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Lile lililokuwako tangu mwanzo, tulilolisikia, tuliloliona kwa macho yetu, tulilolitazama, na mikono yetu ikalipapasa, kwa habari ya Neno la uzima;
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
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(na uzima huo ulidhihirika, nasi tumeona, tena twashuhudia, na kuwahubiri ninyi ule uzima wa milele, uliokuwa kwa Baba, ukadhihirika kwetu);
And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
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hilo tuliloliona na kulisikia, twawahubiri na ninyi; ili nanyi pia mpate kushirikiana nasi: na ushirika wetu ni pamoja na Baba, na pamoja na Mwana wake Yesu Kristo.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Na haya twayaandika, ili furaha yetu itimizwe.
We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
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Na hii ndiyo habari tuliyoisikia kwake, na kuihubiri kwenu, ya kwamba Mungu ni nuru, wala giza lo lote hamna ndani yake.
And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
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Tukisema ya kwamba twashirikiana naye, tena tukienenda gizani, twasema uongo, wala hatuifanyi iliyo kweli;
If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
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bali tukienenda nuruni, kama yeye alivyo katika nuru, twashirikiana sisi kwa sisi, na damu yake Yesu, Mwana wake, yatusafisha dhambi yote.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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Tukisema kwamba hatuna dhambi, twajidanganya wenyewe, wala kweli haimo mwetu.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Tukiziungama dhambi zetu, Yeye ni mwaminifu na wa haki hata atuondolee dhambi zetu, na kutusafisha na udhalimu wote.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Tukisema kwamba hatukutenda dhambi, twamfanya Yeye kuwa mwongo wala neno lake halimo mwetu.
If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.