Yeesu Kiristu le mu Baluwo Kumoo ti
1 Ntolu ye meŋ bankee ali ye, wo mu Baluwo Kumoo le ti, meŋ be sotoriŋ kabiriŋ foloodulaa to. Ŋà a moyi le, ŋà a je ǹ ñaalu la, ŋà a juubee, aduŋ ŋà a maa m̀ buloolu la. 2 Ñiŋ baluwo lankenemata ǹ ye le. Ŋà a je le, aduŋ m̀ be a la kuwo seedeyaa kaŋ ne, aniŋ ǹ ka badaa-badaa baluwo bankee ali ye le ko, ate be a Faamaa le yaa nuŋ, a naata lankenema ntolu ye. 3 Ŋà meŋ je, aniŋ ŋà a moyi, m̀ be wo le bankee kaŋ ali ye, fo ali niŋ ntolu si kafuñooyaa soto. Ntolu niŋ m̀ Faamaa ye kafuñooyaa soto le, a niŋ a Dinkewo* Yeesu Kiristu*. 4 Aduŋ ntolu be ñiŋ safee kaŋ ne fo ǹ na seewoo si timma.
5 Ñiŋ mu kibaaroo le ti, ntolu ye meŋ soto a Dinkewo bulu, aduŋ ŋà a bankee ali ye le ko, Alla mu maloo le ti, aduŋ diboo te a kono muumeeke. 6 Niŋ ǹ ko, ǹ niŋ ate ye kafuñooyaa soto le, bari ǹ ka taama diboo kono, wo to ŋà faniyaa le fo, aduŋ m̀ maŋ tara tooñaa kaŋ. 7 Bari niŋ ǹ ka taama maloo kono, ko ate be maloo kono ñaameŋ, wo to ŋà kafuñooyaa soto ñoo ye le, aduŋ a Dinkewo Yeesu yeloo ka ǹ seneyandi le ka bo ǹ na junuboo bee la.
8 Niŋ ǹ ko, m̀ maŋ junuboo soto, wo to ǹ ka m̀ faŋolu le neenee, aduŋ tooñaa maŋ tara ǹ kono. 9 Niŋ ǹ ka tuubiseyi ǹ na junuboolu la, Alla foroyaata le, aduŋ a tilinta. A be yamfa la ǹ na junuboolu la le, aduŋ a be ǹ seneyandi la le ka bo ǹ na tilimbaliyaa bee kono. 10 Niŋ ǹ ko, ǹ nene maŋ junuboo ke, wo to ŋà Alla ke faniyaa folaa le ti, aduŋ a la kumoo maŋ tara ǹ kono.
The Word of Life
1 We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it. 2 When this life became visible, we saw it; so we speak of it and tell you about the eternal life which was with the Father and was made known to us. 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We write this in order that our joy may be complete.
God Is Light
5 Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. 6 If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions. 7 But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.
