3:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἴδετε ποταπὴν ἀγάπην δέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ἵνα τέκνα θεοῦ κληθῶμεν · καὶ ἐσμέν . διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κόσμος οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν .
Videte qualem caritatem dedit nobis Pater , ut filii Dei nominemur et simus . Propter hoc mundus non novit nos : quia non novit eum .
ወርእዩ ዘከመ እፎ ፍቅሩ ዘወሀበነ አብ ከመ ውሉደ እግዚአብሔር ንኩን ወኮነሂ ወበእንተዝ ኢፈተወነ ዓለም እስመ ሎቱኒ ኢያእመሮ ።
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
3:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀγαπητοί , νῦν τέκνα θεοῦ ἐσμεν , καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα . οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἐὰν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα , ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστιν .
Carissimi , nunc filii Dei sumus : et nondum apparuit quid erimus . Scimus quoniam cum apparuerit , similes ei erimus : quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est .
አኀዊነ ይእዜሰ ደቂቀ እግዚአብሔር ንሕነ ወዓዲ ኢተዐውቀ ለነ ምንተ ንከውን ነአምር ባሕቱ ከመ እምከመ ተዐውቀ ለነ ከማሁ ንከውን እስመ ንሬእዮ ሎቱ በከመ ውእቱ ።
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
3:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἁγνίζει ἑαυτὸν καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ἁγνός ἐστιν .
Et omnis qui habet hanc spem in eo , sanctificat se , sicut et ille sanctus est .
ወኵሉ ዘተወከለ ኪያሁ ያነጽሕ ርእሶ በከመ ውእቱ ንጹሕ ።
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
3:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν ποιεῖ , καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία .
Omnis qui facit peccatum , et iniquitatem facit : et peccatum est iniquitas .
ወኵሉ ዘይገብራ ለኀጢአት ወለአበሳኒ ገብራ ውእቱ እስመ ኀጢአት አበሳ ይእቲ ።
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
3:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ἐφανερώθη ἵνα τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἄρῃ , καὶ ἁμαρτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν .
Et scitis quia ille apparuit ut peccata nostra tolleret : et peccatum in eo non est .
ወተአምሩ ከመ አስተርአየ ዝክቱ ከመ ያሰስላ ለኀጢአት ወኀጢአትሰ አልቦ ኀቤሁ ።
You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
3:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει · πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἔγνωκεν αὐτόν .
Omnis qui in eo manet , non peccat : et omnis qui peccat , non vidit eum , nec cognovit eum .
ወኵሉ ዘቦቱ ይነብር ኢይኤብስ እስመ ኵሉ ዘይኤብስ ኢይሬእዮ ወኢየአምሮ ።
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
3:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τεκνία , μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς · ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστιν , καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν ·
Filioli , nemo vos seducat . Qui facit justitiam , justus est , sicut et ille justus est .
ደቂቅየ ኢያስሕቱክሙ ወኵሉ ዘይገብራ ለጽድቅ ጻድቅ ውእቱ በከመ ዝክቱ ጻድቅ ውእቱ ።
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
3:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν , ὅτι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ὁ διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει . εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ , ἵνα λύσῃ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου .
Qui facit peccatum , ex diabolo est : quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat . In hoc apparuit Filius Dei , ut dissolvat opera diaboli .
ወዘሰ ይገብራ ለኀጢአት እምነ ጋኔን ውእቱ እስመ ቀዳሚሁ ሰይጣን አበሰ ወበእንተ ዝንቱ አስተርአየ ወልደ እግዚአብሔር ከመ ይስዐር ግብሮ ለጋኔን ።
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἁμαρτίαν οὐ ποιεῖ , ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει · καὶ οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν , ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγέννηται .
Omnis qui natus est ex Deo , peccatum non facit : quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet , et non potest peccare , quoniam ex Deo natus est .
ወኵሉ ዘይትወለድ እምእግዚአብሔር ኢይገብራ ለኀጢአት እስመ ዘርዐ ዚኣሁ ወቦቱ ይነብር ወኢይክል አብሶ እስመ እምእግዚአብሔር ተወልደ ።
Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
3:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν τούτῳ φανερά ἐστιν τὰ τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου · πᾶς ὁ μὴ ποιῶν δικαιοσύνην οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ , καὶ ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ .
In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei , et filii diaboli . Omnis qui non est justus , non est ex Deo , et qui non diligit fratrem suum :
ወበዝንቱ እሙራን ውእቶሙ ደቂቀ እግዚአብሔር ወደቂቀ ጋኔን ወኵሉ ዘኢይገብራ ለጽድቅ ኢኮነ እምእግዚአብሔር ወከማሁ ዘኢያፈቅር ቢጾ ።
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
3:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς , ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους ·
quoniam haec est annuntiatio , quam audistis ab initio , ut diligatis alterutrum .
እስመ ዛቲ ይእቲ ትእዛዝ እንተ ሰማዕክሙ ትካት ከመ ንትፋቀር በበይናቲነ ።
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
3:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐ καθὼς Κάϊν ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἦν καὶ ἔσφαξεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ · καὶ χάριν τίνος ἔσφαξεν αὐτόν ; ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρὰ ἦν , τὰ δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δίκαια .
Non sicut Cain , qui ex maligno erat , et occidit fratrem suum . Et propter quid occidit eum ? Quoniam opera ejus maligna erant : fratris autem ejus , justa .
ወአኮ በከመ ቃየን ዘእምእኩይ ውእቱ ወቀተሎ ለእኁሁ ወበእንተ ምንት ቀተሎ እስመ ምግባረ ዚኣሁ እኩይ ውእቱ ወዘእኁሁሰ ጻድቅ ውእቱ ።
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
3:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ Καὶ μὴ θαυμάζετε , ἀδελφοί , εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος .
Nolite mirari , fratres , si odit vos mundus .
ወኢታንክሩ አኀዊነ እመሂ ዓለም ጸልአክሙ ።
Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
3:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν , ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς · ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν μένει ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ .
Nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte ad vitam , quoniam diligimus fratres . Qui non diligit , manet in morte :
ንሕነሰ ነአምር ከመ ዐደውነ እሞት ውስተ ሕይወት እስመ ናፈቅር ቢጸነ ወዘሰ ኢያፈቅር ቢጾ ውስተ ጽልመት ይነብር ።
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
3:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς ὁ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνθρωποκτόνος ἐστίν , καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι πᾶς ἀνθρωποκτόνος οὐκ ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἐν ἑαυτῷ μένουσαν .
omnis qui odit fratrem suum , homicida est . Et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam aeternam in semetipso manentem .
ኵሉ ዘይጸልእ ቢጾ ቀታሌ ነፍስ ውእቱ ወተአምሩ ከመ ለቀታሌ ነፍስ አልቦ ሕይወት ዘለዓለም እንተ ትሄሉ ላዕሌሁ ።
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
3:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν τούτῳ ἐγνώκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην , ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκεν · καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τὰς ψυχὰς θεῖναι .
In hoc cognovimus caritatem Dei , quoniam ille animam suam pro nobis posuit : et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere .
ወበዝንቱ አእመርናሁ ለተፋቅሮ እስመ ውእቱ መጠወ ነፍሶ በእንቲኣነ ወንሕነኒ ይደልወነ ንመጡ ነፍሰነ በእንተ ቢጽነ ።
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
3:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὃς δ’ ἂν ἔχῃ τὸν βίον τοῦ κόσμου καὶ θεωρῇ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχοντα καὶ κλείσῃ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ , πῶς ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ μένει ἐν αὐτῷ ;
Qui habuerit substantiam hujus mundi , et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere , et clauserit viscera sua ab eo : quomodo caritas Dei manet in eo ?
ወዘቦቱ መንበርተ ዝንቱ ዓለም ወይሬኢ ቢጾ ጽኑሰ ወየዐጹ ምሕረቶ እምኔሁ እፎ ይነብር ፍቅረ እግዚአብሔር ላዕሌሁ ።
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
3:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τεκνία , μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ .
Filioli mei , non diligamus verbo neque lingua , sed opere et veritate :
ደቂቅየ ኢንትፋቀር በቃል ወበልሳን ዘእንበለ በምግባር ወበጽድቅ ።
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
3:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνωσόμεθα ὅτι ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐσμέν , καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πείσομεν τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν ·
in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus : et in conspectu ejus suadebimus corda nostra .
ወበዝንቱ ነአምር ከመ እምጽድቅ ንሕነ ወንሕነሰ ቅድሜሁ ናመክሮ ለልብነ ።
And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
3:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία , ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν καὶ γινώσκει πάντα .
Quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor nostrum : major est Deus corde nostro , et novit omnia .
ወእመሰ ያርስሐስሐነ ልብነ እምአበሳነ የአብዮ እግዚአብሔር ለልብነ ወየአምር ኵሎ ።
because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
3:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀγαπητοί , ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν μὴ καταγινώσκῃ ἡμῶν , παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν θεόν ,
Carissimi , si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos , fiduciam habemus ad Deum :
አኀዊነ እመሰ ኢቀለየነ ልብነ ገጽ ብነ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ።
Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
3:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν λαμβάνομεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ , ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν .
et quidquid petierimus , accipiemus ab eo : quoniam mandata ejus custodimus , et ea , quae sunt placita coram eo , facimus .
ወዘሂ ሰአልናሁ ንነሥእ እምኀቤሁ እስመ ትእዛዞ ነዐቅብ ወንገብር ዘይኤድሞ ቅድሜሁ ።
so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
3:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ , ἵνα πιστεύσωμεν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους , καθὼς ἔδωκεν ἐντολὴν ἡμῖν .
Et hoc est mandatum ejus : ut credamus in nomine Filii ejus Jesu Christi : et diligamus alterutrum , sicut dedit mandatum nobis .
ወዛቲ ይእቲ ትእዛዙ ከመ ንእመን በወልዱ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንትፋቀር በበይናቲነ በከመ ወሀበነ ትእዛዞ ።
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
3:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ὁ τηρῶν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν αὐτῷ · καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι μένει ἐν ἡμῖν , ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἡμῖν ἔδωκεν .
Et qui servat mandata ejus , in illo manet , et ipse in eo : et in hoc scimus quoniam manet in nobis , de Spiritu quem dedit nobis .
ወዘሰ የዐቅብ ትእዛዞ ቦቱ ይነብር ወውእቱኒ ቦቱ ወበዝንቱ ነአምር ከመ ይነብር ምስሌነ እምነ መንፈሱ ቅዱስ ዘወሀበነ ።
He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.