约翰一书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
生命之道
1 論到太初就已經存在的生命之道，就是我們所聽見，親眼所看見，仔細觀察過，親手摸過的； 2 這生命已經顯現出來，我們見過了，現在也作見證，並且向你們宣揚這本來與父同在，又向我們顯現過的永遠的生命。 3 我們把所看見所聽見的向你們宣揚，使你們也可以和我們彼此相通。我們是與父和他的兒子耶穌基督彼此相通的。 4 我們寫這些事，是要使我們的喜樂充足。
神是光
5 神是光，在他裡面毫無黑暗；這就是我們從他那裡聽見，現在傳給你們的信息。 6 我們若說自己與他彼此相通，卻行在黑暗裡，就是說謊話，不實行真理了。 7 我們若行在光中，像他在光中一樣，就彼此相通，他兒子耶穌的血也潔淨我們脫離一切罪。 8 我們若說自己沒有罪，就是自欺，真理就不在我們裡面了。 9 我們若承認自己的罪， 神是信實的、公義的，必定赦免我們的罪，潔淨我們脫離一切不義。 10 我們若說自己沒有犯過罪，就是把 神當作說謊的，他的道就不在我們心裡了。
1 John 1
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus is God's message to people
1 We have an important message to tell you. We want to tell you about the person who was already there before the beginning of the world. We have heard him speak. We have seen him with our own eyes. We watched him and we touched him. He is the Word that gives us life with God.[a]
2 He showed himself clearly when he lived on this earth. From long ago he was together with God the Father, and he lives for ever. We saw him and we are telling you what is true. He is the one who has shown himself to us. 3 We also want you to share this new life with us. We share this life with God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son. That is why we are telling you about everything that we have seen and heard. 4 We are writing to you so that together we all may be completely happy.
God is light
5 We are telling you the good news that Jesus Christ told to us. This is the message: God is completely good and clean. He is like light. There is nothing dark about him. 6 Do you say that you share in the life that God gives? If you say that, but if you still live in the dark, you are telling a lie. You are not living in God's true way. 7 But when we live in a right way, it is like living in the light. God is always in the light. So, if we live in the light, we share together in the life which God gives. And when Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross, he saved us from all our sins. The blood of his sacrifice makes us clean.
8 If we say that we never do any wrong thing, we are deceiving ourselves. Even though we may think it is true, it is a lie. 9 Instead, we should agree that we have done wrong things and tell that to God. Then God will forgive us for our sins. He always does what he has promised to do. He always does what is right. He will forgive us and he will make us clean again, whatever bad things we may have done. 10 God says that all people have done wrong things. So, if we say that we have not done any wrong thing, we are saying that God tells lies. It shows that we have not accepted his message at all.
Footnotes
- 1:1 John is writing with authority. He is saying that he was with Jesus, the Word of God. He knows Jesus, and he knows what Jesus taught.
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