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.

¹Izay rehetra mino fa Jesosy no Kristy dia naterak'Andriamanitra; ary izay rehetra tia Izay niteraka dia tia izay naterany koa.

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

²Izao no ahafantarantsika fa tia ireo zanak'Andriamanitra isika, dia ny itiavantsika an'Andriamanitra sy ny ankatoavantsika ny didiny.

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

³Fa izao no fitiavana an'Andriamanitra, dia ny hitandremantsika ny didiny, sady tsy mavesatra ny didiny.

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.

⁴Fa izay rehetra naterak'Andriamanitra dia maharesy izao tontolo izao; ary ny fandresena izay enti-maharesy izao tontolo izao dia ny finoantsika.

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

⁵Iza moa no maharesy izao tontolo izao afa-tsy izay mino fa Jesosy no Zanak'Andriamanitra?

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.

⁶Izy ilay avy tamin'ny rano sy ny rà, dia Jesosy Kristy; tsy tamin'ny rano ihany, fa tamin'ny rano sy ny rà. Ary ny Fanahy no manambara, satria ny Fanahy no fahamarinana.

⁷For they that bear witness are three:

⁷Fa misy telo izay manambara,

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

⁸dia ny Fanahy sy ny rano ary ny rà; ary mifanaraka tsara izy telo.

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.

⁹Raha mandray ny fanambaran'ny olona isika, lehibe lavitra ny fanambaran'Andriamanitra; fa ny fanambaran'Andriamanitra dia ny nanambarany ny Zanany.

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.

¹⁰Izay mino ny Zanak'Andriamanitra no manana ny fanambarana ao anatiny; izay tsy mino an'Andriamanitra dia efa nampandainga Ary, satria tsy mino ny fanambarana izay nanambaran'Andriamanitra ny Zanany izy.

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

¹¹Ary izao no fanambarany: Fiainana mandrakizay no omen'Andriamanitra antsika, ary ao amin'ny Zanany izany fiainana izany.

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

¹²Izay manana ny Zanaka no manana ny fiainana; izay tsy manana ny Zanak'Andriamanitra no tsy manana ny fiainana.

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.

¹³[Ny amin'ny fivavahana ary ny tsi-fitovian'ny zanak'Andriamanitra amin'ny ratsy fanahy] Izany no nosoratako aminareo, izay mino ny anaran'ny Zanak'Andriamanitra, mba ho fantatrareo fa manana fiainana mandrakizay ianareo.

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

¹⁴Ary izao no fahasahiana ananantsika eo anatrehany: Raha mangataka zavatra araka ny sitrapony isika, dia mihaino antsika Izy;

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

¹⁵ary raha fantatsika fa mihaino antsika Izy, na inona na inona no angatahintsika, dia fantatsika fa azontsika izay angatahintsika aminy.

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.

¹⁶Raha misy mahita ny rahalahiny manao ota tsy mahafaty, dia aoka hifona ho azy izy, ary Andriamanitra no hanome azy fiainana ho an'izay manao ota tsy mahafaty. Misy ota mahafaty; tsy mba lazaiko fa tokony hangataka ny amin'izany izy. [ Gr. ota tsy ho amin'ny fahafatesana] [ Gr. ota ho amin'ny fahafatesana]

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

¹⁷Ota avokoa ny tsi-fahamarinana rehetra; ary misy ota tsy mahafaty. [ Gr. ota ny ho amin'ny fahafatesana]

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.

¹⁸Fantatsika fa izay rehetra naterak'Andriamanitra dia tsy manota; fa izay naterak'Andriamanitra, dia miaro ny tenany ka tsy mikasika azy akory ilay ratsy. [ Na: Ilay naterak'Andriamanitra no miaro azy]

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

¹⁹Fantatsika fa avy amin'Andriamanitra isika, ary izao tontolo izao kosa dia mipetraka eo amin'ilay ratsy avokoa.

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.

²⁰Ary fantatsika fa tonga ny Zanak'Andriamanitra ka efa nanome antsika ny fahazavan-tsaina, mba ho fantatsika ilay marina; ary isika ao amin'ilay marina, dia ao amin'i Jesosy Kristy Zanany. Izy no Andriamanitra marina sy fiainana mandrakizay.Anaka, arovy ny tenanareo amin'ny sampy.

²¹Children, keep yourselves from idols.

²¹Anaka, arovy ny tenanareo amin'ny sampy.