¹Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

¹Tarirai kuti rudo rwakadini Baba rwavakatipa, kuti tinzi vanakomana vaMwari; nekuda kwaizvozvi nyika haitizivi, nekuti haina kumuziva iye.

²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

²Vadiwa, ikozvino tiri vana vaMwari, uye zvichigere kuonekwa kuti tichazovei. Asi tinoziva kuti kana achizoonekwa isu tichafanana naye; nekuti tichamuona sezvaakaita.

³And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

³Uye umwe neumwe une tariro iyi maari, unozvichenesa sezvaakachena iye.

⁴Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

⁴Umwe neumwe unoita chivi unodarika nomurairowo; nekuti chivi ndiko kudarika murairo.

⁵And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

⁵Munoziva kuti iye wakaratidzwa kuti abvise zvivi zvedu; uye maari hamuna zvivi.

⁶Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

⁶Ani nani unogara maari haatadzi; ani nani unotadza haana kumuona kana kumuziva.

⁷Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

⁷Vana vaduku, ngakurege kuva neunokunyengerai; uyo unoita kururama wakarurama, saiye akarurama.

⁸He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁸Uyo unoita chivi unobva kuna dhiabhorosi, nekuti dhiabhorosi unotadza kubva pakutanga. Mwanakomana waMwari wakaratidzwa nemhaka iyi kuti aparadze mabasa adhiabhorosi.

⁹Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

⁹Umwe neumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haaiti chivi, nekuti mbeu yake inogara maari, saka haangatadzi, nekuti wakaberekwa naMwari.

¹⁰In 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.

¹⁰Muna izvozvi vana vaMwari navana vadhiabhorosi vanoratidzwa; umwe neumwe usingaiti zvakarurama haabvi kuna Mwari, naiyewo usingadi hama yake.

¹¹For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

¹¹Nekuti iri ndiro shoko ramakanzwa kubva pakutanga, kuti tidanane;

¹²Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

¹²kwete saKaini, wakabva kuna iye wakaipa, akaponda munin'ina wake. Ko wakamuponderei? Nekuti mabasa ake akanga akaipa, asi omunin'ina wake akarurama.

¹³Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

¹³Musashamisika hama dzangu, kana nyika ichikuvengai.

¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

¹⁴Tinoziva kuti takabva murufu tikapinda muupenyu, nekuti tinoda hama. Uyo, usingadi hama yake unogara murufu.

¹⁵Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁵Umwe neumwe unovenga hama yake imhondi; uye munoziva kuti hakuna mhondi ine upenyu hwusingaperi hwunogara mairi.

¹⁶Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁶Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo rudo, nekuti wakatiradzikira upenyu hwake; nesu tinofanira kuradzikira hama upenyu.

¹⁷But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

¹⁷Asi ani nani ane fuma yenyika ino asi achiona hama yake ichishaiwa, akamupfigira tsitsi dzake, rudo rwaMwari runogara seiko maari?

¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

¹⁸Vana vangu vaduku, ngatirege kuda neshoko kana norurimi, asi muzviito nemuchokwadi.

¹⁹And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

¹⁹Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tiri vechokwadi, tigosimbisa moyo yedu pamberi pake.

²⁰For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

²⁰Nekuti kana moyo yedu ichitipa mhosva, Mwari mukuru kumoyo wedu, uye unoziva zvinhu zvose.

²¹Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

²¹Vadiwa, kana moyo wedu usingatipi mhosva, tine ushingi pamberi paMwari;

²²And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

²²uye zvose zvatinokumbira tinogamuchira kubva kwaari, nekuti tinochengeta mirairo yake, tichiita zvinhu zvinofadza pamberi pake.

²³And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

²³Uye uyu ndiwo murairo wake, kuti titende kuzita roMwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu, uye tidanane, sezvaakatipa murairo.

²⁴And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

²⁴Uye uyo unochengeta mirairo yake unogara maari, naiye maari. Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti unogara matiri nomweya waakatipa.