1 John 1 1 1 John The word of life; walking in the light Lingala Bible 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.
2 LIN Bomoi emimonisaki ; tomoni yango, tozali kotatola na tina na yango mpe kosakola epai na bino bomoi ya seko oyo ezalaki elongo na Tata mpe emimonisi epai na biso. 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 LIN Tozali kosakola epai na bino makambo oyo tomoni mpe toyoki, mpo ete bino mpe bozala moko na biso. Nzokande, biso tozali moko na Tata mpe na Yesu-Klisto, Mwana na Ye. 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 LIN Yango wana tozali kokomela bino makambo oyo mpo na kokomisa esengo na biso ya kokoka. BSB BSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
5 LIN Tala makambo oyo toyoki na tina na Ye mpe tozali koyebisa bino : Nzambe azali pole, mpe molili ezali te kati na Ye. 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 LIN Soki tolobi ete tozali moko na Ye, nzokande tozali kotambola kati na molili, wana tozali bakosi mpe tozali kotambola na solo te. BSB BSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 LIN Kasi soki tozali kotambola kati na pole ndenge Ye moko Nzambe azali kati na pole, wana tozali moko, bamoko na bamosusu, mpe makila ya Yesu, Mwana na Ye, ezali kopetola biso na masumu nyonso. 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 LIN Soki toyamboli masumu na biso, Nzambe akolimbisa biso mpe akopetola biso na mabe nyonso, pamba te azali Sembo mpe Moyengebene. 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 LIN Soki tolobi ete tosalaka masumu te, wana tokomisi Nzambe mokosi mpe Liloba na Ye ezali te kati na biso. 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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