1 John 1
1 [I, John, am writing to you about] the one who existed before [there was anything else]. He is the one whom we [apostles] listened to [as he taught us!] We saw him! We ourselves looked at him and touched him! [He is the one who taught us] the message that [enables people to have eternal] life (OR, live [spiritually]).
初めからあったもの、私たちが聞いたもの、目で見たもの、じっと見、また手でさわったもの、すなわち、いのちのことばについて、
2 Because he came here [to the earth] and we have seen him, we proclaim to you clearly that the one whom we have seen is the [one who] has always lived. He was [previously] with his Father in heaven, but he came to live among us. (aiōnios g166)
――このいのちが現われ、私たちはそれを見たので、そのあかしをし、あなたがたにこの永遠のいのちを伝えます。すなわち、御父とともにあって、私たちに現わされた永遠のいのちです。―― (aiōnios g166)
3 We proclaim to you the [message about Jesus], the one whom we saw and heard, in order that you may have a close relationship with us. The ones whom we have a close relationship with are God our Father and his Son Jesus Christ.
私たちの見たこと、聞いたことを、あなたがたにも伝えるのは、あなたがたも私たちと交わりを持つようになるためです。私たちの交わりとは、御父および御子イエス・キリストとの交わりです。
4 I am writing to you about these things so that [you (will be convinced/believe]) [that they are true, and as a] result we may be completely joyful.
私たちがこれらのことを書き送るのは、私たちの喜びが全きものとなるためです。
5 The message that we heard from Christ and proclaim to you is this: God is [pure in every way. He never sins. He is like] [MET] a [brilliant] light that has no darkness at all.
神は光であって、神のうちには暗いところが少しもない。これが、私たちがキリストから聞いて、あなたがたに伝える知らせです。
6 If we claim to have a close relationship with [God], but [we conduct our lives in an impure manner, that is like] living [MET] in [evil] darkness. We are lying. We are not conducting our lives according to [God’s] true message.
もし私たちが、神と交わりがあると言っていながら、しかもやみの中を歩んでいるなら、私たちは偽りを言っているのであって、真理を行なってはいません。
7 But living [in a pure manner], as God is [living in a pure manner] [MET] [in every way, is like living] in God’s light. If we do that, we have a close relationship with each other. Not only that, but [God] (acquits us/removes [the guilt]) [of] all our sins because [he accepts] what his Son Jesus did for us [when his] blood [flowed from his body when he died. So we should conduct our lives] ([in a manner according to what God says is pure]).
しかし、もし神が光の中におられるように、私たちも光の中を歩んでいるなら、私たちは互いに交わりを保ち、御子イエスの血はすべての罪から私たちをきよめます。
8 Those who say they never behave sinfully are deceiving themselves, and refusing [to accept as] true [what God says about them].
もし、罪はないと言うなら、私たちは自分を欺いており、真理は私たちのうちにありません。
9 But God will do what he says that he will do, and what he does is [always] right. So, if we confess to him that we [have behaved] sinfully, he will forgive [us for] our sins and (will free us from/remove) [the guilt of] all our sins. [Because of that], [we should confess to him that we have behaved sinfully].
もし、私たちが自分の罪を言い表わすなら、神は真実で正しい方ですから、その罪を赦し、すべての悪から私たちをきよめてくださいます。
10 [Because God says that everyone has sinned], those who say/claim that they have never behaved sinfully talk [as though] God lies! They reject what God says [about us]!
もし、罪を犯してはいないと言うなら、私たちは神を偽り者とするのです。神のみことばは私たちのうちにありません。
