ruku omunavizeze, nembo re kari mo mu eṱe.
