¹Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

¹ Xool-leen mbëggeel gi nu Baay bi jox, ni mu réye, ba nu man a tudd doomi Yàlla. Te moom lanu. Moo tax àddina xamu nu, ndaxte xamu ko woon, moom itam.

²Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

² Samay soppe, léegi doomi Yàlla lanu, te li nu nar a nekki feeñagul, waaye xam nanu ne, bés bu Almasi bi feeñee, dinanu nirook moom, ndaxte dinanu ko gis, na mu mel.

³Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

³ Te képp ku am yaakaar jooju ci moom, dinga sellal sa bopp, ni mu selle moom.

⁴Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

⁴ Ku def bàkkaar, jàdd nga yoon; ndaxte bàkkaar mooy jàdd yoon.

⁵You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

⁵ Te xam ngeen ne Yeesu Kirist feeñ na, ngir dindi bàkkaar yi, te moom amul benn bàkkaar.

⁶Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.

⁶ Képp ku sax ci moom, doo sax ci bàkkaar; kuy def bàkkaar, gisuloo ko te xamuloo ko.

⁷Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

⁷ Samay doom, bu leen kenn nax! Kuy def lu jub, ku jub nga, ni Kirist jube moom ci boppam.

⁸He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁸ Kuy def bàkkaar, ci Seytaane nga bokk, ndax Seytaane ca njàlbéen ga ba tey day bàkkaar. Te Doomu Yàlla ji ñëw na, ngir nasaxal jëfi Seytaane.

⁹Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

⁹ Ku juddu ci Yàlla doo def bàkkaar, ndax Yàlla sol na la jikkoom, te doo man a sax ci bàkkaar, ndax juddu nga ci Yàlla.

¹⁰In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

¹⁰ Lii mooy ràññale doomi Yàlla ak doomi Seytaane: képp ku dul def lu jub bokkoo ci Yàlla; naka noonu itam ku soppul sa mbokk bokkoo ci Yàlla.

¹¹For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

¹¹ Ndaxte xebaar, bi ngeen déggoon ca ndoorte la, mooy lii: nanu bëggante,

¹²unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

¹² te bañ a mel ni Kayin, mi bokkoon ci Ibliis, ba rey rakkam. Lu tax mu rey ko nag? Ndaxte ay jëfam dañoo bon, te yu rakkam jub.

¹³Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

¹³ Bokk yi, bu leen àddina bañee, buleen ci jaaxle.

¹⁴We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

¹⁴ Mbëggeel gi nu bëgg sunuy bokk moo nuy xamal ne, jóge nanu ci dee, tàbbi ci dund. Ku bëggul sa mbokk, yaa ngi ci dee ba tey.

¹⁵Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

¹⁵ Képp ku bañ sa mbokk, reykat nga; te xam ngeen ne, ku rey nit amuloo dund gu dul jeex.

¹⁶By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

¹⁶ Ci lii lanuy xàmmee luy mbëggeel: Kirist joxe na bakkanam ngir nun; te nun itam war nanoo joxe sunu bakkan ngir sunuy bokk.

¹⁷But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

¹⁷ Waaye ku am alalu àddina te gis sa mbokk nekk ci soxla, nga dummóoyu ko, nan la mbëggeelu Yàlla dëkke ci yaw?

¹⁸My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

¹⁸ Samay doom, bunu bëggante ci wax mbaa ci làmmiñ rekk, waaye ci jëf ak ci dëgg.

¹⁹And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

¹⁹ Ci loolu lanu xame ne, nu ngi ci dëgg; te waxtu wu sunu xol di xeex ak nun, dinanu ko dalal ci kanamam; ndaxte Yàllaa ëpp sunu xol te xam na lépp.

²⁰because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

²¹ Samay soppe, bu nu sunu xol daanul, kon man nanoo jege Yàlla ak kóolute.

²¹Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

²² Te lépp lu nu koy ñaan, dinanu ko jot ci moom, ndaxte nu ngi sàmm ay ndigalam, di def lu ko neex.

²²and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

²³ Ndigalam mooy lii: nu gëm turu Doomam, Yeesu Kirist, tey bëggante, ni mu nu ko digale.

²³This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

²⁴ Kuy sàmm ndigalu Yàlla, dinga sax ci moom, mu dëkk ci yaw. Te Xel mi mu nu jox, moo nuy xamal ne, dëkk na ci nun.

²⁴He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.