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.
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.
