1Kila mtu anayeamini kwamba Yesu ni Kristo, huyo ni mtoto wa Mungu; na, anayempenda mzazi humpenda pia mtoto wa huyo mzazi.
1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2Hivi ndivyo tunavyojua kwamba tunawapenda watoto wa Mungu: Kwa kumpenda Mungu na kuzitii amri zake;
2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
3maana kumpenda Mungu ni kuzitii amri zake. Na, amri zake si ngumu,
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4maana kila aliye mtoto wa Mungu anaweza kuushinda ulimwengu. Hivi ndivyo tunavyoushinda ulimwengu: kwa imani yetu.
4For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.
5Nani, basi, awezaye kuushinda ulimwengu? Ni yule anayeamini kwamba Yesu ni Mwana wa Mungu.
5And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6Yesu Kristo ndiye aliyekuja kwa maji ya ubatizo wake na kwa damu ya kifo chake. Hakuja kwa maji tu, bali kwa maji na kwa damu. Naye Roho anashuhudia kwamba ni kweli, kwani Roho ni ukweli.
6This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.
7Basi, wako mashahidi watatu:
7And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
8Roho, maji na damu; na ushahidi wa hawa watatu waafikiana.
8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
9Ikiwa twaukubali ushahidi wa binadamu, ushahidi wa Mungu una uzito zaidi; na huu ndio ushahidi alioutoa Mungu mwenyewe juu ya Mwanae.
9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
10Anayemwamini mwana wa Mungu anao ushahidi huo ndani yake; lakini asiyemwamini Mungu, anamfanya yeye kuwa mwongo, maana hakuamini ushahidi alioutoa Mungu juu ya Mwanae.
10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
11Na, ushahidi wenyewe ndio huu: Mungu alitupatia uzima wa milele, na uzima huo uko kwa Bwana.
11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12Yeyote, aliye na Mwana wa Mungu anao uzima huo; asiye na Mwana wa Mungu, hana uzima.
12He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
13Nawaandikieni mpate kujua kwamba mnao uzima wa milele ninyi mnaoamini kwa jina la Mwana wa Mungu.
13These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
14Na sisi tuko thabiti mbele ya Mungu kwani tuna hakika kwamba tukimwomba chochote kadiri ya mapenzi yake, yeye hutusikiliza.
14And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
15Yeye hutusikiliza kila tunapomwomba; na kwa vile tunajua kwamba yeye hutusikiliza kila tunapomwomba, twajua pia kwamba atupatia yote tunayomwomba.
15and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
16Mtu akimwona ndugu yake ametenda dhambi isiyompeleka kwenye kifo anapaswa kumwombea kwa Mungu, naye Mungu atampatia uzima. Nasema jambo hili kuhusu wale waliotenda dhambi ambazo si za kifo. Lakini ipo dhambi yenye kumpeleka mtu kwenye kifo nami sisemi kwamba mnapaswa kumwomba Mungu kwa ajili ya hiyo.
16If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and [God] will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
17Kila tendo lisilo adilifu ni dhambi, lakini kuna dhambi isiyompeleka mtu kwenye kifo.
17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18Tunajua kwamba kila aliye mtoto wa Mungu hatendi dhambi, kwa sababu Mwana wa Mungu humlinda salama, na yule Mwovu hawezi kumdhuru.
18We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
19Tunajua kwamba sisi ni wake Mungu ingawa ulimwengu wote unatawaliwa na yule Mwovu.
19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
20Twajua pia kwamba Mwana wa Mungu amekuja, akatupa elimu ili tumjue Mungu wa kweli; tuishi katika muungano na Mungu wa kweli--katika muungano na Mwanae, Yesu Kristo. Huyu ndiye Mungu wa kweli, na huu ndio uzima wa milele.
20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21Watoto wangu, epukaneni na sanamu za miungu.
21[My] little children, guard yourselves from idols.