¹My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

¹ልጆቼ ሆይ፥ ኃጢአትን እንዳታደርጉ ይህን እጽፍላችኋለሁ። ማንም ኃጢአትን ቢያደርግ ከአብ ዘንድ ጠበቃ አለን እርሱም ጻድቅ የሆነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ነው።

²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

²እርሱም የኃጢአታችን ማስተስሪያ ነው፥ ለኃጢአታችንም ብቻ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ለዓለሙ ሁሉ ኃጢአት እንጂ።

³And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

³ትእዛዛቱንም ብንጠብቅ በዚህ እንዳወቅነው እናውቃለን።

⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

⁴አውቄዋለሁ የሚል ትእዛዛቱንም የማይጠብቅ ውሸተኛ ነው እውነትም በእርሱ ውስጥ የለም።

⁵But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

⁵ቃሉን ግን የሚጠብቅ ሁሉ በእርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር በእውነት ተፈጽሞአል። በእርሱ እንዳለን በዚህ እናውቃለን፤

⁶He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

⁶በእርሱ እኖራለሁ የሚል እርሱ እንደ ተመላለሰ ራሱ ደግሞ ሊመላለስ ይገባዋል።

⁷Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

⁷ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ከመጀመሪያ የነበረቻችሁ አሮጌ ትእዛዝ እንጂ የምጽፍላችሁ አዲስ ትእዛዝ አይደለችም፤ አሮጌይቱ ትእዛዝ የሰማችኋት ቃል ናት።

⁸Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

⁸ዳግመኛ አዲስ ትእዛዝን እጽፍላችኋለሁ፥ ይህም ነገር በእርሱ በእናንተም እውነተኛ ነው፤ ጨለማው ያልፋልና እውነተኛውም ብርሃን አሁን ይበራል።

⁹He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

⁹በብርሃን አለሁ የሚል ወንድሙንም የሚጠላ እስከ አሁን በጨለማ አለ።

¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

¹⁰ወንድሙንም የሚወድ በብርሃን ይኖራል ማሰናከያም የለበትም፤

¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹¹ወንድሙን የሚጠላ ግን በጨለማ አለ፥ በጨለማም ይመላለሳል፥ የሚሄድበትንም አያውቅም፥ ጨለማው ዓይኖቹን አሳውሮታልና።

¹²I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

¹²ልጆች ሆይ፥ ኃጢአታችሁ ስለ ስሙ ተሰርዮላችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ።

¹³I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

¹³አባቶች ሆይ፥ ከመጀመሪያ የነበረውን አውቃችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ። ጎበዞች ሆይ፥ ክፉውን አሸንፋችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ። ልጆች ሆይ፥ አብን አውቃችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ።

¹⁴I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

¹⁴አባቶች ሆይ፥ ከመጀመሪያ የነበረውን አውቃችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ። ጐበዞች ሆይ፥ ብርቱዎች ስለ ሆናችሁ የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል በእናንተ ስለሚኖር ክፉውንም ስለ አሸነፋችሁ እጽፍላችኋለሁ።

¹⁵Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁵ዓለምን ወይም በዓለም ያሉትን አትውደዱ፤ በዓለም ያለው ሁሉ እርሱም የሥጋ ምኞትና የዓይን አምሮት ስለ ገንዘብም መመካት ከዓለም ስለ ሆነ እንጂ ከአባት ስላልሆነ፥ ማንም ዓለምን ቢወድ የአባት ፍቅር በእርሱ ውስጥ የለም።

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

¹⁷ዓለሙም ምኞቱም ያልፋሉ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ የሚያደርግ ግን ለዘላለም ይኖራል።

¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

¹⁸ልጆች ሆይ፥ መጨረሻው ሰዓት ነው፥ የክርስቶስም ተቃዋሚ ይመጣ ዘንድ እንደ ሰማችሁ አሁን እንኳ ብዙዎች የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚዎች ተነሥተዋል፤ ስለዚህም መጨረሻው ሰዓት እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን።

¹⁸Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

¹⁹ከእኛ ዘንድ ወጡ፥ ዳሩ ግን ከእኛ ወገን አልነበሩም፤ ከእኛ ወገንስ ቢሆኑ ከእኛ ጋር ጸንተው በኖሩ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ሁሉ ከእኛ ወገን እንዳልሆኑ ይገለጡ ዘንድ ወጡ።

¹⁹They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

²⁰እናንተም ከቅዱሱ ቅባት ተቀብላችኋል፥ ሁሉንም ታውቃላችሁ።

²⁰But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

²¹እውነትን የምታውቁ ስለ ሆናችሁ፥ ውሸትም ሁሉ ከእውነት እንዳልሆነ ስለምታውቁ እንጂ እውነትን ስለማታውቁ አልጽፍላችሁም።

²¹I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

²²ክርስቶስ አይደለም ብሎ ኢየሱስን ከሚክድ በቀር ውሸተኛው ማን ነው? አብንና ወልድን የሚክድ ይህ የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚ ነው።

²²Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

²³ወልድን የሚክድ ሁሉ አብ እንኳ የለውም፤ በወልድ የሚታመን አብ ደግሞ አለው።

²³Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

²⁴እናንተስ ከመጀመሪያ የሰማችሁት በእናንተ ጸንቶ ይኑር። ከመጀመሪያ የሰማችሁት በእናንተ ቢኖር፥ እናንተ ደግሞ በወልድና በአብ ትኖራላችሁ።

²⁴Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁵እርሱም የሰጠን ተስፋ ይህ የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²⁵And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

²⁶ስለሚያስቱአችሁ ሰዎች ይህን ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

²⁶These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

²⁷እናንተስ ከእርሱ የተቀበላችሁት ቅባት በእናንተ ይኖራል፥ ማንም ሊያስተምራችሁ አያስፈልጋችሁም፤ ነገር ግን የእርሱ ቅባት ስለ ሁሉ እንደሚያስተምራችሁ፥ እውነተኛም እንደ ሆነ ውሸትም እንዳልሆነ፥ እናንተንም እንዳስተማራችሁ፥ በእርሱ ኑሩ።

²⁷But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

²⁸አሁንም፥ ልጆች ሆይ፥ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ እምነት እንዲሆንልን በመምጣቱም በእርሱ ፊት እንዳናፍር በእርሱ ኑሩ።

²⁸And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

²⁹ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነ ካወቃችሁ ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ከእርሱ እንደ ተወለደ እወቁ።

²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.