¹[Ny fahazotoan'ny zanak'Andriamanitra hanao ny sitrapon'ny Ramy sy hifankatia amin'ny namany, ary ny fahatokiana ananany] Endrey! manao ahoana ny fitiavana nasehon'ny Ray ho antsika, dia ny niantsoana antsika hoe zanak'Andriamanitra, sady izany tokoa isika! Koa noho izany dia tsy mahalala antsika izao tontolo izao, satria tsy nahalala Ary izy. [ Gr. nomen']

¹See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

²Ry malala, ankehitriny aza dia zanak'Andriamanitra isika, nefa tsy mbola naseho izay ho toetsika rahatrizay. Fantatsika fa raha hiseho Izy, dia ho tahaka Azy isika, fa ho hitantsika Izy, dia izay tena endriny tokoa.

²beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

³Ary izay rehetra manana izany fanantenana miorina aminy izany dia manadio ny tenany mba hadio tahaka Azy.

³and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

⁴Izay rehetra manota no mandika ny lalàna; fa ny ota no fandikana ny lalàna.

⁴Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

⁵Ary fantatrareo fa Izy no naseho hanaisotra ny ota; ary tsy mba misy ota ao aminy. [ Na: hitondra]

⁵and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

⁶Izay rehetra mitoetra ao aminy dia tsy manota; izay rehetra manota dia tsy nahita na nahalala Azy.

⁶every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

⁷Anaka, aza avela hisy hamitaka anareo: izay manao ny marina no marina; eny, marina tahaka Azy.

⁷Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

⁸Izay manota dia avy amin'ny devoly, satria ny devoly manota hatramin'ny voalohany. Izao no nisehoan'ny Zanak'Andriamanitra, dia ny handrava ny asan'ny devoly.

⁸he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

⁹Izay rehetra naterak'Andriamanitra no tsy manota, satria ny voany mitoetra ao anatiny, ary tsy mahay manota izy, satria naretak'Andriamanitra.

⁹every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

¹⁰Izany no mampiseho miharihary izay Zanak'Andriamanitra sy izay zanaky ny devoly. Tsy mba avy amin'Andriamanitra izay rehetra tsy manao ny marina sy izay tsy tia ny rahalahiny.

¹⁰In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

¹¹Fa izao no teny nampitondraina izay efa renareo hatramin'ny voalohany: tsy maintsy mifankatia isika,-

¹¹because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

¹²tsy mba tahaka an'i Kaina, izay avy tamin'ilay ratsy ka namono ny rahalahiny. Ary nahoana no namono azy izy? Satria ratsy ny asany, fa marina ny an'ny rahalahiny.

¹²not as Cain — of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

¹³Aza gaga, ry rahalahy, raha halan'izao tontolo izao ianareo.

¹³Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

¹⁴Fantatsika fa efa tafafindra niala tamin'ny fahafatesana ho amin'ny fiainana isika satria tia ny rahalahy. Izay tsy tia dia mitoetra ao amin'ny fahafatesana ihany.

¹⁴we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

¹⁵Izay rehetra mankahala ny rahalahiny dia mpamono olona; ary fantatrareo fa tsy mba misy mpamono olona manana fiainana mandrakizay mitoetra ao anatiny.

¹⁵Every one who is hating his brother — a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

¹⁶Izao no ahafantarantsika ny fitiavana, satria Izy no nanolotra ny ainy hamonjy antsika; ary isika kosa mba tokony hanolotra ny aintsika hamonjy ny rahalahy.

¹⁶in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

¹⁷Ary izay rehetra manam-pananana amin'izao fiainana izao, ary mahita ny fahantran'ny rahalahiny ka mihirim-belona aminy, ahoana no itoeran'ny fitiavana an'Andriamanitra ao anatiny?

¹⁷and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him — how doth the love of God remain in him?

¹⁸Anaka, aoka tsy ho tia amin'ny teny na amin'ny lela isika, fa amin'ny asa sy amin'ny marina.

¹⁸My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

¹⁹Izany no hahafantarantsika fa avy amin'ny marina isika sy hampahatokiantsika ny fontsika eo anatrehany,

¹⁹and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

²⁰na amin'inona na amin'inona no anamelohan'ny fontsika antsika, satria Andriamanitra lehibe noho ny fontsika ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra.

²⁰because if our heart may condemn — because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

²¹Ry malala, raha tsy mba manameloka antsika ny fontsika, dia manana fahasahiana eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra isika.

²¹Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

²²Ary na inona na inona no angatahintsika dia raisintsika aminy, satria mitandrina ny didiny sy manao izay ankasitrahana eo imasony isika.

²²and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

²³Ary izao no didiny, dia ny hinoantsika ny anaran'i Jesosy Kristy Zanany sy ny hifankatiavantsika araka ny didy nomeny antsika.Ary izay mitandrina ny didiny no mitoetra ao aminy, ary Izy kosa ao aminy. Ary izao no ahafantarantsika fa mitoetra ao amintsika Izy, dia ny Fanahy Izay nomeny antsika.

²³and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

²⁴Ary izay mitandrina ny didiny no mitoetra ao aminy, ary Izy kosa ao aminy. Ary izao no ahafantarantsika fa mitoetra ao amintsika Izy, dia ny Fanahy Izay nomeny antsika.

²⁴and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.