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.

¹Ay arraw-iw imeẓyanen, uriɣ awen ayagi iwakken aț-țexḍum i ddnub, meɛna ma yeɣli yiwen di ddnub, nesɛa win yețḥuddun fell-aɣ ɣer Baba Ṛebbi, d Ɛisa Lmasiḥ yellan d aḥeqqi.

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.

²Mačči ɣef ddemma n ddnubat nneɣ kan i gefka iman-is d asfel meɛna ula ɣef ddemma n ddnubat n yemdanen n ddunit meṛṛa.

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

³Ihi ma nețțaɣ awal i Sidi Ṛebbi yerna nḥerrez lumuṛat-is, d ayagi ara d-isbeggnen belli nessen-it.

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

⁴Win ara yinin : ssneɣ Ṛebbi yili ur yeṭṭif ara di lumuṛat-is, d akeddab, ulac deg-s tideț.

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:

⁵Ma d win yețțaɣen awal-is, iḥemmel Sidi Ṛebbi seg-wul-is. S wakka ara d-iban belli d ayla n Sidi Ṛebbi i nella.

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

⁶Win ara yinin ṭṭfeɣ di Sidi Ṛebbi, ilaq ad ilḥu am akken yelḥa Lmasiḥ.

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.

⁷A wid eɛzizen, di tebṛaț-agi mačči d lameṛ ajdid i wen-d-wwiɣ, meɛna d lexbaṛ-nni i kkun-id-iwḍen si tazwara ; lameṛ-agi d awal-nni i wumi teslam yakan.

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.

⁸Meɛna zemreɣ a d-iniɣ belli lameṛ-agi d ajdid. Tideț-agi tban-ed di Lmasiḥ, tban-ed daɣen deg-wen ; imi ṭṭlam ițwexxiṛ, tafat n tideț tfeǧǧeǧ yakan.

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

⁹Win yeqqaṛen leḥḥuɣ di tafat, yili nețța yekṛeh gma-s, mazal-it di ṭṭlam.

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

¹⁰Win iḥemmlen gma-s, di tafat i gețțili, ur yelli ara deg-s wayen ara t-isseɣlin.

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.

¹¹Ma d win ikeṛhen gma-s, di ṭṭlam i gella ; iteddu di ṭṭlam ur yeẓri anda ileḥḥu, axaṭer ṭṭlam isderɣel-as allen.

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

¹²Uriɣ-awen ayagi ay ilmeẓyen imi i wen-țwaɛfan ddnubat-nwen ɣef ddemma n yisem-is.

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.

¹³Uriɣ-awen ay ibabaten, axaṭer tesnem win yellan si tazwara. Uriɣ-awen ay ilmeẓyen, axaṭer tɣelbem amcum. Akken i wen-d-nniɣ yakan ay ilmeẓyen, uriɣ-awen axaṭer tesnem Baba Ṛebbi.

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.

¹⁴Uriɣ-awen ay ibabaten, axaṭer tesnem win yellan si tazwara. Uriɣ-awen ay ilmeẓyen, axaṭer tǧehdem, awal n Sidi Ṛebbi yezdeɣ deg-wen yerna tɣelbem amcum.

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.

¹⁵Ur ḥemmlet ara ddunit d wayen yellan deg-s. Ma yella walebɛaḍ ihemmel ddunit, leḥmala n baba Ṛebbi ur telli ara deg-s ;

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.

¹⁶axaṭer ayen akk yellan di ddunit, lebɣi n tnefsit, ṭṭmeɛ di kra n wayen i gɛeǧben i wallen akk-d zzux i d ițekken si cci n ddunit, mačči s ɣuṛ Baba Ṛebbi i d-kkan lameɛna si ddunit.

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

¹⁷Ddunit d wayen yellan deg-s ad iɛeddi, kullec ad ikfu ; ma d win ixeddmen lebɣi n Sidi Ṛebbi ad yidir i dayem.

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.

¹⁸Ay arrac imeẓyanen, ț-țaswiɛt taneggarut ; am akken teslam belli aɛdaw n Lmasiḥ iteddu-d, atan tura aṭas n yeɛdawen n Lmasiḥ i d-ibanen ; s wakka ara neɛqel belli d lweqt aneggaru.

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.

¹⁹Sṭaxṛen fell-aɣ axaṭer ur llin ara seg-neɣ ; lemmer llin seg-neɣ, tili qqimen yid-nneɣ ; ṭṭaxṛen fell-aneɣ iwakken a d-iban belli ur llin ara seg-neɣ.

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

²⁰Ma d kunwi, yesmar-ed fell awen Lmasiḥ Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, yerna tessnem akk tideț.

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.

²¹Uriɣ-awen mačči imi ur tessinem ara tideț, lameɛna imi ț-tesnem axaṭer ulac lekdeb i d itekken si tideț.

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.

²²Anwa i d akeddab anagar win inekkṛen belli Ɛisa d Lmasiḥ. Aɛdaw n Lmasiḥ, d winna i gnekkṛen Baba Ṛebbi akk-d Mmi-s.

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

²³Win ara inekṛen Mmi-s n Ṛebbi yenkeṛ daɣen Baba Ṛebbi, ma d win iqeblen Mmi-s n Ṛebbi yeqbel Baba Ṛebbi.

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.

²⁴Ma d kunwi, ayen teslam si tazwara ilaq aț-țeṭṭfem deg-s ; ma yella tjemɛem-t deg ulawen-nwen, ula d kunwi aț-țilim di tdukkli akk-d Baba Ṛebbi d Mmi-s.

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

²⁵Atan lweɛd i ɣ-d-ifka Lmasiḥ : ț-țudert yețdumun.

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

²⁶Uriɣ-awen ayagi ɣef wid yețnadin a kkun-ɣuṛṛen.

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.

²⁷Ma d kunwi, Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-yesmar fell-awen Lmasiḥ yezga deg-wen, ur teḥwaǧem ara win ara kkun-islemden ; axaṭer d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-immaren fell-awen i kkun-isselmaden. Ayen i wen-yesselmad ț-țideț, ur yeskiddib ara. Sṭfet ihi di Lmasiḥ am akken i wen-t-isselmed Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen.

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

²⁸Ihi tura ay arrac imeẓyanen ṭṭfet di Lmasiḥ iwakken asm'ara d-iban a nesɛu lețkal, ur nțeffer ara fell-as si lḥecma ass n tuɣalin-is.

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

²⁹Imi teẓram belli Lmasiḥ d aḥeqqi, ilaq aț-țeẓrem daɣen kra n win ixeddmen lḥeqq s ɣuṛ-es i d-ikka.