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

¹Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.

²እግዚአብሔርን ስንወድ ትእዛዛቱንም ስናደርግ የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች እንድንወድ በዚህ እናውቃለን።

²Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

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

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.

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

⁴For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.

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

⁵Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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

⁶This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus [the] Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.

⁷መንፈስም እውነት ነውና የሚመሰክረው መንፈስ ነው።

⁷For they that bear witness are three:

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

⁸the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one.

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

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God [which] he has witnessed concerning his Son.

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

¹⁰He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son.

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

¹¹And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.

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

¹²He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life.

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

¹³These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.

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

¹⁴And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.

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

¹⁵And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

¹⁶ማንም ወንድሙን ሞት የማይገባውን ኃጢአት ሲያደርግ ቢያየው ይለምን፥ ሞትም የማይገባውን ኃጢአት ላደረጉት ሕይወት ይሰጥለታል። ሞት የሚገባው ኃጢአት አለ፤ ስለዚያ እንዲጠይቅ አልልም።

¹⁶If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life, for those that do not sin unto death. There is a sin to death: I do not say of that that he should make a request.

¹⁷ዓመፃ ሁሉ ኃጢአት ነው፥ ሞትም የማይገባው ኃጢአት አለ።

¹⁷Every unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not to death.

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

¹⁸We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not touch him.

¹⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንን ዓለምም በሞላው በክፉው እንደ ተያዘ እናውቃለን።

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one].

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።

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

²¹ልጆች ሆይ፥ ከጣዖታት ራሳችሁን ጠብቁ።

²¹Children, keep yourselves from idols.