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].
Si bisan kinsa nga nagtuo nga si Jesus mao ang Cristo gihimugso sa Dios. Ug si bisan kinsa nga naghigugma kaniya nga gikan sa Amahan naghigugma usab sa iyang mga anak.
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].
Pinaagi niini atong masayran nga atong gihigugma ang mga anak sa Dios—sa dihang atong gihigugma ang Dios ug gibuhat ang iyang mga mando.
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].
Kay kini mao ang gugma alang sa Dios—nga atong gitipigan ang iyang mga mando. Ug ang iyang mga mando dili usa ka palas-anon.
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.
Kay ang tanan nga gihimugso sa Dios mibuntog sa kalibotan. Ug kini mao ang kadaogan nga mibuntog sa kalibotan, bisan ang atong pagtuo.
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).
Kinsa ang usa nga mibuntog sa kalibotan? Ang usa nga mituo nga si Jesus ang Anak sa Dios.
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.
Mao kini siya nga miabot pinaagi sa tubig ug dugo—si Jesu-Cristo. Miabot siya dili lamang pinaagi sa tubig, apan pinaagi sa tubig ug dugo.
7 There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].
Kay adunay tulo nga nagpamatuod:
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].
ang Espiritu, ang tubig, ug ang dugo. Kining tulo adunay panag-uyon.
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).
Kung nakadawat kita sa pagpamatuod sa katawhan, ang pagpamatuod sa Dios mas labaw. Kay ang pagpamatuod sa Dios mao kini—nga siya mismo nagpamatuod mahitungod sa iyang Anak.
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).
Siya nga mituo sa Anak sa Dios adunay pagpamatuod sa iyang kaugalingon. Si bisan kinsa nga wala mituo sa Dios naghimo kaniyang bakakon, tungod kay wala siya mituo sa pamatuod nga gihatag sa Dios mahitungod sa iyang Anak.
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)
Ug ang pamatuod mao kini—nga ang Dios naghatag kanato sa kinabuhing walay kataposan, ug kini nga kinabuhi anaa sa iyang Anak. (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].
Siya nga nakabaton sa Anak nakabaton sa kinabuhi. Siya nga wala makabaton sa Anak sa Dios wala makabaton sa kinabuhi.
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)
Kining mga butanga nga akong gisulat kaninyo aron nga kamo masayod nga kamo adunay kinabuhi nga walay kataposan—nganha kaninyo nga nagtuo sa ngalan sa Anak sa Dios. (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).
Ug mao kini ang pagsalig nga atong nabatonan sa iyang atubangan, nga kung mangayo kita ug bisan unsa sumala sa iyang kabubut-on, naminaw siya kanato.
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].
Ug kung nasayod kita nga naminaw siya kanato—bisan unsa ang atong pangayoon kaniya—nasayod kita nga anaa kanato ang bisan unsa nga atong gipangayo kaniya.
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.
Kung si bisan kinsa ang nakakita sa iyang igsoong lalaki nga nakabuhat ug sala nga dili mosangpot ngadto sa kamatayon, kinahanglan mag-ampo siya nga ang Dios maghatag kaniya ug kinabuhi. Naghisgot ako niadtong adunay sala nga dili masangpot sa kamatayon. Adunay sala nga mosangpot sa kamatayon—wala ako nag-ingon nga kinahanglan siya mag-ampo mahitungod niana.
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.
Ang tanang dili pagkamatarong kay sala—apan adunay sala nga dili mosangpot sa kamatayon.
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].
Nasayod kita nga ang tanan nga nahimugso sa Dios dili magpakasala. Apan ang usa nga nahimugso sa Dios nagtipig kaniya nga luwas, ug ang daotan dili makapanakit kaniya.
19 We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.
Nasayod kita nga iya kita sa Dios, ug nasayod kita nga ang tibuok kalibotan nailalom sa pagdumala sa usa nga daotan.
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)
Apan nasayod kita nga ang Anak sa Dios miabot na ug gihatagan kita niya ug panabot, nga masayod kita kaniya nga tinuod, ug nga kita anaa kaniya nga tinuod—bisan sa iyang Anak nga si Jesu-Cristo. Siya ang tinuod nga Dios ug ang kinabuhi nga walay kataposan. (aiōnios g166)
21 [I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!
Minahal kong mga anak, pagpahilayo kamo sa mga dios-dios.
