1 John 3
1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
Glejte, koliko ljubezen nam je dal oče, da se imenujemo otroci Božji. Zato nas svet ne spoznava, ker ni njega spoznal.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
Ljubljeni, sedaj smo otroci Božji; in ni se še pokazalo, kaj bodemo; vemo pa, da, kader se pokaže, bodemo njemu enaki, ker ga bodemo videli, kakor je.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
In vsak, kdor ima upanje to v njega, posvečuje se, kakor je on svet.
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Vsak, kdor dela greh, dela tudi krivico; in greh je krivica.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
In veste, da se je on prikazal, da vzame grehe naše; in greha ni v njem.
6 Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
Vsak, kdor v njem ostane, ne greši; vsak, kdor greši, ni ga videl, in ni ga spoznal.
7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Otročiči, nihče naj vas ne slepi; kdor dela pravico, je pravičen, kakor je on pravičen.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Kdor dela greh, je iz hudiča; ker hudič greši od začetka. Za to se je prikazal sin Božji, da razdene dela hudičeva.
9 Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
Vsak, kdor je rojen iz Boga, ne dela greha, ker seme njegovo ostaja v njem; in grešiti ne more, ker je rojen iz Boga.
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
V tem so očitni otroci Božji in otroci hudičevi. Vsak, kdor ne dela pravice, ni iz Boga, in kdor ne ljubi brata svojega.
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
Kajti to je oznanilo, katero ste slišali od začetka, da se ljubímo med seboj;
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Ne kakor je bil Kajn iz hudobnega in je ubil brata svojega; in za kaj ga je ubil? Ker so bila hudobna dela njegova, dela pa brata njegovega pravična.
13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Ne čudite se, bratje moji, če vas svet sovraži.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
Mi vemo, da smo prešli iz smrti v življenje, ker ljubimo brate; kdor ne ljubi brata, ostaja v smrti.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)
Vsak, kdor sovraži brata svojega, je ljudomorec; in veste, da noben ljudomorec nima večnega življenja, ki bi ostalo v njem. (aiōnios g166)
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
V tem smo spoznali ljubezen, da je on dal dušo svojo za nas; tudi mi moramo dati duše za brate.
17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
Kdor pa ima živež sveta, in gleda brata svojega, ki ima potrebo, in zapre osrčje svoje pred njim, kako ostane ljubezen Božja v njem?
18 My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Otročiči moji, ne ljubimo z besedo, ne z jezikom, nego v dejanji in resnici.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
In v tem spoznavamo, da smo iz resnice, in pred njim bodemo pregovorili srca svoja;
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Kajti če nas srce obsoja, ker je Bog večji od srca našega, pozna tudi vse.
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
Ljubljeni, če nas srce naše ne obsoja, imamo zaupanje do Boga,
22 so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
In karkoli prosimo, dobimo od njega, ker držimo zapovedi njegove, in delamo, kar mu je po volji.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
In ta je zapoved njegova, da verujmo v ime sina njegovega, Jezusa Kristusa, in ljubimo se med seboj, kakor nam je dal zapoved.
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
In kdor drži zapovedi njegove, ostane v njem, in on v njem. In v tem spoznavamo, da ostaja v nas, iz Duha, katerega nam je dal.
