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

¹Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

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

²in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

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

³for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

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

⁴because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world — our faith;

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

⁵who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

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.

⁶This one is he who did come through water and blood — Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

⁷Fa misy telo izay manambara,

⁷because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these — the three — are one;

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

⁸and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

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

⁹If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified 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.

¹⁰He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

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

¹¹and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the life — is in His Son;

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

¹²he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.

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.

¹³These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

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

¹⁴And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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

¹⁵and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

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]

¹⁶If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

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

¹⁷all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

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]

¹⁸We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

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

¹⁹we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

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.

²⁰and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

²¹Anaka, arovy ny tenanareo amin'ny sampy.

²¹Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.