1 Johani 5

¹Mumwe nomumwe, unotenda kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu, iye wakaberekwa naMwari; mumwe nomumwe, unoda iye wakabereka, unoda vo wakaberekwa naye.Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

²Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tinoda vana vaMwari, kana tichida Mwari, tichiita mirairo yake.By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

³Nokuti rudo rwaMwari ndirwo, kuti tichengete mirairo yake; mirairo yake hairemi.For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

⁴Nokuti chinhu chipi nechipi, chinoberekwa naMwari chinokunda nyika; uku ndiko kukunda kunokunda nyika, ndiko kutenda kwedu.For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

⁵Ndianiko unokunda nyika? Haazi iye unotenda kuti Jesu Kristu; ndiye mwanakomana waMwari here?Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ndiye wakavuya nemvura neropa, iye Jesu Kristu; haana kuvuya nemvura bedzi, asi nemvura neropa. Mweya ndiye unopupura nokuti mweya ichokwadiThis is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

⁷Nokuti vatatu vanopupura kudenga Baba, Shoko naMweya Mutsvene, ava vatatu ndimumwe.For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

⁸Varipo vatatu vanopupura panyika zvinoti Mweya, mvura neropa izvi zvitatu ava vatatu vanotenderana pachinhu chimwe.And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

⁹Kana tichigamuchira kupupura kwavanhu, kupupura kwaMwari kukuru; nokuti kupupura kwaMwari ndiko, kuti wakapupura pamusoro poMwanakomana wake.If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

¹⁰Uyo, unotenda kuMwanakomana waMwari, kupupura unako mukati make; usingatendi Mwari, wakamuita murevi wenhema; nokuti haana kutenda kupupura kwakapupurirwa naMwari pamusoro poMwanakomana wake.He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

¹¹Kupupura ndiko, kuti Mwari wakatipa vupenyu bwusingaperi; zvino vupenyu ubwu bwuri muMwanakomana wake.And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹²UnoMwanakomana, unovupenyu; usinoMwanakomana waMwari haanovupenyu.He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

¹³Ndakakunyorerai zvinhu izvi kuti mugoziva kuti munovupenyu bwusingaperi, iyemwi munotenda kuzita romwanakomana waMwari.These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴Ndiko kusatya, kwatinako kwaari, kuti kana tichikumbira chinhu nokuda kwake, unotinzwa;And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

¹⁵zvino kana tichiziva kuti unotinzwa pazvose zvatinokumbira, tinoziva kuti tapiwa mikumbiro yatakakumbira kwaari.And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

¹⁶Kana munhu achivona hama yake ichiita chinhu chisati chiri chorufu, uchakumbira, Mwari agomupa vupenyu bwunopiwa vasingaiti chivi chorufu. Chiripo chivi chorufu; handiti akumbire pamusoro pechichi.If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

¹⁷Kusarurama kwose chivi; zvino chivi chiripo chisati chiri chorufu.All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

¹⁸Tinoziva kuti mumwe nomumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haaiti zvivi; asi wakaberekwa naMwari unochengetwa naye, wakaipa haangamubati.We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

¹⁹Tinoziva kuti tiri vaMwari, nenyika yose ivete munaiye wakaipa.And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

²⁰Tinoziva kuti mwanakomana waMwari wakavuya, akatipa kuziva, kuti tizive iye wazvokwadi; nesu tiri munaiye wazvokwadi, mumwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu. Ndiye Mwari wazvokwadi, novupenyu bwusingaperi.And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²¹Vana vaduku, zvichenjererei pazvifananidzo.Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.