١ يوحنَّا 3

١ 1 اُنْظُرُوا أَيَّةَ مَحَبَّةٍ أَعْطَانَا ٱلْآبُ حَتَّى نُدْعَى أَوْلَادَ ٱللهِ! مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا لَا يَعْرِفُنَا ٱلْعَالَمُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ.

[Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].

٢ 2 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، ٱلْآنَ نَحْنُ أَوْلَادُ ٱللهِ، وَلَمْ يُظْهَرْ بَعْدُ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ. وَلَكِنْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا أُظْهِرَ نَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لِأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ كَمَا هُوَ.

Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.

٣ 3 وَكُلُّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ هَذَا ٱلرَّجَاءُ بِهِ، يُطَهِّرُ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا هُوَ طَاهِرٌ.

[So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.

٤ 4 كُلُّ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ يَفْعَلُ ٱلتَّعَدِّيَ أَيْضًا. وَٱلْخَطِيَّةُ هِيَ ٱلتَّعَدِّي.

But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.

٥ 5 وَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ذَاكَ أُظْهِرَ لِكَيْ يَرْفَعَ خَطَايَانَا، وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ خَطِيَّةٌ.

You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.

٦ 6 كُلُّ مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ لَا يُخْطِئُ. كُلُّ مَنْ يُخْطِئُ لَمْ يُبْصِرْهُ وَلَا عَرَفَهُ.

Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.

٧ 7 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَوْلَادُ، لَا يُضِلَّكُمْ أَحَدٌ: مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَهُوَ بَارٌّ، كَمَا أَنَّ ذَاكَ بَارٌّ.

[So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.

٨ 8 مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ فَهُوَ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ، لِأَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ يُخْطِئُ. لِأَجْلِ هَذَا أُظْهِرَ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ لِكَيْ يَنْقُضَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْلِيسَ.

[But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.

٩ 9 كُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ لَا يَفْعَلُ خَطِيَّةً، لِأَنَّ زَرْعَهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ لِأَنَّهُ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ.

People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.

١٠ 10 بِهَذَا أَوْلَادُ ٱللهِ ظَاهِرُونَ وَأَوْلَادُ إِبْلِيسَ: كُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱللهِ، وَكَذَا مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ.

Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْخَبَرُ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ: أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا.

The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.

١٢ 12 لَيْسَ كَمَا كَانَ قَايِينُ مِنَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ وَذَبَحَ أَخَاهُ. وَلِمَاذَا ذَبَحَهُ؟ لِأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، وَأَعْمَالَ أَخِيهِ بَارَّةٌ.

[We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.

١٣ 13 لَا تَتَعَجَّبُوا يَا إِخْوَتِي إِنْ كَانَ ٱلْعَالَمُ يُبْغِضُكُمْ.

You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.

١٤ 14 نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّنَا قَدِ ٱنْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلْحَيَاةِ، لِأَنَّنَا نُحِبُّ ٱلْإِخْوَةَ. مَنْ لَا يُحِبَّ أَخَاهُ يَبْقَ فِي ٱلْمَوْتِ.

We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.

١٥ 15 كُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخَاهُ فَهُوَ قَاتِلُ نَفْسٍ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ قَاتِلِ نَفْسٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ. (aiōnios g166)

Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

١٦ 16 بِهَذَا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ: أَنَّ ذَاكَ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِنَا، فَنَحْنُ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ نُفُوسَنَا لِأَجْلِ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ.

The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.

١٧ 17 وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَعِيشَةُ ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَنَظَرَ أَخَاهُ مُحْتَاجًا، وَأَغْلَقَ أَحْشَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَثْبُتُ مَحَبَّةُ ٱللهِ فِيهِ؟

Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].

١٨ 18 يَا أَوْلَادِي، لَا نُحِبَّ بِٱلْكَلَامِ وَلَا بِٱللِّسَانِ، بَلْ بِٱلْعَمَلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ!

[I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!

١٩ 19 وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنُسَكِّنُ قُلُوبَنَا قُدَّامَهُ.

When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ لَامَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا فَٱللهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَيَعْلَمُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

[We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].

٢١ 21 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، إِنْ لَمْ تَلُمْنَا قُلُوبُنَا، فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ ٱللهِ.

Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.

٢٢ 22 وَمَهْمَا سَأَلْنَا نَنَالُ مِنْهُ، لِأَنَّنَا نَحْفَظُ وَصَايَاهُ، وَنَعْمَلُ ٱلْأَعْمَالَ ٱلْمَرْضِيَّةَ أَمَامَهُ.

And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.

٢٣ 23 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ وَصِيَّتُهُ: أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِٱسْمِ ٱبْنِهِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا كَمَا أَعْطَانَا وَصِيَّةً.

[I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].

٢٤ 24 وَمَنْ يَحْفَظْ وَصَايَاهُ يَثْبُتْ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِيهِ. وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا: مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَانَا.

Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.