1 K ia kite koutou i te tikanga o te aroha i homai nei e te Matua ki a tatou, ara kia huaina tatou he tamariki na te Atua! he pera hoki tatou, koia te ao te matau ai ki a tatou, kahore hoki i matau ki a ia.

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

2 E nga hoa aroha, he tamariki tatou na te Atua inaianei; a kahore ano i kitea noatia he aha ranei tatou a mua: ia, ka rite tatou ki a ia; ka kite hoki tatou i a ia, i tona ahua ake ano.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

3 N a ki te mea kei tetahi tenei tumanako ki a ia, ka tahia atu e ia ona he, kia rite ai ki a ia kahore nei he he.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Sin and the Child of God

4 K o te tangata e mea ana i te hara, he takahi tana i te ture: he takahi hoki te hara i te ture.

Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

5 E matau ana ano koutou i whakakitea mai ia hei waha atu i o tatou hara; kahore ano hoki he hara i roto i a ia.

And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.

6 K o te tangata e mau ana i roto i a ia e kore e hara: ko te tangata e hara ana, kahore i kite i a ia, kahore ano i matau ki a ia.

Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

7 E aku tamariki nonohi, kei whakapohehetia koutou e etahi: ko te tangata e mea ana i te tika, he tika ano ia, pera hoki me tera e tika ana.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

8 K o te tangata e mea ana i te hara, no te rewera ia; he hara hoki to te rewera no te timatanga ra ano. Mo konei te Tama a te Atua i whakakitea mai ai, kia whakakahoretia ai e ia nga mahi a te rewera.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

9 K o te tangata kua whanau i te Atua e kore e mea i te hara; no te mea e mau ana tana purapura i roto i a ia; e kore hoki e ahei i a ia te hara, no te mea kua whanau ia i te Atua.

Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. The Imperative of Love

10 M a konei ka kitea ai nga tamariki a te Atua me nga tamariki a te rewera: ko te tangata e kore e mahi i te tika, ehara ia i te Atua, me ia ano hoki e kore e aroha ki tona teina.

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

11 K o te korero hoki tenei i rongo ai koutou no te timatanga, kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi.

For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

12 K aua ra e pera me Kaina; no te wairua kino nei ia, a kohurutia ana e ia tona teina. Na te aha hoki ia i kohuru ai i a ia? No te mea he kino ana mahi, ko a tona teina ia he tika.

not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.

13 K aua e miharo, e oku teina, ki te kino te ao ki a koutou.

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

14 E matau ana tatou kua whiti tatou i te mate ki te ora, no te mea e aroha ana tatou ki nga teina. Ko te tangata kahore e aroha ki te teina, e noho ana ia i roto i te mate.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

15 K o te tangata e mauahara ana ki tona teina, he kaipatu tangata ia: ka matau hoki koutou, ko te kaipatu tangata kahore he ora tonu e mau ana i roto i a ia.

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. The Outworking of Love

16 N a konei tatou i matau ai ki te aroha, i tuku atu hoki ia i a ia kia mate mo tatou: he tika ano kia tukua tatou e tatou ano ki te mate mo nga teina.

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 K o te tangata ia ia ia nei nga oranga o tenei ao, a ka kite e matea ana tetahi mea e tona teina, na ka tutakina iho e ia tona ngakau aroha ki a ia, e mau pehea ana te aroha o te Atua i roto i a ia?

But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 E aku tamariki nonohi, kaua e waiho ma te kupu, ma te arero te aroha; engari ma te mahi, ma te pono.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

19 M a konei hoki tatou ka matau ai no te pono tatou, ka whakau ai hoki i o tatou ngakau i tona aroaro.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

20 K i te mea ka whakahe mai o tatou ngakau i a tatou, nui atu te Atua i o tatou ngakau; e matau ana ano ia ki nga mea katoa.

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

21 E nga hoa aroha, ki te kore o tatou ngakau e whakahe i a tatou, ka maia tatou ki te Atua;

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

22 A , ko te mea e inoia ana e tatou, ka homai e ia ki a tatou, no te mea e pupuri ana tatou i ana ture, e mea ana hoki i nga mea e ahuareka ana ki tana titiro.

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

23 K o tana ture ano tenei, kia whakapono tatou ki te ingoa o tana Tama, o Ihu Karaiti, kia aroha ano tetahi ki tetahi, kia rite ano ki te ture i homai e ia ki a tatou.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 N a, ko te tangata e pupuri ana i ana ture, e mau ana i roto i a ia me ia ano i roto i a ia. na konei ano tatou i matau ai e mau ana ia i roto i a tatou, na te Wairua kua homai nei e ia ki a tatou.

Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.