¹የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተብለን ልንጠራ አብ እንዴት ያለውን ፍቅር እንደ ሰጠን እዩ፥ እንዲሁም ነን። ስለዚህ ምክንያት ዓለም እርሱን ስላላወቀው እኛን አያውቀንም።

¹See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

²ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ አሁን የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ነን፥ ምንም እንደምንሆን ገና አልተገለጠም። ዳሩ ግን ቢገለጥ እርሱ እንዳለ እናየዋለንና እርሱን እንድንመስል እናውቃለን።

²Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

³በእርሱም ይህን ተስፋ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ እርሱ ንጹሕ እንደ ሆነ ራሱን ያነጻል።

³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure.

⁴ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ዓመፅን ደግሞ ያደርጋል፥ ኃጢአትም ዓመፅ ነው።

⁴Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

⁵እርሱም ኃጢአትን ሊያስወግድ እንደ ተገለጠ ታውቃላችሁ፥ በእርሱም ኃጢአት የለም።

⁵And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.

⁶በእርሱ የሚኖር ሁሉ ኃጢአትን አያደርግም፤ ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ አላየውም አላወቀውምም።

⁶Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.

⁷ልጆች ሆይ፥ ማንም አያስታችሁ፤ እርሱ ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነ ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ ጻድቅ ነው።

⁷Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.

⁸ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ከዲያብሎስ ነው፥ ዲያብሎስ ከመጀመሪያ ኃጢአትን ያደርጋልና።

⁸He that practises sin is of the devil; for from [the] beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil.

⁹ስለዚህ የዲያብሎስን ሥራ እንዲያፈርስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተገለጠ። ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ኃጢአትን አያደርግም፥ ዘሩ በእርሱ ይኖራልና፤ ከእግዚአብሔርም ተወልዶአልና ኃጢአትን ሊያደርግ አይችልም።

⁹Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.

¹⁰የእግዚአብሔር ልጆችና የዲያብሎስ ልጆች በዚህ የተገለጡ ናቸው፤ ጽድቅን የማያደርግና ወንድሙን የማይወድ ሁሉ ከእግዚአብሔር አይደለም።

¹⁰In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.

¹¹ከመጀመሪያ የሰማችኋት መልእክት። እርስ በርሳችን እንዋደድ የምትል ይህች ናትና፤

¹¹For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

¹²ከክፉው እንደ ነበረ ወንድሙንም እንደ ገደለ እንደ ቃየል አይደለም፤ ስለ ምንስ ገደለው? የገዛ ሥራው ክፉ፥ የወንድሙም ሥራ ጽድቅ ስለ ነበረ ነው።

¹²not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.

¹³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ አትደነቁ።

¹³Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.

¹⁴እኛ ወንድሞችን የምንወድ ስለ ሆንን ከሞት ወደ ሕይወት እንደ ተሻገርን እናውቃለን፤ ወንድሙን የማይወድ በሞት ይኖራል።

¹⁴*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.

¹⁵ወንድሙን የሚጠላ ሁሉ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ነፍሰ ገዳይም የሆነ ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወት በእርሱ እንዳይኖር ታውቃላችሁ።

¹⁵Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶እርሱ ስለ እኛ ነፍሱን አሳልፎ ሰጥቶአልና በዚህ ፍቅርን አውቀናል፤ እኛም ስለ ወንድሞቻችን ነፍሳችንን አሳልፈን እንድንሰጥ ይገባናል።

¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.

¹⁷ነገር ግን የዚህ ዓለም ገንዘብ ያለው፥ ወንድሙም የሚያስፈልገው ሲያጣ አይቶ ያልራራለት ማንም ቢሆን፥ የእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር በእርሱ እንዴት ይኖራል?

¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

¹⁸ልጆቼ ሆይ፥ በሥራና በእውነት እንጂ በቃልና በአንደበት አንዋደድ።

¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ልባችንም በእኛ ላይ በሚፈርድበት ሁሉ፥ ከእውነት እንደ ሆንን በዚህ እናውቃለን በፊቱም ልባችንን እናሳርፋለን፥ እግዚአብሔር ከልባችን ይልቅ ታላቅ ነውና ሁሉንም ያውቃል።

¹⁹And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --

²¹ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ልባችንስ ባይፈርድብን በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ድፍረት አለን፥

²⁰that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

²²ትእዛዙንም የምንጠብቅና በፊቱ ደስ የሚያሰኘውን የምናደርግ ስለሆንን የምንለምነውን ሁሉ ከእርሱ እናገኛለን።

²¹Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,

²³ትእዛዚቱም ይህች ናት፥ በልጁ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም እናምን ዘንድ፥ ትእዛዝንም እንደ ሰጠን እርስ በርሳችን እንዋደድ ዘንድ።

²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

²⁴ትእዛዙንም የሚጠብቅ በእርሱ ይኖራል እርሱም ይኖርበታል፤ በዚህም በእኛ እንዲኖር ከሰጠን ከመንፈሱ እናውቃለን።

²³And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.

²⁴And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.