Abaana ba Katonda
13:1 a Yk 3:16 b Yk 1:12 c Yk 16:3Mulabe okwagala Katonda kw’atwagala bwe kuli okunene ennyo, n’atuyita abaana be, era ddala bwe tutyo bwe tuli. Ensi kyeva eremwa okututegeera, kubanga naye yennyini teyamutegeera. 23:2 a Bar 8:29; 2Pe 1:4 b 2Ko 3:18Abaagalwa, kaakano tuli baana ba Katonda, naye tetumanyi bwe tuliba. Kyokka tumanyi nti bw’alirabika tulifaanana nga ye, kubanga tulimulabira ddala nga bw’ali. 33:3 2Ko 7:1; 2Pe 3:13, 14Buli muntu alina essuubi eryo yeetukuza nga Katonda bw’ali omutukuvu.
43:4 1Yk 5:17Buli muntu akola ebibi aba mujeemu, era ekibi bwe bujeemu. 53:5 2Ko 5:21Naye mmwe mumanyi nti ye, yalabisibwa alyoke aggyewo ebibi. Era mu ye, temuliimu kibi. 63:6 a nny 9 b 3Yk 11 c 1Yk 2:4Era tewali n’omu abeera mu ye ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi. Wabula oyo eyeeyongera okukola ekibi tamutegeeranga, era tamumanyi n’akatono.
73:7 a 1Yk 2:1 b 1Yk 2:26 c 1Yk 2:29Abaana abaagalwa, temulimbibwalimbibwanga muntu n’omu; Buli akola eby’obutuukirivu aba mutuukirivu, nga Katonda bw’ali omutuukirivu, 83:8 Yk 8:44naye buli akola ekibi wa Setaani, kubanga okuva olubereberye Setaani akola bibi. Omwana wa Katonda kyeyava ajja mu nsi azikirize ebikolwa bya Setaani. 93:9 a Yk 1:13 b 1Yk 5:18Noolwekyo tewali afuuka mwana wa Katonda ate ne yeeyongera okukola ekibi, kubanga ensigo ya Katonda ebeera mu ye, so tayinza kukola kibi, kubanga yazaalibwa Katonda. 10Ku kino abaana ba Katonda n’aba Setaani kwe bategeererwa. Buli akola ebitali bya butuukirivu si wa Katonda, era na buli atayagala muganda we si wa Katonda.
Mwagalanenga
113:11 a 1Yk 1:5 b Yk 13:34, 35; 2Yk 5Kubanga buno bwe bubaka bwe twawulira okuva ku lubereberye nti twagalanenga, 123:12 Lub 4:8si nga Kayini eyali owa Setaani, n’atta muganda we. Kale yamuttira ki? Kayini yatta muganda we kubanga Kayini yakola ebibi, so nga ye muganda we yakola eby’obutuukirivu. 133:13 Yk 15:18, 19; 17:14Abooluganda, ensi bwe bakyawanga, temwewuunyanga. 143:14 a Yk 5:24 b 1Yk 2:9Kubanga ffe tumanyi nga twava mu kufa, ne tuyingira mu bulamu, kubanga twagala abooluganda, naye buli muntu atalina kwagala akyali mu kufa. 153:15 a Mat 5:21, 22; Yk 8:44 b Bag 5:20, 21Buli akyawa muntu munne, oyo aba mussi, era mukimanyi nti tewali mussi alina obulamu obutaggwaawo mu ye.
163:16 Yk 15:13Mu kino mwe tutegeerera okwagala, kubanga yawaayo obulamu bwe ku lwaffe, era naffe kyetuva tuteekwa okuwaayo obulamu bwaffe olw’abooluganda. 173:17 a Ma 15:7, 8 b 1Yk 4:20Buli alina ebintu eby’omu nsi n’alaba muganda we nga yeetaaga, naye n’abulwako ky’amuwa, okwagala kwa Katonda, kuyinza kutya okuba mu ye? 183:18 a 1Yk 2:1 b Ez 33:31; Bar 12:9Abaana abaagalwa, tetusaana kwagala mu bigambo kyokka, wabula twagalanenga ne mu bikolwa ne mu bulamu obulabika eri abantu.
19Mu ekyo mwe tutegeerera nga tuli ba mazima, era ne tukkakkanya omutima gwaffe mu maaso ge. 20Singa omutima gwaffe tegutusalira musango, Katonda ye asinga omutima gwaffe era ye ategeera ebintu byonna. 213:21 1Yk 5:14Abaagalwa, omutima gwaffe bwe gutatusalira musango, tuba bagumu mu maaso ga Katonda. 223:22 a Mat 7:7 b Yk 8:29Era buli kye tumusaba akituwa, kubanga tugondera ebiragiro bye, era ne tukola ebimusanyusa. 233:23 a Yk 6:29 b Yk 13:34Era kino ky’atulagira nti, tukkiririze mu linnya ly’Omwana we Yesu Kristo, era twagalanenga nga ye bwe yatulagira. 243:24 a 1Yk 2:6 b 1Yk 4:13Kale oyo agondera ebiragiro bye abeera mu Ye, era naye abeera mu ye. Kino tukimanyi ng’ali mu ffe, kubanga Mwoyo Mutukuvu gwe yatuwa abeera mu ffe.
1See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,3:2 Or when it is made known we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
4Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6No-one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No-one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
7Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9No-one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.
More on love and hatred
11For this is the message you heard from the beginning: we should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16. if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
19This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20if our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.
