Onyankopɔn Mma
1Monhwɛ ɔdɔ a Agya no dɔ yɛn. Ne dɔ a ɔdɔ yɛn no mu den enti wɔfrɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn mma. Na ɛyɛ nokorɛ nso. Ne saa enti ewiase nnim yɛn ɛfiri sɛ ɛnnim Onyankopɔn. 2Me nuanom, seesei yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma, nanso deɛ daakye yɛbɛyɛ deɛ, yɛnnim. Nanso, yɛnim sɛ Kristo ba a, yɛbɛyɛ te sɛ ɔno, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛbɛhunu no sɛdeɛ ɔteɛ. 3Obiara a ɔwɔ saa anidasoɔ yi wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ne ho kronn sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ kronn no.
4Obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no bu Onyankopɔn mmara so, ɛfiri sɛ, bɔne yɛ mmara so buo. 5Monim sɛ Kristo baeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛfa nnipa bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno deɛ bɔne nni ne mu. 6Enti, obiara a ɔtena Kristo mu no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. Na obiara a ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nhunuu no, na ɔnnim no.
7Mommma obi nnaadaa mo, me mma. Obiara a ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene no yɛ ɔteneneeni sɛdeɛ Kristo yɛ ɔteneneeni no. 8Deɛ ɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no yɛ ɔbonsam dea, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbonsam firi ahyɛaseɛ pɛɛ na ɔyɛɛ bɔne. Saa asɛm yi enti na Onyankopɔn Ba no baeɛ. Ɔbaeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe ɔbonsam nnwuma. 9Obiara a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn su wɔ ne mu, na ɛsiane sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nʼAgya enti, ɔntumi nkɔ so nyɛ bɔne. 10Nsonsonoeɛ 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
11Nsɛm a motee ahyɛaseɛ no kyerɛ sɛ, monnodɔ mo ho. 12Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ sɛ Kain. Na ɔyɛ ɔbonsam dea. Enti ɔkumm nʼankasa ne nua. Adɛn enti na Kain kumm no? Ɛfiri sɛ, nneɛma a ɔyɛeɛ no yɛ bɔne, nanso ne nua no deɛ, ɔyɛɛ papa. 13Enti, anuanom, sɛ ewiasefoɔ tane mo a, mommma ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa. 14Yɛnim sɛ yɛafiri owuo mu aba nkwa mu. Yɛnim saa, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdɔ yɛn nuanom. 15Obi a ɔtan ne nua no yɛ owudifoɔ na monim nso sɛ owudifoɔ nni nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ wɔ ne mu.
16Yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛdeɛ ɔdɔ teɛ. Kristo de ne nkwa maa yɛn. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛde yɛn nkwa ma yɛn nuanom. 17Sɛ obi yɛ ɔdefoɔ na ɔhunu sɛ biribi ho hia ne nua na wanhunu no mmɔbɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi aka sɛ ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn wɔ nʼakoma mu? 18Me mma, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛn dɔ no yɛ kasa hunu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔdɔ turodoo a ɛnam nneyɛeɛ so da ne ho adi.
19Yei na ɛbɛma yɛahunu sɛ yɛwɔ nokorɛ no. Yei na ɛbɛma yɛn akoma anya gyidie wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 20Sɛ yɛn akoma bu yɛn fɔ mpo a, yɛnim sɛ Onyankopɔn so sene yɛn akoma na ɔnim biribiara. 21Enti, anuanom adɔfoɔ, sɛ yɛn akoma ammu yɛn fɔ a, yɛwɔ akokoɔduru wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 22Biribiara a yɛbisa no no, yɛn nsa ka, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛdi ne mmara so na yɛyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ nso. 23Ne mmara no ka sɛ, yɛnnye ne Ba Yesu Kristo no din mu na yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho sɛdeɛ Kristo hyɛɛ yɛn no. 24Obiara a ɔdi Onyankopɔn mmara so no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Na yei na ɛma yɛhunu sɛ Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu. Yɛnim no saa ɛsiane Honhom a wama yɛn no enti.
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.
