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 what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

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 are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for 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 that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure.

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

⁴Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

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

⁵And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.

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

⁶Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.

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

⁷Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises 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 that practises sin is of the devil; for from [the] beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo 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.

⁹Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.

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 are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.

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

¹¹For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should 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 was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.

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

¹³Do not wonder, brethren, if the world 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.

¹⁴*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.

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

¹⁵Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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

¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.

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

¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

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

¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed 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 hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --

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

²⁰that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows 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 condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,

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

²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

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 commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.

²⁴And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.