¹ Samay doom, maa ngi leen di bind yëf yii, ngir ngeen bañ a def bàkkaar. Waaye su kenn defee bàkkaar, ba tey am nanu ku nuy rammu ci Baay bi, mooy Yeesu Kirist mu jub mi.

¹My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter. with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

² Te moo joxe bakkanam, ngir dindi sunuy bàkkaar, te du sax sunuy bàkkaar rekk, waaye yu àddina sépp.

²And he is the atoning sacrifice “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “hilasmos,” an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin. for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

³ Ci lii lanu xame ne, xam nanu ko: sàmm ay ndigalam.

³This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

⁴ Ku wax ne xam nga ko, te sàmmoo ay ndigalam, dangay fen, te dëgg nekkul ci yaw.

⁴One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

⁵ Kuy sàmm kàddug Yàlla, dëgg-dëgg sa mbëggeel ci Yàlla mat na sëkk. Ci loolu lanu xame ne, nekk nanu ci moom.

⁵But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

⁶ Ku wax ne ci Yàlla nga sax, fàww nga dund, ni Yeesu Kirist daan dunde moom ci boppam.

⁶he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

⁷ Samay soppe, li ma leen di bind du ndigal lu bees, waaye ndigal lu yàgg la; la ngeen jotoon ca ndoorte la. Te ndigal lu yàgg loolu, mooy kàddu gi ngeen déggoon.

⁷Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

⁸ Teewul ndigal lu bees laa leen di bind, lu amoon ci dundu Yeesu, te am it ci seen dund; ndaxte lëndëm gaa ngi wéy, te leer gu wóor gi fenk na xaat.

⁸Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

⁹ Ku wax ne yaa ngi ci leer, tey bañ sa mbokk, yaa ngi ci lëndëm ba tey.

⁹He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

¹⁰ Kuy sopp sa mbokk, yaa ngi dëkk ci leer, te luy yóbbe nit bàkkaar du nekk ci yaw.

¹⁰He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

¹¹ Waaye kuy bañ sa mbokk, ci lëndëm nga nekk, di ci dox, te xamoo foo jëm, ndax lëndëm muur na say bët.

¹¹But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹² Samay doom, maa ngi leen di bind,ndax baalees na leen seeni bàkkaar ci turu Kirist.

¹²I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

¹³ Maa ngi leen di bind, yéen baay yi,ndax xam ngeen Ki nekkoon ca njàlbéen ga ba tey.Maa ngi leen di bind, yéen waxambaane yi,ndax daaneel ngeen Ibliis.

¹³I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

¹⁴ Bind naa leen, samay doom,ndax xam ngeen Yàlla Baay bi.Bind naa leen, yéen baay yi,ndax xam ngeen Ki nekkoon ca njàlbéen ga ba tey.Bind naa leen, yéen waxambaane yi,ndax yéena ngi dëgër,ndax kàddug Yàllaa ngi dëkk ci yéen,te daaneel ngeen Ibliis.

¹⁴I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁵ Buleen sopp àddina ak li ci biiram. Ku sopp àddina, mbëggeelu Baay bi nekkul ci moom.

¹⁵Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

¹⁶ Ndaxte lépp lu nekk ci àddina, maanaam bëgg-bëggu yaram ak xemmemu bët ak réyug àddina, loolu du jóge ci Baay bi waaye ci àddina.

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

¹⁷ Te àddina day wéy, waaye kuy def coobareg Yàlla dinga sax ba fàww.

¹⁷The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

¹⁸ Samay doom, waxtu wu mujj wi jot na! Dégg ngeen ne, benn Bañaaleb Kirist dina ñëw; te dëgg la, bañaaley Kirist yu bare feeñ nañu. Ci loolu lanu xame ne, waxtu wu mujj wi jot na.

¹⁸Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

¹⁹ Ci sunu biir lañu jóge, waaye bokkuñu woon ci nun; ndaxte su ñu bokkoon ci nun, kon dinañu des ci nun. Waaye dàggeeku nañu nu, ngir mu leer ne, kenn ci ñoom bokkul woon ci nun.

¹⁹They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

²⁰ Yéen nag, Aji Sell ji sol na leen Xelam, te yéen ñépp am ngeen xam-xam.

²⁰You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. Or, “know what is true.” Or, “know all things.”

²¹ Bind naa leen, du ndax xamuleen dëgg, waaye ndax xam ngeen ko, xam it ne wenn fen du jóge ci dëgg.

²¹I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

²² Kan mooy fenkat bi? Mooy kiy weddi ne Yeesu mooy Kirist, Almasi bi. Kooka mooy Bañaaleb Kirist, biy weddi Baay bi ak Doom ji.

²²Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

²³ Ku weddi Doom ji, amuloo itam Baay bi; ku seedeel Doom ji, am nga it Baay bi.

²³Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

²⁴ Yéen nag, la ngeen déggoon ca ndoorte la, na sax ci yéen. Loolu ngeen déggoon ca ndoorte la, su saxee ci yéen, dingeen sax yéen itam ci Doom ji ak ci Baay bi.

²⁴Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁵ Te li mu nu digoon mooy lii: dund gu dul jeex.

²⁵This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

²⁶ Bind naa leen lii ci mbirum ñi leen di bëgg a réeral.

²⁶These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

²⁷ Yéen nag, Xel mi leen Kirist sol a ngi dëkk ci yéen, te soxlawuleen kenn jàngal leen dara. Waaye Xel mi mu leen sol, mi ngi leen di jàngal lépp, te li mu leen di jàngal mooy dëgg; kon nag saxleen ci moom, ni mu leen ko jàngale.

²⁷As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

²⁸ Gannaaw loolu nag yéen samay doom, saxleen ci Kirist, ngir bés bu feeñee, nu am kóolute ci kanamam te bañ a rus ba sëngéem cig dikkam.

²⁸Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

²⁹ Gannaaw xam ngeen ne ku jub la, dingeen xam it ne, képp kuy def lu jub juddu nga ci moom.

²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.