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

¹Gacaliyayaalow, ha rumaysanina ruux walba, laakiin ruuxyada tijaabiya si aad u hubsataan inay kuwa Ilaah yihiin; waayo, nebiyo badan oo been ah ayaa u soo baxay dunida.

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

²Taasaad ku garanaysaan Ruuxa Ilaah; ruux walba oo qirta in Ciise Masiix jidh ku yimid, waa ku Ilaah.

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.

³Oo ruux walba oo aan qiran Ciise Masiix ku Ilaah ma aha; oo kanuna waa ruuxa kan Masiixa ka geesta ah oo aad maqasheen inuu imanayo, imminkana duniduu ku jiraa.

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.

⁴Carruurtiiyey, kuwa Ilaah baad tihiin, oo iyagaad ka adkaateen; maxaa yeelay, Ka idinku jira ayaa ka weyn ka dunida ku jira.

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

⁵Iyagu waa kuwa dunida; oo taas aawadeed waxay ka hadlaan waxa dunida, oo duniduna way maqashaa.

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.

⁶Innaguna kuwa Ilaah baynu nahay; ka Ilaah yaqaan waa ina maqlaa; oo ka aan kan Ilaah ahaynna inama maqlo. Taasaynu ku garanaynaa ruuxa runta ah iyo ruuxa qaladka ah.

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;

⁷Gacaliyayaalow, aynu isjeclaanno; waayo, Ilaah baa leh jacaylka; oo mid walba oo jecel, wuxuu ka dhashay Ilaah, Ilaah buuna yaqaan.

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

⁸Oo ka aan jeclaynina Ilaah ma yaqaan; waayo, Ilaah waa jacayl.

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;

⁹Ilaah baa Wiilkiisa keliya oo dhashay dunida u soo diray si aynu ugu noolaanno isaga, oo taasaa jacaylka Ilaah laynoogu muujiyey.

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.

¹⁰Oo taas jacayl baa ku jira, mana aha inaynu Ilaah jeclayn, laakiinse isagaa ina jeclaaday, oo wuxuu Wiilkiisa u soo diray si uu kafaaraggudka dembiyadeenna u noqdo.

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

¹¹Gacaliyayaalow, haddii Ilaah sidaa inoo jeclaaday, waa inaynu isjeclaanno.

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;

¹²Cidina Ilaah ma arkin marnaba. Haddii aynu isjeclaanno, Ilaah wuu inagu jiraa, oo jacaylkiisu wuu inagu dhan yahay.

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

¹³Ruuxiisuu ina siiyey oo taasaynu ku garanaynaa inaynu ku sii jirno isaga, isaguna inagu sii jiro.

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

¹⁴Innagu waynu aragnay oo waxaynu markhaati u furaynaa in Aabbuhu Wiilka soo diray si uu Badbaadiyaha dunida u noqdo.

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

¹⁵Ku alla kii qirta inuu Ciise yahay Wiilka Ilaah, Ilaah baa ku sii jira isaga, isaguna wuu ku sii jiraa Ilaah.

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.

¹⁶Oo innaguna waan garanaynaa oo waan rumaysan nahay jacaylka Ilaah inoo qabo. Ilaah waa jacayl; oo kii ku sii jiraa jacaylka, Ilaah buu ku sii jiraa, Ilaahna isaguu ku sii jiraa.

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;

¹⁷Taasaa jacaylku kaamil inoogu noqday si aynu kalsoonaan u lahaanno maalinta xisaabta; maxaa yeelay, siduu isagu yahay ayaynu innaguna dunidan ku nahay.

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;

¹⁸Jacaylku baqdin ma leh, laakiin jacaylka kaamilka ahi baqdinta dibadduu u saaraa, waayo, baqdintu ciqaab bay leedahay. Oo kii baqaana kaamil kuma noqdo jacaylka.

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

¹⁹Waynu jecel nahay isaga, waayo, isagaa hore inoo jeclaaday.

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?

²⁰Haddii qof yidhaahdo, Ilaah waan jeclahay, oo uu walaalkiis neceb yahay, waa beenaaleh, maxaa yeelay, kan aan jeclayn walaalkii uu arko sidee buu u jeclaan karaa Ilaaha uusan arag?Oo waxaynu isaga ka haysannaa qaynuunkan, kaas oo ah, Kii Ilaah jecel, walaalkiina ha jeclaado.

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

²¹Oo waxaynu isaga ka haysannaa qaynuunkan, kaas oo ah, Kii Ilaah jecel, walaalkiina ha jeclaado.