¹ Boro kulu kaŋ goono ga cimandi kaŋ Yesu ga ti Almasihu, bora din, i n'a hay Irikoy do. Boro kulu mo kaŋ ga ba hayra, a ga ba izo mo kaŋ a hay.

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

² Woone gaa no iri ga bay kaŋ iri ga ba Irikoy izey: d'iri ga ba Irikoy k'a lordey te mo.

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

³ Zama woone ga ti iri baakasina Irikoy se: iri m'a lordey gana. A lordey mo si tin.

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

⁴ Zama boro kulu kaŋ i hay Irikoy do goono ga te zaama ndunnya boŋ. Zaamayaŋo kaŋ na ndunnya zeeri mo ga ti iri cimbeero*.

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

⁵ May no goono ga te zaama ndunnya boŋ, da manti boro kaŋ goono ga cimandi kaŋ Yesu ya Irikoy Izo no?

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

⁶ Nga ga ti Yesu Almasihu kaŋ kaa hari da kuri do. Manti haro hinne do bo, amma haro da kuro do. Biya _Hanno|_ mo goono ga seeda no zama Biya ga ti cimo.

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.

⁷ Zama seeda hinza no go no:

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” :

⁸ Biya da haro da kuro, ihinzo wo no ka te me folloŋ.

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

⁹ D'iri goono ga borey seeda ta, Irikoy seeda ga bis'a gaabi gumo. Woone ga ti Irikoy seeda kaŋ a no nga Izo boŋ.

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.

¹⁰ Boro kaŋ goono ga Irikoy Izo cimandi gonda seeda nga ra. Boro kaŋ si Irikoy cimandi n'a tangarandi no, zama a mana seeda cimandi kaŋ Irikoy no nga Izo boŋ.

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.

¹¹ Seeda mo neeya: Irikoy n'iri no fundi hal abada, fundo wo mo go a Izo ra.

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

¹² Boro kaŋ gonda Izo gonda fundo. Boro kaŋ sinda Irikoy Izo mo sinda fundo.

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

¹³ Ay go ga hayey din hantum araŋ se zama araŋ ma bay kaŋ araŋ gonda fundi hal abada, araŋ kaŋ goono ga cimandi Irikoy Izo maa gaa.

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.

¹⁴ Woone mo ga ti bine-gaabo kaŋ iri gonda Irikoy jine: hay kulu kaŋ iri ga ŋwaaray kaŋ ga saba nd'a miila, a ga maa iri se.

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

¹⁵ D'iri ga bay mo kaŋ a goono ga maa iri se, iri ga bay kaŋ iri ga du haŋ kaŋ iri ŋwaaray a gaa, hay kulu kaŋ no.

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.

¹⁶ Boro kulu kaŋ di nga nya-izo goono ga zunubi te kaŋ si to da boro buuyaŋ gaa, a ma ŋwaaray Irikoy gaa, kaŋ g'a no fundi, borey se kaŋ goono ga zunubi te kaŋ si to da boro buuyaŋ gaa. Zunubi go no kaŋ ga to da boro buuyaŋ gaa. Manti woodin se no ay goono ga ne a ma ŋwaaray bo.

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.

¹⁷ Adilitaray-jaŋay kulu ya zunubi no. Zunubi mo go no kaŋ si to da boro buuyaŋ gaa.

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

¹⁸ Iri ga bay kaŋ boro kulu kaŋ i hay Irikoy do si soobay ka zunubi te, amma Bora kaŋ hay Irikoy do g'a haggoy. Ilaala mo s'a di ka gaay.

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.

¹⁹ Iri ga bay kaŋ iri ya Irikoy wane yaŋ no, ndunnya kulu mo goono ga goro Ilaala dabaro ra.

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

²⁰ Iri ga bay mo kaŋ Irikoy Izo kaa, a n'iri no fahamay mo, hal iri ma Irikoy cimi-cimo bay. Iri goono ga goro mo Cimi-Cimo ra a Izo Yesu Almasihu ra. Nga no ga ti Irikoy cimi-cimo, fundi hal abada mo no.

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.

²¹ Ize kayney, w'araŋ boŋ gaay toorey gaa.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.