Victory over the World
1 If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children. 2 If we love and obey God, we know we will love his children. 3 We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.
4 Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory. 5 No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.
Who Jesus Is
6 Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn't just water, but water and blood. The Spirit tells about this, because the Spirit is truthful. 7 In fact, there are three who tell about it. 8 They are the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and they all agree.
9 We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son. 10 If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar. 11 God has also said he gave us eternal life and this life comes to us from his Son. 12 And so, if we have God's Son, we have this life. But if we don't have the Son, we don't have this life.
Knowing about Eternal Life
13 All of you have faith in the Son of God, and I have written to let you know you have eternal life. 14 We are certain God will hear our prayers when we ask for what pleases him. 15 And if we know God listens when we pray, we are sure our prayers have already been answered.
16 Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and this person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly. 17 Everything that is wrong is sin, but not all sins are deadly.
18 We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.
19 We are certain we come from God and the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.
20 We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.
21 Children, you must stay away from idols.
Ǹ ka duniyaa noo lannoo le la
1 Moo-wo-moo meŋ laata ko, Yeesu le mu Alimasiihu* ti, wo maarii wuluuta Alla le la. Aduŋ moo-wo-moo meŋ ye wuluulaa kanu, wo maarii be diŋo kanu la le, wo ye meŋ wuluu. 2 Niŋ ŋà Alla kanu, aniŋ ǹ ka a la yaamaroolu muta, ka bo niŋ wo siloo la m̀ be a loŋ na le ko, ŋà Alla diŋolu kanu le. 3 Ka Alla kanu, wo mu ka a la yaamaroolu muta, aduŋ a la yaamaroolu maŋ koleyaa.
4 Meŋ wuluuta Alla la, wo ka duniyaa noo le. Ǹ na lannoo le mu kañeeroo ti, meŋ ye duniyaa noo. 5 Jumaa le mu wo moo ti, meŋ ye duniyaa noo? Wo maarii le mu moo ti, meŋ laata ko, Yeesu mu Alla Dinkewo* le ti.
Seedeyaa, Yeesu Kiristu la kuwo to
6 Yeesu Kiristu* le mu wo ti, meŋ naata ka bo jiyo niŋ yeloo la. A maŋ naa jiyo doroŋ na, bari a naata jiyo niŋ yeloo le la. Aduŋ Nooroo le ye a la kuwo seedeyaa, kaatu Nooroo mu tooñaa le ti. 7 Seede saba le be jee: 8 Nooroo, jiyo aniŋ yeloo, aduŋ ñiŋ seede saboo ka taa ñoo la le.
9 Ǹ ka soŋ seedeyaa le la, meŋ ka bo moolu bulu, bari seedeyaa meŋ ka bo Alla bulu, wo le warata ka tambi moolu taa ti. Ñiŋ ne mu Alla la seedeyaa ti ko, a ye a Dinkewo la kuwo le seedeyaa. 10 Moo meŋ laata Alla Dinkewo* la, wo maarii ye seedeyaa soto a sondomoo kono le. Bari moo meŋ maŋ laa Alla la, wo maarii ye a ke faniyaa folaa le ti, kaatu wo maarii maŋ laa Alla la seedeyaa la, a ye meŋ fo a Dinkewo la kuwo to. 11 Aduŋ ñiŋ ne mu seedeyaa ti ko, Alla ye badaa-badaa baluwo le dii ǹ na, aduŋ ñiŋ baluwo be a Dinkewo le kono. 12 Wo to moo meŋ ye Dinkewo soto, wo maarii ye ñiŋ baluwo soto le. Moo meŋ maŋ Alla Dinkewo soto, wo maarii maŋ ñiŋ baluwo soto.
Alla ka ǹ na duwaalu moyi le
13 Ŋa ñiŋ kuwolu safee alitolu le ye, mennu laata Alla Dinkewo too la, fo ali si a loŋ ko, ali ye badaa-badaa baluwo soto le. 14 Aduŋ ŋà ñiŋ dankeneyaa le soto ate kono ko, niŋ ŋà feŋ-wo-feŋ daani ka bo a la lafoo la, a ka m̀ moyi le. 15 Aduŋ niŋ ŋà a loŋ ko, a ka m̀ moyi le, wo to ŋà a loŋ ne fanaa ko, kuwolu ǹ ka mennu daani, ŋà wolu soto le. 16 Niŋ moo-wo-moo ye a baadiŋo* je junuboo ke la, meŋ maŋ ke saayaa junuboo ti, a ñanta duwaa la a ye le, aduŋ Alla be baluwo dii la a la le. M be moolu le la, mennu la junuboo maŋ ke saayaa junuboo ti. Saayaa junuboo be jee le, m maŋ a fo, a ye duwaa wo la. 17 Baara kuu-wo-baara kuu meŋ maŋ tiliŋ, wo mu junuboo le ti. Bari junuboo doo be jee le, meŋ maŋ ke saayaa junuboo ti.
Yeesu mu Alla tooñaa le ti, aniŋ badaa-badaa baluwo
18 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, moo-wo-moo meŋ wuluuta Alla la, wo buka tenteŋ junuboo ke la. Alla Dinkewo ka a tanka le, aduŋ Seetaanoo* buka a buloo laa noo a kaŋ.
19 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, m̀ bota Alla le yaa, aduŋ ñiŋ duniyaa be Seetaani le la maraloo koto. 20 Aduŋ ŋà a loŋ ne fanaa ko, Alla Dinkewo naata le, a ye fahaamuroo dii ǹ na fo ǹ si ate loŋ, meŋ mu tooñaa ti. M̀ be ate kono le, meŋ mu tooñaa ti, Yeesu Kiristu, Alla Dinkewo. Ate le mu Alla tooñaa ti, aniŋ badaa-badaa baluwo.
21 N na dindiŋolu, ali fata jalaŋolu la.
