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1 Raugat, cik lelu mīlesteibu Tāvs mums ir parōdejis: Myusus sauc par Dīva bārnim un taidi mes arī asam. Un pasauļs myusu napazeist — tōpēc, ka Jō nav pazinis. 2 Nūmīļōtī, tagad mes asom Dīva bārni, un kas vēļ mes byusim, tys veļ nav atklōts. Tūmār mes zynom: Kad tys byus atklōts, tad mes byusim Jam leidzeigi, jo tad mes Jū redzēsim taidu, kaids Jys ir. 3 Un ikvīns, kas ikš Jō cer, lai tōp svāts, kai Jys ir svāts. 4 Ikvīns, kas grākoj, dora nalykumeibu, jo grāks ir nalykumeiba. 5 Jyus gon zynot, ka Jys atnōce, pats byudams bez grāka, lai nūcaltu myusu grākus. 6 Un kas Jymā palīk, tys nagrākoj; kas grākoj, tys Jō nava redzējis, ni arī Jō pazinis. 7 Bērneņi, lai nivīns jyusu ramaldynoj. Kas taisneigi dora, tys ir taisneigs kai Jys pats ir taisneigs. 8 Bet kas grākoj, tys paīt nu valna, jo valns grākōja nu poša sōkuma. Un Dīva Dāls atgōja, lai valna dorbus iznycynōtu.
9 Kas nu Dīva ir dzimis, tys nagrākoj, jo tymā palīk Jō sākla. Un jys arī navar grākōt, jo nu Dīva ir pīdzimis. 10 Tai var pazeit valna bārnus un Dīva bārnus. Nivīns, kas taisneigi nadora, nava nu Dīva ta pat, kai nivīns, kas sova brōļa namīļoj. 11 Un tai skaņ sludynōjums, kuru jyus nu sōkuma asot dzērdējuši: Mums vīnam ūtru jōmīļoj. 12 Un na tai kai Kains, kas beja nu ļaunō, nūsyta sovu brōli, un kōpēc? Tōpēc, ka ļauni beja jō dorbi, bet jō brōļa beja taisneigi.
13 Nasabreinojit, brōli, ka jyusus pasauļs īneist. 14 Mes labi zynom, ka mes nu nōves asom pōrgōjuši uz dzeivi, jo mes mīļojam brōļus. Bet kas namīļoj, tys palīk nōvē.
15 Kas sovu brōli īneist, tys ir slapkova, un jyus zynot, ka nivīnam slapkovai nav sevī palīkūšōs myužeigōs dzeives. 16 (Dīva) mīlesteibu mes pazeistam tamā, ka Jys par mums atdeve sovu dzeiveibu. Tai arī mums jōuzupurej dzeiveiba par brōlim.
17 Kam šite ir pasauļa monts, un jys redz sovu brōli tryukumā, bet sovu sirdi tam aizdora, kai tad jymā var byut Dīva mīlesteiba? 18 Bērneni, lai mes mīļojam na ar vōrdim un na ar mēli, bet gon ar dorbim un ar patīseibu. 19 Caur tū mes pazeisim, ka asam nu patīseibas un Jō prīškā nūmīrynōsim sovu sirdi. 20 Un jo myusu sirds myusus apvaiņoj, tad tūmār Dīvs ir lelōks par myusu sirdi, un Jys zyna vysu.
21 Nūmīļōtī, jo sirds myusu naapvaiņoj, tad mums ir cereiba uz Dīva. 22 Un kō vīn lyugsim nu Jō, mes sajimsim, jo tik mes izpiļdeisim bausleibas un dareisim tū, kas Jam pateik. 23 Un Jō bausleiba ir, lai mes tycātu Jō Dāla Kunga Jezus Kristus vōrdam, lai mes cyts cytu mīļōtu, kai Jys mums ir pavēlējis. 24 Kas pylda Jō bausleibas, tys ir Jymā un Jys tymā. Tū, ka jys palīk myusūs, mes pazeistam nu Gora, kuru Jys mums ir īdevis.
Children of God
1 See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God. 2 My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is. 3 Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.
4 Whoever sins is guilty of breaking God's law, because sin is a breaking of the law. 5 You know that Christ appeared in order to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him. 6 So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to sin; but whoever continues to sin has never seen him or known him.
7 Let no one deceive you, my children! Whoever does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8 Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.
9 Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin. 10 Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.
Love One Another
11 The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another. 12 We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.
13 So do not be surprised, my friends, if the people of the world hate you. 14 We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death. 15 Those who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life in them. 16 This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others! 17 If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God? 18 My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
Courage before God
19 This, then, is how we will know that we belong to the truth; this is how we will be confident in God's presence. 20 If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything. 21 And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence. 22 We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. 23 What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us. 24 Those who obey God's commands live in union with God and God lives in union with them. And because of the Spirit that God has given us we know that God lives in union with us.
