1 John 5

1 All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

gwam niwo ne bilingke kiritti co Almaciya bo bowe na kwama ce dila gwam niwo cwi tee con cwi bi bwe tee bowe

2 The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

kambo nyo nyimom nyo cwi bi bei kwama ki kwama nyo cwi kwama dila nyo ma nanger kercer

3 [I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

wuro co cwika kwama, coki bi bwangten dircero dige biyeu dir cero kebo wuro na wo a tubinen tiye.

4 All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

gwam niwo na bor kwama ce ki bi cwome ri ki man caka kababo nyo kange kala? wo co caka kaba wo cam kale na bilinge kebe

5 ([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

we niwuro fiyam caka kaba kange kale? kan co ni wuro ne bilingke ki kiritti bi bwe kwama,

6 [Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

won co wuro wo mwor mwenge kange bwiyale

7 There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

dige bwiye kangem bo wi nyo ta'ar wuro ne bilingke

8 [Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

yuwa, kange mwem, kange bwiyale wuro nyo taare ker ciyero win

9 We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

no bin yo ker niber, ker kwama lakidwiyika. wo co ker kwamaro na tok ker dor bi bwece

10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

wo ne bilingre kange bi bwe kwama kero wi wari kange kwama co tok bo ki ni cwer ke, nebo bilingke ki ker kwama tok dor bibwece

11 This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

wuro co kero, kwama nebo dume wo man ki dika dume wuro wi mwor bibwe ce (aiōnios g166)

12 Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

gwam niwo ki bwe, wi ki dume

13 I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

mi mulang kumen wuro na kom nyimom kom wi ki dume manki dika wi kumen nubo buro bilangke ki de kwama (aiōnios g166)

14 Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

wuro co kero kibi kwan bi cuko kabum ceme dila tano nonye bilingke cwika cerer atin nebo

15 [And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

nyo tok, no bin nyimom co nuwa bo tiri, gwam nobo kinong diger ci mendi bin nyimom gwam dige wuro bi kinong ci mene

16 Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

no ni kange to yice woma bwirangka lobo bworo ceri ca kwab ci nen dulo, kwama atin neco dume mir nun nubo buro kero bwir wo labo bware, bwirang kero kange wo bou ti ki bware mi tok bo mi ca kwab dulo curo nin

17 Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

gwam dige yorbe, bwirarke dila bwirangke kange wi wo laubo bware

18 We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

nyon nyimom nubo bu bo bowe wuro mwor kwama mani ma bwiranre la wuro ci bo wi mwor kwama, yatin cu kom co ni bwirko wo mani ca ma ci nen digerti

19 We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

bin nyimom bi na kwama ce, bin nyimom gwang digero ki no kange bwirko wuro

20 We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

la bin nyimom bi bwe kwama bo, la con ne fwetangka na bi nyimom wuro co na bilingka ce nyo tok bi ki no wuro na bilingkece yila mwor bi bwece kiritti Almaciya. co ki kwama na biling kece, kange na dume ce diiri (aiōnios g166)

21 [I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!

bibeiyo kom ciyare ki dor ki kume maka fulen.