1 Samay soppe, buleen gëm xel mu nekk, waaye nattuleen xel yi, ba xam ndax ci Yàlla lañu jóge walla déet, ndaxte naaféq yu bare yu mbubboo turu yonent jóg nañu, tasaaroo ci àddina si.
1Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;
2 Ci lii lanu xàmmee Xelum Yàlla: mépp xel mu nangu ne, Yeesu Kirist ñëw na, nekk nit, ci Yàlla la bokk.
2in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,
3 Waaye mépp xel mu nanguwul Yeesu, bokkul ci Yàlla. Xel moomu mooy xelum Bañaaleb Kirist, mi ngeen déggoon ne dina ñëw, te léegi sax mu ngi ci biir àddina.
3and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.
4 Yéen samay doom, ci Yàlla ngeen bokk, te daan ngeen yonent yu naaféq yooyu, ndaxte Ki nekk ci yéen moo ëpp doole ki nekk ci àddina.
4Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.
5 Ñoom ci àddina lañu bokk; moo tax ñuy wax waxi àddina, te àddina di leen déglu.
5They — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;
6 Nun nag ci Yàlla lanu bokk. Ku xam Yàlla dinga nu déglu; ku bokkul ci Yàlla doo nu déglu. Ci loolu lanuy xàmmee Xel miy dëgg ak xel mi dul dëgg.
6we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.
7 Samay soppe, nanu bëggante, ndax mbëggeel ci Yàlla la bawoo; képp ku bëgg sa mbokk nag, ci Yàlla nga juddoo, te xam nga Yàlla.
7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
8 Ku bëggul sa mbokk, xamuloo Yàlla, ndax Yàlla mbëggeel la.
8he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
9 Nii la Yàlla wonee mbëggeelam ci nun; yónni na ci àddina jenn Doomam ji mu am kepp, ngir nu am dund ci moom.
9In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son — the only begotten — hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;
10 Lii mooy mbëggeel, du sunu mbëggeel ci Yàlla, waaye mbëggeelam ci nun, ba mu yónni Doomam, mu joxe bakkanam, ngir dindi sunuy bàkkaar.
10in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
11 Samay soppe, bu nu Yàlla bëggee nii, nun itam war nanoo bëggante.
11Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
12 Kenn musul a gis Yàlla, waaye bu nu bëggantee, Yàllaa ngi dëkk ci nun te mbëggeelam mat na sëkk ci nun.
12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
13 Ci lii lanuy xame ne, sax nanu ci Yàlla, te moom itam dëkk na ci nun: sol na nu Xelam.
13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
14 Te nun gis nanu te seede ne, Baay bi yónni na Doom ji, mu nekk Musalkatu àddina.
14And we — we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son — Saviour of the world;
15 Képp ku nangu ne, Yeesu Doomu Yàlla la, Yàlla dëkk na ci yaw, te yaw it sax nga ci Yàlla.
15whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
16 Mbëggeel gi Yàlla am ci nun, xam nanu ko te gëm ko. Yàlla mbëggeel la, te képp ku sax ci mbëggeel, yaa ngi sax ci Yàlla, mu dëkk ci yaw.
16and we — we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.
17 Ni Kirist mel, noonu lanu mel nun itam ci àddina. Ci loolu la mbëggeel mate sëkk ci nun, ngir nu am kóolute bésu àtte ba.
17In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we — we also are in this world;
18 Genn ragal amul ci mbëggeel, waaye mbëggeel gu mat sëkk day dàq ragal. Ndaxte ragal day ànd ak mbugal; te ku ragal, mbëggeel matul sëkk ci yaw.
18fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;
19 Danuy wéy ci mbëggeel, ndax moo nu jëkk a bëgg.
19we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;
20 Su kenn nee: «Bëgg naa Yàlla,» te bëgguloo sa mbokk, dangay fen; ndaxte ku bëggul sa mbokk mi ngay gis, doo man a bëgg Yàlla mi nga gisul.
20if any one may say — `I love God,` and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God — whom he hath not seen — how is he able to love?
21 Te jox na nu ndigal lii: ku bëgg Yàlla, nga bëgg sa mbokk.
21and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.