1 John 3
1 [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].
Kamubona lusuno lwa Bata. Lusuno lwakendi nilunene weco tukute kukwiweti bana ba Lesa
2 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.
Mobanse omwasunika tobana ba Lesa, nomba nkatucinshi moshitukabele. Nsombi tucinshi kwambeti Yesu akesa nitukaboneke mbuli ncabele pakwinga nitukamubone ncabele.
3 [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.
Uliyense ukute lushomo ne kupembelela muli Yesu Klistu ukute kuliswepesha mwine mbuli ncabele Yesu kuswepa.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Uliyense shikwipisha, ukute mulandu wakupwaya mulawo wa Lesa.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Mucinshi kwambeti Yesu walesa akufunya bwipishi kayi muli endiye muliyawa bwipishi sobwe.
6 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.
Muntu uliyense uli muli Klistu nkakute kwipisha. Nomba uliyense lepishinga ekwambeti nkalamubonapo kayi nkamwinshi.
7 [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.
Neco mobana bame kakutaba muntu nambi umo weshikumubepa, uliyense lenshinga byalulama, walulama mbuli Yesu ncalulama.
8 [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.
Uliyense lenshinga byaipa uli kulubasu kwa Satana, pakwinga Satana ni wa bwipishi kufuma kumatatikilo. Weco Mwana Lesa walabonekela kwisa akononga milimo yaipa ya Satana.
9 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.
Uliyense mwana wa Lesa nkakute kupitilisha kwipisha sobwe pakwinga cimo ca Lesa cili muli endiye. Pakwinga Lesa ebaishi nkakute kupitilisha kwipisha.
10 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].
Lino kupusana kwa bana ba Lesa ne ba Satana ni uku. Uliyense utenshi byalulama kayi utasuni munendi nte mwana wa Lesa.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Mulumbe ngomwalanyumfwa pakutatika niwakwambeti tusunanenga.
12 [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.
Katutaba mbuli Kaini, nendi walikuba kulubasu kwa Satana kayi walashina Abelo mukwabo. Nomba nicani Kaini walashina mukwabo? Pakwinga bintu nendi mbyalensa byalikuba byaipa, nsombi mukwabo walensa bintu byaina.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Neco kamutasukama mobanse, bantu bapacishi capanshi pano bamupatanga.
14 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.
Afwe tucinshi kwambeti twalapulamo mulufu nekuya akwingila mubuyumi. Tucinshi pakwinga tusuni banse betu. Neco uliyense utasuni uli panshi pangofu sha lufu.
15 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)
Uliyense lapatanga munendi niweshi kushina kayi mucinshi kwambeti kuliyawa shikushina ukute buyumi butapu. (aiōnios g166)
16 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.
Yesu walayaba buyumi bwakendi pacebo canjafwe. Nenjafwe twelela kubenga buyumi bwetu pacebo ca banse betu.
17 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].
Nomba na mubile ubona munendi wapenga, nsombi ukana kumunyamfwa nkelela kwambeti nsuni Lesa sobwe.
18 [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]!
Mobana bame, lusuno lwetu nkalwelela kubowa mukwamba nsombi twelela kuba ne lusuno lwancine ncine lweshi kubonekela mu minshilo.
19 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.
Neco nitukenshibe kwambeti tuli mucakubinga kayi nicikatuyuminishe pamenso a Lesa.
20 [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].
Na lwinshibo lwetu lulatutotekenganga, tukute kwinshibeti Lesa nimunene kupita myoyo yetu kayi nendi ucinshi bintu byonse.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Mobanse omwasunika na myoyo yetu ilatutotekenga, ngatwimana pamenso a Lesa mwabuyowa.
22 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.
Kayi Lesa ngautupa cintu ciliconse ncotwela kumusenga, pakwinga tukute kukonka Milawo yakendi ne kwinsa bintu byeshi kumukondwelesha.
23 [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].
Lesa walatupa mulawo wakwambeti tushome mwanendi Yesu kayi ne kusunana mbuli Yesu ncalatwambila.
24 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.
Uliyense lakonkelenga Milawo ya Lesa, ukute kwikala muli Lesa, kayi nendi ukute kwikala muli endiye. Tucinshi kwambeti ukute kwikala mulinjafwe pacebo ca Mushimu Uswepa ngwalatupa.
