1 JOHANE 3

Bana ba Modimo

1 Bonang! Ke lerato le lekaakang le Modimo a re seditšego ka lona, ge re bile re bitšwa bana ba Modimo! Gomme ge lefase le sa re lemoge, ke ka gobane le sa mo tsebe. 2 Barategi! Re bana ba Modimo re le fa; gomme se re tlogo ba sona ga se ešo sa bonagala. Fela, se re se tsebago ke gore mohla a tlogo bonagala, re tlo ba ba ba swanago le yena, ra mmona se a lego sona.

3 Gomme mang le mang e a mo holofetšego ka kholofelo e bjalo, o a ikgetha, boka le yena e le e Mokgethwa.
4 Mang le mang e a dirago sebe o hlala molao; gomme sebe ke go hlala molao. 5 Gomme le a tseba, se a bonagetšego sona ke gore a tloše dibe tša rena; mme mo go yena ga go sebe.

6 Motho e a dulago e le wa gagwe ga a dire sebe: e a dirago sebe ga a ešo a mmona a mo tseba.
7 Bana ba ka! Le se ke la arošwa ke motho. E a yago ka toko ke moloki, boka le yena e le Moloki.

8 Modirasebe ke wa diabolo; gobane diabolo o dira sebe o tloga mathomong. Se Morwa wa Modimo a tletšego sona, ke go fediša mediro ya diabolo.
9 Motho e a tswetšwego ke Modimo ga a dire sebe, gobane peu ya Modimo e dula e le mo go yena. Le gona ga a kgone go dira sebe ka ge a tswetšwe ke Modimo.

10 Ke gona moo go bonagalago ba e lego bana ba Modimo, le ba e lego bana ba diabolo. E a sa yego ka toko, ga a tswalwa ke Modimo, boka le eo a sa ratego ngwanabo.
11 Ke yona taba ye le e kwelego go tloga mathomong, ye ya gore re ratane.

12 Re se etše Kaine a e twetšwego ke emobe, a bolaya ngwanabo. Gomme o mmolaelang? O mmolaile ka ge ya gagwe mediro e le e mebe, mme ya ngwanabo e le ya go loka.
13 Bana bešo! Le se ke la tlabega ge lefase le le hloile. 14 Na re tseba gobane re tšwele lehung, re seletše bophelong, gobane re rata bana ba borena. E a sa ratego ngwanabo, o dula e le wa lehung. 15 Mang le mang e a hloilego ngwanabo ke mmolai, gomme le a tseba, ga go mmolai e a nago le bophelo bjo bo sa felego bjo bo kago dula e le bja gagwe. 16 Ge e le lona lerato, se re le tsebilego ka sona, ke ge yena a gafile bophelo bja gagwe ka baka la rena; le rena, se se re swanetšego ke ge re gafa bophelo bja rena ka baka la bana ba borena. 17 Bjale, ge motho a ruile tša bophelo bja lefase, mme a bona ngwanabo a hloka, a tla a mo tswalelela pelo ya gagwe, go yena lerato la Modimo le ka dula bjang?

18 Bana ba ka! A re se ke ra ratana ka polelo le ka leleme; a re rataneng ka tiro le ka therešo.
19 Ke sona se re tlogo tseba ka sona ge re le ba therešo; mme re tlo rola pelo pele ga gagwe, 20 ra re, ge pelo e re bega, ra re: E Mogolo ke Modimo, o feta dipelo tša rena, mme o tseba tšohle. 21 Barategi, ge re se ba go begwa ke pelo, gona re ka ba le mafolofolo a go tlo lebana le Modimo. 22 Gomme se re kago se kgopela, re tla se amogela go Modimo, gobane re tlo ba re eya ka melao ya gagwe, re dira se se mo kgahlago. 23 Gomme molao wa gagwe ke gore re dumele leina la Morwa wa gagwe Jesu Kriste, mme re ratane ka mokgwa wo a re lailego ka wona. 24 Gomme ge o eya ka melao ya gagwe, o tlo dula o le wa gagwe, yena e le wa gago. Gomme se re tsebago ka sona ge a dutše e le wa rena, ke Moya wo a re neilego wona.

1 JOHN 3

1  t Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christt is, they don't know who we are. 2 My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

3 This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christt is holy.
4 Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law. 5 t You know Christ came to take away our sins. He isn't sinful,

6 and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.
7 Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself. 8 Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done. 9 God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving powert lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

10 You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

Love Each Other

14 t Our love for each other proves we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.
15 If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know murderers do not have eternal life. 16 We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other. 17 If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

18 Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
19 When we love others, we know we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. 20 But even if we don't feel at ease, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him. 22 He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him. 23 t God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do. 24 If we obey God's commandments, we will stay one in our hearts with him, and he will stay one with us. The Spirit he has given us is proof that we are one with him.