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

¹My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;

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

²and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

³ትእዛዛቱንም ብንጠብቅ በዚህ እንዳወቅነው እናውቃለን።

³And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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

⁴He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

⁵but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

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

⁶He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.

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

⁷Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.

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

⁸Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

⁹በብርሃን አለሁ የሚል ወንድሙንም የሚጠላ እስከ አሁን በጨለማ አለ።

⁹He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

¹⁰ወንድሙንም የሚወድ በብርሃን ይኖራል ማሰናከያም የለበትም፤

¹⁰He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

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

¹¹But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹²ልጆች ሆይ፥ ኃጢአታችሁ ስለ ስሙ ተሰርዮላችኋልና እጽፍላችኋለሁ።

¹²I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

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

¹³I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

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

¹⁴I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one].

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።

¹⁵Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

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

¹⁶because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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

¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

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።

¹⁸Little children, it is [the] last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is [the] last hour.

²⁰እናንተም ከቅዱሱ ቅባት ተቀብላችኋል፥ ሁሉንም ታውቃላችሁ።

¹⁹They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.

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

²⁰And *ye* have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things.

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

²¹I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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

²²Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

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

²³Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

²⁵እርሱም የሰጠን ተስፋ ይህ የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²⁴As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.

²⁶ስለሚያስቱአችሁ ሰዎች ይህን ጽፌላችኋለሁ።

²⁵And this is the promise which *he* has promised us, life eternal.

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።

²⁶These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray:

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

²⁷and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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

²⁸And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.

²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.