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

¹Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

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

²Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

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

³Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

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

⁴Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

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

⁵You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

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

⁶Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.

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

⁷Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

⁸ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ከዲያብሎስ ነው፥ ዲያብሎስ ከመጀመሪያ ኃጢአትን ያደርጋልና።

⁸He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy 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 is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

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

¹⁰In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

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

¹¹For this is the message which you 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።

¹²unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

¹³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ዓለም ቢጠላችሁ አትደነቁ።

¹³Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

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

¹⁴We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

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

¹⁵Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

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

¹⁶By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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

¹⁷But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

¹⁸ልጆቼ ሆይ፥ በሥራና በእውነት እንጂ በቃልና በአንደበት አንዋደድ።

¹⁸My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

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

¹⁹And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

²¹ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ልባችንስ ባይፈርድብን በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ድፍረት አለን፥

²⁰because if our heart condemns 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 hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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

²²and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

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

²³This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

²⁴He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.