Onyankopɔn Mma
1Monhwɛ ɔdɔ a Agya no dɔ yɛn. Ne dɔ a ɔdɔ yɛn no mu den nti wɔfrɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn mma. Na ɛyɛ nokware nso. Ne saa nti wiase nnim yɛn efisɛ ennim Onyankopɔn. 2Me nuanom, mprempren yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma, nanso nea daakye yɛbɛyɛ de, yennim. Nanso yenim sɛ Kristo ba a, yɛbɛyɛ sɛ ɔno, efisɛ yebehu no sɛnea ɔte. 3Obiara a ɔwɔ saa anidaso yi wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ne ho kronkron sɛnea Kristo yɛ kronkron no.
4Obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no bu Onyankopɔn mmara so, efisɛ bɔne yɛ mmara sobu. 5Munim sɛ Kristo bae se ɔrebɛfa nnipa bɔne, efisɛ ɔno de, bɔne nni ne mu. 6Enti obiara a ɔtena Kristo mu no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. Na obiara a ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nhuu no, na onnim no.
7Mommma obi nnaadaa mo, me mma. Obiara a ɔyɛ nea ɛteɛ no yɛ ɔtreneeni sɛnea Kristo yɛ ɔtreneeni no. 8Nea ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no yɛ ɔbonsam de, efisɛ ɔbonsam fi mfiase pɛe, na ɔyɛɛ bɔne. Saa asɛm yi nti na Onyankopɔn Ba no bae. Ɔbaa sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe ɔbonsam nnwuma. 9Obiara a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne, efisɛ Onyankopɔn su wɔ ne mu, na esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nʼAgya nti, ontumi nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. 10Nsonoe a ɛda Onyankopɔn mma ne ɔbonsam mma ntam ne sɛ, obi a ɔnyɛ papa anaa ɔnnɔ ne nua no nyɛ Onyankopɔn ba.
Monnodɔ Mo Ho Mo Ho
11Nsɛm a motee mfiase no kyerɛ sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho. 12Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ sɛ Kain. Na ɔyɛ ɔbonsam de. Enti okum nʼankasa ne nua. Adɛn nti na Kain kum no? Efisɛ nneɛma a ɔyɛe no yɛ bɔne, nanso ne nua no de, ɔyɛɛ papa. 13Enti anuanom, sɛ wiasefo tan mo a, mommma ɛnyɛ mo nwonwa. 14Yenim sɛ yɛafi owu mu aba nkwa mu. Yenim saa, efisɛ yɛdɔ yɛn nuanom. 15Obi a ɔtan ne nua no yɛ owudifo na munim nso sɛ owudifo nni nkwa a enni awiei wɔ ne mu.
16Eyi na ɛma yehu sɛnea ɔdɔ te. Kristo de ne nkwa maa yɛn. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛde yɛn nkwa ma yɛn nuanom. 17Sɛ obi yɛ ɔdefo na ohu sɛ biribi ho hia ne nua na wanhu no mmɔbɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi aka se ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn wɔ ne koma mu? 18Me mma, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛn dɔ no yɛ kasa hunu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔdɔ turodoo a ɛnam nneyɛe so da ne ho adi.
19Eyi na ɛbɛma yɛahu sɛ yɛwɔ nokware no. Eyi na ɛbɛma yɛn koma anya gyidi wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 20Sɛ yɛn koma bu yɛn fɔ mpo a, yenim sɛ Onyankopɔn so sen yɛn koma, na onim biribiara. 21Enti anuanom adɔfo, sɛ yɛn koma ammu yɛn fɔ a, yɛwɔ akokoduru wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 22Biribiara a yebisa no no, yɛn nsa ka, efisɛ yedi ne mmara so na yɛyɛ nʼapɛde nso. 23Ne mmara no ka se, yennye ne Ba Yesu Kristo no din nni na yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho sɛnea Kristo hyɛɛ yɛn no. 24Obiara a odi Onyankopɔn mmara so no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Na eyi na ɛma yehu sɛ Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu. Yenim no saa esiane Honhom a wama yɛn no nti.
1See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him. 2Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is. 3Christ is pure. All who hope to be like him make themselves pure.
4Everyone who sins breaks the law. In fact, breaking the law is sin. 5But you know that Christ came to take our sins away. And there is no sin in him. 6No one who remains joined to him keeps on sinning. No one who keeps on sinning has seen him or known him.
7Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you astray. The person who does what is right is holy, just as Christ is holy. 8The person who does what is sinful belongs to the devil. That’s because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the devil’s work. 9Those who are God’s children will not keep on sinning. God’s very nature remains in them. They can’t go on sinning. That’s because they are God’s children. 10Here is how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child. And anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.
More Instructions About Loving and Hating One Another
11From the beginning we have heard that we should love one another. 12Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the evil one. He murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because the things Cain had done were wrong. But the things his brother had done were right. 13My brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised if the world hates you. 14We know that we have left our old dead way of life. And we have entered into new life. We know this because we love one another. Anyone who doesn’t love still lives in their old condition. 15Anyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life.
16We know what love is because Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need and is able to help them. And suppose that person doesn’t take pity on these needy people. Then how can the love of God be in that person? 18Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love.
19Here’s how we know that we hold to the truth. And here’s how we put our hearts at rest, knowing that God is watching. 20If our hearts judge us, we know that God is greater than our hearts. And he knows everything. 21Dear friends, if our hearts do not judge us, we can be bold with God. 22And he will give us anything we ask. That’s because we obey his commands. We do what pleases him. 23God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another. 24The one who obeys God’s commands remains joined to him. And he remains joined to them. Here is how we know that God lives in us. We know it because of the Holy Spirit he gave us.
