¹Umwe neumwe unotenda kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu, wakaberekwa naMwari; umwe neumwe, unoda iye wakabereka unodawo wakaberekwa naye.

¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

²Ndizvo zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tinoda vana vaMwari, kana tichida Mwari, zvekare tichichengeta mirairo yake.

²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

³Nekuti urwu rudo rwaMwari, kuti tichengete mirairo yake; zvakare mirairo yake hairemi.

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

⁴Nekuti chipi nechipi chinoberekwa naMwari chinokunda nyika; uku ndiko kukunda kunokunda nyika, iko rutendo rwedu.

⁴For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

⁵Ndianiko unokunda nyika, kunze kwaiye unotenda kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye mwanakomana waMwari?

⁵Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ndiye wakavuya nemvura neropa, iye Jesu Kristu; kwete nemvura yoga, asi nemvura neropa. Zvakare Mweya ndiye unopupura nekuti Mweya ichokwadi

⁶This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷Nekuti kune vatatu vanopupura kudenga, Baba, Shoko naMweya Mutsvene, ava vatatu ndimumwe.

⁷For there are three who testify Only a few recent manuscripts add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth” :

⁸Uye kune vatatu vanopupura panyika, Mweya, mvura neropa ava vatatu vanotenderana pachinhu chimwe.

⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

⁹Kana tichigamuchira uchapupu hwevanhu, uchapupu hwaMwari ukuru; nekuti uhwu ndihwo uchapupu hwaMwari ndihwo hwaakapupura pamusoro poMwanakomana wake.

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

¹⁰Uyo unotenda kuMwanakomana waMwari une uchapupu maari; usingatendi Mwari wakamuita murevi wenhema; nekuti haana kutenda uchapupu Mwari hwaakapupurira Mwanakomana wake.

¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

¹¹Uhwu ndihwo uchapupu, kuti Mwari wakatipa upenyu hwusingaperi; zvino upenyu uhwu hwuri muMwanakomana wake.

¹¹The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹²Uyo une Mwanakomana une upenyu; usina Mwanakomana waMwari haana upenyu.

¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

¹³Zvinhu izvi ndazvinyora kwamuri imwi munotenda kuzita roMwanakomanai waMwari kuti mugoziva kuti mune upenyu hwusingaperi uye kuti utende kuzita roMwanakomana waMwari.

¹³These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴Uhwu ndihwo ushingi hwatinahwo maari, kuti kana tichikumbira chinhu nekuda kwake, unotinzwa;

¹⁴This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

¹⁵zvino kana tichiziva kuti unotinzwa pazvose zvatinokumbira, tinoziva kuti tapiwa zvichemo zvatakakumbira kwaari.

¹⁵And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

¹⁶Kana munhu achiona hama yake ichitadza chivi chisati chiri cherufu, uchakumbira, iye agomupa upenyu hwunopiwa vasingaiti chivi cherufu. Chiripo chivi cherufu; handiti akumbire pamusoro pechichi.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

¹⁷Kusarurama kose chivi; zvekare chivi chiripo chisati chiri cherufu.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

¹⁸Tinoziva kuti umwe neumwe wakaberekwa naMwari haatadzi; asi uyo wakaberekwa naMwari unozvichengeta, wakaipa uyo haangamubati.

¹⁸We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

¹⁹Tinoziva kuti tiri vaMwari, nenyika yose ivete muzvakaipa.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

²⁰Uye tinoziva kuti mwanakomana waMwari wakauya akatipa kunzwisisa, kuti tizive iye wechokwadi; nesu tiri munaiye wechokwadi mumwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu. Uyu ndiye Mwari wechokwadi, neupenyu hwusingaperi.

²⁰We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²¹Vana vaduku, zvichengetedzei pazvifananidzo. Ameni.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.