1 The Word that gives life
was from the beginning,
and this is the one
our message is about.
Our ears have heard,
our eyes have seen,
and our hands have touched
this Word.
2 The one who gives life appeared! We saw it happen, and we are witnesses to what we have seen. Now we are telling you about this eternal life that was with the Father and appeared to us. 3 We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.
God Is Light
5 Jesus told us God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.
6 If we say we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth. 7 But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. 8 If we say we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his message isn't in our hearts.
Ekwatafanifo li nelao
1 Ei ya kala po okudja kehovelo, otwe i uda ndele twe i mwene nomesho etu vene, ndele twe i tala, nomake etu e i kuma, oyo tuu oyo hatu i udifa nokutya, ondjovo yomwenyo, 2 nomwenyo owa holoka notwe u mona nohatu hepaulula noku mu udifila omwenyo ou waalushe wa li puXe ndele owe tu hololelwa, 3 osho twe shi mona ndele twe shi uda, osho hatu shi mu udifile, opo nanye yo mu kale mu nekwatafano nafye; ndele otu nekwatafano letu naXe nOmona waye Jesus Kristus. 4 Ndele osho tuu osho hatu shi mu shangele, ehafo leni opo li kale la wana la pwa. 5 Hano ondaka twe i uda kuye ndele hatu i mu udifile oyo ei: Kalunga Oye ouyelele, omulaulu kau mo muye. 6 Ngeenge hatu ti, fye otu nekwatafano naye, ndele hatu ende momulaulu, opo nee ohatu fufya ndele ihatu longo oshili.
7 Ndele ngeenge hatu ende mouyelele ngaashi ye ha kala mouyelele, opo tu nekwatafano mokati ketu, nohonde yOmona waye, Jesus Kristus, otai tu kosho omatimba aeshe.
8 Ndelenee ngeenge hatu ti, katu noulunde, ohatu lipukifa fye vene noshili kai mo mufye. 9 Ndele ngeenge hatu hepaulula omatimba etu, Ye omudiinini nomuyuki opo te tu kufile po omatimba ndele te tu kosho ouhenouyuki aushe. 10 Ndele ngeenge ohatu ti, fye inatu nyona sha, opo ohatu mu ningi omunaipupulu nondjovo yaye kai li mufye.
