1 João 3

He Tamariki nā te Atua

1 Kia kite koutou i te tikanga o te aroha i hōmai nei e te Matua ki a tātou, arā kia huaina tātou he tamariki nā te Atua! He pērā hoki tātou, koia te ao tē mātau ai ki a tātou, kāhore hoki i mātau ki a ia. 2 E ngā hoa aroha, he tamariki tātou nā te Atua ināianei; ā, kāhore anō i kitea noatia he aha rānei tātou ā mua. Otirā, e mōhio ana tātou, ki te puta mai ia, ka rite tātou ki a ia. Ka kite hoki tātou i a ia, i tōna āhua ake anō. 3 Nā, ki te mea kei tētahi tēnei tūmanako ki a ia, ka tahia atu e ia ōna hē, kia rite ai ki a ia kāhore nei he hē.

4 Ko te tangata e mea ana i te hara, he takahi tāna i te ture; he takahi hoki te hara i te ture. 5 E mātau ana anō koutou i whakakitea mai ia hei waha atu i ō tātou hara; kāhore anō hoki he hara i roto i a ia. 6 Ko te tangata e mau ana i roto i a ia e kore e hara: ko te tangata e hara ana, kāhore i kite i a ia, kāhore anō i mātau ki a ia.

7 E āku tamariki nonohi, kei whakapōhēhētia koutou e tētahi. Ko te tangata e mea ana i te tika, he tika anō ia, pērā hoki me tērā e tika ana. 8 Ko te tangata e mea ana i te hara, nō te rēwera ia; he hara hoki tō te rēwera nō te tīmatanga rā anō. Mō konei te Tama a te Atua i whakakitea mai ai, kia whakakāhoretia ai e ia ngā mahi a te rēwera.

9 Ko te tangata kua whānau i te Atua e kore e mea i te hara; nō te mea e mau ana tana purapura i roto i a ia. E kore hoki e āhei i a ia te hara, nō te mea kua whānau ia i te Atua. 10 Mā konei ka kitea ai ngā tamariki a te Atua me ngā tamariki a te rēwera. Ko te tangata e kore e mahi i te tika, ehara ia i te Atua, me ia anō hoki e kore e aroha ki tōna teina.

Kia Aroha tētahi ki tētahi

11 Ko te kōrero hoki tēnei i rongo ai koutou nō te tīmatanga, kia aroha tātou tētahi ki tētahi. 12 Kaua rā e pērā me Kaina; nō te wairua kino nei ia, ā, kōhurutia ana e ia tōna teina. Nā te aha hoki ia i kōhuru ai i a ia? Nō te mea he kino āna mahi, ko ā tōna teina ia he tika.

13 Kaua e mīharo, e ōku tēina, ki te kino te ao ki a koutou. 14 E mātau ana tātou kua whiti tātou i te mate ki te ora, nō te mea e aroha ana tātou ki ngā tēina. Ko te tangata kāhore e aroha ki te teina, e noho ana ia i roto i te mate. 15 Ko te tangata e mauāhara ana ki tōna teina, he kaipatu tangata ia; ka mātau hoki koutou, ko te kaipatu tangata kāhore he ora tonu e mau ana i roto i a ia.

16 Nā konei tātou i mātau ai ki te aroha, i tuku atu hoki ia i a ia kia mate mō tātou. He tika anō kia tukua tātou e tātou anō ki te mate mō ngā tēina. 17 Ko te tangata ia i a ia nei ngā oranga o tēnei ao, ā, ka kite e matea ana tētahi mea e tōna teina, nā, ka tūtakina iho e ia tōna ngākau aroha ki a ia, e mau pēhea ana te aroha o te Atua i roto i a ia? 18 E āku tamariki nonohi, kaua e waiho mā te kupu, mā te arero te aroha; engari mā te mahi, mā te pono.

Ka Māia i te Aroaro o te Atua

19 Mā konei hoki tātou ka mātau ai nō te pono tātou, ka whakaū ai hoki i ō tātou ngākau i tōna aroaro. 20 Ki te mea ka whakahē mai ō tātou ngākau i a tātou, nui atu te Atua i ō tātou ngākau; e mātau ana anō ia ki ngā mea katoa. 21 E ngā hoa aroha, ki te kore ō tātou ngākau e whakahē i a tātou, ka māia tātou ki te Atua; 22 ā, ko te mea e īnoia ana e tātou, ka hōmai e ia ki a tātou, nō te mea e pupuri ana tātou i āna ture, e mea ana hoki i ngā mea e āhuareka ana ki tāna titiro. 23 Ko tāna ture anō tēnei, kia whakapono tātou ki te ingoa o tāna Tama, o Īhu Karaiti, kia aroha anō tētahi ki tētahi, kia rite anō ki te ture i hōmai e ia ki a tātou. 24 Nā, ko te tangata e pupuri ana i āna ture, e mau ana i roto i a ia me ia anō i roto i a ia. Nā konei anō tātou i mātau ai e mau ana ia i roto i a tātou, nā te Wairua kua hōmai nei e ia ki a tātou.

1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 4 Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. 7 My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: 8 he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

13 Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.