¹ Ay ize kayney, ay goono ga hayey din hantum araŋ se zama araŋ ma si zunubi te. Amma da boro fo na zunubi te, iri gonda Gaako Baaba do, nga Yesu Almasihu kaŋ ti Adilitaraykoy.

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.

² Nga mo ga ti sasabandiyaŋ sargay iri zunubey se. Manti iri hinne waney bo, amma ndunnya boro kulu waney mo no.

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.

³ Naŋ kaŋ iri goono ga tabbat kaŋ iri g'a bay, nga neeya: d'iri goono g'a lordey gana.

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

⁴ Boro kaŋ go ga ne: «Ay g'a bay,» amma a siino g'a lordey gana, bora din ya tangarikom no, a sinda cimi nga ra.

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

⁵ Amma boro kaŋ goono g'a sanno gana, daahir no Irikoy baakasina to bora din ra. Woodin do no iri ga bay kaŋ iri goono ga goro a ra.

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:

⁶ Boro kaŋ go ga ne nga ga goro Irikoy ra, a ga hima bora bumbo ma dira mo danga mate kaŋ cine Yesu dira.

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

⁷ Ay baakoy, manti lordi* taji no ay goono ga hantum araŋ se bo, amma lordi zeena no kaŋ go araŋ do za sintina. Lordi zeena mo ga ti sanno kaŋ araŋ maa.

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.

⁸ Kulu nda yaadin, lordo kaŋ ay goono ga hantum araŋ se itaji no, kaŋ a cimo go Almasihu ra d'araŋ ra mo. Zama kuba goono ga bisa, sohõ mo annura cimi-cimo goono ga kaari.

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.

⁹ Boro kaŋ go ga ne nga go annura ra, amma a go ga konna nga nya-izo, kubay ra no a go hala sohõ.

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

¹⁰ Boro kaŋ ga ba nga nya-izo, annura ra n'a go ga goro, hartayaŋ daliili mo si no a ra.

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

¹¹ Amma boro kaŋ go ga konna nga nya-izo, kubay ra no a go, kubay ra mo no a goono ga dira. A si bay naŋ kaŋ nga goono ga koy mo, zama kuba n'a moy danandi.

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.

¹² Ize kayney, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama Irikoy n'araŋ zunubey yaafa araŋ se Almasihu maa sabbay se.

¹²I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

¹³ Baabey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga nga kaŋ go no za sintina bay. Arwasey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ te zaama Ilaala boŋ. Zanka kayney, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga Baaba bay.

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.

¹⁴ Baabey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga nga kaŋ go no za sintina bay. Arwasey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ wo gaabikooniyaŋ no, Irikoy sanno mo goono ga goro araŋ ra. Araŋ te zaama mo Ilaala boŋ.

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.

¹⁵ Araŋ ma si ba ndunnya, wala mo hayey kaŋ go ndunnya ra. Boro kulu kaŋ ga ba ndunnya, Baaba baakasinay si no a ra.

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.

¹⁶ Zama hay kulu kaŋ go ndunnya ra, sanda bine ibaay laaley, da mo-diyaŋ ibaay laaley, da fundi baay foomayaŋ mo, manti Baaba do no i fun, amma ndunnya do.

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.

¹⁷ Ndunnya nda nga ibaay laaley go ga bisa mo. Amma boro kaŋ goono ga Irikoy miila te ga goro hal abada.

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

¹⁸ Zanka kayney, saaya bananta neeya. Danga mate kaŋ cine araŋ maa mo kaŋ Almasihu wane yanjekaaro goono ga kaa, baa sohõ Almasihu wane yanjekaari boobo tun. Woodin sabbay se iri ga bay kaŋ woone ga ti saaya bananta.

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.

¹⁹ I fun iri ra, amma da cimi manti iri wane yaŋ no. Zama nda ngey wo iri waney yaŋ no, doŋ i ga goro iri banda. Amma i fattayaŋo cabe kaŋ ikulu manti iri wane yaŋ no.

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.

²⁰ Araŋ gonda suubanyaŋ seeda kaŋ fun Ihanna do, araŋ kulu ga _cimo|_ bay mo.

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

²¹ Ay mana hantum araŋ se zama araŋ si cimo bay bo, amma zama araŋ g'a bay, zama tangari kulu si fatta cimi ra mo.

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.

²² May binde no ga ti tangarikomo, da manti bora kaŋ goono ga ne Yesu manti Almasihu? Bora din ga ti Almasihu yanjekaaro kaŋ ga Baaba nda Izo ze.

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.

²³ Boro kulu kaŋ goono ga Izo ze, bora din sinda Baaba _Irikoy|_ mo. Boro kaŋ ga Izo seeda, a gonda Baabo mo.

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

²⁴ Araŋ mo, wa naŋ haŋ kaŋ araŋ maa za sintina ma goro araŋ ra. Da haŋ kaŋ araŋ maa za sintina goono ga goro araŋ ra, araŋ ga goro Izo da Baabo mo ra.

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.

²⁵ Alkawlo mo kaŋ nga bumbo sambu iri se ga ti fundi hal abada.

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

²⁶ Ay na hayey din hantum araŋ se borey boŋ kaŋ ga ba ngey m'araŋ darandi.

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

²⁷ Araŋ wo kay, suubanyaŋ seeda kaŋ araŋ du Ihanna do goono ga goro araŋ ra. Araŋ si laami mo boro kulu m'araŋ dondonandi, amma mate kaŋ cine a suubanyaŋ seeda din g'araŋ dondonandi hay kulu boŋ, a suubanyaŋ seeda mo cimi no, manti tangari no. Mate kaŋ cine a n'araŋ dondonandi mo, kal araŋ ma goro Almasihu ra.

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.

²⁸ Sohõ mo, ize kayney, araŋ ma goro a ra. Zama waati kaŋ Almasihu ga bangay iri ma bara nda bine-gaabi, iri ma si haaw mo a jine a kaayaŋo waate.

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

²⁹ D'araŋ ga bay kaŋ nga wo adilitaraykoy no, araŋ ma bay mo kaŋ boro kulu kaŋ goono ga adilitaray goy te, i n'a hay Irikoy do.

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