¹My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

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

²and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

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

³and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

³ትእዛዛቱንም ብንጠብቅ በዚህ እንዳወቅነው እናውቃለን።

⁴he who is saying, `I have known him,` and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

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

⁵and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

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

⁶He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

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

⁷Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning — the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

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

⁸again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

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

⁹he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

⁹በብርሃን አለሁ የሚል ወንድሙንም የሚጠላ እስከ አሁን በጨለማ አለ።

¹⁰he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

¹⁰ወንድሙንም የሚወድ በብርሃን ይኖራል ማሰናከያም የለበትም፤

¹¹and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

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

¹²I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name;

¹²ልጆች ሆይ፥ ኃጢአታችሁ ስለ ስሙ ተሰርዮላችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ።

¹³I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who [is] from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

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

¹⁴I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who [is] from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

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

¹⁵Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth 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።

¹⁶because all that [is] in the world — the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life — is not of the Father, but of the world,

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

¹⁷and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain — to the age.

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

¹⁸Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many — whence we know that it is the last hour;

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።

¹⁹out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but — that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

²⁰እናንተም ከቅዱሱ ቅባት ተቀብላችኋል፥ ሁሉንም ታውቃላችሁ።

²⁰And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;

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

²¹I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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

²²Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

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

²³every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, [he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.]

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

²⁴Ye, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain,

²⁵እርሱም የሰጠን ተስፋ ይህ የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²⁵and this is the promise that He did promise us — the life the age-during.

²⁶ስለሚያስቱአችሁ ሰዎች ይህን ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

²⁶These things I did write to you concerning those leading you astray;

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።

²⁷and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

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

²⁸And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

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

²⁹if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.