Kuyesa Mizimu
Yesani mizimu; amene amavomereza kuti Yesu anabwera m'thupi ndi ochokera kwa Atate wathu. Chikondi chimachokera kwa iye chifukwa Atate wathu ndi chikondi, zotsimikizidwa ndi kutumiza Mwana wake. Chikondi chenicheni chimathamangitsa mantha, ndipo aliyense wodana ndi m'bale amene wamuona sanganene kuti amakonda Atate.
4 1Okondedwa, musakhulupirire mzimu uliwonse, koma yesani mizimu kuti muone ngati ichokera kwa Atate wathu, pakuti aneneri onama ambiri atuluka kupita m'dziko. 2Mwa ichi mudziwa Mzimu wa Atate wathu: mzimu uliwonse wovomereza kuti Yesu Khristu anadza m'thupi umachokera kwa Atate wathu, 3ndipo mzimu uliwonse umene suvomereza Yesu suchokera kwa Atate wathu. Umenewu ndi mzimu wa mdani wa Khristu, umene munamva kuti ukudza, ndipo tsopano uli kale m'dziko. 4Inu mumachokera kwa Atate wathu, ana anga, ndipo mwawagonjetsa, chifukwa wokhala mwa inu ndi wamkulu kuposa wokhala m'dziko. 5Iwo amachokera m'dziko; chifukwa chake amayankhula zinthu za m'dziko, ndipo dziko limawamvera. 6Ife timachokera kwa Atate wathu. Aliyense wodziwa Iye amatimvera; aliyense wosachokera kwa Iye satimvera. Umu ndi mmene timadziwira Mzimu wa choonadi ndi mzimu wa chinyengo.
Atate Wathu Ndiye Chikondi
7Okondedwa, tikondane wina ndi mnzake, pakuti chikondi chimachokera kwa Atate wathu, ndipo onse amene amakonda ndi obadwa mwa Iye nadziwa Iye. 8Aliyense wosakonda sadziwa Atate wathu, chifukwa Atate wathu ndiye chikondi. a a v8 Mawu akuti “Mulungu ndiye chikondi” asanduka “Atate wathu ndiye chikondi” — chikondi si khalidwe limene amavala koma ndi umo Iye alili ndithu monga Atate. 9Umu ndi mmene chikondi cha Atate wathu chinaonetsedwera pakati pathu: Atate wathu anatumiza Mwana wake wobadwa yekha m'dziko kuti tikhale ndi moyo kudzera mwa Iye. 10Ichi ndi chikondi: osati kuti ife tinakonda Atate wathu, koma kuti Iye anatikonda ndipo anatumiza Mwana wake kukhala nsembe yopepesera machimo athu. b b v10 Nsembe yopepesera ndi nsembe imene imalipira mtengo wonse wa uchimo, ndi kubwezeretsa ubwenzi umene uchimo wathu unaswa. 11Okondedwa, ngati Atate wathu anatikonda chotero, ifenso tiyenera kukondana wina ndi mnzake. 12Palibe munthu anaona Atate wathu nthawi iliyonse; ngati tikondana wina ndi mnzake, Atate wathu amakhala mwa ife ndipo chikondi chake chimakwaniritsidwa mwa ife. 13Mwa ichi timadziwa kuti timakhala mwa Iye ndipo Iye mwa ife: watipatsa Mzimu wake. 14Ife taona ndipo timachitira umboni kuti Atate wathu anatumiza Mwana kukhala Mpulumutsi wa dziko. 15Aliyense wovomereza kuti Yesu ndi Mwana wa Atate wathu, Atate wathu amakhala mwa iye, ndipo iye mwa Atate wathu. 16Ife tadziwa ndipo takhulupirira chikondi chimene Atate wathu ali nacho pa ife. Atate wathu ndiye chikondi, ndipo aliyense wokhala m'chikondi amakhala mwa Iye, ndipo Iye mwa iye. 17Umu ndi mmene chikondi chimakwaniritsidwira mwa ife, kuti tikhale ndi chikhulupiriro pa tsiku la chiweruzo, chifukwa monga Iye alili, momwemonso ife tilili m'dziko lino. 18M'chikondi mulibe mantha; chikondi changwiro chimathamangitsa mantha, pakuti mantha amakhala ndi chilango, ndipo aliyense wochita mantha sanakwaniritsidwe m'chikondi. 19Ife timakonda chifukwa Atate wathu anatikonda ife poyamba. 20Ngati wina anena kuti, “Ndimakonda Atate wathu,” koma akudana ndi m'bale wake, iye ndi wonama. Pakuti aliyense wosakonda m'bale wake, amene wamuona, sangathe kukonda Atate wathu, amene sanamuone. 21Ndipo lamulo ili tili nalo lochokera kwa Iye: aliyense wokonda Atate wathu ayeneranso kukonda m'bale wake.
