1Walit acḥal i ɣ-iḥemmel Baba Ṛebbi, armi nețțusemma d arraw-is ! yerna ț-țideț d arraw-is i nella. Ddunit ur aɣ-teɛqil ara d arraw n Ṛebbi imi ur tessin ara Sidi Ṛebbi.
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.
2A wid eɛzizen, aql-aɣ tura d arraw n Ṛebbi, ayen akken ara nuɣal werɛad i d-yedṛi, lameɛna neẓra belli m'ara d-yedṛu, a nili am nețța, axaṭer a t-nwali akken yella.
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.
3Kra n win yessaramen deg-s ad yeṣfu akken yeṣfa Lmasiḥ.
3And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure.
4Kra n win idenben yerẓa ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi, axaṭer ddnub ț-țaṛuẓi n ccariɛa.
4Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
5Teẓram belli Lmasiḥ yusa-d iwakken ad ikkes ddnub nețța ur nesɛi ddnub.
5And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.
6Kra n win yeṭṭfen deg-s ixeṭṭu i ddnub ; kra n win yețɛicin di ddnub ur t-iwala ur t-yessin.
6Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
7Ay arrac imeẓyanen, ɣuṛ-wat win ara kkun-iɣuṛṛen. Win iteddun s lḥeqq d aḥeqqi akken yella Sidna Ɛisa d aḥeqqi.
7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
8Win yețɛicin di ddnub yedda d Cciṭan, axaṭer d nețța i d amednub amezwaru. Ɣef ddemma n wayagi i d-yusa Mmi-s n Ṛebbi iwakken ad yessenger lecɣal n Cciṭan.
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.
9Kra n wid yellan d arraw n Ṛebbi ur țɛicin ara di ddnub, axaṭer tudert i d-itekken s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi tella deg-sen ; ur zmiren ara ad ɛicen di ddnub imi s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi i d-ɛawden talalit.
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.
10Atah wayen i d-ițbegginen lxilaf yellan ger warraw n Sidi Ṛebbi d wid n Cciṭan : kra n win ur nteddu ara s lḥeqq neɣ ur nḥemmel ara gma-s ur yelli ara si tarwa n Sidi Ṛebbi.
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.
11Atan lameṛ i wumi teslam si tazwara : ilaq a nemyeḥmal wway gar-aneɣ.
11For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
12Mačči am Kahin yellan d amcum yenɣa gma-s, yezla-t axaṭer nețța lecɣal-is diri-ten, ma d gma-s iteddu s lḥeqq. f+
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.
13Ur wehhmet ara ay atmaten ma yella keṛhen-kkun wat ddunit.
13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
14Nukni nɛedda-d si lmut ɣer tudert axaṭer nḥemmel atmaten. Win ur nḥemmel ara, mazal-it di lmut.
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.
15Kra n win ikeṛhen gma-s d aqettal, yerna teẓram belli win ineqqen, ulac deg-s tudert n dayem.
15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16Leḥmala n tideț, nessen-iț s Ɛisa Lmasiḥ yefkan tudert-is fell-aneɣ. Ilaq-aɣ ula d nukni, a nefk tudert nneɣ ɣef watmaten-nneɣ.
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.
17Ma yella walebɛaḍ yesɛan cci, iwala gma-s di lexṣaṣ ur d-iḥunn ara fell-as, amek ara tezdeɣ leḥmala n Sidi Ṛebbi deg wul-is.
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?
18Ay arrac imeẓyanen, ur ḥemmlet ara s wawal kan d yiles aẓidan, lameɛna leḥmala n tideț a d-tban s lecɣal-nwen.
18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19S wakka ara nẓer belli di tideț i nella, yerna ad yethedden wul-nneɣ zdat Sidi Ṛebbi,
19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --
20ɣas yesseḍlem-aɣ wul-nneɣ : Sidi Ṛebbi sennig wul nneɣ i gella yerna yeẓra kullec.
20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
21A wid eɛzizen, ma yella ur aɣ-isseḍlem ara wul-nneɣ, nesɛa lețkal zdat Sidi Ṛebbi.
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,
22Kra n wayen ara nessuter, ițțak-aɣ-t-id axaṭer neḥrez lumuṛat-is yerna nxeddem lebɣi-s.
22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
23Atan wayen i ɣ-d-yumeṛ : a namen s yisem n Mmi-s Ɛisa Lmasiḥ yerna a nemyeḥmal wway gar-aneɣ am akken yella di lameṛ i ɣ-d-yefka. f+
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.
24Win yețțaṭṭafen di Sidi Ṛebbi, iḥerzen lumuṛat-is, Sidi Ṛebbi yețțili deg wul-is ; yerna a neɛqel belli Sidi Ṛebbi yella deg ul-nneɣ s Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i ɣ-d-yefka.
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.