1 John 1 1 1 John The word of life; walking in the light Saafi-Saafi 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.
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2 SAV Kipes keem teeɓohkiɗ te ɓoo hotiɗa. Ɓoo na seede'ee wa te ɓoo yegɗee ɗu wa, weɗ kipes ki heyɗi reehe, wi nikee na Baabi te wa teeɓukka ɓoo. 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 SAV Mbaa ini ɓoo hot, ɓoo kerahhaa, ɓoo ɓii nam ɗu wa yegiɗ, ne ɗu nik yino na ɓoo, ɓoo hun nik yino na Baabi na Kuɓkiŋ ɗe Yeesu Kiristaa. 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 SAV Te ɓoo ɓii fiis ɗu in cii ne sumiŋ ɓoo mit. BSB BSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
5 SAV Yegɗohi ɓoo kerah ŋ Yeesu Kiristaa te ɓoo yegɗee ɗu wa weɗ ne Kooh a siñaar te ali ñuus nikɗi nga ɗe. 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 SAV Ɓoo woo ne ɓoo yino na Kooh, te ɓoo tiindee ŋ ñuus ɗah, ɓoo na leye te ɓoo pesɗi ŋ keeh. BSB BSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 SAV Waaye ɓoo nik ŋ siñaar findi Kooh nikoh ŋ siñaar ɗah, ndeem, ɓoo yino ŋ harmban ɓoo te ñif miŋ Kuɓkiŋ ɗe Yeesu wa ɗii hooliɗ ɓoo ŋ bakaaɗ ci jen. 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 SAV Ɓoo teyɗuk bakaaɗ ciŋ ɓoo ŋ fiki Kooh ɗah, Kooh cariɗ oolku te a yurhiɗ. A hey ɓoo ɗaase, a hooliɗ ɓoo ŋ yurhaaɗi nu nik. 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 SAV Ɓoo woo ne ɓoo bakaaɗɗi ɗah, ɓoo na woye ne Kooh leyoh, te woo kiŋ ɗe nikɗi nga ɓoo. 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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