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

¹My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter. with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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

²And he is the atoning sacrifice “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “hilasmos,” an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin. for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

³Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tinomuziva kana tichichengeta mirairo yake.

³This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

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

⁴One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

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

⁵But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

⁶uyo unoti unogara maari unofanirawo kufamba saizvozvo sezvaakafamba iye.

⁶he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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

⁷Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

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 is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, 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 even until now.

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

¹⁰He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

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

¹¹But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

¹²I write to you, little 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 you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know 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 you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

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

¹⁵Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

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

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

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

¹⁷The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

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

¹⁸Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final 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 us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

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

²⁰You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. Or, “know what is true.” Or, “know all things.”

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

²¹I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because 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? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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

²³Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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

²⁴Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁵Uye ichi ndicho chivimbiso chaakativimbisa upenyu hwusingaperi.

²⁵This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

²⁶Zvinhu izvi ndakakunyorerai pamusoro pavanokutsausai.

²⁶These things I have written to you concerning those who would 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.

²⁷As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

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

²⁸Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.