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, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² Ci lii lanu xàmmee Xelum Yàlla: mépp xel mu nangu ne, Yeesu Kirist ñëw na, nekk nit, ci Yàlla la bokk.

²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

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 who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world 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.

⁴You are of God, little children, and 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 are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears 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 are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of 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, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

⁸ Ku bëggul sa mbokk, xamuloo Yàlla, ndax Yàlla mbëggeel la.

⁸He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for 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.

⁹By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might 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 love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as 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.

¹¹ Samay soppe, bu nu Yàlla bëggee nii, nun itam war nanoo bëggante.

¹¹Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

¹² Kenn musul a gis Yàlla, waaye bu nu bëggantee, Yàllaa ngi dëkk ci nun te mbëggeelam mat na sëkk ci nun.

¹²No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has 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.

¹³By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹⁴ Te nun gis nanu te seede ne, Baay bi yónni na Doom ji, mu nekk Musalkatu àddina.

¹⁴We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior 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 confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, 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.

¹⁶We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains 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 love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we 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.

¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹ Danuy wéy ci mbëggeel, ndax moo nu jëkk a bëgg.

¹⁹We love him, because 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 a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

²¹ Te jox na nu ndigal lii: ku bëgg Yàlla, nga bëgg sa mbokk.

²¹This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.