1 Yohane 5
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Chikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu
5 Aliyense amene amakhulupirira kuti Yesu ndi Khristu, iyeyo ndi mwana wa Mulungu, ndipo aliyense amene amakonda Atate amakondanso Mwana wake. 2 Chodziwira kuti timakonda ana a Mulungu nʼchakuti timakonda Mulungu ndi kusunga malamulo ake. 3 Pakuti kukonda Mulungu ndiye kusunga malamulo ake. Ndipo malamulo ake siwolemetsa, 4 chifukwa aliyense amene ndi mwana wa Mulungu amagonjetsa dziko lapansi. Chikhulupiriro chathu ndicho timagonjetsera dziko lapansi. 5 Ndani amagonjetsa dziko lapansi? Yekhayo amene amakhulupirira kuti Yesu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu.
6 Uyu ndiye anabwera mwa madzi ndi magazi, ndiye Yesu Khristu. Sanabwere mwa madzi okha, koma mwa madzi ndi magazi. Ndipo ndi Mzimu Woyera amene akuchitira umboni, chifukwa Mzimu Woyera ndi choonadi. 7 Pakuti pali atatu amene amachitira umboni. 8 Mzimu Woyera, madzi ndi magazi; ndipo atatu amavomerezana. 9 Timalandira umboni wa anthu, koma umboni wa Mulungu ndi wopambana. Umboniwo ndi umene anachitira Mwana wake. 10 Aliyense amene amakhulupirira Mwana wa Mulungu ali nawo umboniwu mu mtima mwake, koma aliyense amene sanakhulupirire Mulungu amayesa kuti Mulunguyo ndi wonama, chifukwa sanakhulupirire umboni umene Mulungu anachitira wa Mwana wake. 11 Ndipo umboniwo ndi uwu: Mulungu anatipatsa moyo wosatha, ndipo moyowu uli mwa Mwana wake. 12 Iye amene ali ndi Mwana ali ndi moyo, amene alibe Mwana wa Mulungu alibe moyo.
Mawu Otsiriza
13 Ine ndikulemba zimenezi kwa inu, amene mwakhulupirira dzina la Mwana wa Mulungu kuti mudziwe kuti muli ndi moyo wosatha. 14 Ife timalimba mtima tikamafika pamaso pa Mulungu, popeza kuti ngati tipempha kanthu kalikonse monga mwa chifuniro chake, amatimvera. 15 Ndipo ngati tikudziwa kuti amatimvera, chilichonse chimene timapempha, tikudziwanso kuti tili nacho chimene tamupempha Iye.
16 Ngati wina aona mʼbale wake akuchita tchimo losadzetsa imfa, apemphere ndipo Mulungu adzamupatsa moyo mʼbale wakeyo. Ndikunena za ochita tchimo losadzetsa imfa. Pali tchimo lodzetsa imfa. Ine sindikunena kuti apemphere ayi. 17 Chilichonse chosalungama ndi tchimo ndipo pali tchimo losadzetsa imfa.
18 Tikudziwa kuti aliyense amene ndi mwana wa Mulungu sachimwirachimwirabe. Yesu, Mwana wa Mulungu, amamusunga ndipo woyipa uja sangamukhudze. 19 Tikudziwa kuti ndife ana a Mulungu ndi kuti dziko lonse lapansi lili pansi pa ulamuliro wa woyipayo. 20 Tikudziwa kuti Mwana wa Mulungu anafika ndipo anatipatsa nzeru, kuti timudziwe Iye amene ali woona. Ndipo ife tili mwa Iye amene ndi woona, Mwana wake, Yesu Khristu. Iye ndi Mulungu woona ndi moyo wosatha.
21 Ana okondedwa, dzisungeni bwino, osapembedza mafano.
1 John 5
New International Version
Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
5 Everyone who believes(A) that Jesus is the Christ(B) is born of God,(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(D) 2 This is how we know(E) that we love the children of God:(F) by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(G) And his commands are not burdensome,(H) 4 for everyone born of God(I) overcomes(J) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(K)
6 This is the one who came by water and blood(L)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(M) 7 For there are three(N) that testify: 8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony,(O) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(P) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(Q) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(R) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(S) and this life is in his Son.(T) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(U)
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(V) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(W) 14 This is the confidence(X) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(Y) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(Z) that we have what we asked of him.(AA)
16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(AB) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(AC) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(AD) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(AE) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(AF)
18 We know that anyone born of God(AG) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(AH) cannot harm them.(AI) 19 We know that we are children of God,(AJ) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(AK) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(AL) and has given us understanding,(AM) so that we may know him who is true.(AN) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(AO)
Footnotes
- 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
1 John 5
New King James Version
Obedience by Faith
5 Whoever believes that (A)Jesus is the Christ is (B)born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (C)keep His commandments. 3 (D)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And (E)His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For (F)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (G)has overcome the world—[a]our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but (H)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The Certainty of God’s Witness
6 This is He who came (I)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. (J)And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness [b]in heaven: the Father, (K)the Word, and the Holy Spirit; (L)and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: (M)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
9 If we receive (N)the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; (O)for this is the witness of [c]God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God (P)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God (Q)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 (R)He who has the Son has [d]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [e]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that (S)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and (T)He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. (U)There is sin leading to death. (V)I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 (W)All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.
Knowing the True—Rejecting the False
18 We know that (X)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God (Y)keeps[f] [g]himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and (Z)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
20 And we know that the (AA)Son of God has come and (AB)has given us an understanding, (AC)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (AD)This is the true God (AE)and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Footnotes
- 1 John 5:4 M your
- 1 John 5:7 NU, M omit the words from in heaven (v. 7) through on earth (v. 8). Only 4 or 5 very late mss. contain these words in Greek.
- 1 John 5:9 NU God, that
- 1 John 5:12 Or the life
- 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
- 1 John 5:18 guards
- 1 John 5:18 NU him
1 John 5
English Standard Version
Overcoming the World
5 (A)Everyone who believes that (B)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and (C)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 (D)By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For (E)this is the love of God, that we (F)keep his commandments. And (G)his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For (H)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—(I)our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes (J)that Jesus is the Son of God?
Testimony Concerning the Son of God
6 This is he who came (K)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And (L)the Spirit is the one who testifies, because (M)the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 (N)If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God (O)that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God (P)has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God (Q)has made him a liar, (R)because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us (S)eternal life, and (T)this life is in his Son. 12 (U)Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
That You May Know
13 I write (V)these things to you who (W)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is (X)the confidence that we have toward him, that (Y)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and (Z)God[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. (AA)There is sin that leads to death; (AB)I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 (AC)All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that (AD)everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but (AE)he who was born of God (AF)protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are from God, and (AG)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (AH)has given us understanding, so that we may know (AI)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (AJ)eternal life. 21 Little children, (AK)keep yourselves from idols.
Footnotes
- 1 John 5:16 Greek he
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