Yokuthoma KaJwanisi
3 Qalani bona likhulu kangangani ithando uBaba asithande ngalo+ ukuthi kufuze sibizwe ngokobana sibantwana bakaZimu!+ Kwamambala ngilokho esingikho. Kungebangelo iphasi lingasazi+ ngombana alikamazi uZimu.+ 2 Bathandekako, nje sesibantwana bakaZimu+ kodwana akukabonakaliswa lokho esizokuba ngikho.+ Siyazi ukuthi nakabonakaliswako sizokuba njengaye ngombana sizombona njengombana anjalo. 3 Woke umuntu onethembeli kuye uyazicwengisa+ njengombana loyo acwengile.
4 Woke umuntu oraga nokwenza isono uraga nokweqa umthetho begodu isono sikukweqa umthetho. 5 Godu niyazi ukuthi wabonakaliswa bona asuse izono zethu+ begodu asikho isono kuye. 6 Woke umuntu ohlala amunye naye akaragi nokwenza isono,+ akekho ombonileko namkha osekamazi oraga nokwenza isono. 7 Bantwanyana akungabi nomuntu onidurhisako, loyo oraga nokwenza okulungileko ulungile njengombana naloyo alungile. 8 Loyo oraga nokwenza isono uvela kuDeveli ngombana uDeveli bekasolo ona kusukela ekuthomeni.+ Kungebangeli iNdodana kaZimu yabonakaliswa bona itjhabalalise imisebenzi kaDeveli.+
9 Woke umuntu obelethwe nguZimu akaragi nokwenza isono+ ngombana imbewu kaZimu ihlala emuntwini onjalo begodu angekhe arage nokwenza isono ngombana ubelethwe nguZimu.+ 10 Abantwana bakaZimu nabantwana bakaDeveli babonakala ngeqinisweli: Nanyana ngubani ongaragi nokwenza okulungileko akaveli kuZimu, ngokufanako naloyo ongathandi umfowabo.+ 11 Ngombana lo mlayezo eniwuzwileko kusukela ekuthomeni, bona kufuze sithandane+ 12 singafani noKayini, obekavela komumbi begodu wabulala umfowabo.+ Ambulalelani? Ngombana imisebenzakhe beyimimbi+ kodwana yomfowabo beyilungile.+
13 Ningarareki bafowethu ukuthi iphasi liyanihloya.+ 14 Siyazi ukuthi sidlulile ekufeni saya ekuphileni+ ngombana sithanda abafowethu.+ Loyo ongathandiko uhlala ekufeni.+ 15 Woke umuntu ohloya umfowabo umbulali,+ begodu niyazi ukuthi akunambulali onokuphila okungapheliko okuhlezi kuye.+ 16 Ngalokhu sesiyalazi ithando ngombana loyo wadela ukuphila kwakhe* ngebanga lethu+ begodu singaphasi kwesibopho sokudela ukuphila kwethu* ngebanga labafowethu.+ 17 Kodwana nanyana ngubani onezinto eziphathekako zephaseli, abone umfowabo atlhoga kodwana angamrhawukeli, ithando lakaZimu lihlala njani kuye?+ 18 Bantwanyana kufuze sithande ingasi ngelizwi namkha ngelimu+ kodwana ngesenzo+ nangeqiniso.+
19 Ngalokhu sizokwazi ukuthi singebeqiniso begodu sizokuqinisekisa* iinhliziyo zethu phambi kwakhe 20 malungana nananyana yini iinhliziyo zethu ezisilahla kiyo ngombana uZimu mkhulu kuneenhliziyo zethu begodu wazi zoke izinto.+ 21 Bathandekako, nangabe iinhliziyo zethu azisilahli, sinetjhaphuluko yokukhuluma phambi kwakaZimu+ 22 begodu nanyana yini esiyibawako siyayifumana kuye+ ngombana silalela imiyalwakhe begodu senza okuthabisako emehlwenakhe. 23 Eqinisweni, lo myalwakhe: Ukuthi sikholwe egameni leNdodanakhe uJesu Krestu+ begodu sithandane+ njengombana asinikela umyalo. 24 Ngaphezu kwalokho, loyo olalela imiyalwakhe uhlala amunye naye begodu naye umunye naloyo.+ Nje-ke ngommoya asinikela wona, siyazi ukuthi uhlala amunye nathi.+