¹ Képp ku gëm ne Yeesu mooy Almasi bi, juddu nga ci Yàlla; te ku bëgg waajur, dinga bëgg itam ki mu jur.

¹Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

² Xam nanu ne, bëgg nanu doomi Yàlla yi ci lii: bëgg Yàlla tey sàmm ay ndigalam.

²in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

³ Ndaxte mbëggeel ci Yàlla mooy sàmm ay ndigalam; te ay ndigalam diisuñu.

³for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

⁴ Ndaxte képp ku juddu ci Yàlla day noot àddina; te li nuy noote àddina mooy sunu ngëm.

⁴because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world — our faith;

⁵ Ku noot àddina mooy kan? Mooy ki gëm ne, Yeesu mooy Doomu Yàlla.

⁵who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ Yeesu Kirist mooy ki ñëw, jaar ci ndox ak deret; du ci ndox rekk, waaye ndox ak deret. Te Xelu Yàlla mi moo koy seedeel, ndax Xel mi mooy dëgg.

⁶This one is he who did come through water and blood — Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

⁷ Ndaxte am na ñetti seede:

⁷because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these — the three — are one;

⁸ Xel mi, ndox ak deret, te ñoom ñett ñépp, ñoo bokk benn baat.

⁸and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

⁹ Seedes nit, dinanu ko nangu, waaye seedes Yàlla moo gën a wóor, ndax boobu seede mooy li Yàlla seede ci Doomam.

⁹If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

¹⁰ Ku gëm Doomu Yàlla ji, am nga seede boobu ci sa xol. Ku gëmul Yàlla, teg nga ko kuy tebbi waxam ndaxte gëmuloo li Yàlla seede ci Doomam.

¹⁰He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

¹¹ Te seede si mooy lii: Yàlla jox na nu dund gu dul jeex, te dund googoo ngi ci Doomam.

¹¹and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the life — is in His Son;

¹² Ku am Doom ji, am nga dund; ku amul Doomu Yàlla, amuloo dund.

¹²he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.

¹³ Maa ngi leen di bind yëf yii, yéen ñi gëm turu Doomu Yàlla ji, ngir ngeen xam ne, am ngeen dund gu dul jeex.

¹³These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴ Kóolute gi nu am ci kanam Yàlla mooy lii, su nu ko ñaanee dara ci coobareem, dina nu nangul.

¹⁴And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

¹⁵ Gannaaw xam nañu ne, dina nangu lépp lu nu koy ñaan, xam nanu it ne, li nu ko ñaan, jox na nu ko.

¹⁵and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

¹⁶ Ku gis mbokkam, muy def bàkkaar bu jarul dee, na ko ñaanal, te Yàlla dina ko may dund. Ku def bàkkaar bu jarul dee laa wax. Ndaxte am na bàkkaar bu jar dee; boobu taxul may wax, mu ñaanal ko.

¹⁶If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

¹⁷ Gépp jubadi bàkkaar la, waaye am na bàkkaar bu jarul dee.

¹⁷all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

¹⁸ Xam nanu ne, képp ku juddu ci Yàlla doo sax ci bàkkaar, waaye Doomu Yàlla ji mooy wottu sa bakkan, ba Ibliis du la manal dara.

¹⁸We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

¹⁹ Nun nag xam nanu ne, nu ngi ci Yàlla, te àddina sépp a ngi tëdd ci loxoy Ibliis.

¹⁹we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

²⁰ Xam nanu ne, Doomu Yàlla ji ñëw na te may na nu xel, ba nu man a xam Aji Wóor ji. Te nu ngi ci Aji Wóor ji ak ci Doomam Yeesu Kirist. Kooku mooy Yàlla ju wóor, ji yor dund gu dul jeex.

²⁰and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

²¹ Samay doom, wottuleen seen bopp ciy xërëm.

²¹Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.