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.

¹See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

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.

²beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

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

³and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

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

⁴Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

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

⁵and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

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

⁶every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

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

⁷Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

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.

⁸he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

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.

⁹every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

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.

¹⁰In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

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

¹¹because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

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.

¹²not as Cain — of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

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

¹³Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

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.

¹⁴we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

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

¹⁵Every one who is hating his brother — a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

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

¹⁶in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

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

¹⁷and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him — how doth the love of God remain in him?

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

¹⁸My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

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.

¹⁹and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

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

²⁰because if our heart may condemn — because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

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

²¹Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

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

²²and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

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.

²³and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

²⁴and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.