¹Ompi' -ompi' to kupe'ahi'! Neo' ncaliu nipangala' hawe'ea tauna to mpo'uli' ria Inoha' Alata'ala hi hira'. Petonoi ulu, ba mpu'u-mpu'u-ra ngkai Alata'ala ba uma-di. Apa' wori' nabi boa' modao' hiapa-apa.

¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

²Toi-mi pompetonoi-na bona ta'inca hema to nakuasai Inoha' Alata'ala: hawe'ea tauna to mpangaku' Yesus Kahi'a-na Magau' Topetolo' to mewali manusia', tauna toe-ramo to napo'ana' Alata'ala.

²Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

³Hawe'ea tauna to uma mpangaku' Kayesus-na Magau' Topetolo' toe, uma-ra napo'ana' Alata'ala. Tauna toera nakuasai noto to ngkai Bali' Kristus. Ni'epe moto tudui' to mpo'uli' karata-na mpai' Bali' Kristus, pai' tempo toi mpolia' ria-imi hi rala dunia'.

³and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

⁴Aga koi' ana' -ku, napo'ana' Alata'ala-mokoi, pai' nidagi-ramo nabi to boa' toera, apa' Noto to ria hi rala nono-ni meliu kabaraka' -na ngkai noto to hi rala nono-ra to uma mepangala' hi Pue'.

⁴Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

⁵Nabi to boa' toera, ngkai dunia' to dada'a toi-ra. Toe pai' tudui' -ra mehupa' ngkai dunia' to dada'a toi, pai' tauna to uma mepangala' hi Pue' mpo'epe pai' mpotarima tudui' -ra.

⁵They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

⁶Aga kita' ompi', napo'ana' Alata'ala-tamo. Tauna to mpo'inca Alata'ala mpo'epe pai' mpotarima tudui' -ta. Tauna to uma napo'ana' Alata'ala uma mpotarima tudui' -ta. Toe-mi pompetonoi-na bona ta'inca hema to nakuasai Noto to makono pai' hema to nakuasai noto to mebagiu.

⁶We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

⁷Ompi' -ompi' to kupe'ahi'! Momepoka'ahi' -tamo hadua bo hadua, apa' ahi' mehuwu ngkai Alata'ala. Hawe'ea tauna to mpoka'ahi' doo-ra, hira' -mi to napo'ana' Alata'ala pai' to mpo'inca Alata'ala.

⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

⁸Tauna to uma mpoka'ahi' doo-ra, ko'ia-ra mpo'incai Alata'ala, apa' Alata'ala-hana, ma'ahi' -i.

⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

⁹Hewa toi-mi Alata'ala mpopehuwu ahi' -na hi kita': Ana' -na to Hadudua nahubui tumai hi dunia', bona kita' mporata katuwua' ngkai Ana' -na toei.

⁹Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

¹⁰Toi-mi to ra'uli' ahi'. Bela kita' to ri'ulu mpoka'ahi' Alata'ala. Alata'ala-hana to ri'ulu mpoka'ahi' -ta, duu' -na mpohubui-mi Ana' -na tumai jadi' tolo' woto-ta bona jeko' -ta ra'ampungi.

¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

¹¹Ompi' -ompi' to kupe'ahi'! Apa' wae-mi kabohe ahi' Alata'ala hi kita' -e, toe pai' kana momepoka'ahi' wo'o-ta-tawo hadua bo hadua.

¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

¹²Ko'ia ria haduaa to mpohilo-i Alata'ala. Aga nau' wae, ane momepoka'ahi' -tamo hadua bo hadua, Alata'ala tida hintuwu' hante kita', pai' incana mpu'u hi pokehii-ta katapoka'ahi' -na Alata'ala.

¹²No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

¹³Toi-mi pompetonoi-na bona ta'inca katida-ta hintuwu' hante Alata'ala, pai' Alata'ala hante kita': apa' nawai' -tamo Inoha' -na to moroli'.

¹³hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

¹⁴Kai', kihilo-imi-kaina Ana' Alata'ala, pai' kisabii' Kahi'a-na to nahubui Alata'ala to Tuama tumai jadi' Magau' Tompohore hawe'ea manusia' ngkai huku' jeko' -ra.

¹⁴And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

¹⁵Hema to mpangaku' Kayesus-na Ana' Alata'ala, Alata'ala tida hintuwu' hante hira', pai' hira' hante Alata'ala.

¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

¹⁶Toe pai' ta'inca-mi pai' tapangala' -mi kanapoka'ahi' -ta Alata'ala.

¹⁶And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

¹⁷Ane mpoka'ahi' -ta ompi' -ta, toi-mi pompetonoi-na katapoka'ahi' -na mpu'u-i Alata'ala, alaa-na daho' -ta mponyanyo-i hi Eo Kiama. Daho' -ta mponyanyo-i, apa' kehi-ta hi rala dunia' toi hewa kehi-na Kristus.

¹⁷Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

¹⁸Ane ta'inca mpu'u ahi' Alata'ala hi kita', uma-tapa me'eka' hi Alata'ala. Ahi' -na to gana toe mporohoi nono-ta, pai' uma-tapa me'eka'. Ane tapoka'eka' pehuku' -na Alata'ala, batua-na, ko'ia ta'incai mpu'u ahi' -na hi kita'.

¹⁸There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹Kita' ma'ahi', apa' Alata'ala-mi to ri'ulu mpoka'ahi' -ta.

¹⁹We love, because he first loved us.

²⁰Tauna to mpo'uli': "Kupoka'ahi' -i Alata'ala," pai' -i mpokahuku' moto ompi' -na, boa' -i-tawo'. Apa' ane uma-i mpoka'ahi' ompi' -na to nahilo, peliu-liu-nami Alata'ala to uma nahiloi.

²⁰If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

²¹Jadi', toi-mi hawa' Kristus hi kita': hema to mpoka'ahi' Alata'ala, kana mpoka'ahi' ompi' -ra wo'o.

²¹And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.