¹Vana vangu vaduku, zvinhu izvi ndinokunyorerai kuti musatadza. Uye kana munhu achitadza, tine Murevereri kuna Baba, Jesu Kristu wakarurama;

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;

²ndiye mudzikinuri wezvivi zvedu; uye kwete wezvedu chete, asiwo wezvenyika yose.

²and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

³Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tinomuziva kana tichichengeta mirairo yake.

³And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

⁴Uyo unoti: Ndinomuziva asi asingachengeti mirairo yake murevi wenhema, nechokwadi hachizi maari;

⁴He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

⁵asi ani nani unochengeta shoko rake, rudo rwaMwari rwakaperedzerwa maari. Ndizvo zvinotizivisa kuti tiri maari;

⁵but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

⁶uyo unoti unogara maari unofanirawo kufamba saizvozvo sezvaakafamba iye.

⁶He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.

⁷Hama dzangu, handinyori murairo mutsva kwamuri, asi murairo musharu wamakanga munawo kubva pakutanga; murairo musharu ishoko ramakanzwa kubva pakutanga.

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.

⁸Ndinopamhazve kukunyorerai murairo mutsva, chiri chinhu chechokwadi maari nemamuri; nekuti rima rinopfuura, zvino chiedza chechokwadi chovhenekera.

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.

⁹Uyo unoti uri muchiedza, asi achivenga hama yake uchiri murima kusvikira zvino.

⁹He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

¹⁰Uyo unoda hama yake unogara muchiedza, hapane chigumbuso maari.

¹⁰He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

¹¹Asi uyo unovenga hama yake uri murima, iye unofamba murima haazivi kwaanoenda, nekuti rima rakapofumadza meso ake.

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.

¹²Ndinonyora kwamuri, vana vaduku, nekuti zvivi zvenyu makazvikangamwirwa nekuda kwezita rake.

¹²I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

¹³Ndinonyora kwamuri madzibaba, nekuti makamuziva iye wakavapo kubva pakutanga. Ndinonyora kwamuri, majaya, nekuti makakunda wakaipa. Ndinonyora kwamuri vana vaduku, nekuti makaziva Baba.

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.

¹⁴Ndanyora kwamuri, madzibaba, nekuti makamuziva iye wakange aripo kubva pakutanga. Ndanyora kwamuri, majaya, nekuti makasimba uye shoko raMwari rinogara mamuri zvekare mukakunda wakaipa.

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].

¹⁵Musada nyika kunyange zvinhu zviri munyika. Kana munhu achida nyika, rudo rwaBaba harusi maari.

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;

¹⁶Nekuti zvose zviri munyika, kuchiva kwenyama, nokuchiva kwameso, nokuzvikudza koupenyu hazvibvi kuna Baba asi zvinobva panyika.

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.

¹⁷Uye nyika inopfuura nokuchiva kwayo; asi unoita kuda kwaMwari unogara nokusingaperi.

¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

¹⁸Vana vaduku, inguva yekupedzisira; uye sezvamakanzwa kuti mupikisi waKristu uchauya, nazvino vapikisi waKristu vazhinji vavapo; ndizvo zvinotizivisa kuti yava nguva yekupedzisira.

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.

¹⁹Vakabuda kwatiri, asi vakanga vasati vari vedu, nekuti dai vaive vedu, vangadai vaigara nesu; asi vakabuda kuti varatidzwe kuti vose havasi vedu.

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.

²⁰Asi imwi mune kuzodzwa kunobva kuna iye Mutsvene, uye munoziva zvinhu zvose.

²⁰And *ye* have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things.

²¹Handina kukunyorerai nekuti hamuzivi chokwadi, asi nekuti munochiziva, uye nekuti hakuna nhema dzingabva pachokwadi.

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.

²²Ndianiko murevi wenhema kunze kwaiye unoramba kuti Jesu ndiKristu? Ndiye mupikisi waKristu, unoramba Baba noMwanakomana.

²²Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

²³Ani nani unoramba Mwanakomana, ndiye usina Baba, asi unobvuma Mwanakomana una Babawo.

²³Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

²⁴Kana muri imwi zvamakanzwa kubva pakutanga ngazvigare mamuri, nemwiwo muchagara muMwanakomana nomuna Baba.

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.

²⁵Uye ichi ndicho chivimbiso chaakativimbisa upenyu hwusingaperi.

²⁵And this is the promise which *he* has promised us, life eternal.

²⁶Zvinhu izvi ndakakunyorerai pamusoro pavanokutsausai.

²⁶These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray:

²⁷Asi imwi kuzodzwa kwamakagamuchira kwaari kunogara mamuri, uye hamutsvaki kuti mudzidziswe nomunhu; asi kuzodzwa ikoku sezvakunokudzidzisai pamusoro pezvinhu zvose, uye kuri chokwadi, dzisati dziri nhema, uye kunyange sezvakwakakudzidzisai, muchagara maari.

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.

²⁸Uye ikozvino, vana vaduku, garai maari, kuti kana achizoonekwa, tive nechivimbo, tirege kunyara pamberi pake pakuvuya kwake.

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.

²⁹Kana muchiziva kuti iye wakarurama, imwi zivaiwo kuti umwe neumwe unoita zvakarurama wakaberekwa naye.

²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.