Faith in God’s Son Who Became a Human Being
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children as well. 2Here is how we know that we love God’s children. We know it when we love God and obey his commands. 3In fact, here is what it means to love God. We love him by obeying his commands. And his commands are not hard to obey. 4That’s because everyone who is a child of God has won the battle over the world. Our faith has won the battle for us. 5Who is it that has won the battle over the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6Jesus Christ was born as we are, and he died on the cross. He wasn’t just born as we are. He also died on the cross. The Holy Spirit is a truthful witness about him. That’s because the Spirit is the truth. 7There are three that are witnesses about Jesus. 8They are the Holy Spirit, the birth of Jesus, and the death of Jesus. And the three of them agree. 9We accept what people say when they are witnesses. But it’s more important when God is a witness. That’s because it is what God says about his Son. 10Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts what God says about him. Whoever does not believe God is calling him a liar. That’s because they have not believed what God said about his Son. 11Here is what God says about the Son. God has given us eternal life. And this life is found in his Son. 12Whoever belongs to the Son has life. Whoever doesn’t belong to the Son of God doesn’t have life.
Final Words
13I’m writing these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God. I’m writing so you will know that you have eternal life. 14Here is what we can be sure of when we come to God in prayer. If we ask anything in keeping with what he wants, he hears us. 15If we know that God hears what we ask for, we know that we have it.
16Suppose you see any brother or sister commit a sin. But this sin is not the kind that leads to death. Then you should pray, and God will give them life. I’m talking about someone whose sin does not lead to death. But there is a sin that does lead to death. I’m not saying you should pray about that sin. 17Every wrong thing we do is sin. But there are sins that do not lead to death.
18We know that those who are children of God do not keep on sinning. The Son of God keeps them safe. The evil one can’t harm them. 19We know that we are children of God. We know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20We also know that the Son of God has come. He has given us understanding. So we can know the God who is true. And we belong to the true God by belonging to his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21Dear children, keep away from statues of gods.
Bangaskiya cikin Ɗan Allah
1Kowa ya gaskata cewa Yesu shi ne Kiristi, shi haifaffe na Allah ne, kuma duk mai ƙaunar mahaifi kuwa, yakan ƙaunaci ɗansa ma. 2Ga yadda muka san cewa muna ƙaunar ’ya’yan Allah. Muna yin haka ta wurin ƙaunar Allah da kuma aikata umarnansa. 3Ƙaunar Allah ita ce, a yi biyayya da umarnansa. Umarnansa kuwa ba masu nauyi ba ne; 4domin duk haifaffe na Allah yana cin nasara a kan duniya. Bangaskiyarmu kuwa ita ce ta ba mu wannan nasara a kan duniya. 5Wa ya cin nasara a kan duniya? Sai wanda ya gaskata cewa Yesu Ɗan Allah ne.
6Ga wanda ya zo ta wurin ruwa da jini, wato, Yesu Kiristi. Bai zo ta wurin ruwa kaɗai ba, sai dai ta wurin ruwa da kuma jini. Ruhu ne kuwa yake ba da shaida, gama Ruhu shi ne gaskiya. 7Akwai shaidu uku, wato, 8Ruhu,5.7,8 Rubuce-rubucen hannu na baya-bayan nan na Bulget shaida a sama: Uba, Kalma da kuma Ruhu Mai Tsarki, waɗannan uku kuwa ɗaya ne. 8 Akwai kuma uku da suka ba da shaida a duniya, wannan: Ruhu (babu kalman nan a rubuce-rubucen hannu na Girik kafin karni na goma sha shida) da ruwa, da kuma jini; waɗannan uku kuwa manufarsu ɗaya ce. 9Tun da yake mukan yarda da shaida mutane, ai, shaidar Allah ta fi ƙarfi. Wannan ita ce shaidar Allah, wato, ya shaidi Ɗansa. 10Duk wanda ya gaskata da Ɗan Allah, yana da shaidan nan a zuciyarsa. Duk wanda bai gaskata da Allah ba kuwa ya mai da shi maƙaryaci, domin bai gaskata shaidar da Allah ya bayar game da Ɗansa ba. 11Wannan kuwa ita ce shaidar; cewa Allah ya ba mu rai madawwami, wannan rai kuwa yana cikin Ɗansa. 12Duk wanda yake da Ɗan, yana da rai; wanda kuwa ba shi da Ɗan Allah, ba shi da rai.
Ƙarshen magana
13Ina rubuta waɗannan abubuwa gare ku, ku da kuka gaskata sunan Ɗan Allah domin ku san kuna da rai madawwami. 14Wannan shi ne ƙarfin halin da muke da shi sa’ad da muke zuwa a gaban Allah, gama mun san cewa kome muka roƙa bisa ga nufinsa, yakan saurare mu. 15In kuwa muka san cewa yana sauraranmu, ko mene ne muka roƙa, mun sani, mun riga mun sami abin da muka roƙa daga gare shi ke nan.
16Kowa ya ga ɗan’uwansa yana yin zunubin da bai kai ga mutuwa ba, sai yă yi masa addu’a. Ta dalilin mai addu’an nan kuwa, Allah zai ba da rai ga mai yin zunubin da bai kai ga mutuwa ba. Akwai zunubin da yakan kai ga mutuwa. Ban ce a yi addu’a domin wannan ba. 17Duk rashin adalci, zunubi ne, amma akwai waɗansu zunuban da ba sa kai ga mutuwa.
18Mun san cewa kowane haifaffe na Allah ba ya cin gaba da yin zunubi; kasancewarsa haifaffe na Allah ita takan kāre shi, mugun kuwa ba zai iya cuce shi ba. 19Mun san cewa mu ’ya’yan Allah ne, duniya duka kuwa tana hannun Mugun. 20Mun san cewa Ɗan Allah ya zo duniya, ya kuma ba mu ganewa domin mu san shi wanda yake na gaskiya. Mu kuwa muna cikinsa, shi da yake Allah na gaskiya wato, cikin Ɗansa Yesu Kiristi. Shi ne Allah na gaskiya da kuma rai na har abada.
21’Ya’yana ƙaunatattu, ku yi nesa da gumaka.
