¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

¹ክርስቶስ ነው ብሎ በኢየሱስ የሚያምን ሁሉ ከእግዚአብሔር ተወልዶአል፥ ወላጁንም የሚወድ ሁሉ ከእርሱ የተወለደውን ደግሞ ይወዳል።

²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

²እግዚአብሔርን ስንወድ ትእዛዛቱንም ስናደርግ የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች እንድንወድ በዚህ እናውቃለን።

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

³ትእዛዛቱን ልንጠብቅ የእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር ይህ ነውና፤ ትእዛዛቱም ከባዶች አይደሉም።

⁴For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

⁴ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ዓለምን ያሸንፋልና፤ ዓለምንም የሚያሸንፈው እምነታችን ነው።

⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁵ኢየሱስም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ ከሚያምን በቀር ዓለምን የሚያሸንፍ ማን ነው?

⁶This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

⁶በውኃና በደም የመጣ ይህ ነው እርሱም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ፤ በውኃውና በደሙ እንጂ በውኃው ብቻ አይደለም።

⁷For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

⁷መንፈስም እውነት ነውና የሚመሰክረው መንፈስ ነው።

⁸And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

⁸የሚመሰክሩት መንፈሱና ውኃው ደሙም ሦስት ናቸውና፤ ሦስቱም በአንድ ይስማማሉ።

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

⁹የሰውን ምስክር ብንቀበል የእግዚአብሔር ምስክር ከእርሱ ይልቅ ይበልጣል፤ ስለ ልጁ የመሰከረው የእግዚአብሔር ምስክር ይህ ነውና።

¹⁰He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

¹⁰በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የሚያምን በነፍሱ ምስክር አለው፤ በእግዚአብሔር የማያምን እግዚአብሔር ስለ ልጁ የመሰከረውን ምስክር ስላላመነ ሐሰተኛ አድርጎታል።

¹¹And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹¹እግዚአብሔርም የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንደ ሰጠን ይህም ሕይወት በልጁ እንዳለ ምስክሩ ይህ ነው።

¹²He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

¹²ልጁ ያለው ሕይወት አለው፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የሌለው ሕይወት የለውም።

¹³These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

¹³የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳላችሁ ታውቁ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ስም ለምታምኑ ይህን ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

¹⁴በእርሱ ዘንድ ያለን ድፍረት ይህ ነው፤ እንደ ፈቃዱ አንዳች ብንለምን ይሰማናል።

¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

¹⁵የምንለምነውንም ሁሉ እንዲሰማልን ብናውቅ ከእርሱ የለመነውን ልመና እንደ ተቀበልን እናውቃለን።

¹⁶If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

¹⁶ማንም ወንድሙን ሞት የማይገባውን ኃጢአት ሲያደርግ ቢያየው ይለምን፥ ሞትም የማይገባውን ኃጢአት ላደረጉት ሕይወት ይሰጥለታል። ሞት የሚገባው ኃጢአት አለ፤ ስለዚያ እንዲጠይቅ አልልም።

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

¹⁷ዓመፃ ሁሉ ኃጢአት ነው፥ ሞትም የማይገባው ኃጢአት አለ።

¹⁸We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

¹⁸ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ኃጢአትን እንዳያደርግ፥ ነገር ግን ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደው ራሱን እንዲጠብቅ ክፉውም እንዳይነካው እናውቃለን።

¹⁹And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

¹⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንን ዓለምም በሞላው በክፉው እንደ ተያዘ እናውቃለን።

²⁰And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²⁰የእግዚአብሔርም ልጅ እንደ መጣ፥ እውነተኛም የሆነውን እናውቅ ዘንድ ልቡናን እንደ ሰጠን እናውቃለን፤ እውነተኛም በሆነው በእርሱ አለን፥ እርሱም ልጁ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ነው። እርሱ እውነተኛ አምላክና የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

²¹ልጆች ሆይ፥ ከጣዖታት ራሳችሁን ጠብቁ።