1 John 1 1 1 John The word of life; walking in the light Ncane 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 NCR Kinche kinɛ ba gɛ̀ chunyɛ bee yɛŋ ki le, bee mo be jɛme kune ki, bee feeji bɛŋ le kune kinche kì kage gɛ kinɛ kì gɛ̀ bee bɛ Chii, wu gɛ̀ to wu chunyɛ bee le. 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 NCR Fifiɛɛ fì bee gɛ̀ yɛŋ bee ka be yu, le fi fì bee feeji bɛŋ le tɛ wu lɛ bee kɛ̂me kintaashɛ besabɛŋ. Kintaashɛ kesa kinɛ le besa Nyo wù Chii bɛ Mwa ye wù Jiso Kletu. 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 NCR Bee mo be saŋe finɛ wu lɛ njoŋ wese besabɛŋ yîsɛ chuule. BSB BSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
5 NCR Wunɛ le saaka wù bee gɛ̀ yu a wu le, bee mo be sɛŋe bɛŋ le lɛ, Nyo le n'yuu, kijibɛ nyume gɛ ye ye le gɛ mbɛŋ. 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 NCR Noo, nɛ besabɛŋ duu lɛ besabɛŋ le yi kintaashɛ le bɛ wu, geenɛ besabɛŋ ka jiɛnyi nyu yi kijibɛ le, tu besabɛŋ mbiane lo, bee chee gɛ bee bii nchiɛɛŋ le gɛ. BSB BSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 NCR Geenɛ, nɛ besabɛŋ jiɛnyi yi n'yuu le no wu le yi n'yuu le, tu besabɛŋ le be nyûme yi kintaashɛ le muh no muh, kilɛmɛ ki Jiso wù Mwa ye le ki chuge besabɛŋ be yuude yi bimbefɛ biɛsa besabɛŋ le bichii. 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 NCR Geenɛ, nɛ besabɛŋ sɛŋe lo bimbefɛ biɛsa wu le, no wu le muh wù to wu lɛme yi jɛ ye le wu ka gee mwɛɛ mù kooji, tu wu lé wu lɛ̂ɛshɛ bimbefɛ biɛsa wu chûgɛ besabɛŋ be yuude yi gee chesa besabɛŋ le chichii chì le gɛ chaaŋ gɛ. 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 NCR Nɛ besabɛŋ jɛme lɛ besabɛŋ baaŋ ge gɛ kimbefɛ gɛ, tu besabɛŋ jode wu lɛ wu le muh wu chimbiaŋ, jɛ ye ya kɛme gɛ kijusɛ yi ye yese besabɛŋ le gɛ. 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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