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.

¹Ex inhermân, chanchanex li cualal inc'ajol. A' c'a'ak re ru a'in nintz'îba êre re nak inc'a' texmâcobk. Cui ut cuan junak tâmâcobk, cuan jun aj jalol âtin chikix chiru li Acuabej Dios, a'an li Jesucristo li tîc xch'ôl.

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.

²Li Jesucristo quicam re xtojbal rix li kamâc. Moco ca'aj ta cui' xban li kamâc lâo. Quicam aj ban cui' re xtojbal rix xmâqueb chixjunileb li cuanqueb sa' ruchich'och'.

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

³Cui lâo nakabânu li c'a'ru naraj li Dios, relic chi yâl nak lâo reho chic li Dios.

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

⁴Li ani naxye, “lâin rehin li Dios”, ut cui inc'a' naxbânu li c'a'ru naraj li Dios, a'an aj tic'ti'. Moco yâl ta ru li yô chixbânunquil.

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:

⁵Li ani napâban re li râtin li Dios, relic chi yâl nak naxra li Dios chi tz'akal. Riq'uin a'an nakanau nak lâo reho chic li Dios.

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

⁶Li ani naxye nak re chic li Dios, tento nak junelic châbilak lix yu'am jo' xyu'am li Jesucristo.

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.

⁷Ex inhermân, moco toj ac' ta li chak'rab yôquin chixtz'îbanquil êriq'uin. A'in a'an ajcui' li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' chak êre junxil. Ac êrabiom chak chalen nak xepâb li Cristo.

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.

⁸Abanan chanchan ac' ajcui' li chak'rab xban nak k'axal nim xcuanquil. Ut li chak'rab a'an, a'in nak têra êrib chêribil êrib. Jo' quixbânu li Jesucristo, jo'can ajcui' takabânu lâo. Li râtin li Jesucristo naxcutanobresi kana'leb. Nak nakacanab li mâcobc, chanchan nak yô chi numec' li k'ojyîn. Ut nak nakapâb li râtin li Jesucristo, chanchan nak yô chi châlc li cutan.

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

⁹Li ani naxye nak xcutanobresîc lix na'leb xban li Cristo, ut xic' naril lix hermân a'an toj cuan ajcui' sa' xk'ojyînal ru li mâc.

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

¹⁰Li ani naxra lix hermân, a'an cutanobresinbil lix na'leb xban li Cristo. Ut mâ ani nach'inan xch'ôl xban.

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.

¹¹Li ani xic' naril lix hermân, a'an toj yô ajcui' chi bêc sa' xk'ojyînal ru li mâc. Ut inc'a' naxnau bar yô chi xic xban nak li mâc naramoc re lix yâlal chiru.

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

¹²Nintz'îbac êriq'uin, ex hermân, xban nak cuybil sachbil chic lê mâc xban li Dios sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo.

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.

¹³Nintz'îbac ajcui' êriq'uin, lâex yucua'bej, xban nak ac xepâb li Dios C'ajolbej li cuan chalen chak najter nak toj mâji' naxyo'obtesi chak li ruchich'och'. Nintz'îbac êriq'uin lâex li toj sâjex xban nak xecuy xnumsinquil li âlêc li naxq'ue laj tza. Ut nintz'îbac ajcui' êriq'uin lâex coc'al xban nak ac xepâb li Acuabej Dios.

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.

¹⁴Xintz'îbac êriq'uin lâex yucua'bej, xban nak ac xepâb li Dios C'ajolbej li cuan chalen chak najter nak toj mâji' naxyo'obtesi chak li ruchich'och'. Xintz'îbac êriq'uin lâex li toj sâjex, xban nak cau êrib ut li râtin li Dios nacana chi junelic êriq'uin ut xecuy xnumsinquil li âlêc li naxq'ue laj tza.

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.

¹⁵Ex inhermân, mêra chic ru lix mâusilal li ruchich'och' chi moco li c'a'ak re ru cuan sa' ruchich'och'. Cui cuan junak naxra ru li c'a'ak re ru a'in, moco naxra ta li Acuabej Dios.

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.

¹⁶Chixjunil li mâusilal cuan sa' ruchich'och' moco riq'uin ta li Dios nachal. Li mâc li naxrahi ru li tz'ejcualej ut li xrahinquil ru li c'a'ak re ru nakil riq'uin xnak' ku moco riq'uin ta li Dios nachal. Jo'can ajcui' li k'etk'etil. Chixjunil a'in moco riq'uin ta li Dios nachal; xna'leb ban li ruchich'och'.

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

¹⁷Li ruchich'och' tâosok' jo' ajcui' li mâusilal. Abanan li ani nabânun re li naraj li Dios, a'an cuânk chi junelic.

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.

¹⁸Ex inhermân, yô chak chi nach'oc roso'jiqueb li cutan. Ac xerabi resil nak tâchâlk jun li xic' na-iloc re li Cristo. A'an li anticristo nayeman re. Ut anakcuan ac cuanqueb nabal li xic' neque'iloc re li Cristo. Jo'can nak nakanau nak yô chi cuulac xk'ehil roso'jiqueb li cutan.

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.

¹⁹Sa' kayânk xe'el li xic' neque'iloc re li Cristo, abanan moco kech aj pâbaneleb ta nak xe'cuan. Cui ta eb a'an kech aj pâbanelil, cuanqueb raj chi junelic sa' kayânk. Abanan xe'el sa' kayânk re nak tânaumânk nak mâcua'eb kech aj pâbanelil.

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

²⁰Ut lâex ac santobresinbilex xban li Santil Musik'ej li q'uebil êre xban li Jesucristo, ut nequenau chic lix yâlal.

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.

²¹Moco xban ta nak inc'a' nequenau lix yâlal nak nintz'îbac êriq'uin. Lâex nequenau lix yâlal ut nequenau ajcui' nak mâ jun tic'ti' na-el sa' li tz'akal yâl.

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.

²²¿Ani laj tic'ti' nak nequec'oxla lâex? A'an li nayehoc re nak li Jesucristo, mâcua' a'an laj Colonel li yechi'inbil xban li Dios. Li nayehoc re chi jo'can, a'an li anticristo li xic' na-iloc re li Cristo. A'an li natz'ektânan re li Acuabej Dios ut li C'ajolbej.

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

²³Li ani naxye nak li Jesucristo mâcua' Ralal li Dios, li nayehoc re a'an mâc'a' li Acuabej Dios riq'uin. Ut li ani naxye nak li Cristo, a'an li tz'akal Ralal li Dios, a'an cuan li Acuabej Dios riq'uin.

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.

²⁴Li c'a'ru xetzol chak chalen sa' xticlajic lê pâbâl chicuânk sa' lê ch'ôl. Cui têc'ûla sa' lê ch'ôl li c'a'ru xerabi chak chalen sa' xticlajic lê pâbâl, cuânkex riq'uin li C'ajolbej ut riq'uin li Acuabej Dios.

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

²⁵Li yu'am mâc'a' roso'jic, a'an li naxyechi'i ke li Jesucristo.

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

²⁶Nintz'îba a'in êriq'uin chirixeb li xic' neque'iloc re li Cristo xban nak eb a'an te'raj êbalak'inquil.

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.

²⁷Abanan inc'a' tento tâcuânk junak aj tzolol êre re xc'utbal chêru c'a'ru li yâl ut c'a'ru li inc'a' yâl xban nak q'uebil êre li Santil Musik'ej xban li Jesucristo. Li Santil Musik'ej cuan êriq'uin ut a'an li naq'uehoc êna'leb. Li c'a'ru naxc'ut chêru li Santil Musik'ej tz'akal yâl. Moco tic'ti' ta. Jo'can nak chexcuânk chi sum âtin riq'uin li Jesucristo jo' naxc'ut chêru li Santil Musik'ej.

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

²⁸Ut anakcuan, ex hermân, ninye cui'chic êre nak chexcuânk chi sum âtin riq'uin li Jesucristo re nak mâc'a'ak lê xiu nak tol-êlk cui'chic li Kâcua' Jesucristo. Sahak ban sa' kach'ôl chixc'ulbal chi mâc'a'ak kaxutân.Lâex nequenau nak li Cristo tîc xch'ôl. Ut chenauhak ajcui' nak chixjunileb li neque'bânun re li tîquilal, a'an tz'akal ralal xc'ajol li Dios.

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

²⁹Lâex nequenau nak li Cristo tîc xch'ôl. Ut chenauhak ajcui' nak chixjunileb li neque'bânun re li tîquilal, a'an tz'akal ralal xc'ajol li Dios.