1انظروا اية محبة اعطانا الآب حتى ندعى اولاد الله. من اجل هذا لا يعرفنا العالم لانه لا يعرفه.
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.
2ايها الاحباء الآن نحن اولاد الله ولم يظهر بعد ماذا سنكون. ولكن نعلم انه اذا أظهر نكون مثله لاننا سنراه كما هو.
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.
3وكل من عنده هذا الرجاء به يطهر نفسه كما هو طاهر.
3And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure.
4كل من يفعل الخطية يفعل التعدي ايضا. والخطية هي التعدي.
4Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
5وتعلمون ان ذاك أظهر لكي يرفع خطايانا وليس فيه خطية.
5And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.
6كل من يثبت فيه لا يخطئ. كل من يخطئ لم يبصره ولا عرفه
6Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
7ايها الاولاد لا يضلّكم احد. من يفعل البر فهو بار كما ان ذاك بار
7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
8من يفعل الخطية فهو من ابليس لان ابليس من البدء يخطئ. لاجل هذا أظهر ابن الله لكي ينقض اعمال ابليس.
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.
9كل من هو مولود من الله لا يفعل خطية لان زرعه يثبت فيه ولا يستطيع ان يخطئ لانه مولود من الله.
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.
10بهذا اولاد الله ظاهرون واولاد ابليس. كل من لا يفعل البر فليس من الله وكذا من لا يحب اخاه.
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.
11لان هذا هو الخبر الذي سمعتموه من البدء ان يحب بعضنا بعضا.
11For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
12ليس كما كان قايين من الشرير وذبح اخاه. ولماذا ذبحه. لان اعماله كانت شريرة واعمال اخيه بارة
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.
13لا تتعجبوا يا اخوتي ان كان العالم يبغضكم.
13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
14نحن نعلم اننا قد انتقلنا من الموت الى الحياة لاننا نحب الاخوة. من لا يحب اخاه يبق في الموت.
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.
15كل من يبغض اخاه فهو قاتل نفس. وانتم تعلمون ان كل قاتل نفس ليس له حياة ابدية ثابتة فيه.
15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16بهذا قد عرفنا المحبة ان ذاك وضع نفسه لاجلنا فنحن ينبغي لنا ان نضع نفوسنا لاجل الاخوة.
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.
17واما من كان له معيشة العالم ونظر اخاه محتاجا واغلق احشاءه عنه فكيف تثبت محبة الله فيه.
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?
18يا اولادي لا نحب بالكلام ولا باللسان بل بالعمل والحق.
18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19وبهذا نعرف اننا من الحق ونسكن قلوبنا قدامه.
19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --
20لانه ان لامتنا قلوبنا فالله اعظم من قلوبنا ويعلم كل شيء
20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21ايها الاحباء ان لم تلمنا قلوبنا فلنا ثقة من نحو الله
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,
22ومهما سألنا ننال منه لاننا نحفظ وصاياه ونعمل الاعمال المرضية امامه.
22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
23وهذه هي وصيته ان نؤمن باسم ابنه يسوع المسيح ونحب بعضنا بعضا كما اعطانا وصية.
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.
24ومن يحفظ وصاياه يثبت فيه وهو فيه. وبهذا نعرف انه يثبت فينا من الروح الذي اعطانا
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.