¹Dikhen, sode sam drago le Dadeske! Leski dragostia kadia de baro lo kai shave Devleske akharen ame, ai chaches shave Devleske sam. Eta sostar e lumia chi zhanel ame, ke chi zhanel le Devles.

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;

²Murhe vortacha, ame sam akana shave Devleske, numa chi zhanas inker mishto so avasa mai angle. Numa zhanas ke kana avela O Kristo, ame avasa sar leste, ke ame dikhasa les sar lo.

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;

³Ai kon godi si les kado pachamos ando Kristo vuzharelpe andral, vi sar si O Kristo vuzho.

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

⁴Savo godi manush kerel bezexa doshalo ke chi kerel so phenel o zakono le Devlesko; ke o bezex doshalo lo karing o zakono.

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

⁵Ai tume zhanen ke O Jesus Kristo avilo te lel amare bezexa, ai ande leste nai chi iek bezex.

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

⁶Kon godi beshel astardo ka Kristo chi mai kerel bezexa; numa kon godi inker mai kerel bezexa chi dikhlia le Kristos, ai chi zhanglia les.

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

⁷Murhe shave, na meken te rimol tume khonik katar O Del! Ke kodo kai kerel so si vorta lo, sar O Jesus Kristo si vorta.

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

⁸O manush kai kerel bezexa, kodo manush si bengesko; ke o beng kerdia bezexa de anda gor. Ai O Shav le Devlesko avilo pe phuv, te pharhavel e buchi le bengeski.

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;

⁹Kon godi si shav Devlesko nashti mai kerel bezexa sagda; ke e putiera le traioski kai avel katar O Del si ande leste; ai ke O Del si lesko Dat wo nashti mai kerel bezexa sagda.

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.

¹⁰Eta sar prinzhardion mishto le shave le Devleske, ai le shave le bengeske, kon godi chi kerel so si vorta, vai nai leske drago lesko phral, kodo nai shav Devlesko.

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,

¹¹Ke eta e lashi viasta kai ashundian de anda gor: te avas drazhi iek kavreske.

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

¹²Chi trobul te keras sar o Cain, ke wo le bengesko sas, ai mudardia peske phrales. Ai sostar mudardia les? Ke le dieli kai kerelas o Cain sas nasul, numa le dieli kai kerelas lesko phral vorta sas.

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.

¹³Na chudin tume, murhe phral, ke san griatsa le manushenge kai si ande lumia.

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

¹⁴Ame zhanas ke nakhliam katar e martia ke traio, ke drago amenge amare phral. Numa kodo kai nai leske drago lesko phral inker ande martia.

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.

¹⁵Ke savo godi manush nai leske drago lesko phral, wo si manush kai mudarel; ai tume zhanen ke manush kai mudarel nai ande leste o traio kai chi mai getolpe.

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,

¹⁶Eta sar zhanas so si e dragostia, O Jesus Kristo dia pesko traio amenge. No vi ame, trobul te das amaro traio amare phralenge!

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;

¹⁷Te si ek manush kai si barvalo ai te dikhela ke trobul vari so leske phrales, numa te phandavela pesko ilo leske, sar sai mothol kodo manush ke drago leske le Devles peske ilesa?

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?

¹⁸Murhe shave, chi trobul te drago amenge le vorbensa ai la shibasa, numa trobul te sikavas amari dragostia chachimasa ai ilesa.

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

¹⁹Anda kodia zhanasa ke ame sam shave le Devleske, ai kerela amaro ilo te haliarelape vorta angla Del.

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

²⁰Ke te dosharela ame amaro ilo, ame zhanas ke O Del mai baro lo katar amaro ilo, ai zhanel swako fielo.

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

²¹Murhe vortacha, te na dosharela ame amaro ilo, ame sai mangas ame katar O Del bi darako.

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

²²Ai so godi mangasa lestar, wo dela ame, ke ame las ame pala lesko zakono, ai keras so si leske drago.

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

²³Ai so mangel amendar, wo mangel te pachas ame ando anav leske Shavesko o Jesus Kristo, ai te avas drazhi iek kavreske, sar manglia amendar O Kristo.

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,

²⁴Ai kodo kai kerel so mothol o zakono le Devlesko, wo ando Del lo ai O Del ande leste le. Ai ame zhanas ke O Del traiil ande amende pala Swunto Duxo kai dia ame.

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.