Tiri na Nyakutitsidzikiza
Juwau asalemba toera akuwerenga ace aleke kudawa, mbapangiza Yezu ninga Nyakuatsidzikiza pamaso pa Baba. Ali-onsene anati asamdziwa mbwenye asaida m'bale wace ciri mu mdima. Dziko yapantsi isapita, natenepa ale adacoka asadzipangiza na kukhonda Mwana.
2 1Anang'anga akufunika, ndisakulemberani pyenepi toera mukhonde kudawa. Mbwenye munthu angadawa, ife tiri na nyakutitsidzikiza patsogolo pa Baba—Yezu Kirixtu, ule wakulungama. 2Iye ndiye ntsembe yakulekerera madawo athu, tayu madawo athu basi, mbwenye ya dziko yonsene yapantsi pontho. a a v2 Yezu ndi ntsembe inaphimbira madawo athu mbibulusa kutongwa—tayu thangwi ya anyakukhulupira basi, mbwenye yaperekwa thangwi ya dziko yonsene yapantsi. 3Na ici tisadziwa kuti tam'dziwa Iye: tingasunga matongero ace. 4Ule analonga kuti: “Ndisan'dziwa Iye,” mbwenye nkhabe kusunga matongero ace, ndi nyakunyengeza—undimo nkhabepo muna iye. 5Mbwenye ule anasunga fala yace, kufuna kwa Baba wathu kwakwana mwandimomwene muna iye. Na ici tisadziwa kuti tiri muna Iye: 6Ule analonga kuti asapitiriza muna Iye asafunika kufamba ninga mudafambira Iye.
7Akufunika, nkhabe kukulemberani matongero mapsa, mbwenye matongero akale adakhala na imwe kutomera pakutoma—matongero akale ndi fala idabva imwe. 8Pontho, ndisakulemberani matongero mapsa—andimomwene muna Iye na muna imwe—thangwi cidima cisapita, na ceza candimomwene cisaceza kale. 9Ule analonga kuti ali mu ceza mbwenye asaida m'bale wace, ali mu cidima mpaka cincino. 10Ule anafuna m'bale wace asakhala mu ceza, na muna iye nkhabepo cinthu cinancitisa kupunduza. 11Mbwenye ule anaida m'bale wace ali mu cidima, mbafamba mu cidima, nkhabe kudziwa kunaenda iye—cidima capofomesa maso ace.
12Ndisakulemberani, anang'anga, thangwi madawo anu alekererwa thangwi ya dzina yace.
13Ndisakulemberani, ababa, thangwi musan'dziwa Ule adakhalapo kutomera pakutoma. Ndisakulemberani, aphale, thangwi mwakunda ule wakuipa.
14Anang'anga, ndisakulemberani thangwi musan'dziwa Baba. Ababa, ndisakulemberani thangwi musan'dziwa Ule adakhalapo kutomera pakutoma. Aphale, ndisakulemberani thangwi muli na mphambvu, na fala ya Baba wathu isakhala muna imwe, na imwe mwakunda ule wakuipa.
Lekani Kufuna Dziko Yapantsi
15Lekani kufuna dziko yapantsi, nee cinthu ciri consene ca mu dziko yapantsi. Ule anafuna dziko yapantsi, kufuna kwa Baba nkhabepo muna iye. 16Pinthu pyonsene pya mu dziko yapantsi—kusirira kwa manungo, kusirira kwa maso, na kudzikuza kwa umaso—nkhabe kubuluka kuna Baba, mbwenye kubuluka kuna dziko yapantsi. 17Dziko yapantsi na kusirira kwace pisapita, mbwenye ule anacita cifuno ca Baba wathu asapitiriza kwenda na kwenda.
Celukani na Ale Analamba Mwana
18Anang'anga, iyi ndi ndzidzi wakumalisa. Ninga mudabva imwe kuti antikirixtu anabwera, tenepa cincino antikirixtu azinji abwera kale; na ici tisadziwa kuti iyi ndi ndzidzi wakumalisa. b b v18 “Antikirixtu” pisabveka “wakupokanya” peno “wakupita m'mbuto mwa” Kirixtu. Juwau asapfundzisa kuti ndi munthu onsene analamba kuti Yezu ndi Kirixtu (2:22); kale “azinji” abwera, akucitiswa na “nzimu wa antikirixtu” (4:3). 19Iwo abuluka pakati pathu, mbwenye nee akhali a ife; mbadakhala a ife, mbadapitiriza na ife. Mbwenye abuluka, toera kupangiza kuti nkhabe m'bodzi wa iwo akhali wa ife. 20Mbwenye imwe muli na kudzodzwa kwakubuluka kuna Wakucena, na imwe monsene musadziwa undimo. 21Ndisakulemberani, tayu thangwi nkhabe kudziwa imwe undimo, mbwenye thangwi musaudziwa—na uthambi nkhabe kubuluka mu undimo. 22Mbani nyakunyengeza, kusiyapo ule analamba kuti Yezu ndi Kirixtu? Uyu ndi antikirixtu, analamba Baba na Mwana. 23Munthu onsene analamba Mwana nkhabe na Baba. Ule anabvuma Mwana ali na Baba pontho.
24Imwe—pidabva imwe kutomera pakutoma pisapitirize muna imwe. Pidabva imwe kutomera pakutoma pingapitiriza muna imwe, imwembo munadzapitiriza muna Mwana na muna Baba. 25Na ici ndi cipikiro cidatipikira Iye ene—upulumuki wakukhonda kumala.
26Ndakulemberani pyenepi thangwi ya ale anayesera kukupeusani. 27Imwe, kudzodzwa kudatambira imwe kuna Iye kusapitiriza muna imwe, na nkhabe kufunika munthu toera akupfundziseni. Mbwenye thangwi kudzodzwa kwace kusakupfundzisani pya pinthu pyonsene—pyandimomwene, tayu uthambi—pitirizani muna Iye, ninga mudakupfundzisa kwene.
28Na cincino, anang'anga, pitirizani muna Iye, toera angadzaonekera Iye, ife tikhale na cipapo mbatikhonde kugaluka na manyadzo pa kubwera kwace. 29Mungadziwa kuti Iye ndi wakulungama, musadziwambo kuti onsene anacita pyakulungama abalwa na Iye.