¹Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

¹Armsad, ärge usaldage iga vaimu, vaid katsuge vaimud läbi, kas nad on Jumalast, sest palju valeprohveteid on läinud välja maailma.

²in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

²Te tunnete Jumala Vaimu sellest: iga vaim, kes tunnistab Jeesust Kristust lihasse tulnuna, see on Jumalast,

³and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

³ning ükski vaim, kes seda Jeesust ei tunnista, ei ole Jumalast, vaid see on antikristuse oma, kellest te olete kuulnud, et ta tuleb, ja nüüd ta juba ongi maailmas.

⁴Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.

⁴Teie, lapsed, olete Jumalast ja olete nad ära võitnud, sest see, kes on teis, on suurem sellest, kes on maailmas.

⁵They — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

⁵Nemad on maailmast, seepärast nad räägivad nagu maailmgi, ja maailm kuulab neid.

⁶we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

⁶Meie oleme Jumalast; kes on Jumala ära tundnud, see kuulab meid. Kes ei ole Jumalast, ei kuula meid. Sellest me tunneme ära tõe vaimu ja eksituse vaimu.

⁷Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

⁷Armsad, armastagem üksteist, sest armastus on Jumalast ja igaüks, kes armastab, on sündinud Jumalast ja tunneb Jumalat.

⁸he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

⁸Kes ei armasta, see ei ole tundnud Jumalat, sest Jumal on armastus.

⁹In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son — the only begotten — hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

⁹Jumala armastus meie vastu on saanud avalikuks selles, et Jumal oma ainusündinud Poja on läkitanud maailma, et me tema läbi elaksime.

¹⁰in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

¹⁰Selles on armastus - ei, mitte selles, et meie oleme armastanud Jumalat, vaid et tema on armastanud meid ja on läkitanud oma Poja lepitusohvriks meie pattude eest.

¹¹Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

¹¹Mu armsad, kui Jumal meid nõnda on armastanud, siis oleme ka meie kohustatud armastama üksteist.

¹²God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

¹²Jumalat ei ole keegi iial näinud. Kui me üksteist armastame, siis püsib Jumal meis ja tema armastus on saanud meis täiuslikuks.

¹³in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

¹³Sellest me tunneme, et me püsime temas ja tema meis, et ta on andnud meile osa oma Vaimust.

¹⁴And we — we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son — Saviour of the world;

¹⁴Ja me oleme näinud ja tunnistame, et Isa on läkitanud Poja maailma Päästjaks.

¹⁵whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

¹⁵Kes iganes tunnistab, et Jeesus on Jumala Poeg, selles püsib Jumal ning tema püsib Jumalas.

¹⁶and we — we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

¹⁶Ja me oleme tunnetanud ja uskunud armastust, mis Jumalal on meie vastu. Jumal on armastus ja kes püsib armastuses, püsib Jumalas ja Jumal püsib temas.

¹⁷In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we — we also are in this world;

¹⁷Selles on Jumala armastus saanud meie juures täiuslikuks, et meil oleks julgust kohtupäeval; sest nii nagu on tema, oleme meiegi selles maailmas.

¹⁸fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

¹⁸Armastuses ei ole kartust, vaid täiuslik armastus ajab kartuse välja, sest kartuses on karistus, aga kartja ei ole saanud täiuslikuks armastuses.

¹⁹we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;

¹⁹Meie armastame, sest tema on meid enne armastanud.

²⁰if any one may say — `I love God,` and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God — whom he hath not seen — how is he able to love?

²⁰Kui keegi ütleb: 'Mina armastan Jumalat', ja vihkab oma venda, siis ta on valelik, sest kes ei armasta oma venda, keda ta näeb, ei suuda armastada Jumalat, keda ta ei ole näinud.

²¹and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

²¹Ja see käsk on meil temalt endalt, et kes armastab Jumalat, armastagu ka oma venda!