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.
Ohapu yomwenyo
1 Otse otatu mu tseyithile Ohapu yomwenyo ya li ko okuza ketameko, ndjoka twe yi uva notwe yi mona nomeho getu yene. Eeno, tse otwe yi mona, niikaha yetu oye yi guma. 2 Omwenyo nguka sho gwa holoka, otwe gu mono, onkee otatu gu popi notatu mu hokololele omwenyo gwaaluhe, ngoka gwa li puTate notwe gu tseyithilwa. 3 Shoka twe shi mono notwe shi uvu, otatu shi mu hokololele wo, opo mu kale pamwe natse muukumwe mboka tse tu u na naTate nOmwana Jesus Kristus. 4 Shika otatu shi mu nyolele, opo enyanyu lyetu li kale lya gwanenena.
Kalunga oye uuyelele
5 Ano elaka ndyoka tse twa uvu kOmwana, otatu li mu tseyithile kutya Kalunga oye uuyelele, muye kamu na nando omilema dhasha. 6 Onkee ano ngele otatu ti kutya otu na uukumwe naye, ihe natango otu li momilema, nena otu na iifundja moohapu dhetu nosho wo miilonga yetu, tse ihatu longo sha shoshili. 7 Ihe ngele tatu kala muuyelele, ngashika naanaa ye e li muuyelele, nena otu na uukumwe mokati ketu, nombinzi yOmwana Jesus otayi tu yogo oondjo dhetu adhihe.
8 Ngele otatu ti kutya katu na oondjo, nena otatu ipukitha tse yene, noshili kayi mo mutse. 9 Ihe ngele tatu hempululile Kalunga oondjo dhetu, nena otatu vulu oku mu inekela, oshoka oye ota longo shoka shu uka. Oye ote tu dhimine po oondjo dhetu e te tu yogo omayono getu agehe. 10 Ngele tatu ti kutya inatu yona sha, nena otatu lundile Kalunga kutya oye omufundja, notashi holola kutya oohapu dhe kadhi mo mutse.
