1 John 1 1 1 John The word of life; walking in the light Ikizu New Testament A pastoral letter giving believers assurance: those who walk in the light, love one another and confess Jesus come in the flesh know they have eternal life.
Introduction to 1 John
2 IKZ Ʉbhʉhʉru bhuyo bhʉkarorekana, na niitwɨ tʉkabhorora. Nangʉ tʉrabhamenyeekererya na kʉbharaganʼya ɨngʼana igʉrʉ wa wʉnʉ nɨ‑bhʉhʉru bhwa kemerano. Ewe aarɨ kwa Bhaabha Mungu, akarorekana kwa niitwɨ. BSB BSB: And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
3 IKZ Tʉkamorora na kumwigwa, nangʉ tʉrabharaganʼya ɨngʼana igʉrʉ waazɨ, korereke mʉbhɨ ni ikigwatani na niitwɨ mubhwisirirya. Ikigwatani kɨnʉ tʉnachʉ nɨ‑hamwɨmwɨ na Bhaabha Mungu, nu Umwana waazɨ Yɨɨsu Kiriisitʉ. BSB BSB: We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
4 IKZ Tʉrabhaandɨkɨra ganʉ, korereke obhozomerwa bhwɨtʉ bhuhikɨ. BSB BSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
5 IKZ Mmbe, amangʼana ganʉ twigwirɨ kurwa kwa Yɨɨsu Kiriisitʉ, nego tʉkʉbharwazɨra, Mungu ni‑bhwɨrʉ, ataana ikiirimya chʉchʉsi mʉʉsi waazɨ. BSB BSB: And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
6 IKZ Arɨɨbhɨ tʉrabhuga tuni ikigwatani na Mungu, ɨnʉ tʉrakaja kwikara mukiirimya, tʉragamba ʉrʉrɨmɨ, na tʉtakokora eheene. BSB BSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 IKZ Nawe, arɨɨbhɨ turiikara mubhwɨrʉ, chɨmbu Mungu arɨ mubhwɨrʉ, tʉrabha ni ikigwatani itubheene kobheene. Na amasaahɨ gu Umwana waazɨ Yɨɨsu garabhɨngukya ʉbhʉbhɨ bhwɨtʉ bhwʉsi. BSB BSB: But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
9 IKZ Nawe, arɨɨbhɨ tʉraatigɨ ʉbhʉbhɨ bhwɨtʉ, Mungu aratobheerera ʉbhʉbhɨ bhwɨtʉ na kʉtʉbhɨngukya ʉbhʉbhɨ bhwʉsi, kʉ kʉbha ewe, ne‑moheene na we eheene. BSB BSB: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 IKZ Turiibhugɨ tʉkɨɨrɨ kokora ʉbhʉbhɨ, tʉrakora Mungu mʉbhɨɨhi, na twangirɨ ringʼana ryazɨ kɨmwɨ. BSB BSB: If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
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