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.

¹ Ay ize kayney, ay goono ga hayey din hantum araŋ se zama araŋ ma si zunubi te. Amma da boro fo na zunubi te, iri gonda Gaako Baaba do, nga Yesu Almasihu kaŋ ti Adilitaraykoy.

¹My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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.

² Nga mo ga ti sasabandiyaŋ sargay iri zunubey se. Manti iri hinne waney bo, amma ndunnya boro kulu waney mo no.

²and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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

³ Naŋ kaŋ iri goono ga tabbat kaŋ iri g'a bay, nga neeya: d'iri goono g'a lordey gana.

³And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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

⁴ Boro kaŋ go ga ne: «Ay g'a bay,» amma a siino g'a lordey gana, bora din ya tangarikom no, a sinda cimi nga ra.

⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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:

⁵ Amma boro kaŋ goono g'a sanno gana, daahir no Irikoy baakasina to bora din ra. Woodin do no iri ga bay kaŋ iri goono ga goro a ra.

⁵but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

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

⁶ Boro kaŋ go ga ne nga ga goro Irikoy ra, a ga hima bora bumbo ma dira mo danga mate kaŋ cine Yesu dira.

⁶he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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.

⁷ Ay baakoy, manti lordi* taji no ay goono ga hantum araŋ se bo, amma lordi zeena no kaŋ go araŋ do za sintina. Lordi zeena mo ga ti sanno kaŋ araŋ maa.

⁷Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

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.

⁸ Kulu nda yaadin, lordo kaŋ ay goono ga hantum araŋ se itaji no, kaŋ a cimo go Almasihu ra d'araŋ ra mo. Zama kuba goono ga bisa, sohõ mo annura cimi-cimo goono ga kaari.

⁸Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

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

⁹ Boro kaŋ go ga ne nga go annura ra, amma a go ga konna nga nya-izo, kubay ra no a go hala sohõ.

⁹He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

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

¹⁰ Boro kaŋ ga ba nga nya-izo, annura ra n'a go ga goro, hartayaŋ daliili mo si no a ra.

¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

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.

¹¹ Amma boro kaŋ go ga konna nga nya-izo, kubay ra no a go, kubay ra mo no a goono ga dira. A si bay naŋ kaŋ nga goono ga koy mo, zama kuba n'a moy danandi.

¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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

¹² Ize kayney, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama Irikoy n'araŋ zunubey yaafa araŋ se Almasihu maa sabbay se.

¹²I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

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.

¹³ Baabey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga nga kaŋ go no za sintina bay. Arwasey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ te zaama Ilaala boŋ. Zanka kayney, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga Baaba bay.

¹³I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

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.

¹⁴ Baabey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ ga nga kaŋ go no za sintina bay. Arwasey, ay goono ga hantum araŋ se, zama araŋ wo gaabikooniyaŋ no, Irikoy sanno mo goono ga goro araŋ ra. Araŋ te zaama mo Ilaala boŋ.

¹⁴I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

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.

¹⁵ Araŋ ma si ba ndunnya, wala mo hayey kaŋ go ndunnya ra. Boro kulu kaŋ ga ba ndunnya, Baaba baakasinay si no a ra.

¹⁵Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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.

¹⁶ Zama hay kulu kaŋ go ndunnya ra, sanda bine ibaay laaley, da mo-diyaŋ ibaay laaley, da fundi baay foomayaŋ mo, manti Baaba do no i fun, amma ndunnya do.

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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

¹⁷ Ndunnya nda nga ibaay laaley go ga bisa mo. Amma boro kaŋ goono ga Irikoy miila te ga goro hal abada.

¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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.

¹⁸ Zanka kayney, saaya bananta neeya. Danga mate kaŋ cine araŋ maa mo kaŋ Almasihu wane yanjekaaro goono ga kaa, baa sohõ Almasihu wane yanjekaari boobo tun. Woodin sabbay se iri ga bay kaŋ woone ga ti saaya bananta.

¹⁸Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

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.

¹⁹ I fun iri ra, amma da cimi manti iri wane yaŋ no. Zama nda ngey wo iri waney yaŋ no, doŋ i ga goro iri banda. Amma i fattayaŋo cabe kaŋ ikulu manti iri wane yaŋ no.

¹⁹They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

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

²⁰ Araŋ gonda suubanyaŋ seeda kaŋ fun Ihanna do, araŋ kulu ga _cimo|_ bay mo.

²⁰And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.

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.

²¹ Ay mana hantum araŋ se zama araŋ si cimo bay bo, amma zama araŋ g'a bay, zama tangari kulu si fatta cimi ra mo.

²¹I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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 May binde no ga ti tangarikomo, da manti bora kaŋ goono ga ne Yesu manti Almasihu? Bora din ga ti Almasihu yanjekaaro kaŋ ga Baaba nda Izo ze.

²²Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.

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

²³ Boro kulu kaŋ goono ga Izo ze, bora din sinda Baaba _Irikoy|_ mo. Boro kaŋ ga Izo seeda, a gonda Baabo mo.

²³Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

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.

²⁴ Araŋ mo, wa naŋ haŋ kaŋ araŋ maa za sintina ma goro araŋ ra. Da haŋ kaŋ araŋ maa za sintina goono ga goro araŋ ra, araŋ ga goro Izo da Baabo mo ra.

²⁴As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

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

²⁵ Alkawlo mo kaŋ nga bumbo sambu iri se ga ti fundi hal abada.

²⁵And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.

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

²⁶ Ay na hayey din hantum araŋ se borey boŋ kaŋ ga ba ngey m'araŋ darandi.

²⁶These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

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.

²⁷ Araŋ wo kay, suubanyaŋ seeda kaŋ araŋ du Ihanna do goono ga goro araŋ ra. Araŋ si laami mo boro kulu m'araŋ dondonandi, amma mate kaŋ cine a suubanyaŋ seeda din g'araŋ dondonandi hay kulu boŋ, a suubanyaŋ seeda mo cimi no, manti tangari no. Mate kaŋ cine a n'araŋ dondonandi mo, kal araŋ ma goro Almasihu ra.

²⁷And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

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

²⁸ Sohõ mo, ize kayney, araŋ ma goro a ra. Zama waati kaŋ Almasihu ga bangay iri ma bara nda bine-gaabi, iri ma si haaw mo a jine a kaayaŋo waate.

²⁸And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

²⁹ D'araŋ ga bay kaŋ nga wo adilitaraykoy no, araŋ ma bay mo kaŋ boro kulu kaŋ goono ga adilitaray goy te, i n'a hay Irikoy do.

²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.