1 Johani 3

¹Tarirai kukura kworudo rwa takaitirwa naBaba, kuti tinzi vanakomana vaMwari; ndizvo zvatiri vo; saka nyika haitizivi, nokuti haina kumuziva iye.Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

²Vadikanwa, zvino tiri vana vaMwari, vuye zvichigere kuratidzwa kuti tichazovei. Tinoziva kuti kana achizovoneswa, isu tichafanana naye; nokuti tichamuvona sezvaakaita.Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

³Mumwe nomumwe unetariro iyi kwaari, unozvichenesa sezvaakachena iye.And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

⁴Mumwe nomumwe unoita zvivi, unodarika nomurairo vo; zvivi ndiko kudarika murairo.Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

⁵Munoziva kuti iye wakavoneswa kuti abvise zvivi; maari hamunezvivi.And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

⁶Mumwe nomumwe unogara maari, haaiti zvivi; mumwe nomumwe unoita zvivi, haana kumuvona kana kumuziva.Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

⁷Vana vaduku, musatsauswa nomunhu; uyo, unoita zvakarurama, wakarurama, saiye akarurama.Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

⁸Uyo, unoita zvivi, ndowaDhiabhorosi, nokuti Dhiabhorosi unoita zvivi kubva pakutanga. Mwanakomana waMwari wakavoneswa nemhaka iyi kuti aparadze mabasa aDiaborosi.He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁹Mumwe nomumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haaiti zvivi, nokuti mbeu yake inogara maari, haagoni kuita zvivi, nokuti wakaberekwa naMwari.Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

¹⁰Vana vaMwari vanovoneswa naizvozvi, navana vaDhiabhorosi; mumwe nomumwe usingaiti zvakarurama, haazi waMwari, naiye vo usingadi hama yake.In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

¹¹Nokuti ndiro shoko ramakanzwa kubva pakutanga, kuti tidane;For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

¹²tisingaiti saKaini, wakanga ari wowakaipa, akavuraya munununa wake. Wakamuvurayireiko? Nokuti mabasa ake akanga akaipa, asi omunun’una wake akanga akarurama.Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

¹³Musashamiswa, hama dzangu, kana nyika ichikuvengai.Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

¹⁴Tinoziva kuti takabva murufu, tapinda muvupenyu, nokuti tinoda hama. Uyo, usingadi, hama yake unogara murufu.We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

¹⁵Mumwe nomumwe unovenga hama yake, muvurayi; munoziva kuti hakunomuvurayi unovupenyu bwusingaperi bwugere maari.Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶Ndozvatinoziva rudo nazvo, kuti wakatipa vupenyu bwake; nesu vo tinofanira kupa hama vupenyu bwedu.Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷Asi kana munhu anefuma yenyika, akavona hama yake ichishaiwa, akamupfigira tsitsi dzake, rudo rwaMwari runogara seiko maari?But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

¹⁸Vana vaduku, ngatirege kuda neshoko kana norurimi, asi nebasa nezvokwadi.My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹Ndizvo zvatichaziva nazvo kuti tiri vezvokwadi, tigosimbisa moyo yedu ichitipa mhaka, Mwari mukuru kumoyo yedu, unoziva zvose.And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

²⁰nokuti kana mnoyo yedu icitipa mhaka, Mwari mukuru kumwoyo vedu, unoziwa zose.For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

²¹Vadikanwa, kana moyo usingatipi mhaka, tinako kusatya pamberi paMwari;Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

²²vuye zvose zvatinokumbira tinopiwa naye, nokuti tinochengeta mirairo yake, tichiita zvinomufadza.And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

²³Ndiwo murairo wake, kuti titende kuzita roMwanakomana wake, Jesu Kristu, vuye tidane, sezvaakatiraira.And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

²⁴Unochengeta mirairo yake, unogara maari, naiye maari. Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti unogara matiri, noMweya waakatipa.And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.