¹Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

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

²in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

²እግዚአብሔርን ስንወድ ትእዛዛቱንም ስናደርግ የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች እንድንወድ በዚህ እናውቃለን።

³for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

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

⁴because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world — our faith;

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

⁵who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

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

⁶This one is he who did come through water and blood — Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

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

⁷because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these — the three — are one;

⁷መንፈስም እውነት ነውና የሚመሰክረው መንፈስ ነው።

⁸and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

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

⁹If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

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

¹⁰He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

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

¹¹and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the life — is in His Son;

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

¹²he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.

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

¹³These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

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

¹⁴And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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

¹⁵and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

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

¹⁶If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

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 sin not unto death.

¹⁷ዓመፃ ሁሉ ኃጢአት ነው፥ ሞትም የማይገባው ኃጢአት አለ።

¹⁸We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

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

¹⁹we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

¹⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንን ዓለምም በሞላው በክፉው እንደ ተያዘ እናውቃለን።

²⁰and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

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, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

²¹ልጆች ሆይ፥ ከጣዖታት ራሳችሁን ጠብቁ።