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.
1 The Word that gives life
was from the beginning,
and this is the one
our message is about.
Our ears have heard,
our eyes have seen,
and our hands have touched
this Word.
2 The one who gives life appeared! We saw it happen, and we are witnesses to what we have seen. Now we are telling you about this eternal life that was with the Father and appeared to us. 3 We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.
God Is Light
5 Jesus told us God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.
6 If we say we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth. 7 But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. 8 If we say we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his message isn't in our hearts.
