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

¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

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

²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

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

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

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

⁴For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

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

⁵Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes 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 is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷ Ndaxte am na ñetti seede:

⁷For there are three who testify Only a few recent manuscripts add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth” :

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

⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

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

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has 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 believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

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

¹¹The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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

¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

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 have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to 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.

¹⁴This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to 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 know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of 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 anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

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

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to 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 know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

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

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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.

²⁰We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²¹ Samay doom, wottuleen seen bopp ciy xërëm.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.