1Ay arraw-iw imeẓyanen, uriɣ awen ayagi iwakken aț-țexḍum i ddnub, meɛna ma yeɣli yiwen di ddnub, nesɛa win yețḥuddun fell-aɣ ɣer Baba Ṛebbi, d Ɛisa Lmasiḥ yellan d aḥeqqi.
1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;
2Mačči ɣef ddemma n ddnubat nneɣ kan i gefka iman-is d asfel meɛna ula ɣef ddemma n ddnubat n yemdanen n ddunit meṛṛa.
2and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.
3Ihi ma nețțaɣ awal i Sidi Ṛebbi yerna nḥerrez lumuṛat-is, d ayagi ara d-isbeggnen belli nessen-it.
3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4Win ara yinin : ssneɣ Ṛebbi yili ur yeṭṭif ara di lumuṛat-is, d akeddab, ulac deg-s tideț.
4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
5Ma d win yețțaɣen awal-is, iḥemmel Sidi Ṛebbi seg-wul-is. S wakka ara d-iban belli d ayla n Sidi Ṛebbi i nella.
5but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.
6Win ara yinin ṭṭfeɣ di Sidi Ṛebbi, ilaq ad ilḥu am akken yelḥa Lmasiḥ.
6He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.
7A wid eɛzizen, di tebṛaț-agi mačči d lameṛ ajdid i wen-d-wwiɣ, meɛna d lexbaṛ-nni i kkun-id-iwḍen si tazwara ; lameṛ-agi d awal-nni i wumi teslam yakan.
7Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.
8Meɛna zemreɣ a d-iniɣ belli lameṛ-agi d ajdid. Tideț-agi tban-ed di Lmasiḥ, tban-ed daɣen deg-wen ; imi ṭṭlam ițwexxiṛ, tafat n tideț tfeǧǧeǧ yakan.
8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.
9Win yeqqaṛen leḥḥuɣ di tafat, yili nețța yekṛeh gma-s, mazal-it di ṭṭlam.
9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
10Win iḥemmlen gma-s, di tafat i gețțili, ur yelli ara deg-s wayen ara t-isseɣlin.
10He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
11Ma d win ikeṛhen gma-s, di ṭṭlam i gella ; iteddu di ṭṭlam ur yeẓri anda ileḥḥu, axaṭer ṭṭlam isderɣel-as allen.
11But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12Uriɣ-awen ayagi ay ilmeẓyen imi i wen-țwaɛfan ddnubat-nwen ɣef ddemma n yisem-is.
12I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13Uriɣ-awen ay ibabaten, axaṭer tesnem win yellan si tazwara. Uriɣ-awen ay ilmeẓyen, axaṭer tɣelbem amcum. Akken i wen-d-nniɣ yakan ay ilmeẓyen, uriɣ-awen axaṭer tesnem Baba Ṛebbi.
13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14Uriɣ-awen ay ibabaten, axaṭer tesnem win yellan si tazwara. Uriɣ-awen ay ilmeẓyen, axaṭer tǧehdem, awal n Sidi Ṛebbi yezdeɣ deg-wen yerna tɣelbem amcum.
14I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one].
15Ur ḥemmlet ara ddunit d wayen yellan deg-s. Ma yella walebɛaḍ ihemmel ddunit, leḥmala n baba Ṛebbi ur telli ara deg-s ;
15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
16axaṭer ayen akk yellan di ddunit, lebɣi n tnefsit, ṭṭmeɛ di kra n wayen i gɛeǧben i wallen akk-d zzux i d ițekken si cci n ddunit, mačči s ɣuṛ Baba Ṛebbi i d-kkan lameɛna si ddunit.
16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17Ddunit d wayen yellan deg-s ad iɛeddi, kullec ad ikfu ; ma d win ixeddmen lebɣi n Sidi Ṛebbi ad yidir i dayem.
17And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.
18Ay arrac imeẓyanen, ț-țaswiɛt taneggarut ; am akken teslam belli aɛdaw n Lmasiḥ iteddu-d, atan tura aṭas n yeɛdawen n Lmasiḥ i d-ibanen ; s wakka ara neɛqel belli d lweqt aneggaru.
18Little children, it is [the] last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is [the] last hour.
19Sṭaxṛen fell-aɣ axaṭer ur llin ara seg-neɣ ; lemmer llin seg-neɣ, tili qqimen yid-nneɣ ; ṭṭaxṛen fell-aneɣ iwakken a d-iban belli ur llin ara seg-neɣ.
19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.
20Ma d kunwi, yesmar-ed fell awen Lmasiḥ Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, yerna tessnem akk tideț.
20And *ye* have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things.
21Uriɣ-awen mačči imi ur tessinem ara tideț, lameɛna imi ț-tesnem axaṭer ulac lekdeb i d itekken si tideț.
21I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22Anwa i d akeddab anagar win inekkṛen belli Ɛisa d Lmasiḥ. Aɛdaw n Lmasiḥ, d winna i gnekkṛen Baba Ṛebbi akk-d Mmi-s.
22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
23Win ara inekṛen Mmi-s n Ṛebbi yenkeṛ daɣen Baba Ṛebbi, ma d win iqeblen Mmi-s n Ṛebbi yeqbel Baba Ṛebbi.
23Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
24Ma d kunwi, ayen teslam si tazwara ilaq aț-țeṭṭfem deg-s ; ma yella tjemɛem-t deg ulawen-nwen, ula d kunwi aț-țilim di tdukkli akk-d Baba Ṛebbi d Mmi-s.
24As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.
25Atan lweɛd i ɣ-d-ifka Lmasiḥ : ț-țudert yețdumun.
25And this is the promise which *he* has promised us, life eternal.
26Uriɣ-awen ayagi ɣef wid yețnadin a kkun-ɣuṛṛen.
26These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray:
27Ma d kunwi, Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-yesmar fell-awen Lmasiḥ yezga deg-wen, ur teḥwaǧem ara win ara kkun-islemden ; axaṭer d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-immaren fell-awen i kkun-isselmaden. Ayen i wen-yesselmad ț-țideț, ur yeskiddib ara. Sṭfet ihi di Lmasiḥ am akken i wen-t-isselmed Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen.
27and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28Ihi tura ay arrac imeẓyanen ṭṭfet di Lmasiḥ iwakken asm'ara d-iban a nesɛu lețkal, ur nțeffer ara fell-as si lḥecma ass n tuɣalin-is.
28And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.
29Imi teẓram belli Lmasiḥ d aḥeqqi, ilaq aț-țeẓrem daɣen kra n win ixeddmen lḥeqq s ɣuṛ-es i d-ikka.
29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.