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1 Lang'anani kutifuna kukulu kudacita Baba, na kuticita kuti ife ticemerwe ana a Mulungu. Ndimo mwene ndifedi ana a Mulungu. Ndi thangwi eneyo dziko nkhabe kutidziwa, thangwi iyo nkhabe kun'dziwambo tayu.
2 Axamwali akufunika, ife cincino ndife ana a Mulungu, pontho pidzati kudziwika kuti tinadza kakhala tani. Mbwenye tisadziwa kuti Kirixtu angadza kapangizika, ife tinadza kalandana naye. Thangwi tinadza kamuona kukhala kudacita iye.
3 Mphapo munthu onsene ana cidikhiro ceneci muna Kirixtu, asatongwa kuti akhale wakulungama, sawa-sawa ninga Kirixtu ndi wakulungama.
4 Munthu onsene anacita kudawa, anumpha Mwambo wa Mulungu. Ndimo mwene, kudawa nkhunumpha Mwambo.
5 Imwe musapidziwa kuti Kirixtu abwera kudza kabulusa madawi athu, pontho muna Iye nkhabe kudawa.
6 Onsene ale anakhala muna Kirixtu, nkhabe kukhala n'kudawa. Onsene ale anakhala n'kudawa, adzati kumuona, pontho adzati kun'dziwa.
7 Ananga, lekani kunyengezwa na munthu. Ule anacita pinthu pyakulungama ndi wakulungama, sawa-sawa ninga Kirixtu ndi wakulungama.
8 Apo ule anakhala mbadawa, unowu ndi munthu wa Sathani. Thangwi Sathani adza mbadawa kutomera kale na kale. Ndi thangwi eneyo Mwana wa Mulungu abwera, toera kufudza mabasa a Sathani.
9 Onsene adabalwa na Mulungu nkhabe kukhala mbacita kudawa, thangwi mbeu ya Mulungu iri muna iye. Na tenepo, unowu nkhabe kwanisa kukhala mbacita kudawa, thangwi abalwa na Mulungu.
10 Na mwenemu, tisadziwa mbani ana a Mulungu, peno mbani ana a Sathani. Onsene ale anakhonda kucita pinthu pyakulungama, na onsene anakhonda kufuna m'bale wace, hadabuluka kuna Mulungu tayu.
Kufunana m'bodzi na m'bodzi
11 Izi ndizo mphangwa zidabva imwe kutomera pa kutoma kuti: Tifunane m'bodzi na m'bodzi.
12 Mbatilekeni kukhala ninga Kainu, munthu wa Sathani adapha m'bale wace. Apo thangwi yanji iye apha m'bale wace? Amupha thangwi mabasa ace akhali akuipa, mbwenye mabasa a m'bale wace akhali akulungama.
13 Abale anga, lekani kudzudzumika mungazondiwa na dziko.
14 Tisadziwa kuti ife tabuluka pa kufa, mbwenye cincino tapulumuka thangwi tisafuna abale athu. Mphapo ule anakhonda funa m'bale wace, ali n'kufa.
15 Munthu onsene anazonda m'bale wace ndi phanga. Pontho imwe musadziwa kuti phanga nkhabe upulumuki wakukhonda kumala muna iye.
16 Na mwenemu, ife tisadziwa ndi ninji kufunana, thangwi Yezu Kirixtu apereka upulumuki wace na thangwi yathu. Na tenepo, ife tisatongwambo kupereka upulumuki wathu na thangwi ya abale athu.
17 Munthu wa kupfuma mbaona m'bale wace ali kucherenga mbakhonda kumphedza, munthu unowu analonga kuti asafuna Mulungu?
18 Ananga, kufunana kwathu mbukuleke kukhala kwa mafala na mulomo basi tayu, mbwenye mbukukhale kwa mabasa na mwa ndimo mwene.
19 Na tenepo, tinadziwa kuti ife ndife a ndimo mwene, pontho tinakhurudzisa ntima wathu patsogolo pana Mulungu,
20 ntima wathu ungatipanga kuti tadawa. Mulungu ndi nkulu kakamwe kupita ntima wathu, pontho asadziwa pinthu pyonsene.
21 Axamwali anga akufunika, ntima wathu ungakhonda kutipanga kuti tadawa, tina cinyindiro patsogolo pana Mulungu.
22 Pontho pyonsene pinaphemba ife anatipasa, thangwi tisabvera matongero ace pontho tisacita pinafuna Iye.
23 Matongero ace ndi awa: Kuti titawire dzina ya Yezu Kirixtu Mwana wace, pontho tifunane m'bodzi na m'bodzi, ninga mudatipangira Iye.
24 Ale anabvera matongero a Mulungu, asakhala muna Mulungu, Mulungumbo asakhala muna iwo. Na tenepo, tisadziwa kuti Iye asakhala muna ife, na thangwi ya Nzimu udatipasa Iye.